We are continuing the countdown of the Chicago Bears roster as we are getting closer to training camp. This will be looking at which players are going to be most impactful on the 2022 roster. We started at number 90, and are now down to number 53, which means we are in line with players who could be making the roster.
Chicago Bears 2022 roster ranking: No. 53 Jack Sanborn
Jack Sanborn is a rookie UDFA from Wisconsin. So far, he is the leader in the clubhouse for the UDFA that fans love the most entering training camp. On a normal roster, the prized UDFAs may be a bit lower, but the Bears roster is not quite in its most competitive state.
With it being a down roster, and Sanborn being respected as a multi-year starter on a Big 10 program, he is sitting right on the roster edge with an almost guarantee of winding up on the practice squad.
The depth chart at linebacker can drive home the point. There is obviously Roquan Smith, and Nicholas Morrow appears to be locked in behind him, although Morrow is coming off a season-ending injury.
Matt Adams has experience with the coaching staff but is coming off a recent arrest. Then, you could argue that Jack Sanborn is in the mix.
Caleb Johnson made the roster last year, but was a UDFA from Ryan Pace, so Poles may favor his UDFA. Joe Thomas is a veteran, but Sanborn brings a cheaper deal, more team control and he is younger.
Considering Adams was a seventh-round pick and typically a special teams asset, Sanborn could go from competing with him to getting onto the field for starter snaps as soon as his rookie season. That is the upside, and the downside is a practice squad season. That is good enough to put him right at 53. Right on the edge of being on the roster.