The Bears worked out a trio of defensive backs today, including a former first-round pick. The team auditioned D.J. Hayden, Lafayette Pitts, and Kevon Seymour, per Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune (via Twitter).
While Hayden hasn’t necessarily lived up to his 12th-overall selection in the 2013 draft, he’s still managed to put together an eight-year career. The veteran had spent the past three seasons in Jacksonville, but he bounced on and off injured reserve in 2020 while dealing with a hamstring injury. The 31-year-old ultimately saw time in five games, collecting 18 tackles.
The Bears struggled during their loss to the Rams, with slot corner Marqui Christian getting his fair share of the blame. The cornerback finished the game having allowed five catches (including two touchdowns) on six targets.
The Bears were also busy working out running backs today, with Brian Hill, Wendell Smallwood, and Chris Thompson all in for tryouts. Biggs assumes (on Twitter) that the team is simply updating their RB free agent list, which makes sense considering the team’s depth (David Montgomery, Damien Williams, and (eventually) Tarik Cohen).
“put together an eight-year career”….
Reggie McKenzie traded back twice for Hayden who has thus far been in the league 8 years, from what could be the worse draft class ever.
Just saying…..
They only traded back once going from 3 to 12 and picked up number 42. If only they would have gone with Hopkins, Kelce, and the Honey Badger with those first 3 picks…..they did get Murray in the 6th round that year though.
Just about any warm body would be better than Christian/Shelley. And Pace, letting Fuller go and thinking these two bumblers were good enough for the nickel spot, may be the biggest concern.
Fuller isn’t a nickel CB. The other 2 CBS have been playing very well. Johnson is better than Fuller ever was.
He probably will be a better corner then fuller! But at this point that statement is false. Fuller had a 3 year period where he was one of the best corners in the league…Johnson hasn’t gotten to that level yet!!