The Chicago Bears are heading into the bye week sitting at 2-2, where they have an opportunity to rest, heal and evaluate the first four games of the season. And one of the big decisions head coach Ben Johnson has to make comes at left tackle.
Three-year starter Braxton Jones won the left tackle job in the summer, and he started the first four games. But Jones was pulled during Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders and replaced by former undrafted free agent Theo Benedet, who was starting at right tackle in place of Darnell Wright.
Which begs the question: Did Jones just lose his job? That appears to be determined.
Johnson explained the team will look at the film of the first four games before determining what to do at left tackle — stick with Jones or continue with Benedet.
“We need to look at all four games so far as a whole,” Johnson said Monday. “We’ll get a good feel over the next few days of where we’re at schematically. What are we doing well? What aren’t we doing well? And I think we’ll really have a good grasp of what we need to do going forward. It’s too early for me to tell now.”
When Benedet moved to left tackle, rookie Ozzy Trapilo stepped in at right tackle, and the offensive line looked the best it had all game. The expectation is Wright, who suffered an elbow injury in Week 3, should be back for Week 6 against the Washington Commanders. But the biggest question is whether it’ll be Jones or Benedet lining up at left tackle.
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Reporting by Alyssa Barbieri, Bears Wire / Bears Wire
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