Braxton Jones vs Jedrick Wills: Who's the LEADER at Left Tackle for the Chicago Bears?
CHGO Chicago Bears Podcast
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | But I think the left tackle position is one of the biggest decisions this organization has had to make here with the obstacles. |
| 0:07.9 | You talk about Drew Dalman retiring, but Ozzie Tripillo's injury was just as catastrophic to what their, you know, ongoing plans are for here. |
| 0:17.7 | So let's hear from Ryan Poles and what his expectation is here for the summer. |
| 0:22.2 | And then I'll get your guys' thoughts on and I'll start with you, Shane, on, on if this approach is going to work or if the confidence you have in it. |
| 0:31.9 | So here's Ryan Poles talking about the left tackle position and where they're going to go with it this summer. |
| 0:38.8 | Create competition. |
| 0:40.7 | There's a lot going on at the left tackle position. |
| 0:44.0 | You got guys that have played the position this year in terms of Theo, |
| 0:48.1 | Braxton that, you know, had a crack at it early, was dealing with some things. |
| 0:51.3 | I like to see him get back healthy to compete for that spot. |
| 0:56.4 | And with Jedrick, you know, if you go back to early in his career before the injury, |
| 1:01.0 | playing at a really high level, he's a guy that we want Dan and Kyle to lean into. |
| 1:08.0 | I think we have phenomenal offensive line coaches, two really good |
| 1:11.7 | ones that do a fantastic job developing players. So they're going to lean into Jedrick, |
| 1:17.9 | spent time with them. We think there's a connection there between our coaches and him. He's |
| 1:23.1 | willing to put in the work. We have an unbelievable performance staff that's going to help him get his |
| 1:29.1 | body right so he can compete at a high level. And at the end of the day, like any position, we want |
| 1:33.4 | competition. We want guys to rise to the level. And at some point, when we get to September, |
| 1:38.6 | someone's going to take that job. And I'm excited to see how that works out. |
| 1:44.3 | I'm really, yeah, go ahead. |
| 1:45.9 | I'm just upset that no beat reporter in the building asked about third round pick Karan Amagashi. |
| 1:53.4 | Is he in competition there? |
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