The Falcons had the option to keep wide receiver/kick return specialist Marvin Hall around at a cheap price as an exclusive rights free agent. They opted to let him walk and now he’s signed with another team. Hall is signing with the Chicago Bears, according to their Twitter account. We have signed WR Marvin Hall to a one-year deal. Welcome to Chicago, @bigplayhall_A2N! 🐻⬇️ pic.twitter.com/A0IxtVjnDP — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) March 15, 2019 Hall has played 24 games with the Falcons, primarily on special teams. He’s posted 616 return yards on 26 attempts. Chicago is developing a taste for Atlanta burners. They also signed wide receiver Taylor Gabriel last year. He had a strong first year with the Bears, posting career highs with 67 catches and 688 receiving yards.<doc-sep>The Chicago Bears signed former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Marvin Hall Jr. to a one-year contract Friday, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The #Bears have signed former #Falcons WR Marvin Hall Jr., one of the fastest players in the NFL, source said. He was recorded at 23 MPH last year. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 15, 2019 Hall appeared in all 16 games last season, registering 10 catches for 149 yards and one touchdown. He’ll bring more speed to special teams, where he returned 26 kickoffs for 616 yards in 2018. Hall was signed by the Raiders as an undrafted free agent out of Washington in 2016. He was waived by Oakland at the end of training camp and spent the last few weeks of the season on the Cardinals practice squad. He joined the Falcons practice squad in 2017, earning a promotion to the active roster in October that year. Hall isn’t expected to factor much into the passing game, but his speed will give Matt Nagy yet another weapon to have some fun with in training camp and the preseason. With a coach like Nagy drawing up the plays, Hall could end up making a handful of big plays in 2019.<doc-sep>The Chicago Bears added another free agent on Friday, signing a former wideout from the Atlanta Falcons. Free agency never sleeps, folks. If this week has taught us anything, it’s that the upcoming 2019 NFL season could be one of the most interesting seasons in recent memory. Sure, the Chicago Bears are going to be a force once again as they gear up for a Super Bowl run. But, the league has been flipped on its head by some wild moves over the last week. First, we saw Antonio Brown head West as he was dealt to the Oakland Raiders. Then, it was Odell Beckham Jr. changing uniforms as the New York Giants dealt him on over to the Cleveland Browns in one of the worst trades we’ve seen in a while. Of course, we can’t forget the short-lived hope revolving around former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell and how the Bears were apparently in the mix. When it was all said and done, Bell ended up signing with the New York Jets. As for the Bears, they were anything but quiet this week as they said goodbye to Adrian Amos, watching him head up to Green Bay and sign with the Packers. Chicago was quick to find his replacement, though, as they brought in a former Packer in Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. This duo of moves was only part of the story this week for the Bears, as they secured running back Mike Davis, cornerback Buster Skrine and wide receiver/kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson as well. Friday, the Bears made yet another move as they signed former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Marvin Hall. Not many people know a whole lot about the journeyman wide receiver, so allow me to shed a little light on the newest Bear. Here are just a couple of things you’ll want to know.<doc-sep>
The Chicago Bears have signed wide receiver Marvin Hall Jr., according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Hall is one of the fastest players in the league, with Rapoport noting that he was clocked at 23 mph this past season. Of course, speed doesn’t mean much of anything if you can’t produce, and Hall’s production has been pretty slim since entering the league in 2017. He spent the 2018 campaign with the Atlanta Falcons, catching just 10 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown. He mainly specialized in the kick return game, taking back 26 kicks for 616 yards. The 25-year-old, who played his collegiate football at the University of Washington, went undrafted in 2016 but ended up signing with the Oakland Raiders that June. However, he was waived by the Raiders just before the start of the 2016 campaign, and later that December, he was signed to the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad. He proceeded to ink a reserve/future deal with the club in January 2017, but in May 2017, he was released. That was when Hall made his way to the Falcons. He spent the first month and change of the 2017 campaign on Atlanta’s practice squad, but in mid-October, he was promoted to the active roster. He went on to score his first career touchdown that very next game and finished with two receptions for 60 yards on the season. The Bears are coming off of a 2018 campaign in which they won 12 games and captured the NFC North division title, making the playoffs for the first time since 2010. They went on to lose to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card Round.