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This guy is very athletic and especially so when you consider he's 6'3". He's also very raw and has one year of experience at CB. He's clearly a practice squad candidate this year. He's going against inferior competition in his highlight tape but his burst to close stands out on several plays, so does his aggression. You all know I love defense and I like football players who have an aggressive edge in their game. Denmark is knocking players to ground all over the field including those who are trying to block him. If he has the work ethic at a minimum I can see him becoming a special teams coverage ace and replacing McManis next year. Maybe that happens this year. Elite size and athletic testing; ran two 4.46-second 40-yard dashes with a vertical of 43.5 inches and a 10-foot-10 broad jump at his pro day

Interesting pick and this is likely a by-product of all the time they put into Devin Singletary. You can't watch an FAU game without wondering who the other guy in their backfield was. If you liked the idea of taking Tony Pollard late in the draft you will like Whyte. Similar style players and I'd say he has a shot at replacing Davis in the backfield in a year or two. In the meantime he offers some KR return ability so that might be his best chance to get on the field this year. This year I see him ending up on the practice squad. Edit: If he reaches his potential I can see him helping free up $8mil in cap space by filling the roles of both Davis and Patterson.

Nothing wrong with Jason saying he'd do things differently than what Pace has done. He defends his opinions but y'all are being a little harsh. I see zero chance if he were the GM in Oakland he'd have gotten rid of Mack and his favorite WR from Alabama in Cooper.

He's a slot CB. These are highlights but there are a lot of plays where he's in sync with much bigger receivers including Lazard. Despite his size he plays with a physical edge. He closes with energy too on the WR screen plays. I don't know what his vertical leap measures at but on the last play in this highlight film he is way up there. I also see one KR so he may be able to help out there this year. He's from Georgia and played at KSt so maybe that's a positive for Pace? He didn't even make the list on NFL.com but I expected Pace to bring home at least one surprise prospect in this draft. Prospect Grade NO GRADE LIKELY NEEDS TIME IN DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE

Despite starting at 87 overall Pace has come out of this draft with two of the top 60 players.

I'm very surprised by the pick. I expected a TE to be taken. From a value standpoint Ridley stands out and he's similar is many ways to Anthony Miller. It's pretty clear now Allen Robinson likely won't see another contract from the Bears.

Ryan Pace: "I told you this was going to happen" https://twitter.com/chicagobears/status/1122128267027329024?s=21

We have picks 126 (4th), 205 (6th), 222 (7th), 238 (7th). I think Pace is going to make a trade to get either one more pick or to get back into the 5th Rd from 205. To get that done he'll either drop back from 126 or he'll use one of next years' picks to move up.

Starting Day 3 Packers: Rashan Gary DT, Darnell Savage S, Elgton Jenkins C, and Jace Sternberger TE. I really like what they did because it should help us stay leaders in the NFC North. Gary has all the talent and none of the production. I liked Savage for our pick at 87 and maybe even a big higher given his versatility but to trade up for him so early...thank you! Jenkins and Sternberger were good choices at those spots. Vikings: Garrett Bradbury C, Irv Smith TE, and Mattison RB. Bradbury was good value, same with Smith. Then they used a 3rd Rd pick to take a player who IMO should have been a 5-7th Rd RB. Detroit: TJ Hockenson TE, Jahlani Tavai LB, and Will Harris S. See my post above. They're on track for another top 10 pick next year. There are still good players available so they can redeem themselves but they bypassed a lot of talent in Rd 2 and 3.

Out of curiosity I'm looking over the NFL Network player rankings/grades to see who the lowest ranked players are that were drafted. Aka biggest reach. At this time the Detroit Lions have drafted two of the lowest graded/ranked players. Will Harris S out of BC ranked around 205 overall and he was taken with the 18th pick in the 3rd Rd. Before that pick Detroit drafted Jahlani Tavai who is ranked ~190 overall and they used the 43rd pick in the draft. Their draft ended after they took Hockenson. I should add that NFL Network has the prospects listed 20/page. For both of these players, on the pages they are listed there has not been any other player drafted.

This is a good way to start your RB career... Montgomery told reporters that his grandfather would show him tapes of legendary Bears Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton. “I watched Walter Payton when I was younger,” Montgomery said. “Seeing how he ran, trying to correlate a lot of the ways he ran into my game.”

and you can get to know him a bit...

A little film breakdown...

We were all worried about you after this pick. It's at least good to know you've been released from the ICU and are back home.

The biggest problem with Montgomery catching the football was that we didn't have a good QB at Iowa State for most of his career. That changed midway through the season when we started the true freshman from my current home town (Gilbert, AZ). I had to rewind the the game on the DVR when that flashed by on the screen. Anyway, I've seen him catch a few passes but even I have to rely on the scouting reports (and Nagy/Pace) for how good his receiving skills are.

He'll never be your home run hitter but he'll be the one who keeps the offense in 3rd and short.

At 215lbs he is not small and he does not go down easily. Defenders often need to bring a posse to bring him down. His short choppy stride limits his long speed but it's also what gets him excellent balance, even with contact, and quickness in his cuts. One of his draft profiles: https://thedraftnetwork.com/prospect-rankings Always comes into contact low, hot, and with the intent to knock someone's teeth out. Can drag tacklers or straight up run through second and third level defenders with excellent leg drive and natural leverage.

There are multiple plays here that Howard just could not make. What he did against W. Virginia around 2-4min mark was impressive.

I've been watching him for two years. He can do a little of everything except hit the long run. He ran behind a poor Oline but still got positive gains out of nothing. We'll see him jump cut and hit holes that Howard would need 2-3 steps to hit. That said I'm surprised we traded up for him as I expected we'd either draft someone with more speed, or just grab one of the RBBC types later in the draft. Pace must have had a solid 2nd Rd grade on him. I'll add this: If Nagy and Trubisky can get the passing game going consistently then Montgomery will feast on the light box defenses he'll see. His top speed is similar to Howard's but he's quicker.

3rd Rd - TE, RB (if the right one is there and really thats Henderson or Montgomery), and S. I'm typing this as Josh Oliver just came off hte board (I'm happy because I don't like him at least not in the 3rd).

I'd be happy with this draft.

It's just that with Nagy's offense I have a preference for adding a TE who can better help as a receiver.

I'm not a big fan of Josh Oliver. He's too much of a straight line player and IMO we already have someone like him in Shaheen.

I'm thinking this is where Pace is at. He'll take someone somewhere but won't force it. I tend to think however that he's closely eyeing Rodney Anderson and Bryce Love. If Pace and Nagy are content with Nall filling Howard's spot then they will be content to draft an injured 1st Rd talent and allow him to recover fully and then work his way into the rotation. Why not swing for the fences in the 4th or 5th Rd? If we have Nall in place then really we're looking at 2019 and 2020 draft classes to find our next RB. If either one recovers to what they were beforehand then we're in a pretty good spot heading into the playoff push. IMO Love has to be in an RBBC rotation anyway as I don't think he'll consistently sustain more than 15-18 carries a game at the NFL level. I know what Anderson's injuries were but I don't know if these were all Kevin White type issues or if the film shows he got his body wedged into a really bad spot when the injury happened. I think his knee injury was a non-contact injury on a cut.

I suspect Robbie will take a bit less to be back home with the kids. Quite a bit less. The Bears can't say anything or they are tampering. Lynch has to do something this weekend. He's heading into his 3rd season and it's time to start winning. Does he draft a kicker in the 7th? If he waits until after the draft the top UDFA kickers might not want to go to SF because there's still a chance Gould comes back. If he drafts a kicker then his leverage with Gould evaporates as does his trade leverage with teams around the league. Plus he's now looking at only getting a 2020 pick in exchange. Meanwhile Pace has gained the rights to 3 of the best FA kickers. When that phone rings on day 3 of the draft I'm pretty sure Pace says absolutely no to Lynch's first offer.