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The Chicago Bears only have 60 players signed to their offseason roster right now, so things will look much different come training camp time, so projecting their starting lineup three weeks before the NFL Draft is simply an exercise to see where the current roster may be lacking.
Jacob Infante did a fine job in ranking the positions by need earlier today, but his article inspired me to want to lay it all out in a visual manner, so here’s what the Bears would likely roll out there if there was a game today.
OFFENSE
QB - Justin Fields
RB - David Montgomery
FB - Khari Blasingame
TE (Y) - Cole Kmet
TE (U) - Jesper Horsted
WR - Darnell Mooney
WR - Byron Pringle
WR - Equanimeous St. Brown
LT - Teven Jenkins
LG - Cody Whitehair
C - Lucas Patrick
RG - Dakota Dozier
RT - Larry Borom
There’s a clear hole at right guard — as Dozier is a fringe roster guy — but the entire starting five is in flux until we see exactly where the new regime envisions Jenkins, Whitehair, and Borom playing. I talked about it on my latest podcast spot on the WCG channel, but I can’t wait to see how the Bears line up along the o-line in that first minicamp practice.
DEFENSE
DE - Al-Quadin Muhammad
DT - Justin Jones
DT - Angelo Blackson
DE - Robert Quinn
WILL - Roquan Smith
MIKE - Nicholas Morrow
SAM - Matt Adams
CB - Jaylon Johnson
S - Eddie Jackson
S - Dane Cruikshank
CB - Thomas Graham Jr.
NB - Tavon Young
The Bears still have some work to do in the secondary and at linebacker, and while I expect the draft to get them some help there, don’t be surprised to see another veteran or two added to compete. I’m curious to find out their plans at the WILL and MIKE positions, because so far they haven’t indicated where they plan on playing Roquan.
SPECIAL TEAMS
LS - Patrick Scales
K - Cairo Santos
P - Ryan Winslow
KR - Khalil Herbert
PR - Dazz Newsome
Scales and Santos are the only locks in the third phase, but right now this is who they’d probably list as starters. I’m not high on Winslow’s long term prospects, so another punter should be added to compete at some point.
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