Potential Starting Lineup with Current Age

[G08]

Defense:

DE: Bullard (21)
NT: Goldman (22)
DE: Hicks (26)
OLB: Floyd (23)
ILB: Travathan (25)
ILB: Freeman (30)
OLB: McPhee (26)
CB: Fuller (25)
CB: Porter (29)
FS: Amos (23)
SS: Bush (22)

Average age: 24.7

Offense:

WR: White (22)
LT: Leno Jr (24)
LG: Whitehair (22)
C: Grassu (24)
RG: Long (27)
RT: Massie (26)
TE: Miller (31)
WR: Jeffery (26)
Slot WR: Wilson (23), Braverman (22) or Royal (29)
QB: Cutty (33)
RB: Langford (24)

Average age: 26.18 (I used Royal in this example)

Compared to how old this freaking roster was two years ago?? This is outstanding!

[IotaNet]

... Compared to how old this freaking roster was two years ago?? This is outstanding!

Yes and I also like how we're flipping the roster from "Primarily Free Agents" to "Homegrown Talent."

Anyone remember this article? (Also from 2 years ago)

Just how bad have the Chicago Bears been at drafting?

Shea McClellin, Kyle Long and Kyle Fuller. Those are the three #1 draft picks from current Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery, and they are the only three #1 draft picks on the Bears' current roster that they drafted themselves.

That's the least amount of number one picks of all 32 teams in the NFL, and that's pretty sad.

http://www.windycitygridiron.com/2014/6 ... t-drafting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We're not all the way there yet but I like that you can see the plan unfolding.

[G08]

The beauty of it all is that if we hit on these draft picks, we can start building depth in the next draft.

[mmmc_35]

The beauty of it all is that if we hit on these draft picks, we can start building depth in the next draft.

I am pretty high on a lot of the picks but realistically they won't hit on all of them. What's good though is from what we have all read they all are guys that easily could be strong depth guys. Most of the class though do have starter traits, so I am just as hopeful.

[G08]

I think next year we will need to draft a TE high, SS possibly, and maybe a CB depending upon how they feel about Hall's development this season.

QB as well... Chad Kelly is a fucking bitch but man that kid can sling it.

[mmmc_35]

Hall will be a project. Clearly I am a fan of him, but his technique needs a lot of work. He false steps, reaches with the wrong hand, can get sloppy with his hips. But his instincts are top notch. He may pick it up quickly. More likely he will need a period of time to hone his craft, but his upside is great.

[Pagan]

An interesting metric on drafting successfully is drafting 3 starters/contributors out of every draft. It'll be telling going forward to gage Pace's draft success based on these #'s.

[G08]

Right now I would say I've got Whitehair and Bullard as locks to be contributing meaningfully. I want to throw Floyd in there but I REALLY can't wait to see how he looks in camp / in the pre-season before I say he'll be a meaningful contributor.

Howard will have a niche role, Kwitkowski will be a 4 phase special teamer and backup to both ILB positions on D.

[Pagan]

That's 4 possibly 5 players who contribute without considering any of this year's drafted/undrafted CB's or WR's. Last year's draft seems to be successful as well.

[Bears_40]

Amazing progress in such a short period of time. TE and QB need to be addressed and ee flipped the whole team over.

[wab]

Color me skeptical. The only player we drafted that isn't strictly a rotational player at this point is Whitehair. And he has to beat out Larsen/Ramirez.

[IE]

I'm usually Pollyanna going into camp & the season. This year is no different. But I'm not sure age alone is a good measure of progress. The could can everyone over 22 and have the youngest, no-win team in the league.

[Middleguard]

A few years ago I tried to analyze the optimum age/experience distribution for a team. Experience turned out to be easier and better to use than age, but experience is closely related to age especially for the top players.

I found that the most important thing is to have 9-10 of your starting players with 4-7 years of experience, and to not have more than 3-4 players with 8+ years. That leaves 8-10 players with 0-3 years experience.

Going back to age from those numbers leaves a big gap of optimum age from between 25-28, which is not a useful observation at all.

[G08]

The central thesis of my post was to show, in the next year or two as well, just how young our roster has become. That's all

[DaDitka]

Going back to age from those numbers leaves a big gap of optimum age from between 25-28, which is not a useful observation at all.

Sorry.....but that line cracked me up!