For most of the summer, fans and media made assumptions about the Chicago Bears’ tackles. They assumed Darnell Wright would be starting at right tackle (and they are correct). They thought that Braxton Jones and Ozzy Trapilo would battle it out for the left tackle job, and the loser would become the swing tackle (that is most likely correct).
But the last assumption may not be accurate. Many assumed that Kiran Amegadjie would be the team’s OT4 and would have another year of development, seeing where he stands for the 2026 season, but that may not be accurate.
2024 UDFA Theo Benedet has been making noise in training camp and followed that up with a solid performance in the Bears’ first preseason game against the Miami Dolphins. With all that, the last two practices, we’ve seen Benedet get