{"id":162401,"date":"2026-03-13T08:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/?p=162401"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:55:11","slug":"chicago-bears-center-garrett-bradbury-wants-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-bears-center-garrett-bradbury-wants-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears Garrett Bradbury doesn\u2019t want to reinvent the wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicagobears\/\">The Chicago Bears<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> brought in veteran center Garrett Bradbury to replace center Drew Dalman after he retired. The former Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots center is \u201cnot coming in to try and re-establish anything,\u201d but to \u201chelp\u201d the Bears. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not coming in to try and re-establish anything,&#8221; Bradbury told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobears.com\/news\/garrett-bradbury-fired-up-to-join-bears-work-with-ben-johnson\"><span class=\"s1\">reporters virtually Thursday<\/span><\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m just trying to learn from these guys, how do you guys work? They won the division last year. They had success, won a playoff game. I&#8217;m not coming in to try and change anything. I&#8217;m coming in to help. That starts with building these relationships and figuring out how I can help. And then it goes from there.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><strong>More News:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/buffalo-bills-add-c-j-gardner-johnson\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Buffalo Bills add veteran defensive depth by signing former Bears safety<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Bradbury played in all 17 games with the Patriots last season and committed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradGa00.htm\"><span class=\"s1\">no holding or false start penalties<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"s4\">Garrett Bradbury is \u201cfired up\u201d to join the Chicago Bears and Ben Johnson\u2019s offense<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m fired up,&#8221; Bradbury said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not just saying that. Playing against Ben when I was in Minnesota and he was in Detroit for all those years \u2013 you watch certain offenses as an offensive line, and there&#8217;s just offenses that excite you. His is certainly one of them. You know what you&#8217;re going to get. You want to run the football, and you want play-action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a physical brand of football, which I think every lineman wants to sign up for. Just the brief time I got to talk with him, he relayed that message. It&#8217;s going to be exciting; it&#8217;s going to be a lot of hard work and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m ready to sign up for.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Johnson was the Detroit Lions&#8217; offense coordinator (2022-24) while Bradbury was with the Vikings (2019-24). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"s4\">The Bears have done well to add and keep the offensive line intact <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162008\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-162008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Bears, Braxton Jones\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24785746-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nov 17, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bears running back Roschon Johnson (23) celebrates his rushing touchdown with offensive tackle Braxton Jones (70) against the Green Bay Packers during the second quarter at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Even though Dalman retired at 27 years old, adding Bradbury wasn&#8217;t the only thing the Bears did to strengthen their offensive line. The Bears brought back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-bears-bring-back-braxton-jones\/\"><span class=\"s1\">left tackle Braxton Jones<\/span><\/a> to help protect quarterback Caleb Williams blind side and re-signed offensive lineman Jordan McFadden. Offensive tackle Jedrick Wills also re-signed to add more depth to the line. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Williams showed his potential last season, falling just shy (3,942 yards) of becoming the first Bears quarterback in history to throw for 4,000 yards. With that likely being a possibility in 2026, strengthening the offensive line should help Williams accomplish that feat.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155664\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-155664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-900x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Chicago Bears guard Jordan McFadden\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USATSI_26980184_168410494_lowres-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aug 22, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Chicago Bears guard Jordan McFadden (74) at the line of scrimmage against the Kansas City Chiefs during the game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. 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The former Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots center is \u201cnot coming in to try and re-establish anything,\u201d but to \u201chelp\u201d the Bears. &#8220;I&#8217;m not coming in to try and re-establish anything,&#8221; Bradbury told reporters virtually Thursday. &#8220;I&#8217;m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":162403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6408,48,6863],"tags":[49,8978],"class_list":{"0":"post-162401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-around-the-nfl","8":"category-chicagobears","9":"category-chicago-bears-news","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-garrett-bradbury"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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