The Chicago Bears are undergoing a roster shakeup ahead of Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions.
Offensive lineman Ryan Bates is going on injured reserve, ending his season with the Bears. In a corresponding move, the team signed running back Darrynton Evans from the practice squad. Kevin Fishbain (The Athletic) has the news of Chicago’s Saturday afternoon transactions.
Closing the book on Ryan Bates’ first (only?) season with the Bears?
There is no sugar-coating it: Trading for Ryan Bates has been a disaster.
The 27-year-old offensive lineman was acquired last March and has played a grand total of 105 snaps in three games this season. Bates has been out with a concussion after playing just a handful of snaps against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 17. This is not what anyone was envisioning when Chicago sent a fifth-round pick (which ultimately returned to Chicago in a trade that allowed the Bears to take Austin Booker) to acquire a lineman who had starting experience at several positions in the trenches and figured to be a worthwhile piece of depth behind oft-injured left guard Teven Jenkins and enigmatic right guard Nate Davis.
And to think, there was a time when Ryan Bates could have had one of two starting jobs in Chicago. Bates was in line to have a head-to-head camp competition with Coleman Shelton at center and then was in line to take over for Davis at right guard in September. But injuries (first, a shoulder injury and later a concussion) helped keep him out of the lineup. At this point, I’m not sure what’s worse: the investments on the interior line made by Bears GM Ryan Poles or the asset management used to get those players. This probably deserves a deeper dive and not just a quick mention in a Saturday transaction post.
There is a part of me that thinks we have seen the last of Ryan Bates in a Bears uniform. Cutting Bates this offseason could create $4 million in cap savings without taking any dead-money hit. I think we can all agree that this front office could use that money in a better way than spending it on an offensive lineman coming off an injury-riddled year that saw him available for only three games.
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