Johnny Knoxโ€™s Agent Refutes Reports That Heโ€™ll Be On The PUP For 2012

Updating a story from yesterday, Johnny Knoxโ€™s agent Marc Lillibridge refutes the previous that his client will be on the PUP list for the 2012 season. This was actually first brought to our attention by one of our readers. (ChiCityKing)

โ€œWe are six months away from that decision,โ€ said Lillibridge regarding Knoxโ€™s status, via the Chicago Sun-Times.

Bears president Ted Phillips mentioned that theyโ€™re not going to make a decision regarding Knox in the near future and they plan to give him a shot โ€œearn his spot back because heโ€™s meant a lot to us.โ€โ€

โ€œWe donโ€™t have to make a decision now,โ€ Phillips said. โ€œWeโ€™re going to let him rehab, and then weโ€™ll take a look at training camp and see how the offseason is going then make a decision at that point.โ€

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Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune reports that โ€œmultiple sources familiarโ€ with the situation believe that thereโ€™s  a โ€œstrong chanceโ€ that WR Johnny Knox will be out for the entire 2012 season. McClure adds that there was โ€œmore structural damage than initially anticipated.โ€

Knox underwent surgery on his back after being involved in one of the most gruesome hits that Iโ€™ve ever seen in the NFL. Considering the severity of injury, it makes sense for Knox to ensure that heโ€™s fully healthy before returning to any kind of action. Heโ€™ll be a free agent at the end of 2012 so it will be interesting to see what the Bears choose to do with him before then.

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  1. Johnny Knoxโ€™s agent, Marc Lillibridge: โ€œ#Bears WR Johnny Knox is rehabbing and on schedule. Any report u read is purely speculations and has no validity. Fishing for a story.โ€

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