The Chicago Bears asked wide receiver Earl Bennett to take a pay cut. Apparently that wasn’t an option for Bennett who refused, and is subsequently expected to be released.
Filed to http://t.co/WgYMLjEn8n: #Bears WR Earl Bennett declines pay cut and is expected to be released, per sources.
— Jeff Dickerson (@DickersonESPN) March 18, 2014
Filling Bennett’s spot on depth chart will be seventh-round draft pick Marquess Wilson.
2013 7th round draft pick Marquess Wilson has emerged as the #Bears No. 3 WR, per sources.
— Jeff Dickerson (@DickersonESPN) March 18, 2014
With two top wide receivers in Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery, Bennett might be disposable. Jeffery had 1,421 receiving yards and seven touchdowns while Marshall had 1,295 yards receiving and 12 touchdowns.
Meanwhile Bennett caught 32 passes for 243 yards and four touchdowns, not exactly difficult numbers to replicate. His reported replacement Wilson caught only two passes for 13 yards though, so he isn’t exactly proven but wasn’t given much of a chance only being targeted three times.