Chicago Bears free agency 2019: Top 5 targets
By Conor Dorney
2. Danny Shelton, Defensive tackle
A former first-round pick of the Browns in 2015, Danny Shelton is a stout interior run defender coming off earning his very own Super Bowl ring with the Patriots this past season.
As mentioned previously, the amount of interior defenders available via the draft (as well as free agency with names like Grady Jarrett on the open market), could diminish a player like Shelton’s value to some degree. When he’s on, he’s one of the better run defenders in the league, but his lack of consistency could limit him to more of a rotational role.
The Bears defense obviously doesn’t need much of a facelift heading into next season, but adding a run-stuffing presence like Shelton on the cheap would still undoubtedly improve their numbers next season and help to keep other key players in the front seven fresh.
The Bears showed some interest in Shelton during the pre-draft process during 2015 (we’ll go ahead and skip right over their first-round selection that year), but perhaps this is the year that Shelton joins the team in hopes of reaching his second straight Super Bowl.