4. How high is confidence with offensive line?
The offensive line is near the top of the list in offensive concerns for the Bears this offseason, and they didn’t do anything in the early rounds to address it. They did draft a couple of developmental prospects in Arlington Hambright and Lachavious Simmons with back-to-back picks in the seventh round, but they’re not necessarily going to compete right away.
That says a lot about the confidence in new offensive line coach Juan Castillo to turn things around for a struggling group that consists of Charles Leno, James Daniel, Cody Whitehair and Bobby Massie. With a starting right guard job to fill after Kyle Long’s retirement, the Bears appear to be confident in the trio of Germain Ifedi, Alex Bars and Rashaad Coward to hold down that spot on the offensive line.
Castillo specializes in the run game, which was certainly an issue for the Bears last season. We’ll see what magic Castillo can work with this group of guys tasked with protecting either Mitchell Trubisky or Nick Foles and paving the way for running back David Montgomery.
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