The concept that being on philly is what made Becton have a good season seems like a pretty lazy narrative.
It's not a lazy narrative. Look at Becton in New York, where after his rookie year he couldn't stay healthy or block anybody and gets single-digit grades from PFF when Alijah Vera-Tucker wasn't next to him, he grades low when he can finish his last season in NY.
Then he goes and plays in-between a pro-bowl 25-year-old in Jurgens and a multi-time all-pro in Lane Johnson and all of a sudden, he looks like a wrecking machine, better than his rookie season metrically.
But by all means, assume he's not a product of being in an enviable spot.
Even watching the superbowl up against Chris Jones he held his own and wasn't getting any help. I was looking forward to see how he held up and he basically made Chris Jones invisible up until Jones decided to fake a knee injury and sit on the bench rather than continue to get embarrassed like the rest of his teammates.
Jones was constantly double-teamed for most of the game, and he lined up on the left-side 'b' gap because that's his role in Spags' defense, even before he got injured. He moved to the right side of the line over Becton in packages Mike Pennell came in.
The entire philly OL deserves credit for last night, but let's not gift one guy extra credit for tasks he wasn't doing. Beckton was on Wharton most of the game. And yes, he was fine even after he came back from his injury in the early 2nd.
Mekari perhaps is an option, I doubt Risner is available, and why would we want 33 yo Thunney after watching him being spanked by Josh Sweat all game?
I'd want Thuney because A--while he/the entire KC OL had a bad SuperBowl, he was an all-pro at multiple spots (started year at LG and after injury moved to LT) and excellent otherwise this year. B--KC will likely want to keep their 25 year old, and they kicked Thuney's money to this year while restructuring him in years' past. He's 26.7 mil against the cap per OTC, and the bears can afford to eat the money for 1 year, doing KC a favor and getting them the cap they need to keep Smith. C--yeah, he'll be 33, but he'd be a short stop-gap with positional flexibility and 33 with SB wins in NE and KC is more palatable than a guy like Kevin Zeitler who'll be 36, or Becton, who's still in his 20s but isn't playing LT, certainly not at an all-pro level. Theoretically, you buy low on the all-pro who brings experience in the playoffs/superbowl from 2 teams to the bears and fixes 1/3 interior OL spots on a conditional late-round pick. KC may not do that deal, but its 100% worth a phone call.
Mekari you'll know is available depending on what Baltimore does with Stanley. If they keep Stanley he'll be available.
Minnesota has enough cap space to keep Risner comfortably but they're not going to tag him. The bears would have to pay up and make him the first midnight deal of FA, but you weaken a division rival by stealing a very good LG.
