Bears' Angelo: Timing not right for signing Moss

Staff report

General manager Jerry Angelo said the timing wasn't right for the Bears to bring in wide receiver Randy Moss in an interview Wednesday on the team's Web site.

"We didn't think he was a good fit for us given where we are in the season," Angelo told ChicagoBears.com. "Not to minimize that he is a very talented player -- his credentials speak for themselves -- but what we're trying to do and will continue to do is develop our players that we have and continue to show the belief we have in them. Don't minimize what a player has to do coming in at midseason to create a niche to help a team. How many players have come in at midseason and made a major contribution? Nothing is as easy as it looks; just ask Minnesota."
Angelo said the Bears did their due diligence on Moss.

"Any time a player who we think could help our football team becomes available, we're always going to talk about him and do our research," Angelo told the team's site. "There are reasons teams let players go, and although I don't want to get into those specifically, those have to be weighed. The player's salary also has to be weighed, as well as the plan for the player. All these things are very important when you're making a decision about whether to bring a player in, irrelevant of whether it's a big-name player or not.

"Again, there are very few players that go to a team at this juncture of the season and make an immediate impact. We're not baseball."

Source: http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/11/bears-angelo-timing-not-right-for-signing-moss.html

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