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We can't go down the slope of giving up 1st rounder after 1st rounder. I think if we move up, it will be because we are trading a veteran player or two to move up in the draft. And I'd assume we'd be targeting a dt, safety or an olineman.

Wouldn't this be an outside the box hire. Martz is backing him and he really isn't friends of Lovie, rather close to Lovie's guys. Also, this is how it works in the NFL and professional sports in general. You tend to hire guys you know or are comfortable with (or that get referred to you by guys you know).

Josh McDaniels was a QB coach who moved his way up and did fine in New England. They often times hire the small, young, sharp minds and it seems to work out for them. Obviously you have to target the right guys though. Zampese seems like a pretty good target and I like his background. We have no idea how he will handle play-calling but his dad was a sucessful OC so he at least can look to him for help. I support this idea.

He went to Seattle or Washington? If it was to Washington than it makes sense given how close he was to Shanny. And say what you want, but if we get Fewell, we'd be getting a highly respected DC around NFL circles to go with the most respected dline coach in the league.

DJ Moore, Bowman, and Graham will all have to get better. Plus add a veteran who gets cut and I'll be content. Bowman has a lot of talent, Graham is solid, and Moore is supposed to be pretty good. Let them work with Fewell (if he is our new DC) and see what happens.

Amare Spivey just went pro from Iowa and I think he coudl be a pretty nice value pick if he is there when our 3rd round selection is on the clock. Any of Iowa's remaining olineman would look pretty good too.

Anderson will be back NFO. Everything out of the Bears media campaign has them hyping up how he finished the season strong and that they expect to tender him a contract and bring him back.

He's also been considered for a few head coaching gigs. He's a sharp mind who'd be an excellent get, imo.

Reeves would really be interested in a non head coaching position?

The Tribune is denying this report. Fewell will choose between the Bears and Giants and to be honest, I don't really understand why in the hell he would pick the Bears over the Giants. The Giants were decimated with injuries but are just a year removed from having a pretty damn good defense and the coaching staff is on much more solid ground there. I'll be thrilled if we get him, but I have my doubts. I really want Clements as our OC.

But to leave for Seattle and to take the assistant that everyone says he didn't like or at least the Tribune thought he didn't like?

Based on what they are saying out here, it sounds like Carrol is already assembling his coaching staff and will be leaving USC. Bates will be joining him as the OC. We'll see if it ends up shaking out that way.

Makes no sense. We read the Tribune reports and they all say Carrol would be perfectly fine if Bates left, yet he's now trying to have him come to Seattle. WTF.

For a few year stretch, Tillman was one of the best cover corners in the game. He is only good now as he's gotten older but lets not forget the way he would handle Randy Moss in his prime.

If you found a probowler per draft, you would be the best franchise in football by a long-shot. It just doesn't work out that way.

Also, didn't Chris Harris make the pro-bowl. So I'd say he's found 4 pro-bowlers in his tenure while never having top picks. And when you look down the list of position pro-bowlers they are typically 1st rounders from what I recall so I'd say Angelo is on the better end of things as a talent evaluator. In fact, I feel he is an elite talent evaluator on the defensive side of the ball. Sometimes he gets a little too caught up in things and doesn't go based upon need and we get burned ocassionally but as a whole he's done a real freakin good job drafting NFL talented players and in various rounds to boot. That is impressive, imo. He also is the guy given a lot of credit for finding the talent in Tampa so I'd say he has a long track record of being an exceptional talent evaluator.

Very few high end draft picks though. And I'd go by the number of pro-bowls as opposed to anything else. Plus, didn't Tillman/Vasher make a pro-bowl or am I mistaken. Both have been near pro-bowl caliber players at different points in time of there careers. I swear Vasher made the pro-bowl. So all things considering I'd say he's done pretty bell. Berrian was a borderline pro-bowler too, but at a position where it is very difficult to make the pro-bowl.

I'd say that is a pretty good track-record of drafting. Now some of the players didn't become starters on the Bears but that is a whole lot of guys who have gotten significant playing time in the NFL as starters and a few pro-bowlers.

Also of note, the Bears have not yet contacted Mike Martz.

Both have done exceptional jobs with young QBs. I also recall Clements being highly regarded. He could be a great option as well.

Last year you could have made the case that Forte was better than Johnson because he carried the load and had less around him. Clearly Johnson backed up his rookie campaign and is now the best RB in the NFL.

Forte was the best rookie rb in the NFL last year and played this year on one leg most of the season. I'd be hard pressed to not see how he isn't considered a bonafide starter. He was one of the elite RB's in the league in his rookie season. Yes the 2nd year wasn't so good, but most teams in the league would take Forte and start him. Bennett is a borderline starter and a very good 3rd wideout and as much as you guys are ripping on Harrison, he's two years into the league, has a lot of talent, and appeared to be humbled by his 2nd season which could be a strong indication that he has a pretty big season next year.

That type of draft is incredibly rare and it is what seperate the elite GM's from the not so elite. Angelo has a pretty darn good track-record at drafting talent and a lot of you guys constantly under-sell him and the organization, imo. Go down the lists, pick even the great teams, and you'll see most would be pretty exstatic to have that 2008 draft class.

Bates won't go to Washington, imo. I also think he should be an offensive assistant, not the OC. Get him in as the QB coach and have him work with a Weiss or Martz for a few years with the plan of having Bates take over when Weiss/Martz excels and gets a new head coaching job. That should be the plan. It might now work out that well (ie, the guys excelling) but that would be my plan.

Zimmer's experience in the 4-3 and 3-4 would make him a very intriguing candidate. I would be exstatic over him or Fewell.