{"id":45895,"date":"2022-08-15T10:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/one-chicago-bears-o-lineman-had-an-excellent-preseason-opener\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:44:46","slug":"one-chicago-bears-o-lineman-had-an-excellent-preseason-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/one-chicago-bears-o-lineman-had-an-excellent-preseason-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"One Chicago Bears O-Lineman Had An Excellent Preseason Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chicago Bears offensive line is far from settled. Head coach Matt Eberflus said the staff is working through the evaluation process to find the best five-man combination possible. A few takeaways thus far include Cody Whitehair and Lucas Patrick being locks at left guard and center. Braxton Jones, against all odds, is the heavy favorite at left tackle. It gets interesting on the right side of the offensive line where both right guard and right tackle don’t appear certain yet.<\/p>\n
Riley Reiff has gotten most of the starter reps at right tackle in training camp over the past two weeks. He didn’t play in the opener. That suggests the team views him as the likely option they’ll go with in September unless something unexpected happens. That would be somebody else making a strong enough impression to change their minds. One person that may have done just that against the Chiefs was Larry Borom.<\/p>\n
Across an entire half of work, the former 5th round pick looked sharp. That was especially true in pass protection. Borom pass-blocked on 18 total snaps in the game, including 13 where he had no help. He didn’t allow a single pressure on the quarterback in each of those instances. Much of this was accomplished against guys like Carlos Dunlap (former Pro Bowler), Frank Clark (former Pro Bowler), and George Karlaftis (1st round pick).<\/p>\n
\nWatch the anchor & quick feet displayed by Larry Borom & Braxton Jones here, great stuff from the young guys.<\/p>\n
But I’ve seen enough from Schofield. He doesn’t have the anchor to play RG in this league & someone else will have to step up there if this offense is going to succeed pic.twitter.com\/k1XPV5684K<\/a><\/p>\n