So, because of the other thread, here's the official/unofficial offensive line rankings. Simple stuff. Rank the five Bears offensive linemen 1-5 throughout the year. Consider effectiveness, consistency, penalties, sacks, huge plays, leadership, dominance, responsibility, etc.

 

For my money it's probably:

1) Bushrod - Huge problems before this year. Nearly no problems this year. Called on to man the most difficult position, and for the most part dominated.

2) Slauson - Rarely heard anything about him. That's good. An anchor for the OL.

3) Long - Had some rookie blunders, but more than made up for it with crushing blocks and attacks of the second level.

4) Garza - Average veteran who neither dominated nor screwed up a lot. He's the Center version of a game managing QB.

5) Mills - Very good rookie, but had plenty of problems. Shows promise, but he needs to take a good step forward next year for me to feel good.

That's a pretty fair assessment. I'd maybe move long up to 2 just because he was voted as a Pro Bowl alternate. 2/3rds of the vote is by players and coaches, so they must have seen something more in him other than just being Howie Long's son.

So, because of the other thread, here's the official/unofficial offensive line rankings. Simple stuff. Rank the five Bears offensive linemen 1-5 throughout the year. Consider effectiveness, consistency, penalties, sacks, huge plays, leadership, dominance, responsibility, etc.

 

For my money it's probably:

1) Bushrod - Huge problems before this year. Nearly no problems this year. Called on to man the most difficult position, and for the most part dominated.

2) Slauson - Rarely heard anything about him. That's good. An anchor for the OL.

3) Long - Had some rookie blunders, but more than made up for it with crushing blocks and attacks of the second level.

4) Garza - Average veteran who neither dominated nor screwed up a lot. He's the Center version of a game managing QB.

5) Mills - Very good rookie, but had plenty of problems. Shows promise, but he needs to take a good step forward next year for me to feel good.

 

I agree with TD that Long probably gets moved up to #2 but that's, in my mind, because he so wildly exceeded my expectations for the year. Regardless, this is a good conversation to be having. With that said, depth is another question and with so much attention needed on D, I'm not sure we can expect to pick up much in that regard. If one of these building blocks goes down next year, Trestman's entire house of cards will collapse on offense.

I'd probably go Slaus-Long-Bushrod-Garza-Mills. Guards play a big role in the Kromers inside out blocking scheme. Bushrod gave up quite a bit of hurries and he had more false starts than the guy who was deemed J'Marcus "false start" Webb.

Your assessment looks good to me...

 

 

 

So, because of the other thread, here's the official/unofficial offensive line rankings. Simple stuff. Rank the five Bears offensive linemen 1-5 throughout the year. Consider effectiveness, consistency, penalties, sacks, huge plays, leadership, dominance, responsibility, etc.

 

For my money it's probably:

1) Bushrod - Huge problems before this year. Nearly no problems this year. Called on to man the most difficult position, and for the most part dominated.

2) Slauson - Rarely heard anything about him. That's good. An anchor for the OL.

3) Long - Had some rookie blunders, but more than made up for it with crushing blocks and attacks of the second level.

4) Garza - Average veteran who neither dominated nor screwed up a lot. He's the Center version of a game managing QB.

5) Mills - Very good rookie, but had plenty of problems. Shows promise, but he needs to take a good step forward next year for me to feel good.

 

Slauson - played every snap at LG for 815k, a FA steal, deserved the new contract; brings some nasty to line with Long

Long - 1st round pick, 2 sacks in over 1,000 snaps

Bushrod - big FA signing, played very solid

Garza - Line leader, was consistent, but not great

Mills - 5th round rookie, started all 16 games, needs to improve

Slauson - played every snap at LG for 815k, a FA steal, deserved the new contract; brings some nasty to line with Long

Long - 1st round pick, 2 sacks in over 1,000 snaps

Bushrod - big FA signing, played very solid

Garza - Line leader, was consistent, but not great

Mills - 5th round rookie, started all 16 games, needs to improve

Right on with every thing you said.

And the key is we had same starting combination for every game. Think I even heard 3 or 4 of the guys played every snap. That's huge. My ranking would be slauson, bushrod, Long, Garza then mills