jason

Hopefully a smokescreen. Freaking atrocious idea.

So you'd take Away the leadership of the offense, sacrifice the future of the draft, get rid of the nearly career leader in Bears passing records, dump off one of the best RBs in Bears history (not to mention one of the handful of three down backs in the NFL), to get a rookie QB with questionable intangibles off the field who will certainly lose a lot of games with a bad defense and a porous OL? I'd take Winston if he fell to seven and we couldn't trade out.

So, with Cutler and a huge contract, a porous OL, a new defensive scheme with tons of unknowns, definite holes at ILB and S if not also NT and 3-4 DE, an absence at WR now that Marshall is gone, and empirical evidence that trading up is a bad idea in terms of overall value added, yet you STILL want to trade up to get the second rated QB (and some question that because of the scheme) of a weak QB class? That's insane.

HELL NO.

I hope you are right.

I don't like Jones that much and Funchess is an unknown (boom/bust).

Best drafts in my opinion: New Orleans - Monster draft. Tons of athletes. Dupree, DGB, Arik, Lockett. Their WRs become explosive again. Cincinnati - Four potential starters? Two secondary guys to solidify that spot. Cleveland - Hard not to have a good draft with two high picks. Dawson is a perfect pairing with Shelton. New York (A) - Scary offensive additions. Mariota to Conley would be a great combo, and Yeldon is a star on that team. Tennessee - Very scary defensive additions. Williams and Flowers would turn that defense around and improve the other levels by default. Hundley is a steal where they got him.

I wouldn't like it. I still think the Bears have far too much DE/OLB talent uncertainties to spend picks on rushers who will also need to be truly vetted in Fangio's 3-4. Beasley would likely get stuck in a rotation at best, and fall behind productive vets at worst. I absolutely don't like a pass rush pick for the Bears until the 4th.

After careful consideration, conference with trusted sources, and a tempting worm on the hook in the form of Garrett Grayson, the Bears select... James Sample, SS, Louisville. He likely takes Mundy's job by mid season and makes a good pairing with Rolle.

That's a pretty good order. Mine would be: Winston/trade, Mariota/trade, Williams, Cooper, Scherff, Shelton, Peat, White, Fowler, Collins, Beasley, Waynes

I will make the pick very shortly, but still taking suggestions. Any one player you love, feel passionate about, and can convince me of in terms of need/fit/BPA/whatever, I'm still open. This really would be a bad hand dealt to the Bears if it played out like this.

You think he might slip into the third but every scouting report says his lack of experience and some flaws in coverage put him into the 5th or 6th. That is concerning.

Agreed. A trade back for more picks and Collins would be outstanding.

If the Bears select the third best receiver with the 7th overall pick, I will be PISSED.

Oh, COME ON! You totally screwed the Bears (and me). Now I have to put a lot more thought into this pick. I don't like the value of just about anyone here. Anyone willing to persuade the Bears GM on a player at this spot?

I've been saying the same thing for years. I still contend David Terrell would have been a good pro if he went elsewhere. And I completely agree that Randy Moss would not have turned out as well had he been with us.

http://walterfootball.com/draft2015.php 1 - Kevin White, WR, WVU 2 - Jordan Phillips, NT, OK 3 - TJ Clemmings, OT, Pitt (AJ Cann available) 4 - Lorenzo Mauldin, DE/OLB, Louisville 5 - Charles Gaines, CB, Louisville 6 - Andy Gallik, C, Boston College I'm on record as being not too high on Kevin White. I hope it's Cooper instead. Phillips at 2 works very well. I think AJ Cann is a better pick at 3. 4-6 I'm not overly excited about, but I get it.

With the first pick in the fourth round, pick 100, the Titans select Trey Flowers, DE, Arkansas. Good prospect as a rush edge. I think he'll be surprisingly good, especially if he falls all the way to the fourth. The Patriots (Boston) are on the clock

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-tea...beat-the-draft/ It basically says that nobody is beating the draft. Most are average at best. Only a few teams do well consistently, and even then their main guys get fired after one or two misses. It also analyzes the GMs (I'd love to see where Angelo falls into that analysis). I particularly liked the portion about "The Loser’s Curse", which essentially "argues that NFL decision-makers shouldn’t be so quick to attribute the apparent efficiency of the draft market to an abundance of picking skill. To do so is hubris." I've been saying this for quite some time. These owners/GMs aren't as good at picking players as everyone tries to give them credit for, and their proximity to the issue probably creates overconfidence despite the complete crap-shoot nature of the draft.

That's precisely what I hope happens. I hope Fangio thinks he can work with the roster considering the number of quality guys on the team. Regardless of their history in a 3-4. Then that opens up the Bears to need-based BPA, and filling holes at WR, OL, and S.

I'd be fine with that. That also gives the Bears flexibility. BUSH - SLAUSS - WILLMO - LONG - PEAT PEAT - SLAUSS - WILLMO - LONG - BUSHROD BUSH - SLAUSS - WILLMO - ROOKIE - LONG PEAT - SLAUSS - WILLMO - ROOKIE - LONG

One minor tweak to my original: 1(7)-DANNY SHELTON, NT (I just get a feeling that the last few weeks have been a smokescreen, and the target gets back to him.) 2(39)-DORIAL GREEN-BECKHAM, WR, (Feels like another Moss to me) 3(71)-HRONISS GRASU, C, (Leader of the OL, great mobility, starts for a decade) 4(106)-ROB HAVENSTEIN, T, (Monster. Locks down RT and lets Long stay inside for multiple pro-bowls, fits with the new run-first philosophy) 5(142)-JACOBY GLENN, CB, (Great hands, good anticipation, great drive on the ball) 6(182)-JAKE RYAN, ILB, (Tackling machine. Good gap discipline. Leader. Great motor.)

DepenD's on whether or not they actually miss games.