The Bears announced earlier today that they had waived quarterback Connor Shaw in order to create a roster spot for wide receiver Victor Cruz. However, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport tweets that fellow quarterback Mark Sanchez suffered a knee injury today, and the team subsequently rescinded the waiver.
Chicago, of course, has revamped its quarterback room this offseason: not only did the Bears sign two free agent signal-callers in Mike Glennon and Sanchez, but they moved up in the draft to select North Carolina’s Mitch Trubisky at No. 2 overall. With Glennon and Trubisky set to take most of the practice reps over the next few months, the Bears likely didn’t see the need to carry a fourth quarterback on the roster.
The Bears originally acquired the 25-year-old Shaw off waivers from the Browns last summer. Shaw, who has one career start under his belt, subsequently broke his leg during the preseason and spent the entire 2016 campaign on injured reserve.
Shaw will now see third-string reps during OTAs as Sanchez recovers from his injury. Sanchez has only appeared in 15 games over the past three seasons, including a pair of appearances with the Cowboys in 2016. Over that span, the 30-year-old veteran has completed almost 64-percent of his passes for 3,127 yards, 18 touchdowns, and 17 interceptions. Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun Times reports (via Twitter) that Sanchez is expected to be ready for training camp.
Did gramma say it’s ok?
I guess she didn’t. What a messed up organization. Getting worse than Cleveland
Best comment tbh.
Cleveland is better than the 49ers and the Bears. And to be honest I feel like even thought the record did show it I think the Browns were better than the 49ers last year. The 49ers and the Browns both killed the draft while the Bears decided to draft a QB that probably will bust and after signing a career long backup to a mega deal they have kind of screwed themselves over. I could see their rebuild taking longer than the Browns has
The Browns are still the worst franchise in the NFL, and it’s not even close. Their history failure speaks for itself, no let’s not get carried away with the LeBron euphoria over there.