For the second time in two weeks, Nathan Peterman has been let go by the Bears. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Chicago released the veteran quarterback today.
Peterman spent most of the 2022 campaign as the Bears’ QB3, but he ended up starting the team’s regular-season finale with both Justin Fields and Trevor Siemian sidelined. Peterman fared okay in that contest, tossing a touchdown without an interception in an eventual loss.
The 29-year-old re-signed with the organization this past offseason, and despite being part of the Bears’ final roster cuts, he was brought back as the QB2 to start the season. Since then, the veteran has dropped down the depth chart, with UDFA Tyson Bagent being promoted to the primary backup behind Fields.
As a result, Peterman was cut from the roster in September but was quickly brought back. It will be interesting to see if the front office follows a similar path this time around. For what it’s worth, the organization is only rostering a pair of QBs in Fields and Bagent, so they’ll surely need some more depth following tonight’s game.
Peterman has emerged as a popular backup QB in recent years, having previously held the clipboard for the Bills and Raiders. In total, Peterman has seen time in 13 games (five starts), completing 53.1 percent of his passes for 712 yards, four touchdowns, and 13 interceptions.
The Bears also announced that they’ve officially activated guard Teven Jenkins off injured reserve and promoted defensive back A.J. Thomas from the practice squad. The 2022 UDFA out of Western Michigan has spent his entire career in Chicago, collecting four tackles in five appearances.
The Bears have no idea how to assess talent – thus they can’t decide who is good and who is bad.
Not a smart comment
“The Greatest Show On Earth”
Barnum would be proud
The goat
4 TDs to 13 picks YIKES !!! He gets high grades handing off the ball to RB.
Hard to imagine Peterman having much of an NFL future. The one HC that actually endorsed him was John Gruden and the former Raiders coach will have his own challenges at getting another shot in the league.
Best linebacker since Joe Montana.
Kudos to Peterman for making millions (adding up all the years of base NFL pay) as possibly the worst QB to be handed a jersey. Does he have incriminating photos of a league official or is Jerry Jones his daddy?
I guess it was a big disappointment for Zeke to return to Dallas and discover Jerry Jones wasn’t his daddy.
Peterman was an odd NFL QB.
Great person. Great work ethic. Even good in practice and preseason.
But terrible when it counts. Like really historically bad.
Good for him for being able to stick around for longer than expected. Even if the latest two teams are really bad at making personnel decisions.
I think he was probably really good in a Davis Webb type scout team role, but asking more from him was really unadvised.
He just didn’t have the arm strength to succeed, but wish him well.
The Bears FO needs to realize you do not do the ‘hokey-pokey’ with players.