Our first two visits happened. They brought in a RB, Seth McGowan/ UK and a center from Kentucky Jager Burton.. He is the 17th ranked OC on draft buzz. An UDFA type.

McGowan is the 9th rated RB on draft buzz. 4.49 speed. He is an explosive type RB with a 43.5 vertical and 131" broad. Overall rank #170. Would be a mid round pick. Pick 129?

1 hour ago, Stinger226 said:

Our first two visits happened. They brought in a RB, Seth McGowan/ UK and a center from Kentucky Jager Burton.. He is the 17th ranked OC on draft buzz. An UDFA type.

McGowan is the 9th rated RB on draft buzz. 4.49 speed. He is an explosive type RB with a 43.5 vertical and 131" broad. Overall rank #170. Would be a mid round pick. Pick 129?

Look at last years top 30, only one player that visited was drafted, Shemar Turner. The Bears like to throw smoke with who they target.

Today they brought in WR DeZhaun Stribling from Ole Mis. Has 4.39 speed. A suggested mid round pick.

18 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Look at last years top 30, only one player that visited was drafted, Shemar Turner. The Bears like to throw smoke with who they target.

Not necessarily. They could have liked other players that visited it’s just there are a lot of teams competing for the same pool of players.

On 3/18/2026 at 11:43 PM, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Look at last years top 30, only one player that visited was drafted, Shemar Turner. The Bears like to throw smoke with who they target.

But they met with a lot of their draft picks too. I remember Hyppolite went in for a visit and I think Frazier did too. Burton is interesting to me - lots of college experience and high RAS. Could go higher than expected.

15 hours ago, AZ54 said:

Not necessarily. They could have liked other players that visited it’s just there are a lot of teams competing for the same pool of players.

Lets just say the Bears rarely let information out on who they have visits or meet with. Last year most info was not known until after they were drafted.

We have the draft and still some free agent options after the draft.

We have no idea how they value their own roster right now. They are not writing off players because they may not contributed last year. The 30 visits may or may not give us answers but at least we know they have interest.

32 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

We have no idea how they value their own roster right now.

Geesh...😳

Seen Jimmy Rolder LB Michigan has a visit scheduled.

NFL TradeRumors seems to have the most up to date information. So far the people they have visits with, they are all day 3 projected picks. I would assume everyone they would take in the first 2 rounds already has done the major work on so these visits should be not top 100 players types and UDFAs .

I read an article saying that we now use the visits to double check things we arent sure about - character stuff, maybe to check stiff hips etc etc - basically, that we dont visit the ones were most likely to take but those where we are missing some info or need to see first hand.

IF this is true, then some will get crossed off of our lists based on the visit, and some will stay on, but it doesnt mean we prefer them necessarily.

Anyway, thats if you believe the article I read. It's lying season, so anything is possible.

I saw where we scheduled a visit with Sam Hecht/O weC Kansas State University.

2 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:

I read an article saying that we now use the visits to double check things we arent sure about - character stuff, maybe to check stiff hips etc etc - basically, that we dont visit the ones were most likely to take but those where we are missing some info or need to see first hand.

IF this is true, then some will get crossed off of our lists based on the visit, and some will stay on, but it doesnt mean we prefer them necessarily.

Anyway, thats if you believe the article I read. It's lying season, so anything is possible.

I read that too. Rousher gave an Interview and that's what the journalist got out of it. With the top picks after you get the medicals,they have 99%of the information. IMO.

No one has ever guessed right who Poles wants. Caleb was a no brainer but he surprises us with every draft. I like the ones they have brought in so far but misinformation is part of the process.