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Here's an interesting factoid I just read via twitter.

Every left tackle drafted outside the top 10 is pretty much a work in progress, and will take a year or two to develop. Tackles are much the same as WR because it is a difficult position to get adjusted to right out of the gate. If you're looking for somebody to come in right away and not have that learning curve, you're talking about free agency.

Vance McDonald is an interesting TE prospect.

Yeah Corderrelle Paterson. He has all the tools, but still pretty raw. Suppose to be the best receiver in this class.

Zach Ertz has incredibly short arms. Damn..

Is Armstead worth a 2nd round pick? The more I look at this draft the more I'm actually kind of hoping the Bears find a way to pick up a 3rd rounder. There is a ton of depth at a lot of positions.

Tavon Austin, Marquise Goodwin, and Markus Wheaton. Those are 3 guys I have at the top of my list as receiver options in this draft.

I like Athletic offensive lineman. He just became a favorite. He's not a pile of goo either. Kid looks put together. I would definitely endorse him as a potential draftee.

What do you guys think about Terron Armstead? I believe he's the fastest, most athletic OL in the draft. Just ran a 4.65 40. I saw Brad Biggs just tweeted the Bears spoke to him at the senior bowl. Interesting prospect.

Don't flame me. I figured I might as well throw this out there just as a conversation piece for a while since these are slow news days. This Incarceratedbob dude is a bit of a wack job, but surprisingly has been right on many things NFL the last several years. He called the Mario Williams, and the Peyton Manning signings well before they happened. He also called the Brandon Marshall trade before many of the major networks got their information. Yes, he's been wrong several times as well. So at any rate, take this with a grain of salt. I found it interesting. We know that Phil is looking for WR help. Welker is up there in age, but you can't argue with his production. I'd probably rather have Amendola, who's a younger version of Welker if we go the route of free agency. If we go the route of the draft, I'd rather have Tavon Austin. He fits the West Coast style of offense though, that's for sure. Very shifty, not fast, but supremely quick. Obviously much better than Bennett, who's really just another guy at this point.

I wouldn't because of the money. The hope is to get somebody better than Bushrod, because he isn't that great either.

That would be worse case scenario. I still think we'll be able to find a replacement via the draft or free agency.

I said this before, but I'm not going to really be all the upset if we let Melton walk in order to sign offensive lineman or someone else in free agency. I like him, but I don't think he is the best Defensive tackle that he claims to be.

Adding a TE doesn't change a thing about lacking speed at the WR position, or the offense in general.

I have concerns about an offensive lineman coming off a serious foot injury. I don't question his talent. As a 3rd, the value is much better than it is in the 1st or 2nd. I'd be a bit gun shy if I were the Bears, given their bad history of taking players who come in pre-injured.

It would be something nice if Tavon Austin falls to the 2nd round. I don't see how he gets past Houston, New England, or San Francisco in the late first though. I wouldn't rule out Phil perhaps trading back a couple spots in the 1st to get this kid either. Too difficult to predict now though until we see what happens in free agency.

I'd agree. His chances of being worthy of a first round pick would be enhanced if he went to a team that runs a 3-4 system. If he went to the Bears I think it would be a disaster.

He could succeed in both, but I think he would be better off in a 3-4 given his physical limitations. I think the Bears need someone with elite level athleticism at the position who can move sideline to sideline, and protect the deep middle if he has to. Teo' isn't that guy. He looked like a boy amongst men in the National Championship game. Understandably, one game doesn't make a career, but that's about as close as you can get to a real NFL offensive line, and they just made him look awful.

I don't really think he's that good, in all honesty. I think he's too slow, can't move his hips well enough to play in this defense, and not great in coverage or in tight spaces. He's a guy that can come in and finish off a tackle, or fill up a gap in the run game. I'm not saying he's horrible. I don't believe he's a 1st round pick, and I'm not sure he'd be the right person for this cover 2 defense that we are seemingly going to continue to run.. I actually think he belongs as an ILB in a 3-4. There is also the fake girlfriend stuff that HAS to be brought up. MLB is a position that is often looked upon as a position of leadership. Do you really want that guy leading your defense for the next 5-7 years? That's a question all GM's are asking themselves as they put their boards together.

His stock won't fall very much. You know the Bengals would take a chance on him. They don't care about anything.

Crap.. That's the guy I wanted as our new TE.

30 doesn't change the number much. I used 20 because I was looking at one of Henderson's seasons. It's not really that unfathomable to believe we could find a receiver who could be a more reliable deep threat than Devin Hester. Like I said, we just had one in Knox before he went down with a career ending injury. If they decide to keep Hester, I would hope he is only used on kickoffs and punts. As for the Tavon Austin question. I don't consider him a one trick pony. He's not someone who will be running down field all the time. He's going to be used in a lot of different ways rather than just one. Sort of like a Randall Cobb.

Nice try. Actually, there were 5 players that have caught at least 20 or more passes last year who were over the 17 YPC mark, and several more who were within .5 or less. Nevermind the fact that we had one of those guys who's did it twice in 3 years as a 5th round draft pick. 14 players in 2011 had averages at or over 17 ypc, and 8 more were within .5 of that number. Please continue to try and find more ways to make Hester look like a better receiver than he really is. And no, I don't think Tavon Austin would be one of those guys because he would be a slot receiver that caught a lot of passes inside the numbers, which he would then turn into yards after the catch. He's not a one trick pony.

If the Saints replaced Henderson with Hester and put him in Devery's role, I could almost guarantee you he would come no where close to averaging 20 YPC. I would be satisfied with a guy that could get you 17. Knox was a little better than that, which is why I've said in the other thread that him being gone was a big loss.

OT, OG, TE, LB, and WR in no particular order.