Analysis: Pro Football Focus' final preseason grades verify what statistics from four Bears games are saying about the offense's strength and depth.
While it's difficult to ascertain much more than generalities from preseason play, individual player grades can mean something.
It goes well beyond the play of the quarterbacks, which was exemplary by the way. No interceptions by anyone through four games is something they would do well to duplicate in the regular season. Bears 2022 sixth-round center Doug Kramer, the Illinois product, had the second-best overall offensive line grade at 83.2 for 76 reps and it included an outstanding 84.4 pass blocking grade. Kramer is behind both Coleman Shelton and Ryan Bates on the center depth chart but his consistent preseason production shows he needed to be more seriously regarded in that positional battle.
Talking about backup players' blocking grades normally would be like discussing the weather on the moon. What difference does it make when you can't live there? The backup linemen aren't playing in the regular season, so who cares? But it does say something about starters.
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