Bears ranked as No. 3 offensive line in NFL
ESPN’s Mike Clay has ranked the Bears as the No. 3 offensive line in the entire NFL.
In 2025, a big reason for the Bears’ improvement on offense came from a better offensive line. Heading into the new year, it seems as though their unit comes in high regard. ESPN’s Mike Clay put together a rating for every starting offensive lineman in the NFL, as well as an overall ranking of each team’s offensive line as a unit.
The Bears had the third-best offensive line in the league, trailing only the Broncos and the Eagles. Current 2026 NFL Offensive Line projected starters: pic. twitter.
com/oGq7k4anGY — Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) May 12, 2026 With the 5. 0 mark being used to indicate an average starting offensive lineman, Clay gave every one of Chicago’s starters an above-average grade. When breaking down each of the Bears’ starters, here’s where Clay had all of them ranking at their respective positions among the 32 starters at each spot: LT Braxton Jones: 18th LG Joe Thuney: 1st C Garrett Bradbury: T-19th RG Jonah Jackson: 8th RT Darnell Wright: 10th According to Clay, the Bears are just one of four teams above-average starting offensive lineman at every position.
Though Jones and Bradbury are both in the bottom half at their respective positions, their grade measures how effective they are compared to all offensive linemen, not just those at their own positions. Therefore, their coming in above a 5. 0 grade indicates they’re both slightly above average.