Marcus Davenport

No. 52 · 9th season

A first-round name gets a second wind in Chicago.

The Chicago Bears' pass rush was a problem all last season—one of those things everyone saw coming and nobody could fix. Now they are betting that Marcus Davenport, a former first-round pick who has spent years on the margins, can be part of the answer. Davenport is signing with Chicago on what amounts to a low-risk deal: a chance to prove he still has something left in a division that will see him often.

The move says something about where both sides are. The Bears are willing to take a flier on a name with pedigree but no recent momentum. Davenport gets a real opportunity in a stable system, on a team that needs exactly what he was drafted to do. It is the kind of transaction that either resurrects a career or confirms what people have been wondering quietly for years. Either way, someone is about to find out.

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