I think once St Brown signed the extension for $30+ mill a year the ability to keep Allen and Moore for any extended period of time vanished. Still would have like d a tackle or edge.
My favorite WTF moment, I was at a track meet so my buddy is texting me the picks, and the Falcons with Penix? Holy shit I couldn't stop laughing. I don't hate the Odunze pick like I said before the draft. It does feel like a luxury, but I had heard rumors all day the Bears were open to trade, so they must not have had any partners, so they went BPA. A weapon for Caleb, but it does continue the distressing trend of Poles building from the outside in, rather than the other way around. Someday we'll have trenches. Someday. But for today, I'm not sad about Odunze, and I'm excited to see Williams, with Waldron, Moore, Odunze, Allen, Kmet....there's a lot of talent there now.
Well, Plan A and other Plan A for me were trade down or take Alt if he's there at 9. Well the Chargers saw to Alt and the trade down never happened, which is very disappointing because Poles needed pick(s) back. Only 2 more picks the entire draft is bad, no pick in the 2nd is terrible cos there is a stack of talent/day 1 starters there. I hope Poles was at least proactive in trying to develop a trade and didn't just sit there waiting by the phone like a stood up date. The way that round played out phones calls needed to be made telling teams you had other teams on the line for the same QB and what's your best offer. If it doesn't work I have no complaints, you can't force another team to trade with you. But you damn well better have tried. All that said, no way can I hate on this pick. Before the Allen trade I was all for either Alt or Odunze/Nabers. This is a really good player the Bears have just picked. A proper X receiver. A more physical and combative version of Mike Williams. A high character guy who comes with a rep for being a great team mate and hard worker. I love having guys like that on my team. And it's not just the player, it's the direction you're going in. If you're picking at 9 it needed to be an Offensive pick. This team has to put their stake in the ground now and legit commit to building a real Offense. It should've happened 2years ago but they failed Fields and the whole thing went to hell. ALL that matters now is Williams succeeding. Build around him as much as you can. WR at 9 was not the way I'd go in a perfect world, but overall I like the pick.
Oh and two other things: - Huge LOL at the Falcons for what was a horrific pick. - Another LOL and a F you to the Raiders. You didn't wanna pay up for Fields and this is how its played out. Enjoy having no QB assholes.
I don't hate the player (Ev brings up a more physical Mike Williams, scouting reports I've read comp him to a slightly faster Allen Robinson without the preinjured knee), I hate that the bears took a WR3 in the top 10 when they didn't need one. Who's LDE1 this year? DeMarcus Walker? Dom Robinson? Are you going to call Ngokue back for another year? Wait for teams to start summer cuts? None of these guys could get home before or after acquiring Sweat. Yeesh. 3T1? Dexter popped at times last year, but could never get home or have the production, Justin Jones was perpetually blocked and got a rais somehow. LT1? OC1? Are WR3 this year and WR2 next year that much more important NOW? Furthermore, how are Swift, Odunze, DJ, Keenan, Kmet, and Everett all going to be on the field at the same time to be valuable weapons for QB1? Thank goodness Tyler Scott won't be overwhelmed and overworked in a move-up on the depth chart while learning a new playbook. That's the most pressing issue regarding the roster after taking Caleb, apparently. Got a long way to go to get to 75.
I have this horrible feeling we're all going to be yelling at each other here one month into the season because Caleb is running for dear life and none of these weapons matter because the o-line is in shambles. We need an edge because Patg is right outside of Sweat the pass rush is abysmal but OT has to be the priority at 75.
I really have no issue with taking Odunze. I preferred a pass rusher or tackle but OT was never an option....Poles likes Jones. He just does and it's apparent. I don't hate what we did last night.
While the Falcon's pick still makes me laugh, someone said maybe they were trying to get ahead of the loss of picks they are going to have next year for tampering. But man, talk about a luxury pick of QB2. Sitting him behind Cousins to learn is actually not a bad idea, there *should* be zero pressure for him to even sniff the field, but taking a developmental QB at #8 overall is just amazing. I'm guessing Jordan Love and Mahomes sitting for a year has teams thinking more about the QB redshirt. The best part about the Raiders being left out of the QB carousel is that they picked Getsy for OC who apparently didn't get along with Fields so they couldn't get him, and now they are starting Mayfield this year. The Raiders do not get enough flak for being a shit run organization. That said, we rightly laugh at the Falcons, and there were so many QBs "overdrafted" - but at the end of the day, if you wanted Penix, no matter what grade he had prior to the draft, it was #7 or bust. They might have been late round picks, but you aren't getting them there. And to be fair to them, if one of these guys is the next Mahomes, every team in the league (short of just a few) would draft them #1 overall every time. I hear you on everything you're saying. To Ev's point, I'm really wondering how with the QB rush no team tried to jump. Like the Raiders, at the bottom of this list, were content to stand pat and have MAYFIELD start this year? Mayfield. I guess they're hoping for some Geno Smith type renaissance now. Or they were hoping for a drop like Levis last year. This was the lowest selection of Defensive players in the first round ever. GMs just did not see the talent there. Overall it is a weak defensive draft. The plan for the rebuild appears to be: 1. First year, clear the books and take the hit on dead money etc. This was a clear tank year 2. Second year, see if Justin is the guy (added Moore and the additional picks from the #1 overall, Claypool which is a move that cannot be understated for how bad he was) - he wasn't 3. Third year, commit to offense to build around Caleb 4. Fourth year....finish building the defense? 5. Fifth year, actual SB contender? This isn't the worst plan. The problem is it hinges on Eberflus being a good HC (and remaining the DC), and now Waldron being the answer at OC. My biggest problem is he continues to treat the lines as an afterthought, and that is a path to losing football (though he did take Wright last year). If there were no partners to trade down, BPA is not a bad idea. Stack the team with the best talent you can get. I would be furious if he had done what the meatballs were saying and *traded up* for either Nabers or MHJ. That would be the supreme Pace move there, go ALL IN when your team is less than half built. I am still concerned that Poles might pull that shit next year. Oh, and WRs need time to develop too right? So having Odunze with a year to "learn" rather than being thrown to the fire, maybe that will turn him into a future superstar. It does mean Allen is probably a one year rental for a 4th rounder, which I love that move even less now. The problem is, Jones is not good enough. I have to think if Alt had somehow fallen though, that Poles would snap him up then. I have no idea what his excuse is on Center though, there's no one he likes there, he's just throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks. I don't hate the picks yesterday, the MIGHT stays there.
Prisco gives the Bears an A- draft grade on Williams, because he would have taken Jayden Daniels. It's good to know the Daniels will be a bust now, Prisco is to football what Cramer is to finance.
Caleb seems a lot looser than Fields and Trubisky from watching his demeanor last night on stage and in his interviews. Not sure if that translates his ability to be a lockerroom leader but his social confidence seems through the roof.
Well there's the OT, a Yale man.I know nothing about him. I love when they say "flashes the ability" which also means "flashes the inability", inconsistent.
I will not complain about getting oline, where-ever it is taken. I gotta be honest, blang is right, Caleb just seems ok with the media, I guess that the whole NIL thing is probably responsible. I also like that he asked Allen for #18, Allen said no, and he was ok with it.
Ooooooooh!! Godammit, Cooper Beebe was taken just 2 picks before the Bears in the 3rd round. Guy can play anywhere on the IOL and should've been a 2nd rounder, that would've been such a super solid pick. Bralen Trice went 1 pick before the Bears, that would've been your likely new starter opposite Sweat. That's a real tough couple of picks to swallow right before you if you're the Bears. Focusing on the pick itself, im gonna be repeating myself here, but i can't hate on this. We wanted a Tackle, bww was right they weren't dropping a 1st rounder on one, and they've got no other picks lol. I don't know that we can ask much more of the GM here in all honesty. I don't know a ton about the kid tbh so would value a thought from pat and dline. More developmental player than immediate starter i'd say but supposedly high upside. Looks a little long to kick inside so this looks like a pure T play to me. I'd like to snag a day 1 starter who falls given the picks they have but i like the train of thought here. Braxton Jones is officially on notice. He's gonna be a starter his 3rd year, but if this kid can develop(tuna we may need a nickname) then the plan will be to move off Braxton before any talk of paying him kicks in. If Jones is solid this year AND if the kid develops(some ifs involved here) then in a T starved league there could be clear trade potential too. Also this continues the commitment to Offense which is exactly what they should be doing. I prob would've been blasting the phone looking to move up bit for Beebe at the cost of a 2025 day3 pick, but failing that i kinda like this pick.
I see Christian Haynes was passed over by Poles and went 81st. That stings a little. He would've been a very solid pick also. My money would've been on him beating out Davis in camp.
Kiran Amegadije was a multi year starter at RG before moving to LT. Arm size queens are sure to love him, and he's a 'traits' guy, meaning he's got the athleticism and quick feet and measurables that look great on paper but mean fuck-all when its time to block the guy across from him. But of course, in bears fashion, he's got anchor issues, wildly inconsistent to bad hands, average-at-best instincts/reactions on twists/stunts, you know, an athletic and fat man, just not a fucking offensive lineman (paraphrased from nfl.com's scouting report on the guy). All that aside, the question becomes: is he a guard or a tackle? Also, ooof. The 20 second mark. 'With the D Line, we're comfortable being patient. Letting it play out.' Great to know he has the luxury to do that and needs no urgency.
