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Three dudes from Baylor, a Running Back (even if it is Bama), and three small schools (NDSU, Montana St., and Tulsa) players in the first three picks? No thanks.

I actually kind of love this draft. I'm not a big fan of picking dudes out of places like North Dakota State - the lesson has been learned too many times on this team - but otherwise the draft is solid. Double-up on OL, double-up on WRs with tons of potential, and double-up on secondary. Near perfect in my opinion.

Agree. It's baffling to me. They can't be content with the team as is. Agree. Too early and you overpay. Wait until after camp starts and you have a learning curve. Wait until after the draft - assuming a LT isn't drafted - and you lose leverage. This timeframe right now feels like a real sweet spot since camps are starting and the first few waves of FA have passed over.

I'd love to see that breakdown per team. I'm guessing the worse teams have higher numbers, and the great teams have lower numbers, thus creating a misleading average.

You won’t think that when you see Burrow’s progression this year. He’s going to explode when he gets a ton more time.

Alex Cappa Ted Karras La’el Collins Burrow did well last year. Wait until the league sees what he does this year. This is EXACTLY what the Bears should do for Fields.

Agree. Pace would have just said, “I trust my gut that it’ll work out.” Poles is not that guy, and I like it. The era of buying a cracked bucket and hoping it holds water is over.

Ogunjobi failed his physical!!

In my idea, Faalele goes to RT and Jenkins goes to LT. I don't know why I thought I heard/read somewhere that the Bears were ready to move Jenkins to LT. If that's not accurate, and it doesn't appear to be, then I'd just swap Faalele with Rasheed Walker, OT, Penn State. Same draft otherwise. Side note: I think the Bears should really target Metchie, Ross, and Pickens...and try hard to get two of the three. I believe all three are first round talent, but lack intangibles.

Yes, please. Trade 39 for 47 / 121 (IND). Trade 48 for 53 / 125 (LV). Bears end up with 2nd (47), 2nd (53), 3rd (71), 4th (121), 4th (125), 5th (147), 5th (149), 6th (184). 2nd (47) - Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota 2nd (53) - John Metchie III, WR, Alabama 3rd (71) - Justyn Ross, WR, Clemson 4th (121) - Coby Bryant, CB, Cincinnati 4th (125) - Haskell Garrett, DT, Ohio State 5th (147) - Logan Bruss, G, Wisconsin [Whitehair to Center, resign Daniels] 5th (149) - Isaiah Pola-Moa, S, USC [Polamalu's nephew] 6th (184) - Christopher Allen, OLB, Alabama OFFENSE: Fields is set up with Jenkins-Bruss-Whitehair-Daniels-Faalele, and two high-upside receivers. DEFENSE: Bryant starts day 1 opposite Jaylon Johnson, and it wouldn't shock me if Garrett snuck into a starting spot. I honestly think Pola-Moa is a sleeper in this draft, and could also start.

Hate it. Western Michigan, ND State, and Idaho? That looks like a Pace Draft where he thinks he can outsmart everyone else.

I’m so sick of this dumbass McCaskey family. They can’t do anything right. Now it seems they are looking for, and requesting to interview, various head coaches even though they do NOT HAVE A GM YET! That’s Cary before the horse, and exactly how you create a situation where none of the top GMs want to apply. Then again, maybe that is their intent?

If the Bears do pick up a WR, I'd rather they spend a bit less and pick up an injury risk like Ju Ju Smith-Schuster. But if they are going to go big, then I say they offer a max contract to Devante Adams. Why not?

I think I'm far less forgiving about this idea. If I'm drafting, I'd draft absolutely nobody from D2 to start. Nobody. As far as FCS schools, that would be a 1% kind of thing. So, again, virtually nobody. Then the non-SEC FBS conferences would be where the other 9% exist. Out of 100 players: there would be 90 SEC players, 9 Big 10/Big 12/PAC 12/ACC 90 - SEC 9 - BIG10/BIG12/PAC12/ACC 1 - FCS

But did Jenkins play? I could have sworn I saw a tweet that said he got into the game in mop-up time. If that's the case, then I don't give a shit about this week's practice time. He's either available or he isn't. If he's available, then he should have started.

The fact that so many people hate the way the CFP turned out, because it has turned out so similarly so often, only reinforces my belief that any team would be smart to simply draft SEC players 90% of the time.

Disgraceful that the young guys didn’t start.

I didn’t like him predraft nearly as much as almost all others. I absolutely HATED the trade to get him. What I will say, however, is that I’ve warmed to him and I think he has shown glimpses despite dragging the Nagy, OL, and WR anchors. So I’m optimistic, but wary.

The main negative to letting him coach is that reps matter. He’s trying to prove something, and he would be making different personnel decisions if he were safe next year. Well, he’s not very bright, so maybe he wouldn’t, but the philosophy is sound. Borom not starting for instance. Play calling as well. Running Mooney on hitch after hitch is sub-moronic. How about unleashing something we haven’t seen yet, and testing the players’ limits? Enough gadget BS. Enough freaking RPO like this is the damn Big 12. And for the love of everything the football gods hold dear, enough of the wildcat. Get rid of him ASAP and let the players see what a real coach and a real offense looks like.

But it kind of does matter, doesn't it? We all want the Bears to win every game, but we're also smart enough to know this win hurts the team in terms of draft position...which is something this teams seems to do far too often in meaningless games. Then someone is bound to say the late season wins build confidence, harmony, cohesion, etc., except it never actually appears to be true the following season for the Bears.

Because he can hit a mid-round WR just fine if given plenty of time unscathed in the pocket. Look at Hunter Renfrow just today. Or Amon Ra St. Brown for instance. Also, a young QB should be focusing on tree letters: DFU, not 1st rd WR

I’m just so sick of seeing skill players fail in Chicago because of the blocking,. Adequate weapons are there. Monty could be extremely dangerous If he ever got consistent holes, and the same is true for Fields’s development. Or maybe y’all like seeing him back pedal under pressure and then allow the sack. Build the OL; everything else will work.

Agree. Nagy is going to make a decent coach at a mid-major. He needs to follow the Mel Tucker route. We all know Mel Tucker was a complete flop, and way over his head in the NFL, but they think he's a genius at Michigan State.

That's good stuff. I especially like the play where Fields fumbles. I didn't even realize in the game that one of the blockers ran off for a pointless, ill-timed pitch that was never going to happen that late in the play. It just shows that Nagy designs plays that don't fully complement the intention of the play. Too much cuteness. Too many unnecessary shifts. I swear the Bears would be better off with a playbook that has 20 or so plays that all look a little bit like one another. Keep it simple, stupid.

Who does that? Sadly, just about every Bears' OC for the past 20 years. LowGains did it. That idiot Mike Tice did it. Gase did some seriously dumb shit in his short tenure. Pretty sure Martz was the guy who ran Garrett Wolfe up the middle of a defense showing that same double A-gap pressure. Shoop sure as hell did it.