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Way to ignore most of the post. Devery Henderson is much more of a down field threat than Alshon. They are two drastically different players. Jeffery is the possession type, whereas Henderson, and Meachum (whom I see you did not mention) are threats to go deep. The Saints have, and even more so in the past with Meachum, a very nice mix of different skill sets between their skill players, which is why they are so dynamic on offense. The Bears don't have any guys that compliment each other. Everything is the same. Marshall and Jeffery are the same type of receiver, Forte isn't a home run threat the way Darren Sproles is, Bennett is a 3rd down chain mover.. There needs to be more guys that bring different things to the table in this offense. Knox would have helped a ton, had he been healthy. But I guess you're trying to make the case that we didn't need him, or another receiver very similar, because everything is fine. I thought this was a given to people who watch these games, but apparently I was wrong.

I think the Bears are going to get their TE and OG in free agency. Jared Cook or Martellus Bennett, and then Andy Levitre would be tremendous signings. Then the Bears could take a Lane Johnson if he's there and suddenly your line is looking a lot more promising. I think it's unrealistic to expect a massive overhaul in just one year's time. 1 or two new faces would be reasonable.

Well the Saints do have Devery Henderson, and they had Robert Meachum before he signed with San Diego. You have to have a receiver capable of beating somebody deep. Like I said, you can't always score tochdowns in 8-10+ play drives. Especially if you are down in the scoreboard. Speed is the great equalizer. The Bears are slow on offense. Marshall, Jeffery, Forte, Bennett, none of them are burners. Bush? Please.. We had this ingredient in 2011 with Knox, and he was huge, in terms of catching passes down field. For all the criticism I've given him over the years, he was probably the main reason, aside from horrendous play calling, that hurt the Bears offense this year. When you have nobody that can pick up yards in chunks, it is very difficult to score points consistently.

You can't score points all the time just by doing dinks and dunks all game long. You NEED a speed threat in an offense to keep them honest. Someone has to be able to separate from coverage and take the top off a defense. We currently have nobody who can do that.

Bennett needs to have a productive, healthy season or that extension that we gave him recently could start to look pretty bad if it isn't already. We're paying him Jordy Nelson money to basically catch 30 passes a year and miss a ton of the games..

Of course, it's one of the many priorities. Cutler has Marshall and Forte, and not a lot else. There is no speed. We need that.

What? They will only have 3 receivers on the roster next year besides Weems after Hester is cut. They lack a speed threat to take the top off the defense. You can't count on Bennett to stay healthy either. To say they don't need another receiver is not accurate. I'm not saying they have to spend a 1st round pick on a receiver, but they do need to find at least one who will be an important part of the offense next year.

I like Ogletree and Arthur Brown the best out of all the linebackers right now. Kevin Minter has the size to be a MLB, although he is a bit on the shorter side. Haven't seen enough of Reddick. Where is he projected to go?

It was more of a joke than anything. Hopefully the streak will end with Lovie being gone.

Don't forget the annual draft pick spent on a safety will be in the running as well.

Really hope he's able to get healthy. That was one of the scariest injuries I've ever seen in sports.

What reason would he have to make it up?

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I'm only including our positional needs. So it's only BPA amongst those specific needs, not every position. Although there is always exceptions. Here is another example of what I'm talking about. If you take NFL.com's grades and apply it to my view on drafting, let's go back to some of the guys I was talking about earlier who might be available at the time we pick.. OT- Lane Johnson 86.9 OG- Johnathon Cooper 86.9 WR- Tavon Austin 85.4 LB- Alec Ogletree 84.0 TE- Tyler Eiffert 83.3 Those numbers are the corresponding grades NFL.com currently has on these players (They actually have Arthur Brown rated 90.3, but I'll stick with Ogletree for this example). Remember, this is just a view of how I would use the grades. Out of our positional needs, Johnson and Cooper are the two best, according to NFL.com. So because of those grades, you can eliminate 3 of the 5 from consideration because you want what you think is the best overall player from a positional need. Normally I would say in this case to go with Johnson because LT is a more crucial position than guard, but If what has been written about Trestman is true, a guard might be more important because of the way his blocking system works. It's a choice between those two. This is the way I would do every round of the NFL draft. If we took Cooper in this instance, you can cross off OG from your list and now go with those 4 other positions for the oncoming rounds of the draft and do the same thing. Find the best players available from those specific positions, and then find the guy that grades out best amongst that group.

I just think singling out individual positions each round is the wrong approach. Saying, "They HAVE to draft this position in the 1st round".. It limits your options, and you might miss out on a better player at another position of need, even if you don't feel like that position is as "important" as another. It goes back to what I've always said about the draft-- you don't just draft a LB'er or an OL in the 1st round because you need one. If that player isn't as good as someone else at another positional need then you don't draft that player! It's simple. Obviously you don't totally know how good a player is going to be, but that's why you rely on your grades.

I haven't made up my mind yet. I'll just say-- one of these guys in the first. OL- Lane Johnson, John Cooper WR- Tavon Austin LB- Alec Ogletree, Kevin Minter, Arthur Brown TE- Tyler Eiffert, Zach Ertz

I think Tucker ran a 2 gap 4-3 in Jacksonville did he not? I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered Matt Bowen saying that he has used his DT's as 2 gappers before. I might be in the minority, but I wouldn't be terribly upset if we lost Melton to free up more money in this UFA market. I prefer to re-sign him, but only if the price is right.

LB, WR, OL, TE are the 4 major needs going into the off-season. Offensive line needs an overhaul. TE in this offense is an absolute must. A speed receiver is also a must, as well as one or two young LB'ers. The way I view taking these players is simple: Every time your team is on the clock, look at your positional needs and determine which player is the best for his position. Then you figure out which one of those players is better at his position than one of the other guys are at their positions. *Here is an example* Positional Needs (No particular order)- WR, OT, OG, LB, TE First round, pick 20 Possible best players at their position by the time the Bears are on the clock-- WR- Tavon Austin, OT- Lane Johnson, OG- John Cooper, LB- Alec Ogletree, TE Tyler Eiffert Whichever player has the better grade out of those guys is the player I take. I would do that for each round. That way you don't miss (theoretically) on the best player, instead of simply going by what you think is your #1 need and taking whichever player happens to be available at the time you pick. Obviously Free agency is going to play a factor as well. That's where draft depth, per position comes into play. If you know that the draft isn't very deep at LB, for example, that might be the position you look to improve upon via Free agency.

I would wait to see what happens this season. If he doesn't get any better, franchise him, draft a young QB in next year's draft, and then make the decision on Cutler after the following year. You'll either have to re-sign him long term, trade him, or let him walk with a new QB hopefully ready to take over. A Superbowl appearance, barring a Rex Grossman esque debacle, should warrant a long term extension.

Add Tavon Austin to my list of potential Bear's picks that would excite me. Damn this kid can fly. And he runs good routes.

I've seen 3rd-4th round as being the most likely. It would not surprise me if he's goes before that. It would shock me if he fell all the way to the 6th or 7th. Off-Field issues aside, Mathieu is a top 40 talent.

If he passes the smell test, in terms of the extensive interviews that teams will put him through, I think this kid would be a great pickup. The second he lands on a team he will instantly make them better on special teams, and as a defensive player-- is a turnover making machine that seems to fit the Bear's style of defense perfectly.

- Alec Ogletree - Arthur Brown - Marquise Goodwin - Tyronn Mathieu - Tyler Eiffert All Guys I'm highly interested in thus far.

That's actually not a lie. Sadly.. Tebow could be a helluva TE if he gave up the whole quarterbacking thing..

I'd rather have Tyrann Mathieu return punts and play some nickel for us next year