Decent ideas thrown out here courtesy of BearsWire:

1. Alex Bars
Under contract, Chicago Bears

The popular candidate to replace Long at right guard is rookie offensive lineman Alex Bars, who the Bears fought hard to keep in Chicago. The Bears paid Bars more money to remain on their practice squad — rather than him choosing to join the Patriots active roster.

Bars was promoted to the active roster on Oct. 15, although he didn’t get any significant reps in the final half of the season. Still, the Bears clearly have plans for Bars, and you’d have to believe it involves giving him a chance to win the starting right guard job in training camp.

2. Rashaad Coward
Restricted free agent, Chicago Bears

Rashaad Coward is another popular option to replace Long considering he started at right guard for 10 games in place of Long in 2019. Coward switched from the defensive line to offensive line last season, and he did a decent job in relief of Long.

Coward is set to become a restricted free agent in March, which means that he’s tied down unless the Bears allow him to become an unrestricted free agent. But it figures to be a battle between Coward and Bars in training camp next season.

3. Brandon Scherff
Unrestricted free agent, Washington Redskins

If the Redskins allow right guard Brandon Scherff to hit the free agent market, there will be no shortage of suitors coming his way — and the Bears should be one of them. Scherff is one of the best guards in the NFL — and especially good in the running game, where the Bears can surely use some assistance.

The downside is it would cost a pretty penny to lock Scherff down — with the Bears are already low on salary cap space in 2020 — and they still need to lock down some players in-house. Still, it’s an enticing opportunity if he hits the open market.

4. Andrus Peat
Unrestricted free agent, New Orleans Saints

Another route the Bears could go in free agency is with Saints offensive lineman Andrus Peat, who has played at four positions (left tackle, left guard, right guard, right tackle) in his five-year career.

While Peat settled in at left guard for the Saints, he could just as easily slide into the right guard position and provide some stability in run blocking and pass protection. In 2018, Peat was named to his first career Pro Bowl for his solid play on one of the NFL’s best offensive line units. The Bears could turn to Peat for some veteran assistance.

5. Solomon Kindley
2020 Draft Class, Georgia Bulldogs

The Bears are projected to have seven draft picks — which includes a fourth-round compensatory selection for Adrian Amos — and it’s likely that they’ll use at least one of their selections to bring in an offensive lineman. If the Bears are looking for a plug-and-play guard with starting potential, they should look at Georgia lineman Soloman Kindley.

Kindley, who is projected to be a first or second round pick, is athletic in pass protection and a powerful run blocker, something the Bears could benefit from as they look for a solution to their run game woes.

No idea but there should be a couple new ones added in some manner.

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just move whitehair or daniels around... again... because thats what we do

to me, the most troubling piece on the line this year was Daniels. You knew you were living on borrowed time with Massie, Leno and Long. Daniels was supposed to be a reliable piece. He had great training at Iowa. How the heck can a guy in his second year not be able to handle the basics of the position at which he was drafted? Now we go into year 3 not knowing if he is actually an NFL center.

from what I saw, he STILL isn't strong enough. As I said elsewhere, he gives off that Grasu vibe of getting overpowered by everyone.

I saw nothing from Coward. I know its probably not a fair assessment. I certainly wouldn't give him the starting job without competition.

The Bears, of course, found out nothing about Barrs under game conditions as they battled to get that important 8th win. Lovie always loved to do that shit as well. I have to assume they saw something in him but knew, but for emergency, this was going to be a medical red shirt season. Then again, his patron just got fired so maybe he was just being shielded.

Bears are stuck between a rock and a hard place on the line with uncutable contracts.

Pray Daniels finds some magical weightlifting formula.

My recommendation beyond that is:

1. Find the best veteran blocking TE in FA and make that person a priority. They usually are pretty cheap and it solve some of the problems with the OT. My guy is Nick Vannett.

2. Do not target a position in the draft, however, if any OL falls to the second, scoop him up immediately.

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Can say the same about (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky.

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I am confused about this guy from Notre Dame that was supposed to be so good we blocked NE from taking him off practice squad. Don't remember seeing him play at all.

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Alex Bars? He only played 5 games this year.... he was promoted to the active roster in October and played his first game in November.

I don't either but he had an injury at ND in the middle of his senior year so it was unexpected that he would be ready for full action this year.

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Yeah, and that worked so well with Long.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
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Good posts all around. Thanks for the information.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

also need serious discussion at upgrading Tackle.
The line as a whole this year was disgraceful. Time will tell if that was scheme or just lack of talent, but they couldn't hold pressure in any way. Each pass play it was our line backpedaling.

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It was absolutely lack of talent. Our tackles were consistently knocked into the back-field on every pass play and they were weak at the point of attack in the running game. Re-signing Massie and Leno was among the dumbest decisions the Bears have done in the last five years.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip