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I actually think most could play there but I heard Dane Brugler say he has the worst wingspan differential in this draft which means his wingspan is shorter than his height. Only one starter last year in the NFL had short arms. With most speed rushers these days having length it's just a disadvantage to have his measurables playing LT.

I don't think it would matter but he's to small in size to fit DAs prototype. More from a sense of power and strength.

As much as this is BS season, there always seems to be one player that drops. Carter was supposed to be the best player in the draft and he dropped to 9 that year.

True! And the coaching staff too. We now know that Flus was scared of the high character guys he had in the locker room - can you imagine if he had had to deal with Janel Carter during that period of time? But now we have a real team and a real roster and we can take on a few projects like Green and likely be successful.

Great point about Green and character concerns but, with Grady Jarrett, Billings and Montez Sweat as established players on this team, the bears are in a much better position to take a chance that the veterans in the locker room will handle youthful immaturity.

Today's smokescreen has Graham's stock slipping and having him available at 10. This along with Campbell's stock dropping are what I just heard on both the Score and AM1000. Supposedly this coming from Albert Breer.

more knocks on Campbell: He consistently plays too high, making him open to bull rishes at the NFL level He is terrible at hand fighting He gets beat to the inside too often

I like Banks as the pick, but I would be very happy if we got Graham or Jeanty too. I'd worry about LT, but i'd know we got some really good players. I dont like Warren at all though. In fact, I'd take Loveland over him. Warren in the 2nd round? Sure. Easily, but I dont think he is as good as he is being hyped.

Same.

Also interesting to hear Poles comment on the possibility of Wright at LT. Not sure I 100% believe it, but I’ve always wondered if it was a consideration. Wright did play a year in college at LT.

I just get the free Substack. Too cheap to get deeper into the quagmire.

If he drops - I think it would be because teams are focused on offensive side of the ball or say a team like Panthers maybe prefers DB to DT. I highly doubt he falls - but if he did I would run in and make my pick quickly. The 3 players at this point where I think I would run in and make the pick - Carter (not happening), Graham, and I think I've convinced myself Jeanty (that he is more LT or name your Top 3 RB talent than he is a Top 10 back). I don't feel as strongly on the LT prospects as they all have flaws - but I certainly would support the selection of either of them and understand if they did it. Mason Graham might be a bit undersized, but he's high character, high motor, and looks like he is just a flat out monster inside (and getting that interior pass rush is game wrecking in the NFL these days).

Campbell is more of a LT than Membo because he played the position as a true freshman for 3 years in the same conference as Membo who played 94 percent of his snaps at RT. The only knock on Campbell is short arms and Membo is being projected to LT because of his Combine workouts.

I was that and then not too long after saw this projection of Simmons at #10. Very interesting. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6290474/2025/04/22/nfl-draft-mock-draft-coaches-top-10-2025/?campaign=13296962&source=athletic_targeted_email&userId=16310

Lately I've seen him drop in the draft, and have no idea why. Easy answer no one knows what they're talking about. Would love to get a blue chip player.

Does everyone know who Brandon Thorn is? He's supposed to be a OL guru. He has a sub stack that costs money to get his newsletter. He did his annual report ( My guys) listing his 32 top OL in the draft . He puts out a teaser giving you his favorite guy in each round. Does anyone get that? This year ( as a late first round pick) Simmons. if he wasn't injured, he said would have been the first T off the board. Round 2 is Booker Round 3 is Rutledge Round 4 and later Izzy Trapilo I was curious of his full ranking.

Mason Graham is my wing and a prayer please fall to the Bears pick.

I get what you are saying with this. It's kinda like when the KC exec had Mahommes stuck in his head, because he saw IT, and was hammering Reid to watch the tape. Reid watched the tape and also saw IT. A consensus was formed and a plan was made. I'm glad you see IT with Banks. I like him too and would not bitch if we drafted him. At our pick, if Campbell is there, I think we pick him over Banks. If we luck out and one of the five, special players, fall to us; I'm officially picking Jeanty or Warren at ten. Jeanty is generational. Warren is a bigger version of Brock Bowers. That's where I see IT, but someone else may completely disagree. ANYONE, can see IT. They can be right out maybe I luck out.

I get where you're coming from. Without knowing how much tape you watched, I am to assume your opinion is more valuable than someone that literally watches every minute of tape on a player in his whole career. Tapes of practices, maybe met in person , looks at all the measurements. I can't say they all do that but I do know Dane Brugler does that. I plumbed for 55 years of which I'm going to stop working altogether when I go home. I worked with people that had 5 maybe 10 years experience and think they're the genius in the room. I just let them talk. Plumbing isn't brain surgery but 50 years of experience does put you in a place most workers never get to . I never puff my chest out, let people talk. Then one day there's a problem they can't figure out and ask me for my help. I probably have dealt with that before. My point is experience matters in most cases.

Yeah I know. All I have is my eyes and my ears and whatever i can discern myself: my opinion. I dont know where these guys get their information, or maybe better said, how much not important information they let into their decision making process. I see what I see, and no one, no matter how well credentialed, can shake me from saying I saw what i saw. It's like if you see a UFO. Everyone can tell you it's impossible, and you didn't see it. But if you actually saw it, then no one can tell you you didn't. It's a bad example because i dont believe in UFOs, but if I saw one, no matter how much pressure i was under, I wouldnt ever break and say i didnt see it. No matter how many experts told me I didnt. I saw Banks and Campbell. It was easy to see. ANYONE could see it. I guess when you start adding in combine numbers, and narratives it gets harder to see. So i dont do that. I just saw them play. And anyone who thinks Campbell is better than Banks based on the film is crazy. That's the truth. Now should we take Banks or Golden, or Graham or Jeanty - those are difficult questions. I dont have an answer that's right to those. I just have my opinion. I cant see on film that Jeanty will help the team more than Banks (or vice versa) thats really complicated. Good people can debate that either way. But with Banks and Campbell playing the same position, apples to apples, it was clear and solid. Banks is better. It's like when I said JF would never be the man. After a certain amount of tape, it isnt a question anymore. It becomes, just a fact. It has nothing to do with my ego or anything like that. It's just i saw what i saw. You can see it too. Anyone can. I dont care what the pundits say. If they disagree theyre either stupid, lying or taking garbage data into the equation.

I agree last time in the top 10. I would say 20 and lower going forward. I also agree the majority of starting LTs were picked in the top 15. The 10 highest paid LTs 5 = top 15, 1 =20, 1=23, 1= 53, 1= 4th round 1= 7th round. So if we want one, 10 probably needs to address that. Only a few were day 1 kicking butt, most were developed. Campbell, Membou, Banks considered the top 3 by most scouts. If they seem one destintin for stardom, I'm all in. It's for them to decide not me. I personally think Campbell will eventually be a OG, Membou will be a RT. So we can only hope Banks is the man or someone else they may want.

Echo chambers don't agree.

I already think that, Mathew Golden. We're not going to be picking this high again. 4.25 speed. Do not discount Ben adding a weapon with speed. I'm not asking for that but that would surprise everyone.

For me it’s simple. If Jeanty is there he’s the pick. If not they may trade back for additional draft capital.

one way or another we should end up with some pretty good names with our first 2 round picks.