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I have a strong suspicion that Shaheen will be gone soon. Kid’s made of paper...unless he makes some amazing transformation... Interesting with the signing of Horstead the Bears currently have two Ivy League players at TE (Brauneker being the other).

Coach Pagano hosted his 7th annual cancer benefit tailgate in Indy. Most all the Bears coaching staff went along to include Pace and McCaskey. Gotta hand it to these guys and their ‘family centric’ theme. Not only do they keep talking the talk..they walk the walk. That’s some good sh*t. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/10/bears-brass-supports-new-defensive-coordinator-chuck-pagano-at-chuck-strong-gala/

And to be fair...it’s been “comical” ever since Robbie Gould left. Sure getting Parkey at the beginning didn’t seem risky but who knew? Hindsight being what it is, yes now it is funny. But for him to have to agonize over just a kicker rather than 3-4 other key positions is a lot better than where some other teams are right now.

The point of my sarcasm is more about Pace’s willingness to trade draft capital for what seems minimal gains. In this case it’s possible he could give up a 7th round for nothing right? Sure I understand 7th round is 7th round but still...

And now the Bears have three. This one for a 7th round pick, another to a three year contract and a guy named ‘Blewitt’. Yay....

Ever the Devils advocate; anyone remember Roberto Aguayo? (Once himself a Bear - if only for a ‘cup of coffee). Also played college ball in the State of Florida...and set many records while doing so. I think questions like ‘why doesn’t Oakland want him’ and ‘how will he do in the swirling winds of Chicago’ are valid concerns.

We shall see. (Coming from the Jordan camp by the way). ? For what it’s worth, the more I read and learn of Montgomery, the more I like. No doubt a high character kid. So he has filled in for Howard in that regard. Time will tell how he does on the field.

At 5:21... “...if our guys were there, like Devin...”. You’re suggesting he may have wanted Montgomery and just said that to save face? Yes he probably was concerned with the Bears taking RB but apparently it wasn’t to take Singletary.

From this it’s pretty clear the Bills were set on Singletary. Still makes some question Pace’s motivation to try and jump ahead.

I saw this story and thought it spellbinding. I really like that Nagy is so perturbed by what Parkey did to us (all of Bear nation) that he would set this up in the way he did. And that nothing can be taken for granted, not even the kicking game. This is a perfect way to show how serious you are. He’s gone from people buying into his style of family play to ‘you’re either in it to win it or you’re out.’

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I’m not a mock drafter and this is not the answer you’re looking for but... Because I’m curious why wouldn’t you have traded up for Montgomery? I see most of your picks looking similar to how they shook out, just a different order. I agree that Montgomery and Williams probably could’ve (or will) similarly produce(d). Personally I like the Ridley and Hall picks. With Nagy needing as many pieces as he can get to make his offense go, I like the idea of potentially how those two will contribute. Still think the CB/NB needed addressing and you did earlier in the draft similar to probably what I would have done.

Watched some highlight film on him. Think we may have found our next NB in either Shelley or Denmark. I give Shelley the edge only because he played in higher level competition but he needs to work on his ‘eyes’ for pass coverage. Can’t spot the ball if you’re looking into the chest of the receiver and your back is to the ball. And he has a tendency to wildly flail his arms while facing the receiver which could be bad for a few reasons most notably DPI. If Tolliver doesn’t pan out at CB maybe...just maybe...one of these guys will be tapped to take over for Amukamura

Watched a few more highlights of Montgomery’s while sitting on my back deck (it’s sunny as I’ll get out up here and nearing 60 - that’s warm for us). Anyhow, still haven’t seen a lot of catches from this kid but almost immediately said ‘that kid reminds me of Maurice Jones-Drew’ in his style of play. I saw a few here mention Payton like moves but have to say to me it’s more like MJD. (Maybe it’s the #32)

What other choice do we have? Far as I know none of us are Nagy or Pace. Lol...

Wouldn’t each kick be counted as a down or would the play include precise simultaneous kicks?

For the knocks I have against Pace, it’s good to see our team finally have a solid and steady defense. So much so that they can overload the camp with offensive players to try and make it work. For years the offense has always played second fiddle. It’ll be nice to see if Nagy can get it to at least be as good as the D.

Yes and fair enough.... So one more for the Montgomery camp? Lol.

Skrine is backfilling? Who? CB? Thought he was (or will be) primary NB? And put me in the ‘Howard camp’ with Jason. I think we jettisoned him too early for too little. I don’t see the Sanders pick in Philly as much a threat to Howard as he’s (Howard) coming to the end of his contract and I think Philly is trying to build an assurance for the following year. One of two things could happen for Howard, he lights it up and becomes real expensive or he doesn’t. Either way better to have another back of potential substance ‘in case’. Besides all that, who else is on Phillys staff at RB? Smallwood? Maybe???

Chuck Harris, Edge, Buffalo. Hmmm... Couple of plays in here remind me of another edge rusher from Buffalo.

Don’t you have to wait until the picks themselves play before you judge how well the draft went? Sure the Bears may have done better value wise with the picks; all the picks could end up duds or unpolished gems.

Ok tomato, to-mah-to. ? but really, ‘myopic’ on a football talk site? Lol....

Fair question and a good one. You’d think me being a Lovie-acolyte the answer would be obvious but...comparing his relationship with Fox I’d say he probably would have kept Fox if he had managed to turn the program around in 2-3 years like he’s done before. But he didn’t so off he went. Thing is, Lovie stayed above .500 quite a bit more than he didn’t so I’d have to think Pace might have given him some sort of one year more and prove it deal.

Lovie did win Coach of the Year early on. And I’d be interested to see the defenses go head to head. If you pitted this current offense against Lovies best D and Lovies best offense against this current D then shredding by each respective D would probably occur. As far as Jason’s passion (some call arrogance), Id say cut him some slack. Many have gotten pissed over the years by a few of us being portrayed as negative all the time. When really we’re just voicing our opinion. He and I knocked it around a few times in the past primarily over Olinemen but after time found some common ground. Maybe that puts me in the minority but nevertheless that’s what makes this “Talkbears”. Gotta have topics to talk about, controversial or no, to make it a “Talk” site. *Edit: I do have to admit that some of the exchanges between Cracker Dog and Jason over the years were pretty funny.

To be fair, for a supposed “expert” Kiper has made plenty of errors on his judgement. Look up links to Kiper and Ki-Jana Carter, Mike Williams, Ryan Leaf, Davi Carr, JeMarcus Russell, Andre Ware and Akili Smith just to name a few. And the whole Nagys 12-4 vs Jason’s 0-0 record thing gets old after awhile. If that were a standard then the Bears may well still have had Lovie as their HC. He was 10-6 the year he was fired after all. And until then was the third winningest Bears coach after Halas and Ditka. (for the record I hope Nagy passes them all up). That being said and realizing I’m setting myself up for a flaming, Ive found a new hero in Stu Gotz from the Dan Le Betard show. Heelarious!