LAKE FOREST, Ill. – At least for now, the Chicago Bears are ready to go to training camp with the wide receivers on their roster to complement new quarterback Jay Cutler.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. – At least for now, the Chicago Bears are ready to go to training camp with the wide receivers on their roster to complement new quarterback Jay Cutler.
However, former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress and disgruntled Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall are intriguing possibilities for the Bears.
“We keep all of our options open,” Bears coach Lovie Smith said Wednesday following the team’s final voluntary offseason workout. “We’re constantly evaluating all the players who are out there. But I feel good about our team that we have right now and I feel good about the receivers we have right now.”
Marshall, who caught 102 and 104 passes the past two seasons while Cutler was Broncos quarterback, has asked Denver for a trade. Burress is a free agent after being waived by the New York Giants.
The Bears used Devin Hester, second-year wide receiver Earl Bennett and sometimes Rashied Davis and Brandon Rideau with the starting wide receiver corps throughout their organized team activities.
Acquiring a No. 1 wide receiver would seem a natural move since Hester is by far the most accomplished of their receivers and has only played the position full time for one season. “I think we’ve got one,” Cutler said about No. 1 receivers.
“I think we’ve got one in Devin, and I think Earl is going to be dangerous on the back side as well.” Smith wanted nothing to do with talk about trading for Marshall, and said the team hasn’t talked to the Broncos.
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