EPIC RANT: Bears Choose TO KEEP Velus Jones Jr.!?
Sports Talk Chicago
Sports Talk Chicago
5.0 • 832 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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On today’s show, host Jon Zaghloul wonders why the Bears chose to keep Velus Jones Jr., and explains why it was the wrong decision to make.
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| 0:00.0 | The Bears have a new punt returner, and it's not Bailas Jones, but kind of. |
| 0:04.7 | We'll explain at Sports Talk, Chicago. |
| 0:06.7 | Appreciate all of you tuning in. |
| 0:07.8 | Subscribe to the channel for more Chicago Sports and Chicago Bears content. |
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| 0:16.9 | I was kind of pissed off when I read this story. |
| 0:20.4 | I kind of didn't really get it, so I want to talk about it here. |
| 0:24.1 | Now, we all heard, which is a good thing, the Bears have brought in a different punt returner. |
| 0:29.2 | It won't be Valis Jones. |
| 0:30.3 | It's going to be Trent Taylor, who came from Cincinnati via waivers. |
| 0:34.7 | The Bears have brought him in, has done a lot with receiving and rushing more so, but |
| 0:41.1 | he has returned punts and kicks last year returned 33 for 340 yards on the punt return |
| 0:47.1 | side, two kicks for 15 on the kick return side, but the point is he's a punt returner. |
| 0:52.6 | Dedicated punt returner last Last year, 33 returns for |
| 0:56.2 | 340 yards. That's not bad at all. That's certainly better than what Valas Jones could have ever done. |
| 1:00.8 | So I'm very happy about this news. But here's what I don't like, and here's why I said to open up this |
| 1:05.4 | video, that Trent Taylor is the new guy, kind of. Here's what Brian Poles had to say about the move, and about the future |
| 1:13.3 | Ballas Jones, who, by the way, made the team. |
| 1:15.5 | We called for him to be cut a few weeks ago, and he should have been cut, but for some |
| 1:18.7 | reason, I guess mediocrity gets rewarded. |
| 1:21.0 | And I just praised Ryan Poles, and I know I just did, about the idea of rewarding |
| 1:25.3 | people for talent. |
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