Anthony Herron

Because I was viewing...

You hate having anyone get injured, of course, but the idea that the Bears were not going to definitively have a starter at left tackle, I was choosing to view it through a positive lens of at least now they know that Ozzie Trapillo is not going to be available, and so they have to make a move.

I felt like they were going to be in a gray area trying to decide, is it worth trying to upgrade from a second-round pick who hadn't really locked it down to an extent that looked like he was definitely your left tackle of the future?

So if he's not a part of that equation, the Bears will have to expend some capital to make sure they've got someone solidified there.

But now...

you probably have to expend a premium draft position on one of those spots.

Because, yeah, you're good at left guards, you're good at right guards, you're good at right tackle, but now there's two spots on your offensive line that are cavernous holes for you.

So if you get a vet at center and you pay decent, if not huge, money for that, whether it's Tyler Linderbaum or Biotich or whatever other Tyler might be out there that you feel good about,

Then you've got to go into the draft and make sure you get a left tackle.

But their hand is forced a bit more now to use an earlier draft pick, perhaps a more premium draft commodity than they likely would have if it was only left tackle they were focused on.

Have you looked at all of the centers in the draft?

I mean, not extensively yet.

I mean, certainly, like, I'm sure Alex Coon has watched Logan Jones from Iowa.

You know, he's really good about that.

He's not Tyler Linderbaum, but he had to follow up that Tyler Linderbaum legacy at Iowa as the former defensive lineman who moved over to center and took a little time to figure it out.

Once he figured it out, he played at a really high level.

Could have been probably a mid-round pick a year ago, decided to come back for another season.

He'll likely be a day two draft pick right now.

Where the Bears will have to sort of factor in is now that Caleb is going into his second year of Ben Johnson's offense, are there going to be some of the mental gymnastics that are required pre-snap?

If you add a rookie into that spot, now do you feel like Caleb's at a point...