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DJ, now Kmet. The standard for excellence is set. Honestly, it's early and there's lots of time to prove himself yet, but this is the first little shot across Odunze's bow too. If Johnson didnt draft you, youd better give it everything you have. If we get Joshua Joseph tomorrow, or Dani Dennis-Sutton, this draft is going to look genius. If we dont get an Edge, somethings gotta give.

As to Roush, the writing is on the wall for Kmet.

its bizarre, BUT I would have been good with Dani Dennis-Sutton, Joshua Josephs, Mason Reiger and Ndame Tucker in the 3rd, and all four are still on the board. If we pick one of these guys, especially one of the first two, or at least they are there and we choose whichever Edge player, then Im gonna say that the Bears played the board and won. But its a huge risk. Let's see what tomorrow brings. And after that, let's see what might come in free agency. For example IF (if if) they sign Cam Jordan, or trade for Max Crosby or something then Im going to understand that they didnt like the options they had in the draft, for example. But if the roster as it is now, and this is what we roll with on the DL opening day, then something is very wrong. The current group just doesnt fit the rest of the team.

thats what ive been thinking here too. Ill throw Reiger, Joseph and Ndame Tucker to the list with those other too as well

They will all look better with a pass rush, and without one, every player is eventually exposed in coverage. I love the pick, now we need to go DL.

yes, I hope we get Jacas or Dennis-Sutton tomorrow. Mason Reiger or Ndame Tucker are decent pass rushers that can be had later too. Also Lomu is agile but lacks a strong base. Needs a year in the weight room, is kind of a Braxton Jones clone right now. So maybe a player to develop, but not what we need right now. When Iheanachor went, I think that was that for our first round OL dreams. But then again, I had never heard of Ozzy Trapilo last year until we took him. So maybe they have something in mind. Also, maybe Cam Jordan or Taylor Decker will sign with us?

Our safety room is probably one of the best in the NFL now. Both safeties can play man, so our coverages will be nasty to read. We gotta get an Edge tomorrow. Maybe we will sign Cam Jordan?

It feels a little like last year, a great player at an unexpected position. They are definitely respecting BPA. I think we needed something at Edge and OT, but the board fell the way it did. But no doubt I think the player is fantastic. I was looking Edge in the second anyway, so we are still OK with that, there are names, but the odds of signing a guy like Taylor Decker just went up. And if doing that upgrades our S pick (I had in the 2nd) then great. Hell of a player.

you may be right about the OTs. I sure hope not, but it's not crazy to think that at all.

I think we are looking at OT with the first pick. My guess is Blake Miller from Clemson, possibly Lomu or Iheanachor. In round 2, I think Edge and S. Joshua Josephs or Dani Dennis-Sutton at Edge and Emanuel McNeil-Warren or AJ Haulcy at Safety. In the 3rd, I think we are looking at a Center or a Wide Receiver. Hecht at Center, or Bryce Lance or DeZuan Stribling at WR. It's possible that we will go safety a little lower and target Bud Clark, in which case, we might see an earlier WR like Germie Bernard or a CB like Colton Hood. And somewhere in there, itd be nice to see a 3T like Gracen Halton. And I wouldnt mind doubling down on DE later with a guy like Nadame Tucker. He's a situational pass rusher, so not an every down player, but a great piece to add with a later pick.

interesting. He was basically getting the same at the Giants. Weird! Also, that means that DABEARS was right. I was thinking Lawrence would want more.

Bengals not making a ton of sense, I agree. And Gabriel is ridiculous. If you read his X account, he's like a child. I think Ian Cunningham and Ryan Poles spoke to him about his out of control X at the senior bowl. I dont take GG as a source on anything, and certainly not as a primary source! LOL

could be him too. and I just googled, good point about the speed.

Probably Cam Lewis?

Itll be interesting to see what kind of deal he needs. Some say $30M, but he was already at $27M and then $29M so its hard to imagine things got so out of whack over $4M difference in a $60M two year deal? Sounds like he might want more. It'll be interesting to see what the numbers are.

Trade down is good, especially without the 5th or 6th round picks, and the lack of compensatory picks (grrr) But if we pick at 25, I think its LT, thats my guess just from the gut. And again, i dunno, maybe they have a sleeper like Trapilo was in mind and I have no idea about them? I wouldnt be surprised to see Iheanachor (sp?) be the pick. I know a lot of people have him ranked in the 30s or 40s, but in a lot of mocks on different sites, I see him gone by pick 28 or so too. So the site will have him ranked at like 45th and still have him taken with the 28th pick, because of positional importance. I think thats part of why its hard to be sure someone is gonna be there after a trade down. If you have a cluster of players, then yes, but it youre running out of LTs for example, you might just take him at 25?

So much for Greg Gabriels inside info. He said Dexter would not be traded. https://x.com/ggabefootball/status/2041280939557269917

I wonder what his new deal will look like too.

if there were good LT options that would be there for us in the 2nd round, then I could see it. But in this draft, its either the first pick, or you're adding another body to the mix thats already crowded with mediocre players. Is there a second round LT that is clearly better than Amagadje, Jones, Benedet and the new guy? Now of course, I didnt know Trapilo's name last year pre draft when I did a lot of pre draft film watching, so if they have another hidden gem in mind, then that changes things. But from where im sitting now, I think there's more depth for Edge and S that will be there in the second round, than at LT?

if you add in Garrett, that clears $10M off the cap

This is exactly how most of my mocks have been going. I usually take Bryce Lance in the 4th instead of the Center, but it could go either way. But yes those exact names keep coming up for me over and over.

I think 3 of the first four picks have to go to LT, DE and S. The other could go DT, but it could be CB or WR very easily too Then if you look at whats available for our 2nd round picks, it makes me think we go LT with pick #25.

He's already knocking ont he door of $30M and holding out. Since neither of us has a crystal ball, i'll come at it this way: if you're right about what he wants to be paid, then yeah, Im all in on your trade idea, or even a little more if that's what it takes. If he wants $40M/yr would you still want him? I was willing to pay Myles Garrett something like that, so is Dexter worth as much as Garrett? Again, Im really asking, what do you think?

He's a hell of a player, and the trade scenario that DABEARS suggested would be a steal for us. I suspect they'd want more. But it's clever to regain that 37th pick. The concern I have is salary cap. He wants a lot of money. he's already set to make $27M and $29M for the next two years, and he's holding out, so he's gonna want a lot. Today, Will Anderson Jr signed an extension with the Falcons for $150M over three years WITH a no trade clause. In light of that, I dunno if I can see paying Lawrence $40M+ a year. I'm not an expert on him, so maybe he is worth it. Anyone want to argue that he is? I'm all ears.

Ive been thinking similar things. If we can get a good Edge in the first two days, we might not need another DT as much as we need LT and S. And world beating 3T are not easily found anyway. Another Billings isnt really what we need. I keep thinking the depth in this draft means LT with pick #25 makes the most sense, there are Safeties and even Edge players to be found with our 2nd rounders. On the other hand, I don't see any LTs that can start being there for us in the 2nd. Then again, I didnt have Trapilo on my radar at all last year, so maybe they found someone, like they did with Trapilo AND Monangai last year.