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Tinoisamoa: “I Know I Have To Earn My Job”
Posted by Aaron Wilson on June 5, 2009, 2:37 p.m.
Chicago Bears newly-minted linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa is due to be paid $1 million this season under his one-year contract, according to Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune.
Tinoisamoa, who was scheduled to make $3.25 million with the St. Louis Rams in 2009 before he was cut from the roster during the offseason, is slated to compete with Nick Roach and Hunter Hillenmeyer for the starting job.
For now, Roach is atop the depth chart.
Tinoisamoa is glad for a change of scenery after winning just five games in the past two seasons. And he doesn’t seem to mind that he has to earn a starting position.
“Just the chance to be on a winning team is worth it to me,” Tinoisamoa said this week, according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Sun-Times. “I’ve been fortunate to get paid in this league, and that was good, but I still had to go home a loser. I’d give all the money back if I could win again. …
“There was opportunity to go to other teams, but it was like, ‘We’re going to give you the job.’ And for me, that was awkward because I know there were guys who had been working since the end of last season, coming into this year and all the time they put in, and they felt like they were the starter. The fact that I have to come and earn a job, it definitely makes me more hungry because now I know I have to earn my job.”
Of course, it will be a surprise if Tinoisamoa doesn’t ultimately wind up in the starting lineup.
He led the Rams in tackles during four of his six NFL seasons, and he has a background with Bears coach Lovie Smith as well as defensive coordinator Bob Babich from their St. Louis days.
Tinoisamoa: “I Know I Have To Earn My Job”
Posted by Aaron Wilson on June 5, 2009, 2:37 p.m.
Chicago Bears newly-minted linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa is due to be paid $1 million this season under his one-year contract, according to Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune.
Tinoisamoa, who was scheduled to make $3.25 million with the St. Louis Rams in 2009 before he was cut from the roster during the offseason, is slated to compete with Nick Roach and Hunter Hillenmeyer for the starting job.
For now, Roach is atop the depth chart.
Tinoisamoa is glad for a change of scenery after winning just five games in the past two seasons. And he doesn’t seem to mind that he has to earn a starting position.
“Just the chance to be on a winning team is worth it to me,” Tinoisamoa said this week, according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Sun-Times. “I’ve been fortunate to get paid in this league, and that was good, but I still had to go home a loser. I’d give all the money back if I could win again. …
“There was opportunity to go to other teams, but it was like, ‘We’re going to give you the job.’ And for me, that was awkward because I know there were guys who had been working since the end of last season, coming into this year and all the time they put in, and they felt like they were the starter. The fact that I have to come and earn a job, it definitely makes me more hungry because now I know I have to earn my job.”
Of course, it will be a surprise if Tinoisamoa doesn’t ultimately wind up in the starting lineup.
He led the Rams in tackles during four of his six NFL seasons, and he has a background with Bears coach Lovie Smith as well as defensive coordinator Bob Babich from their St. Louis days.
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