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And also remember, there are a lot of UDFA's who make the pro bowl every year. When you get one of those, it's a great way to make your team suddenly a lot better out of no where.

So basically, the Bears 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th round picks had 2nd round grades on some people's charts.

I think that's the one thing we can say about this administration, they want to play fast.

Robinson went to Jax in the 5th.

The Bears LB's are going to cover some serious ground.

I'd expect this is the end for a while of the talk of the Bears moving to a 4-3. If these guys play the way they ought to be able to, this is one dynamic core of 4-3 LB's.

Suddenly goes from a position of weakness to a position of strength. Seriously upgraded at LB over the Bears D from last year.

I'd pick Rogers if I was confident in his personal issues.

Man, there go all the QB's.

Another thing to take away...the Bears want speed.

Seifert:

How about that, I'm not the only one.

I'll assume this is a serious Q. Click on the poster's name to go to their profile. Look under the left hand column for an item labeled "options". Click on that, it will open a pulldown menu where you can select "Ignore poster".

Yeah, at this point, assuming everything is a smokescreen is correct. The one thing Emery made clear is that he's open to trading down, talking about players other teams like can make those trade happen.

Well...if Cutler got hurt...

I want the Bears to sign me to a $10 million contract to replace Cutler also!

Isn't Gould still recovering from an injury?

No matter how good Brees was at reacting and getting rid of the ball quickly, they also had a system designed to play to his strengths.

Be better in short yardage and stay healthy.

Why do I remember this name?

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If one or more of the QB's are taken before pick 20, that just means even more of the D-Line/O-Line/other guys will be available at 20.

Don't let yourself forget the key reason why teams trade up; a player drops. In a draft without elite talent, that's particularly likely to happen. Some team in the top 15 will pick a guy who team x had graded out as a second rounder, and consequently, there will be a guy availiable at 20 who team y never imagined would last that long. That's when teams trade up. They don't do it now, they do it when a guy falls that they've been salivating over.

When a team starts training camp with what, 80+ players on its roster, and has 100 numbers to hand out, it's hard to retire numbers.

Just because one team won't give up 2 2nd rounders to move up doesn't mean the bears can't parlay that first rounder into a pair of 2nd rounders if they work through a couple teams.