NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport tweets that Roquan Smith (who has officially signed! (MUCH more on that as the day goes on!)) is expected to be available to the media after today’s practice, so we’ll try to bang through a quality set of Bullets here.
History lesson: The five #Bears rookie holdouts since the end of the Ditka era had two things in common — they never saw the benefits they were holding out for. And all five were busts with the Bears. A new era? A different player? We'll see about that.
Check out this chart: pic.twitter.com/gf231rvOso
— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) August 13, 2018
Roquan Smith has a history of thinking critically about his rights as an athlete—in high school, he refused to sign a national letter of intent, which allowed him to switch his commitment after a coach left https://t.co/YagT5mnHox
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 14, 2018
Roquan Smith set to sign with Bears, last of 256 Draft picks to sign. Examined his situation, teams imposing their will on rookies, here: https://t.co/sB1GLONvF8
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) August 14, 2018
August 14, 2018 …
Bold prediction: Roquan Smith will never be suspended for a football hit. Roquan Smith will never be suspended for a non-football play on-field transgression.
— Dan Wiederer (@danwiederer) August 14, 2018
The heck? pic.twitter.com/9GSaNcwsMc
— Brian Sandalow (@BrianSandalow) August 14, 2018