Lake Forest, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Chicago Bears signed veteran wide receiver Santonio Holmes to a one-year contract on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Holmes was released by the New York Jets in March after four years, saving the team a reported $8.25 million in salary for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
To make room for the former Super Bowl MVP, the Bears cut seven-year veteran wide receiver Eric Weems.<\/p>\n
Holmes, 30, figures to slot in somewhere behind first stringers Alshon Jeffery Brandon Marshall on the depth chart. No. 3 receiver Marquess Wilson suffered a fractured right clavicle in Monday’s training camp practice.<\/p>\n
In his fourth season for the Jets, Holmes had 23 catches for 456 yards and one touchdowns over 11 games. He was limited to four games in 2012 after suffering a Lisfranc injury in his left foot.<\/p>\n
Holmes was drafted in the first round by Pittsburgh in 2006 and was named the MVP of Super Bowl XLIII in 2009 after making a toe-tapping touchdown catch in the final minute to lead the Steelers over Arizona.<\/p>\n
He has 381 career receptions for 5,963 yards and 36 touchdowns in 103 games for the Steelers and Jets. He posted career-highs with 79 catches and 1,248 yards in 2009, the season before the Jets acquired him in a trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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