Four days after using a fourth-round pick on punter Tory Taylor, the Chicago Bears waived Trenton Gill.
Iowa punter Tory Taylor boots the ball against Rutgers on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Iowa City, Iowa.
The move allows Gill to begin searching for a team that could provide him an opportunity to win a job and clears the way for Taylor, an Australian who won the Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter this past fall at Iowa, to take over. The Bears ranked 31st in net punting , 25th in gross punting , 30th in touchback percentage , 30th in punts inside the 20-yard line and 25th in return yards allowed . Those struggles led the team to consider options and the Bears made the rare move of using a mid-round selection on Taylor. The last time a punter went earlier in the draft was in 2019 when the San Francisco 49ers chose Mitch Wishnowsky, also an Aussie, in Round 4 at No. 110.
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