Matt Slauson is not easily impressed. The Bears left guard, rated by many as every bit the equal of two-time Pro Bowl’er Kyle Long on the opposite side, has seen the elites among interior defensive linemen over his six NFL seasons. Within the early days of training camp, when the pads came on and practices took on real significance to linemen, Slauson recognized he was seeing something special in Eddie Goldman.
“As a veteran offensive lineman, you get a rookie across from you and you can think, ‘This is going to be great,’” Slauson said, laughing, then shaking his head.