BOURBONNAIS, Ill. --- Willie Young's difficult road to NFL notoriety made the two-year extension he agreed to with the Chicago Bears on Friday night even sweeter.
“It means a lot, it does,” Young said Saturday afternoon. “For all the teams that passed me over during the draft. ... I laugh at those people.
“Seventh-round draft picks don't hang around that long. You expect to be a practice-squad guy and that's it. I think Mr. Irrelevant got more attention than I got when I came out that year.”