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“The Bears DON’T HAVE A CENTER On The Roster Right Now!”

Sports Talk Chicago

Sports Talk Chicago

Football, Sports, Baseball

5.0832 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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BearsWire writer and podcaster, Brendan Sugrue, explains why the Bears must focus on signing or drafting a center moving forward, among other positions.

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0:00.0

I'm going to go next. This might be a little surprising because I think this is something that the Chicago Bears are definitely going to target. So maybe I'll leave this up to you for the next pick. But I think number two on the board, and this is a specific position, not even a positional group. I'm going center, baby. And look, when we talk about the Chicago Bears struggles offensively last year, we love to key in on Justin Fields. We love to key in on Luke Getsey. But Brendan, do you remember the days when our center can't even snap the ball? We had fundamental issues with our process pre-snap, whether it was Lucas Patrick or Cody White here, we could not snap the

0:38.8

ball to the quarterback that was playing at times. And I just think that the way that they punted on the

0:44.6

position the last couple of years, I definitely think it contributed to their own four start to start

0:49.5

this year. And I think it's something that they need to clean up post haste.

0:55.0

So if you are Ryan Poles, Brendan, you know, how are you attacking this right now?

1:00.0

I mean, if you are, if you're pairing the rookie quarterback, are you thinking veteran center,

1:04.0

rookie quarterback, rookie center, you don't mind, bring back Justin Fields, give me a veteran,

1:09.0

give me a rookie center.

1:10.0

How would you attack this if you're Ryan Poles?

1:12.9

I would get a veteran center for sure.

1:14.9

And I totally get being the second pick because the Bears don't have a center on the roster right now.

1:21.4

Like, white hair's gone.

1:23.2

Patrick's a free agent.

1:24.5

And Dan Feeney, who the Bears traded a sixth round pick for, he's gone as well.

1:29.0

So good, you know, that's, that's, that's a great deal.

1:32.8

The good news is, oh, you know, okay, yeah, Doug Kramer, I guess, technically.

1:37.1

He's like their one center.

1:38.4

He played in preseason.

1:39.8

Great.

1:41.4

No, the good news is there are a ton of free agent centers, most of which are actually

1:46.5

pretty quality players, guys like Andre James and Aaron Brewer. Both of them had PFF grades in the

1:52.6

70s. Lucas Patrick, for reference, his was 50.5 in 2023, so not great. Both players would present a pretty good upgrade.

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