Because the grades are how they ended the year, you dolt.
LT
Taylor Decker | 75.3
LG
Jonah Jackson | 70.0
C
Evan Brown | 66.6
RG
Halapoulivaati Vaitai | 67.1
RT
Penei Sewell | 77.4
The Lions' offensive line pulled into shape toward the end of the season and should be entering the offseason with a feeling of optimism like much of the rest of the team.
Frank Ragnow, the unit's best player, played just four games before going down injured. Rookie Penei Sewell played well at both left and right tackle over the year, earning a 77.4 PFF grade overall.
The biggest weak link was
Matt Nelson at right tackle, and that resolved with the return of Taylor Decker. Left guard Jonah Jackson improved his PFF grade from 57.0 as a rookie to 70.0 in Year 2. If he takes another jump next season, this could be an elite offensive line.
LT
Jason Peters | 77.9
LG
Cody Whitehair | 66.0
C
Sam Mustipher | 51.8
RG
James Daniels | 71.8
RT
Larry Borom | 61.4
There were games this season in which the Chicago offensive line couldn’t block anybody, but overall it wasn’t as bad as those low moments.
Jason Peters (now gone) gave the team 853 snaps of good play across 15 games before injury took him down. He allowed 28 pressures on 517 pass-blocking snaps. The biggest contributors were at least average with the exception of Sam Mustipher, whose 51.8 PFF grade was the lowest of the starters.
Wasted Rookie pick Back Spasms
Jenkins struggled once he got his chance late in the season,
allowing 11 pressures and being flagged seven times on 160 snaps.
Meanwhile, unimpressive Larry Borom struggled. Now having lost the two highest graded lineman, and replacing Mustipher with the 3rd lowest rated center in the league last year. James Daniels is now also gone, leaving the highest rated player on the Bears O-line a measly 66.0 . The Bears hopes at having anything even remotely close to a serviceable O-line for struggling 2nd year Qb Justin Fields lies with a collection of 6th and 7th round draft picks , and a retread center that graded out well below 60 last year.
The Bears will start out the year with the lowest average O-line PFF grade of all the NFL teams.
Facts