Chicago Bears 2022 roster ranking: No. 65 Jean Delance

With the days counting down until the Chicago Bears start training camp, we are counting down their roster to see who is the most impactful player on the roster. We will be going from 90 to 1 and highlighting every player and how they could help the Bears roster.

This is ranking them based on what impact they can make. We have moved down to number 65 overall on our list.

Chicago Bears 2022 roster ranking: No. 65 Jean Delance

Jean Delance is a UDFA from Florida. A rookie UDFA being ranked up at 65 is high and may signify that a practice squad invitation is more of a likely scenario than a best-case situation. This could be true, and it is because Delance has a few things going for him.

Delance was a starting right tackle at Florida. On tape, his feet are messy and his timing can be thrown off quickly. However, physically, he has some of the longest arms in the NFL and has the athleticism that says if he puts it together, he can become something great.

Delance is a far way off from that, but a year on the practice squad could smooth off those edges. Ryan Poles obviously went hard on the offensive line in the draft, selecting four guys, but he did not add nearly as many UDFA linemen. Delance was one of them, though, and completed the five linemen he added from the draft.

Considering he was one of the top five linemen Poles added in the draft, and he plays right tackle, a position completely unresolved, he would really have to fall on his face not to earn a spot on the practice squad, which gets him a year to clean up his game.

Maybe if the money is on the line the Bears will see Delance put everything together, and a best-case could be a backup right tackle. Still, that is high hopes for a UDFA who has tape like Delance.