Player reported holding up second-round signings isn't a Bears pick

Considering first overall pick Caleb Williams last year did not sign until just before training camp, the inability of the Bears to sign their three second-round picks by mid-June hardly seems like a problem.

In fact, it could be a simple matter of one or two other second-round players around the league breaking up the logjam of unsigned players in that round. Only two of the 32 second-rounders have signed league-wide, but now it seems apparent one player in particular might be the issue.

According to Joel Corry, a former NFL and NBA agent who writes a column for CBS Sports, it's the player chosen one spot after Bears wide receiver Luther Burden III in Round 2 who is the instigator, so to speak. It's Saints quarterback Tyler Shough, the 40th pick.

Corry cites a source saying Shough wants a fully guaranteed contract through all four years, based on the expectation he'll be the starting Saints quarterback. It's not necessarily a case at the moment where other second-rounders are demanding fully guaranteed ocntracts, but they have to wait to see if Shough gets his. Then they would want it.

Corry mentions Redmond's pick, although not specifically his name, as part of a group of five waiting to see if Shough gets what he wants.