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Bears LT Braxton Jones plans to take bull by the horns

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Bears rookie left tackle Braxton Jones (70, talking with Vikings cornerback Cameron Dantzler) started all 17 games and played all 1,034 offensive snaps this season.

Braxton Jones came to the Bears as an unheralded fifth-round draft pick from Southern Utah and ended up not only starting every game but playing all 1,034 offensive snaps this season.

“It’s been a really fun ride,” Jones said.

But as much as he enjoyed the ride, there might not be a Bears player more looking forward to the offseason and the chance to get better. From his very first games of the regular season, Jones identified a weakness against the bull rush that opposing lineman seized upon and never let up.