8 Bears Entering Their Final Season With Chicago

3. Coleman Shelton, C

I get it, Shelton just got here so it probably makes more sense for him to be "entering his lone season in Chicago" but we're still going to roll with it.

The Bears' center play as of late has been nothing short of abysmal. The combo of Sam Mustipher and an aging Cody Whitehair has left fans screaming at the TV the past few years making an already impossible middle-of-the-field read for Justin Fields that much more difficult.

Say what you want about Fields, but the center play in Chicago needs to improve if any quarterback wants to see success.

Shelton was brought in to compete with Ryan Bates for the job after serving as the starter for the Rams for the last year and a half. PFF graded Shelton with a 66.1 last season, good for 17th overall in the league. He is not going to be Olin Kreutz, but he can at least be an average center on a hopefully explosive offense. I do not think Shelton is the long-term answer at center as he was only brought in on a one-year deal. Ryan Bates seems to be Poles' guy and the Bears will have plenty of picks next season in the draft to address the future of the position.