jackie hayes
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9th pick right now, who ya got? Kenny Phillips?
Gotta wait for the combine etc, but I for one like Phillips a lot.
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oh yeah, anyone else notice how Kreutz was absolutely brutal with the shotgun snaps today?
Yes... Most were at the shoelaces.
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Orton was fine. Hasn't played in years, completes a respectable percentage, did a decent job evading pressure (stepping UP, not back). It was a mostly conservative gameplan, so you can't expect too many big plays. A couple bad throws, but I was generally happy with the way he played. Absolutely, 100% deserves to start the rest of the way.
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Wouldn't of mattered. They still would of ran the clock out.
They kneeled it three times. Fourth down. They could try to run around for 14 seconds or so, but that's not without risk.
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Wait...did we just finish the game with one unused timeout and Devin Hester as our return man?
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also looks like he has lost a lot of weight as well...
He did trim the beard, I think.
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I agree about O line and safety. I just dont see any real reason to take a qb. There arent even any high profile QBs that are supposed to be sure fire first rounders that would need to be taken if they dropped to us. Assuming we pick mid teens, which QB would have to be taken at that pick? There arent any qbs that are worth abandoning our needs because they slip to us.
McFadden is a different story but theres no way hes available unless were the team that tries to deal with New England which is very unlikely. O line and safety have to be the main priorities in the draft unless we make a major splash in FA. Guys like Anderson or Turner are never gonna happen. Wed be better suited looking at a RB like Jamal Lewis or Julious Jones and there isnt much at QB out there thats worth overpaying for. In FA, Faneca should be the number one target, followed by Bob Sanders if Indy lets him get away.
I think as of now we're set to pick closer to ten than mid-teens. Iirc, the rivals.com mock had us at 11. So figure we could conceivably pick anywhere from 6 or so to high-teens. I can imagine a situation where McFadden drops to 6, say. Still VERY unlikely, but that's the kind of thing I was thinking about.
As for qb -- I'm intentionally not taking a strong position on this. I just don't trust my judgement on college qbs much, especially this bunch. So if after the combine and workouts and interviews and wunderlics and &c, the opinion of Ryan or Brohm or Woodson is so high that the Bears decide they can't pass on this guy...well, okay, I'll trust them. Obviously the qb situation we've had isn't acceptable.
Overall, I think I just have much less definite opinions about what the Bears should do in the draft than most posters seem to. I've become pretty patient after I was really, really, REALLY wrong about taking Hester. I'm not advocating taking a qb, but I won't get pissed about it.
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The biggest needs are safety and oline. As of right now, you take Long if he's there (very unlikely); if not, you take Phillips if he's there; if he's not there either, try to trade down in the first and take an ot. Right now, I just don't see a huge difference between the group of tackles after Long. If you get Phillips, there's a good chance you can still grab a good tackle in the second. But a small trade-up could also help.
Though I wouldn't be angry if we grabbed a qb in the first, or someone who slips (a McFadden or Dorsey -- obviously not likely), even if it isn't a position of need.
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He is -- NOTHING -- like Jason White.
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They cant take an offensive skill player in the first round, they just cant. It has to be O line or even safety depending on what kind of O line help they can get in F/A.....Faneca
I'm not saying I want this to happen. Only that it's a reasonable guess. This certainly isn't the only mock that has the Bears taking a qb.
I don't love the idea of a Ryan pick, but if the braintrust loves him...can't pass on a franchise qb, the saying goes.
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It's not a bad mock, really. Qb is obviously a need for the Bears, and many people think very highly of Ryan. And we know Angelo loves his linemen. Obviously it'll be almost completely wrong, like every mock done now. But the picks fit the teams reasonably well.
The Post Game
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The problem I have with this is the dropoff at each position. At tackle, after Long you're looking at...Clady, Oher, Otah, Baker, Williams, Cherilus, Hills, and Loadholt. Some are juniors and may or may not leave. And there's at least a rough idea that some are better than others. But it's a long list, and they're all good prospects. Who's even close to Phillips?