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Just gonna post some videos for those that have not seen these guys play. Highlights:

Here is the great interview with Bennett: A lot of great and honest comments about Cutler, Trestman, etc.

Yeah, definitely a concern, but it seems like we have so many holes on the defense that we can really go defensive BPA and it will be an upgrade. Knighton is available and free agency will obviously drive our draft to a degree.

2015 MOCK DRAFT Round 1 Pick 1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Stinger226) - Jameis Winston, QB, FSU 2. Tennessee Titans (jason) - Leonard Williams, DE, USC 3. Jacksonville Jaguars (ASHKUM BEAR) - Dante Fowler, Jr, OLB, Florida 4. Oakland Raiders (scs787) - Kevin White, WR, WVU 5. Washington Redskins (Adam) - Vic Beasley, OLB, Clemson 6. New York Jets (killakrzydav) - Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon 7. Chicago Bears (jason) - Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama 8. Atlanta Falcons (Stinger226) - Randy Gregory, OLB, Nebraska 9. New York Giants (Adam) - Brandon Scherff, OL, Iowa 10. St. Louis Rams (bradjock) - Andrus Peat, OT, Stanford 11. Minnesota Vikings (scs787) - Devante Parker WR, Louisville 12. Cleveland Browns (Adam) - Danny Shelton, DT, Washington 13. New Orleans Saints (Stinger226) - Alvin Dupree, OLB, Kentucky 14. Miami Dolphins (killakrzydav) - Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin 15. San Francisco 49ers (jason) - Malcom Brown, DT, Texas 16. Houston Texans (scs787) - Trae Waynes, CB, Michigan State 17. San Diego Chargers (ASHKUM BEAR) - Shane Ray, DE, Missouri 18. Kansas City Chiefs (ASHKUM BEAR) - Ereck Flowers, OT, Miami (Fla.) 19. Cleveland Browns (Adam) - La'el Collins, OT, LSU 20. Philadelphia Eagles (Stinger226) - Landon Collins, SS, Alabama 21. Cincinnati Bengals (Mongo3451) - Jalen Collins, CB, LSU 22. Pittsburgh Steelers (Adam) - Marcus Peters, CB, Washington 23. Detroit Lions (scs787) - T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh 24. Arizona Cardinals (Adam) - Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia 25. Carolina Panthers (Stinger226) - D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida 26. Baltimore Ravens (Adam) - Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona State 27. Dallas Cowboys (ASHKUM BEAR) - Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest 28. Denver Broncos (Stinger226) - Cameron Erving, C, Florida State 29. Indianapolis Colts (Mongo3451) - Breshad Perriman , WR, UCF 30. Green Bay Packers (scs787) - Eric Kendricks, ILB, UCLA 31. New Orleans Saints (Stinger226) - Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Oklahoma 32. New England Patriots (Boston Boxer) - Eddie Goldman, DT, Florida State Round 2 Pick (overall) 1 (33). Tennessee Titans (jason) - Ronald Darby, CB, Florida State 2 (34). Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Stinger226) - Owamagbe Odighizuwa, DE, UCLA 3 (35). Oakland Raiders (scs787) - P.J. Williams, CB, Florida State 4 (36). Jacksonville Jaguars (ASHKUM BEAR) - Jake Fisher, OT, Oregon 5 (37). New York Jets (killakrzydav) - Eli Harold, OLB, Virginia 6 (38). Washington Redskins (Adam) - Byron Jones, CB, Connecticut 7 (39). Chicago Bears (jason) - A.J. Cann, OG, South Carolina 8 (40). New York Giants (Adam) - Benardrick McKinney, ILB, Mississippi State 9 (41). St. Louis Rams (bradjock) - Devin Smith, WR, Ohio State 10 (42). Atlanta Falcons (Stinger226) - Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota 11 (43). Cleveland Browns (Adam) - Nelson Agholor, WR, USC 12 (44). New Orleans Saints (Stinger226) - Arik Armstead, DT, Oregon 13 (45). Minnesota Vikings (scs787) - Shaq Thompson, OLB, Washington 14 (46). San Francisco 49ers (jason) - Sammie Coates, WR, Auburn 15 (47). Miami Dolphins (killakrzydav) - Laken Tomlinson, OG, Duke 16 (48). San Diego Chargers (ASHKUM BEAR) - Jordan Phillips, DT, Oklahoma 17 (49). Kansas City Chiefs (ASHKUM BEAR) - Hroniss Grasu, C, Oregon 18 (50). Buffalo Bills (Adam) - Denzel Perryman, ILB, Miami (Fla.) 19 (51). Houston Texans (scs787) - Stephone Anthony, ILB, Clemson 20 (52). Philadelphia Eagles (Stinger226) - Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami (Fla.) 21 (53). Cincinnati Bengals (Mongo3451) - Tre' Jackson, OG, Florida State 22 (54). Detroit Lions (scs787) - Preston Smith, DE, Mississippi State 23 (55). Arizona Cardinals (Adam) - Eric Rowe, CB, Utah 24 (56). Pittsburgh Steelers (Adam) - Nate Orchard, OLB/DE, Utah 25 (57). Carolina Panthers (Stinger226) - Jay Ajayi, RB, Boise State 26 (58). Baltimore Ravens (Adam) - Carl Davis, DT, Iowa 27 (59). Denver Broncos (Stinger226) - Donovan Smith, OT, Penn State 28 (60). Dallas Cowboys (ASHKUM BEAR) - Michael Bennett, DT, Ohio State 29 (61). Indianapolis Colts (Mongo3451) - Tevin Coleman, RB, Indiana 30 (62). Green Bay Packers (scs787) - Quinten Rollins, CB, Miami (Ohio) 31 (63). Seattle Seahawks (jason) - Ali Marpet, OG, Hobart 32 (64). New England Patriots (Boston Boxer) - Doran Grant, CB, Ohio St Round 3 Pick (overall) 1 (65). Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Stinger226) - Cedric Ogbuehi, OT, Texas A&M 2 (66). Tennessee Titans (jason) - Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA 3 (67). Jacksonville Jaguars (ASHKUM BEAR) - Duke Johnson, RB, Miami (Fla.) 4 (68). Oakland Raiders (scs787) - Grady Jarrett, DT, Clemson 5 (69). Washington Redskins (Adam) - Devin Funchess, WR, Michigan 6 (70). New York Jets (killakrzydav) - T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama 7 (71). Chicago Bears (jason) - Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB, Oregon 8 (72). St. Louis Rams (bradjock) - Hau'oli Kikaha, OLB, Washington 9 (73). Atlanta Falcons (Stinger226) - David Johnson, RB, Northern Iowa 10 (74). New York Giants (Adam) - Danielle Hunter, DE, LSU 11 (75). New Orleans Saints (Stinger226) - Clive Walford, TE, Miami (Fla.) 12 (76). Minnesota Vikings (scs787) - Arie Kouandjio, OG, Alabama 13 (77). Cleveland Browns (Adam) - Paul Dawson, LB, TCU 14 (78). New Orleans Saints (Stinger226) - Tyler Lockett, WR , Kansas State 15 (79). San Francisco 49ers (jason) - Josh Shaw, CB, Southern California 16 (80). Kansas City Chiefs (ASHKUM BEAR) - Tre McBride, WR, William & Mary 17 (81). Buffalo Bills (Adam) - Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor 18 (82). Houston Texans (scs787) - Rob Havenstein, OT, Wisconsin 19 (83). San Diego Chargers (ASHKUM BEAR) - Ty Sambrailo, OT, Colorado State 20 (84). Philadelphia Eagles (Stinger226) - Rashad Greene, WR, Florida State 21 (85). Cincinnati Bengals (Mongo3451) - Lorenzo Mauldin, OLB, Louisville 22 (86). Arizona Cardinals (Adam) - Mario Edwards Jr, DE, Florida State 23 (87). Pittsburgh Steelers (Adam) - Ibraheim Campbell, SS, Northwestern 24 (88). Detroit Lions (scs787) - Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska 25 (89). Carolina Panthers (Stinger226) - DJoun Smith, CB, Florida Atlantic 26 (90). Baltimore Ravens (Adam) - Javorius Allen, RB, Southern California 27 (91). Dallas Cowboys (ASHKUM BEAR) - Za'Darius Smith, DE, Kentucky 28 (92). Denver Broncos (Stinger226) - Xavier Cooper, DT, Washington State 29 (93). Indianapolis Colts (Mongo3451) - John Miller, OG, Louisville 30 (94). Green Bay Packers (scs787) - Jeremy Langford, RB, Michigan State 31 (95). Seattle Seahawks (jason) - Damarious Randall, FS, Arizona State 32 (96). New England Patriots (Boston Boxer) - Justin Hardy, WR, East Carolina 33 (97). New England Patriots (Boston Boxer) - Reese Dismukes, C, Auburn 34 (98). Kansas City Chiefs (ASHKUM BEAR) - Taiwan Jones, ILB, Michigan State 35 (99). Cincinnati Bengals (Mongo3451) -Cody Prewitt, FS, Ole Miss Round 4 Pick (overall) 1 (100). Tennessee Titans (jason) - Trey Flowers, DE, Arkansas 2 (101). New England Patriots (Boston Boxer) - David Cobb, RB, Minnesota 3 (102). Oakland Raiders (scs787) - Josue Matias, OG, Florida State 4 (103). Jacksonville Jaguars (ASHKUM BEAR) - Kwon Alexander, OL, LSU 5 (104). New York Jets (killakrzydav) - Chris Conley, WR, Georgia 6 (105). Washington Redskins (Adam) - Derron Smith, FS, Fresno State 7 (106). Chicago Bears (jason) - James Sample, SS, Louisville

7. Shane Ray, OLB/DE 39. Kevin Johnson, CB 71. Hayes Pullard, OLB 103. Jake Ryan, ILB 167. James Sample, SS 199. Adrian Amos, FS I really like the 1st, 2nd and 4th rounders, but would go with Hroniss Grasu, C or Cody Prewitt, FS in the 3rd (both were available at our pick). A little crazy with back to back late rounds safeties, but at that point it really is a crapshoot anyway.

Brady has been to 9 conference title games (12 yrs) and won 6, then won 4 Super Bowls. Montana has been to 6 conference title games (9 yrs), won 4, then won all 4 Super Bowls. Montana would have to get to 3 more title games in 3 years to match Brady's sustained success. I really think this 4th puts him over the edge, against one of the best defenses of all time.

1. Carroll sounded like Trestman defending his play call, and you could tell he was lying. Worst offensive call in a Super Bowl due to the risk/reward of the play, 2nd down, and a timeout. 1a. Not to compare QBs, but when Cutler throws a pick like that (which he has), it is always on him. Surprising to see the media look to Bevell and Carroll instead. Wilson threw the ball, it was a bad pass, he led the WR too much, and it was too high. If you have watched any of Seattle's games, almost all of Wilson's completions are when he is out of the pocket on a broken play or he is throwing deep outside routes where there is no Safety help. Eventually teams are going to figure out that he is too short to make passes over the middle. He ended up 12-21 and that included Kearse's circus catch. Basically 60% completions and an INT at the 1 yard line. After his performance in the NFC Championship Game, he is basically why Seattle was in the hole they were against GB and why they lost last night. He is not a top-10 QB. 2. Sore losers, after the penalty by Bennett, which essentially ended the threat, there was no reason to pull a Schiano on a kneel down. I would've respected them a lot more if they lost with dignity, but they went out like babies. Sherman talking all that crap, yet the LOB allowed 14 pts in a 6-minute span in the 4th quarter. At least we can put to rest the 85 Bears comparisons, their defense is good, but that good. 3. All I am saying is you can make a case for him now (which I didn't think you could before). As much as you can say the INT was a big play, the Kearse catch was just as extraordinary. To me Kearse's play was more luck than skill. When you compare the two players, Montana was throwing to the best WR in history, so that helped. He also did not play in the salary cap era. Montana had 8 straight 10+ win seasons, and then Young followed with 8 of his own. Brady is on 11 and his worst record was 9-7. Also, most people don't remember, but SF had a top 5 defense the entire time Montana was QB, so he didn't have to do much to win. To me it is leaning towards Brady now. 4. What that tells me is that teams are closer than they appear. Almost any of the NFC teams could've made the Super Bowl, it was that close.

Some take-aways from the game: 1. Worst play call I have ever seen, was that Trestman or Lovie? Their luck ran out after the Kearse catch. 1a. Looked like a Cutler throw, I still feel Wilson is overrated. Can't throw a pick from the 1 there. Horrible throw. He only makes plays when the plays break down, can't live by that type of play. 2. Seattle lost a lot of respect with those antics at the end, no class. Hilarious to see all the smack talking and taunting and you lose. 3. Hard to argue with Brady as best of all time, Manning no longer in his class. Now between Montana and Brady only. 4. Dallas gets penalty picked up against Detroit, Bryant no-catch against GB, GB implodes against Seattle, then Seattle blows it from the 1 yard line. Crazy NFC. 5. We need a speedy WR with hands, Edelman played awesome.

Right now Ray has the lead, with Shelton second. I would honestly be happy with either.

If Tillman can give us 2 productive years, that would be huge and one less hole to fill at least this year. We can reduce the need for CB's by one, which the way we have to fill holes, is a big deal. I trust Fox/Pace to get this right and I am good either way, but if Tillman just wants to retire a Bear and isn't asking for a lot of money. Signing him to a short/low cap hit deal would be beneficial for both sides.

One of my biggest complaints last year was how our defense always seemed to be out of position. Either they lined up wrong, were out of position to make a play (and had to recover) or completely played the wrong gap; it was a like a guessing game and we always lost. The units also seemed disjointed. The DLine, LBs, and DBs were never on the same sheet of music. We would blitz and the CBs would be 10 yards off, or Safeties would come up and the CBs would expect support of the top. This occurred on every play. We only tackled the other team by accidentally running into them. The entire defense looked confused pre-snap too and then we were just chasing players on every play. This is all on Tucker. It will be a complete 180 this year with a real Head Coach and real Defensive Coordinator. Players will know "their job" on every play and know where they need to be. The Bears were the best Cover-0 team in the league (covering open space) last year. In a weird way, I think the epic fail of a defense negatively impacted our offense. The offense would fool our defense with plays that would fool no one else, we telegraphed every play, yet our defense was so bad it got fooled. So our offense was under-prepared to handle real defensive schemes and how to counter various pressures. Our offense was built to beat the Cover-0 and we were the only team playing it.

I think SMC was stunted by his position and Mel Tucker's lack of coaching. Just read some of the comments on him from draft analysts before the draft: http://blogs.thescore.com/nfl/2012/04/16/d...shea-mcclellin/

Just holding players accountable is going to have a huge positive effect on this team.

Hard game to pick, I don't like either team but my logical side wants to pick Seattle 24-20, but my gut is telling me NE 27-17. What do you think? Also, with the news about the Lynch extension, do you think Seattle can extend Lynch, make Wilson the highest paid QB, extend and give a raise to Wagner, and somehow resign Maxwell? To me Maxwell seems like the odd one out.

He is what he is but I still think he can play better. There were clear disconnects from the entire team last year. 2013 was more in line with where I believe we can be offensively. Cutler can improve and he will need to or he will no longer be on the team. Older players can play better in their 30's, Gannon and Young both figured it out in their 30s.

That is sort of my point. Here are all the QBs available via trade or free agency; are any of these better than Cutler: Sam Bradford, Nick Foles, Jake Locker, Brian Hoyer, Kyle Orton, Matt Moore, Michael Vick, Christian Ponder, Blaine Gabbert, Jason Campbell, Tavaris Campbell, Ryan Mallett

The only way I would trade/cut Cutler is if I knew who was replacing him. I feel like the defense was so bad the last few years that we wouldn't have done much better with anyone else anyway. So gaining cap space is great, but that doesn't guarantee anything. One crazy scenario I thought about has us in a 3 way trade with Philly and Tennessee where Philly drafts Mariota, we get Foles, and Tennessee gets Cutler and some picks.

AZ, Yeah I didn't list players that were off the board on majority of the mocks. I left Mariota, Winston, Williams, Gregory, and Cooper off the board.

There really is no wrong answer, but the only player on the list I would pass on would be Parker. As a secondary question, if Winston or Mariota drop to #7, would you pick either of them?

We are on the clock at #7, these are the players on the board, with no trade partners, who is your pick?

I like the first two, but don't think we can go past the 4th without a Safety. I would like to see DE/LB, ILB, S, OL, CB, QB.

Another cool fact with our coaches, we now have 30 years of DC experience (Fangio-15, Donatell-8, Fox-7).

I really think Fuller was hindered by Tucker's horrible coaching and scheme. Fuller actually got worse as the season went on. I would rather have Tillman and Fuller starting, bring in a free agent that is starting caliber, and draft one within the first 4 rounds. We now have Fox, Fangio, and Donatell overseeing the Secondary compared to Trestman, Tucker, Hoke.

I would be more curious to see how many are still on the team that drafted them, how many pro bowlers, starters, and busts. All I know is we really can't draft much worse. Here is a good summary of drafts over the past 5 years: http://q.usatoday.com/2014/05/07/nfl-draft...gland-patriots/ Basically NO, SF, and DEN have all been great drafting teams, and we have been the worst. We are in a unique category with Jacksonville and no other team is even close to as bad as we have been. The chart says it all:

I saw him on NFL Network yesterday and you could just hear the excitement in his voice. Even if he doesn't return, it nice to see players excited about the team and football again. I would sign him to a 1 or 2 year deal, the triceps injury was a freak injury, and with the missed games, he has that much more left in the tank.