The Bears cut running back Mike Davis and benched tight end Adam Shaheen last week. But switching guard Cody Whitehair and center James Daniels back to their 2018 positions spoke the loudest about what is ailing the Bears’ offense.
Mitch Trubisky’s regression notwithstanding, the offensive line’s failure to reach even last year’s fairly modest standard is the most mystifying aspect of the Bears’ offensive malaise. And the Whitehair-Daniels reboot is emblematic of just how much the Bears are scrambling to find solutions this season.
Of all the Bears’ offseason narratives, switching Daniels to center and Whitehair to guard seemed like the biggest slam-dunk.