Veteran quarterback Nathan Peterman signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears on Wednesday.
The signing provides QB depth behind starter Justin Fields and backup Trevor Siemian.
One other physique was wanted after the Bears lower ties with Nick Foles final month. However it's unclear if common supervisor Ryan Poles expects to hold three quarterbacks on his roster into the common season or whether or not Peterman will merely serve to assist the Bears push via organized staff actions, minicamp, coaching camp and the preseason.
Peterman spent the final three-plus seasons with the Raiders, with whom he tried simply 5 passes throughout regular-season motion. He was drafted by the Buffalo Payments within the fifth spherical in 2017, making 4 begins and enjoying in eight video games over two seasons.
Certainly one of Peterman’s begins got here in Week 9 of 2018 towards the Bears, a woeful efficiency wherein he was sacked 4 occasions and threw three interceptions in a 41-9 loss. Along with his staff down 28 factors on the ultimate play of the primary half, Peterman opted towards throwing a cross into the tip zone from the Bears 37-yard line and as a substitute settled for a meaningless 24-yard scramble as time ran out.
That sport marked his final efficiency in a Payments uniform. He was launched somewhat greater than every week later and signed to the Raiders follow squad the next month.
In Peterman’s 10 profession outings within the NFL, he has accomplished 52.6% of his passes whereas posting a 34.0 passer score. He's anticipated to hitch the Bears for OTAs subsequent week as their third-string quarterback.
In different roster strikes, the Bears claimed tight finish Rysen Johns off waivers after he was let go by the New York Giants. Johns joined the Giants in 2020 as an undrafted free agent out of Simon Fraser College in Canada however spent the final two seasons on injured reserve.
The Bears additionally waived tight finish Jesper Horsted with a failed bodily designation. Horsted was with the group for 3 seasons. He spent all of 2019 on the follow squad, then totaled 10 catches, 108 yards and three touchdowns in restricted motion during the last two years.
The Bears additionally reached a contract settlement with veteran receiver Dante Pettis, a former second-round choose who has 52 profession receptions for 739 yards with 5 touchdowns in 33 video games over his 5 seasons within the league with the Giants and San Francisco 49ers. Pettis shared that information on Twitter.
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