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UOK wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:22 pm
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What do you guys think about what the Texans did? Kinda dumb, or a decisive change of direction for that franchise? Or...is it somewhere inbetween?
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:37 pm What do you guys think about what the Texans did? Kinda dumb, or a decisive change of direction for that franchise? Or...is it somewhere inbetween?
I guess it's fine, but they have a lot of needs. Considering where they are as a team, I probably would have kept the picks and filled some holes. That said, if Stroud and Anderson are the goods, then it was worth it. I have my doubts.
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:37 pm What do you guys think about what the Texans did? Kinda dumb, or a decisive change of direction for that franchise? Or...is it somewhere inbetween?
2) fine
3) really bad
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:37 pm What do you guys think about what the Texans did? Kinda dumb, or a decisive change of direction for that franchise? Or...is it somewhere inbetween?
Stupid.

They gave their first next year too which should be a top 5 pick.
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I kinda look at the Texans as trading up for Stroud, even tho they technically dealt up for Anderson.

Still a bold decision, one I probably wouldn't have made.
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LacertineForest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:07 pm I guess it's fine, but they have a lot of needs. Considering where they are as a team, I probably would have kept the picks and filled some holes. That said, if Stroud and Anderson are the goods, then it was worth it. I have my doubts.
It's a freakin ' weird deal. Don't think I would have done that...but I can see the new regime throwing up their hands and exclaiming, "Why not?"
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This second round is going ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLY for the Bears, isn't it? I guess that the Lions are continuing to be stupid, so that's good, but wow...nothing is falling our way.

Now y'all know why I wanted Van Ness at #9...
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Ohmygawd...what a shitshow. It just keeps getting worse.

Hopefully Poles is up for this task. As the climb just keeps getting steeper...
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:37 pm What do you guys think about what the Texans did? Kinda dumb, or a decisive change of direction for that franchise? Or...is it somewhere inbetween?
Ridiculous overpay IMSO. They just love losing trades with Arizona, I guess.
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:08 pm
LacertineForest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:07 pm I guess it's fine, but they have a lot of needs. Considering where they are as a team, I probably would have kept the picks and filled some holes. That said, if Stroud and Anderson are the goods, then it was worth it. I have my doubts.
It's a freakin ' weird deal. Don't think I would have done that...but I can see the new regime throwing up their hands and exclaiming, "Why not?"
It's not a new regime, though; Nick Caserio has been there for a few years now.
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Moriarty wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:25 pm aa and benton still in play
...and then there was one.
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Schmitz is still on the board! I was wrong!!! Go for it, Poles!!!
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So...a tacit admission that Gordon was a wasted draft pick. Poles' first pick last year is a bust.

Great!
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:57 pm So...a tacit admission that Gordon was a wasted draft pick. Poles' first pick last year is a bust.

Great!
How? This is Johnson's replacement, on the roster if not in terms of his effectiveness. Not Gordon's.
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Getting Vildor to the bench was a top priority.
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karhu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:00 pm
Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:57 pm So...a tacit admission that Gordon was a wasted draft pick. Poles' first pick last year is a bust.

Great!
How? This is Johnson's replacement, on the roster if not in terms of his effectiveness. Not Gordon's.
Might be EJax replacement. ….Or you can never have too many CB.
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BearsFanInMN wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:08 pm
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How? This is Johnson's replacement, on the roster if not in terms of his effectiveness. Not Gordon's.
Might be EJax replacement. ….Or you can never have too many CB.
True; I might like Stevenson a lot more if we called him a safety.
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AZ_Bearfan wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:04 pm Getting Vildor to the bench was a top priority.
Over a pass rusher?

Seriously?
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Oh!

Another DT! When we signed two in free agency, and have already drafted one! Perfect!
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Did...did the Raiders just draft the wrong Byron Young?
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karhu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:46 pm Did...did the Raiders just draft the wrong Byron Young?
I don't think so. Lots of DTs off the board, so they needed to take one.

And they took...one.
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thunderspirit wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:49 pm
karhu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:46 pm Did...did the Raiders just draft the wrong Byron Young?
I don't think so. Lots of DTs off the board, so they needed to take one.

And they took...one.
Well, I'm not sure that they *needed* to take one there. And I'm definitely not sure that Young was the last of his tier. Or that he was the best SEC DT remaining named Young.
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Well, the other Young is a pure edge, not a DT.

But I don't disagree that there were other (and, in my opinion, better) options besides the 'bama Young.
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Zacch Pickens? I’m just not going to understand that pick with AA on the board.

That’s a weird pick by Poles
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Ditka’s dictaphone wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:25 pm Zacch Pickens? I’m just not going to understand that pick with AA on the board.

That’s a weird pick by Poles
No idea what's up with Adebawore, but it's NFL-wide, not just the Bears.
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thunderspirit wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:28 pm
Ditka’s dictaphone wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:25 pm Zacch Pickens? I’m just not going to understand that pick with AA on the board.

That’s a weird pick by Poles
No idea what's up with Adebawore, but it's NFL-wide, not just the Bears.
True but no-one has a Defensive Line like the Bears :lol:

Pickens is a very one dimensional player, he’s round 4-5 at best, not a pick 64 :frustrated:
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