5 Chicago Bears players who should be shut down for the year

3. Buster Skrine

This is not quite as cut and dry as starting Toliver over Amukamara. Skrine has played fine relative to expectations. He is healthy as far as we know. His contract says that he will be on the roster next year. There is something to playing Skrine.

However, similarly to Amukamara, the Bears know what they have in Skrine. He is a long-time veteran. As mentioned with Toliver, the Bears need to decide what to do with their secondary this offseason. That means knowing what your depth looks like.

The team drafted Duke Shelley late last year, and while he turned heads in camp, he was always firmly behind Skrine in the pecking order. Should we give the rookie two games to see what he is made of? It helps him get big-game experience to build on as well.

When the Bears put Trevathan on IR, they called up Michael Joseph. After two years on the practice squad, maybe they can get Joseph on an NFL field, even if just for a few snaps. These are the players that benefit from these final two weeks. It does not hurt to play them, so why not?