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Articles on him. http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/colleg...le19826793.html http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/4/23/8471...-2015-nfl-draft

There's a TE from Iowa State, EJ Bibbs. Pass-catcher and apparently recently indicated that he always dreamed of being a Bear. Just throwing it out there.

Another trend - no small school guys. West Virginia, Florida State, Oregon, Michigan State, Penn State

I'm not a big PFF guy, but these are interesting to note: Kevin White, WR, West Virginia Brandon Marshall is gone but fear not Bears fans because Kevin White is in town. A beast of a receiver, his physicality and ability to win downfield scared many a college defensive back and promise to do the same in the NFL. Only Amari Cooper forced more missed tackles, and only Devin Smith had more deep touchdowns (7) than the talented wideout. A truly explosive player, the tandem of him and Alshon Jeffery is one that rightly has the Bears fans in attendance sitting very pretty. This fit makes all kinds of sense. Eddie Goldman, ID, Florida State What He Brings: An ability to stand up and be counted at the line of scrimmage. Won’t let double teams hurt him like a Carl Davis would and is a guy who can truly eat up blocks. Still could do more in that regard with a rather paltry 16 defensive stops in the run game really unimpressive. Don’t expect much out of him as pass rusher, isn’t his game where 43 interior defenders had higher pass rusher games against the Power-5. Where He Fits: Right on the nose. Its possible the team might use Jay Ratliff there but Goldman is your prototypical space eater who should make life easier for those behind him. He’s no Jordan Phillips mind. Hroniss Grasu, C, Oregon The Bears aren’t exactly stacked at center with Will Montgomery currently pencilled in to start so Grasu has a real chance to start. Referred to by some as a poor man’s Jason Kelce, Grasu is an extremely fluid athlete but is a little undersized and it shows with how much help he got at Oregon. Real zone blocking center who had the highest run blocking grade of Power-5 centers in a scheme that was a little friendly in this regard. Jeremy Langford, RB, Michigan State Langford forced at least three missed tackles in six games while gaining an average of 3.1 yards after contact against Power 5 teams, ninth-most in this class. He graded negatively as a blocker and receiver. Adrian Amos, S, Penn State Amos held Power 5 QBs to a 19.2 passer rating on throws into his coverage (3.3 QB rating when covering the slot), the best mark in the class.

I would try a trade down and target a developmental CB (Nick Marshall?) and a speed WR/return man (Mario Alford?).

S Adrian Amos. I liked Anthony Harris and Derron Smith more, but he probably fits the size Fangio likes more and he can play CB & in the slot. Addresses a need. Works for me. Ran 4.37 and 4.4 at his pro day.

Not a huge fan of the pick, but it sounds like Fox likes 4 RBs on the roster. I think Langford immediately becomes out best goal line back.

What was the opportunity Pace had to get out of the Cutler contract? And who would be our QB instead ?

Video from Draft Breakdown if our new NT and C going at it: http://draftbreakdown.com/video/hroniss-grasu-vs-fsu-2014/

My personal board would be: -TJ Clemmings - Don't care about the injury because he doesn't NEED to play right away, but too much talent to pass up. -Derron Smith - Probably the best coverage safety left -Anthony Harris - More of a SS, but can cover well enough to maybe challenge Mundy for a starting role -Ifo Ekpre-Olomu - Another injury concern who doesn't have to play right away. His size doesn't seem to fit the scheme, but he'd be hard to pass up. -Daryl Williams, OT, Oklahoma - The last OT I can see challenging Mills for the starting RT spot. -Max Valles, LB, Virginia - Best pass-rushing LB left. -Jake Ryan - Get a bit of a Chris Borland vibe from him. And then, Pace had a QB he loved between Petty and Hundley, I would honestly be OK with that.

Have this strange feeling it will be Brett Hundley. Hope I'm wrong.

A little "meh" for me only because I thought this was a semi-deep draft at C and he doesn't seem to offer much position versatility. But not having an embarrassing pick in the first three rounds is nice.

Anthony Harris may also be in play.

Also Phillips has had back problems. Not what I like to see from a big guy.

At this pint, I'm just hoping someone gets to Gregory before the Packers or Patriots.

Bears will pass on Landon Collins, will draft Jaquiski Tartt, Jason's head explodes.

I'm just not sure if, given this teams awful defense last year, you can depend your first two picks on offense.

Trade down

The UCLA DE too

Going to be hard to pass up a decent trade down offer, IMO, unless the Bears have a guy way up on their board left or there's a particular position they feel they need to address (NT?). Off the top of my head, option include: DB: Jalen Collins, Landon Collins, Eric Rowe, PJ Williams OT: Jake Fisher, TJ Clemmings, La'el Collins (if a consideration) DE/Edge: Randy Gregory, Preston Smith, Eli Harold, Kikaha, Orchard NT: Eddie Goldman, Jordan Phillips LB: Kendricks, Perryman, McKinney You could trade back 15 spaces, get extra picks, and still pick up at least one of those guys. FYI, 1st/2nd round picks Bears brought in for visits were LB Gregory, OT Clemmings, DE Edwards, LB Harold, LB McKinney, RB Tevin Coleman, CB Williams, and LB Orchard.

No trades. No big surprises. Browns didn't even mess up their pick ( though they have another shot). This is like one of those FanSpeak auto-drafts.

The charge is two years old. Why would we all of a sudden get rid of him for something we knew he did and that he just plead out of?

Cutler, Forte, & #7 for #2 and Sankey?

I'm not sure the writer knows what a rumor is. Doesn't the original article just say "it would be interesting if this happened"?

Man, I'm starting to feel a bit of dread set in, I think just based on our history. I mean, 2011 was the last year we drafted someone that most Bears had targeted before the draft (Carimi) and that didn't even work out. Before then it was probably Chris Williams (ditto). So I've become conditioned to either expect the unexpected or be disappointed with the expected. I liked this so much more then it was Saturday and Sunday, because even if you didn't love the first pick, you hopefully had at least one more pick that you thought was OK or could talk yourself into. If we do something crazy tonight, I'll be in a bad mood for at least 24 hours.