Most Impactful Bears of 2025: No. 3 Joe Thuney
The Chicago Bears concluded their 2025 season, the place they completed with an 11-6 file, an NFC North title and their first playoff win in 15 years beneath first-year head coach Ben Johnson. And there isn’t any denying that the longer term is extremely vibrant.
Over the subsequent couple of weeks, we’ll be counting down our 15 Most Impactful Bears from the 2025 season, which options a lot of younger expertise that made large contributions in Chicago’s magical season. We’ll recap their 2025 season and stay up for how they issue into 2026. There have been a lot of high expertise to spotlight this season, which made for tough selections when narrowing the sphere to only 15 gamers and/or coaches.
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We proceed at No. 3 with All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney, who was simply the perfect addition (outdoors of Ben Johnson) to the Bears final season.
The Basics
2025 cap hit: $8 million
Most Impactful Bears of 2025: Joe Thuney
2025 stats
0 sacks, 1 hit, 15 pressures, 2 penalties
2025 recap
The Bears acquired Thuney in a commerce with the Kansas City Chiefs for a fourth-round decide final offseason, and he was half of an entire overhaul on the inside offensive line together with heart Drew Dalman and proper guard Jonah Jackson. Thuney proved to be definitely worth the draft capital and contract extension he acquired from Chicago. Thuney helped anchor one of the perfect offensive traces within the NFL, which allowed simply 25 sacks on Caleb Williams, and performed an enormous function within the Bears going 11-6, successful the NFC North and beating the Green Bay Packers within the wild-card playoffs. In 17 video games, Thuney allowed zero sacks, one hit and 15 pressures and was solely penalized twice. He performed 1,149 offensive snaps, the second-most of any guard within the league, per Pro Football Focus. Thuney was named First-Team All-Pro, earned a Pro Bowl nod and was named the NFL’s inaugural Protector of the Year award winner.
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2026 outlook
Thuney is coming off one other All-Pro season the place he was the anchor of the Bears’ offensive line, and he’ll as soon as once more function the important thing cog within the trenches defending Williams. While his cap hit will enhance to $21.5 million over the subsequent two years, he is value each penny given the steadiness and suppleness he brings to the offensive line. While left sort out is the one gaping gap alongside the offensive line, Thuney won’t be in rivalry to kick outdoors to sort out after doing so within the divisional playoffs in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams. While Thuney is not the long-term reply at left guard, he is the proper participant to carry down the fort within the trenches with Chicago’s Super Bowl window opened.
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