Austin Booker in the 3rd. Murphy or Newton in the 1st, finally give Flus his 3T.

The skull cap I won in the draft contest a few years back is getting kind of worn, I'm looking forward to replacing it after this year's contest: That is a well worn cap. Do you rub it with 120 grit sandpaper every morning? Just a fave that's been worn a few times. Don't wear it every day but this ...

The skull cap I won in the draft contest a few years back is getting kind of worn, I'm looking forward to replacing it after this year's contest:

1. The stadium looks great. Remove Soldiers Field, it's a wash for having a stadium on the lakefront 2. Warren says the Bears need to get working by May. It ain't gonna happen. The money won't be available, Friends of the Lake are just getting warmed up 3. $2 billion from the Bears. $300 million fro...

Will 60+ years of lots of bad fan years actually be coming to an end? A skilled OC who develops QBs. A decent OL which with the FA centers should be improved. TEs improved. WRs improved and will be better if Poles adds one more. Decent D which will be improved with another DE or 3T. 12 hours to go.

Quality versus quantity. 1999: the Saints trade their entire draft plus the following year's 1st and 3rd to the Dedskins for the draft pick giving them Ricky Williams, who was gone after 3 years. Then the Dedskins traded their 1-12 to the Bears for 1-7, a 3rd, 4th, and 5th, and a 3rd in the followin...

Good job but he's going to get a GM gig sooner thsn later, especially if (when) the team does well this year.

It is expected that Warren will announce a $4.6B price tag for a lakeside stadium with the Bears putting up half. Crickets ....

The NFL has stated this afternoon the tampering cases against Philly and Atlanta won't be concluded before the draft. Oh well, it was fun to contemplate moving up to 8th while it lasted. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40008626/nfl-falcons-eagles-tampering-probes-conclude-week Too bad. Curse bu...

Caleb. Daniels. Maye. Harrison. Nabers. Odunze. Alt are the definite blue bloods. If any of the WRs or LT are still there at #9, do we see the Bears draft rep sprinting up to the podium? Bowers, Murphy, Turner, Olu slightly below them; these are the guys I can see Poles trading down for if still ava...

Bears Whiskey Nut wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:04 pm I think my only criticism is that we don't come away with a WR. There is so much talent in the draft this year at that position. Love the Sanders and Oladapo picks though.

Yeah, I thought about that also. Sanders, to some degree, offsets that. There are also still a couple of guy out there in FA.

1-1: Drake Maye ... just kidding ... Caleb Willams, QB, USC 1-20: Jared Verse, DE, Florida State. The Bears first trade 1-9 to Vegas for 1-13 and a 2025 1st. Then Pittsburg came calling and the Bears traded 1-13 for 1-20 and 2-51. Latu was available but the medicals are still not completely clear on...

And the Eagles are also in hot water with Saquan Barkley. So much smoke on this .... I've read everything from the Vikings/Falcons swap R1s (then you're punishing other teams who did nothing wrong) to turn the Falcons #8 into #32 to have them a lose a 3rd and a 5th. I do think it will happen before...

RIP Dickey Betts. Lucky enough to see him with the Allman Brothers in the mid to late 90s. https://youtu.be/rlv4b6YWlK8?si=edqmGHitVrZa7t7X Really good guitarist, bad alcohol problem, don't know if he was ever able to kick it. Great to have seen them at all but back when they started out. Their 'Li...

The legacy of the '21 draft just continues with QBs crashing and burning.

Adam Schefter is reporting that the tampering case against the Falcons may he decided before the draft. He doesn't think any decision will involve the loss of a draft pick, especially a 1st rounder. However, he believes it possible that the Falcons draft pick will be moved from 8 to the end of the 1...

Stats don't lie. In 2023, despite USC's less than stellar OL, Williams had a 73% completion rate from the pocket. For those who say he can't play in a structure, he left the pocket on only 3% of his dropbacks.

Pushed for Dent to be drafted. During his entire Bears career, they drafted 5 HOFers: Walter, Hampton, Dent, Singletary, and Covert. They also signed McMichael as a FA. A golden era for the team. RIP. I'm truly hoping we see another era like that under Poles and Cunningham. From '84 through '91, th...

Draft countdown clock for us impatient sorts:

https://www.draftcountdown.com/

BREAKING NEWS: Caleb Williams is expected to wear a navy blue suit with silver accents to the draft (sorry, couldn't resist this, I guess some actually consider it news worthy).

If the Bears trade down from #9 (from SM): To between 12 and 15: 3rd round pick expected Possible targets: Brian Thomas, Olu Fashanu, JC Latham, Laiatu Latu, Byron Murphy. I'd add Brock Bowers to the list To between 16 and 20: 2nd round pick expeted Xavier Worthy, Troy Fautanu, Tyler Guyton (not so ...

And they probably wouldn't cry over the distribution hub. That would generate tax revenue without straining local resource (police, fire/emergency, schools, park district, etc - ie, costing tax money) to the degree the Bears Stadium & Community plan would. They'd absolutely cry when they're spe...

Williams says he wants to play for 20 years, win more championships than Brady, and have a better rookie season than Stroud. Gotta love his goals:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2024 ... -for-bears

Pushed for Dent to be drafted. During his entire Bears career, they drafted 5 HOFers: Walter, Hampton, Dent, Singletary, and Covert. They also signed McMichael as a FA. A golden era for the team. RIP.

ESPN put out a mock with trades for all 1st round picks. It was meant tongue-in-cheek, I guess the pre-draft has been beat to death for original things to write about:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2024/stor ... ks-players

The Bears top rated draft, of '65, which brought 2 HOFers, Sayers and Butkus, didn't translate to much team success. But others drafts brought in pieces which did, showing the wisdom in building through the draft: https://beargoggleson.com/posts/power-ranking-the-top-10-draft-classes-in-chicago-bear...

Random question to all of you Draft geeks out there. Who is the one player, if taken unexpectedly high, could shake up the entire first round? McCarthy? Verse? Latham? Or conversely, who do you see falling out of the top 10, that everyone has pegged there, and why? McCarthy slipping out of the top ...

dplank wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:28 am Zero chance we are trading up

Let's see, Tunsil smoking dope with a gas mask on dropped him to 13 so maybe a joint would drop him to 9

Possibly trade to 7 if Nabers and/or Odunzeare still available to keep any poachers at bay. But the Bears may sit tight, take Bowers if they're both gone.

Brad Biggs did his v3.0 mock with the Bears amazingly passing on Naber, Odunze, and Alt to trade down w/Denver for a 3rd and they take Washington OT Troy Fautanu. FWIW Alt, Fuaga, and Fautanu all carry a nearly identical NFL Post Combine Grade. Don't think he's a Tackle Fautanu can play tackle in t...

The NIL policy took effect in 2021. 128 underclassmen entered the draft following that season followed by 100 and 82 in succeeding ones. There are 58 in this year's draft. NIL is the cited as the reason for most of the guys althoughobviously not all as some are still entering the draft. It is possib...