Mongo3451

I just saw Polian talking about Te'o on ESPN. He convinced me Te'o can play in the NFL. Not many people could have done that. I'm now, not against drafting him. Just not at 20. Not even Polian can convince me of that.

That's why I don't rule out Urlacher returning at some point this season...

I get/got that. It just doesn't make sense for other options.

I would think it would be somewhat counter productive as a draft smokescreen. Why would we fein interest in a player to make a team trade with us for that player. It's like saying "we really like this guy but we'll let you have him". If a team traded to get in front of us, wouldn't that mess up our trade down ability? What if it's a little message to our difficult QB?

Second that!

I like the picks, but can we really get that lucky with our trades? It would be great to have those 2 extra picks in the first 4 rounds.

I think we beat the Ravens and lose to the Saints,Rams and Vikings(in Minny). 9-7

Every coach I ever had demanded that. Why wouldn't they on the pro level?

Agreed as well. Austin is a luxury pick. We need the cake before the icing...

Not sure it is contradictory. The statement was made to show why first we are in the pinch we are in. The second part is to show the choices that are being made in the aftermath. That's why they were separated by paragraph.

It's all about deciding what is most important for the team in most cases. Lovie was all over D and horrible at developing personnel. That stagnated the O for years and we are still not out of it. When the drafting and spending is so blatantly lopsided a bias will show. Again, they have more tape and player history with guys currently on the team than we will ever have. They know secrets about players we will never know. For some reason they like Webb over Carimi. It may be medical, mental or simply execution they are seeing. As far as blind trust is concerned, I have three and only three people.(None of them are in the NFL) I do know that IMO Webb is better than Carimi, just as I thought he was better than Williams last year. It's based on production and the feel I get from analyzing them.

I know you seriously hate this, but they know better than you. Nuf said on that. There is competition. Film showed the world Carimi sucked last year. It's time for him to prove himself. If he shows up and is a beast. He'll get a look. For now, his shot is at guard and I agree with that. I agree with Webb at #1 on the depth chart at RT as well.

I think it's coincidence. Taller players sometimes have a little trouble playing the OG spot. However, they can get by with it if they have the ability to play lower and are already good run blockers from the tackle position. I've always said, if you draft a tackle and they fail, put them at guard. It works more times than not.

They have film.

Not all what he said. You know better.

It was a joke...

If you ever say another thing to remotely show Favre wasn't ended by Wooten, I'll disown you forever...

I get what you and stinger are both saying. I really like the idea of having that guy to put fear into the defense. We don't have a single "take it to the house" type of player on our offense. It would be a luxury to have at least one guy the defense had to account for at all times.

It still warms my heart...

Insightful question.

Wow. What a worthless POS. He'll be getting his check from Obama before it's over...

Don't believe anything you hear from camp Emery. No expert or leak will know a thing until our first pick is made.

That would be amazing...

The Flacco negotiation was done before the season started and both sides agreed to wait until after the season. Of Flacco didn't want to accept their preseason offer, mid season would be rejected as well. He simply wanted more, gambled and won big time...

I'm thinking excel spreadsheet. If we have a column for whom the Bears draft then columns for individual participants. We could then tab years and do it for as long as we want.