The Bernstein Brief: Bears’ 1st-Round Drafting Is Ugly

Thus my previous post in which I postulated that they would be better throwing darts .

Pace has only had 2 years. Not saying he's our savior, but Bernstein should run his briefs through the laundry occasionally.

White can't stay healthy and even when healthy is so far from being what he was touted to be right now I see another Cordarrelle Patterson rather than a Julio Jones, an AJ Green, or an Odell Beckham.  So that's one strike.

Floyd hasn't been in football shape since he arrived so I have no idea what's up with that.  Fangio and Pace can't even seem to agree on how heavy the kid should be and if he's anywhere near the 244lbs he's listed at I'd be thinking it's only when he had rocks in his pocket at a weigh in.  So far he's just Shea v2.0.  The little pass rusher who could not.  So that's 1 1/2 to 2 strikes.

These failures are bad enough but when both were as over drafted and over promoted as they have been then you have a real trust issue going on with the fans and the media.  As badly as they seem to have missed on these two why would anyone want Pace and his staff drafting a QB where the risks are even higher of getting a failure?

Pass rushers and pass catchers are usually pretty safe bets high in a draft compared to OT, QBs and DBs.  We took one of each and both look like busts in the short run.  I mean we have UDFAs who are outplaying these guys and that's not good for longevity as far as a GM and his scouts go.  Not unless Pace has not been the guiding hand in round one of these drafts and that we don't really know.

As it stands it's not breaking my heart both are out.  We have better WRs on the bench now and not only has Floyd proven he can't rush well.  He can't seem to cover much better.  Just once I'd like to see one of these SEC "tweener" types ever turn into a half way decent pro but they never do.  They play well in college where their speed and lack of size doesn't hurt them but once you put them up against guys who know how to handle the speed and are 70-100lbs bigger they're toast.  Floyd is never gonna cut it playing at under 250-255lbs period.

All good points in your post.  Regarding this particular point (drafting a QB) that is also a good point.  It's probably a bit too early, for me anyway, to make up my mind about Pace and his drafting.  At least not a final judgment.  He's had 2 drafts.  It's still the first half of Pace's second season here.  I also figure that even the best GMs are going to miss on some players.  For me anyway, it comes down to the overall quality of their drafting over time.  It feels early to me, in regards to Pace's tenure here.

Regarding drafting a QB, I realize there probably isn't a perfect answer that is risk free.  There are different ways they can go with, regarding a plan for the post-Cutler era.  There is some risk to all of those ways.  Drafting a QB is certainly risky, but I'd like to see them take that risk.  At least try.  Us fans will probably crucify them if they whiff on a QB in the draft.  But still, I want to see them at least try.

All of us understand the history of failure with this franchise drafting a good QB.  But the past doesn't necessarily have to define our future.  I really (personally) don't care to even think about the past failures.  It's done.  I can't change it.  I do hope for a better future.  We'll see if Pace can be a reasonably decent GM who can get us a good player to eventually replace Cutler.  

What I don't want to see happen, is a similar scenario to how the Bears handled the post-Urlacher transition.  I thought they could have handled that much better.  

I like being pro-active.  I don't like waiting until a crisis hits us unprepared.  What is the exit plan here regarding Cutler leaving?  They surely have one.  I've gotta believe they do.  It will eventually be revealed to the fans.  Should be interesting.