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I thought those were real cool. Will they make a difference in actual play...probably not...but cool nonetheless.

I think the defense outperformed a year ago. The nice thing is, we do have Hicks / Goldman who can generate rush from the line and hopefully we see steps forward from RR / Bullard. Hopefully Floyd is healthy and steps up the pass rush and Roquan might help a bit there as well. That said, we don't have any other dynamic players that I anticipate emerging from there. I don't think we will be bad, but I certainly don't think we will be as dynamic as if we had one more guy. But we can only address so many holes and it will be on the list next off-season, ideally in a draft that will have a lot more depth at the position (I think I saw where like 7 of the top 10 prospects for next years draft (yes...very preliminary) were dl/pass rushers. I don't expect to be picking top 10, but in all honesty, i still expect we are in that range of 14-18.

I can't give Nagy any credit for White. I suppose there is the route running / natural development, but I can't blame the past staff for the fact that White missed multiple seasons due to injuries.

Below is a link to an excellent article highlighting each of the UDFA free agents the Bears brought in. https://theloopsports.com/2018/04/30/bears-breaking-down-the-udfa-class/

Hard to judge the grasu pick. He suffered two major injuries so we never really got to see what he could have been.

I just watched some clips of Miller. I would have never guessed his 40 time after seeing his moves and acceleration / quickness. Wow. He also made a ton of what I would call nfl caliber catches.

Let’s hope in three or four years we still have those same grades when they look back haha.

I agree. It was a pretty good first two rounds.

I didn’t like the Raiders first round at all. Didn’t get proper value in their trade down and than overdrafted a tackle who didn’t have a first round grade by many accounts. For a team without a high pick, I thought the Falcons did well.

I was going to just post I saw that it was undecided if he was going to be a center or guard. Hopefully whatever bears decide is the right decision. To some extent good to have some flexibility given how often long has been hurt last two years.

I’ll guess we take a dB or a tackle.

Nothing gets me too excited in 4th. If we had more picks, I’d actually take Falk but we don’t have enough draft capital to use one of our picks on a QB.

I suspect we make a trade in 4th round.

Yep - I thought the confidence came out in the right way though. Well written! Yet another guy that I think I’ll enjoy rooting for!

Twitch speed and quickness is more important. Sounds like he is a hell of a route runner with an edge. Loved that article...hopefully he can match that college production in the pros!!!

I’m excited about our top three picks.

At least the line should be pretty settled. No more massive questions over Whitehair and where he will play.

You know what I am absolutely okay with this move. I still would have preferred a pass rusher over Daniels but the goal here is three long term starters and i am okay with this. Don’t like trading away future picks though but overall value seemed fair.

I don't think it would have been that steep, but it would have cost us our 2nd and either a future 3rd or a both of our 4th's. Either way that would have been a pretty steep price to pay, imo.

A reporter on the score recently indicated Pace's attempt to trade back up into the 1st round was to try and draft Calvin Ridley.

15 minutes from the start of the 2nd round...will be interesting to see what happens. Lots of talent sitting out there.

So I have been hyping Landry, but there have been some reports that he's got some injury flags. He had an ankle injury in season but I guess some reports indicating concerns over his knee / back. If there is any truth to that, we could see Landry have a pretty big slide. I agree with you though, if we moved down, I wouldn't do it quite yet (would have to wait to see how the 2nd round is trending) and when I move back I wouldn't want to go too far (mainly because I see a big drop-off between the early 2nd round and later in the 2nd round (based upon how draft has been moving).

Floyd is not a pure edge rusher. Floyd is also a strong coverage linebacker, etc. He's a complete linebacker who also gets the pass rusher. On the opposite side you'd want someone a little more specialized. The nice thing is, Smith is also a very complete lb'er..can cover and generate a pass rush from the inside. While Carter is more raw, he too would be able to do those things. Landry, on the other hand, would be more of the pure pass rushing type, at least early on, as he struggled with coverage. Landry's stats were down, but he was playing with a bum ankle and had zero talent around him. He was the most double-teamed / schemed defensive linemen in the country and while his sacks and production were down, its hard to discount those points and the fact that he has a very quick first step and to be frank, likely learned a lot from this past year where he received all that attention (which could help him in the future). Landry could very well be one of those guys where everyone looks back a couple years from now and says, man, we really should have discounted that second season with his bum ankle and looked more at what he did when he was healthy (if he repeated what he did a year ago, he' s likely taken ahead of Bradley Chubb).

I am 100% with you on his interviews and character. He impressed me a lot. I always root for our draft picks but he seems like an easy guy to root for and I can easily see him being a leader on the next great defense. Would love to get Lorenzo Carter to join the defensive unit as well. Less production but man he's just a physical specimen and I truly believe in our coaching. Give Fangio Carter and Smith to go with Floyd, Hicks, Goldman, Eddie Jackson, etc and I could see the long term potential for a great d (with the only major knock being playmaking in the secondary). Than turn the attention to seeing if we can get HH a piece or two late that he can work on molding. While I might regret this comment, the more I think about it, the happier I am we didn't get Nelson. I saw a stat and almost none of the guards on playoff teams were high-draft picks. Going back to the point that quality guards can absolutely developed. With tackles there is a difference. If we got Nelson it would have still been fine cause he'll be an outstanding football, but big picture when it comes to building a franchise its smarter to draft where the ultimately value is and I think we got better value with Smith.

I have to think it was Calvin Ridley. My gut is we had a pretty high grade on him, not worthy of going anywhere close to 8, but overall liked him a lot and would have liked to add him. I presume Landry is one of the first off the board, but I think the Bears would love to get him or Carter. If a pass rusher is there that they like, I think they go that way, otherwise they might move down and go oline or wideout. I think one of pass rusher, Oline, WR, DB (only because Jackson could just a be a stellar value pick on their big board)