Roster Shakeup Still Leaves Questions Unanswered...........

I think most of what I want to say has already been said.  I've heard/read several media people lament the fact that Sitton is already 30 years old and the Bears look desperate.  I call Bullshit.  If he doesn't have some recurring injury issue, 30 is prime time for O-Linemen and it gives us two to three years with a Pro-Bowl offensive guard.  I think JJ mentioned that he thought it looks a lot like an Orlando Pace signing.  I respectfully disagree, I think it looks a lot MORE like Reuben Brown when Angelo brought him in and he solidified our interior O-Line for 3 years.

As far as what we do with who, I suggest we do not lose sleep over that.  That kind of stuff tends to work itself out.  When you have question marks in a position group due to injury or inexperience, grabbing a guy like Sitton is just a damn good thing no matter what.  When Grasu comes back, he'll get his chance, but that wont be until next year anyway and a lot can happen in an NFL year.  Whitehair will get his chance.  It's a long damn season, and someone WILL get hurt and they will need him.  That is IF he doesn't start at Center.  If he DOES start at Center, he has the benefit of playing between two of the leagues best and very experienced Guards.  Not like he's getting thrown in there with scrubs on either side.

The 5 best should play and if that means getting Whitehair in at Center, or keeping Larson in there for now, I don't really care.  As an old O-Lineman myself, I concur completely that the main thing to be concerned about is the Chemistry issue along the line.  That IS important and I do not want to minimize that, but the bottom line is that we could lose someone in the first series of the Houston game and the chemistry is out the window anyway.  Yes, it's nice to have chemistry among the 5, but it's not realistic to expect that to be there all the time anyway.  Sooner or later you're going to have a replacement in there and so it goes.  You adapt and move on.  That's exactly what Pace has done; he made moves in the off season, two guys surprised him with retirement, one guy had a season ending injury (Grasu), our main guy (Long) has a significant shoulder injury that will likely cause him issues the whole season; Pace saw an opportunity, he took advantage of it and we are a better team for it. Kudo's to Ryan Pace for making a decisive move; now it's up to Fox to make them all work together.