With the NFL is about halfway through the regular season, ESPN released their midseason All-Pro roster, which included four players on the Chicago Bears.
On offense, left guard Joe Thuney was listed as a first-team All-Pro while right tackle Darnell Wright was listed as a second-team All Pro. Thuney was name a first-team All-Pro last season in his first year with the Bears and is having another strong campaign with one of the highest pass blocking PFF grades of any guard in the league.
Wright has been underrated throughout his entire time in the NFL. However, the Bears made sure to secure him long-term with a four-year, $116 million contract extension in the offseason. Through the first nine weeks, there are few tackles in the league playing better
than him. He currently has the third-highest overall PFF grade and third-highest run-blocking PFF grade of any tackle in the NFL. This is not surprising given Chicago’s tendency to run to the right because of how reliable Wright is in run-blocking.
Defensively, Chicago also had one player listed as a first-team All-Pro, defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, and one player listed as a second-team All-Pro, linebacker Devin Bush. Bush is in his first season with the Bears. Throughout his eight years in the NFL, he has never been named to the Pro Bowl, much less been a second-team or first-team All-Pro. However, he is also having the best season of his career right now with seven tackles for loss, two sacks and 53 total tackles in just nine games.
Simmons spent most of the first half of the season with the Tennessee Titans. In his seven games with the Titans, Simmons had four sacks, six tackles for loss and nine quarterback hits. After being traded to Chicago, he made an immediate impact. He already has a sack in each of his first two games with the Bears as well as three tackles for loss and two quarterback hits. Simmons was a first-team All-Pro for the first time in his career last season with Tennessee.
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