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Hi folks, it's that time again for your chance to win $50 to the official Chicago Bears online gift shop! The 2024 Bears Fans Online Draft Contest is here, and, for this year at least, it's going to be a little different.

Courtesy of @HisRoyalSweetness, whose idea I am wholesale employing here, the objective this time around isn't to assemble a perfect first round prediction, but to accurately guess the Bears first four draft picks.

For each entry, provide 3 players for each selection (you don't need to specify the pick or the round, just the players). The points will increase in each subsequent pick, as those are more difficult to predict.

First pick:
Choice 1: 7 pts
Choice 2: 4 pts
Choice 3: 1 pt

Second pick:
Choice 1: 8 pts
Choice 2: 5 pts
Choice 3: 2 pts

Third pick:
Choice 1: 9 pts
Choice 2: 6 pts
Choice 3: 3 pts

Fourth pick:
Choice 1: 10 pts
Choice 2: 7 pts
Choice 3: 4 pts

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Here's an example using last year's draft as a reference:

First pick

Choice 1: Player A
Choice 2: Kyler Gordon (4 points)
Choice 3: Tyquan Thornton

Second pick

Choice 1: Jaquan Brisker (8 points)
Choice 2: Cam Jurgens
Choice 3: Trey McBride

Third pick

Choice 1: Desmond Ridder
Choice 2: Alex Wright
Choice 3: Velus Jones Jr (3 points)

Fourth pick

Choice 1: Sam Womack
Choice 2: DaRon Bland
Choice 3: Kyle Phillips

(0 points from the last pick)

TOTAL: 15 points

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Tiebreakers: Whoever scores more accurately in the 3rd and 4th pick slots will serve as the initial tiebreaker. If there is a perfect two way tie, the $50 Chicago Bears online store gift card will be split. If there is a logjam tie among multiple members, chaos will reign and I will come up with something, perhaps a parking lot knife fight.

Please let me know if you have conflicts or questions, and best of luck to all.
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I'm aware that this is a total crapshoot for the last picks of the Bears, so if anyone would prefer to do this the old way, where we lay out the entire first round and guess trades/etc, we can do that too.
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First Pick:
1. Caleb Williams
2. MHJ
3. JJ McCarthy

Second Pick:
1. Rome Odunze
2. Byron Murphy
3. Jared Verse

Third Pick:
1. Roman Wilson
2. Xavier Legette
3. Chop Robinson

Fourth Pick
1.T'Vondre Sweat
2. Beaux Limmer
3. Sedrick Van Pran
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Blimey, you're keen @Magilla_Gorilla! Only 10 minutes after UOK started things rolling and you're in there like a shot.
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HisRoyalSweetness wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:47 pm Blimey, you're keen @Magilla_Gorilla! Only 10 minutes after UOK started things rolling and you're in there like a shot.
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I’m surprised all picks weren’t Caleb Williams
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UOK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:59 am Courtesy of HisRoyalSweetness, whose idea I am wholesale employing here, the objective this time around isn't to assemble a perfect first round prediction, but to accurately guess the Bears first four draft picks.
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First Pick:
1. Caleb Williams
2. MHJ
3. Joe Alt

Second Pick:
1. Byron Murphy
2. Dallas Turner
3. Jared Verse

Third Pick:
1. Braden Fiske
2. Zach Frazier
3. Brenden Rice

Fourth Pick
1. Malachi Corley
2. Malik Washington
3. Brenden Rice
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First pick:
Choice 1: Caleb Williams, QB - USC
Choice 2: Marvin Harrison Jr, WR - Ohio State
Choice 3: Drake Maye, QB - North Carolina

Second pick:
Choice 1: Rome Odunze, WR - Washington
Choice 2: Olu Fashanu, OT - Penn State
Choice 3: Chop Robinson, EDGE - Penn State

Third pick:
Choice 1: Cole Bishop, S - Utah
Choice 2: Ricky Pearsall, WR - Florida
Choice 3: Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, OC - Georgia

Fourth pick:
Choice 1: Javon Bullard, S - Georgia
Choice 2: Brandon Dorlus, EDGE - Oregon
Choice 3: Ricky Pearsall, WR - Florida
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I reserve the right to change this after the second wave of FA...

First pick:
Choice 1: Caleb Williams
Choice 2: Caleb Williams
Choice 3: Caleb Williams

Second pick:
Choice 1: Jared Verse
Choice 2: Malik Nabers
Choice 3: Troy Fautanu

Third pick:
Choice 1: Brennan Jackson
Choice 2: Cade Stover
Choice 3: Brenden Rice

Fourth pick:
Choice 1: Luke McCaffery
Choice 2: Gabe Hall
Choice 3: Brandon Coleman
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What the hell. I'm bored and just in case I forget.


First pick:
Choice 1: Caleb Williams
Choice 2: Drake Maye
Choice 3: No, seriously, It's going to be Caleb Williams

Second pick:
Choice 1: Laiatu Latu
Choice 2: Jared Verse
Choice 3: Dallas Turner

Third pick:
Choice 1: Ricky Pearsall
Choice 2: Roman Wilson
Choice 3: Tez Walker

Fourth pick:
Choice 1: Tanor Bortollini
Choice 2: Jalen McMillan
Choice 3: Beaux Limmer
Last edited by Moriarty on Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:59 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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1)Caleb Williams, QB. USC
2)Drake Maye, QB. UNC
3)Marvin Harrison Jr. , WR. OSU

1)Dallas Turner, DE. Georgia
2)Jared Verse, DE. Florida
3)Brock Bowers, TE. Georgia

1)Roman Wilson, WR. Michigan
2)Bucky Irving, RB. Oregon
3)Devontez Walker, WR. UNC

1)Brandon Coleman, G. TCU
2)Brendan Rice, WR. USC
3)Cade Stover, TE. OSU
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Lots of guys jumping in so early, draft fever is raging.
Where are my old Chicago Bears and what have you done with them, Ryan Poles?
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Grizzled wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:58 pm Lots of guys jumping in so early, draft fever is raging.
Kind of fucked up even attempting to enter this before my sauerkraut barrel drops
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First pick:
Choice 1: Caleb Williams
Choice 2: JJ McCarthy
Choice 3: Drake Maye, I guess. But I see no way it's not Caleb or JJ.

Second pick:
Choice 1: Rome Odunze
Choice 2: Jared Verse
Choice 3: Marshawn Kneeland

Third pick:
Choice 1: Brennan Jackson
Choice 2: Jalen McMillan
Choice 3: Zach Frazier

Fourth pick:
Choice 1: Tanor Bortolini
Choice 2: Mason McCormick
Choice 3: Tez Walker
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Rusty Trombagent wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:09 pm
Grizzled wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:58 pm Lots of guys jumping in so early, draft fever is raging.
Kind of fucked up even attempting to enter this before my sauerkraut barrel drops
We're eagerly awaiting it.
Where are my old Chicago Bears and what have you done with them, Ryan Poles?
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Grizzled wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:10 pm
Rusty Trombagent wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:09 pm

Kind of fucked up even attempting to enter this before my sauerkraut barrel drops
We're eagerly awaiting it.
Sorry, I've been flying all over the world, attending pro days, meeting with agents, crunching an ungodly amount of tape, pouring over 23andme results...

I'm gonna sleep for a week when this is done.
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The way things are going, what if we don't have four picks? lol
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Yogi da Bear wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:16 pm The way things are going, what if we don't have four picks? lol
Well right now that's exactly how many they have haha.
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I'd be highly surprised if Poles doesn't move around and end up with at least 6-7 picks, even if several come in later rounds.
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LacertineForest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:57 am I'd be highly surprised if Poles doesn't move around and end up with at least 6-7 picks, even if several come in later rounds.
Interesting.

As I'm totally in the opposite camp. I think Poles is good. He's happy.
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:49 pm
LacertineForest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:57 am I'd be highly surprised if Poles doesn't move around and end up with at least 6-7 picks, even if several come in later rounds.
Interesting.

As I'm totally in the opposite camp. I think Poles is good. He's happy.
He could be. I suppose it depends entirely on who's available at each selection, but he's ended each of the first two drafts with more than 10 picks.
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LacertineForest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:02 pm He could be. I suppose it depends entirely on who's available at each selection, but he's ended each of the first two drafts with more than 10 picks.
It's a new phase--we'll know what Poles wants when he pulls it off.

I HONESTLY think he's good, though. QB, DE, WR. And, who can really argue against that?
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Heinz D. wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:11 pm
LacertineForest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:02 pm He could be. I suppose it depends entirely on who's available at each selection, but he's ended each of the first two drafts with more than 10 picks.
It's a new phase--we'll know what Poles wants when he pulls it off.

I HONESTLY think he's good, though. QB, DE, WR. And, who can really argue against that?
I would not, although I will be surprised if he picks who people are projecting he does (aside from CW). I agree with your sentiment that we'll know when Poles does it.
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Note: Past results are not an indicator of future success (as seen by last year's contest)

First pick:
Choice 1: Caleb Williams
Choice 2: Jayden Daniels
Choice 3: Joe Alt

Second pick:
Choice 1: Rome Odunze
Choice 2: Byron Murphy
Choice 3: Jared Verse

Third pick:
Choice 1: Austin Booker
Choice 2: Braden Fiske
Choice 3: Kiran Amegadjie

Fourth pick:
Choice 1: Brendon Rice
Choice 2: Cole Bishop
Choice 3: Jalxy Hunt
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1st pick
Choice 1. Caleb Williams
Choice 2. Maye NC
Choice 3. Daniels LSU

2nd pick
Choice 1 Turner
Choice 2 Verse
Choice 3 Fuaga

3rd pick
Choice 1 VAn Pran Granger C
Choice 2 Xavier Leggette
Choice 3 Zach Frazier

4th pick
Choice 1 Mohammed Kamara Edge
Choice 2 Jermaine Burton WR
Choice 3 Mekhi Wingo just like his name
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First pick:

1. Caleb Williams -QB USC
2. Drake Maye - QB - NC
3. MHJ - WR OSU

Second Pick:

1. Rome Odunze - WR Washington
2. Jerad Verse - Edge FSU
3. Olu Fashanu - OT Penn St.

Third Pick:

1. Zach Frazier - C West Virginia
2. Maason Smith - DT LSU
3. Ricky Pearsal - WR Florida

Fourth Pick

1. Brenden Rice WR USC
2. Adisa Isaac - DE Penn St.
3. Beauxx Limmer - C Ark.
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First Pick:
1. Caleb Williams
2. Drake Maye
3. JJ McCarthy

Second Pick:
1. Jared Verse
2. Byron Murphy II
3. Rome Odunze

Third Pick:
1.Beaux Limmer
2. Christian Haynes
3. Ruke Orhorhoro

Fourth Pick
1. Cole Bishop
2. Theo Johnson
3. Mohammed Kamara
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First pick:
Choice 1: Caleb Williams
Choice 2: Drake Maye
Choice 3: JJ McCarthy at which point I will leave the board and become a Steelers fan

Second pick:
Choice 1: Jared Verse
Choice 2: Rome Odunze
Choice 3: Malik Nabers

Third pick:
Choice 1: Derick Hall
Choice 2: Kamren Kinchens
Choice 3: Malachi Corley

Fourth pick:
Choice 1: Mason McCormick
Choice 2: Brenden Rice
Choice 3: Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
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crueltyabc wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:05 pm Choice 3: JJ McCarthy at which point I will leave the board and become a Steelers fan
Don't think he'll end up being a good pro, or do you just hate the Wolverines?
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