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Only issue I have is Lachavious reminds me of the Key and Peele football player name skit
Only issue I have is Lachavious reminds me of the Key and Peele football player name skit
Nobody really knows how Jenkins will work out...Yeah, they needed to do /something/ to try and improve the o-line. I'd feel better if we had a LT and Jenkins could be RT. I think he could be a pro-bowl caliber RT. At LT, He may be an upgrade. I expect certainly by year 2. Probably we'll see strides all year long.
I know we all want to think this problem ua solved but the reality is:
Zero of 12 lineman on the roster have started a NFL game at LT
The guy penciled in at LT is a rookie who was pegged by most everybody as a RT (maybe guard)
We have one of 12 lineman who looked ok at center....and he's a 2nd year udfa...the backups to him have proven to be better as guards and a disaster as centers
I think we'll be fine but there are definitely some big question marks on the oline.
Pace started in 2015 with a serviceable LT in Leno and Pro Bowl RG in Kyle Long. In free agency 2016, he went out and signed Massie, who initially exceeded expectations, and Josh Sitton at G. He re-signed both tackles to extensions which ultimately didn't work out. Long became a perennial injury problem. Sitton was a stop gap.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."
We just need him to do it again next year.Pace started in 2015 with a serviceable LT in Leno and Pro Bowl RG in Kyle Long. In free agency 2016, he went out and signed Massie, who initially exceeded expectations, and Josh Sitton at G. He re-signed both tackles to extensions which ultimately didn't work out. Long became a perennial injury problem. Sitton was a stop gap.
Also in 2016, he drafted Whitehair in the 2nd round. He drafted Daniels in the 2nd in 2018. He traded up in the 2nd for Jenkins in 2021 and also drafted Borom in the 5th. Through his tenure, he added other depth with late picks and UDFAs.
Fan perception is all Pace did was that last part.
Obviously there's criticism warranted but can we stop beating this dead horse in a year where Pace aggressively addressed the line and bolstered depth?
I agree. It feels like Pace should be moving on from desperation mode where he has more holes than picks and spends too freely in FA.We just need him to do it again next year.
Daniels could be another Leno test case. If he is good enough, then lets not re-sign him like we did Leno and Massie. Lets go looking or just good, with no qualifiers.
I feel like your opinion is based on antiquated ideas of the OL. Sure, you want the blind side of the QB protected by a good pass blocker, but plenty of teams put their best rusher over the right. The difference between what makes a stud RT or LT all but disappears in those circumstances.Yeah, they needed to do /something/ to try and improve the o-line. I'd feel better if we had a LT and Jenkins could be RT. I think he could be a pro-bowl caliber RT. At LT, He may be an upgrade. I expect certainly by year 2. Probably we'll see strides all year long.
They are talking about drafting offensive linemen, far as that year goes, Bears only had one drafted player start those two years.If only Phil Emery got 7 drafts...Also, what was that OL in 05 and 06? Is this selective memory?
Well the depth got them to Super Bowl, try and keep up
The post im replying to said built, so my mistake.They are talking about drafting offensive linemen, far as that year goes, Bears only had one drafted player start those two years.
Daniels is not a failed pick
Is he our center?
That was an oline heavy draft. Spending a 2nd on a center who can't play the position is a failed pick. That doesn't mean the player is a failure but the pick was.
The fact that they tried him at center shows he wasn't drafted to be a guard, that is where he is because he sucks at center.
Other centers from that draft taken in the 3rd and 4th are listed as centers in the NFL. Centers taken in that draft who are guards are 5th and 6th rounders, oh yeah, and our 2nd. That is a failed pick.
Meh. He started his career at Guard. So I dont get how he's a failed pick at center when he started there
Yeah, I know that."Years" is plural, bud.
Wait - they lost their starting tackles immediately before the Super Bowl and the replacements got beaten so badly, they got killed by Tampa.The Chiefs lost the super bowl because they lost both of their starting tackles right before the SB and lost their starting LG in week 5 and STILL made the super bowl but go on and tell me about how they're not deep... and you know, the Bucs defense is pretty good.
It took you 13 hours to come up with this crap?Yeah, I know that.
So, answer the question.
You said he did not solve the problem, he only delayed action.
How so?