Football Aftershow analyst Olin Kruetz was all over the Kyle Long-to-the-IR story

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It sounds like Kyle Long's season is over. 

It's not entirely surprising news: as of Sunday morning, analytics site Pro Football Focus ranks Long among in the bottom-5 of all NFL guards in overall offensive performance (39.7), pass-blocking (45.6), and run-blocking (40.2). 

Those numbers are a far departure from his career norms, and something was clearly up. Bears legend and Football Aftershow analyst Olin Kruetz saw today's move coming:

"You could make an argument that they have to take a good, long look at Kyle Long," he said after the Bears' loss in London. "And where he’s at, and does he need weeks off… does he need to go on IR, is Rashaad Coward a better option. If you take a really good look at the film, and this is hard for me to say, because I am a big fan of Kyle long, and I’ve watched him for a long time play a high level of football, where he was a dominant right guard… What I’ve seen in the first 3 weeks, and in this week, I wonder about his body, I really do, and I wonder where he is in his career."

For what it's worth, Kruetz's take was a bit kinder this morning: 

You can watch the entire conversation in the video above. 

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