Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace promises success
Dec 27, 2016 14:27:18 GMT -6
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Dec 27, 2016 14:21:17 GMT -6 @soulman said:
Dec 27, 2016 13:59:27 GMT -6 @belliot said:
Last year, Allen's playing weight was in the 260s. In high school he was a WR/SS at 180. I posted this elsewhere but I'll repeat it: health wise, I'm concerned about a guy who puts on 100 lbs over the course of 3-4 years and 30 lbs in the last year. My sense is that's a knee / hip / back issue waiting to flair up and cause problems. If he were to play closer to 265 or so, I think that'd be his ideal weight but then where does he line up in our current alignment? That's more a 4-3 package player. When you consider we're in the nickel package or some variety of it 50% of the time, where does he play?
Think this is the wrong pick for our current scheme.
I think what Allen affords us if he's on the table is a lot of suitors for our pick which would allow us to trade down and add a number of high - mid level picks.
Now we have Bullard who was labeled a "steal" in round three yet he's undersized and hasn't found his role as a 3-4 DE either. That why I asked about Allen as far as the possibility of him being similar. I have to wonder in Bullard's case if we wouldn't be better to let him play at 270lbs and make him an OLB like Houston who once was a 300lb DT/DE who became a far more effective player at 270lbs.
In a draft heavy in DBs where we do need significant help as well and also a young QB prospect either via the draft or trade acquiring more draft capital by trading down isn't a bad thought if the guys who are there are not the blue chippers this team can use.
