Young Bears receiver needs to play better if he wants to make the final roster...
The NFL is a very cruel business. You don't get a lot of opportunities and must make the most out of every single one of them. This is something I'm certain all players are aware of.
Well, one player that really needs to step up if he wants to be on the Bears' final 53-man roster is WR Dazz Newsome. He had a disappointing rookie season where he did not contribute a lot. In addition to that, he has not had the best training camp so far. It seems like he has not been playing as well as other receivers like Velus Jones, Equanimeous St. Brown, Tajea Sharpe or even N'Keal Harry...
Here is what Alex Shapiro of NBC sports said on his subject following the second pre-season game:
Newsome had a rough start in his first preseason game, with a muffed punt and a dropped ball. He shook that off to score a touchdown, and reel off an effective end-around. Newsome had the opportunity to further distance himself from those early mistakes on Thursday, but he made some more mental mistakes instead. Newsome dropped his first target on what should've been an easy short completion. Then he put himself in position to come up with a big special teams play on Seattle's muffed punt, but he fell on Davontae Harris, not the ball, which left Elijah Hicks to come up with the glory. Just like Week 1, Newsome shook off those early struggles to make a nice 14-yard catch and a good special teams tackle at the end of the game, but it's fair to wonder whether it may be too little too late for a regime that didn't draft him. Newsome technically muffed another punt, but it wasn't entirely his fault, since De'Montre Tuggle ran into him just before the catch, so that's not really a minus for him here.
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