The Chicago Bears strengthened their pace with the addition of Jeremiah Attaochu from the outfield, who signed a two-year deal with the Bears on Sunday.
Attaochu was a former pick in the second round in 2014 and has spent the past two seasons with the Denver Broncos. In his career, he has scored 20.5 tackles and 144 tackles in 74 games with 23 starts.
In 2020, Attaochu appeared in 13 games with the Broncos, including five touchdowns, and totaled 5.0 bags, nine quarterback hits and 31 tackles, making it the second-largest part of his career outside of his 2015 season (6.0 bags and 55 tackles) with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Strengthening our OLB room. 💪
Welcome to Chicago, @ JAttaochu45! pic.twitter.com/Kg9ctdQ0AN
– Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) 21 March 2021
Attaochu joins a chase consisting of Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn, the two highest paid players in the team. He wants to play a similar role as Barkevious Mingo did last season, where he split representatives with Quinn and saw significant action.
Attaochu becomes the fourth free agent Chicago has signed this season, joining quarterback Andy Dalton, defensive line Angelo Blackson and defender Desmond Trufant.