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GO BEARS! Falcons 27 - Patriots 23 Footballs = 12psi

The 3rd round seems like the draft's sweet spot.

Definitely a red flag. As some have mentioned on this board, you have to question why they would be willing to give up on him with Brady getting close to retirement.

Full compensation until 67 is crazy. I can see partial compensation, or something like a tax break for a disability, but getting millions for 30 years past their prime is ridiculous.

Using only the mock drafts that were updated in the last month from the Walter Football Mock Draft Database (94 mocks), here is the summary of picks: 1. J. Allen, 37.2% (seems like most realistic pick) 2. M. Trubisky, 20.2% (which QB will we pick if all 3 are available?) 3. D. Kizer, 19.2% 4. D. Watson, 10.6% 5. J. Adams 6.4% (only logical Safety pick at #3 now) 6. M. Hooker, 3.2% (with recent surgeries, probably no longer in play) 7. M. Garrett, 1.1% (doubt he gets to us) 8. S. Thomas, 1.1% (no value at #3) 9. C. Davis, 1.1% (I highly doubt we go WR at #3) 1. QB, 50% 2. DL, 39.4% 3. DB, 9.6% 4. WR, 1.0% 92.6% of mocks have Garrett going #1 and only 1 draft has him getting to #3. 48.9% have Trubisky going #2, Kizer 16%, Watson 12.8%, and Allen 11.7% 52.2% of mocks have Trubisky going in top 2. http://walterfootball.com/draftdata.php

Hicks is signed thru 2017, but it would be a nice to lock him up now before he plays himself into a bigger contract. I thought Trevathan was going to be the biggest help, but Hicks was clearly the best defensive player.

Here are some headlines when searching for Garoppolo: "Kyle Shanahan sounds like he’d be interested in Jimmy Garoppolo" "The Browns will pursue Jimmy Garoppolo and have the picks to pull it off" "CURRAN: SEVERAL TEAMS REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN GAROPPOLO" "Texans could explore possible trade for Garoppolo"

Sure but they can be behind it all they want, but they don't pass state legislation.

I did one trade, moving down with CIN to pick up another 3rd rounder: Your score is: 10536 (GRADE: B+ ) Your Picks: Round 1 Pick 9 (CINN): Jamal Adams, SS, LSU (A+) Round 2 Pick 4: DeShone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame (A-) Round 3 Pick 3: Obi Melifonwu, SS, Connecticut (A-) Round 3 Pick 9 (CINN): Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina (B+) Round 4 Pick 4: Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson (A+) Round 4 Pick 10: Kevin King, CB, Washington (A) Round 5 Pick 3: Dan Skipper, OT, Arkansas (A) Round 7 Pick 3: Zane Gonzalez, K, Arizona State (A+) With a bunch of trades (I had to stop making trades): Your score is: 10404 (GRADE: B ) Your Picks: Round 1 Pick 10 (BUF): Mitch Trubisky, QB, North Carolina (A+) Round 2 Pick 4: Sidney Jones, CB, Washington (A) Round 2 Pick 10 (N.O.): Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (A) Round 2 Pick 12 (BUF): Roderick Johnson, OT, Florida State (B+) Round 3 Pick 3: Obi Melifonwu, SS, Connecticut (A-) Round 3 Pick 6 (NYJ): Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson (B+) Round 3 Pick 12 (N.O.): Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina (A-) Round 3 Pick 20 (T.B.): Antonio Garcia, OT, Troy (A) Round 3 Pick 38 (DEN): Kevin King, CB, Washington (B+) Round 4 Pick 10: Eddie Jackson, SS, Alabama (A+) Round 4 Pick 15 (MINN): Jaleel Johnson, DT, Iowa (A+) Round 4 Pick 19 (T.B.): Josh Reynolds, WR, Texas A&M ( Round 4 Pick 41 (MINN): Dawuane Smoot, DE, Illinois (A-) Round 5 Pick 3: Nathan Peterman, QB, Pittsburgh (A+) Round 6 Pick 16 (MINN): Javancy Jones, OLB, Jackson State ( Round 7 Pick 3: Zane Gonzalez, K, Arizona State (A+)

Does the NFLPA have the authority to target a team like that? Regardless of who is behind it, if it is a state law, how could the Bears be responsible?

Yeah, 1st round is off the books, but I would consider him in the 2nd.

We need a QB and he may be available, so why wouldn't you do your due diligence and check him out? I don't buy the source knowing our interest level and I don't know how you would measure that? Also, if we are considering him, it would make sense to let NE know so there can be more talks as you get closer to the draft.

Absolutely, without context, it is hard to really see any cause and effect when a team is bad. However, it would seem to me that a playoff team with a ton of rookie snaps would be projected to be in a better position to have long term success than ones with fewer rookies getting PT. Also, if you look at the reverse, you can probably project which teams will have some potential cap issues in the next few years (w/ very few rookies playing): MIN, ARZ, WAS.

Bears in 4th. Surprisingly Vikings were in last with only 287 rookie snaps. Source: https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/825967715273887744

We just lost to the Browns.....

Talk about turning a weakness into a strength, I almost like the Berry/Adams or Hooker option the best.

Here is a link to some Senior Bowl observations, a bunch of sub links per day for offense and defense. They seem to cover almost every player. https://mattwaldmanrsp.com/

Yeah, your advice to select McCellin sure worked out......jk. I would say a large portion of the media uses forums, blogs, and discussion boards to find nuggets of information. Why do all the analysis when someone else already has? If the info has not been previously published by a media outlet, they take the info for their own and post it. I believe there was a writer even caught doing that where the info he was posting was basically a straight copy off someone's blog.

Nice to hear, but as expected for the Browns.

TE in the 5th or 7th and it would look pretty good.

Jason, I 'm sorry if I didn't clarify, those were my "needs" rankings, which should impact draft order if two players of two different positions are equal in skill. For QB, I am fine with a QB in the first, as long as he is BPA at the time of the pick. Same with DL, even though I think we are good on the D-Line, it would be hard to pass on Allen or Garrett at #3. Especially if the top QB is gone and 1 of 2 of them are gone when we pick. I was thinking we could rank the team needs so you had a team prioritization list, which would then guide you through available players when there are equal value. Otherwise, go BPA all the way through and see what we look like. My dilemma is do you go with the #2 QB, #2 DL, #1 Safety, #1 CB, or #1 OL at #3.

I wouldn't call Hogan a star, but I know what you mean. I would blame his production yesterday on utterly ridiculously bad coverage/scheme/communication of Pittsburgh's defense and secondary. Braverman would've torched them too with that coverage. I don't know if you can stereotype all players from NE or if that is a wise perspective. The only concern about New England players is that they are very system specific and if you don't run something close to what they do, it would be hard to determine the value of a player in your system.

After tonight's games, 8 of the 10 playoff games have been decided by 13 pts or more. I don't remember a season where we had so many blowouts in the playoffs. Interestingly enough, the only two games not won by at least 13 pts were also the only two road wins this postseason. I am rooting for Atlanta and based on how they looked recently, this is setting up to be a great, high scoring Super Bowl.

Yep, unless he was taking a head coaching gig or something higher than DC (Assistant to the Regional Head Coach), then we will be good to go.

Anyone know how many of these guys are projected to go in the first 3-4 rounds?