Mike Mulligan

If a safety comes down to the strong side, now they have to count him and to be able to have a blocker for that player.

And so those are all things that are really challenging.

They have to happen very quickly.

And that's the first thing that I want out of any of my centers.

And then the second thing is I need to have a good athlete, a guy that can get out and run.

He can reach.

a nose guard if they're running zones.

You can get out and pull if they're running pin pulls and cracked G-type concepts.

He's got to be able to run.

You get a lot of help when you're the center, which is the nice thing because you got a guard on either side of you.

So in pass protection, you're rarely in a one-on-one matchup.

But you need to be able to run.

You need to be able to find linebackers and safeties in space and block them, especially in the Bears system, which is always going to rely heavily on a really, really strong ground game.

I would say you're going to want to use more resources on tackle because it requires a lot more draft capital or dollars in the salary cap to pay a quality tackle.

And if you can't block the edges in pass protection, it doesn't matter if you've got all the guys assigned to the right protection.

You're not going to be able to be very efficient and very effective protecting for your quarterback.

So tackle is still the hardest thing to get, and it's still something you want to spend your most money on.

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