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Bears select Ruben Hyppolite II, LB at #132


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7 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Dennis, wake up we are picking...who do you want...  

Hope he is a gem.  Seems like a UDFA. 

He was a UDFA, I have not seen a mock have him in any round. Why would they use a 4th round pick on him when they have a 5th and a 7th left. I am not liking this one at all.

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I learned a long time ago not to get worked up about day three of the draft so I won’t here. Apparently ran a 4.4 40 at his pro day which would have been best of LBs at the combine, (though he’s only 5’11” so he’d better be fast). Was a captain at Maryland and got the defense lined up. Wouldn’t have been my pick but no reason to think he can’t be in the mix to replace Jack Sanborn at that other LB spot. 

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9 minutes ago, dawhizz said:

I learned a long time ago not to get worked up about day three of the draft so I won’t here. Apparently ran a 4.4 40 at his pro day which would have been best of LBs at the combine, (though he’s only 5’11” so he’d better be fast). Was a captain at Maryland and got the defense lined up. Wouldn’t have been my pick but no reason to think he can’t be in the mix to replace Jack Sanborn at that other LB spot. 

Solid reasoning. Fast+smart is a great starting point for an ILB. 

Still never heard of Hippo.

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21 minutes ago, dawhizz said:

I learned a long time ago not to get worked up about day three of the draft so I won’t here. Apparently ran a 4.4 40 at his pro day which would have been best of LBs at the combine, (though he’s only 5’11” so he’d better be fast). Was a captain at Maryland and got the defense lined up. Wouldn’t have been my pick but no reason to think he can’t be in the mix to replace Jack Sanborn at that other LB spot. 

Sure, most of these guys picked after the 3rd will amount to nothing but rarely do you see a team trade down, lose draft capital in the process, then draft a guy they could've gotten later, which dilutes the draft capital even more. 

A 5'`11" LB in coverage will be comical. 

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7 minutes ago, adam said:

Sure, most of these guys picked after the 3rd will amount to nothing but rarely do you see a team trade down, lose draft capital in the process, then draft a guy they could've gotten later, which dilutes the draft capital even more. 

Right? This smells like Mike Tice falling in love with Jamarcus Webb. One scout in the room probably got lucky while researching Maryland Video and had positive association as a result.

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13 minutes ago, jason said:

Right? This smells like Mike Tice falling in love with Jamarcus Webb. One scout in the room probably got lucky while researching Maryland Video and had positive association as a result.

That’s kind of what day three is though - where you trust your scouts and your interactions with the players and let that dictate what you think the best players and fits will be. Sometimes it doesn’t work out. Sometimes you get Braxton Jones or Deandre Houston-Carson. Sometimes you get Tristan Ebner or Thomas Graham. For most teams it probably evens out over time. 

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12 hours ago, jason said:

Right? This smells like Mike Tice falling in love with Jamarcus Webb. One scout in the room probably got lucky while researching Maryland Video and had positive association as a result.

Seems more like a Dennis Allen pick because after the draft Poles said DA wanted more speed at LB and this guy was on their list of targets.   

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