Chicago Bears: Assessing the offseason
By Usayd Koshul
3. Worst addition in free agency: CB Buster Skrine
This is a move that has the potential to be a big boom-or-bust potential for the Bears. Although the Bears are confident in Buster Skrine, he’s truly a hard player to predict. On one hand, he’s a hard hitter but one the other hand, he can sometimes be a liability in coverage.
It’s hard to truly project what type of player Skrine will be on Sunday’s this season. When he was with the Cleveland Browns from 2011 till 2014, he had 47 pass deflections and 196 tackles. While his production declined over four seasons with the New York Jets, it appears as if a fresh start is needed for Skrine to get his career back on track.
As of right now, Skrine is projected to be the Bears starting nickel cornerback. He will, however, face stiff competition from 2019 sixth-round pick Duke Shelley, who’s excelled so far this offseason and will look to make the case of potentially unseating Skrine at some point in 2019.
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A major reason the Bears decided to sign Skrine was that they felt Skrine was the perfect guy to replace Bryce Callahan. It’s tough to tell what will happen at this point, but it is fair to expect Skrine to blitz multiple times in one game. Since that is one of his strengths, it will be interesting to see how the Bears decide to utilize him.