Expectations are growing that one of the Chicago Bears‘ recent Day 2 draft picks could be on his last legs with the team when training camp opens next week.
Kiran Amegadjie — a 2024 third-rounder — is one of several offensive tackles who will be in the mix for the Bears’ starting left tackle job in the coming weeks, but he also faces the steepest odds to win the role after failing to make much out of his first two seasons.
While starter Ozzy Trapilo is likely to spend most of the 2026 season recovering from the knee injury that he sustained in January, the Bears added a pair of veterans with starting experience when they brought back Braxton Jones and signed Jedrick Wills Jr.
The Bears are also returning third-year tackle Theo Benedet to the equation, creating a situation in which Amegadjie may find himself on the outside looking in on the 53-man roster — as ESPN’s Courtney Cronin predicted in her July 23 training camp preview.
“Trapilo will likely start the season on the PUP list, so that frees up a roster spot,” Cronin wrote Thursday. “Braxton Jones has the inside track to win the left tackle job in a competition that also features Wills and Kiran Amegadjie.
“The Bears don’t need to keep all three tackles when Benedet seems primed to be Chicago’s swing tackle, so the final spot on the initial 53-man roster goes to [Caden] Barnett, the interior lineman who the Bears gave $277,500 in guaranteed money on his UDFA contract.
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