The Chicago Bears haven’t received much good news regarding their offensive line since training camp began. Nate Davis missed most of it with injury issues, and Ryan Bates suffered a shoulder injury that has landed him on IR. Coleman Shelton and Teven Jenkins have also gone through their share of struggles to start the season. While nobody expected this group to be great, they at least expected it to be serviceable. They aren’t anywhere close to even that. Fans can only cover their heads in pain.
Thankfully, there was finally a bit of exciting news out of Halas Hall. Kiran Amegadjie, their 3rd round pick this past April, has been working his way back from a quad injury he suffered last October. The latest Thursday injury report revealed that he practiced in full for the first time, a true indication that he is closer than ever to seeing possible action this season.
The Chicago Bears no doubt have high hopes for Amegadjie.
GM Ryan Poles said the initial plan was to bring the rookie along slowly. Not only was he inexperienced, but he also played against subpar competition in college. It would take time to get him healthy and up to speed. The Chicago Bears have likely educated him on the offense for the past several weeks. Now they get to see where he’s at from a physical standpoint. Practicing in full means he was in pads and able to bang around. He won’t be ready right away to handle live game conditions. Still, if he makes good progress they could start sprinkling him into games not long from now.
@Arnie — Potato/potato. Tomato/tomato. Release/elect not to meet contract demands. . Davis signed with the Steelers, on March 17, 2022 ($26.5 MM/3 yrs). — and has been their starting RG ever since. “. . [A]verage guard…?” If that helps you to sleep at night — cool. Daniels has allowed 2 sacks in 51 games with Pittsburgh — and 6 sacks in his entire 7-year NFL career (Davis has surrendered 18 sacks in 6 years). Oh yeah, Daniels has blocked in 1,000 more passing plays than “Waldo” in the NFL (3,307 to 2,307 pass plays). I for one, would not miss… Read more »
@TGena Poles did not release Daniels. He elected not to meet his contract demands/market rate he got elsewhere. Would Daniels be nice to have now? Sure, compared to Davis, but overpaying for an average guard at the very beginning of a total rebuild made no sense.
I would like to witness a score sheet of some sort where Poles is responsible for each OL man he either drafted, by-passed, signed, let go, worked out, visited etc., in a thorough and systematic way. Recall before the season I was not all that confident in our two starting OTs as well as the IOL. That’s why I supported this draft order at pick #9: (A) LT Alt, (B) WR Odunze, (C) LT Fashanu. See the emphasis. If Alt/Fashanu took Jones LT spot, then perhaps Jones could move to LG, and Teven could return to RG. It was springtime,… Read more »
I forgot about Daniels. That one hurts right now.
@PoochPest —
James Daniels has started 49 games at RG for the Steelers (17, 17 and 15 in 2022–2023). He has allowed 2 sacks in 3 years — and 6 sacks over his entire 7-year, NFL career (3,307 pass blocks; 5.496 total snaps)
Poles said Daniels just wasn’t a good “scheme fit.” If the goal is a scheme comprised of losers — Poles was right.
Releasing James Daniels in 2022, should have warned us all that Ryan Poles was a fraud.