Chicago Bears: James Daniels sees snaps at C and G

Chicago Bears second round pick James Daniels is getting in work at both guard and center so far in training camp

The debate about what position James Daniels will play has raged on since he was drafted. Daniels came out of Iowa a center, but early talk was that he would move to guard. While it is early, indications out of camp are that he is going to get work at both offensive line spots to start.

So far James Daniels has been able to see the field at guard and center, playing second team guard and third team center. This likely means that Eric Kush is currently ahead of him on the guard depth chart. At center, he is likely behind Cody Whitehair and Hroniss Grasu.

This is not too surprising. We knew that Kush and Daniels were going to duel it out at guard. However, the question was which of the two would swing to third center. Kush has experience playing center as well.

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However, in an effort to get Daniels as many snaps as possible, they have gone to him. It will be interesting to see if this theme continues out into the preseason. If Kush is not getting any snaps at center, they have to like his chances at guard.

Hroniss Grasu has a chance to be released this summer, and that would mean that James Daniels would jump into the first swing guard role, playing backup guard and center.

However, as the preseason games go on, the team may move Kush and Daniels around. Kush could slide into center next to Daniels at guard. This would leave the door open for Kush to be taken seriously as a backup center.

So, early in camp it is little to see, but with preseason games looming, it could be a big development.