Years from now, Chicago Bears fans will be hanging out before a game and playing a round of "remember that guy?" when, all the sudden, someone asks the question: do you remember Kiran Amegadjie?
That isn't always a game NFL players appreciate. Sometimes, you get a name like Johnny Knox and Bears fans will reminisce of what could have been from such a special and talented player.
But, Amegadjie?
We are going on Year 3, now, and there is an argument to be made that Amegadjie was nothing more than a wasted draft pick. That isn't meant to be insensitive, but spending a third rounder on a versatile offensive lineman, when your team has problems up front, looked like a wise decision.
Fast forward to present day, and as the Bears prepare for training camp, Amegadjie has become a forgotten man.
Kiran Amegadjie has a better chance of being cut than making it out of Bears training camp
Coming out of Yale, he had played two straight seasons at left tackle after switching from guard. Now, whether he was best suited at one position or another in the NFL remained to be seen. As it turns out, though, the answer might be neither.
After the Bears hired Ben Johnson, they went out and immediately fortified the guard position by trading for Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson.
There goes any shot of Amegadjie starting at guard.
Meanwhile, the Bears currently have a left tackle battle going on and he isn't even a possibility.
Worse yet, for Amegadjie, is the fact that Chicago has other depth options at both guard and tackle. The tackle room still has Ozzy Trapilo coming back from injury, eventually, along with Theo Benedet, Braxton Jones and even Jedrick Wills. Obviously, Darnell Wright has the right side locked down.
Behind Jackson and Thuney are Jordan McFadden and last year's sixth-round pick, Luke Newman. McFadden and Newman actually got some run last year, too, as Amegadjie missed the majority of the season due to injury.
It is by no stretch of the imagination to think that Amegadjie enters training camp completely buried on the depth chart, no matter which direction you look.
The Bears could end up keeping Thuney, Jackson, McFadden and Newman at guard, while they retain Garrett Bradbury and Logan Jones at center. That's six interior offensive linemen.
We've already established the fact that he isn't even in the mix at tackle, so, you do the math.
From a Day 2 draft pick to almost completely forgotten, Amegadjie is absolutely a cut candidate as the Bears enter training camp in the coming days. There is no way around it.
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