Tim Jenkins
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That's just a rest thing.
You rest, let it heal, and then pick up and go.
And you're careful on how you rehab it.
But when you look at when he was drafted, number nine overall, when you look at this being his second season, now first in Ben Johnson's offense, but last I checked, people in Ben Johnson's offense have been thriving.
Because the Bears offense is much improved from a year ago.
And while everybody else was kind of taking off in the back half of the season, he wasn't playing because of the stress fracture in his foot.
And if you look at the number of drops, that's what's concerning about it.
Because this is a guy who you drafted, when you draft a receiver in the top 10, you expect him to be a number one receiver.
If you watch these players this year...
I think people will text us in right now if they want to and let us know they agree with this statement.
Luther Burden III was a more effective receiver than Rome Madunze.
When the ball came his way, not only did he catch it, but then he made stuff happen after the catch.
I think even it probably started with the game where he didn't have any catches.
And obviously he blocked his tail off in that game.
And, you know, the Bears put out that video.
And obviously that's a part of the game.
I mean, let's be honest.
He missed a big block.
In Sunday's game, and that's why when DeAndre Swift went airborne, that was the series that got down to first and goal from the five, he couldn't score on fourth down because Rome missed a block or couldn't hold it long enough, however you want to look at it.
When you hear him talk, that is someone who clearly has โ