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Brad Biggs: Kareem Hunt signing with the Browns saves the Bears a potential headache as they seek help at running back

Legend has it when Mitch Trubisky and Kareem Hunt went head to head in a peewee meeting of future NFL stars in the Mentor (Ohio) Youth Football Association, they combined for 19 touchdowns.

They won't be joining forces in the Bears backfield this year as the Browns announced Monday that they signed the troubled Hunt to a one-year contract. So a second chance for Hunt, who was captured on video shoving and kicking a woman in a Cleveland hotel last year, has come from his former general manager instead of his former offensive coordinator.

The Bears talked openly last month

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