The Chicago Bears have had an ideal begin to their 2025 NFL offseason. It began with the Bears hiring Ben Johnson as their head coach, following that transfer with constructing a star-studded forged with former New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen employed because the defensive coordinator. Free company is subsequent up for the Bears — the place they definitely have their eyes on Chiefs lineman Trey Smith. After free company, the Bears will probably be set to hit the 2025 NFL Draft, the place they maintain the No. 10 choose. With that choose, the Bears are mocked to pick out LSU offensive deal with Will Campbell, the very best participant they’ve had on the place in 40 years, per Chad Reuter on NFL.com.
“Chicago lands a reputable beginning left deal with to guard Caleb Williams and transfer defenders within the run sport,” Reuter wrote. “He’ll be the very best participant they’ve had at that spot since Jimbo Covert, the sixth general choose of the 1983 NFL Draft.”
For Bears followers who keep in mind Jimbo Covert, he was drafted with the sixth choose in 1983, blocking for probably the greatest operating backs in NFL historical past: Walter Payton.
In his eight seasons with the Bears, he was an absolute power to be reckoned with, ending his profession with two Professional Bowls, two first-team All-Execs, a Tremendous Bowl ring, and an induction into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame All-Eighties Staff.
Oh, and Covert was inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame Class of 2020, making his identify immortal in NFL historical past.
Whereas this could possibly be a lofty projection for Campbell, he has the potential to be the very best lineman within the 2025 NFL Draft.
As a real mauler, the LSU product has some elements of his sport that examine to Covert, but it surely’s at all times robust to anticipate somebody to make the Corridor of Fame earlier than they have been drafted.
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Together with Campbell being in comparison with Covert, the chance of Campbell making it to the tenth choose is sort of the stretch. In Reuter’s mock, simply two quarterbacks have been chosen within the high 10 picks, making the chance that Campbell falls this far even much less doubtless.
If he does, nevertheless, the Bears will actually have an offensive line price getting enthusiastic about, particularly beneath their new head coach.
At the beginning of the 2025 NFL season, Chicago could possibly be trotting out this offensive line:
- LT: Will Campbell (2025 NFL Draft)
- LG: Kevin Zeitler (free company)
- C: Drew Dalman (free company)
- RG: Trey Smith (free company)
- RT: Darnell Wright
Certain, this might come throughout as unrealistic, however with the Bears having the fourth-most cap house within the NFL, per Spotrac, a whole lot of that cash may — and may — be used on the trenches.
Caleb Williams led the league in sacks taken in his rookie season — and whereas a few of these have been definitely avoidable from the improvisational quarterback — the Bears’ offensive line merely wasn’t ok in 2024.
If the Bears can assault free company aggressively and land Campbell within the 2025 NFL Draft, the NFC North could possibly be due for a brand new chief.