jason

That reply is epic.

That’s good trade value, especially given the players available lacking anyone who immediately stands out above others.

The team never learns. I thought the interior OL pickups in FA meant they were prioritizing the trenches. Now we have FIVE receivers who want the pass. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Here’s who I hope the Bears get in round 2: Edge - Ezeiruaku S - Emmanwori

100% concur. So many Bears fans have been saying “trust the process” or “trust the experts,” or mocking everyone else as armchair GMs for literal decades, all while the actual Bears GMs have continually shit the bed. We can never know what would have happened if we made the picks, if the players would have coalesced into a winning team, or if certain combinations would have produced results. But what we DO know is that the Bears’ GMs have unequivocally failed for all but a handful of years since the mid-80s.

That’s fair. I misinterpreted your intent. You’re right; this pick is as much about Poles as it is Johnson.

Bingo! That’s why this pick doesn’t make sense unless Kmet is on the chopping block. That’s way too much tied into the TE position, regardless of the amount of 12-package being run. Everyone needs to remember, there is still only one football.

The inference here is that we should trust them. Out of all franchises in the NFL, the Bears are one of the few the fanbase absolutely should not trust. They continually F up year after year without learning previous lessons. Without trying the obvious. Without sticking to simplicity. Without building the trenches. So, I hope he’s the next Travis Kelce, but right now it looks like a really bad selection for a team that already has a talented, underused TE and many other holes to fill.

LOL. Essentially that’s what just happened. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

I know that’s the talking point, but there are two items that make it a bad point: 1. Go look at the Lions’s TE stats last year. Unless Kmet gets traded, it’s a waste. 2. Number THREE Wide Receiver. As in third guy. As in, not worthy of a #10 pick.

Yep. And it’s a dumb move. Kmet was a third option at best all year. How is he supposed to succeed? Especially when other plays had Williams running for his life?

Hate it. Should have been Mykel Williams or trade down.

Hate it

Same. Trade up thoughts disgusted me

Hate. Seething hate for this mock. A TE in the first would already be a horrible move for this franchise. We don’t know what Kmet has until there is an offense in place that is coherent and creative enough to exploit defensive gaps. Elite TEs like Kittle and Mr. Taylor Swift are wide open multiple times a game and it’s not because they run 4.3s. Additionally, until the OL protects Caleb - which has a more likely chance this year - there is no way of knowing if the TE was truly successful, because a QB in front of a jail break will resort to one of three options: first read, check down, run. And then to consider TE at 10?!?? Gimme a break. That would be atrocious.

Which I won't like unless everyone surprise hates Jeanty and he slips to the Bears in the second round (he won't). The Bears would be better served waiting until the third round and getting Skattebo.

Concur.

I think of that one pool-jumping dickhead. Or how Tice fell in love with Jamarcus Webb. Falling in love with players, particularly when it doesn't perfectly align with on-field production, is a fool's errand. Drafting for NFL players should be 95% on-field production, with the rest being heavy on combine.

Yeah, I'm all for recycling. I just can't stand how they immediately misplaced multiple players and thought it would work out. I don't care to look back into to Talkbears history, but I remember breaking this down at one point and the Bears had an entire OL comprised of guys playing at other than their primary position.

You're right, but 99.9999999% people believe the Bears should NOT draft the SECOND BEST RB in the draft with their first round pick.

He was a good RB, but has never been a brain when it comes to analysis. And the further away from the field it gets (i.e. player analysis), the worse he becomes.

I absolutely loathe the idea of moving OLinemen because someone else sucks or is subpar. We should have learned that lesson as a franchise so many times. Chris Williams, Kyle Long, Cody Whitehair...how many times must this be done before the lesson is learned?

I know what you’re saying, but odds don’t work like that. It’s like betting roulette red because it’s roughly 50/50 and the last roll was black. The D has been decent to good, and the O has been horrible. Keep drafting O until that side of the ball scares opponents. Just once in my adult life I’d like to see a Bears offense that is consistently in the top tier of the league.

I didn’t choose the name; I chose the position. And, yes, I chose OT. Picking RB is crazy to me. Classic Bears move. RB is overvalued. Less important. Get the right OL and it doesn’t matter.

Is it my birthday and Christmas at the same time? Did I rub a genie lamp and not know it? I swear I’m nearly in tears. It’s FINALLY HAPPENING! THE BEARS ARE FOCUSING IN OLINE! I am so pumped about this season.