IotaNet wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:59 am

dplank wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:21 am 56. Mike Green (The Ravens took him, so 97.3% probability he will be an All Pro)

LOL at this -- it's probably true.

They have been throwing darts at edge rushers since Suggs retired and haven't really hit on many.

Ask me again in like... October and maybe I'll have changed my tune on Loveland. I'd like for him to be able to participate in camp first though.

Grizzled wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:50 am Kyle Monangai had 139 forced missed tackles since 2023. The next-closest Big Ten running back had 91. Here’s some comparisons with David Montgomery:

I just wish he was a liiiiiiiitle bigger.

UOK wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:44 am

wab wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:44 am Sanborn, Benedet, Wheeler... Kromah and Carl Jones might have a shot at the team this season. Austin Reed might stick after Bagent is gone.

Think Bagent is going to be moved?

No, I just mean when his contract is up.

Sanborn, Benedet, Wheeler... Kromah and Carl Jones might have a shot at the team this season. Austin Reed might stick after Bagent is gone.

I watched that video and man he looks thin.


He's not Cole Kmet buddy, you're going to have to digest this at some point ... kid is 6056, 248 lbs and a perfect fit for today's NFL TE.

https://youtu.be/Hgw6pZ3AhKQ?t=1009

Give this a listen (I put the playback speed at 1.75x personally).


NO ...

Staley wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 8:14 am

Bears Whiskey Nut wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 8:12 am

We got an extra 4th in a draft day trade. We could give that up.

I believe the extra fourth you mention replaces the one we traded to KC for Thuney.

Yeah but Thuney and Hall for two 4ths isn't the worst thing ever.

I watched that video and man he looks thin.

G08 wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:20 pm

Watch this clip... That sound you hear is me giggling my ass off -- I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS KID PLAY IN BEN JOHNSON'S OFFENSE

Still skeptical but hopeful

Ya'll are going to like him more once TC begins. Like I mentioned earlier, my buddy has been sending me stuff he recorded of his Rutgers games, and I am begining to wonder how on earth we got him so late. This dude has toughness like Monty, MJD, or Payton, and while he is slow, he has some amazing ...

Burden is the one player the Bears took in this draft that should be considered under drafted.

Burden came into the 2024 season considered a first-round pick. His 2024 season wasn't as impressive as his 2023 season (which was stellar), but he's the same prospect he was coming into the season ...

Ditka’s dictaphone wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:27 pm

wab wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 9:00 pm

Why

Over drafted.

Reminds me of Velus Jones Jr.

Nah.

Shadow wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:55 am So he is a faster Roquan. Interesting, very interesting.

And if you look at their stats as starters... they are pretty similar. Which shocked me.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/pl ... -ii-1.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/pl ... ith-1.html

Johnson said today that there is no depth chart. Every player has to earn his spot. I like it if it is true.


Eh, it's coach speak. There absolutely is a depth chart. There may be certain positions that are more open than others but:
Caleb Williams is at the top of the depth chart
Jaylon Johnson ...

I know this is the Bills GM, but this rings true for Poles philosophy as well IMO.

G08 wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 10:19 am

wab wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 9:24 am My pushback is that Kittle is better than LaPorta. A lot better.

He's certainly more proven, that's for true -- 117 starts vs 34.

First two seasons in the NFL seen below:

I mean, LaPorta is fine. He's not Kittle or Bowers.

You are right... it was Chris Williams that they paid.

They gave Bill Murray a pretty good chunk of change. Bates can be let go with no cap hit though.

I'm assuming Bates/Murray/Newman stick as depth behind those top 7 (with Bates probably more on the bubble than the others).

My pushback is that Kittle is better than LaPorta. A lot better.

You know... the more I watch this kid the more I see Doug Martin. He's got quite a bit of Muscle Hamster in him.

He's too small to replace Sanborn as SAM. I think he's a WILL only and probably just a ST as everyone has said. I know Poles likes his RAS picks but 4th feels a round early for this type of player. I get it that the RB board didn't fall the way they wanted but I think there needs to be a better ...

I tried working a draft without the trades and the board really didn't fall good for us (although I could have gotten Landon Jackson at 72 since that's where he was taken by Buffalo). So here's what I came up with (I at first passed on Ollie Gordon and took Miles Frazier OG from LSU but then ...

Bears Whiskey Nut wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:06 am He was getting offers from schools he wasn't interested in like Harvard, Princeton, Columbia...Ooookaaaay...

I'm rooting for the kid too. I love his parents. He's so tiny though.

And slow. So slow.

HisRoyalSweetness wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 9:22 pm

wab wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 9:02 pm

How do you know it’s not going to hold up?

Because he was drafted by the Bears! Do try and keep up wab...

I mean I do take issue with drafting injured players that high, but by all accounts, he's going to be perfectly fine.

Turner is very similar in size to Cam Jordan (and Lamarr Houston before him). So I could definitely see him being moved around.

Going back and looking at every LB that Dennis Allen has coached... and this dude is most definitely an outlier. So is the other LB they picked up...Echols. Exactly the same size just a terrible athlete.

I don't get it, but whatever. We will see.

I am thinking this pick may be the end of the Ryan Bates era with the Bears. Guy got hurt and never go a chance to show if Poles was right to trade for him or not. I am now wondering if the Bears kept Bates on the roster as a favor to keep him to let him rehab completely before releasing him ...

A 7th round RB "can" come in and contribute at a high level, but it shouldn't be expected.

Travis Homer was a 6th round pick. Is anyone super excited about the possibility of him being RB1 in case someone goes down?

I wonder what would have happened in 2023 in a QB was at the Top of our Board and we didn't want that QB.


You mean like that time we traded Bryce Young for DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stephenson, Caleb Williams, Tory Taylor, and Luther Burden III?

The idea that a team following a BPA ...