CrackerDog

I'm no fan of Tebow but this is just ferkin' ignorant. There's no reason to embarrass him like this.

Good point. Generally speaking, drafts need three years to be judged but you can get a solid idea sometimes much earlier. Hell, there was a Wanny draft where every player selected was gone by the third year, I think. Injuries last year make it hard to judge but thus far I'm not sold on Emery's drafting skills. I like many of the picks this year and understand why we took Long when we did. I think he'll pan out. This draft might salvage Emery in my eyes. Getting something out of our 2012 class might also do that. We'll see. I certainly hope for great things.

I'm not cranking on his faith, just the fact that he feels the need to put it on display every 5 seconds. I'm fairly convinced there's a God but I'm pretty sure he doesn't give a shit about some sorry-ass QB and/or the results of a football game. Some things are meant to be kept private and personal.

I'm sure Jesus will find him a QB'ing job in the NFL. All that bullshit he does on the field better be good for something.

Eh, Denny Green would've called that a "Bonus Pick" anyway.

LOL

Viking? Three first round pick ain't nothing to sneeze at.

If the other positions of need are dried up, I'd certainly go BPA. If that's QB, so be it!

I think we go DT but have no clue who. I think since we'll probably go DT, 15 of them will be picked before the Bears get a shot at one. Panic pick #2?

It could be a lot of fun. Or a catastrophe.

Terra is a shrill one but frankly I don't think anyone expects the D to be as good this year. After years of guys on this board ripping on The Lovie 2, we're going to find out what happens next. And obviously you don't replace a Brian Urlacher and expect stellar results. Just look at the difference with/without #54 in the lineup over the last few years. Peanut's a year older, so is Briggs. Secondary ain't great, regardless. I wouldn't be surprised if the D slipped into the bottom half statistically this year. So TT, despite never watching a game, may have a point.

Obvious for years now. (And with that gem I hit 1,000 posts!)

It was a panic pick but it'll work out. Definitely a reach at 20.

Dude! I used to have buddies over, grill, drink, rifle through Kiper's book with every pick, watch ESPN, all the while giving each other shit about our respective team's picks. We could make it a 10 hour party! This prime time "event" sucks. I mean, I'll watch it, but it isn't nearly as fan friendly as it was when they held this over the weekend.

The chart is complete horse shit.

I'm in agreement with Pioli here, the Bears made a fair offer, Urlacher and his people tried to embarrass the team into doing more and in the end, he's got to be regretting the way he tarnished his reputation by going out this way. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/...cher-situation/

Emery's draft last year, quite frankly, is suspect. I'm not a Te'o hater like some here but Emery damn well better be right if he makes this pick. Two years in a row with failures in the first round is starting to sound all too familiar.

Not sure but it almost makes me wish Jerry Angelo was still around. With a draft full of 2nd and 3rd round talent he would be sure to hit on a few gems. Seriously though, I don't think you can say before a draft who'll move up or down. It really depends on who slips to whatever spot that some team perceives there to be a bigger value for them than the cost of giving up some other pick they have to move there.

Trestman will size Cutler up in camp and the wheels will start moving then if there's a reason for them to move. I'm sure he's already watched dozens of games on tape. If Trestman is what we all hope he is, he won't need actual game performances in his system to make the call. And as for all this "what is cutler worth" stuff... Why does anyone here care? The guy will make what market says he should make, no more no less. As fans we should be focused on the games, the wins, the fun... Leave the business bullshit to the team execs.

No clue, I leave that to the professionals in the organization to figure out. All I know is he's the first QB I've seen in a Bears uniform in my lifetime that can do it all. He hasn't been consistent for a lot of reasons, some of which are on Jay and others that are on the team. His punk attitude is a big minus. The skills are certainly there and with an improved line (I HOPE) and a real offense (I HOPE) we should see Jay be all that he can be...

I think he's going to be a good player so wherever they take him is OK with me. With that said, he has slide written all over him and he's not as good as other LB's I think we'll see available to us when we pick in the first round... So I'd either move back (not a fan of this usually) or wait until the second round on Te'o. The likely answer is he isn't going to end up on the Bears.

If you're JA, only about 10% of his early round picks made it. If he was hitting 400 he'd still be here.

Understood. From an outsider's perspective, it was a blazingly fast decision that came down from Halas Hall on this. And there's something good to say about that too, I guess. It means we didn't mess around with the Urlacher deal for so long that we lost any ability to get anyone else... Thereby putting all the negotiating power in his hands. That was one issue I had with JA. Still, with a player like #54 you'd hope they could play it out some so it appeared they were giving him his due. 13 years of HOF caliber ball deserved better than what it appears he got. I think they came to right conclusion and did so very diligently, I'm just not in love with how Brian is leaving the team with this bad taste in his mouth. Even though, obviously, he had a lot to do with how it all went down.

I hated to see Brian go but the Bears made the right call here. With the cap you can't just pay guys for their legacy, you have to manage your money effectively to stay competitive. I assume the $2 mil offer was loaded with incentives and it probably only guaranteed the vet minimum. That's unfortunately also the right way to go about things given the circumstances. In football years, #54, love him or not, is old. Further, if you want to get pissed at someone, and I don't so I'm not, Urlacher is more to blame than anyone else. Or his agent oversold him on his own value. But a lot of guys in his position give a "home team discount" at this point in their careers just to finish things off with class, not have to move, etc. He didn't do that. I hope his knees still do have a few years on them and he's able to get at least what the Bears offered him elsewhere. More power to him. But it was time for the Bears to do exactly what they did. That doesn't make me smarter or dumber than Emery (or Jerry Angelo, etc). It's just my opinion.

Ha, I looked at PFT about 30 minutes ago to see if there was any URL news and must've missed it by a mouse click. Thanks for the update. I'd say there's about as much chance of Brian being on the Bears in 2013 as there is of me being suited up for them. And I'm 48. And for those who cry about how unfair the Bears were to Brian, why hasn't he signed with anyone else yet? Guess the team might not have been as unfair as was speculated. Hopefully he just retires and gets a job on TV somewhere.