Draft Day 2 - Talent available for Bears

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Draft Day 2 - Talent available for Bears Apr 24, 2020 11:03:12 GMT -6 AlexM and billymurray like this

Post by mpbears68 on Apr 24, 2020 11:03:12 GMT -6

Still a lot of talent left on the board after round 1 (though I'm bummed that Isaiah Wilson went in the late-1st). OT and CB got picked over the most IMO but there's really good talent left on DL/edge, S, and WR. I think at least 1 of the Bears 1st 2 picks should be on offense, probably both, but at least 1. Ideally at least 1 trade-down today if opportunity presents.

I put together this simple table to list players still available at the start of round 2 whom I think should be in the running for the Bears. I did NOT include ILB or QB positions because I don't think the Bears should consider those for both reasons of talent available, positional value, and need for the 2020 roster. Basically put these prospects into 3 tiers: 2 stars, 1 star, and no stars.

I'm sure I missed a few....for discussion

RB	WR	TE	G/C	OT	S	CB	DL/OLB
Dobbins*	Mims**	Kmet*	Cushenberry**	J Jones**	McKinney**	Diggs*	AJ Epensa**
Swift*	Shenault**	Trautman	Hunt	Cleveland**	Delpit**	Johnson	Gross-Matos**
Taylor*	Pittman**	Hopkins		Prince Wanogho	Chinn*	Hall	Davidson*
	Higgins*				Davis*		Uche*
	Claypool*				Winfield*		Blacklock
	Hamler				Duuger		Gallimore

** Players very interested in, strong considerations if fall to #43

* Players interested in, perhaps @ #50

(None) Players only interested in in late 2nd/early 3rd on a trade-down

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Draft Day 2 - Talent available for Bears Apr 24, 2020 12:18:33 GMT -6 AlexM and riczaj01 like this

Post by JABF on Apr 24, 2020 12:18:33 GMT -6

The Athletic has a great read this morning where they have ranked the top-15 prospects for the Bears in round 2 (and even round 3 if they should decide to trade down). There are some fantastic talents going to be there for the Bears. I'm excited about tonight.

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Building a top 15: Who are the best available prospects for Bears in Round 2?

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WR Chase Claypool (as a TE prospect) is intriguing to me. His draft profile on NFL.com says: "Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker" and:

Physical specimen with size and length to overwhelm
Strong competitive nature
Big and forceful against handsy coverage
Build-up speed can overtake unsuspecting coverage
Presents a sizable target with an expansive catch radius
Works back to the ball on all three levels
Contested catch specialist outside the numbers
Uses size to create late catch space
Elevates beyond cornerback's reach at high point
Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker
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Here's the short blurb on him in The Athletic (link is in previous post):

Notre Dame WR/TE Chase Claypool
This is the Matt Nagy pick. At 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, a switch to Nagy’s “U” tight end could be in Claypool’s future. He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds, so he’s fast and a mismatch problem.

• Brugler: 64 (wide receiver: 12)
• Consensus: 67 (9)
• McGinn positional rank at tight end: 2

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Post by mpbears68 on Apr 24, 2020 13:00:36 GMT -6

Brett Kollman 1st round Mock and Analysis

If interested, this vid was really good. Kollman goes through his 1st round mock (prior to last night of course) with a breakdown of the prospects he mocked to various picks. He ended up accurately predicting about 26 of the 32 players taken in the 1st round.

Obviously, everyone's "Top 100 Big Board" is a bit different of course. Point is, he mocked players like Gross-Matur, Pittman, Jones, Davis, and Mims in the 1st round and all those guys fell out and may be available to us roday in round 2.

Starting at about the 60 minute mark.

IMHO, there's 3 players currently available that are easily 1st round talents who, if they managed to fall to #43, you do the proverbial "run to the podium" to select:

Josh Jones (OT)
Denzel Mims (WR)
Yetur Gross-Matos (EDGE)

[Having said that, I doubt ANY of them make it to 43.]

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Apr 24, 2020 12:32:22 GMT -6 JABF said:

WR Chase Claypool (as a TE prospect) is intriguing to me. His draft profile on NFL.com says: "Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker" and:

Physical specimen with size and length to overwhelm
Strong competitive nature
Big and forceful against handsy coverage
Build-up speed can overtake unsuspecting coverage
Presents a sizable target with an expansive catch radius
Works back to the ball on all three levels
Contested catch specialist outside the numbers
Uses size to create late catch space
Elevates beyond cornerback's reach at high point
Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker
Premium special teams cover talent

Here's the short blurb on him in The Athletic (link is in previous post):

Notre Dame WR/TE Chase Claypool
This is the Matt Nagy pick. At 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, a switch to Nagy’s “U” tight end could be in Claypool’s future. He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds, so he’s fast and a mismatch problem.

• Brugler: 64 (wide receiver: 12)
• Consensus: 67 (9)
• McGinn positional rank at tight end: 2

I like the idea of Claypool at tight end a lot. He would kind of do what I thought Cordarelle Patterson could have done last season at the position...be a match up nightmare. Claypool is a BIGGER Patterson. Patterson ran a 4.42 in the 40 as well, Claypool had a better vert and an identical broad jump. And Claypool did that weighing 20 pounds more than Patterson did at the combine.

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Draft Day 2 - Talent available for Bears Apr 24, 2020 15:12:46 GMT -6

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Apr 24, 2020 15:08:36 GMT -6 butkus3595 said:

Apr 24, 2020 12:32:22 GMT -6 JABF said:

WR Chase Claypool (as a TE prospect) is intriguing to me. His draft profile on NFL.com says: "Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker" and:

Physical specimen with size and length to overwhelm
Strong competitive nature
Big and forceful against handsy coverage
Build-up speed can overtake unsuspecting coverage
Presents a sizable target with an expansive catch radius
Works back to the ball on all three levels
Contested catch specialist outside the numbers
Uses size to create late catch space
Elevates beyond cornerback's reach at high point
Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker
Premium special teams cover talent

Here's the short blurb on him in The Athletic (link is in previous post):

Notre Dame WR/TE Chase Claypool
This is the Matt Nagy pick. At 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, a switch to Nagy’s “U” tight end could be in Claypool’s future. He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds, so he’s fast and a mismatch problem.

• Brugler: 64 (wide receiver: 12)
• Consensus: 67 (9)
• McGinn positional rank at tight end: 2

I like the idea of Claypool at tight end a lot. He would kind of do what I thought Cordarelle Patterson could have done last season at the position...be a match up nightmare. Claypool is a BIGGER Patterson. Patterson ran a 4.42 in the 40 as well, Claypool had a better vert and an identical broad jump. And Claypool did that weighing 20 pounds more than Patterson did at the combine.

I LOVE Claypool for us.

Rankings I've seen (obviously no two are identical) have him as a ~ late 2nd rounder. If true, could get him on trade-down from 50 which would be great.

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Apr 24, 2020 12:32:22 GMT -6 JABF said:

WR Chase Claypool (as a TE prospect) is intriguing to me. His draft profile on NFL.com says: "Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker" and:

Physical specimen with size and length to overwhelm
Strong competitive nature
Big and forceful against handsy coverage
Build-up speed can overtake unsuspecting coverage
Presents a sizable target with an expansive catch radius
Works back to the ball on all three levels
Contested catch specialist outside the numbers
Uses size to create late catch space
Elevates beyond cornerback's reach at high point
Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker
Premium special teams cover talent

Here's the short blurb on him in The Athletic (link is in previous post):

Notre Dame WR/TE Chase Claypool
This is the Matt Nagy pick. At 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, a switch to Nagy’s “U” tight end could be in Claypool’s future. He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds, so he’s fast and a mismatch problem.

• Brugler: 64 (wide receiver: 12)
• Consensus: 67 (9)
• McGinn positional rank at tight end: 2

I kinda feel like we may go for a Notre Dame target. Kmet or Claypool.. Claypool because hes versatile perhaps? And then the second one will be someone we dont see coming.. Bradlee Anae? So excited

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Apr 24, 2020 15:45:24 GMT -6 chicago66 said:

Apr 24, 2020 12:32:22 GMT -6 JABF said:

WR Chase Claypool (as a TE prospect) is intriguing to me. His draft profile on NFL.com says: "Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker" and:

Physical specimen with size and length to overwhelm
Strong competitive nature
Big and forceful against handsy coverage
Build-up speed can overtake unsuspecting coverage
Presents a sizable target with an expansive catch radius
Works back to the ball on all three levels
Contested catch specialist outside the numbers
Uses size to create late catch space
Elevates beyond cornerback's reach at high point
Pancake maker with nasty demeanor as run blocker
Premium special teams cover talent

Here's the short blurb on him in The Athletic (link is in previous post):

Notre Dame WR/TE Chase Claypool
This is the Matt Nagy pick. At 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, a switch to Nagy’s “U” tight end could be in Claypool’s future. He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds, so he’s fast and a mismatch problem.

• Brugler: 64 (wide receiver: 12)
• Consensus: 67 (9)
• McGinn positional rank at tight end: 2

I kinda feel like we may go for a Notre Dame target. Kmet or Claypool.. Claypool because hes versatile perhaps? And then the second one will be someone we dont see coming.. Bradlee Anae? So excited

I would really hate atm us going for a TE with our 1st pick. Pace cant pick a solid TE if his life depended on it. And it kind of does.

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Apr 24, 2020 15:49:16 GMT -6 AlexM said:

Apr 24, 2020 15:45:24 GMT -6 chicago66 said:

I kinda feel like we may go for a Notre Dame target. Kmet or Claypool.. Claypool because hes versatile perhaps? And then the second one will be someone we dont see coming.. Bradlee Anae? So excited

I would really hate atm us going for a TE with our 1st pick. Pace cant pick a solid TE if his life depended on it. And it kind of does.

That's why I'm thinking he goes Claypool. Out of the box, like he likes. I'll give him a chance at TE if he drafts one I've actually heard of from a school I dont have to google. He certainly seems to hit on Defensive players more than offense. I figure whatever/whoever I think we might get is wrong so we'll probably not draft a TE.

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