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I will be really pissed if Kearse becomes a stud for the Vikings.

I didn't notice that Oakman was arrested 2 weeks before the draft whether he is innocent or not can't see the Bears taking a player with this type of incident hanging over him together with other previous incidents while in college.

How about Shawn Oakman in the 7th if he's available good size, speed and strength with a nasty disposition. Also liked the Vikings picking the German kid on NFL Network nice touch by the Vikings but seems the kid deserved being picked.

I think Kearse has intriguing size and has good family pedigree. Could match well with these big tight ends but looking at his highlights in 2015 could do with finishing off plays quicker which would increase ratio of tackles becoming tackles for a loss and also could produce fumbles.

If the typical 5 technique is 6 foot 5 and 300 lb I can't see currently on our roster who plays this. Can Goldman drop 30lb and be quicker, can Lamar Houston play this position but may be bit short. Mitch Unrein has this size but shouldn't start for us. Who is available in the draft because it doesn't like my wish is going to happen that we trade for Wilkerson.

What are your thoughts on Kearse. I have looked at him on You Tube and feel he is an athletic with good size who seemed to play better in 2014 than 2015 but may have been holding something back because he wanted to enter the NFL without an injury. His uncle is Javon Kearse and his cousin is Philip Buchanon so the pedigree is there. My only concern is although he gets into a good position he doesn't finish plays i.e. if the running back gets to the line of scrimmage and he is in the box he doesn't drive into the back to make a big play, he looks like he is holding back wanting to make sure the back doesn't break a big one but I suppose being a safety is you have to make sure that a player doesn't get past you.

Brady's suspension reinstated. The players collectively bargained Goodell to have these powers and I am glad that this decision was made. In my opinion whether or not I believed in the ball deflation argument Brady and the Patriots should have cooperated with the league. If my boss feels I have done something wrong and as requested something to aid the investigation then I know what would happen to me if I didn't provide. I felt Brady destroying his phone was sticking the finger up to the league and if you can't have discipline then it gives a free rein for the players to do what they choose

Other than another team coming in and offering the Jets more if I was Pace I would sit and make them sweat. They currently don't have enough cap space to sign their draft picks so they will be unable to sign Fitzpatrick and if they have injuries they won't be able to bring players in. If they want to keep Wilkerson then looking at their cap and the money spent on dline men if Wilkerson signs in hindsight they shouldn't have taken Leonard Williams in the draft which would probably mean he would be a bear. I know you need to draft best player available but not at the detriment of building a competitive squad. If we had kept Marshall last year with all of the other receivers who played last year I would have been pissed if Pace had drafted White. You can't over spend on areas of a team other than QB which you have to assign around $15 million for a starting caliber player.

I don't know if I'm fantisizing but the trade that fits the Jets cap and draft needs is as follows. The Bears and Jets swop their first round picks and the Jets take Paxton Lynch and we take the best corner available. The trade gives us Wilkerson who becomes the 5 technique player we are missing and we have the cap space to sign him to a long term deal. Looking at the 'over the cap' website the Jets cap space currently without signing Fitzpatrick is $3,338,547 and they need $4,849,579 to sign their draft picks. If we sign Wilkerson this frees up $15,701,000 to the Jets and their draft cap figure would increase by $715,599 because of having a higher first round pick meaning they would now need $5,565,178. If you add the cap relief of trading Wilkerson to the Jets current cap space and the take away the money need to sign the draft picks i.i. $15,701,000 + $3,388,547 - $5,565,178 this gives the Jets $13,474,369 to sign Fitzpatrick and have cap space going into the season to allow for injuries. Now can the Jets still be competitive while losing Wilkerson I think they can because they have 6 dline men signed i.e. Williams, Richardson, Jenkins, Catapano, McClendon and Simon already costing $13,224,582 and they could draft a dline men in the 2nd round who could contribute because this the the strength of this years draft. If they keep Wilkerson on his franchise tag this would mean $28,925,582 of their cap being spent on a position where normally only 3 or for 4 players depending on your defensive front can play at one time. I feel talent wise and economically this would be unrealistic. So the next conversation is what draft pick compensation is appropriate for a player of Wilkerson's age, talent and coming off a injury with a broken leg. The most recent trade where Chandler Jones went to the Cardinals was for a second round pick and Jonathan Cooper. Looking at Draftex's draft chart trade value the second pick was worth 300 points. Shopping the 11th for the 20th is a point difference of 400 points so there is a difference between these 2nd round draft picks of 100 points which is equivalent to the 2nd pick in the 4th round of the draft. Now looking at our recent trade with New England for Marty Bennett which was us swooping the 4th and 6th picks with a point difference of 39.6 then if Cooper and Bennet are comparable players we may need to give the Jets a pick of this value i.e. our 2nd pick in the 4th round. Therefore this means we could swap 1st round picks together with our 2nd pick in the 4th for Wilkerson, I think this is something the Jets would consider but what about Pace and Fox Do we get significantly better with Wilkerson, have we got cap space and does it strengthen our draft. I think the answers to all these questions are a YES!!!!!!!! Does the player fit Pace and Fox's player type, I think this is a yes, he is 26 coming into his peak with no character issues I am aware of. I think we should make the trade but there is a worry that a team like San Fran could out bid us for Wilkerson what are your thoughts.

I agree way too much especially guaranteed. We have a big need at cornerback but I would have not wanted Pace to try too match that. Maybe we can still swop firsts with Jets for Wilkerson but that is all offer the Jets.

Do we sign Norman or Wilkerson. These are 2 massive areas of need and obviously this is dependent on the Jets wanting a trade partner. We could bring Norman in to put pressure on the Jets to make the trade or sign Norman and hopefully Buckner drops to 11th or we look to trade up. Do we have enough cap space to sign both Norman and Wilkerson, and with the other signings in free agency would this be a. Total turnaround in the ranking of our defense.

I went corner back, defensive tackle and safety. Can Porter play a couple of years if not we have one decent corner which is Fuller who seriously needs to improve. I suppose you could consider Callahan but if we took the best corner then we wouldn't have to throw McMannis at nickel. If we take DT which is the strength of the draft in the second we could have a player that could either play a 3 technique in a 4 man front or play 5 technique in a 3 man front. Possibly Vernon Butler but I wouldn't be opposed to trading back into the first say for Denver's pick and giving them our 4th And 5th. In the 3rd the safety I like is Jayron Kearse who I think played last season trying to conserve his body and be healthy for the draft which I don't blame him considering if he had a career threatening injury he could miss out on life changing money. I like his size and speed and alongside Amos he could be special. His size and speed could match up well with tight ends.

I would take best player availability and hoping it is a trade with the Jets for Wilkerson and their 20th pick in the 1st for our 11th. We sign him to a long term deal and also draft the best corner available which means we strengthen our 2 biggest needs in one go i.e. Cover corner and 5 technique DE.

Here is my all buddy Clemson/Alabama/Notre Dame draft. Because it is so difficult to make an NFL roster going to training camp with someone you know could make the transition easier and I was looking for 3 players from each team. Unsure if Smith gets to the 72nd pick though. Round 1 11th pick Mckenzie Alexander CB Round 2 43rd pick Jarren Reed DT Round 3 72nd pick Jaylon Smith OLB Round 4 106th pick Jayron Kearse SS Round 4 127th pick Sheldon Day DT Round 5 150th pick Kenyan Drake RD/KR Round 6 185th pick D J Pettway OLD/DE Round 6 206th pick B J Goodson OLB Round 7 230th pick Chris Brown WR

I always wanted Shea to do well at every position he played but watching him last year my biggest criticism was he seemed unable to deliver a telling blow. When he was in position to make a tackle the running back/tight end/wide receiver always increased there yard after contact stat. I never show him drive someone backwards which is the sign of a good defensive player. Regarding the Bears wanting him back the telling sign was 2 inside linebackers were signed before Shea. If the coaches felt he was good enough to start he would have been signed after signing Trevethan. Hope the best for him but wouldn't be surprised if cut by Patriots after this season.

If the strength of the draft is the dline and that is the teams greatest need what i would do would be draft best player available 1st round and then draft dline whatever position 2nd and 3rd round. With Hicks, Unrein, Ferguson and Sutton with 2 other draft picks we should be set for the foreseeable future.

When I read the headline I thought it was referring to the article on bleacher report that the Seahawks are hosting Shea McCellan and I was further astounded that they have signed Jamarcus Webb to a 2 yr 6 M contract to probably play tackle.

Looks like Bennett is gone

Trade down with the Rams. Swop our 1st (11th) for their 1st (15th). Swop our 2nd (41st) for their 2nd (43rd) and gain their other 2nd (45th) they got off the Eagles. Then we would need to give them our 3rd. This would mean we could not have to reach in the 1st and then pick 3 players in the first 45 picks. This would be better than picking 3 players in the first 72 picks. With D line supposedly being the strength of the draft I would pick corner back and then the best 2 available d linemen.

The contract for QB was reasonable at the time and Cliff Stein would have looked at the salary cap going forward and made a decision either to front or back load it. By paying the guaranteed money early means we have a starting QB at a low price. Whether you feel the contract is bad or good will always come down to your view of Cutler. The contract that I was more concerned about that shackled the team was Julius Peppers where we had a player that clearly was putting in the effort and was just as overpaid. Although Cutler salary is high no one can ever say he has put everything he has in playing for the Bears. I won't argue is decision making as been bad at times but you can't question is work ethic. The biggest positive I can see at the Bears at the moment is we are doing things that successful teams are doing i.e. Moving players on before they decline such as Forte. If we would have done this from 2010 onwards we wouldn't have developed an old roster.

Well done Robbie again !!!! Got to make that kick. 1-6 at home what a joke. I would look to move on from Bennett and Gould. Probably Shea as well. We have had no play from an inside linebacker in weeks.

Fuller decided to turn up after a poor start. Bears back in it with Forte's TD. GO BEARS!!!!!!!

Not me if we win out I can see Minnesota collapsing big ask but I'm a glass half full guy.

Looks like giving up for the betterd draft pick. Although the Redskins on the goal line tried to help them

How the hell can you blame Cutler for the fumble on that play. He is lucky to be still in the game. I would put Bushrod at RT and put Long back to RG