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100% right. For fun I had a conversation with Grok the other day who told me that Membou would make a great LT LOL - I asked it not for an answer, but to gain insight into how it would answer the question. Of course it looked at a bunch of websites and comments and repeated the narrative. I read an article once that had a really interesting point. The author said that one of the ways we judge intelligence in animals is whether they recognize themselves in a mirror, or do they continue to think it is another animal. And given that AI LLMs are trained on human data, when we have a human experience conversing with them, and some people are convinced that they are conscious, it's just an example of us failing to notice ourselves in the mirror, or in this case in the LLM repeating our own patterns back to us.

AI LLM is just reading whatever data is input to it and formatting the answer the way the programmer told it to. Mason Graham listed as top 10 not top 5 is odd. Regardless I’m from the 1980s era of programming where the motto was garbage in garbage out. AI hasn’t changed that. Doesn’t mean that it’s garbage it just means we have no clue what the inputs were and how it was asked to provide outputs. The nice thing about Mel Kiper is that his mouth is usually open telling you that stuff.

Hey Stinger, you might get a laugh out of this. Erik Lambert has back to back articles today saying the Bears will draft Jeanty, and the other saying they will draft Henderson. All within an hour of eachother. LOL My prediction is that the Bears will take one of 35 guys with the 10th pick if they dont trade down LOL

Can't disagree with anything you said.

A very cool page on NFL.com, using AI to provide insight: https://www.nfl.com/draft/iq/ Basically they are saying the Bears will pick one of the players in the pic with #10 or trade down.

Looked over some mocks this afternoon and what else can the sites post at this point but crazy twists. The Bears will start their final process soon. They will have players they will move up as high to pick 5 if Carter, Jeantry, or maybe even Graham are their highest coveted guy. They will have a group they stay put for and of course trade down scenarios so they can hit the sweet spot with another player. I think we all see the need for DE and DT. O-line can use some quality depth and LT is a place for an upgrade if there is a player. RB is deep and getting a scheme fit player to challenge Swift who is known not to follow the script would be something the Bears will search for. TE, WR3, S, LB round out the wish list. To jump to the top of the North is the goal. I feel DE, DT, and RB are the 3 keys now to make it. Coaching and Oline upgrades were the highest and have been addressed. Nail those 3 positions and the Bears have a shot.

Right, that's what Im saying. You dont draft depth early as a rule, you draft early for starters, but because the DL rotates, you can have more than 4 "starters" so a crowded room isnt a reason not to take a highly talented player. You can always use more on the DL.

They are already down 2 draft picks,no way they are losing more assets. Carter may be the one player worth trading up for but they need more than one person. Poles probably wants to trade back to the strength of the draft 2nd and third round picks to fill needs. I would say 5 top 72 is more valuable than one top 5 and 2 3rd rounders.

Saw this mock draft today that has the Bears trading #10 plus their 2 2nd round picks for #3 and a late third (#99) to take Abdul Carter. In one hand, I’m not enamored with the likely choices at #10, and consider Carter a blue chip pick at probably the Bears’ biggest need. On the other, I love the choices the Bears are likely to have in the second round. What say you? https://athlonsports.com/nfl/2025-nfl-mock-draft-abdul-carter-chicago-bears-new-york-giants-jalen-milroe-jaxson-dart-cam-ward-shedeur-sanders

We have enough players to go to war with right now but I think Johnson wants at least one more weapon ( RB - TE-WR), more OL depth, more DL depth and future players at S and LB. The outlier is the evaluation of the current roster, we don't know there opinion. Maybe Johnson thinks Scott can excel. Maybe Allen thinks Jamree Kronah is our 4 th DE. 6'4" 275, 4.77 speed I think how the draft falls will determine what they address first. Example A: Mason Graham drops ( no brainer) Example B: chance to trade back Example 😄 they have a certain player rated as a blue we don't expect ( Mathew Golden)

That applies to every position on the field, better depth. DL is quite different than most positions because they rotate players in and out. You need 4 we don't have 4 quality players at DT and DE.

of course he isnt, Im just saying while you dont draft a bunch of positions early if you already have good starters, you can always find room for talent on the defensive line, even if you have an already crowded room. The Eagles gave us all a master class in that this past year. Someone mentioned above that we already have a bunch of names on the DL, and we've probably all thought that too, but if you believe in a guy, theres always room for one more. Thats all I mean.

Aaron Donald is not in this draft. Harmon gets a ton of pressure but is a poor tackler. Has a 40% tackle rate.

Right, and you'd ditch any of them for Aaron Donald, so you're always looking for more until you have that all time great. Dexter is good, and ascending, but if you see that guy available to you int he draft, theres no reason not to take him. You can always add to the D Line if the talent is high enough.

Harmon is a beast. Like you said a late first wouldn't be a great reach but I think if we trade back then his name would come into play. The reason DT is a need is because you want a strong 4 man rotation. We have 3 strong players but need a 4th. Plus Billings is in the final year of his contract and Jarrett has age. Harmon is more of a 3T than NT. Grant would upgrade NT where Billings is the only player there. It doesn't have to be in the first but it depends what they decide is more important . I think DE is just as needy with only 2 solid players and Booker. In the first we can get the second best DE, (James Pierce) if that's what they decide. The second round has options also.

One guy I haven’t heard mentioned a lot who I’m warming up to as a first round target is Derrick Harmon, the DT from Oregon. I’ve seen him mostly projected mid to late first round, but his measurables and testing are eerily similar to Chris Jones and highlights I’ve seen show both penetrating and pretty stout against the run. I think I’d take him over Grant or Nolen. I’m not sure I’m convinced we need a DT in the first with Dexter, Billings, and Jarrett plus Zacch Pickens and Chris Williams as younger players but neither of them is really significantly moving the needle at this point and a Dexter/Harmon/Jarrett/Billings rotation with whoever sticks between Pickens and Williams is pretty interesting to me.

I mentioned Campbell, but noticed later it was at the combine.

Interesting there’s so few reported. There’s really only a little over a week left. Last week before the draft is finalizing the board and gaming various mocks.

I think you’re misreading that. All I said is I’d prefer Hampton over Warren. Given the full spectrum of options I’d take neither at 10.

Monday Dane Brugler going to be on Barstool podcast with Greg Gabriel, it's live so should be interesting . I think 11 or 12 , not sure the hours are screwed up over here.

Dane Brugler, who publishes "The Beast" Draft Guide every year has Banks listed as OG2 after Tyler Booker. Even though he played OT, Brugler projects him as a Guard. I thought that was interesting.

Seems pretty much like every year. Who had Penix going at 7 to AtL last year? This is why Round 1 has become must see TV for diehard fans.

My skip to the second round prediction is Kenneth Grant...

Same with me. I'm glad to have brothers to keep me in check. Especially when rum is involved...🍻

Tice mentioned both Membou and Banks. He said if Simmons didn't get hurt he would have been the top rated LT but of course, he did.