Bears drafted T Taylor to make opposing teams uncomfortable

“We got angry coaches on other teams saying, ‘I can’t believe you guys took him, we didn’t think you were going to do that’ — In a good way — ‘We didn’t suspect you guys, we got it wrong, and you guys got it right,’ So that’s cool when you hear your peers say stuff like that.”

Drafting a punter in the fourth round riled up some of our fans, and some analysts questioned the value, but field position matters in the NFL, and teams had Taylor ranked accordingly.

“And kudos to Ryan’s staff,” Hightower continued, “because he [Taylor] wouldn’t have lasted till the back end of the fourth and definitely would have been gone in the fifth. I’ve gotten that confirmation from three teams already.”