[CBFF] [Fwd: Bears make play for Longest]

[Tom Shannon]

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Subject: 	Bears make play for Longest
Date: 	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:38:43 GMT
From: 	<Brad Biggs>



*Robbie Gould* might not be around, but he's got competition.

The Bears are going to bring in St. Xavier kicker Shane Longest 
(Wilmington) on a free-agent contract, the school reports. 
<http://www.sxu.edu/athletics/football/latest_news.asp?ID=1710&h=1>

Gould has skipped the first three weeks of the voluntary offseason 
program, and even if he was around the Bears need a kicker for the 
rookie minicamp next weekend. They try to run full practices and you 
need plenty of bodies for that.

Longest was one of four kickers to be invited to the combine. He 
struggled at the beginning of his workout before steadying. Here is what 
one scout told Inside the Bears back on the day of the event:

`He didn’t have a good workout,’’ the scout said. ``He’s a combination 
guy, he tried to do both, and he’s not a punter. If he makes an NFL 
team, it will be as a kicker. But he’s got a long way to go. It seemed 
like he was nervous and it was a bit too big for him. He just looked 
nervous as hell. He missed two out of three extra points when he first 
started out. But he settled down, I can say that. At the end, he made 
all three 50-yard field goals. He’s got a ways to go.’’


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