5 On It: Kiran Amegadjie to start at left tackle in Bears' preseason opener

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Leila Rahimi 0:00

Embarrassing. I got by It's time for five on it. Rahimi Harrison Rhode. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 1043 this hole. Yeah. Number one

Mark Grody 0:12

According to the Chicago Tribune's Brad Biggs, Karana Magaji is expected to be the starter at left tackle in Saturday's preseason opener. The plan is to get close to even reps with Jedrick Wills. Biggs went on to write. O-line coach Dan Roshar called their work pretty even to this point, and the coaches want more to evaluate.

Why is Kiran Amagaji expected to start at left tackle in the Bears' preseason opener?

Mark Grody 0:31

So the question is, what's your reaction to the Bears plan at left tackle for Saturday's preseason opener?

Vinny Rotino 0:37

Well would you look at that? All that ore talk. We got ourselves a starter. It is Karan Amagaji. And frankly, he deserves to be part of the conversation, does he not? This needs to be partly Karan Amagaji's job to lose. Gain, stay, hold. Be there. I'm getting less confident with the words I'm using. But he should he should get some reps there, that's the point. He should.

Mark Grote 1:04

That this is what they've been show without Braxton Jones out there because he's injured. This is what we've been seeing in training camp. It's been Karan Amagaji who has gotten a even when Braxton was there on the final rep of the first unit, they would oh, there he comes, Karan Amagaji, number seventy two fridge, would come in there and play left tackle for one play with the first unit, and then he would stick around for the second unit. But now No, Karan Amagaji has been for the most part getting the the first work for the first team. I think Wills actually, now that I think about it on Tuesday, Wills did. But this does make sense to me.

How does the Bears' O‑line coach Dan Roshar evaluate the reps between Amagaji and Jedrick Wills?

Mark Grote 1:40

Um, does it make sense though, in a Kevin White sort of way? And this is what I mean by this. Oh no.

Vinny Rotino 1:47

Why are we bringing up bad names from the past?

Mark Grote 1:49

Because there was in Kevin White's final training camp with the Bears. I was out there for it, covering it for WBBM, I think, at the time. And Kevin. Yeah, that's that's right. And Kevin White was getting all the opportunities. They were targeting him, they were throwing to him, and it was like, oh, wait a minute. Maybe maybe Kevin White is right. Maybe he's not an injury buster. After all, or just a bust of a bust. Focal point of the offense. Yeah, and sometimes it's last call. We're gonna give you all the opportunities in the world. We're gonna give you all the reps in the world because of where you were drafted and what we might think of you. Is that what's going on with Quran Amagaji, the former third-round pick?

Mark Grote 2:32

Is it last call for Quran? Are they saying, okay, here we go. We invested in you. We think there's something there. We're going to give you all the opportunities, including the starting left tackle. And maybe it's because they really think that there's something there, or maybe it's last call for Karan Amagaji. So I wonder about that. And I just haven't seen enough from Jedrick Wills yet for me to believe that that's actually something that's going to work out for the Chicago Bears. And it would be ideal. It would be great if the Bears were the team that was able to. To reclaim Jedrick Wills, but this was a tough situation on the overall.

Vinny Rotino 3:08

Yeah, I I oh yes, Ray, I'm sorry. Quick, I just

Mark Grody 3:10

wanted to add something because this could uh ch maybe, I don't know, if it changes how you feel about Amagaji getting the start, but the picture of Saturday's preseason over opener is beginning to take shape even more. We're getting more tweets from Brad Biggs, who said uh coach Ben Johnson said there will be a quote handful of guys that won't be participating Saturday against the Browns and said uh quarterback Caleb Williams will not play on Saturday. Saturday against the Browns.

Mark Grote 3:37

Okay. I mean same thing as last year. So we'll see if I don't know if that means that he's gonna get shut out in the preseason or he will do like he did last year and play in the final two preseason games.

Vinny Rotino 3:48

I could see okay, I still believe you need to know who your left tackles are. And when you have multiple in this case, and yes, unfortunately they might hurt you if they don't do their job right, you still need to know how to play with them.