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Agree. And Sanborn looks like a guy who was born to tackle and eat glue. I love that dude. If he improves off of last year, the 2023 LB corp are going to shock the world.

Did I see he signed?!?!?!!?

We all see the Power Rankings year after year and think the media hates the Bears. I honestly think there is a bias because of the rug-burned knees while covering Farv and Erin for the past 20+ years. While the Power Rankings this year don't seem to tell a different tale, the point spreads do. Bears 2023 Schedule ATS Week 1: Packers at Bears -2.5 Week 2: Bears -1 at Buccaneers Week 3: Bears at Chiefs -9.5 Week 4: Broncos -1 at Bears Week 5: Bears at Commanders -1 Week 6: Vikings at Bears (Pick em) Week 7: Raiders at Bears -1.5 Week 8: Bears at Chargers -4.5 Week 9: Bears at Saints -3 Week 10: Panthers at Bears -2.5 Week 11: Bears at Lions -4.5 Week 12: Bears at Vikings -3 Week 13: bye week Week 14: Lions -1 at Bears Week 15: Bears at Browns -3 Week 16: Cardinals at Bears -5 Week 17: Falcons at Bears -2.5 Week 18: Bears at Packers NL There are four games with a larger point spread than a field goal. FOUR. And one of those games the Bears are favored!! Vegas is right more often than the pundits are; otherwise, there wouldn't be multi-billion dollar operations in the Vegas desert. And the point spreads say this is an extremely unknown year for the Bears. According to the spread, the Bears could conceivably go 14-3. Of course, the inverse is true as well. One additional tidbit I found interesting is that the 2023 media darlings, the Detroit Lions, the team that's supposed to shock the world and win the North, is only favored by 4.5 at home and 1 in Chicago. If they're so good, the point spreads would say as much. All that said, there is a good chance the point spreads hold relatively true. Chalk is 7 wins counting the Vikings pick'em and Packers NL. Flip the Broncos, Commanders, and Lions games with a +1 point spread for the Bears, and we're suddenly at 10 wins. I don't see that as implausible. In fact, I think flipping a few more is conceivable, especially considering how unlucky the teams was on close games last year. Final verdict: Bears go 10-7 and shock the world.

That is a scary list. Aside from a few hits, it's loaded with busts and guys who never reached their potential.

Here's your chance to say what you would have done now that you have 20/20 hindsight. The rules are No removing the trades No extra trades Players can only be selected if they went at or after the Bears picks

Would have liked to see DE and C before WR. This tells me they are moving Whitehair to C.

1000% agree. If he gets a DE and a C this draft is an undeniable master class.

I LOOOOOVE POLES. This dude gets it. OL, DL, CB, DL. He’s killing it.

And now the Lions reach big for a LB that definitely would have been there in the second round. LOL

I wonder also. I’m more a fan of the huge monster OTs with long arms and fast feet, but I think Ski will also end up being very good.

Damn near. I was saying, “Is it finally happening?!” over and over again.

I could kiss Poles on the mouth. A trade back AND an OT who may be the best OLineman in the entire draft? Break out the Jergens.

YES! Finally for once in my life the Bears do what I want.

I would have ignored everything they said afterwards. It's just moronic. Put five scrubs on the OL and have Jerry Rice / Randy Moss as the two WRs. Scrubs get trampled, QB runs for his life, we have nightmares of the Cutler years, and the WRs catch very few passes. Consider this OL, however, and literally any NFL WR in history would get open: Johnathan Ogden (OT) John Hannah (OG) Jim Otto (C) Bruce Matthews (OG) Anthony Munoz (OT) Getting a WR or RB in the first round this year, with the current pick, would be a horrible pick for the Bears. At least two offensive linemen need to be replaced, and one could argue the entire defensive line needs to be replaced.

I want them to trade back from the 9 pick and acquire a bit more, but if stays as is: 9) Paris Johnson Jr. OT Ohio State (Protect Fields at all cost. This is a cohesion pick as well.) 53) Adetomiwa Adebawore, DT, Northwestern (3T waiting to happen) 61) Tuli Tuipulotu, DE, USC (Not really sure why he isn't going higher. He looks really good.) 64) D.J. Turner, CB, Michigan (Say it with me, "4.26 forty.") 103) DeMarvion Overshown, LB, Texas (A safety turned hyper-athletic LB? Hmmm...reminds me of someone.) 133) Olusegun Oluwatimi, C, Michigan (How is the Rimington and Outland guy rated so low? No brainer.) 136) Cameron Latu, TE, Alabama (Insurance for Kmet) 148) Viliami Fehoko, DE, San Jose State (My third Islander this draft. He has great pass rush skills.) 218) Malik Cunningham, QB, Louisville (Always draft a QB. This kid has skills.) 248) Jordan McFadden, OG, Clemson (I like how the knock on this guy is that he's not big enough, even though he's 300lbs.)

For me this is easy. BPA is not 100%. It’s really need-based BPA. A team with mid-career Tom Brady shouldn’t draft a QB in the 1st. The Bears shouldn’t have drafted a RB in The first round of the 1986 draft, regardless of how good the guy was. I always think of it like having a broken car. If you get a great deal on $25 top of the line tires, it’s stupid to buy them with your only $100 (i.e. 1st round draft pick) if you also need a battery. In this case, the Bears need a driver-side seatbelt, brake pads, and a windshield. The tires may not be perfect, but there is plenty of tread.

Concur. I can't think of a single QB in NFL history who has had sustained excellence while simultaneously having a trash OL. This works for RBs as well, with the exception of maybe early Payton and Barry Sanders. The truth of the matter is, starting at OL accentuates all other skill positions, but loading up on skill positions with a garbage OL is a good way to waste high-priced talent.

I didn't include all the Bama players. I just included those that I thought might fit at the draft positions after the hopeful trade-back. No way the Bears could get all the UGA players.

Similar to previous years, a team could draft pretty much all Alabama players and it would be good draft. Trade Back 1.XX - Brian Branch, S 2.22 - Jaymyr Gibbs, RB 2.XX - Tyler Steen, OT 2.30 - Eli Ricks, CB 3.1 - Henry To'oTo'o, LB 4.1 - Byron Young, DL 5.1 - Emil Ekiyor Jr., G 5.XX - Cameron Latu, TE I can't say I'd be entirely upset by that. Normally, the position sequence isn't my favorite, but grabbing all Bama players would be awesome.

So far I like him, too, but it was not just Pace. He had the moronic 2017 Draft where he mortgaged the future for Trubisky, ignored the obvious choice in Deshaun Watson, who had obviously better everything, and also missed on a generational talent in Mahomes, but he also whiffed big on Kevin White. All of that makes it easy to forget about Emery, who made the Shea McClellin, "WTF was that"-pick that absolutely reeked of smarter-than-conventional-wisdom-and-everyone-else bravado.

PoTAYto, PoTAHto for me. I just picked Wypler because him and Tippmann are interchangeable in terms of how the draft pundits are ranking them, and if I had to choose, I'd pick Wypler because: He played at Ohio State like the QB. He played at Ohio State like the 1st round OT and the QB. Ohio State is a better football school than Wisconsin. I hate the state of Wisconsin. I'm forever soured on Wisconsin players after Carimi. Number 5 reinforces number 4.

1,000,000% agree!! I simply don't understand how a team can draft a rookie QB with a first round pick and not make the OL the very next priority. We've seen it over and over with rookie QBs getting blasted, changing mechanics, losing confidence, and blindly chucking the ball - and their career - away because the OL couldn't keep them clean. The truth of the matter is, 99.9% of the QBs who get drafted in the first round have all the skills necessary, but some have intangibles that allows them to more easily deal with the growing pains. But if that can be avoided, why risk it? This is true of not just rookie QBs, but also young vets. I'll go to my grave thinking the Bears had a franchise QB in Cutler, but ruined him because OL never got the love it needed. Very early on he was shell-shocked while the Bears were busy trying out scrubs like Frank Omiyale, Chilo Rachal, Michael Ola, Vlad Ducasse, Charles Leno Jr, and Jamarcus Webb at multiple positions.

Concur. I'm so sick of saying it every year and reading Bears' fans talk about getting more WRs, TEs, and RBs every year. For once I want to see my idea tried. Then I'll forever say, "Well, at least they focused on OL for once." It's time for the Bears to join the new-age NFL and do everything possible to invest in the offense, the QB, and whatever it takes to make #1 & #2 succeed. Generally speaking, a superb OL makes a QB comfortable, and that's absolutely what the Bears should focus on in order to maximize Fields. I'd love to see the following to make Justin Fields as comfortable as humanly possible: 1.9 - Paris Johnson, RT, Ohio State 2.53 - Luke Wypler, C, Ohio State The rest of the picks can be BPA with a smattering of obvious need inserted. Looking for explosive playmakers and long, rangy defenders would be priority.

I appreciate the optimistic Bears' fans, because it's difficult to have that demeanor with the history. That's definitely not me, but a glimpse of it shines through every year during the draft when I think, "Maybe this is the year the front office does what makes the most conventional sense instead of trying to prove they're the smartest guy in the NFL."

WOW! He looks good! Great home run speed!