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Roster Check Has Bears Heavier and Shorter Than Most Teams

The Bears have only five rookies on their roster, although they are one of the younger teams but they also are one of the shorter and heavier teams according to NFL statistics.

Gene Chamberlain

Bears kicker Cairo Santos celebrates with teammates after one of his three field goals on opening day.
Bears kicker Cairo Santos celebrates with teammates after one of his three field goals on opening day. / Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK
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No team in the NFL has fewer rookies on its 53-man roster than the Bears, which should surprise no one because they had only five draft pick.

What might be surprising is their team height. It isn't just quarterback Caleb Williams who seems to be a bit vertically challenged.

The Bears have one of the shortest teams in the NFL, according to information released by the NFL on all rosters. The Bears average 6.17 inches tall, and only this week's opponent, the Houston Texans (6.13 feet), Arizona (6.15 feet) and Miami (6.15 feet).

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They have 10 players shorter than 6 feet tall, with kicker Cairo Santos and return man DeAndre Carter the shortest at 5-foot-8.

There are only 12 teams weighing more than the Bears, on average, even though their defensive scheme is always said to be predicated on speed and lighter weight players.

They Bears average 245.91 pound. Their offensive scheme also is reliant upon speed and getting out to block on the edge.

The Bears have five rookies and only Cleveland has the same number. No one has more. Houston and San Francisco are the only teams with six rookies.

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Gene Chamberlain

GENE CHAMBERLAIN

BearDigest.com publisher Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.