Post by mpbears68 on Apr 9, 2020 8:13:58 GMT -6
Not really interested in ANY of those prospects.
We have drafted interior OL in the 2nd round twice lately, have a former 1st rounder (who's only 26) in the mix, and have a guy in Bars who was widely considered a 3rd-4th round talent if not for his ACL tear. We are also completely set at C where both those guys played their college ball. A late round round G/C is fine but we need a better impact pick at 43.
Same thing can be said for the CB they mocked. Again, we already have 3 guys competing for the job opposite Fuller.
We definitely don't need to spend a high-2nd round pick on a SS, much less a small-school SS. You can get a solid box safety for this defense (we have a really stout front-7) on day 3 and there's still several good FA options out there for a reasonable price. Again, low impact pick and low impact position for a #43 pick.
The WR is the only one I'd seriously consider. If those 5 players were my choices, I'd be working the phones hard to trade down.
We have drafted interior OL in the 2nd round twice lately, have a former 1st rounder (who's only 26) in the mix, and have a guy in Bars who was widely considered a 3rd-4th round talent if not for his ACL tear. We are also completely set at C where both those guys played their college ball. A late round round G/C is fine but we need a better impact pick at 43.
Same thing can be said for the CB they mocked. Again, we already have 3 guys competing for the job opposite Fuller.
We definitely don't need to spend a high-2nd round pick on a SS, much less a small-school SS. You can get a solid box safety for this defense (we have a really stout front-7) on day 3 and there's still several good FA options out there for a reasonable price. Again, low impact pick and low impact position for a #43 pick.
The WR is the only one I'd seriously consider. If those 5 players were my choices, I'd be working the phones hard to trade down.
So far we’ve got Robinson (elite), Miller (above average when healthy), Patterson (not spectacular but decent), Wims and Ridley (both still unproven). Not to mention Cohen who can catch as well.
Erik DeCosta believes that there are enough quality WRs available that they could get a guy to come in and make an immediate impact in the 5th round.
Personally, I’d rather fix the OL because if the pass pro sucks, it doesn’t matter how many great speedy receivers we have. DL or LB could be useful as well because I just don’t trust our backups.
My 2nd choice would be Edge/OLB/DE if there's someone available who falls. Again...high impact position, we could use some depth, etc.
My 3rd choice would probably be WR and only because this years class is so strong that a 1st round talent should be available at 43. Like yourself, I'm generally skeptical of taking WRs too high as I feel the impact is lower (with a few rare exceptions of course). The Bears certainly need a speed element now that Gabriel is gone. Robinson isn't fast, Miller is very inconsistent, Patterson sucks as a WR, and the other 2 haven't done much yet. I do agree with you that I think you can find that deep threat type of guy later in the draft but was merely commenting on the 5 choices the article presented.
I'm not really a big fan of using yet another 2nd round pick on an interior OL. I went thru the reasons why.
There's no TE that excites me enough to spend a #43 on, that's too high for our need at SS or ILB#3, and CB is already crowded, although I wouldn't hate it.
Basically it comes down to OT or pass rusher, which are the 2 highest impact positions on the field IMO after QB. In neither spot do we have a guy who can be a #3 and fill in if there's an injury.
I also hope Pace is able trade down at least once in the 2nd (perhaps with the #50 pick) and get back that 4th rounder we traded for Foles. 4tth would be a good place to look for a speed threat WR.