Bears Aquire OL Ryan Bates from Buffalo

Interesting. And I agree with Poles probably not liking only having 5 picks in the draft. For a guy that wants to build using the draft, that means he is almost for sure moving down. He doesn't have anything in the 2nd so, I think he is moving down with one of the first two picks. He can get an impact player at each of those positions, so was hoping he would use them, but I can't see him sticking with 5 picks.

In a way, getting a good center in the 5th round is a great use of the 5th round pick. But of course, he is more expensive and older than a C draft pick. Didn't see this coming, but then that's why I don't even think about doing mocks. They are going to do what they do and you won't know til they do it, so why not just wait til they do it?

It is very possible that Bates is a reserve for all three interior position. But, imo this is a dumb move, similar to last years Feeney. Why would you give your 5th for a guy of this quality when you could draft similar in rd 5 and have him on a much cheaper deal.
These kind of deals make me wonder about Poles.

Re Bates, this guy is a cheaper Whitehair replacement.  He's probably a backup swing iOL who can maybe compete to start at C depending on how the draft goes.   

Cause you don't know that a 5th round pick will be similar. The odds are that 5th round pick won't be similar, they'll be worse.