Got any Penix poems? :D Hm, tricky. This one would work better if he pronounced his name pee-nix rather than pen-nix... The draft has a player called Penix Who could be a team’s QB fix It won’t be the Bears And with ACL tears Much will depend on his knee fix There once was a QB named Penix Whose na...

If one of the "big three" WR's are there, I think we take him at 9. Rome is a true X, which we don't currently have. The NFL draft site compares him to Larry Fitzgerald. He can be productive while he is learning and creating a bond with Williams. If those guys are gone, the greatest need i...

For one of the first times since Jim Finks ran the Draft, I have faith in the person who is making the decisions. So I'm excited and super curious at what he's going to do at 9. Boy, is this spot on. We finally have a real GM backed up by a real CEO and team president. That makes all the difference...

Not sure about the lack of love for Odunze. He is a prototype X who led the nation in receiving yards and had an absurd 75% contested catch rate ( Harrison and Nabors were both in the 40's) . The Bleacher report summed it up pretty well: Odunze is a quarterback's best friend. He's a reliable route-r...

https://theathletic.com/5390475/2024/04/09/nfl-draft-quarterbacks-mechanics-rankings-grades/?access_token=3226&redirected=1 Which of the NFL Draft’s top QBs has the best mechanics? Experts grade each passer - The Athletic Here is the setup: I got some of the top private quarterback coaches in th...

Williams has said he models his game after Aaron Rodgers and I have heard that comparison more than once. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/peak-era-aaron-rodgers-usc-football-qb-caleb-williams-draws-major-praise-from-nfl-execs-scouts/ar-AA1ibXKF But if he truly wants to win multiple championship...

Worst case: the top 3 WRs and Alt are taken along with 4 QBs by the time the Bears pick. What then? Maybe trade to the 12 to 14 range for a team looking for the top CB, an OT, or someone wanting to roll the dice on Nix/Penix and get another 3rd? Trade down to 16 to 19 and get a 2nd? I'm in the mino...

The last time we had two high first round draft picks? Ummm, Butkus and Sayers? Unfortunately getting them did not result in championships as neither played QB. DIck Butkus came close to QB during his time playing Center for the Illini, but by the time he hit the NFL they didn't have players play b...

The past 2 years people have said we need to draft this position! There's a hole on the roster. Poles let the draft play out not selecting OL high his first year and dline his second. He then signed a high priced, 1 year vet around camp both years for those spots. Poles can and will have 0 issues n...

Poles has divided the scouting department into Team Ol, Team WR, and Team DE. Each team will make its case for taking one of their guys at #9. So, which team are you on and who's your guy? I'm picking Team WR and making the case for Rome Odunze. I doubt Nabers and Harrison make it to #9. Odunze is ...

southdakbearfan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:32 pm

Arkansasbear wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:05 pm

But he needs to be able to breathe through his eyelids like the lava lizards of the Galapagos Islands

Don’t think, just throw.

It looks to me that he can think and throw at the same time.
Part of what makes him special.

One way to look at this is that the draft is deep at WR and fairly shallow at DE. Also, there are a lot of "edge rushers" who fit a 3-4 a lot better than what the Bears run. Thanks to Pole's the Bears have two of the best WR to start. The much greater need right now is DE and most of the v...

A good breakdown on Latu

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Makes sense to me. I’d have had Bowers as a possibility but we signed Everett and I don’t like the hit rate on highly drafted TEs. Because Bears - it makes total sense to me that there are 8 guys that would be great choices for us, and we pick 9th. If you goal is to help the QB, Bowers may be one o...

I know there have been a lot of these posted, but I found this to be relatively objective and insightful:

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I think it's a bit early to give up on Tyler Scott. He had a lousy rookie year, but he came into the league as a guy that needed polish. He can still conceivably give the Bears a legit speed option. Given the depth of this class it is likely that will draft a WR, but probably not until later day 2 o...

What would Cutler have done with an offensive line? Nothing different. They did a major study of QBs under pressure and not under pressure and how they performed (not special now, but cutting edge at the time, IIRC). Everybody showed notable differences under pressure vs not. Except one. Cutler was...

First off, Alt may be the best LT in this class but he may not be the plug and play pro everyone is counting on. And if he is he probably wouldn't be much of an immediate improvement over Jones who had a respectable if not spectacular year. The NFL draft comp is Mike McGlinchey, which is good but n...

First off, Alt may be the best LT in this class but he may not be the plug and play pro everyone is counting on. And if he is he probably wouldn't be much of an immediate improvement over Jones who had a respectable if not spectacular year. The NFL draft comp is Mike McGlinchey, which is good but no...

I find myself getting more stoked about taking Caleb. Can this really be happening for the bears? Having the first pick and having a qb that is one of the best prospects in the last decade? I was for trading and keeping fields but damn if I ain't excited to get Williams. And another to ten pick to ...

I think maybe there are 1-2 players that if they were still on the board at #9, would compel Poles to keep the pick. Outside of that I think he's looking to trade down and take an EDGE, C, or WR. I think if Turner or Nabers are there, he'd keep the pick. As much as I like Odunze, I think Poles woul...

I don't want to risk our QB to a rookie LT. I don't care how highly regarded, lots of "plug and play" offensive linemen fail or struggle for a year or two. Jones is serviceable and Poles has done a decent job filling holes and adding depth. We have other needs and if one of the top three ...

we're going to have a rookie QB with a lot of talented skill players ... only way that works is if the QB is upright spend the 9 to bolster the protection either by drafting a top O-Lineman or trading down to maybe get 2 functional additions I don't want to risk our QB to a rookie LT. I don't care ...

I don't see them trusting their prize rookie QB's blindside to an untested LT, when they already have a guy that is solid, if unspectacular. Even if one of the top WR's is available at nine they may go DE. This is a pretty deep WR draft and getting a later round DE is going to be tougher. If they go...

84. TE GERALD EVERETT, LOS ANGELES CHARGERS Everett earned Justin Herbert’s trust on critical downs and in the red zone over the past two seasons and has forced 28 missed tackles since 2022, the second most among tight ends. Everett does well to plant his foot in the ground on his first step after t...

Not sure where this goes, but I thought it was funny and more than a little apropo.

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The Athletic ranked him 45th out of 150 free agents Swift might lack the power and low pad level of the backs above him here, but he has plenty of wiggle to make people miss and burst to escape tacklers in tight areas. He’s just not the finisher that some bigger-bodied guys are. He catches the ball ...

Well objectively emotional vulnerability can be a major flaw. That's not a boomer thing it's a pressure and stress thing. Not everyone needs to be General Patton, but leaders have some grit. In stoicism the modern definition of grit is shown throughout the entire concept. People need to balance the...

the only way I will ever watch television of the NFL draft ever again is if Mel Kiper has a monkey throw shit in his face, live on the air, every time he opens his ignorant arrogant mouth At least this year we can be fairly certain that when the Bears draft the network won't be on a commercial brea...

I thought good chance 1986...but Chuchole Martin slammed McMahon's head into the turf.. Got to watch '63 Championship. My uncle told me of the '40 demolishing and Championship...73-0 stomping on Washington... He also gave me his HS helmet..LEATHER ! I played with it with neighborhood kids..wish now...