Bears cut fullback Ta'ufo'ou
August, 31, 2010
8/31/10
3:19
PM CT
By
Michael C. Wright | ESPNChicago.com
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Bears reached the 75-man roster limit on Tuesday by placing fullback Will Ta’ufo’ou on the waived/injured list.
Ta’ufo’ou suffered a sprained right knee during the third quarter of the club’s 14-9 loss Saturday to the Arizona Cardinals. Ta’ufo’ou’s right leg was caught under a pileup at the end of a play to cause the injury.
Ta’ufo’ou spent time in 2009 on the Bears’ practice squad. But he faced long odds toward making the 53-man roster because of the team’s surplus of tight ends who also can play H-back. Tight end Desmond Clark is currently listed as the club’s starting H-back.
The fact that fullbacks are sparsely utilized in Mike Martz’s scheme also diminished Ta’ufo’ou’s chances of making the roster.
Ta’ufo’ou suffered a sprained right knee during the third quarter of the club’s 14-9 loss Saturday to the Arizona Cardinals. Ta’ufo’ou’s right leg was caught under a pileup at the end of a play to cause the injury.
Ta’ufo’ou spent time in 2009 on the Bears’ practice squad. But he faced long odds toward making the 53-man roster because of the team’s surplus of tight ends who also can play H-back. Tight end Desmond Clark is currently listed as the club’s starting H-back.
The fact that fullbacks are sparsely utilized in Mike Martz’s scheme also diminished Ta’ufo’ou’s chances of making the roster.
Michael C. Wright | email
Chicago Bears beat reporterWright joined ESPNChicago in April 2010 after spending the previous four seasons covering the Jaguars. He also covered the Redskins for two seasons. A native Texan, Wright was a four-year football letterman at West Texas A&M University.
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