3 Bears Whose Stock is Rising and Falling Following Week 1 Win Over Titans

Here are the three players whose stock is down...

Coleman Shelton

The Bears' new starting center spent most of the game getting pushed back or being thrown on it. That contributed to Caleb Williams having such a rough NFL Debut.

Pressure coming up the middle would rattle any quarterback so you can imagine how hard it made Caleb's life.

Shelton's play was so bad that you yearned for Sam Mustipher to come in. Mustipher was a failure. Lucas Patrick was too and let's try to forget the foolish idea that Cody Whitehair would return to his Pro Bowl level of play at center. Shelton looked even worse than those three.

It shows how GM Ryan Poles continuing to be stubborn and not paying to get a good center has made the offensive line so ineffective during his tenure.

It was definitely not a good look when one of those centers who was available on the free agent was playing for Titans.

Nate Davis

He had another training camp where he missed time. Unlike last year when he was dealing with some very personal issues, this year it got to the point that even the coaching staff was questioning his commitment.

Well, head coach Matt Eberflus revealed after the game, the team decided to go with a rotation of Davis and Ryan Bates at right guard.

Bates outplayed him and got the bulk of the snaps. When Davis was in there, it seemed like more A-gap pressure was coming. Davis and Benjamin also struggled in run blocking as the holes were just not there in the first half.

The Bears gained just 84 yards on the ground and that is not going to help a rookie quarterback making his first start.

Velus Jones Jr.

There were serious questions on whether the former third-round pick should even be on the team. Poles' first offensive draft choice already has been removed as a punt returner after muffing punts. Then he was sort of taken out of the wide receiver room this offseason and converted into mostly a running back.

His kick returning ability with the new rules and this switch to running back was the logical reason he should have a roster spot.

He keeps fumbling at the worst possible times and now it is just reserved for punt returns.

Thankfully, the defense was able to bail out Velus by holding the Titans to a field goal. The inability to catch a kickoff has pretty much rendered him useless. It does not help his cause to stay on the team when Carter ran a kick back 67 yards to put the offense in position to get some desparately needed points in the first half.

Second-year players Tyler Scott and Roschon Johnson were made inactive in part to make sure Velus had a jersey and he made another costly turnover.

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