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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

Looks like that idiot Ray Lewis gets his wish.. I'm gonna puke. No idea why the 49'ers decided to run a fade on 4th down and not put the ball in the hands of Kaepernick via the run.

Not looking good for the 49'ers thus far. Flacco looks as poised as ever. Meanwhile, The 49'er defense has been horrible since Justin Smith's injury.

I'm rooting for Frisco. I'm sick of hearing about Ray Lewis, and I want to see Kaepernick run all over that defense. I don't think it will quite happen like that but I'll still go with Frisco 31-24. Kaepernick- 17/31 243 yards 2 TD's 0 INT, 6 carries 36 yards 1 TD Gore- 20 carries 109 yards 1 TD James- 4 carries 37 yards 1 TD, 1 catch 7 yards Crabtree- 6 catches 83 yards 1 TD Moss- 3 catches 42 yards 1 TD Davis- 7 catches 111 yards 0 TD Flacco 21/35 277 yards 3 TD's 1 INT Rice- 23 carries 90 yards 0 TD, 4 catches 35 yards Boldin- 5 catches 72 yards 1 TD Pitta- 3 catches 21 yards 1 TD Smith- 7 catches 119 yards 1 TD Jones- 2 catches 30 yards 0 TD

I really have enjoyed listening to Steve Young and Trent Dilfer over the last year talking about Cutler. I used to despise Dilfer until about a year ago when he realized that he wasn't anything more than average at best as an NFL quarterback. Steve always brings up Cutler's footwork, or lack there of, for how he can go from being good to great. The mechanics of quarterbacking is a tough thing to master, and when things go bad that's when the footwork goes to hell and he's throwing off his back foot or throwing it across his body into double coverage. It's those kind of things that I hope Trestman can coach out of him. He needs to make Cutler do a better job of valuing the football. If he can do that, you're talking about an MVP candidate.

I brought this idea up yesterday out of curiosity. I think it would be pretty cool. He will be 25 by the time the season starts so I don't know how high the ceiling is, but if Trestman truly is the quarterback whisperer, maybe he can work some magic with this kid. Would make for some pretty entertaining games between the Packers, going up against his older brother.

Two names I thought about today were the WR from Texas (Marquis Goodwin?) and Jordan Rodgers. That WR can run like nobody's business, and occasionally would line up behind the quarterback and mix in a few running plays. I'm not as serious about Rodgers, but I do think it would be pretty funny if the Bears, of all teams, took him with a 6th rounder to maybe one day square off against his brother.

How do you think they come up with the data in the first place? Just because they don't list every snap every player has ever taken doesn't mean they don't analyze play-by-play footage before coming up with a score. PFF is contracted with several NFL teams that trust their data enough to use for evaluation purposes. They actually work with real NFL people. So you can say that you could scrutinize their data, but at the same time, keep in mind that there are teams in the league right now that use that information to some degree. Football isn't a science, so no matter who's doing what, everything that's put out there should not be looked at as the "Be all end all." However, I would venture to say that when it comes to advanced statistics and player analysis, you'd be hard pressed to find better, more reliable information out there on the internet, than STATS inc. or PFF.

He's a friend of my cousin. Went to ISU at the same time. I don't really know too much about him though as a football player.