Teven Jenkins hasn’t had the start to his NFL career that he or the Bears had hoped for. His name been included in trade talk recently as a result, leaving open the possibility that his second pro season would take place elsewhere. 
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The 2021 second-rounder was seen as a long-term solution at one of the team’s tackle spots by former GM Ryan Pace. Instead, his struggles on the edge left him practicing with the second-team offense during the spring. Failing to impress the new front office, led by Ryan Poles, the 24-year-old quickly found himself on the roster bubble.
The Bears entertained trade calls on the Oklahoma State alum earlier this month, a telling sign given his age and draft status. Nothing sufficiently tempting materialized, given his continued presence on the roster, but that could change. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that a deal sending Jenkins elsewhere is still “certainly possible” (video link).
Aside from factors like his affordability on a rookie deal for three more years, Chicago could hold on to Jenkins if he performs well at right guard, where he was recently deployed. He has an opportunity to win a starting role on the inside, with recent signee Riley Reiff the likely candidate at RT. According to his new offensive coordinator, Jenkins has embraced the opportunity to establish a first-team spot at the less glamorous position.
“Teven’s done a great job of accepting that challenge at right guard,” Luke Getsy said (Twitter link via Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times). If he impresses at that position, a release would become even less likely than it already is. A trade, likewise, would also be less of a consideration from the Bears’ perspective as roster cuts are finalized and the team looks to take a much-needed step forward on offense.
No they’re not. He’s set as a mauling RG for the next decade.
Lol. That would be optimistic even if he’d stayed healthy, played guard, and played well as a rookie, none of which is true. You can hold out optimism for the guy without going to extremes.
They should let the kid play. Learn the position and evaluate later. He may or may not work out. But too much draft capital that they can’t recoup has been invested in him at this point… And to correct the writer. Reiff has been playing second team for a couple of weeks. Right now, Borom is the RT starter.
Thousands of investors (including myself when I was a novice) have learned the hard way that holding onto dog investments simply because you took too strong a position is a mistake.
But can you really say he’s a “dog investment” yet? You can’t seriously look at last year because of the back surgery. And you don’t know about this year yet. The other thing you and I don’t know is if there’s an attitude issue, then that’s something else. But hell, at this point it’s a ‘find out what we have’ season anyway, so I don’t get the investor logic just yet.
While Im not sold on him yet (I would like to see some more of him against guys that may not be bagging groceries at the end of camp). I like that he seems to be fitting in that role there.Lets see how he does for the season before they think about trading him. Worse case is this team is somehow well under .500 before the trade deadline and they want to move some pieces (like Smith, and Quinn as well) for draft picks for next season.
It would be disappointing to not see what this kid can bring since the draft pick is already spent.
Buffalo. Let’s get this done. He backs up the interior this year and takes over for Saffold next year.
Would be a major mistake by Poles unless he gets a offer that blows him away. Since they moved him to RG he’s been there best lineman hands down. The kid has a mean streak to him that makes trading him even dumber.
I imagine they’re open to trading him for a pick that’s better than the one that was used to select him lol. Otherwise I can’t see why they would trade a 2nd year guy who projects to be their starting RG and who is almost certainly one of their 5 best linemen. Who would be their starting RG if they move him? Schofield is pretty uninspiring. Much ado about nothing here.