The offensive line wasn’t considered a strength for the Chicago Bears coming into this season. Still, it wasn’t a huge weakness last year. Most considered it a passable group with good run blocking and adequate pass protection. One can understand why the start of this season has been such a letdown. The group has looked discombobulated for weeks, allowing 13 sacks and blocking for the third-worst rushing attack. GM Ryan Poles is certainly disappointed like everybody else.
Fans want to know if the Bears will do anything about it. Chicago has built a reputation for making aggressive trades during the season under Poles. They grabbed Chase Claypool in 2022 and Montez Sweat last year. One would think the team is considering hunting some offensive line help. Poles appeared on ESPN 1000 before the game against the Los Angeles Rams. From the sound of things, he believes the Bears have the talent to fix the problems. The issue is limiting mental errors and getting all five guys on the same page.
Ryan Poles likely understands the Bears’ reality.
Trading for wide receivers and pass rushers is one thing. Teams rarely make high-end offensive linemen available during a season. It makes little sense. Why expose your own quarterback to added hits and pressure for what would likely be a day two draft pick that won’t help you until the spring? Only a team prepared to blow everything up would do that, and none of those who could be sellers at the deadline don’t have that feel to them. So unless somebody gets released, the Bears have to work with what they have.
Ryan Poles is already hard at work preparing for the 2025 draft. He’s attended several games that feature top offensive linemen. It isn’t hard to believe he will use at least one of his three picks in the first two rounds to bolster that ground. Maybe even two. Until then, it falls on offensive coordinator Shane Waldron and offensive line coach Chris Morgan to figure it out.
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Good call Poles, do nothing. These PS level players on the line are just fine 😂😂. This team is impossible to watch. This is one of the top 5 worst offenses I’ve literally ever seen. And worst Oline if football by a long shot. Good news, we will be picking top 3 again next year. Bad news, Poles will be in charge of the pick.
I have full confidence that Poles and Morgan will figure the OL out with a little help from their friends by draft time. vote + for agree; vote – for disagree. Your choice on this vote of confidence.
Do y’all really think that CEO, Kevin Warren is going to let Ryan Poles (a proven inept judge of NFL talent, proficiency, heart and value) mess up the Bears’ 2025 NFL Draft?
It’s not happening!