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I love this draft other than the WR like Mongo stated. He's a really good prospect but at 2, I would look at a better CB or another Edge and draft Halton or Kayeb Proctor in the 4 th where their value is rated. The bears draft board won't be similar to most big board ratings so hard to say where the players values fall. I have been watching a lot of videos and am now thinking Messidor may be the instant pass rush we need in the draft. Anthony Herron is a big 10 sportcaster and he said he has followed Messidor in his career and said he weighed more early in his career and played DT and gave pressures every where he played, a true football player. His age and injury concerns could drop him to 25 and lower. I would drop 5 to 10 spots back and if there, draft him. Or if gone Jacas.

As the draft approaches, we need to remember that there will be another wave of free agency and UDFAs plus some good free agents left. It's never the end of roster construction. Also I think some fans under estimate the value of existing players that could step up. Turner, Hyppolite, Dayo, Frazier a strong 2nd year out of Grady. Theo, Kiran, J Walker, R Johnson healthy, J Walker, Haskins, Nikola Kalinic. They have reasons some of those players have been kept around. I think we have coaches that can develop players.

You worded that much better than I did, totally agree. As far as LT, people talk about Proctor, and Lomu but both those would seem to need time to develop. Now if the top of the draft drops the they may be able to start day one, I get it. The biggest thing I need to do is trust the brass to make the right choices rather I think they're a good player or not. Like the rest of you, I think we need a mulitpler but would we settle for 3 or 4 above average players? A TJ Parker, 6-8 sacks? A S that could start immediately and contribute? A DT that becomes rotational day one? A CB that could grow into a starter in year 2? A future starting OC?

How I look at the roster: We need a starting S to play with Bryant. I would say maybe draft two. There are 5 that I judge are scheme friendly; Theinaman -Scott-Kilgore-Stukes-Clark. Several that could be starter quality Mc-Warren-Haulcy-Ramsey- Wheatley Edge rusher, we didn't add anyone here. I think Booker takes a step forward. Dayo comes back. Faulk)scheme fit but no production Parker) could be the pick Messidor) old but very productive Young) could be the pick Lawrence) sleeper bear pick Jacas) my favorite Moore) middle round pick Dennis-Sutton) very possible middle round pick Max Llewellyn) later round pick DT) McDonald) not a scheme fit IMO Woods) scheme fit but not a fan Miller) possible fit Halton) could be the guy Capehart) a low profile maybe Proctor) sleeper pick 8 Sacks 2025 Benny) scheme fit Durant) scheme fit These are the 3 biggest needs in my opinion. The 3 first picks go here IMO Of course they could draft a LT, LB, CB, WR, RB or C. What say you

Some pundits think we could draft a RB to replace Johnson as the third RB or grab one high and move Swift. Swift isn't going anywhere. After J. Love there isn't another first round rated RB as to be surprised by a Poles pick. I think we do late in the draft. We still have Brown and Haskins on the roster. Since they keep them around, could they be our third back? Haskins is 5'11" 226 at 4.53 speed. Brown is 6'1" 205 at 4.69 speed. I think Haskins could take Roshaun Johnson place as a power third back. Neither are a heavy load type back but could play a needed backup role. I think they draft a later round speed back to add to the mix. Several fit that profile.

On Gabriel's podcast today, he said that today is the last day for top 30 visits. That you can still do private visits not at the facility or zoom calls are allowed up to the day before the draft. On the private visits you are not allowed to workout or do medicals. I suspect the visits are more for medical and character reviews that come to Hallas Hall. You are not allowed to do field workouts during the top 30 visits either which I didn't know before.

I understand being covered at LT with the questions on the team but who can come in and play day one? Ozzy will be back at some point and if a rookie needs time to develop it confuses 4 OTs in the room in the future. We need the value of that pick to start.

Scott played several positions but most list at CB. I'm curious if Bann drops if any interested in him? Never really looked at him because he is generally a top 5 pick. It's hard to read Poles, he could surprise everyone and take a player constantly being projected to us, Peter Woods.

When I analyze a prospect, I look at highlight film and 2 to 3 games. I read at as many profiles as I can find and form an opinion. I think but I don't know who will be great, good, or a bust. I will trust the bears scouting department. As far as Mc-Warren, the best I can tell is he is a Brisker clone. If they wanted that type of player, I think they would have resigned Brisker. Thieneman is the ideal pick and can play NB, SS and FS with speed of which I think DA wants. Mc-Warren doesn't have the flexibility or speed. There are a few other that fit that criteria, Keionte Scott, Treydan Stukes and Jalon Kilgore. None of them are first round picks. If they do Mc-Warren then they think he is draftable at 25 and I'm wrong. I think they drop back in the second round and first pick will be a DE . As far as the first round, does anyone think they would draft Messidor? His is 25 but he will add to the pass rush right away.

We only have one year of the combo Poles -BJ draft expertise but the first year was a win win success. I still think other draftees could be solid contribters going forward. Not all rookies develop at the same timeline. I think King got promoted because of his input into the draft system. It will remain to be seen what effect Ian leaving has on the process. I think AZ had the best take on Gabriel, a part of the old boys network that is not aging well. I personally like him because we have talked on X DM with him and he's a down to earth say it like it is person. Of course he's not always right but I like the history he had with the bears and loyalty to the team being a born and bread Buffalo guy.

Actually Turner and Newman were reported on Reddit to have visits. I not trying to die on the hill that Greg is always right, I have a tendency to trust pundits that still have ties to the NFL. If he gets bad information of course he probably shouldn't reported it. No one hits every take.

I never researched it and it doesn't really matter to me anyways but Greg still has friends working in the NFL and player agents contacts. That's more input than most bears pundits.

This the way I look at it. They brought in DTs, LBers, LTs and one starting Safety. Also added a WR with Walker expected to contribute. No DE. They have to find a starting S , otherwise we have players everywhere else. I think they bring a S maybe two, a DE and DT. Could be any other positions applying the BPA theory. My preference, trade back from 25 5 to 10 spots and get an extra top 100 pick. In any order they have their board laid out. Jacas , Parker , Young, D- Sutton , Lawrence, Moore. DE Stukes , Kilgore, Ramsey, Bud Clark. Payne S Miller, Halton, Benny, Proctor, Capehart DT Parker, Slaughter, Jones, Hecht, Kuhn C Tienen, Shelton, Bowery JC Davis LT Hill, Trotter, Louis, Perkins, Boettcher, Rolder LB Tacario Davis, Muhammad, Neal, Demming CB These are players that could fit our scheme. IMO

For last year it was stated by a few pundits that everyone we drafted, we had a visit with. If true some were not reported and keep quiet, maybe by design. The OL coach stated in an interview that some prospects were brought in because they had questions. The answer could be not to draft them. They can have local and regional players in and not have to report. Some prospects that come in could be told not to mention. When they draft then we can follow up to see if came in for a visit. Poles is good at keeping secrets. That's why I never believe anyone has inside information. I think people just guessing.

He will surprise me if he takes a CB or LB at 25. I would expect S, DE, DT and even LT. We could upgrade any position but QB and IOL with the first pick but some spots carry more expectations. As long as we add a DT, DE and S , adding anything else is okay with me.