In this post I will go over some of the offensive linemen the Bears have added this offseason and make my prediction of who will win the five offensive line positions.
Over the past offseason the Bears have added several offensive linemen through free agency. Add that with their current offensive linemen on the roster and the Bears could contend to have one of the better offensive linemen in the NFL this upcoming year. Something else to be aware of is that a lot of analysts are picking the Bears to draft an offensive Linemen with their first pick in this weeks draft.
Manny Ramirez
The Bears just recently signed Ramirez who has been with the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos since entering the NFL in 2007. There has been a trend this year of John Fox and Ryan Pace signing players that used to play for Fox in Denver. I think Ramirez is a solid veteran that could play center and fill in in case of an injury.
Ted Larsen
The Bears signed Larsen around the same time they signed Ramirez. Larsen is a natural center but can also play guard. He is still young at 28 years old and has a lot of NFL experience. He has started 57 games for both the Bucs and the Cardinals since 2010. Larsen is a guy that will compete for starting center job with Grasu.
Here are my predictions for who will win the five offensive line positions for the Bears.
LT: Charles Leno Jr.: The Bears really like him at left tackle.
LG: Matt Slauson: Getting to play a full year at guard will be nice after moving around last year.
C: Ted Larsen: I think Grasu still needs some time to adjust in the NFL
RG: Kyle Long: Moving back to guard will be huge for the Bears
RT: Bobby Massie: The newcomer will take over nicely for Long
Below are some links to the profiles of all five projected offensive linemen
http://www.nfl.com/player/tedlarsen/497026/profile
http://www.nfl.com/player/bobbymassie/2533543/profile
http://www.nfl.com/player/mannyramirez/2507201/profile
http://www.nfl.com/player/kylelong/2539933/profile
http://www.nfl.com/player/mattslauson/81871/profile
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Potential Quarterbacks that the Bears might draft
For this blog I will be discussing some of the quarterbacks
that the Bears may have a chance to draft in the later rounds of this year’s
upcoming draft.
With Cutler turning 33 this year, many experts have the
Bears pegged to pick a quarterback in the later rounds. It has been speculated
that the Bears will go defense in the first couple of rounds but I could see
them drafting a quarterback in rounds 3 through 6. Overall there have been
about four quarterbacks that I think could make sense for the Bears. It would
be great if Connor Cook or Paxton Lynch would drop into the third round but
that seems unlikely after the last week.
1.
Christian Hackenberg
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He is ranked as the number five quarterback in
this year’s draft class. He was a junior at Penn State last year. He stands at
6’4’’ and weighs 234 pounds. He set a lot of records at Penn State including
passing yards.
2.
Dak Prescott
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He is ranked as the number six quarterback
available and the 109th overall player available. He was a senior at
Mississippi St. last year. He is a little smaller than Hackenberg at 6’2’’ but
much more agile. The big downside for Dak Prescott was his recent DUI, which
affected his future draft pick in a negative way.
3.
Cardale Jones
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He is currently ranked as the seventh
quarterback in this draft class but probably has the most upside out of these
three quarterbacks. He was a junior at Ohio State last year. He is also the
biggest of these three quarterback at 6’5’’ which could go a long way to
lasting in the NFL.
Below I will include a link to one article about each of these players:
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