Bears Add to Offensive Line with Guard

by John M. Crist of BearReport.com, August 3, 2009 at 10:41pm ET

 

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The Bears have several open spots on the roster right now with Charles Tillman on the physically unable to perform list and Marcus Harrison on the non-football injury list, so they made a move Monday to strengthen the offensive line.

 

According to Adam Caplan, the senior NFL reporter for Scout.com, the Monsters of the Midway claimed guard Maurice Miller off waivers from Tampa Bay. The 6-4, 327-pound Miller was originally signed May 1 by the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent out of Ole Miss. With guards Dan Buenning and Tyler Reed both seeing some time at center during training camp, Miller may be able to get a few reps at guard with the second and third team.

 

That being said, the Midway Monsters haven't had a lot of success with former Rebel offensive linemen in recent years – Terrence Metcalf anyone?

 

 

I don't know anything about this guy, but I'll say this: he's young, he's big, and most importantly, the team that waived him has a very talented and fairly deep group on the offensive line. Even with Arron Sears out indefinitely, Tampa has five exceedingly good starters and a couple of quality backups. Miller might not have gotten a shot in Tampa, but it's worth bringing him in to see what he's got.

And now he's waived. Per Dickerson's Twitter.

Guess there was a reason hewas cut by the Bucs in the first place.