So Pace rebuilt the offensive line

[Black Rainbow]

He kicked the can down the road by using a 2nd and 5th to address the OL? Explain how that analysis makes sense.

"Years" is plural, bud.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

No. He's simply kicked the can down the road for years and it shows.

No depth. OL gets injured.

It was unrealistic expectations going into the season thinking Pace could address QB and OL and fix both with limited cap. What he did is address the most important position and possibly the second most position. Those are excellent building blocks. Is the OL perfect? No and it probably never will be. There's always going to be a weak link somewhere, but I'm more optimistic about the OL than I have been in a long time.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Personally I feel like this entire O-line will either be a dominant force talked about by all the "experts" as pure genius or a complete catastrophe with all those same experts saying "I told you so".

This is the way.

 

[bamainatlanta]

It was unrealistic expectations going into the season thinking Pace could address QB and OL and fix both with limited cap. What he did is address the most important position and possibly the second most position. Those are excellent building blocks. Is the OL perfect? No and it probably never will be. There's always going to be a weak link somewhere, but I'm more optimistic about the OL than I have been in a long time.

Every team has a weak link on their OL.

 

[hyatt151]

I just want players to play positions that they're best at. Im so tired of seeing them play musical chairs just to get the 5 best players out there when they're so underwhelming playing out of position.

Be prepared, they're going to do this to Jenkins

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

It is about fucking time.

 

[Black Rainbow]

It was unrealistic expectations going into the season thinking Pace could address QB and OL and fix both with limited cap. What he did is address the most important position and possibly the second most position. Those are excellent building blocks. Is the OL perfect? No and it probably never will be. There's always going to be a weak link somewhere, but I'm more optimistic about the OL than I have been in a long time.

I'm not saying I expected to fix both this year. The problem has been incompetence for years. He merely has a serviceable OL on paper and guys have A LOT to prove. Chicago fans are so used to incompetence that they think a line that has no push and doesn't get the QB killed is a "good oline."

 

[Tillman33]

Sounds like he added 1 rookie who’s a complete unknown, 1 other guy who sucks and oft injured but will stick around because of status as 2nd round pick, and a bunch of other guys who will be selling Christmas Trees when the season ends.

Does inviting warm corpses for Mini Camp indicate a rebuilt offensive line?

We’ll be going on what, year 9 or 10 under Pace without a single 1st round OL pick, or any star OL picked up from free agency. You get what you pay for.

 

[Black Rainbow]

Sounds like he added 1 rookie who’s a complete unknown, 1 other guy who sucks and oft injured but will stick around because of status as 2nd round pick, and a bunch of other guys who will be selling Christmas Trees when the season ends.

Does inviting warm corpses for Mini Camp indicate a rebuilt offensive line?

We’ll be going on what, year 9 or 10 under Pace without a single 1st round OL pick, or any star OL picked up from free agency. You get what you pay for.

Yep.

This group is merely "okay" on paper. Some of them will fail to be competent. And there's not much depth.

 

[Anytime23]

Be prepared, they're going to do this to Jenkins

Id be lying if i said it doesn't concern me.

 

[wazzupi]

Sounds like he added 1 rookie who’s a complete unknown, 1 other guy who sucks and oft injured but will stick around because of status as 2nd round pick, and a bunch of other guys who will be selling Christmas Trees when the season ends.

Does inviting warm corpses for Mini Camp indicate a rebuilt offensive line?

We’ll be going on what, year 9 or 10 under Pace without a single 1st round OL pick, or any star OL picked up from free agency. You get what you pay for.

Everything you just said is wrong congrats you know nothing.

 

[wazzupi]

Yep.

This group is merely "okay" on paper. Some of them will fail to be competent. And there's not much depth.

Show me more than 3 teams with a good oline with "depth" lmfao so fucking stupid it's unreal you can only suit up 8 players on the offensive line during GameDay.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Show me more than 3 teams with a good oline with "depth" lmfao so fucking stupid it's unreal you can only suit up 8 players on the offensive line during GameDay.

Chiefs, Patriots, Packers, Colts, Browns

 

[Black Rainbow]

Chiefs, Patriots, Packers, Colts, Browns

He's going to curse at you now...lol

 

[WindyCity]

I am happy that they finally realized it was an issue and invested.

The rebuild is not over. We don’t know if any of these guys are going to be a difference maker.

We need to continue to invest and focus on the OL

 

[rawdawg]

Chiefs, Patriots, Packers, Colts, Browns

You just named teams with good starting OLs.

Chiefs depth hasn't played together yet. They literally lost the SB because they didn't have good enough OL depth. Probably the deepest OL in the league now because it killed them 3 months ago.

Patriots are the opposite and lost their depth in free agency. Their backups are Ted Karras and some no-name 6th and 7th rounders

Packers depth is because they just spent 3 draft picks on OL. They could have depth, but not proven yet.

Colts depth is Julie'n Davenport and Sam Tevi, both of whom were very bad starting OTs, and 1 of them may start until Eric Fisher gets healthy

Browns signed Chris Hubbard and drafted James Hudson in the 4th. Solid, not spectacular depth assuming Hudson can play

 

[wazzupi]

Chiefs, Patriots, Packers, Colts, Browns

Patriots have a very good 5 man where is the depth ? Chiefs have a good 5 man I'm pretty sure we all know what happened when they reached into their "depth" packers don't even have a good 5 man unit their depth is a center who has only played the center position.. sooo much depth there... Colts very good top 5 but you're betting on Eric Fisher to go back to his former self and that team also has no depth.

 

[wazzupi]

I am happy that they finally realized it was an issue and invested.

The rebuild is not over. We don’t know if any of these guys are going to be a difference maker.

We need to continue to invest and focus on the OL

I think the formula if we find our 5 starters is 1 linemen per draft a tackle is still something I'd look for in 2022 guard the year after unless you find a gem later rounds..

 

[rawdawg]

To be fair to Ryan Pace, the Bears have actually drafted a lineman in all but 1 of his 7 drafts, and 10 total. Four of those years he drafted OL in the first 3 rounds. The one draft he didn't draft any OL, he only had 5 picks (none in the first 2 rounds), and managed to add Alex Bars and Sam Mustipher as UDFAs.

So, I don't think you can say Pace has ignored OL. I think the biggest issues have been depth and evaluating OL. Re-signing Massie was a bad idea. He probably stayed with Leno, Long, and Massie for too long and didn't do enough to challenge them for spots. He didn't do enough to get Whitehair at his best position. And keeping Coward on the roster for multiple seasons is indefensiveable.

 

[HeHateMe]

Show me more than 3 teams with a good oline with "depth" lmfao so fucking stupid it's unreal you can only suit up 8 players on the offensive line during GameDay.

Good post but you still don't need to curse and be angry about it.