Dan

Feeney

Feeney will stay in the NFC North after spending 2023 in Chicago. He started one game at center for the Bears. Feeney last served as a full-time starter in 2020 when he was with the Chargers. He will be a backup and special teamer for the Vikings.

Feeney will have a chance to start in Week 1 for the Bears. Starting guard Teven Jenkins is considered week-to-week with a leg injury suffered earlier this offseason, leaving a hole along the left side of the line. Feeney has 96 career games to his name, which includes 64 career starts. He’ll be a serviceable replacement until Jenkins is ready to go.

Feeney will stay in the AFC East after spending the last two seasons with the Jets. The 28-year-old started just seven games in two seasons in New York after 64 starts in his first four seasons with the Chargers. Feeney will be veteran depth on a Miami offensive line that dealt with multiple injuries in 2022.

Feeney was drafted in the third round by the Chargers in 2017 and landed with the Jets last year. He appeared in 16 games but primarily as a reserve. Entering his age-28 season, Feeney will continue to provide quality depth for the Jets’ offensive line in 2022.

A longtime starter for the Chargers, Feeney is capable of playing both guard and center. The No. 71 overall pick of the 2017 Draft, Feeney appears to be joining the Jets as a super sub. It’s a downgrade for Feeney after he started all 16 games each of the past three years, but he never quite proved capable of being a set-and-forget starting option on the interior.

Overshadowed by Melvin Gordon’s holdout is the fact the Chargers will field one of the league’s most underwhelming o-line’s against the Colts on Sunday. With Trent Scott at LT, Mike Pouncey manning center, Michael Schofield at RG, Sam Tevi out right, and Feeney getting the nod over Lamp, Philip Rivers would be wise to lean on Keenan Allen and Austin Ekeler shallow and over the middle. Lynn added that Lamp could potentially rotate in at both guard spots until fully healthy.

Feeney (6’4/305) made 42 starts on the Hoosiers’ line – the first 37 at right guard and final five at right tackle – and earned first-team All-Big Ten in each of his final two seasons as well as first-team All-America as a senior. Feeney was charged with just two sacks allowed in his college career. A finesse lineman, Feeney specialized in pass protection and zone blocking at Indiana and isn’t a power player. He also missed four games to a severe concussion in 2016. Feeney’s lack of mauling strength caps his ceiling, but he projects as a competent starter in the Andy Levitre mold. Chargers GM Tom Telesco is drilling the offensive line on day two, as he should after Philip Rivers got happy feet down the stretch last season.

Following the release of starting LG Orlando Franklin, Feeney is expected to compete for the vacant job along with second-rounder Forrest Lamp. Odds are strong both players will be holding down starting guard jobs.

Feeney has been mixing in first-team reps with Kenny Wiggins. Feeney’s nondescript preseason and lack of mauling strength are concerns to his starting chances, but he’s a better pass protector than Wiggins.