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These are some of the shortest distances to travel (Indy and Cincy).

killakrzydav, the time limit is 24 hours max per pick. I don't know if you are messing with us or what? You came on to tell Jason he was late, then 12 hours later you still haven't made your pick.

Nothing going on, so surfing Twitter for more follows and see that Alshon and Kyle are both following Amari Cooper. Now Kyle is also following Gregory and Winston, but Cooper is the only one being followed by multiple Bears. Just thought that was interesting.

I like it but do we have a 7th rounder?

With the 43rd pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns select Nelson Agholor, WR, USC. The New Orleans Saints (Stinger226) are on the clock......

With the 40th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the NY Giants select Benardrick McKinney, ILB, Mississippi State The St. Louis Rams (bradjock) are on the clock.....

For the O-Line, I believe Slauson has played Center, but I know what you mean. What I was saying was we could go a number of ways on the OLine (draft OT to replace Mills, draft G and shift Long to T, or draft a C for depth), but I don't think we need more than one. For ILB, that was definitely a lower need, but the jury is still out on SMC, Bostic, Jones.

With the 38th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Washington Redskins select Byron Jones, CB, Connecticut. The Chicago Bears (jason) are on the clock.....

This is the most optimistic view I have seen out of the national media. Now I remain realistic and slightly pessimistic (especially with the schedule). My projection is more in the 7-9 win range, but 10 would have us on the cusp of the playoffs. So what do you think? Can Fox/Gase/Fangio and Pace double the Bears win total in one offseason? http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1...80-b4b49994f214

Stinger, Looking at the needs, it looks like we will pick WR, OL, S, ILB, CB, and DL with our 6 picks (not necessarily in that order). To me I think that would be a great draft addressing every layer of the defense and the 2 biggest weaknesses on the offense. Based on who we project to be there at #7, I am starting to think it is going to be White/Cooper/Scherff/Peat at #7. If we trade down, then CB, S, and DL come into play.

Has anyone seen Game Changers on NFL Network (http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-changers). They did the QB prospects again this morning. I was impressed with Winston, Hundley, and Petty, and I was not as impressed with Mariota or Mannion. Mannion seems to have a weird drop back or at least it looks like it takes him longer to get set (which would be bad in the NFL), but he throws a nice ball. Mariota didn't have any confidence and I can't see him taking charge of a huddle. I will have to watch some more film on these guys but at this point I would not be against Hundley or Petty, but not until the 3rd. We have too many other needs to take one in the 1st or 2nd.

With the 37th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the New York Jets select Eli Harold, OLB, Virginia.

We will give him another few minutes or so and then we will auto-pick for the Jets.

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I would love for him to fall to us and then Cleveland gets stupid and gives up 12 and 19 to get him (but that would be crazy).

The fact that we got some of those guys on 1 year league minimum deals makes this a great offseason. Completely low risk high reward. If not for the allegations, McDonald is a top 5 DL FA, and we got him for peanuts. McPhee was very effective and is a huge upgrade worthy of the price tag. Rolle is older but brings a ton of experience and leadership to the team. He is not a long term solution and should only be seen as a stop gap for a year or two. Jenkins brings 3-4 experience to the DLine. Acho is 3 years younger than Skuta (which some people were interested in) and graded out better. Foster was great in TB pre-Lovie, and was not used properly last year and struggled. He is a steal for what we paid. So the DLine got McDonald/Jenkins, LBs got McPhee, Acho, and Foster, and the secondary got Rolle and Ball. I could easily see guys like McDonald, Acho, Foster, and Ball all staying longer than their one-year deals. Regardless, we got better (and younger) on defense and should add a few additional impact players via the draft. On offense, Royal fills a huge need and gives us a true slot receiver, something we have lacked for a long time (and lessens the loss of Marshall). Rodgers gives us another veteran option and true 3rd down back. Montgomery is 4 years younger than Garza and will have offensive familiarity with Gase. So if we address WR and possibly OLine in the draft, we should clearly be better on offense in 2015.

Yeah, if anything, we will add picks and move down. Moving up is the least likely option at this point.

Right on cue:

With the 26th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Baltimore Ravens select Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona State. The Dallas Cowboys (ASHKUM BEAR) are now on the clock....

With the 24th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Arizona Cardinals select Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia The Carolina Panthers (Stinger226) are now on the clock....

I would lean toward defense because everyone of those players would contribute. How about if those drafts had a mock draft baby: 1 - Amari Cooper, WR, Bama 2 - Jake Fisher, OT, Oregon 3 - Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB, Oregon 4 - Derron Smith, S, Fresno State 5 - Joey Mbu, NT, Houston 6 - Deshazor Everett, CB, Texas A&M

The 2nd one is horrible, Ray at #7? An RB in the 3rd?

With the 22nd pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select Marcus Peters, CB, Washington. The Detroit Lions (scs787) are now on the clock.....

Petty has the most question marks coming out of Baylor's offense, and Mariota has the second most. He rarely called plays, commanded a huddle, or went through progressions/pre-snap reads, etc. I think he has all the other intangibles you want in a QB, but I would not want him with the expectation that he has to play from Day 1. For us, if we were interested, the only way I would select him is if he fell to us at #7. That would mean Winston, Williams, Beasley, Fowler, White, and Cooper are off the board. We would have to choose between him, Shelton, Collins, Scherff, Waynes, or one of the other Edge Rushers. Then it at least warrants a discussion. My hope would be a team even more desperate for a QB (hello Cleveland) wants to move up and gives up more than the trade value chart to get him (ie, 12 and 43 for 7).