This is surprising. Chicago Bears RT Bobby Massie finished the 2017 season ranked as one of the better players at his position, according to Bleacher Report’s NFL1000 series.

Massie finished the year as the No. 14 right tackle in the NFL.

14. Bobby Massie, Chicago Bears Pass Protection: 17/25

Run Block: 16/20

Power: 18/25

Agility: 16/20

Position Value: 8/10

Overall Grade: 75/100 Bobby Massie was inconsistent at the start of the 2017 season, but he settled in after Week 5 and put together a solid string of games. When Massie is on, he looks like one of the NFL’s top right tackles at times, displaying tremendous range in pass protection and a violent strike. In the running game, Massie won with power and physicality when he maintained leverage.

It’s true that Massie can get hot in spurts and play like a reliable starter. But when he’s bad, he’s really bad, and with the future of the franchise resting on young QB Mitchell Trubisky’s right arm, the Bears can’t afford any of those bad Massie moments moving forward.

Massie is entering the final year of his three-year deal signed in 2016. The Bears can cut him with little cap penalty if they decide a better option is available in free agency or the NFL Draft.

Despite Bleacher Report’s favorable grade for Massie, he’s one of last year’s starters entering the offseason on the bubble.