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Thanks for continuing to Admin Adam!!! I look forward to another season. As of right now I plan on keeping Amon-Ra St. Brown and Drake London. I finished 2nd last season, which I think gives me the #9 overall pick. I drafted St. Brown in the 6th, so I would keep him in the 5th round at #49. I drafted Drake London in the 10th, so I’d keep him in the 8th round at #72.

I would LOVE it if we drafted Bijan Robinson. If healthy, he’d be the rookie of the year. He would make Justin Fields better and he’d sell a ton of jerseys. He could be the center of our offense for 6 years. (5th year option plus one franchise tag). I know running backs are undervalued, but it’s still hard to find ELITE running backs. Bijan is elite. If we don’t draft him at 9, he’s going to Philly at 10.

Has anybody been to this? I scored tickets and I was just wondering what to expect since I’ve never been there. I attended camp at Bourbonais every year but this is a new experience.

We’ve talked about Cohen being the slot receiver since he’s been drafted. I don’t see that happening. Sure there will be the gimmick play where he goes long—but not on a consistent basis. On the subject of Cohen, who is our kick-off return man? Cohen is a really good punt returner. Do we expand his duties?

I know we’ve been trying to trade Anthony Miller. But with his size and speed, isn’t he our best option as a #2 WR? Mooney and Goodwin seem like slot receivers. Then we have JAvon Wims and Riley Ridley who barely see the field. We had 4 picks in the first four rounds and most agreed that one of those would go towards a #2 WR. That didn’t happen.

Maybe. But Pace keeps putting all his eggs in one basket.. How many times has trading up worked out for Pace? We traded back and took Cody Whitehair. We traded up for Trubisky, Anthony Miller, and Leonard Floyd.

Yep. But what scares the hell out of me is that Vegas has the Bears over/under for wins as 7. If that’s close, we will have around the #11 pick. So we gave up this year’s #20, next year’s #11, and other picks. We REALLY need to win this year.

Did anyone watch Andy Dalton play last season? As soon as Dak went out, the Cowboys went from being Super Bowl contenders to being bottom feeders. He looked like he didn’t belong in the league. He looked worse than Foles. Foles looked much worse than Trubisky. This sucks.

Why does nobody wanna start Taylor? They are always happy to bench him? Fitz-Magic is off the market. The quarterback pickings are getting REAL slim.

I’d be okay with this. But isn’t Trubisky better than Taylor? And aren’t both bad for what Nagy wants to do? (Although, seemingly, what Nagy WANTS to do is just BAD without elite players)

I don’t think we can assume he’s gone until he’s officially gone. Today we are seeing a lot of first day big money deals. There’s gonna be a ton of guys who have to take what they can get. Patterson’s gonna be in that category. Like at least half the league has MAJOR cap problems with no money to spend. Patterson will likely have to take a one year deal that if for far less than he wants. If the Bears have the best offer—he will take it.

Darnold has not been impressive. So if the Bears get him—he will get better??? Has that EVER happened with a QB? I think Russell Wilson is a possibility—but not likely. We do not have the draft capital to get Watson. I HATE the idea of giving up draft capital for a failed QB. And now Winston is off the market. Mitchell Trubisky is the best quarterback that is reasonably available. It would be in our best interest to sign him. Go get him.

Several things. First, Goldman is passing up 7 million this year not to play. Granted, he’ll get it eventually, but this could not have been an easy decision. While it’s disappointing, I have no problem with it. As for football being the thing we all look forward to, I was just lamenting that July 31 was typically the day I visited training camp. Granted, it was not going to be in Bourbannais this year, but at least we’d have been flooded with camp stories by now. That being said, I’m a St. Louis Cardinal fan, and tonight’s game is cancelled because 2 pitchers tested positive. Baseball has far few players and much less contact. I REALLY hope we can have a football season regardless of who decides not to play. Most importantly: we are saving 7 million in cap space on Goldman. That’s damn good starter money. Who are we signing??? Who are we trading for???

Yes! That’s exactly what we need! Someone to take the top off a defense.

Isn’t it better to over-address needs? Supposedly our offense was not able to function once Trey Burton went down. Harris is a blocker—not a receiver. Do you really want to rely that heavily on an aging Jimmy Graham?

WOW. That’s a lot of value. Pace REALLY has to be tempted to move up.

I know that we have 10 TE’s is a running joke, but how many are going to make the team besides Jimmy Graham? Adam Shaheen sucks and he will be cut. We did give Demetrius Harris a $500,000 signing bonus so he’s probably safe. Ben Braunecker is primarily a special teams guy. J.P. Holtz and Jesper Horsted were both undrafted rookies who looked okay at the end of the season. But considering that we now have added Graman, Kmet and Harris, apparently we are not too impressed with them. I have no idea who the other guys are. So basically the TE’s who make the roster are Graham, Harris, Kmet, and Braunecker with Holtz and Horsted as practice squad players. That’s pretty simple. Does anybody disagree with this?

I agree 100%. It’s not just the offensive line that we needed to add depth to but also our d-line who is getting older. Going into this draftI thought it was imperative that we upgrade our secondary, passing game with a WR or TE, and o-line. Knowing that we’d only be able to address 2 of the 3, I was REALLY hoping we manage a trade down. Although even if we had, the next offensive lineman drafted was Ezra Cleveland at #58. In fact he was the only two offensive linemen taken in the 2nd round were him and Robert Hunt at #39. One reason we were short on picks this year was because we traded for Mack. Do you regret that move? I think it was great. Hub Arkush is suggesting we make a run for Trent Williams. Maybe that will happen? We added two immediate contributors and we have all our picks for next year, except for our 7th which we gave when we traded for Pineiro.

Kellen Davis was a 5th round draft pick. Kmet was universally projected as a 2nd or 3rd round talent. There was plenty of speculation that the Bears would draft him in the 2nd round. It’s funny listening to the SCORE. HUB didn’t like the pick because he wanted Johnson. After we took Johnson at 50, he was thrilled to get both. We added 2 players who should be big contributors immediately.

Agreed! He’s the best TE in the draft. It’s a position of need. I also agree we should trade down.

Good point! And they haven’t had one worth a damn since Barry Sanders. Since Matt Patricia is a defensive guy, are they going to commit to running th ball?

Agreed! One of the best trades Pace made was when he traded down and took Cody Whitehair. Bad trade ups? Leonard Floyd, Mitch Trubisky, and I’d argue that trading up for David Montgomery was a mistake. I have mixed feelings about the trade up for Anthony Miler.

McNeil and Parkins saying as per Adam Shefter, the Bears are making calls to trade up. I’m going to be pissed if we give up more picks. It typically ends poorly.

Disagree. We could get a conditional 2021 7th round pick with the stipulation that he makes a team for somebody else. Not exactly a windfall—but it is what it is.

Agreed 100%. I’m hoping for a trade down with one of our #2 picks to add a #3. We gotta keep adding youth. I’d be shocked if we don’t trade away at least one 2021 draft pick. This is a great distraction. I’m happy the NFL proceeded with this.