Trenton Gill was cut to make way for new Bears punter Tory Taylor, but has caught on with the Denver Broncos.
Former Bears punter Trenton Gill wound up in a place where most kickers would like to be, if they can't play in a dome.The Bears cut Gill after the draft when they selected Iowa punter Tory Taylor in the fourth round.
Gill, a seventh-round pick in 2022, had the third- and fourth-best single season averages in Bears history. He averaged 46.2 yards as a rookie and 46.1 last year.WHERE CALEB WILLIAMS SITS IN FIRST QB RANKINGS Gill had a 38.0 net average last year, partly because of poor coverage and also because he had trouble with hang time and direction. He had eight touchbacks and 18 inside the 20 last year.
With Iowa, the Aussie-born Taylor had 295 career punts and 127 landed inside the 20-yard line. He also had 50 punts of 11 yards or longer and 13 that were downed inside the 10-yard line. Taylor averaged a career-best 48.2 yards per punt last year for the Hawkeyes. He signed his rookie contract with the Bears last week.BearDigest.com publisher Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years.
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