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Hey - at least it wasn’t Shemar Stewart, right? I was pretty convinced he was going to be the pick.

Another note on Loveland - he just turned 21 and Warren turns 23 next month.

Meh. I was talking myself into Warren because I thought that would be the pick. I haven’t really even looked that much at Loveland. I guess we’ll see. As I’ve said before, I don’t really get the 12 personnel argument because the Lions used it a lot and their slot/TE3 didn’t get the ball very much, but if we are going to trust Ben Johnson and assume he had his fingerprints on this pick, he must have a plan, so let’s see what it is. Not thrilled that he had shoulder surgery and won’t be ready for minicamp but sounds like he should be fine for training camp. The NFL people I follow on Twitter seem to mostly really like the pick, and they’ve obviously watched more of him than I have. Interested to hear if there were any trade down discussions. Let’s see what the rest of the draft looks like.

An (arguably) more reputable source. Of course, there’s also rumors that the Jags are trying to move up to #2.

This is a satire account. In other words fake news. Check his other posts - all BS. There is some chatter about the Bears trying to move up but there most certainly isn’t a “deal in place”.

Lots of chatter that the Bears are trying to trade up for either Ashton Jeanty or maybe up to #3 for Abdul Carter.

I wonder if Poles might look at trading for Kayvon Thibideaux from the Giants, assuming the Giants take Carter at #3 and depending on how the draft breaks. He only had 5 1/2 sacks last year but had 11 1/2 a year ago. Most seem to be speculating that it would take a 3rd round pick. So maybe if you go some combination of LT, RB, and S or DT with your first three picks, you take a swing on Thibideaux instead of the available edges in the third.

Tony Pauline saying Conerly a possibility at 10. https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-insider-notes-red-flags-will-johnson-jihaad-campbell-possible-kirk-cousins-saints-trade

Graham makes the most sense for the reasons you say but I’m also not as convinced as everyone else that Campbell is the Pats pick at #4. They need a LT and is that really the best way to address it?

Also interesting to hear Poles comment on the possibility of Wright at LT. Not sure I 100% believe it, but I’ve always wondered if it was a consideration. Wright did play a year in college at LT.

I was that and then not too long after saw this projection of Simmons at #10. Very interesting. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6290474/2025/04/22/nfl-draft-mock-draft-coaches-top-10-2025/?campaign=13296962&source=athletic_targeted_email&userId=16310

I’m definitely trying to get myself to not consider and picks a “reach”. It seems like there are real questions about even projected top 10-20 picks where I really can’t blame you if you decide some guy who most have a late first or early second round pick on goes much higher. Like, I don’t think it happens, but I’m not sure there’s that much of a difference between Ersery and Banks to justify me being satisfied with one pick at #10 and think the other is a reach. Same for, like, Mykel Williams and Nic Scourton. Gonna be weird for sure.

Believe me, I don't really want him either, I'm just pointing out that it checks a lot of Poles boxes based on previous picks. Or maybe I'm just trying to set my expectation as low as possible . . .

The more I think about it, the more I think we are all just overlooking the obvious pick for the Bears if they stick at #10 (and assuming Jeanty is gone) and it's because it's a guy most of us don't really want, and that's Shemar Stewart, the edge from Texas A&M who only manages 4.5 sacks in three years. But if you look at everything else, it looks like a Poles pick. 1. So far he has only drafted players he brought in for a visit. Stewart checks that box. 2. Poles has showed a propensity to draft high RAS guys. Stewart scores a perfect 10.0 RAS. 3. Poles and the coaching staff has preached building through the trenches so he checks that box. 4. There is a need for another pass rusher to go with Sweat, Dayo, and Booker. 5. Size seems to fit the Dennis Allen mold. 6. In a draft that's really not that great at the top, maybe you just draft the guy with the best traits and trust your new coaching staff.

I gotta say, I tried watching Banks game son YouTube (the Georgia game specifically) and while I can get something out of a lot of positions, I just can’t delineate between Gail’s and great O-line play to determine if a guy is worth a top ten pick or not. I don’t know what he’s supposed to be doing, what his assignment is, what the QB/RB is supposed to be doing. It seems like throughout the offseason, the theme is “In Ben Johnson We Trust”. He obviously getting a lot of input on the moves being made. We seem to have hired a defensive coordinator and an O-line coach people think are very good. So at this point if we take Banks at #10, I have to believe that Ben and the rest of the coaching staff is as in on the pick as Poles is and so let’s give them the same benefit of the doubt we seem to be giving to the Jonah Jackson move and Grady Jarrett signing, and all the others. I have my preferences, but I’m not going to pretend I know how any of these guys are going to pan out or fit with what they are trying to build.