adam

If they can put a salary cap on a team, why can't they put salary caps on rookie contracts? Basically make it like the Franchise Tag system. A top 10 pick can make no more than the average of the top 10 players at his position, or something along those lines. Then just taper it down as the picks get lower. Also, put some stipulation in there that says that rookies must play out their contracts without any new negotiations. Make it similar to baseball arbitration.

Based on the votes, the St. Louis Rams select Chris Long, DE, Virginia. Pick #3 up here: http://www.talkbears.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2244

With Jake Long @ #1 and Chris Long @ #2. Who goes #3?

Ok, 14 total votes, and 9 for Long. 6 more total votes or 1 more vote for Long and we can move to the next pick.

Has there ever been a draft where two players with the same last name were drafted 1-2? The 2Long draft.

Per Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...-bear20.article

I was thinking we can do a Talkbears consensus pick for each selection up until the Bears pick. No trades, etc. I will then remove the selected player and make another poll until we get to 14 (hopefully before the real draft). If it goes quick, we can go beyond and have two mocks to compare on draft day. The minimum will be 20 total votes or 10 votes for one player to move on. I am curious to see how this plays out.

Just looking at this, those two wins at the end of the season are sure looking crappy right now. With one loss out of the last two games, we draft 9th. If that happened, we could've traded out of the 9th spot to 14th and pick up extra picks, lol.

I wouldn't mind Brohm, but not at 14. If Dallas was willing to trade with us, I could see him selected somewhere in the 20's with the ability to have a 2nd pick in the 1st. With only 1 1st rounder and at 14, I would say the options are down to: QB - Ryan (very unlikely) RB - Mendenhall, Stewart OL - Albert, Clady, Otah, Williams WR - Sweed, Thomas (I hope we don't go WR) S - Phillips

That is for Arch to do.

"With the 49th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select Mario Manningham, Wide Receiver, Michigan" The Arizona Cardinals and Parkerbear7 are on the clock...

Now if you can project the picks all the way out to #14 with the possible scenarios, that would be sweet.

The Buffalo Bills and Balta1701-A are now on the clock....

Ok, I know we set a loose time limit on picks, so when do we move on? If he wants a Safety, Reggie Smith is still available.

Any word on this pick?

Well said. I like the idea. I just think they need to relook contracts in general. Maybe have some type of stipulation where if a team cannot cut you, you also cannot sit out. Maybe for the first 3 years of a deal or something along those lines. Another idea might be a limit on the amount of times players can renegotiate contracts.

Broncos signed WR Darrell Jackson to a one-year, $1.5 million contract, according to NFL Network's Adam Schefter. Could've been a nice pickup for us.

"With the 33rd pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select James Hardy, Wide Receiver, Indiana" The Atlanta Falcons and Ashkum Bear are now on the clock......

"And that concludes the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft"

I don't think Rice is even on the Bears draft board. Not that this place is gospel, but DraftTek even takes Rice out of the running to be drafted by the Bears along with Hart from Michigan and a bunch of QB's: http://www.drafttek.com/Override2008.html

"With the 28th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select Felix Jones, Runningback, Arkansas" - Jerry Jones rejoices. The San Francisco 49ers and MadLithuanian are now on the clock........

Clady vs Ryan would be a hard decision. I think if both are available at 14, I would go with Ryan. Reasoning: If Clady is available, more than likely Williams, Otah, etc are all still available as well. Making it possible to still pick up quality OL in the 2nd round.

You answered everything to a "t". Ryan would be your pick of the group if he was available, even if it is an extreme longshot. Then if Ryan/Clady are gone you would take Albert over Otah/Williams/Mendenhall/Stewart. So the next question is (to everyone), what does your big board look like if you are JA? Regardless if they will be there or not at 14, list your top 15 picks based on the Bears current team needs. Is Jake Long #1 on your big board? Where is McFadden, etc.

I will be happy if we finish the first round by the time the draft starts. DB is alive, I see him....... Pick coming.......

There are some guys that have about a 0.00001% of falling to us at 14, and would have to be convicted of some Pacman crime to get there. So I just took those guys out while still including a couple of long shots. The point was, if Clady, Ryan, and Mendenhall are there at 14, who would you take? Now if you believe there is no chance in hell that either will be there, then excluding them, who is your next pick?