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Bears to sign TE Spaeth, cut Manumaleuna

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:49 pm
by randybrown
The Bears released Manumaleuna, announcing that he failed his physical. Manumaleuna was due a $1 million roster bonus and a $100,000 workout bonus. He would have had to be on the Bears roster at 4 p.m. on Friday to earn the roster bonus.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/6812745/chicago-bears-agree-blocking-te-matt-spaeth

Re: Bears to sign TE Spaeth, cut Manumaleuna

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:58 pm
by transplant
Just your basic "do over" for Martz. Manumaleuna is a big blocking TE who didn't perform as advertised last season. Spaeth is a different body type, but serves the same purpose. Almost has to be an improvement, 'cause Manumaleuna sucked.

Re: Bears to sign TE Spaeth, cut Manumaleuna

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:27 pm
by randybrown
I also think we were fairly predictable depending on if manu or olsen was in, you couldn't find two different TE's. Spaeth seems more of a combo of the two.