Taylor Doll talks with Eli Hoff, who covers the University of Missouri for the St Louis Post-Dispatch and KTRS 550AM, about Bears rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III.
On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll chats with Mizzou football beat reporter and insider Eli Hoff, from the St Louis Post-Dispatch and KTRS 550AM, about Chicago Bears rookie Luther Burden III. Hoff covered Burden’s three years at the University of Missouri, so they discuss where he fits best on the field, some of the pre-draft concerns with his personality and work ethic, plus his place in the crowded receiver room in Chicago.
Hoff tells Taylor that Burden was moved to the slot as a sophomore because they wanted to be able to get the ball to him as much as possible, plus that was the position he seemed best suited for in the NFL.
At Chicago’s recent rookie minicamp, it was reported that Burden was working out of the slot, and that does appear to be where he’ll begin his career, something Hoff agrees with.
“I think just given his build, that makes a lot of sense,” he said on the podcast. “You know, the ability as someone who you can move around in terms of motioning him and jet sweeps. That was always something Mizzou liked to do. You could line him up in the back field — I think I’d seen going into the draft a lot of comparisons to Debo Samuel, and I’m not sure that’s that’s perfect, but I think if that’s sort of what you envision for what his best role could be at the NFL, I think that’s as good a baseline as we’ve seen, but again, Ben Johnson’s a great offensive mind and we’ll have to see what he comes up with.”
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