Chicago Bears Re-Sign WR/PR Marc Mariani

Saturday was a busy day for the Chicago Bears as they locked up three more players on the fourth day of free agency. We already covered the biggest signing of the day in ILB Jerrell Freeman who they signed to a three-year, $12M deal with $6M guaranteed. Then the Bears brought back rotational defensive lineman Mitch Unrein to a two-year, veteran minimum deal. Finally, the Bears signed wide receiver / return specialist Marc Mariani to a one-year deal with the terms still undisclosed.

Mariani was signed by the Bears late in the 2014 season as a return specialist and played well enough to return in 2015. The former Pro Bowl return man in 2010 looked to have regained his pre-injury form after two…