Zod

Here are some second round reasons why the Bears shouldn't pick Rashard Mendenhall in the first round. (In no particular order) Ray rice Felix Jones Matt Forte There are quite a few RB that look like they will be able to improve the run game. I personally want Chris Johnson because I still believe speed kills (4.24). But there is a strong possiblity Jonathan Stewart will fall to the Bears because of his injury.

I say a little bit of everything. The Bears had experience success with FA o-linemen and finding FA offensive talent that did produce albeit for a short period time. It was this over confidence in their FA picks which lead them to believe they could cheat the fates and draft what they thought was the best players available. As for the legitimate madness remember in the playoffs it wasn't the offense that was expose it was the secondary and defense that was expose. So they gambled and went defense heavy again to try and win it all...but they came up short with only a superbowl appearance. I would argue that the bears wouldn't have made the superbowl if it wasn't for the contributions of Devin Hester, Mark Anderson, and (sigh) yes even Daniel Manning. So in a sense JA's gamble to work... to a point. A superbowl appearance is nothing to be taken lightly. The bears may still be able to get 3-4 starters from this draft and that is considered a successful draft by any standards. I still consider the 2006 draft a success...it's the 2007 that I found to be appalling, but that's a whole other can of worms.

Bring Rex back also allows the JA to focus on rebuilding the line. We all know Rex is mediocre (and that's being kind) while under pressure, but if JA can rebuild the o-line, this increase the chances of Rex being effective.