Who are your favorite 5 young players on this team now?

Considering both of your posts Hawk here's my point of view.  For me to analyze Paces drafts I have to step back and look at the big picture AND Fox's possible input.

Fox and Fangio needed a 3-4 OLB pass rusher and the offense needed true Slot WR to run the offense they wanted.  To accommodate that Pace needs cap so Marshall became the trade off for McPhee and Royal and with the 7th pick he'll have two probable picks at WR.  To me there was never any doubt that Cooper was the better choice for us as replacement for Marshall and I think many had Oakland pegged to take KW due to his size and speed as a downfield threat.  Ooops, that's the old Oakland.  They got smart and took the more NFL ready after all and left us with Mr. Upside.

So the initial plan may have been sound but the picks didn't favor us and the other alternative, which was to take a 5 tech DE instead, came off the board one pick before us.  I wasn't in the "war room" but I'd bet a buck both Cooper and Leo Williams were both ranked higher than KW on the Bears board.  It wasn't so much bad drafting as it was a combination of bad luck and counting our chickens to soon by trading Marshall before we had his replacement.  IMHO Fox's input in this was huge.

This years 1st round was a no brainer but it wasn't until we knew what they already knew about McPhee but kept silent about.  Pace had to draft an OLB/Pass Rusher as a hedge against McPhee not being able to play period let alone like he did.  He wasn't about to risk being one pick too late again and losing another guy he wanted for the defense so they jumped NY to get him.  It was a given but where I think Fox leaned in on this one hard was with those 4th round picks which saw Pace passing on Prescott.

Why?  I know I'm gonna get shot down for at least some of this but I call 'em as I see 'em.  In somewhat this order; Rookie, Mobile, Not a Pocket Passer, Black.  Basically Prescott didn't fit his image of his QB anymore than Cam Newton would have in Carolina.  Fox likes to use a play action passing game playing off a strong running game.  He's not much into QB mobility and planned rollouts and boots which was fine in Denver since Manning couldn't run them anyway but it's also why he resisted playing Tebow over Orton his first year here in Denver even though Orton was the equivalent of a Hoyer as a QB.  No arm either and losing most games he played because of it.

The thing Bears fans need to understand about Fox is he's not at all flexible.  He only knows how to do it his way offensively with a RBC and a pocket passer so it's natural that he would favor Hoyer over Cutler even when Cutler was obviously the better QB.  Anyone who believes his BS about Cutler being his guy all along is only falling for the same BS and half truths he's been pedaling ever since he arrived.  He's hurt this team and set it farther back more than he's helped it and he needs to go.

Now, the problem becomes by passing on drafting QBs two year in a row simply because Fox professed his trust in and preference for staying with Cutler we are now faced with the possibility of getting rid of another productive offensive player before we've adequately replaced him. If Fox is retained and Pace does this on Fox's say so after having flip flopped on Cutler for two years then Pace should be fired too because he's allowed his HC to paint him into a corner and jeopardize his job.

IMHO the only truly sane moves now are to fire Fox at year end and hire a new HC.  Let the new HC decide what he would like to do about Cutler.  He's under contract and may be recovering from shoulder surgery so there's no rush on what to do about him but there is with Fox. They should not let him poison the well one more year.  He's made far too many poor personnel decisions and he brushes his mistakes and his failures off far too often and far too easily while never blaming himself or accepting any responsibility for them.

He will throw you under the bus if it takes the heat off of him and it would be smart for Ryan Pace to see that if he hasn't already.  We may need a change at QB for everyone's sake but the Bears and Bears fans definitely need a change at HC before that happens.