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Pickens seems wrote off, the Bears had him playing out of position and he was hurt. He busted his ass with dexter and is more a 3t and 0t. Let him play at his natural position.

On point one - it’s hard to say. I think Banks might have been an option but he wasn’t there so that made it a moot point. They clearly had a higher grade on their 2nd round pick than any OT still on board…the wideout they got was a bpa type of pick who also feels a lot like Amon St Brown.

I think the draft has given us some insight into their opinion of the team. It seems they didn't deem LT as a must get priority as a lot of fans have. As I said before, they will let Braxton and Kiran compete and bring a player in to develop because Braxton probably won't be here next year. Johnson talked many times about weapons and clearly added 2 with a RB left to get. He plans on playing chess with our offense and added players he can do that with. They didn't seem to think S and LB needed attention as they added no one in Free agency or in the draft so far. Anyone now would be developmental. I think RB and DE will be addressed in the 4th round. Hopefully Jack Sawyer and Cam Skattebo would make me happy.

I do because I find it odd for someone to say a person was shy and insecure at a news brief. Those are things you say when you give a job interview .

Just goes to show you pundits don't have any clue what teams want to do. I listened to a lot of live podcasts today and it's amazing how many have big egos. Hoge was talking about a couple picks and made statements like so and so was on the board and they should have took him instead ( I had him rated higher). They think they're smarter than a scout department. Two thinks I thought they would do in the draft was build the trenches and get us a weapon. Come to find out weapons were higher on the list. Loveland was highly rated so that was understood but Luther was totally unexpected. He was rated a first round pick by some. They may just have picked BPA at that point. I expected them to trade back. They grabbed a LT and DL. Reading about Turner, he played 2yrs outside before putting on 20 lbs to move inside. I think DA sees him as being able to play both giving him flexibility. Now we have an extra 4th round pick. 109+148. I think that will be a DE and RB. Jack Sawyer or Bradeyn Swinson for DE. Cam Skattebo or Damien Martinez would work as RBs for me. They looked at Brashard Smith and jaylon Blue also.

Yes because 4 of 5 picks last year were 30 visits. Apparently there is no pattern.

but you yourself were drawing lines to players based on the 30 visits!

I would say you nailed it. I think the only person on this thread that got a pick right.

I don't even remember Poles mentioned any of these names. Loveland was getting love but never tied to the bears. For all the people predicting stuff because of their sources, clearly need new sources.

right. so those that read the tea leaves too hard arent necessarily looking at any information at all. I often feel like the pundits are wrong not because they dont have enough information, but because they have too much. It's just how a guy plays on tape, what his upside is, and if his character is good.

With all the picks this is the easiest one to rout for. Farm kid from small town and can ball. This is a no brainer as a WR type that plays TE.

Interesting note - best I can tell, there was no report that any of the Bears first four picks in this draft (Loveland, Burden, Trapilo, Turner) came in for a 30 visit. This after every pick from their 2024 Draft except for Tory Taylor had come in for a 30 visit. 🤷‍♂️

kudos! hes gonna be good for us too. who can a defense cover now?!

I see Bradeyn Swinson is still available. I thought he would be gone already. We have the 7th pick in the 4th. Wonder if he makes it there. Also Jack Sawyer is still available.

Caleb texted Loveland this just after the pick: “Congrats, I'm excited to get you here, I'm going to be tough on you, coach Johnson's going to be tough on you, but [you're a] heck of a player, excited to get things rolling," Loveland said. "Just let me know if you need anything, I'm here, just excited to get you here and meet face-to-face and get the ball rolling.'" I like the leadership!

I don't think they think S or LB is a problem. They would have gotten a FA if that was a need. RB is the next pick? Skattebo, Martinez, Sampson, Neal, Brashard Smith, Jayden Blue. Only 7 RBs taken so far , they are targeting someone.

Didn't they give up the 148. to get the 109? I just seen they gave up 233, not 148.

The bears did the work and this is who they decided on. Didn't seem to want Ersery because they could have had him. So I expect they traded back knowing they option might be there. At least they finally addressed the OL.

He was rated high most places. Clearly Johnson wants more weapons to work with. As they pick players, now I go watch tape to see what we got.

I never checked him out but as they pick players, the reviews are good.

I’m willing to see what Pickens does being healthy as I know he put in a lot of work last offseason before getting hurt. Plus new coaching staff. Either way I like what they have done with both lines - would like to see some of our previous years class take steps forward and hopefully some hits right now.

Was really high on him - very happy with this pick! Quite frankly getting pretty happy with draft given how first 9 picks played out.

Then there’s this. 😳

Interesting note that Turner has logged significant snaps at NT, 3T, and even DE. Maybe they see him a bit of “twofer” pick where he can play anywhere on the line and help inside and out.

Seems like RB, S, or LB make the most sense, but what do I know.