I'm going Sweat here. The DUI should cost him 2nd Round (and he might have been Day 3 regardless)

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What you don't want to do is find yourself over-paying for a Daniel Jones/Russ Wilson/Kyler Murray .... or, sigh, even a Justin Fields. (Still love him, but I am logical). 6M is overpaying for JF1? We don't know what his next deal would have looked like, it always felt like a big red herring argume...

Plank, you know who didn't want to find out...Ryan Poles. Ryan Poles and a few of us disagree with your premise. It doesn't matter anymore though I understand that. I’ve moved on but still disagree and think he could’ve handled it differently. 🤷‍♂️ Dplank - Assuming we draft Caleb - How many Reps d...

I don't see Turner's size as a problem really. He measured in at 6'2 247. I see a lot of Leonard Floyd concerns out there, but Floyd was an inch taller and 10 pounds lighter - he had a VERY slight frame. Turner seems more solidly built and will put on weight in the pro's naturally from age + contin...

I thought AZ was a lock to take MHJr, has that changed? Yes - I think so. Two reasons (one very speculative, the other less so) Less so - They seem like a team that wants to trade down. Probably need to. Speculative - Apparently there are teams with jumbled WR boards from who many(most? almost all?...

This is really interesting Food for Thought. One of the things Poles said to McAfee a couple of weeks ago (in response to RG3’s asinine comments) is that he and his braintrust were hired to “Break a cycle.” One could identify that cycle as “load up on defense, run the ball, and provide the quarterb...

Also - even if you are in the QBs should always sit camp - Fields isn't the guy to be the starter then either since its a new Offense for him as well - and he will (reasonably) want to compete to start and needs Reps - and you can have divided loyalties as well? Fun bonus?!?! And is also unlikely to...

And you don't give up your prior starting QB, one with the potential of Justin Fields who is only making 6 mill for the season, for a future fourth round pick, let alone a sixth. I will die on this hill. Bears were in a unique situation with Justin and the first pick of the draft. You don't simply ...

Caleb's our starter now. I sure hope he doesn't get hurt (knock on wood). Honestly, I feel pretty good about Bagent as the backup. I think he's more likely to be able to play in the offense that Waldron will design without making large changes than Fields would have been. He's not going to make a l...

On third downs the past two seasons, his touchdown-to-interception ratio was 16-to-0. His TD-to-INT ratio in the red zone during that span: 46-to-1. [/i] The quote really is impressive and tend to think it would be rare for any QB. Has any other College QB achieved anything near this level of succe...

Complete different positions…Strength matters much more for dlinemen then QBs It’s a joke And people did actual post photos of Fields shirtless thinking Abs is what makes QBs. Latu is never going to "look" the part (and is always gonna struggle in the run game when you come right at him) ...

It’s always a great day when I get to read the Picnic Basket…rumor is Mel Kiper waits to release his final mock until he gets his on the famous CBFans Picnic Basket. I like the picks, don’t love them. I like Latu but I have concerns with his core strength, gym commitment, and ability to get off the...

With the Bears or with Wash, Sweat has been between 64-70% of the snaps in all 5 of his years in the league. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SweaMo00.htm Looking at the O or D as a whole, instead of by position, is a fair argument. Although I would counterargue that the biggest pro...

You can honestly spin it so any of the big 3 positions are "luxury" as well as Bowers We have Kmet and dont "need" a TE. Even though it would give him time to develop and be a long term option for Caleb. There have been some very strong 2 tight end offenses in the NFL most notab...

This is why I've been focused on Fuaga, and to a lesser extent Fashanu. Wait aren't they the same guy. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I think after my public stupidity here over get them confused for the millionth time, I think I will finally be able to keep them strait. :D I have found using the School Name...

There's been some tug of war here about Braxton and it's interesting to see him atleast acknowledge that OT isnt off the table at pick 9. I think there is just so much value there that they can't rule it out. I do think that Jones has done a fine job, but he may never be top-tier. Alt or Fuaga prob...

Not sure if there is another place where we are tracking the 30 visits this year but directionally, it's not a bad way of predicting picks or even FA signings. According to one source, last year: Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stevenson, Tyler Scott and Gervon Dexter all made 30 visits to Poles and compan...

I'm pretty checked out until the draft, so apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but this comment from Flus recently was pretty interesting: “I like the numbers in terms of the talented players that can get to nine,” Poles said, via the team’s website. “We’re going to do some cool things whe...

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 ...

Here's even more: The Great Blue North had him at #99. Bleacher Report had him at #72. Finally, Pro Football Network had a consensus of over 70 boards the week before the draft. They had him at #79. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/2023-nfl-draft-industry-consensus-big-board/ And here's the link ...

Most of my draft ideas have been (as of late) trading down from #9 to get Latu - So fully on board there. (Ill ignore the Fields stuff) Definitely conservative on the trade down value Hate the Rice pick - I think his game is extremely limited - My best comp for him was ESB - I think if his last name...

The more I watch guys and see the board- the more trade down seems most likely to me Basically I think if MHJ or Nabers gets to #9 thats the pick- otherwise you trade down Liked the Verse tape more than I thought I was going to I think those 2 guys has them sprinting to turn in the pick. Turner mig...

The more I watch guys and see the board- the more trade down seems most likely to me

Basically I think if MHJ or Nabers gets to #9 thats the pick- otherwise you trade down

Liked the Verse tape more than I thought I was going to

DaK under the radar loves some drama

The most infuriating thing about deions shortlist is Washington is on it. Seriously WTF that is a garbage ass franchise. You're right. Here's the full list that Deion mentioned: Deion then listed the NFL cities where they will play — Atlanta, Washington, Dallas, Baltimore, and San Francisco. Didn't...

Obviously I was a “Fields believer” but credit to Poles, the way he has “De-Beared” this teams recruitment strategy has been very impressive. Salary cap - sorted Draft capital - sorted QB clock - reset Age of team - drastically reduced. Those had to be his main aims and he’s done a great job turnin...

He did but of course the situation was different. It was midseason and Sweat would have hit free agency at the end of the year. He'd also been working on an extension for Johnson for some time at that point and even thought he was closing in on a deal but it didn't materialise. He knew he wanted to...

But the bigger question is can TJ be extended? My belief is Poles has handled the extension of two of his best homegrown players so far so I have no reason to believe he can't get a deal done with Jenkins that suits both parties. But until it's done all we know is he's in the final year of his curr...

Guards still grow on trees - Alot of our problems over the years was the lack of Tackle play - Even Chris Williams had a half way decent run at Guard. And are new injuries better? Like that all of his body can be an issue? I'm not sold there. There is Guards next year on FA too - pretty much every ...

I read that too - the Fiske thing - very very much here for - Seems like a REACH that hes there