These 6 Chicago Bears should be announced as season-long Captains
By Dakota Wayne
Chicago Bears Captain No. 3: James Daniels, OL
With Ryan Poles being a former offensive lineman, it’s possible that one of the captains would be an offensive lineman.
Out of the current linemen to choose from, not many fit the ideological “captain” build.
A case could be made for a few, but I’d personally give it to James Daniels.
One big issue with this, however, is Daniels would need to resign this offseason to make that work. And I think he should be resigned.
Not many linemen from last season jumped off the page as much as James Daniels did. Now, he wasn’t an All-Pro lineman, but I don’t completely blame him for that.
When you have different quarterbacks playing, with one being a rookie, along with the incompetence of Matt Nagy’s offense, things look far worse than they are.
Since drafting Daniels in 2018, Daniels has been a solid portion of this offensive line.
"2018: 68.4 PFF Grade, 0 sacks allowed 2019: 69.9 PFF Grade, 1 sack allowed 2020: 65.8 PFF Grade, 0 sacks allowed 2021: 71.0 PFF Grade, 3 sacks allowed"
I’m the first one to criticize Pro Football Focus’ (PFF) grading system, as I think it’s not consistent among most “skill” players, ie: wide receiver, running back, linebacker, etc; however, I’d say PFF does a solid job at grading linemen. It might be easier since there are fewer actual stats, but all-in-all, I find myself agreeing with linemen grades across the board far more than the “skill” players.
While he still needs to be resigned, my two moves would be to resign James Daniels and make him the third and final offensive captain for the 2022 season.
Now, defensively, who should the Chicago Bears name as captains?