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people are always projecting what they think someone will do, no personal knowledge to substantiate that information. I heard Brian Urlacker was going to un-retire and come back and play. Lets see how far that goes

Keep reading more and more and keep changing my mind more and more. So in this FA scheme: Resign Fuller Resign Callahan Resign Meredith Resign C. Jones Resign S. Acho total cap space 20 mil Cut M Cooper (save 4.5 mil) Cut J. Sitton ( save 7.9) Cut P. McPhee (save 7 mil) Cut M. Wheaton (save 5 mil) Cut W. Young (save 4.5) Cut J. Freeman( save 3.4) Restructure D. Sims contract (save 3 mil) blocking TE with better upside with new scheme Restructure Q. Demps (save 2 mil) vet backup Save 37.5 million In FA we acquire: M. Lee/WR 6 mil R. Cobb/WR 7 mil R. Cobb gets cut from GB being due 12.5 this year- plays the slot Z Fulton/OC 6 mil Fulton becomes our full time OC moving Whitehair to LG S. Richardson 11 mil gives us one of the best DLs in the league Dee Ford/edge 6 mil had an injury plauged 2017 with only partial 6 games /fresh start Rasheen Melvin/CB 6 mil a vet to pair with Fuller 6'2" with 3 ints last year. cost 41 mil With Meredith- Marques Lee- Randall Cobb we redo our WR corp with a drafted player yet to come With cut ties with Sitton and go younger with more stabitly for the next several years. Massie has his replacement drafted Resign Fuller add Melvin and keep Demps for backup role at S. draft pick yet to come Ford had a 10 sack season 2 years ago and pairs with Floyd to boost the OLB position. Your turn

I dont think teams are going to throw all their eggs in the A. J basket. I would say someone signs him and still drafts a QB.

For 2 WRs, I think Kirk is the playmaker that would thrive in our scheme. If we have to take one later in the draft I would prefer Marcus Ateman. a go up and get it guy.

I think he will cut ties with McPhee for sure and probably keep Houston over Young. I think he brings back Acho and adds one in FA and drafts a OLB. Hard to say who he values in FA, but I do not think it will be a expensive signing. If we keep 4 OLBs, you have Floyd-Houston-Acho then a draft pick. If he brings in a FA it will be someone that will have a prove it type contract to fight for a spot. To get a improved pass rush, they also could be considering upgrading the 5T position. If they add a S. Richardson, or M. Wilkerson that would create more opportunities for the OLBs.

If we go my Paces draft history, he will try to trade down or up in the first or in the second to pick up extra picks or target a player.. Most view the draft(other than QBs ) that their are 4 true blue chip prospects in the draft so drafting at 8 is someone of a bad spot to take a player because the next 10 to 15 players to be drafted are all rated close to the same value . So hopefully we can get someone to trade up for a QB or for Barkley and get us in some more picks and still draft a draft value pick. This draft would make sense. Grabbing 2 WRs and a true edge prospect with a OL prospect to groom to take Massies spot in a year. That would probably mean we keep Massie for one more year.

This is a good article worth reading, mentions names I have thought of before. https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2018/2/14...for-every-round

A name I seen mentioned that I never thought of before is Alex Okafor/NO. He had 4.5 sacks in 10 games last year and is the ascending type Pace likes. 6'4" 260 at 27. May be a fit. He tore his Achilles and will be available when training camp starts.

We still have Floyd which hopefully takes the next step forward but after him: McPhee--------gone saves 7.1 Young---------- save 4.5 at 32, probably gone Irwin------------just a cheap prospect Jones-----------just a cheap prospect I think we should bring in Houston, younger and cheaper than keeping Young. Resign Christian Jones to backup both inside and out Resign Sam Ocho, reliable backup. In FA: Junior Galette-----on a prove it economical contract Aaron Lynch-------young with upside Trent Murphy------- coming off an injury with upside Adrian Clayborn----- at 29 a good player but probably doesnt fit Paces MO Will Clarke------------could play several roles in fangios defense In the draft: first round----T. Edmunds- M Davenport H. Landry A Key second round-------Leighton Van Ersch D Armstrong S Hubbard beyond--------------K. Truray L Carter J Sweat D Ejiofor J Thomas J Ostman I would sign A Lynch and draft T Edmunds in the first round or Leighton Van Ersch in the second or K Truray in the fourth

Him more than anybody seems to be all over the place. I think he is more a 15 to 25 drafted player than top 10. I think with possibilities of 4 QBs and Barkley going top 10. He just doesnt seem like the 5 th best player left over for me. Nelson Chubb Fritzpatrick D. Ward ? D James ? R Smith ? I personally think if you taking risks on upside that after the first group T. Edmunds is the best prospect for us.

I totally agree with you , just not sure he is someone to hang your hat on. At 6'1" 224, to much of a tweener to make an impact at either position.

JaWaun James had a hamstring injury that sidelined him for the last 8 games. He played well in 2016 that led to them picking up his option for 2018. He is young and did not play well most of the games last year. He will be let go because he is due. 9.3 mil this coming year. Maybe we look at him to replace Massey? He is 25

There is several teams that need cap space that have bloated contracts for some players. This is a list of potential releases, do we want any of them. Oakland- Michael Crabtree had a bad year, not all his fault but is due 8.25 and cutting him will save Oak 7.7 mil Ravens- Jerry Maclin had a bad year and is due 7.5 mil, they would save 5 mil by cutting him. N.O. - Coby Fleener is due 8.1 mil for his 22 recs. and 2 TDs Miami- JuWuan James/OT is due 9.2 mil coming off an injury prone season. they are going to rescind his 5th year option. 25 years old RT Jets- Muhammad Wilkerson/DT can save 17 mil by designated him a June 1st cut. I think James/OT could be an option as he played well before he got injured. Crabtree and Maclin are older than Pace likes but a inexpensive 3 year deal with everything front loaded may be an option. Fleener maybe an option to take the place of Miller while Shaheen develops.

The problem is, if you take the QBs out of the picture, there is probably 4 true blue chips players in this draft the next group of 15 players are all rated about the same value. So if you dont draft Barkely-Chubb-Fritzpatrick-Nelson then moving down makes a lot of sense. IF you are Buffalo and there is a QB sitting there they like, you honestly dont think trading the 21 and 22 pick is worth that move? They gave Taylor a contract and will ask him to take a pay cut. Sounds like that will be a problem that will not go away.

The more I read, the more I think they will keep the Oline intact for one more year and draft in middle rounds a OT to groom for taking Massies job next year. We still have Morgan in the pipeline at OG, so I think they keep Sitton for one more year and groom Morgan to take his spot. So that changes my perspective on predicting who we draft. In trading with Buffalo for there first rounds picks and a third, this is where I am at right now. 1-21 Marcus Davenport/OLB the more I look the more I see him as a late first round pick. 1-22 Josh Jackson/CB He is a good size playmaker with 8 ints as a senior 2-7 Christian Kirk/WR a speed theat that will thrive in the new offense 3- 32 Marcus Ateman/WR the tall go up and get guy 4-a Brandon Parker/OT a OT to groom to take Massies spot 4-b Joel Sweat/5T another prospect for the line 5 PJ Hill /DT a DT to backup Goldman 6 Joe Osman/edge another prospect for the outside 7 Mike White/QB back to drafting one every year

We are going to be trying to acquire more picks not lose them. Would you trade Howard, Cohen,E. Jackson, or N. Kwait ? those are picks that taken later than the 3rd round. A undersized, injury prone ILB.

This one sucks dick too http://www.chicagonow.com/daily-chicago-sp...nfl-mock-draft/

Not the worse, THIS 1 Calvin Ridley/WR 2 Isaiah OLiver/CB 4a Joey Jewel/ILB 4b D.J. Clark/WR 5 Godwin Igwebulke/S 6 Christian LaCouture/DL 7 Brandon Parker/OT I like Ridley but not at 8 and Parker but that is it.

I think he may be our best choice for the simple fact he is only 19 right now and has a lot of growth coming under the tutorial of Fangio. Plus he will be there at 8. He could be that guy Fangios schemes everywhere on the field .

I agree they may draft 2 wrs, but have no thoughts it might be in the first round. I have my own thoughts on player value, but it is based on other peoples opinions that have put time in evaluating the players. The experts are only right half the time so none of all of opinions really mater. My whole point of not drafting a WR at 8 is based on several reasons now just because he drafted White and it did not turn out. As I mentioned to Bowling.

If he drafts a WR that fails, he loses his job, he absolutely has that in the back of his mind. If he was a top 10 rated player, that may be different but most dont have him there. The thing to keep in mind is he will try to fill needs in FA so he is not pinned to a position of need. He will resign Fuller and then add a Amerson or Breeland, not needing a CB at 8. He will resign Meredith and maybe Wright and go out and grab a M. Lee and P. Richardson, not making that position so important to fill at 8. He will resign Houston, bring in a Aaron Lynch and bring back C. Jones. still a need but can wait until the second round. Will keep Willie Young for one more year. At 8 he will take the BPA one of Q. Nelson/OG Fritzpatrick/DB T. Edmunds/edge C. Williams/OT

I think your spot on with also resigning C. Jones that can play outside. Besides lynch, you also have K Ealy-J. Gallette-A Clayborne. One of these will be here.

It may turn out to be true, but in all of this we are trying to predict what the Bears will do. Pace will not draft a WR at 8 because: White Last year 3 top 10 WRs did nothing special to contribute to their teams in the first year. History tells us half of the first round picks will be busts. He simply will not take a chance on a WR at 8 when the consensus tells us he is not worth it. Now if we move back to the middle of the round, I think that is possible. He will go with a OLB-CB-OL in the first round.

I keep seeing people put Ridley as our first pick at 8 but overall, the highest I see WRs rated is in the teens as far as value. Like Mongo said, having White on his resume will cause Pace to over think drafting a WR at that high a spot. Also league history shows that you have just as many busts in the first round as hits. Also many later round WRs have been successful in recent drafts. Last year 3 WRs were taken in the first round(top 10). Corey Davis, Mike Williams, John Ross. Not one would be considered successful last year. The only 2 good rookie WRs last year were a late 2nd round and early 3rd round. JuJu and Cooper Kupp. We aint taking a WR early, period.