Bears sign OL Friedman, place Currie on IR November 29, 2005
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - The Bears on Tuesday signed offensive lineman Lennie Friedman to a one-year contract and placed wide receiver Airese Currie on injured reserve. The Bears also released wide receiver Eric Hill from the practice squad.
Friedman is a six-year NFL veteran who spent the last two seasons with the Washington Redskins, including the first 10 games of this year, after starting his career by playing three seasons in Denver.
Selected by the Broncos in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft (61st overall) out of Duke, Friedman has started 32 of 64 career games played. Friedman started a career-high 14 games at left guard for Denver in 2001 and has twice played all 16 games in a season (2000, 2003).
Currie pulled his hamstring last Thursday in practice. The rookie fifth-round pick from Clemson had been on the non-football injury list since the beginning of the season because of a foot injury that be suffered while he was still in college.
An undrafted free agent who spent the 2004 season on the Indianapolis Colts practice squad, Hill had been signed to Chicago's practice squad on Nov. 9.
