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Least I heard about Pickens is that he was on his way out the door and Pitt would likely draft his replacement this year. Cut him next year.

Or fired

Get that voodoo out of here!

WRs are well known for taking a season or two to come up to speed. I can where they don’t want to rely on a rookie for significant snaps.

I’ve seen it a few times. The top 10 in this draft don’t compare to the top 10 last year. Yet might be the best WR this year last year he might have been the 4th best.

Tet reminds me of Mike Evans (?) of Tampa Bay. DJ and Rome can work the sidelines just fine albeit in different ways. Give me the Jack rabbit WR in the middle for a defense to chase down.

Between the signing of OZ and the team trolling around these two speedy WRs I'd say Scott is now in the NFL category...Not For Long. None of these WRs determines if we do/don't grab a WR on day 2. I think that depends on how the board falls and also if we can garner another pick via a trade down. I agree RB takes priority over WR.

Hardman is a one trick pony

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My preference right now is DT if we stay at 10. I'm going to understand if Ben Johnson wants to add some of this to his offense.

Mykel Williams rolling right around Kelvin Banks illustrates my concerns with Banks. starts at 15s. https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/chicago-bears-pro-days-update-georgia-edge-duo-tests-delayed Full game Texas vs. Georgia. Multiple examples where Banks struggles holding the outside shoulder against pass rushers. On a couple plays he gives up the inside too easily as well. It's not all bad in the game of course. Against the bigger and slower (or smaller) guys he does just fine. I think that trait will follow him to the NFL especially if he stays at LT. I still like his power and strong base inside at OG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbIIHTQecb8

Yes it's always where I start. If your best plays don't impress there's no need to see the rest.

Given what we just saw in the Superbowl it's surprising more Bears fans are not clamoring to make our Dline that good. Having Jarrett and Dayo, adding Nolen or Grant puts us on that path for the next few seasons. Tack on a 2nd Rd DE and I'll be very happy.

Walter Nolen and Kenneth Grant are the two to watch. Nolen is a little bit better at 3-tech but can slide to any position on the line even DE. "Prospect Projection: Day 1 — Pro Bowl Caliber" https://thedraftnetwork.com/2024/06/19/walter-nolen-scouting-report-nfl-draft https://thedraftnetwork.com/2024/06/18/kenneth-grant-scouting-report-nfl-draft Prospect Projection: Day 1 — Pro Bowl Caliber

If I were adding to Superbowl competitive roster I'd likely take a different route. For now I'm prioritizing building a playoff roster and we've still got holes at DE/DT rotation, and a definite need for a starting S next year. ILB will be a need next year as well. Even drafting another good TE who will see 20-30% of the snaps adds game winning value each week. As opposed to drafting a 1st RD IOL who sits for 3 years or until we have an injury. They also didn't know if Kelce was coming back for that last year. Again, we're talking 1st Rd value here. None of this means don't draft depth later but we were about to pay huge money to KC's former 5th Rd pick to play RG. Our Oline starters have come from rounds 1,2,3,4, and 5. I expect my GM to be capable of finding that depth later in the draft. I expect our very accomplished and highly sought-after Oline coach to prove his worth as well.

I still think that was a horrible draft for the Lions. Johnson might be wearing a Superbowl ring if they had selected Will McDonald (10 sacks last year) to compliment Hutchinson, or even better CB Christian Gonzalez would have really helped their defense especially once they had Dline issues. Calijah Kancey had 7.5 sacks last year at DT and he went at 19 overall right after Detroit selected Jack Campbell at 18. As good as Gibbs has been I think they could have easily grabbed De'von Achane in the 2nd (a reach but less so than a RB at 12) or just take Achane when he was on the board in the 3rd and had similar productivity from the RB position. Both Gibbs and Achane average 5.5 and 5.6ypc for their NFL careers. Achane was drafted 16 picks after Detroit chose QB Hendon Hooker in Rd 3.

Simmons is my top ranked OT. He didn’t make the list either. Nor did my favorite top 20. DT Grant. DE prospects around pick 10 is like a wasteland. Both Warren and Jeanty make the team better for sure. given our lack of a decent third WR you can make a very good argument for Warren and more Two TE sets. Run or pass we’ll choose.

You made me remember Ben at the press conference when a reporter asked him what he was going to do to make the transition to his offense easier on the players. His answer: Nothing. This isn’t going to be easy and none of them should expect it to be easy.

At no point have I heard Ben Johnson mention Swift. Nor any of our RBs. In his various press conferences or media interviews that I’ve seen I think he’s mentioned everyone on the offense (current version with recent Oline adds), even Braxton, in a somewhat positive light. For sure I don’t catch everything in the media but I’ve watched many of them. As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to listen to what people do not say as much as to what they do say. That all fits into a lot of other contextual stuff like motives and so forth. This is lying season. IMO there’s something to this but we likely won’t know until after the draft. If any has clips of him talking about Swift please post them.

I can’t imagine any team heading into this deep RB draft class trading for Swift. You might be able to trade him later in the year to a team with a lot of RB injuries.

I agree. I don’t think either of them will be worse than Jones. So at a minimum you keep the same performance at LT for a relatively low price. If there is upside then that’s a win win situation.

There are positions where depth is more critical and Dline is at the top of that list because 4 DTs and 3 DEs will see snaps every game. RB is similar.

There is a lot of agreement on that strategy but trades require two teams to agree. This thread is about what we should do if we’re stuck at 10. I’m curious who you would write down on your draft card?

Zabel would be great to have but using a first round pick who will not have a starting spot for at least 3 years is not a good investment for our near term Superbowl window.

I wasn't expecting this. I'm definitely expecting this with Thuney. Now it gets interesting to see how much cap space we can free up for this year. https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/news/chicago-bears-act-quickly-to-reward-key-offensive-lineman-with-a-contract-extension