The Chicago Bears offensive line brought in centers Ryan Bates and Shelton Coleman but remains otherwise intact and has received a surprising grade from Pro Football Focus.
Grades and offseason rankings only carry so much weight as it's on-field production actually counts the most.
However, the grades Pro Football Focus says it does are based on film from games and they produced a rather shocking result regarding the Bears. PFF has graded their offensive line the 11th best in the league and not only that, but ranked ahead of both Green Bay and Minnesota. In their rating of offensive lines posted on July 1, PFF's Zoltán Buday discounts the fact they had problems against Green Bay's offensive line in the season finale. It's the same Packers line that helped fuel the late-season streak of three straight wins to put Green Bay in the playoffs.
"The Bears' offensive line, as it got healthy, was one of the top units in the NFL toward the second half of the 2023 season," Buday wrote.Injury problems have hurt the Bears offensive line for two seasons. They had 18 in-season switches to their starting offensive line in those seasons, 19 counting a switch from the changeover from the 2021 line to the opening day 2022 line.
Last year, left tackle Braxton Jones missed six games on IR following neck surgery resulting from a Week 2 injury. Guard Teven Jenkins missed the season's first four games on IR with a leg injury. At the same time, guard Nate Davis missed two games due to the illness and death of his mother and four games later at midseason with an ankle injury. Former center Lucas Patrick has knee and ankle issues and also a concussion.
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