Chicago Bears’ General Manager Ryan Poles and Assistant General Manager Ian Cunningham, both former offensive linemen, came on the job promising to fix the offensive line. While many believed that would happen quickly, their efforts to turn over the offensive line took a bit longer than initially intended.

I’m going to start you out with a chart and work backwards to explain it all. As you take your first look, I’ve charted each of the five starting offensive line positions left to right (left tackle, left guard, center, right guard, right tackle), then swing tackle (ST), swing interior offensive lineman (SiOL), and “Other.” The other spot is a summation of essentially OL8 or deeper as the roster was initially intended going into the season. Each bar indicates the percentage of snaps play

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