You're right about that. In terms of who will play more snaps, a rookie MLB like Mosely will definitely play more than a rookie DB, whoever it is. The same can be said about Safety, however, more than LB. A rookie Safety like HHCD or Pryor starts day one without a doubt.

 

Linebackers: Briggs, Bostic, McClellin, Greene, Williams (That's a solid rotation)

Safeties: Conte, Mundy, Steltz, Jennings (i.e. hot garbage)

 

Strong as you're weakest link...

 

If HHCD or Pryor is there, the FS depth in this draft is not great. And it's definitely not as strong as DT. The first pick should be FS.

I have a strong desire for Pryor and have been pining for him for some time, but I see an all pro MLB type making an impact on our team, and we can still get Ward or Bucannon in the second. I think all four of them are starters the first year, at least on this team.

 

If we go by best player available, I honestly think Haha and Donald are already gone, so he could arguably be the best defensive player on the board. I think Gilbert will be a good player, but dont think he will be the stud play maker everybody projects him to be.

This seems pretty obvious with all the WRs selected...

 

The Niners select Jason Verrett, CB, TCU.

Considered OLB Shazier given Aldon Smith's dumb ass. Nonetheless,this is probably BPA by position. Chris Cook cannot be trusted, which is why he was only signed for one year.

 

Denver (Stinger) is on the clock.

They need help at MLB but not any good valves at this spot. Fagency fixed many problems, so they replace Beadles with Xavier Su'a-Filo/OG.

Denver takes the OG with an attitude.They have to protect Payton for one more year.

 

Jason is up.

I think the difference between LB and CB is Mosely vs Bostic and Gilbert vs Frey... I have 3 guys ahead of Gilbert/Denard because I'd really like to wait, but if those 3 guys are gone then I'd have to consider taking one of those uber CBs. If somehow all 5 are gone then maybe I'd consider Mosely.

 

Briggs will be fine, you're really overstating the whole injury thing. The article that got you talking came out like a month ago and he was already working out with heavy weights. The season is months away, there's no reason to think he'll miss any time.

 

I believe you've said it before yourself you can't pick based on potential injuries.

 

 

I will say that I don't absolutely hate the idea now, but I still love the potential of Bostic and Greene.

I guarantee you, Mosely will have a impact over any CB drafted on our team THIS year. A CB will see some time but will not be playing ahead of Tillman or Jennings.

Still don't think we should sleep on Khaseem Greene as a quality backup, I have higher hopes for him than I do SMC, and I think SMC will be serviceable.

 

IMO we're 5 deep at LB, which should be enough. I've grown ok with Mosely (I swear I heard earlier on that he was bad in coverage but I've been reading otherwise now) but I'm only taking him if Donald/HHCD/Pryor/Gilbert/Denard are all gone and even then I'd like to trade down for Hageman/Tuitt.

Im with Donald, but I know he wont be there. either safety or I want Mosely, he is a stud LB, will enhance any team he goes too. Why CB when you have been selling the depth theory?

 

So if Greene, Bostic and SCM are our LBers , your good with that? Briggs has issues, Williams is an injury waiting to happen. I think Mosely is a potential, all star type LB, only Bostic has any inclination of that happening and that will be at Briggs spot.

Yeah this pretty much covers what we've been saying really. PFT did make one mistake saying, "They need to add a talented defensive tackle to add to the current rotation of Tracy Robertson, Stephen Paea, and Jay Ratliff . . . " I'm sitting here thinking "Who the hell is Tracy Robertson?" He's listed as a defensive end who was a rookie with Miami last season. He was cut at some point and played in one game with the Bears (week 12 vs. St. Louis) and recorded no stats.

 

But I agree, when you look at weaknesses on other teams, comparitively, the Bears have promising options at all positions.

 

I will disagree with you about the need for our linebacker position. We have a really nice mixture of really old guys who are good when healthy and motivated (DJ Williams and Lance Briggs) young players with promise that we've drafted in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th rounds in the past 2 years (Shea, Bostic, and Greene) and a veteran special teams ace is Jordan Senn. I don't see any of those guys not making that team.

When I stated little depth for LB I should have unproven. Briggs, is a staple IF HEALTHY, and with Williams, and Bostic and SCM for the sam , were ok. but that all falls to shit,if Williams gets hurt again(hasnt played a full season since 2010)., and Briggs never recovers from the surgery he had last year. I suppose if we do draft Mosely, if will tell us that the Briggs situation is more questionably than we thought.

With the 29th pick, in the 2014 draft, the New England Patriots select Stephon Tuitt. Defensive tackle from the University of Notre Dame.

 

The Patriots could go o-line, cb, d-line, WR, TE. Of that group, D-line has the best selection with Stephon Tuitt, Timmy Jernigan, and Ra'shede ageman all available. Tuitt gets the edge here because of his athleticism and versatility.

 

San Fran Jason is now on the clock at #30.

I see that happening, a player that is rated around here with great upside, is exactly things that they do.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/...-chicago-bears/

I think they cover everything.

 

The way I look at it: If the season started today, do we have decent starters at every position?

 

We have our CBs back that started the last few years. Are they old and have injuries questions, of course, but if the season started today we have competence at all positions.

 

S? we brought in a few people, as of today our starters would be Conte(coming back from injury) and Mundy at the SS position. I think we need a starter here, if Conte comes back strong, we might be ok, but we cant answer that. One S needs to be added to the mix that could start.

 

DE- we have starters and depth, so would not need to address this position at all.

 

DT- we have starters and little depth. We definitely need to add here.I think the age and injury concerns makes this a strong consideration everywhere in the draft.

 

LB- We have starters but little depth, we have to add here. We have an aging former all pro,who's a pud, but when good on the field is a big contributer. He is not all the way back from injury which could change everything we do.

 

So we need a high round pick at S,DT,CB, and LB. I think we take the best players on the board that fills those needs.

 

S-HaHa,Pryor,Ward, and Pryor are the only potenial first day starter in the draft. I would like one of them, which would have to be in the first two rounds.

DT- There is some depth in the draft here so in any of the first 4 rounds , I would be ok with who ever we got.

CB- We need to add youth and depth, as SCS as stated, there is depth at this position, so we could get prospects anywhere in the first 5 rounds.

LB- We only need a MLB prospect because I believe our starters at the OLB spots are on the team. This is marginal but we could get a potenial starter thru the first 4 rounds.

 

If Donald is there, I think that is our choice. Personally I think he will be gone. Everybody else in the league sees what we see.

I think our first pick will be a S or Mosely. Why I keep bringing up MLB spot is , he would start from day one and be a leader and take us into the next Bears LB to fuss over.

1-Mosely/LB

So at two we take Ward or Bucannon.

3rd with the depth at CB I think we grab our DT here, names to consider Quarles,Ferguson,Jones, Johnson.

4th- here is where we grab a CB-Desir is a name that keeps coming up, also Gaines, Reynolds,Huff, Exum

5th-we grab a RB, names to look at White,Johnson,Grice, or Crowell

6th round gets us QB and TE prospects, I like Wennings and Lyerla here.

 

Mosely ends up being our suprise pick of which Im sure most dont agree with, but I will grow to love it as will you.

 

 

 

Man you guys are all over it, I leave for a few hours and more picks. We are on a great pace, I will have to check in more often.

Sorry to be late to the party but I had a date tonight.(actually I like vaginas better than this) but not by much.

 

Cleveland takes Bridgewater/QB Waiting until now paid off, I got my QB here.

New Orleans is up for drafting.SCS

Really? For Cincy?

 

That replaces Johnson for them, that makes sense.

Would you trade your 1st and 3rd for a 1st and 5th if it meant securing Aaron Donald? It is worth a consideration if Tennessee would and we thought NYG would take him at 12.

To make that move it would cost more than that. If there is action on Donald, we wont be the only ones going after that pick or another and exchanging a 3 and 5 is chum change.

Bolded sorta confirms what many have said ever since that draft. Lovie got too involved.

Lovie was the power source on the team Emery was forced to buy into. He had no choice but to go along with Lovie as the year developed. He has some responsibility but Lovie was entrenched in the control of the team, and he just went with the flow. With new coaches coming in and a couple vets brought in to be LBers, just didnt make sense at the time when he showed some promise in a limited role. It became a disaster as the season progressed on and cant really change positions in mid season, so he sucked.

Will Sutton didn't just "gain weight" he got fat. I watch quite a few ASU games and he was quicker and more of a force in 2012. Even then he was not anywhere close to the athleticism Donald displays on the field. I'd say he's closer to Melton in terms of upfield quickness but not as agile as Melton. Sutton is not a guy who is going to cut left or right and chase after a player like Russell Wilson. Maybe if he improved his conditioning he'd be better but that's what I saw this past season.

It always bothers me when a player doesnt have a non-stop motor, and doesnt always work hard at his craft. I think there are better choices in the second round at DT when Sutton would have been picked.

With the 19th pick of the 2014 NFL draft the Miami Dolphins select....CJ Mosely LB Alabama

 

With the top 4 OTs off the board I thought Cyrus K was a bit of a reach. I think OT is their biggest need but not sure they could pass on another need in MLB to reach for Cyrus.

 

The Arizona Cardinals(Stinger) are on the clock...

Arizona takes with the 20th pick-Anthony Barr/OLB- the guy is a consistent top 10 thought of player and they grab the best player on the board.

 

Green Bay (Jason) are now on the clock.............

The Bears brought in Darius Reynaud/RB formally of somebody. I think he was with the Titans for awhile. A potential KR/backup RB

What were these draft slots based on? Seems pretty unrealistic to me, but I guess you never know.

The best at predicting the draft get maybe 7 right, its all a crab shoot.

Do I really even to tell you guys who I'm taking???

 

With the 14th pick of the 2014 NFL The Chicago Bears select...Aaron Donald DT Pittsburgh.

 

Last year we didn't pull any punches on fixing the OL and this year we do the same by drafting the most disruptive player in the draft.

 

With MadLith already drafting, the Dallas Cowboys(Stinger) are now on the clock.

With the 16th pick Dallas takes Louis Nix III-They desperately need a DE but Ealy is not a good valve at this spot so they get a NT to plug the middle of there defense along with Melton.

 

Adam is now on the clock

With the 11th pick, the Tennessee Titans select, Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M.

 

Titans fans have taken to calling Locker "Mr. Glass." That's not good. Barr is another possibility, especially because his connections to the coaching staff, but Manziel is potentially one of those game-changers that can't be passed on. At the very least he reinvigorates a franchise that is somewhat stagnant.

 

The NY Giants (Adam) are on the clock.

For somebody that states he doesnt follow other teams, you seem to be on top of your picks.

Since Dallas is now Bears-west we can use our past history under Lovie to get an idea what Dallas will do. When Lovie arrived he wanted two things: 3-technique DT and a DE. During the course of his tenure the need for a DE was high enough that we traded twice to get one: Ogunleye and Gaines Adams.

 

In Dallas they just gave big $$$ to Henry Melton. Drafting another DT in Donald who is also a bit deficient on stopping the run makes little sense. Are you really going to line up Melton and Donald all game long on 1st down? Drafting someone like Jernigan who can handle the NT position does. But since Jerry Jones said goodbye to their best Dline player in Ware they have zero at DE. Unless you think Jeremy Mincey is that DE stud they need to make the scheme work. I don't see it.

 

DT has better depth than DE in the draft, especially when you consider the type of player the Cowboys need to put next to Melton. I see the Cowboys taking the 2nd best DE in the draft in Kony Ealy and then DT in the 2nd Rd.

I agree, they need to many players to load up on one position.

I'd like it but it's wayyyyy too unrealistic. Donald isn't gonna make it out the top 15, and Latimers draft stock has skyrocketed into 2-3 round consideration.

 

I also of course think Bostic should get another crack at MLB so I'm not a huge fan of the Borland pick either...At least if the past is any indication I think our MLBs need to be solid in coverage and that's Borlands down fall, so I don't think he'll be an every down LB.....I guess I could live with Briggs-Borland-Bostic with Bostic staying on the field in passing situations.

Mocks are just unrealistic dreaming, there never even close to being accurate, but there fun.

I'd love it. But unless Mike Ditka is the GM, ain't no way San Fran gives up a 1,2,3,4 to move up 16 spots.

If you go by the trade valve chart, it would take a 2nd,3rd, and 4th to equal the valve of the 14th pick

With the 5th pick, the Oakland Raiders select Jake Matthews, LT, Texas A&M.

 

After the shock of the Sammy Watkins pick, the Raiders look to replace Jared Veldheer. The Saffold fiasco was embarrassing, and Penn is not the answer. Passing on a QB was tough, but QBs are somewhat deep and this is a win-now move for a coaching staff and front office that signed a veteran QB, a potential #1 WR, and needs to show improvement this year to keep their jobs.

 

Atlanta (stinger) is on the clock.

Its a no brainer, protect Ryan- and that is Greg Robinson/OT

 

Its the leaders turn-Adam

Yeah, but are either of them any damn good? More importantly, if you are that desperate for a quarterback, are you really that happy just taking the best QB available? You see Carr, Bridgewater and say, "meh . . . we'll take whomever is available and hopefully he pans out."

There is a question mark on every QB in this draft, I aint wasting a #4 on possible busts

This was off of NFL mock drafts-and here we go

 

1st round-traded with SF and get 30th,2nd,3rd,and 4th(I actually believe this will happen)

our first pick is Donald/DT-seems unrealistic that he drops to 30th, but hell, Im game

2nd-a Bucannon/S - a potential starter his first year.

2nd-b Borland/MLB- absolutely a need for our team.-toughtackler,high motor

3rd-a Breeland/CB-tough, long, with a attitude

3rd-b Fuergson/DT- a nose tackle prospect-DL is now completely rebuilt

4th-a Hampton/CB- good STs player his first year with room to grow

4th-b Sims/RB- now we start with O backup depth

5th Latimer/WR - a big WR ---why not stock up

6th Savage/QB- a new victim for our guru QB whisperer

6th Jensen/TE- we now have filled every position of need

 

HE SHOOTS-HE SCORES

 

I take this draft in a heartbeat.

Who is throwing Watkins and Gordon the ball?

Im not sure but are all the QBs gone already?

 

Worked late- so I now make Watkins/WR my Brown pick. They have a decent defense they add Watkins to Gordon with a stud TE, offense will have the arrow pointing up.

 

Oakland and Jason are now on the clock......