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The one thing you can't do in the draft is miss more times than you hit with 1st and 2nd round picks. Jerry was very good at that. He was also notorious for drafting players with medical reports that gave a guy a red flag. Guys like Gabe Carimi and his bad knees, Chris Williams and his back issues, I believe Tommie Harris had some injury concerns going into the draft, Dusty Dvvorececk or whatever his name was, he had red flags in not only his injury history but alcohol was an issue. He also was a guy that drafted based on what a players floor was as opposed to what his potential was. He liked guys with weight room strength instead of actual production on the field. That's fine and all, but you can't do that and then not actually get any good players out of it. Guys like Jaron Gilbert, Stephen Paea, Dan Bazuin come to mind.

They might have to franchise Brees. From what's been said, it sounds like that's the route it might end up going which would be a big plus for us. Although I'm pretty sure Nicks will just re-sign with the Saints once Brees is franchised.

He was better at center this year than he was at guard the last few years. My big board would be something along the lines of 1- Michael Floyd 2- Kendall Wright 3- Alshon Jeffery 4- Dre Kirkpatrick 5- Whitney Mercilus I really like Courtney Upshaw but I fear he will be long gone before the Bears make their pick.

The Bears jerseys have been the same for about a half century now. I'd like to see them make a few changes, take the stupid 3 stripes thing away and modernize things a bit. I follow Illini football and they had the same jerseys for a long time before they made a change during the Zook era. Now they are one of the best looking jerseys in college football. The Bears should do the same in my opinion.

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I seriously hope that we get new jerseys next year because of this. Lets bring ourselves into the modern era a little bit.

Wish him luck. Draft Floyd and I'll be a happy man

Not really. Emery's qualifications certainly appeal more to me than Jason Licht who, hasn't even been in a draft room. I know one report has contradicted that since but there's been the overriding sense that I get from the people I've heard talk and reports I've seen is that he hasn't been all that "hands on" with the draft that other candidates have been (Raye, and Ross). If the Bears continue doing what they've always done, Emery will be the hire because he's friends with Ted and has worked here before.

This could be more leverage than anything from Johnson's side. I wouldn't mind him if he was sort of a last option. I prefer Bowe, Jackson, Colston, and Finley over him.

Neither is a guy that's going to blow you away. At this point, I don't really even care because I don't know either guy. Just draft well. Emery is most likely going to get the job because he's familiar with the Bears already. I'm not even sure why Licht is being interviewed again.

I like what I hear.

I'd have to know exactly who's available and who isn't by the time we picked but I value Kendall Wright very high if Floyd is off the draft board. Jeffery and Wright is a toss up to me.

How are we doing this without a GM? Is Ruskell leading this?

Emery will most likely get the job because he's been with the Bears before and has worked with Tim Ruskell back in Atlanta. Ted Phillips objective is to save as many jobs as he can including himself. Emery would be the safe, easy hire that the Bears have become synonymous with for a number of years. But were also not really hiring a GM. We're hiring a player personnel director. A real GM gets to hire and fire his own coaches and actually has "real" power.

I'm not in on the interviews but just from an outsiders view, from what I've heard is that this Licht guy has never been in a draft room. He's never run a draft like others have (Ross and Raye) and I don't know about Emery. What possible reason would you have to give him a 2nd interview if your trying to hire a guy to draft well. How much longer could an interview go on for if one of the first questions asked was, "So.. Have you ever been in a draft room?" What else is there left to answer?

I don't get it, but maybe he's just a bad interviewer. He was also passed over by Indy for a lesser known guy in Griggson. What's scary to me is Licht and Ruskell are still out there and haven't been dismissed yet as candidates.

Every news media outlet has us signing Emery as the new GM. Once I found out about the Ruskell stuff and how he was connected with the Bears before, I thought this hiring was inevitable. This was such a comfortable, easy hire for Ted Phillips. Now everybody gets to keep their jobs.

https://twitter.com/#!/Kiplewistv/statu...543222890475521 I suspect Licht will be the next guy eliminated from the list. Wouldn't be surprised to see Ross and Emery in for secondary interviews this week. Though I think Emery is going to be the guy. Edit: BobMcGinn Bob McGinn The #Bears on the verge of hiring #Chiefs dir. of college scouting Phil Emery as GM. NFL sources said just a matter now of dotting the i's. 5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply Retweeted by @yourboyroy

How was his body language when he found out?

He's only an ILB and seeing how we are going to have Urlacher there for atleast 2-3 more seasons, drafting him in the 1st round would be a waste. I think he goes to Detroit to make them the dirtiest team of all time.

It is possible. I would be shocked if Floyd was actually there at 19. I don't see how teams pass on his talent when there are quite a few teams out there like us, that need receiver help. Philly might even be inclined to take one if they don't plan on resigning Desean Jackson, and you have to think New York might need a guy like Floyd to help out Sanchez.

If we came away this offseason with Bowe and Floyd I wouldn't complain. We have so many options going into next year that we could completely revamp one of our weaknesses and make it one of our greatest strengths. We could go all in on receivers (Sign a guy, draft another) we could go all in on offensive line (Draft one, sign another) or we can pick and choose different spots and do a little of each (I.E Sign Nicks, draft Floyd.. or Sign Finley, Manningham, draft OL etc..) lots of options. I don't see how we could possibly screw this one up but this is the Bears we are talking about.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I just want, for ONE damn time, the Bears to hire someone that has no prior connections or is not a friend of Lovie Smith to work here. Is that so much to ask? It's like the show "Friends" at Halas Hall because everyone tries to get jobs for their buddies. It's just annoying.

Once I heard that he worked with Ruskell and the Bears before, I don't want him anymore. Go with Ross, who's a young up and comer. But knowing the Bears, they like to save everybody's jobs so they'll go with Emery because he'll keep Donut man Ruskell.

I don't agree with the second part about which is better, but I'll give you that if you're trading up, all things considered, Kalil would be more worth it.