Pace More Transparent Prior To Draft Than Some Think........
May 21, 2018 11:57:55 GMT -6
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Chicago Bears: Ryan Pace is more transparent predraft than some think
Ryan Pace may not throw out as much smoke as some Chicago Bears fans think
One theme that I noticed throughout the draft season was how skeptical some Chicago Bears fans were when reports of interest and team visits came up. “Well, must mean they do not like this player,” “Smokescreen”. It seems as though Chicago Bears fans are programmed to think that Ryan Pace is on another level of thinking even to the rest of the league.
This came about with some no-name mid-round picks with little connections to the team in the early tenure. On top of that, many did not see the Mitchell Trubisky selection coming. Even as the selection came in, NFL Network and ESPN speculated that Solomon Thomas could be the pick. However, we will get to that later.
2015
Kevin White
2016
Leonard Floyd
Cody Whitehair
Roy Robertson-Harris
The Chicago Bears had interest in each of their first two picks of the 2016 season. So far they have been pretty transparent. Roy Robertson-Harris was a pre-draft visit that turned into a UDFA signing.
2017
Mitchell Trubisky
Cameron Lee
A lot of people tied Thomas to the Bears, even when they traded up. However, of the quarterbacks, most beat writers saw the team favoring DeShaun Watson. That is why many are so untrusting of Pace.
Greg Gabriel @greggabe
27 Feb
Chicago held a private workout with Trubisky last year and everyone involved was sworn to secrecy. Word never leaked out and there were plenty involved. The way it should be!
Josh Norris
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@joshnorris
Trubisky told the Dan Patrick Show the Bears put him through a private workout during an interview on April 17: www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000800446/article/bears-work-out-trubisky-reportedly-visit-with-mahomes …
10:23 AM - Feb 27, 2018
James Daniels
Anthony Miller
Ryan Nall
Ryan Winslow
This leads up to this past draft. The Chicago Bears spent time with Roquan Smith, James Daniels and Anthony Miller. They spent time with plenty of interior lineman and wide receivers in the round two range. This gives you the idea that the team had been eyeing up that trade scenario for a while.
On top of that, one of the favorite UDFA options to make the team was a player the Chicago Bears had pre-draft interest in. They also signed a punter after speaking with him privately.
The fact of the matter is that the Chicago Bears talk to so many players to get information on all of these names that it is tough to connect the dots. However, it does not mean the dots are not there. Following the storylines and the interest pre-draft is a good way to understand who the team may be favoring.
Ryan Pace is a young GM, but if he develops in Chicago for a while, there are also may be tendencies that can be picked up in his drafting as to the style of players he likes.
For now, we are still sorting out the narrative and the truth of what Pace favors. As for predraft interest, it is not nearly as much smoke as you think.
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Ryan Pace may not throw out as much smoke as some Chicago Bears fans think
One theme that I noticed throughout the draft season was how skeptical some Chicago Bears fans were when reports of interest and team visits came up. “Well, must mean they do not like this player,” “Smokescreen”. It seems as though Chicago Bears fans are programmed to think that Ryan Pace is on another level of thinking even to the rest of the league.
This came about with some no-name mid-round picks with little connections to the team in the early tenure. On top of that, many did not see the Mitchell Trubisky selection coming. Even as the selection came in, NFL Network and ESPN speculated that Solomon Thomas could be the pick. However, we will get to that later.
The fact of the matter is that like everyone else, Pace uses these interviews and visits as a guide and when he does show interest he does have interest.
Kevin White
The team had pre-draft interest in White. However, it is worth noting that they spent most of the rest of their time meeting with edge rushers and secondary players without drafting any edge rushers. They did draft Adrian Amos but did not show pre-draft interest in him.
Leonard Floyd
Cody Whitehair
Roy Robertson-Harris
The Chicago Bears had interest in each of their first two picks of the 2016 season. So far they have been pretty transparent. Roy Robertson-Harris was a pre-draft visit that turned into a UDFA signing.
Now, Robertson-Harris is making plays on the team. Good thing they had that pre-draft interest.
Mitchell Trubisky
Cameron Lee
A lot of people tied Thomas to the Bears, even when they traded up. However, of the quarterbacks, most beat writers saw the team favoring DeShaun Watson. That is why many are so untrusting of Pace.
The fact of the matter is that the team had a private workout with Trubisky. Trubisky told people the Bears were interested in him. We just didn’t listen.
Greg Gabriel @greggabe
27 Feb
Chicago held a private workout with Trubisky last year and everyone involved was sworn to secrecy. Word never leaked out and there were plenty involved. The way it should be!
Josh Norris
✔
@joshnorris
Trubisky told the Dan Patrick Show the Bears put him through a private workout during an interview on April 17: www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000800446/article/bears-work-out-trubisky-reportedly-visit-with-mahomes …
10:23 AM - Feb 27, 2018
Bears work out Trubisky, reportedly visit with Mahomes
The Chicago Bears hosted QB Patrick Mahomes for a pre-draft visit over the weekend, according to a report, and have also worked out QB Mitchell Trubisky.
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The Chicago Bears hosted QB Patrick Mahomes for a pre-draft visit over the weekend, according to a report, and have also worked out QB Mitchell Trubisky.
nfl.com
47
See Josh Norris's other Tweets
2018
Roquan SmithJames Daniels
Anthony Miller
Ryan Nall
Ryan Winslow
This leads up to this past draft. The Chicago Bears spent time with Roquan Smith, James Daniels and Anthony Miller. They spent time with plenty of interior lineman and wide receivers in the round two range. This gives you the idea that the team had been eyeing up that trade scenario for a while.
On top of that, one of the favorite UDFA options to make the team was a player the Chicago Bears had pre-draft interest in. They also signed a punter after speaking with him privately.
The fact of the matter is that the Chicago Bears talk to so many players to get information on all of these names that it is tough to connect the dots. However, it does not mean the dots are not there. Following the storylines and the interest pre-draft is a good way to understand who the team may be favoring.
Ryan Pace is a young GM, but if he develops in Chicago for a while, there are also may be tendencies that can be picked up in his drafting as to the style of players he likes.
For now, we are still sorting out the narrative and the truth of what Pace favors. As for predraft interest, it is not nearly as much smoke as you think.
