All Activity

Enter Sanman!

Jack Sanborn is back. https://www.chicagobears.com/news/fast-facts-jack-sanborn

Biggs had a report I think it was today - seemed to indicate don't expect any movement no these DL guys for a while. Maybe after the draft there will be some urgency - team doesn't get someone they like or address things as expected, but right now - it seems evident - Bears want Shemar plus another draft pick or two along with the continued development of Booker - as the strategy for enhancing the line. Adding one of these vets - takes away reps from one of those young players - with minimal upside. For example, Cam, Bosa, Espenosa - none of them are strong players at this point in their career. So you kind of know what your upside is there vs. giving reps to a next generation who could be material upgrades.

yeah, I agree, these draft simulators are just games of course. But maybe Lee Hunter there?

Still waiting on Cam Jordan to see where he chooses to go. At this point having cleaned out his locker in NO he’s clearly just waiting on more money. That’s also what he said the other day…paraphrasing: gotta get the right value. FA players in this time frame might have to wait for the draft before teams know who they drafted and what roster holes they need to fill. So far i’ve seen nothing more than speculation the Bears are one of the teams he’s talking with.

Looks like competition for Street, but yeah bottom level

Nothing more than 90-man roster depth it seems.

DL James Lynch (formerly of Tennessee and Minnesota) signing on. 6’4” 290 4th round pick 2020 draft for Minnesota. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bears-to-sign-dl-james-lynch

Good draft, I like the Illini pick. Liked him better when I was mocking him round 3. Ive been taking Zuhn a lot. Seems like a GB type lineman that will be good for many years. He is also slotted as a C, I think teams worked him there to see how he fits.

You are good, I was just explaining it was just observation of his type and didnt see it as an rebuttal to me.

If Caleb Banks makes it out of the first time, I will be astonished. He is a Chris Jones clone and a top 10 talent. I believe he will be drafted before Jacas. Anyway, to get those two by day two would be transformational.

I apologize if you thought I was referring to any opinion you had. That was not my intent and I know you were projecting DA.

I'm just following the logic of his past and present DTs. It is what it is, not saying that is his preference but it was the rosters he has had covering the Saints top D years.

Here's mine. Gets the D line addressed (I know Banks broke his foot, but maybe that means we are lucky and he falls to us int he 2nd round. I'd love Lee Hunter there too) Haulcy would be great for us, and he's likely there at 60. Malik Muhammad is an interesting prospect. Best 10 yard split of any CB. Plays outside. Id love to see what Al Harris can do with him. Bryce Lance is a Ben Johnson special. He's 6' 3" and runs a 4.34 forty. Might have to pick him in the 3rd in the real draft. He played at a smaller school, but he's got all the tools. And then I picked two OL who are good at pass blocking, and are real angry road graders. They can play OT or OG.

I agree with him being drafted higher than most search engines have him rated. I don't think he makes it to the first round mainly because of the numbers of DEs listed in front of him. It would be great to go down 5 to 10 spots and grab him . I think he will be the most productive DE in this draft the first year. Some may be better in a few years.

You are right about good football player over PFF stuff but DA does like certain types at certain positions. If there's two players with similar value, he will take the longer, faster guy. If a clear value at bigger , slower, I think he might change his prototype.

Thienman is a real stud. if he's there at 25, it'd be hard not to take him. Both he and Jacas are good enough to take there and neither will be there when we pick again in the 2nd round. If we could do some kind of trade back and still get one of them, that'd be a great move.

I gotta agree.

What I'm guessing here, based on his film, is that teams have Jacas more highly graded than the media says. Like Loveland and Kelvin Banks last year, I think he will go earlier than projected. And I think the Bears could well take him with the first pick. If it helps, the Draftbuzz site has him as like the 60th ranked player, but he never makes it past 45 to us, because of team needs and value/runs on positions when the simulator is run. Maybe we trade down a few spots and then grab him?

It's absolutely odds football. Kinda like "money ball" in baseball. The good ol draft crap shoot predicts outcome. I'm too old school for that. Give me a football player...

Did a big trade down and another somewhere along the way. Feels like there’s not much difference between the edge we get at 25 and twenty spots lower. Feels like this puts the Bears in pretty good shape.

I’m in this camp. I don’t think DA wouldn’t find use for Chris Jones or Deforest but you make do. I get it you need 3-4 or you have certain styles but in the interior talent wins. I do understand if you run 4-3 your run D might get punished if you have light ends (ie certain 3-4 ends aren’t going to work as 4-3 ends)

Placing height and weight on football analysis sucks. A 250lb DE is just as capable of collapsing a pocket as a 280lb DE. It's all about strength and speed and instinct. The same goes for DL and the inverse. It's all about individual talent. Otherwise, the likes of Dwight Freeney and Aaron Donald don't make it. It also tells me me a 6'5 guys like Richard Seymour, Chris Jones or Deforest Buckner can't make it on the inside. It's all BS. Talent is talent...

Woods had a down 2025 year and did not workout at the combine. He is a scheme fit player that fits as a 3T used to attack a gap, with 31" arms he will struggle against the run or getting off blocks. Being 21, he is young and needs to add more s strength which playing behind Jarrett, who he compares closest too, will be beneficial. If S Thienman is there at 25, and Woods, I can see the Bears taking the S since they might be able to draft a Gracen Halten round 2.

I would love to draft Jacas. I think he is similar to Kahil Mack as a power rusher. I looked at every top 100 prospects list I found and most have him late 2 nd round and early 3rd. We have 3 picks in that area. Since Poles has been the GM, rarely do people know who he's drafting. Caleb was obvious but lots of surprises. If speed is a determining factor, according to ranking, pick 25 should be one of these Theinemin/S, Keldric Faulk/DE, Peter Woods/DT, TJ Parker/DE, Cristian Miller/DT, Colton Hood/CB. I don't think we are taking a WR, LB, OT with pick 25. Some of those won't make it to 25 but a few could be there. I would not be surprised if we trade back no more than 10 picks back. WR is one of our strengths, no high pick. I originally thought LT was in play but with Braxton and Willis here have changed that thought. I don't think we take a LB at 25 because we signed Bush and Jackson, Edwards is coming back. Now I expect us to take one but not in the few first picks. I do expect us to take a OC but not until pick 89 or 129. We could actually see Bradbury get an extension if he starts the season playing well giving us another year to deal with a future center.