Despite free-agent signings of cornerbacks Prince Amukamara, Marcus Cooper, and B.W. Webb this offseason, the Bears still find themselves without an above-average, or grade 80-plus, cornerback.
In 2016, Ohio State’s Marshon Lattimore allowed an NFL passer rating of 30.2 on balls thrown his way. The class-average passer rating allowed for cornerbacks is an 82.
An epitome of consistency, there was only one game where Lattimore received a below-average grade (Week 13 vs. Michigan). In this “bad” game, he still only allowed 27 yards on 6 targets.
Lattimore is also a very efficient tackler. He recorded 37 tackles with 10 stops last season and, more notably, had zero missed tackles.
At #3? No If Pace trades down he's probably in the group who might be considered provided he can play this year at some point but IMHO we need to step away from one year wonder types like White and Lattimore and concentrate on players who've established themselves a little more. His upside is enticing but then so was Kevin White's when we drafted him. If we're gonna draft a guy who has an injury concern and it's not gonna inhibit his play now I'd rather he took Allen.
I agree I dont like Lattimore @ 3. Around 10-ish if trade down would be fine. If we are going with a DB @ 3 I want Adams. If Adams is gone, gimme Malik Hooker and if we trade down and both of them are gone and we want a CB, then Lattimore.
At #3? No If Pace trades down he's probably in the group who might be considered provided he can play this year at some point but IMHO we need to step away from one year wonder types like White and Lattimore and concentrate on players who've established themselves a little more. His upside is enticing but then so was Kevin White's when we drafted him. If we're gonna draft a guy who has an injury concern and it's not gonna inhibit his play now I'd rather he took Allen.
I agree. I did like the White pick, but in retrospect, he was as much for potential as he was for proven production. I hope that Pace has rethought that aspect of his drafting.
I'm curious to know how different posters define one year wonders. Anyone care to give a definition and an example? I think there might be some confusion about how we as a group are using the term.
I believe in the concept of one year wonders but I also think we tend to confuse it with one year starters. Unless that is the consensus use of the term.
Does one year wonder = one year starter (as a junior or senior for example)
At #3? No If Pace trades down he's probably in the group who might be considered provided he can play this year at some point but IMHO we need to step away from one year wonder types like White and Lattimore and concentrate on players who've established themselves a little more. His upside is enticing but then so was Kevin White's when we drafted him. If we're gonna draft a guy who has an injury concern and it's not gonna inhibit his play now I'd rather he took Allen.
I agree. I did like the White pick, but in retrospect, he was as much for potential as he was for proven production. I hope that Pace has rethought that aspect of his drafting.
We've been getting scooped on draft picks for years going all the way back to the JA era when Denver jumped us for Ryan Clady/LT and we took CWill. With White it was Oakland who got the more NFL ready WR in Cooper and we were left with Mr. Upside whose beginning to remind me of a thoroughbred race horse with a bum leg. If White doesn't emerge this year he'll be next years Ken L-ration too.
I'm curious to know how different posters define one year wonders. Anyone care to give a definition and an example? I think there might be some confusion about how we as a group are using the term.
I believe in the concept of one year wonders but I also think we tend to confuse it with one year starters. Unless that is the consensus use of the term.
Does one year wonder = one year starter (as a junior or senior for example)
That's how I define it BB. To me it's a guy with only one year of super productive college ball who looks to capitalize on that by entering the draft as an underclassman or a senior lacking in a longer productive college career.
I realize that with the sheer number of underclassmen entering the draft we're gonna have more of those types but that doesn't mean we have to continue to risk our highest picks on them. As QBs go in this draft Trubisky would be the single best example of a one year wonder. Lattimore is another example at CB plus he comes with an injury issue. No matter how you slice it guys like that are risky picks based on their athleticism or upside.
IMHO we need to be drafting more players like Whitehair and Goldman who were second day picks but who became day one starters. As usual our less glamorous picks are becoming some of our best ones.
The closer we get to the draft the more likely I think it is we take a DE with our first pick. This draft is thin on 3-4 DE talent so you either take 1 in the first (Allen, Thomas or McDowell) or you try to pick up Wormley at the top of the 2nd - which would be quite the reach.
The more I look at this draft the more I see Allen or Thomas being that #1 pick even though I'd rather them take Watson or Adams.
We need a DE and due to the drafts lack of depth at the position, I think that's where we go.
We can get an excellent CB / S in the second or 3rd. Don't see it with DE.
The closer we get to the draft the more likely I think it is we take a DE with our first pick. This draft is thin on 3-4 DE talent so you either take 1 in the first (Allen, Thomas or McDowell) or you try to pick up Wormley at the top of the 2nd - which would be quite the reach.
The more I look at this draft the more I see Allen or Thomas being that #1 pick even though I'd rather them take Watson or Adams.
We need a DE and due to the drafts lack of depth at the position, I think that's where we go.
We can get an excellent CB / S in the second or 3rd. Don't see it with DE.
This is exactly where I have been getting to as well.