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I agree with him being drafted higher than most search engines have him rated. I don't think he makes it to the first round mainly because of the numbers of DEs listed in front of him. It would be great to go down 5 to 10 spots and grab him . I think he will be the most productive DE in this draft the first year. Some may be better in a few years.

You are right about good football player over PFF stuff but DA does like certain types at certain positions. If there's two players with similar value, he will take the longer, faster guy. If a clear value at bigger , slower, I think he might change his prototype.

I would love to draft Jacas. I think he is similar to Kahil Mack as a power rusher. I looked at every top 100 prospects list I found and most have him late 2 nd round and early 3rd. We have 3 picks in that area. Since Poles has been the GM, rarely do people know who he's drafting. Caleb was obvious but lots of surprises. If speed is a determining factor, according to ranking, pick 25 should be one of these Theinemin/S, Keldric Faulk/DE, Peter Woods/DT, TJ Parker/DE, Cristian Miller/DT, Colton Hood/CB. I don't think we are taking a WR, LB, OT with pick 25. Some of those won't make it to 25 but a few could be there. I would not be surprised if we trade back no more than 10 picks back. WR is one of our strengths, no high pick. I originally thought LT was in play but with Braxton and Willis here have changed that thought. I don't think we take a LB at 25 because we signed Bush and Jackson, Edwards is coming back. Now I expect us to take one but not in the few first picks. I do expect us to take a OC but not until pick 89 or 129. We could actually see Bradbury get an extension if he starts the season playing well giving us another year to deal with a future center.

I think it's fair to say Jarrett, Turner and Dayo were influenced by DA. The new additions fall into those specs also, Galimore and Street. Speed is a common trait. Obviously you have to be a good football player. I doubt if Woods falls but your other names are in play.

Raymond is a big upgrade over Zacchus last year as far as reliability. He is a better return guy than Duvenay.

I think after the successful draft we are going full bore by drafting players over free agency. They upgraded with moderate spending and could still add an edge or another S yet. I think they feel getting back injured players and players development is part of their getting better. If Turner, Hyppolite and Frazier give us anything that will feel like new acquisitions.

DA has put out there what he likes on his defense, speed and length. Draft Buzz gives lots of information and if the Bears want speed at S, Dillion Thieneman is listed as the 34 th rated player at 4.35 is heads above anyone else. Also great at press. If available, he could be our first pick. The DTs and edge that have length and speed fall in the second round area. After Thieneman the speeder Ss fall to mid round area. Lots of C prospects this year and the 89 or 129 pick could get one easily. If they want Hecht, he will go in the second round area. We have depth at LBer in house with Edwards and Bush as starters and Jackson backing them up. Sewell is a ST guy but Hyppolite still could develop. They aren't writing him off over his lack of showing anything last year. I expect one in later rounds. LT was addressed in house as they stated with bringing back Braxton and then added Willis. He's a wildcard that played well before his injury problems. All of this information has been brought up in this thread before and I also think they could trade back early 2nd round and get an extra top 100 pick. I heard the bears might sue the NFL over that comp pick that either ends that policy or gets us that comp pick. If would be nice to have 6 top 100 picks.

We have 10 CBs signed if you count Cam Lewis as a CB. I don't think we have a large concern at that position. Lewis and maybe Terrell Smith play safety and then maybe we add to the room. Even jaylon Jones and Blackwell has had meaningful snaps at CB before.

Agree with both of those comments. I think maybe in a rotational situation, they both contribute more in their second year. Gallimore could be a sneaky good move, in limited snaps he had 4 sacks and 17 pressures, 3 batted passes and 33 Ts.

I don't think they will go into the season expecting a rookie S to start unless they grab one in the first 2 rounds and get another vet S to temporarily fill that spot. I mentioned in another post, maybe that's Terrell Smith.

I think they had an offer for Byard and went after Bryant that can play both positions, when Byard didn't sign right away, saw Bryant get more money he went to NE. As for letting some people go, we have to remember how bad we were and understand they are rebuilding the D by DAs standards.

Everyone likes big names when we go free agency but Poles rarely does that. He hits and misses. Anyone they gave three years to are expected to make big contributions, 2 yrs are rotational and one year, hits and misses. Bush and Bryant were there big grabs and they bring speed. There are a lot of our resignings I thought would happen but injury concerns or age affected that. I think they offered a few contracts at their price to Byard and Gardner- Johnson and maybe Brisker but they went for more money. Brisker probably didn't like the one yr offer and wouldn't come back. As for safety, we have Bryant, Hicks and Cam Lewis can play multi positions but maybe Terrell Smith gets moved to S. I saw his draft profile and it was suggested that's his pro position. If they draft a CB in the first 5 rounds that may suggest that move.

My first reaction was, oh crap, they kicked me off but then I remembered this happened one other time. I bought a new phone and it took to the Website as a new user and saw this message. To show how addicted I am to stuff like this, I joined another site and it's crap compared to this one. Cudos for who manages this site, they do a great job.

What's nice about discussions is we get to see what happens in real time.

I hate to be the one to say this but Greg Gabriel just said that one of his agent friends texted him and told him the bears were going to talk to Vegas about a trade for Crosby. It wasn't a clear they are acquiring him but they are going to check it out.

His contract doesn't allow him to be let go this year. It would be nice if they could do an injury settlement . We'll have to see if he makes it back on the field.

Our downfall on defense was mainly due to injuries. We wouldn't have been juggernauts but a lot better than we were. IMO you add a rookie DT, DE and possibly S and our defense will be in the top half of the league next year. I could see where if Brisker doesn't get a contract, he could come back on a one year deal for 5-6 mil. Once they added the Free agents, we will have clearer picture of the draft. I liken DAs defense as a good pass rushing team with several 7+ players, rather than a 15 sacks a year guy. DA likes to blitz from several different spots.

The story was more relating to current players and Cris Jones is elite for a DT but has only had 12 sacks in the last two years and averaged 9.6 over his career. Aaron Donald retired in 2023. He averaged 12.3 in his career.History has several top pass rushers on SB winners. We can both agree great QBs gets you SB winners. I didn't research his statements to say it's a perfect take.

I said they had a great pass rush and didn't have a top pass rusher. It was a team effort. Reread my post. All I know no matter what the reason the Ravens backed out. We will see what kind of interest he's gets now after that rejection. I don't think this was a positive read for Maxx.

Ya I saw where someone did a breakdown of DA DEs and 6'5" 270 with 34" arms is the normal. I have read where pundits think Dayo is better at rushing the passer inside. I really don't remember paying attention to him when he was on the field. I think in an ideal world Booker is the rush specialist with another starter opposite Sweat. Dayo getting him snaps where he can. By Dayo size, I think DA had a lot with bringing him in here as was in his division.

I hope they phrase out Edwards and Jackson ends up with more snaps. DA likes speed and Edwards has been good but doesn't have the speed. All 3 will get plenty of snaps as we deal with injuries.

That makes sense and also Dayo at 6'5" 282 fits that mold.

True and Cole or Swift could be next in order.

All drafts aren't judged just by the first year contributions. We still have potential starters in Turner, Newman, or rotational contribters. Teams like NE were good for a long time by good overall drafts that keep finding value every year without them necessarily being stars.

I am only going by praise of GMs that say they are a well run organization. I don't know all the details on transactions but realize they draft well. My point is when you obtain players with past injury issues it's a big risk when you pay so much for it. You may be right but it's only speculation on value. I have read many stories about the top edge players in the league doesn't have even one SB win between them. Parsons, Hendrickson, Crosby, Garrett don't. I think the thought you have to have a top pass rusher to win a SB is overrated. Seattle, Philly, KC had good pass rushing teams but no top dog. Cris Jones has only had over 10.5 sacks twice in his career. Sweat is in that ball park for sacks.