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Article: Jeffries making solid bid to stick // Cornerback fights odds, emerges in Bears' picture
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 25, 1987
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As the Bears defense has threatened to come unglued because of
cornerback deficiencies, Eric Jeffries has shown that sticking is his
game.
That's sticking as in hitting.
Sticking as in staying with receivers.
And sticking as in remaining on the roster.
For a player who was the third to last chosen in the 1987 draft,
the cornerback from Texas has a remarkably good chance of being a
Bear when the season opens in three weeks.
Jeffries is in the right place at the right time. He would be
facing much stiffer odds of making the team if Mike Richardson wasn't
a holdout or if Les Frazier hadn't failed his physical or if the
Bears had drafted a cornerback in a higher round.
Jeffries ...