ASHKUM BEAR

Trevathan's injury (torn patellar) is very serious, he may be missing a portion of the season next year. That is one of the hardest injuries to recover from with a small return rate. Marc Columbo tore both and it took a couple years, V Cruz took longer than a year and Jimmy Graham about a year. I think we may need another young ILB as depth this offseason.

Damn JAX, had a lead and blew it. Clev lost and SF is losing to ATL early on. Bears still sitting at pick #4, would take a miracle to get any higher.

The Bears need to draft and develop there own QBs. We may think there is no talent in this draft, but NE would draft one and be trading him 3 years down the road. It takes having the right system and without it, trading doesnt matter. Look at what we got out of Jay.

Starting to jump on the Barkley bandwagon. He has earned a chance to return and may be the best QB we have over Hoyer/Shaw, assuming Cutler is out of the mix. **side note Jacksonville is up 13-0, Bears losing today may move them up to the pick #3 slot.**

Hard to say, I think Ramczyk will be the top 10 prospect, but who knows until we get closer to April. I used fanspeak to run the mock using CBS' s big board and they had him available. I ran it again and he was gone but Roderick Johnson FSU was available. It would be nice to get 2 starting caliber OTs to either push our current starters or to replace them.

That's correct. Only read he was not happy. He knows teams look at successful teams for HC candidates and this current team is not making him a front runner. That is good for us though.

His first go round was horrendous, but he will hit the carousel again as a top candidate. I would prefer to keep everything intact as they chose this path for a rebuild. It would only set the franchise back by changing schemes etc with so many young players. Loggains is also learning and seems to be ok when anybody but Cutler is at QB. Love to see Mike McCoy at OC though if he doesn't survive SD.

Did some hypothetical drafts, now that I had time to run a few mocks on fanspeak. I ran two offense and two defense using CBS and Matt Miller's to play this out. Defense-using CBS 1-Derek Barnett OLB Tenn-come April, he will be pushing Garnett to be the top pass rusher when NFL scouts start to chatter. He will compliment Floyd well. 2-Desmond King CB Iowa -this was tough, bc he makes a great zone CB but should grasp man coverage also. Considered Tankersly from Clem but went with King bc he is a higher rated prospect. 3-Budda Baker FS Wash- hard to believe he fell as they had him ranked around 55, but if he falls he is the answer at FS. Looking at Eddie Jackson Ala also at FS, but only with the RD4 first pick. 4-Quin Blanding SS Vir -Another SS prospect to push or start. 4-Eddie Vanderdoes DE UCLA- 3-4 End to mix with Bullard, Washington, Unrien. I would also sign FA Calais Campbell from ARZ to start and let the young guys spell when needed. 5-DJ Jone NT Ole Miss-big run stuffer to anchor the middle and spell Goldman. 7-Ben Boulware LB Clem-was a higher prospect last year and fell off some this year. Offense-also used CBS here too. 1-Mitch Trubisky QB NC- raw prospect since he has one year of tape, but can make all the throws. 2-Mike McGlinchey OT ND- the Bears interior is a strong point and upgrading OT is huge priority to protect any QB. 3-Chad Wheeler OT USC- has great movement and plays aggresive. The Bears have two top OT prospects and will have to work out which side each will end up. 4-Jeremy Sprinkle TE Ark- He may be the most complete TE in the draft for blocking and receiving. 4-Artavis Scott WR Clem- Scott would replace Royal in the slot. Re-sign AJ and Hopefully White can stay healthy. 5-Brian Hill RB Wyoming - another RB to push Carey. 7-KD Cannon WR Baylor- like the name. Another slot WR who is rated high on some mocks. Maybe bring along as a KR too.

Wish there was a way to utilize Fuller, whether at CB, FS, or in a trade. Coaching stability is a must, because we cannot keep changing schemes. Still have a handful of players left over from the Mel Tucker cover who era (haven't forgotten have we lol) that have another year before we flush....Fuller, Sutton, Fergusan. Sutton is by far the best in that class for defensive players.

His sources was probably Mike Mulligan. I have read reasonable chatter about Fangio not happy though. He is considering a jump to HC at some point and coaching the Bears is not helping his cause. If I was Pace I would encourage Fangio to stick around one more year when firing Fox becomes reasonable.

I agree, the Bears are not likely to pay Fox to stay home. If there is any truth to this, why not Josh McDaniels? Fangio may be the guy too, Bears may not want to lose him like Gase. One thing, I like the direction of this D. The offense needs an overhaul. Only a few short weeks and we will see.

I would love to see the Bears go all out on the Defense, but they really need to invest in the offense. We know it will be a combination of both, but if it came to a choice it has to be offense because this team needs to establish a long term QB.

I see this scenerio taking place if we don't get the QB we like. I think we go CB and QB rounds 1 and 2.

Going through all of those drafts shows you QB is more miss than hit. Alot has to do with the way the NFL is ran, they need to figure a way to let teams hold onto their prospects and get them enough practice time to develop them. With teams firing coaches every 3 years or so, continuity is hard to establish also. QBs can be made if the team is established, like NE or GB. The Bears seem to be close because Hoyer or Barkley look effiecent.

That might be the way to go. I like Luke Falk and think he will be the Derek Carr of the draft. RD1 might end up being the top CB in the draft as much as I'd rather not. 1 Marlon Humphrey CB 2 Deshaun Watson/Falk/other QB 3 Chad Wheeler LT 4 Jordan Leggett TE 4 Chad Kelly QB

Eddie Royal - cannot stay healthy.

Love to get him in the 4th or 3rd if they move down. The OT class is weak IMO, G & C seem decent so teams may over value OTs this year. Mason Cole Michigan is another guy I like even if they have him slotted at C, he might make a decent swing or RT.

My target OT is Chad Wheeler USC. The Bears line requires mobility and he has great feet. Add at least one OT if not two this draft in top 4 rounds.

How are the Bears supposed to trade him, he is a UFA. They will have to find a way to sign him because if he walks, they will not get any compensation picks. AJ is one up on the Bears IMO, he now can force a franchise tag or demand a contract in his favor. If the Bears do not meet his demand, he signs elsewhere and the Bears get nothing.

I will take it. Was rooting for Jax to beat Minny, but not happening. Would be nice to end up with the 2nd pick that way we get either Garrett or the QB of our choice.

If somehow this was true, I hope they completely remove Ted Phillips from the football side of things. This would be their biggest step which should have happened years ago.

The link did not work and I think spellcheck inserted Polish, but I think this is what you were getting to. Bill Polian is open to return to the NFL.

They are saying ILB Rueben Foster is a better prospect than Ragland, but ILB is no longer a high need. My Bears top 5 board so far: Myles Garrett OLB Mitch Trubisky QB Trade Down to 10ish (Clev's 2nd 1st and one of their 2nds) Jonathan Allen DE Marlon Humphrey CB

I do not see any way Miami can do it with their cap, unless Tannehill was part of the deal. I like the thought of Cleveland, who is a power broker this offseason with 4 picks in the first two rounds and about 60 million in cap. Maybe offer Cutler and our 3rd for their later 2nd. Cleveland can take Garrett or Fournette #1, a QB to groom at #9 from Philly, still have pick #33 and trade pick 50 for Cutler and our third which is going to be around 68. The Jets will be about a million over the cap next year and will need to unload. Any chance they part with Wilkerson this time? Cutler would work well with their OC and reunited with Marshall/Forte. The Jets will have a high pick and can add more talent to their D to replace Wilkerson with Malik McDowell or maybe Allen. Any way, the Bears will need to start shopping him soon if bowlingtwig is correct that his guarantee kicks in a few days after the superbowl. Not much time to shop damaged goods. **edit- Just seen a rumor that says Cleveland will have Jimmy Garapollo high on there QB list. Makes more sense than trading for a higher contract like Cutler.

Agree! He will at least be franchised if a deal cannot be reached. Jeffery holds higher value than a 3rd compensation pick that the Bears will likely never recieve if he signs elsewhere. Look at the Bears cap space and see that they will have to be in the market for talented free agents themselves which would negate the Jeffery comp. Sign him and I would love to see Calais Campbell DE added to the front with Goldman/Hicks.