Anthony Herron

She has followed me all around the country to these various cities.

And in some ways, it's sort of put her career on the shelf.

And she's going with me to this place and that.

And

Yeah, it was a difficult time because not only was my playing career over, but then our family had to figure out what's next for us.

And yeah, when you're doing that, you know, I was 28, Drew Darman's 27.

And yeah, he is a multimillionaire, but he was just about to enter his earning prime as well.

So you would imagine there's a gravity to where he's at in his life right now and just trying to figure out what the next phase brings.

What this ends up doing, the Drew Dahlman portion of this, it changes, it adjusts my perspective on what left tackle means.

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?