After spending the first four seasons of his career with the Titans, Dane Cruikshank is moving to Chicago. The Bears have signed the defensive back, according to the player’s agent (h/t Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com).
Cruikshank was a fifth-round pick out of Arizona in 2018. The defensive back played mostly a special teams role through his first two seasons in the NFL, appearing in 28 total games. His 2020 campaign was mostly wiped out thanks to a pair of injured reserve stints, limiting him to only a pair of appearances.
The 26-year-old took a clear step forward in 2021, setting career-highs across the board while appearing in about half of his team’s defensive snaps. In 14 games (four starts), Cruikshank collected 43 tackles and one forced fumble.
Assuming Cruikshank slots in as a safety, he’ll be joining a depth chart that currently features Eddie Jackson, DeAndre Houston-Carson, and Michael Joseph.
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Crunk n Shank
Georgie Georgie Georgie, a special teams guy???? Why don’t you and gramma ride off into the sunset so somebody who knows football can take over. You two are muddling fools. Besides not many people know who you are or even care.
Oh no: The Bears made a signing literally any other NFL team would have made! It’s clearly the end of the world
Strass, you truly don’t get the plan, do you?
If he can stay healthy and provide more than 400 snaps of relief for the defensive starters this could be a good signing.
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Cruikshank played very well last year for the Titans.. he does 2 things very well and is a good depth piece. He is a very good gunner on special teams, but more importantly, he is exceptional at covering the Tight End in one on one coverage. I’m sure the Bears are excited about having him.
The key to success in today’s NFL are Draft Capital, and Cap Space. Thanks to Pace’s inability to comprehend this, This year the Bears have neither. Pace was like a kid in a candy store who bought everything he saw, regardless of the future consequences. Poles is doing the only thing he can do, eat this season so that next year he has Cap Space-150 million as of now, and draft capital which he should have plenty of next year also. Somebody had to do it. It’s finally a winning plan. Now, can he draft? Yet to be seen.