Ryan Pace Explains Why The Bears Released Trey Burton.
"The Chicago Bears and general manager Ryan Pace gave the team a facelift at tight end over the last couple of weeks. Pace signed veteran Jimmy Graham and then ended up releasing Trey Burton who was one of his big free agent signings just a couple of summers ago. The moves had some people scratching their heads on why the team would choose an older just as injured player for the position. Pace explained why they let Burton go. "I think as we took a full evaluation of our roster after free agency, and factored everything in, that was the best decision for us. And we wish him nothing but the best of luck. He had a good first year for us, but unfortunately for him and for us, the injuries kind of added up. We just felt at this time that was the best course of action for our team."
He believes it should make a little bit of competition. "That's a position we've emphasized. We did in free agency with the signing of Jimmy Graham and Demetrius Harris. So we have some guys there we like. I think the one silver lining last year as we went through that position is that we did accumulate some guys who are interesting for us. I know we have a lot of tight ends and we have to filter through that. But there are some guys in that tight end room that are very intriguing and interesting for us. But with the adding of Jimmy Graham and Demetrius Harris, I think that helps fortify that group a bit. But also it's a good tight end draft, so if there are guys there that we like, we'd consider it."
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