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I think the second time was Cutler not being in there.

And honestly...the only way to truly evaluate a GM is based on whether or not his decisions have worked 2-3 years down the road. If this team misses the playoffs this year and next year, then there should pretty much be no one left in the front office.

If the scheme fails...and the players weren't brought in to address what appeared to be weaknesses...then the people who made the decision that "The scheme was the problem" should lose their jobs.

This thread is sitting there and no one is using it.

FWIW, I changed the title of a couple threads today so that there were official "threads for the first 4 draft picks", but I didn't merge or delete anything. I'd understand if someone did though. There's already an "angry" thread about a pick, why isn't that thread adequate?

If he gets in and is a failure, then correct. If he gets in and is a solid player...we'll take it.

Similar speed, picked by a guy who is trying to do the "patriots thing".

If the Bears need an OT upgrade and don't get one, then Lovie Smith won't be the coach next season, and Emery will have a very short number of chances to fix that problem.

Yup, because they passed on every chance to upgrade. And you flat out cannot say that the Bears are missing weapons on offense, now that you add in a TE/FB and a WR from the draft.

Well, nobody will be mad if this guy turns out to be a major offensive threat. If he's just a FB, that would be disappointment.

If the Bears got Aaron Hernandez, then no one's going to ever say anything bad about this guy again. If the Bears got a backup FB, then this will be on the list of risky failed picks when this GM gets fired.

Do the Pats run a lot of FB plays?

Evan Rodriguez, TE/FB, Temple

This is a deep, loaded offense if the QB can stay vertical.

If you are in the mode of thinking that their first round pick was more of a lighter, speed rusher, then he might be a bit of a weakness against a power run game...which might make DT more of a priority...

If nothing else, WR's are usually in high enough demand that they ought to be able to grab an extra 3rd rounder by moving down a couple slots if he's available. Unless the entire league has crossed him off their board/dropped him into the 2nd because of the personal stuff/drug suspension risk.

Wasn't there a big personal/drug problem on him though?

Do late risers tend to have a good or bad history in the NFL?

Why do the Bucs need Forte?

Updated thread title and bumping since...it's draft day!

There may also be a "if someone like Floyd is available at 19, we can expect to be able to move down a few slots while a team aggressively moves up to grab that particular player, even if he's not a match for us" built in to picking out those 7.

Once you get past the first 2 picks...the draft is so difficult to predict that teams have to have a list of (for example) 7 guys they'd consider choosing between, and then other options should someone like Aaron Rodgers drop or should all 7 of your guys be picked. Those "bring in and never take" people can be done for a number of reasons...actually wanting to draft a guy, smokescreen, but the one thing you can definitely say is that you're getting more information on a guy. That information may not always be positive. You may bring a guy in wanting him to step up and show you something new and he doesn't do it.

He's going to be what, a $10 million a year WR, similar to VJax/Marshall right? That's at least $3 million more knocked off whatever cap room the Bears have left this year, with Forte close to $7 m at the franchise tag.

Is the 3rd round pick the Bears have "untradeable"? Am I remembering that right? If that one can't be moved, then that makes moving around in the first 2 rounds a lot harder.

The Bears would be very unlikely to get the kind of contributions next year from a 3rd round pick that they could get from a healthy Hester. I'd say the same about a second round pick. The only reason I'd consider anything like that is if I thought he would not be healthy again, that the injuries he started having last year would really start compounding on him and dramatically weaken his game.