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I'm admitted a sucker for these things, and every team has the same type of thing where everyone says all the right things about how they can't believe they landed the guys they got, but I'll be damned if this doesn't get me fired up. Behind Bears' path to NFL Draft | 1920 Football Drive (chicagobears.com)

Hey, Bo Nix parlayed a throw chart like this into being a first round pick.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2024/05/06/inside-bears-scouting-process-caleb-williams-draft-mmqb

Good comments here from Poles and scouts on the draft picks. Poles has also been on some podcasts this week, including Pat McAfee and Waddle & Silvy. https://www.chicagobears.com/audio/ryan-poles-bears-scouting-staff-praise-2024-draft-picks-bears-etc-podcast

I do think that we need to prepare for the possibility that two things may be true next year: 1) Caleb Williams has the best statistical season for a Bears QB ever. 2) Caleb Williams has the third best statistical season for a QB in the division. Keep in mind the years Jared Goff and Jordan Love had last year would both, unquestionably, be the best Bears QB season ever. We can certainly hope for some regression, but can’t expect it to happen.

I’m sure he’s still on his rookie deal and considering he was a 7th round pick not much savings there.

Interesting to note that, with all the Vikings moves, their 2025 draft picks are: - Their own 1st - Their own 5th - The Browns 5th and that’s it. We thought we didn’t have much draft capital this year, but we had two top ten picks and another day 2 pick. If McCarthy isn’t the guy and/or the Vikings struggle, they are going to be in some trouble in the 2025 offseason.

Also the Steelers invested heavily on offense in the draft early with two O-line picks that figure to start and a WR who will probably contribute, so if they help as expected it might help Russell Wilson look good for a while.

I don’t think so because of his years of service. Players with ten or more season max out at a 5th round compensatory pick.

Austin Reed has been training with Caleb in the offseason. https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2024/4/27/24143222/caleb-williams-fired-up-new-chicago-bears-udfa-austin-reed-will-hewlett-qb-collective-nfl-draft

I’m back in! Great job Poles!

Supposed to not be great at hang time is the main thing that concerns me.

Boo. You shouldn’t be drafting an punter in the fourth round and certainly shouldn’t be spending draft picks on punters two years apart. Considering the Texans traded up right after our pick you have to think some kind of deal with them was available for the Bears too. If this is it, it’s an underwhelming end for me.

Bears don’t have their 7th next year but have their own 6th, plus Miami’s 6th and the conditional 6th from Pittsburgh even if we don’t trade down from 122 I wouldn’t be surprised if one of those picks isn’t used to go get a guy in the late 6th/7th.

My shot in the dark guess is Brennan Jackson, DE from Washington State. Good RAS. A little on the older side but good production and team captain. Very similar to Bralen Trice who they looked at in the third.

Guys who came in for Top 30 visits that are still on the board (since all three picks so far also had top 30 visits): • RB Dylan Laube (New Hampshire) • WR Jha’Quan Jackson (Tulane) • CB Nehemiah Pritchett (Auburn) • EDGE Austin Booker (Kansas) • CB Cam Hart (Notre Dame) • LB Bryce Gallagher (NW) • S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson (Texas Tech) I have to believe Flus gets one defensive pick before all’s said and done. Booker is interesting to me because he has the kind of size Poles gravitates to, but his RAS was pretty average.

Based on Poles’ comments a moment ago, it sound like the Bears were debating between the highest guy on their board (Amegadjie) or taking someone further down their board that filled a need in Bralen Trice, and when Trice went to the Falcons a spot before them, that made their decision for them.

Need someone to help in pass rush, IMO.

Has experience at guard so offers some good developmental flexibility

My favorite part of the Rome pick is that you bring in someone who can work inside or outside, so you can really move those three primary WRs around as you see fit. My concern about waiting on WR was that we’d get a “slot only” type guy which would kind of lock you into a certain formation. But now any of the three and work in the slot or outside and try to maximize mismatches based on the defense.

So far, so good . . .

Mine: 1a) Caleb - Obvi 1b) Nabors/Odunze - I think one of them will be there and the Bears will take him. *Small trade down in the 3rd to get a 5th and 6th* 3) Mo Kamara, DE, Colorado State - If all you want is a guy you can put in on passing downs to rush the passer when you move Walker inside, this is probably your best bet. 4) Gabe Hall, DT, Baylor- 3T potential 5) Elijah Jones, CB, Boston College - Not a huge need but the Bears seem to have done a lot of work on mid-round CBs. 6) Frank Crum, OT, Wyoming - Super athletic OT prospect to stash on the practice squad and see if he develops.

1) Bears - Caleb 2) Wash - Maye 3) NE - Daniels 4) Arizona - MHJ 5) Minn - McCarthy 6) NY - Nabors 7) Titans - Alt ? Atlanta - Turner 9) Chicago - Odunze 10) NY - Bowers 11) SD - Latham 12) Denver - Penix 13) Vegas - Arnold 14) NO - Fashanu 15) Indy - Worthy

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As I suspected, the investigation is going to go into at least next week and any penalty will not affect this year’s draft.