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I can run north and south, and pretty fast. Maybe I could play receiver? It takes a lot more than being able to run in a straight line. Hester can't play because he does not possess the skills of an NFL caliber receiver. Certainly not a player you can trust. This has been proven over the past 6 years.

Have you ever seen Devin Hester play WR? I'm having a hard time taking you seriously right now.

I think you just answered your own question. There is no way to utilize Devin Hester in an offense because he can't play. If the Bears draft a receiver early this year, I don't think he's not going to be a #4 receiver, at least in the long term. Think GB and Randall Cobb and all he's able to do on the field after the Packers took him with a 2nd round pick when they didn't necessarily need a receiver. Keep in mind Trestman's offense might utilize more 4-5 WR sets which increases the value of needing more quality receivers, and the more use you get out of the pick.

Not sure if serious?

In regards to the draft, they should address whatever position gives them the best player. If there is a better WR available to them than at any other position when they are picking in rounds 1-2, they should take the WR. I despise the notion that we must address a specific position in each round because it eliminates any other possibilities of taking a better player from another position of need. It's an ignorant way of drafting. Where we seem to differ is in my approach to taking the best player that is available from a positional need rather than drafting for specific positions in each round. I think that is the most sensible way to draft. If you want a LT but Lane Johnson isn't there, do you really want to reach for another LT who doesn't belong at pick 20? I would hope not. That is why I'm not ruling out the possibility of taking another player from another position that isn't OL in the early rounds of the draft. If there's a better player at LB or WR or TE, I'm taking that guy.

Yeah they need all of those things, including more WR depth. I'm not really arguing which is more important. You need more than 3 true receivers on your roster. Weems is more or less a wasted roster spot because he's not going to give you anything at WR despite being listed as one even though he plays special teams. You also have to factor in Bennet's health issues he's had in the last couple years. The guy can't stay on the field. Phil Emery agrees with me. He spoke about needing more play makers on offense and talked about some of the same things that I'm talking about now, in regards to speed. You need a vertical threat on the field that compliments Marshall and Jeffery. Do they need to spend big money on a FA WR? No. Do they need to spend a 1st round pick on a WR? No. But there really is no valid argument out there to make saying the Bears don't need to add to that position. We just came off a season where Brandon Marshall caught 89 more passes than our next leading receiver! Not even combining all of them together, including the TE, equaled the total number of balls Marshall caught this season. That is god awful.

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Last comment on this subject. The larger point of all of this revolves around the Bears needing to become a more dynamic offense with players who have complimentary skill sets. The Saints are the standard for offensive efficiency and excellence. They are good because they have a Hall of Fame quarterback in combination with the vast array of varying skill sets between their receivers, TE's, and Rb's. Marcus Colston is different from Lance Moore, who's different from Devery Henderson. Pierre Thomas is different from Darren Sproles. Jimmy Graham is one of the fastest TE's in football. Everyone brings something different to the table. Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery do not compliment each other. They both have very similar skill sets. Earl Bennett doesn't provide you with any complimentary skill either because like the other two, he is also more of a posession receiver. If the Bears want to become a dangerous offensive force, they need to add more players who aren't the same. It's just common sense. Too many of the same guys makes the offense more predictable and easier to defend.

Way to ignore most of the post. Devery Henderson is much more of a down field threat than Alshon. They are two drastically different players. Jeffery is the possession type, whereas Henderson, and Meachum (whom I see you did not mention) are threats to go deep. The Saints have, and even more so in the past with Meachum, a very nice mix of different skill sets between their skill players, which is why they are so dynamic on offense. The Bears don't have any guys that compliment each other. Everything is the same. Marshall and Jeffery are the same type of receiver, Forte isn't a home run threat the way Darren Sproles is, Bennett is a 3rd down chain mover.. There needs to be more guys that bring different things to the table in this offense. Knox would have helped a ton, had he been healthy. But I guess you're trying to make the case that we didn't need him, or another receiver very similar, because everything is fine. I thought this was a given to people who watch these games, but apparently I was wrong.

I think the Bears are going to get their TE and OG in free agency. Jared Cook or Martellus Bennett, and then Andy Levitre would be tremendous signings. Then the Bears could take a Lane Johnson if he's there and suddenly your line is looking a lot more promising. I think it's unrealistic to expect a massive overhaul in just one year's time. 1 or two new faces would be reasonable.

Well the Saints do have Devery Henderson, and they had Robert Meachum before he signed with San Diego. You have to have a receiver capable of beating somebody deep. Like I said, you can't always score tochdowns in 8-10+ play drives. Especially if you are down in the scoreboard. Speed is the great equalizer. The Bears are slow on offense. Marshall, Jeffery, Forte, Bennett, none of them are burners. Bush? Please.. We had this ingredient in 2011 with Knox, and he was huge, in terms of catching passes down field. For all the criticism I've given him over the years, he was probably the main reason, aside from horrendous play calling, that hurt the Bears offense this year. When you have nobody that can pick up yards in chunks, it is very difficult to score points consistently.

You can't score points all the time just by doing dinks and dunks all game long. You NEED a speed threat in an offense to keep them honest. Someone has to be able to separate from coverage and take the top off a defense. We currently have nobody who can do that.

Bennett needs to have a productive, healthy season or that extension that we gave him recently could start to look pretty bad if it isn't already. We're paying him Jordy Nelson money to basically catch 30 passes a year and miss a ton of the games..

Of course, it's one of the many priorities. Cutler has Marshall and Forte, and not a lot else. There is no speed. We need that.

What? They will only have 3 receivers on the roster next year besides Weems after Hester is cut. They lack a speed threat to take the top off the defense. You can't count on Bennett to stay healthy either. To say they don't need another receiver is not accurate. I'm not saying they have to spend a 1st round pick on a receiver, but they do need to find at least one who will be an important part of the offense next year.

I like Ogletree and Arthur Brown the best out of all the linebackers right now. Kevin Minter has the size to be a MLB, although he is a bit on the shorter side. Haven't seen enough of Reddick. Where is he projected to go?

It was more of a joke than anything. Hopefully the streak will end with Lovie being gone.

Don't forget the annual draft pick spent on a safety will be in the running as well.

Really hope he's able to get healthy. That was one of the scariest injuries I've ever seen in sports.

What reason would he have to make it up?

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I'm only including our positional needs. So it's only BPA amongst those specific needs, not every position. Although there is always exceptions. Here is another example of what I'm talking about. If you take NFL.com's grades and apply it to my view on drafting, let's go back to some of the guys I was talking about earlier who might be available at the time we pick.. OT- Lane Johnson 86.9 OG- Johnathon Cooper 86.9 WR- Tavon Austin 85.4 LB- Alec Ogletree 84.0 TE- Tyler Eiffert 83.3 Those numbers are the corresponding grades NFL.com currently has on these players (They actually have Arthur Brown rated 90.3, but I'll stick with Ogletree for this example). Remember, this is just a view of how I would use the grades. Out of our positional needs, Johnson and Cooper are the two best, according to NFL.com. So because of those grades, you can eliminate 3 of the 5 from consideration because you want what you think is the best overall player from a positional need. Normally I would say in this case to go with Johnson because LT is a more crucial position than guard, but If what has been written about Trestman is true, a guard might be more important because of the way his blocking system works. It's a choice between those two. This is the way I would do every round of the NFL draft. If we took Cooper in this instance, you can cross off OG from your list and now go with those 4 other positions for the oncoming rounds of the draft and do the same thing. Find the best players available from those specific positions, and then find the guy that grades out best amongst that group.

I just think singling out individual positions each round is the wrong approach. Saying, "They HAVE to draft this position in the 1st round".. It limits your options, and you might miss out on a better player at another position of need, even if you don't feel like that position is as "important" as another. It goes back to what I've always said about the draft-- you don't just draft a LB'er or an OL in the 1st round because you need one. If that player isn't as good as someone else at another positional need then you don't draft that player! It's simple. Obviously you don't totally know how good a player is going to be, but that's why you rely on your grades.

I haven't made up my mind yet. I'll just say-- one of these guys in the first. OL- Lane Johnson, John Cooper WR- Tavon Austin LB- Alec Ogletree, Kevin Minter, Arthur Brown TE- Tyler Eiffert, Zach Ertz

I think Tucker ran a 2 gap 4-3 in Jacksonville did he not? I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered Matt Bowen saying that he has used his DT's as 2 gappers before. I might be in the minority, but I wouldn't be terribly upset if we lost Melton to free up more money in this UFA market. I prefer to re-sign him, but only if the price is right.