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Whom could the Bears replace Drew Dalman with? | Take The North
06 Mar 2026
Chapter 1: Who is Drew Dalman and why is his replacement necessary?
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Limited time only. Price and participation may vary. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Single item at regular price. Ba-da-ba-ba-ba. Let's start. I mean, the number one name on the center list right now is Tyler Linderbaum. He is a free agent. Baltimore made him a market-setting offer that apparently he didn't like. We're looking at a $20 million plus offer. Plus, yeah.
Make sure you emphasize the plus. The plus is very important in this case because I think that's about what Baltimore had offered him. He'd be the dream scenario. He's the best of the best. And I would just listen to Olin Krutz on the score talking about this guy and watching his tape and his ability to do everything.
And probably a better player than even Drew Dallman, who just feels even better now because he retired now that we can't have him anymore. But yeah. What do you think about the realistic possibilities of somebody like Tyler Linderbaum coming to the Bears?
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I say that because, look, you put that plus on the end of $20 million average annual value. The Bears are already up against it cap-wise, and there's no question that Tyler Linderbaum would be the best possible replacement at center for the Bears. That's why he would be attractive. There's no question he would be most likely an upgrade
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Chapter 2: What makes Tyler Linderbaum an ideal center for the Bears?
So like, this isn't a guy, you know, trained his whole life as a center, right? Like he, he moved to the interior of the line at Michigan state for one season. He got drafted. The bears basically gave him the first opportunity to put the ball between his legs and snap it right. And say like, Oh, let's try center for a little bit. So it's not like,
You're talking about a guy like Dallman who was at the pinnacle of the position and a guy who could handle everything as the quarterback of that offensive line, and you're taking a guy that you're just kind of auditioning. I'm not saying Luke Newman doesn't have a future, but for a team that's trying to contend for the biggest prizes in 2026, that's certainly not ā Plan A. Let him compete.
Let him work himself in as a potential backup option there. But man, that would feel really dangerous if you were going to settle going to OTAs with Luke Newman as your center one. They made it clear to us at the beginning of the season that he was... I don't remember if it was Ryan Poles or Ben Johnson saying he could back up with the keywords being back up any position on the interior.
And I think when they say that, they mean... left guard and right guard, not so much the center position. So yeah, well, I mean, we'll, we'll look forward to his development and see what he becomes, but I don't think that can be an answer. I don't understand why nobody's talking about Doug Kramer in this spot right now, Dan. I mean, he's very familiar with the locker room.
He understands what's going on. He's in a line before he's had the football in his hands and it's lost it from his head. Where is Doug now? I don't know. Let me just take a look here and see. Doug's got to be ā you know he's playing somewhere. His lovely grandparents who you had that elevator encounter with a couple years ago. They were wonderful people, honestly. Sincerely wonderful people.
They really were. Yeah. Let's see. Doug Kramer is right now ā he is not playing right now. It does not appear. He was with the Seattle Seahawks in 2025. That's where he ended. Hmm.
is a season let's just see here oh oh check this out oh my goodness all right on january 14th kramer was selected by the louisville kings of the united football league okay so he's going ufl all right doug kramer do what you gotta do you know coming to a spring sunday on nbc near you right yeah So now you know. Now if you hear Doug Kramer's name, you heard it right here on Take the North.
The other name, I guess, and I'd probably put this name in the same category as Luke Newman in terms of it's not going to happen, is a guy that you already mentioned on this show, one of the Bears' previous centers. That'd be the 28-year-old James Daniels, who is available as well. Ryan Poles already let him go once, but I don't know. I mean, that was the one move that Ryan Poles made.
that name again it froze for a second oh sorry james i didn't hear the name james daniels the former second round pick for the chicago bears who as you pointed out and i had forgotten that the man ever even did play some center for the bears which he did for the bears and he did in iowa Drafted the same night as Anthony Miller. That's right. I was very excited about both.
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Chapter 3: How do salary cap issues affect the Bears' ability to sign a new center?
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