Anthony Herron

Ultimately, they want to give Ozzie a shot there down the road.

And it's down the road December.

It's down the road 2027.

I don't know right now, and they don't know.

So you sort of need a bridge player to get you there.

And if you were looking for a bridge safety, no problem.

You want a bridge guard, plenty available.

You want a bridge-right tackle, we can probably find you a couple options there.

A quality left tackle that you would view as a bridge guy, he's not available.

Like, that guy, if he's a quality left tackle, he's going to get paid.

So I think the bridge option here, really, the one that makes the most sense, and they'll have to get together and talk, the two sides, is

Braxton Jones, and that's something I've talked about since Mobile a month ago in the Senior Bowl, is this could be a win-win situation for both parties.

Braxton Jones did not put together the kind of contract year that he would have hoped for coming off the injury that he suffered in 2024.

So he's sort of damaged goods right now because he was never healthy this past season.

So he could use a one-year kind of

situation to go out and play, correct his market, enhance his positioning, and the Bears could use a one-year guy to fill that gap for him.

The question is, what do the coaches feel about him?

I don't know the answer to that.

Dan Rochard never saw him healthy.

I'm talking fully, 100% healthy.