Damn, I hate the off-season. I want football! Not countless articles with clickbait and rumors.;

On Good Morning Football this morning, they mentioned that the record for most passing yards in a single NFL game is 554, set by Norm Van Brocklin of the Los Angeles Rams on September 28, 1951, against the New York Yanks. This record has stood for over 70 years.

25 times in NFL history has a quarterback reached 500+ passing yards in a game.

But the record still stands.

Caleb has said he wants to be the G.O.A.T. - There is a goal for him to achieve.

Caleb throws for 555 yards against the Green Bay Packers, who, of course, will find a reason to throw some shade.

Okay, I did mention I am bored. ;-)

I think or hope the talk will get better in the next 5 or so days. The Bears are wrapping up their scouting now and will be finishing their rankings next week, then they start doing their own mocks to set some odds on how they feel it will fall.

I think this board has covered players or scenarios and are probably as clueless as you can be since we are down the board for once. We know the position needs, assume what players fit, but we know a knuckle ball will be thrown at some point.

This is usually the busiest time of the year on this site. This year is a little different because we finally won. Rumors do get morbid but draft time always attracts my attention.

Glad we didn't get Vrabel. 👀

1 hour ago, adam said:

Glad we didn't get Vrabel. 👀

Lucky guy, until he has to face his wife.

Boredom....

What player or position will shock you for the Bears to draft. I was shocked about Loveland. Seen a few posts on here about him, but was shocked to see him taken so high. That proved me wrong.

He will surprise me if he takes a CB or LB at 25. I would expect S, DE, DT and even LT. We could upgrade any position but QB and IOL with the first pick but some spots carry more expectations.

As long as we add a DT, DE and S , adding anything else is okay with me.

I think we are taking LT, Edge and Safety early. I would not be at all shocked if the Bears took a Left Tackle @ 25, and then an Edge like Dani Dennis-Sutton and a Safety.

After that, it could go on the DL, CB, or even WR. Guys like Bryce Lance, and DeZhaun Stribling could be hanging around the 3rd or 4th round.

Also, if the right player is there at DT, even at pick 25, thats certainly an option. A guy like Peter Woods might be a Bear choice there.

Personally, I dont see Zion Young for us. I didn't like his tape at all. I know the pundits look at his measurables and DA's scheme and connect dots, but he's not a great player on tape, and hes not worth pick 25 for sure in my opinion. Id take guys over him in the second round too.

I'm kind of expecting:

OT Max Iheanachor or OT Caleb Lomu with pick 25

In the second round:
Edge Gabe Jacas (if hes still there) or Edge Dani Dennis-Sutton (or another Edge that falls like Malachai Lawerence or Derrick Moore)
Safety AJ Haulcy or Safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren

In the third and fourth rounds:
DT Gracen Halton or Edge Mason Reiger
WR Bryce Lance or WR DeZhaun Strribling
S Bud Clark (if we didnt take one in the 2nd round)
If a center falls like Hecht, Connor Lew

And then CB, blocking TE, LB, DL, a C like Trey Zuhn, and even a late pick developmental QB.

On 4/11/2026 at 9:05 PM, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Boredom....

What player or position will shock you for the Bears to draft. I was shocked about Loveland. Seen a few posts on here about him, but was shocked to see him taken so high. That proved me wrong.

I assume this is in reference to pick 25. There are several positions I’d be shocked about in the first round but at the top of my list has to be QB. Followed by LB and Center. Both positions of need but no clear value in the first.

Simple stuff aside, of the players likely on our board and available at 25 I’ll be most disappointed if we draft safety McNeil-Warren. I still don’t understand the hype around him. To me he represents that first player where we say “you can get similar talent between 25 and 40 or maybe 50. But he’s just a safety which is not a priority position on the football field unless the guy is an elite athlete. He’s not. In this case I say improving the D closer to the LOS makes more sense then I don’t need a safety to make a tackle ten yards downfield.

Not really at 25, but the potential surprise pick in 2-4 rounds to me might be guard. I’m working under the assumption that they want to keep Newman at guard and take advantage of a pretty good center draft and draft a center in those rounds, but they did talk about Newman playing center after the draft, so it’s conceivable that they take a guard in there instead (and I’ve hardly looked at all at the guard crop) that might be an heir apparent to Thuney while Newman is the future center behind Bradberry.

5 hours ago, AZ54 said:

I assume this is in reference to pick 25. There are several positions I’d be shocked about in the first round but at the top of my list has to be QB. Followed by LB and Center. Both positions of need but no clear value in the first.

Simple stuff aside, of the players likely on our board and available at 25 I’ll be most disappointed if we draft safety McNeil-Warren. I still don’t understand the hype around him. To me he represents that first player where we say “you can get similar talent between 25 and 40 or maybe 50. But he’s just a safety which is not a priority position on the football field unless the guy is an elite athlete. He’s not. In this case I say improving the D closer to the LOS makes more sense then I don’t need a safety to make a tackle ten yards downfield.

I think with McNeil-Warren, its his hard hitting that draws attention. I dont think that is the type of S Allen wants, so that would be a shock if taken. Dillion Thienemen would be the most ideal S after Caleb Downs, but odds are he goes to Minny.

When I analyze a prospect, I look at highlight film and 2 to 3 games. I read at as many profiles as I can find and form an opinion.

I think but I don't know who will be great, good, or a bust. I will trust the bears scouting department.

As far as Mc-Warren, the best I can tell is he is a Brisker clone. If they wanted that type of player, I think they would have resigned Brisker. Thieneman is the ideal pick and can play NB, SS and FS with speed of which I think DA wants. Mc-Warren doesn't have the flexibility or speed. There are a few other that fit that criteria, Keionte Scott, Treydan Stukes and Jalon Kilgore. None of them are first round picks.

If they do Mc-Warren then they think he is draftable at 25 and I'm wrong.

I think they drop back in the second round and first pick will be a DE .

As far as the first round, does anyone think they would draft Messidor? His is 25 but he will add to the pass rush right away.

Passing this along as I ran across it today, on Poles’ search for players that fit DA’s defense.

https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2026/04/06/bears-gm-on-defense/

I am starting to think Meaidor is a real possibility. Poles singled him out in a recent interview with McShay. https://atozsports.com/nfl/chicago-bears-news/bears-ryan-poles-shares-his-true-feelings-on-akheem-mesidor-red-flag-age-2026-nfl-draft/

TJ Parker looks like the other decent first round pick fit at DE if they stay at 25.

Keionte Scott looks like a reasonable second round pick target, though I’m a little hesitant to project a rookie changing positions to start at safety where the Bears kind of need an immediate starter.

7 minutes ago, dawhizz said:

Passing this along as I ran across it today, on Poles’ search for players that fit DA’s defense.

https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2026/04/06/bears-gm-on-defense/

I am starting to think Meaidor is a real possibility. Poles singled him out in a recent interview with McShay. https://atozsports.com/nfl/chicago-bears-news/bears-ryan-poles-shares-his-true-feelings-on-akheem-mesidor-red-flag-age-2026-nfl-draft/

TJ Parker looks like the other decent first round pick fit at DE if they stay at 25.

Keionte Scott looks like a reasonable second round pick target, though I’m a little hesitant to project a rookie changing positions to start at safety where the Bears kind of need an immediate starter.

Scott played several positions but most list at CB.

I'm curious if Bann drops if any interested in him? Never really looked at him because he is generally a top 5 pick.

It's hard to read Poles, he could surprise everyone and take a player constantly being projected to us, Peter Woods.

I just don’t see the Peter Woods thing. At all. Setting aside the fact that the Bears added 3 DTs in FA and have Shemar coming back to join Dexter and Grady, “athletically talented underachiever” has essentially never been a Poles draft pick type. There’s no precedent for it, and my sense is that Dennis Allen and Ben Johnson have even less interest in that type than Poles. Five career sacks in college and I’m spending a first round pick to make you my 3T? Are you kidding?

I think we will go LT with the 25th pick. Proctor, Lomu or Iheanchor are mostly likely in my opinion, depending on how the board falls.

I think that Edge player comes in the second round. A Safety too.

I’d gladly take Lomu. Iheanchor just looks too awkward (for lack of a better description) to play LT and he takes some really bad sets with his feet. He does that at RT and it won’t get better at LT. Proctor is just big powerful and stiff. Lomu on the other hand is a fluid athlete who can dance with the pass rushers. He doesnt have ideal length, but enough that he can make up for it with his feet. Downside is Lomu needs to get stronger and better in the run game but he still seems to anchor better than Braxton.

I understand being covered at LT with the questions on the team but who can come in and play day one? Ozzy will be back at some point and if a rookie needs time to develop it confuses 4 OTs in the room in the future. We need the value of that pick to start.

4 hours ago, AZ54 said:

I’d gladly take Lomu. Iheanchor just looks too awkward (for lack of a better description) to play LT and he takes some really bad sets with his feet. He does that at RT and it won’t get better at LT. Proctor is just big powerful and stiff. Lomu on the other hand is a fluid athlete who can dance with the pass rushers. He doesnt have ideal length, but enough that he can make up for it with his feet. Downside is Lomu needs to get stronger and better in the run game but he still seems to anchor better than Braxton.

I havent done the amount of film study I usually do this year, so I cant really agree or disagree with your critiques of Iheanchor. If or when I watch more film of him, I will definitely look for the things you mention, so thank you for that.

I still think our first pick goes LT though, but I suppose Im making a generic statement about need, and not one driven by close evaluation. I also think unless Lomu is there, we'd like to trade down from 25 if there are any takers. Iheanchor (for example) could probably still be had a little lower, and the 2nd tier of Edge Rushers certainly can.