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Bears' running back David Montgomery, who was a free agent, just signed with the Detroit Lions.
The Bears then signed running back Travis Homer from the Seattle Seahawks.
Travis Homer is 24 years old, Montgomery is 25. Montgomery signed for $18 million over 3 years. Homer signed for $4.5 million over 2 years, so the Bears save a bunch of money. Homer has been a backup for his 4 years in Seattle, so it's hard to know how effective he'll be if he gets more time at running back. He was a valuable special teams guy at Seattle, and is a very good blocking back and receiver.
The Bears also have Khalil Herbert (731 yards in 13 games/129 attempts), who actually had a better season than Montgomery (801 yards in 16 games/201 attempts), though his season was cut short by injury. So they should be OK with their run game, and they are expected to rely more on the passing game than they have in Justin Fields' first 2 seasons.
The Bears then signed running back Travis Homer from the Seattle Seahawks.
Travis Homer is 24 years old, Montgomery is 25. Montgomery signed for $18 million over 3 years. Homer signed for $4.5 million over 2 years, so the Bears save a bunch of money. Homer has been a backup for his 4 years in Seattle, so it's hard to know how effective he'll be if he gets more time at running back. He was a valuable special teams guy at Seattle, and is a very good blocking back and receiver.
The Bears also have Khalil Herbert (731 yards in 13 games/129 attempts), who actually had a better season than Montgomery (801 yards in 16 games/201 attempts), though his season was cut short by injury. So they should be OK with their run game, and they are expected to rely more on the passing game than they have in Justin Fields' first 2 seasons.
RB probably less of a focus with how much Fields carries the ball as well. The offense will want the ball in Field's hands as much as possible due to his abilities, so I'm sure they aren't viewing the RB position with the weight it may normally get on a team with more traditional pocket passing QB.
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