Bears select Luther Burden (WR) at Pick #39

[adam]

Just looking through stats from last year, the Bears will have the deepest receiving group in the NFL. Whoever ends up as pass-catching TE2 will be the best TE2 in the league. Whoever ends up as WR3 will be the best WR3 in the league. Whoever ends up WR2 will be a top 5 WR2. 

Odunze had the most yards of any WR3 and the 2nd most receptions in the NFL last year. Allen had the 2nd most receptions as WR2, both on a terrible offense. 

If things go as planned, I think Moore will have over 80 receptions, Odunze and Loveland will have over 70, Burden over 60, and Kmet over 50. Add 30+ for RBs and another 10 or so for all others and that should put Williams near 400 completions. Williams had 351 last year and Goff had 390 with comparable weapons, so it checks out.

Moore, Odunze, Burden > St. Brown, Williams, Patrick
Loveland, Kmet > LaPorta, Wright
Swift, Johnson < Gibbs, Montgomery

I also think Moore will have 20+ carries (he had 14 last year) and I am sure Burden and Loveland will have a few as well. That may be why they didn't want to commit higher draft capital on a RB. 

[Stinger226]

We easily have more firepower than Lions had last year on an offense that scored 70 TDs. If Caleb is up to the task, he should be closer to 5000 than 4000 with 30+ TDs. 

Johnson said the offense will run thru Caleb but a running game will complent it. Let me be the first to say Monangai will end up a fan favorite. Because of disappointment on a well known name and as a late round pick, he is being dismissed. I'm not.

I heard some people use Deboo Samuel as a comparison to Luther Burden that averaged 50 carries a year. We have plenty of ammunition to have a good running game.

 

[Mongo3451]

2 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

We easily have more firepower than Lions had last year on an offense that scored 70 TDs. If Caleb is up to the task, he should be closer to 5000 than 4000 with 30+ TDs. 

False.  We don't have a Gibbs or Williams.  What we have extra isn't that scary.

[Stinger226]

4 hours ago, Mongo3451 said:

False.  We don't have a Gibbs or Williams.  What we have extra isn't that scary.

I was referring to the overall numbers of players Caleb has with quality traits. And it's an opinion. You disagree, it's okay.

We don't have Gibbs but that doesn't mean we can't have an effective running game. Williams has speed that is unique to the league but we have ( projection) 3 quality WRs and 2 quality TEs and ( I could be wrong about this) a better QB. 

[Mongo3451]

2 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

I was referring to the overall numbers of players Caleb has with quality traits. And it's an opinion. You disagree, it's okay.

We don't have Gibbs but that doesn't mean we can't have an effective running game. Williams has speed that is unique to the league but we have ( projection) 3 quality WRs and 2 quality TEs and ( I could be wrong about this) a better QB. 

Leaving OL out of the equation, they have three mismatch players on offense and we have one.

[Stinger226]

I expect this year to be different from last year plus we have the coach that put that offense in the position to flourish.

We don't know what to expect from any of our WRs, TEs, or RBs with Johnson pulling the trigger. I'm optimistic it's going to go well . I wasn't comparing one player to another player, just the overview of the offense.