Published 7/1/2009
by Jacob Nitzberg
at Bleacher Report - NFL
New Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler says he is happy with the wide receivers currently on the Bears' roster.
"I’m 100 percent comfortable [with the wide receivers], I think we added some depth with some younger guys and then some of the older veterans are stepping up and playing well. So I think we’ve got more than enough to compete.”
That was the diplomatic, team-oriented, appropriate comment to make in that situation. The problem is, it's not the truth. As I've mentioned previously here , here and here , the Bears do not have the depth at WR necessary to be a championship contender.
Only two wide receivers on the current roster have caught a pass in their NFL careers, and one of those two, Rashied Davis, is not even assured of making the roster. What the Bears are missing from the roster is a big wideout, as their tallest receiver is 6'2" (Devin Aromashodu) and their biggest weighs in at 205 pounds (rookie Juaquin Iglesias).
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