The veteran guard has held down the starting job through nine games while making a pretty reasonable amount of money.
Chris Chester hasn't been the team's best lineman, but considering he's making $2.8 million, has started nine games, and has been a solid enough guard, he's easily been one of the team's best free agent values. ESPN must agree, because Field Yates has listed Chester as one of their best values in the NFL. Note that an Insider subscription is required for the whole article, but you're not missing a lot of Chester-related content.