March 3, 200818 yr comment_32762 In other news, the Bears have decided to move forward without special teams standout Brendon Ayanbadejo, an unrestricted free agent who is slated to visit the New York Jets Monday. WIth Adrian Peterson, Rod Wilson, Israel Idonije, Nick Roach and Jamar Williams all expected to help fill the void on the coverage and return teams, the Bears hope to maintain their ranking as the NFL's No. 1 special teams unit. Chicago claimed that crown for the second straight year in 2007 after losing three key players in Cameron Worrell, Todd Johnson and Dante Wesley during the offseason. Worrell tied with Ayanbadejo for the team lead with 28 special-teams tackles in 2006, matching the team record set by Peterson in 2004. from chicagobears.com Well, best of luck to Brendon in the future. Report
March 3, 200818 yr comment_32764 from chicagobears.com Well, best of luck to Brendon in the future. Ditto that, Hester. He was a solid contributor on STs. Hope we can fill the void. Report
March 3, 200818 yr comment_32765 Makes sense. Ayanbedjo is a fine ST player, but that's about it. After signing Briggs, you end up putting Williams & Okwo on special teams instead of protecting them since they would be competing for a starting job. So Brenden becomes expendable. I have no problem with it. Report
March 3, 200818 yr Author comment_32785 The Bears have pulled their multi-year offer to free agent LB Brendon Ayanbadejo off the table. The Jets are the only club known to be pursuing him. Ayanbadejo wants to be the league's highest paid special teamer, and a shot to play at linebacker. And there it is from rotoworld Any admin- take the "?" off the title of this topic. He's out of Chicago, for sure. Report
March 3, 200818 yr comment_32787 I don't know, there's part of me that doesn't want to mess with a great thing by letting him levae but theres another part of me thats saying, hey, we've been through this every year for the last 3 and it hasn't slowed us down at all. Report
March 3, 200818 yr comment_32793 Last we heard, Briggs would never wear a Bears jersey again. never say never, BA could still end up a Bear if the Jets dont want to make him the highest paid ST player in the league Report
March 3, 200818 yr comment_32794 from chicagobears.com Well, best of luck to Brendon in the future. The most valuable person on Special teams is - Dave Toub. Losing Brendon doesn't bother me. Toub will slot someone else in there just like he did last yr when we lost Johnson, Wesley, and Worrell. Spend the money on Gould. Best of luck to Brendon. Peace Report
March 3, 200818 yr comment_32795 From the Suntimes. The less players on the team represented by Rosenputz the better in my opinion. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...n030308.article Peace Report
March 3, 200818 yr comment_32797 From the Suntimes. The less players on the team represented by Rosenputz the better in my opinion. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...n030308.article Peace That's true with the Rosenass clients, but it's pretty much inevitable. Thankfully Angelo has taken the "higher road" and kept a good working relationship with him. The kicker is, I'd guess that Ayanbadejo won't make what he turned down with the Bears. It looks like Jamar Williams will take over Brnedon's job on special teams. Report
March 4, 200818 yr comment_32806 I heard Ayanbedejo wants to start at linebacker next year for a team to because he thought he had a great game in the probowl. Report
March 4, 200818 yr comment_32872 I heard Ayanbedejo wants to start at linebacker next year for a team to because he thought he had a great game in the probowl. Seriously? Report
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