RB confusion clarity

[Stinger226]

Since I am not very bright, I look to the Bears and their visits to give me clarity in the RB choices.

4 RBs came in for a visit after viewing them at their pro day. The Bears have to make an effort to go to a pro day as in having players come in for a visit.

Williams

Singletary

Weber

Lexington Thomas

There are 5 players that we used a visit and had back for a private work out

Sanders

Williams

Singletary

Weber

Armstead

So to narrow down who we may draft, early rounds would be Sanders, and Williams, maybe Singletary

I can see us waiting until the 4th or 5th and grabbing Weber,  Singletary or possibly Armstead. 

Something that makes me curious is we have not visited with Henderson, who I personally thought was the best fit for Nagy's offense. 

So I think the Bears like Williams and Sanders the best. I leave Singletary out of the conversation because his lack of speed takes away the explosive plays they want in the RB situation.

If they wait until after the 3rd, I think Singeltary is a possible pick if he slips to the 5th

I also think they are high on Armstead and Weber in the 5 th.

So my conclusion is Williams in the third or Weber in the 5th.

 

[ASHKUM BEAR]

1 hour ago, Stinger226 said:

Since I am not very bright, I look to the Bears and their visits to give me clarity in the RB choices.

4 RBs came in for a visit after viewing them at their pro day. The Bears have to make an effort to go to a pro day as in having players come in for a visit.

Williams

Singletary

Weber

Lexington Thomas

There are 5 players that we used a visit and had back for a private work out

Sanders

Williams

Singletary

Weber

Armstead

So to narrow down who we may draft, early rounds would be Sanders, and Williams, maybe Singletary

I can see us waiting until the 4th or 5th and grabbing Weber,  Singletary or possibly Armstead. 

Something that makes me curious is we have not visited with Henderson, who I personally thought was the best fit for Nagy's offense. 

So I think the Bears like Williams and Sanders the best. I leave Singletary out of the conversation because his lack of speed takes away the explosive plays they want in the RB situation.

If they wait until after the 3rd, I think Singeltary is a possible pick if he slips to the 5th

I also think they are high on Armstead and Weber in the 5 th.

So my conclusion is Williams in the third or Weber in the 5th.

 

Henderson could be a Trubisky scenario where they keep it hush in case he does make it to 87.  You would have to believe their mouths are watering at having his talent. 

[AZ54]

Sanders I was high on but his fumbling problems make me nervous and so I lean more toward Henderson in the 3rd Rd.  Singletary's lack of explosiveness is worriesome at the NFL level.  It's one thing for a bigger back like Barnes to lack explosiveness because he has the strength to run through tackles.  I feel like Singletary will be the second coming of Mizzell although he's quicker in his cuts.  Beyond those few it's just a bunch of guys who all offer a slightly different twist but can be productive in RBBC roles.  

There has been little discussion of Justice Hill here.   He's fast and can hit the home run at any time but when I watched him in a game he tends to run into traffic too often for my liking.  For a smaller RB you'd like to see him take the soft edge on tacklers.  That lack of vision is concerning for me.   That said, he should still be in the mix for us on day 3.    

[jason]

Just say no to miles sanders. First, he will cost too much. Second, he’s from Penn State. That lesson has been learned already.

[Stinger226]

Why will he cost to much, you mean as a 3rd pick? Personally want them to grab a 5th round pick.

[AZ54]

Hard to see how a 3rd Rd pick costs too much, unless you're talking opportunity cost.

[Stinger226]

The more tape I watch the more I get confusion. I have been watching some tape on R. Anderson and he looks pretty good, minus the injury worries. Also Mattison from Boise State, has a good highlight film.I am not sure why but I keep thinking R. Armstead will be our pick in the 5th. 

[AZ54]

4 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

The more tape I watch the more I get confusion. I have been watching some tape on R. Anderson and he looks pretty good, minus the injury worries. Also Mattison from Boise State, has a good highlight film.I am not sure why but I keep thinking R. Armstead will be our pick in the 5th. 

It's hard to watch these highlights, especially the receptions, and not wonder what Matt Nagy is thinking.  Much of his highlights are against top competition, not the lesser programs Devin Singletary looks good against.  The health concerns are real so I doubt we'd draft him in the 3rd Rd.  I think we must add at least one player who can contribute somewhere, even if as a reliable depth player who could handle a starting role (OG, CB, S, TE).  But in the 4th Rd I could forgive Pace for a taking chance on Anderson.  

 Rodney Anderson vs. Roquan Smith...

 

[dawhizz]

The nice thing about this RB class, and maybe this is a product of not having a 1st or 2nd round pick, is that there isn't really any RB that I hate.  There's some I prefer, and I may quibble with the round we take a RB or the one we choose given the available options, but apart from some of the plodders that I don't think are considerations for the Bears anyway (Damien Harris, Elijah Holyfield) I'm pretty much fine with whoever they believe is the best fit.

[BearFan2000]

On 4/21/2019 at 2:09 PM, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Henderson could be a Trubisky scenario where they keep it hush in case he does make it to 87.  You would have to believe their mouths are watering at having his talent. 

I'm kinda thinking the same thing on this.  There are a lot of mocks and common thought that we'll be targeting a RB possibly in the 3rd especially after the Howard trade.  As we know Pace likes to play things close to the vest and not show his hand.  Especially if he feels he can nab someone he wants by miss-direction.  It's entirely possible that they feel they know all they need to about someone like Henderson that they feel good about taking him if he's there without showing public interest in him.  Pace, I think rather enjoys the gamesmanship aspect of the Draft.  One thing for certain he has his plan, and without a 1st or 2nd rounder I'm sure he and his scouts have gone over various scenarios based on how the draft is going.  It could also mean they don't have interest in Henderson at all.  With Pace anything is possible.

[BearFan2000]

1 hour ago, dawhizz said:

The nice thing about this RB class, and maybe this is a product of not having a 1st or 2nd round pick, is that there isn't really any RB that I hate.  There's some I prefer, and I may quibble with the round we take a RB or the one we choose given the available options, but apart from some of the plodders that I don't think are considerations for the Bears anyway (Damien Harris, Elijah Holyfield) I'm pretty much fine with whoever they believe is the best fit.

Along those lines also is whoever we draft if we do take one will more than likely be part of a RBBC this coming season unless we hit a home run and wind up with a bell cow that fits our system.  We have plenty of picks next year and could likely be sitting in a similar spot with not a lot of pressing needs and can swing for a true feature back and some luxury pics as we currently have 9.   It's not a hole we HAVE to fill this draft, As long as this year we can find a rotation of RB's that makes for a good ground game.  

[Stinger226]

I think if Sanders or Henderson is there we take them in the 3rd.

In the fourth Singletary, or Williams

In the fifth I think they like Armstead or Weber

In the 7th James Williams or Mattison.

I actually think if we didnt draft a RB we would be fine with Nall moving on the roster and Patterson taking 40 reps.

[AZ54]

3 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

I think if Sanders or Henderson is there we take them in the 3rd.

I actually think if we didnt draft a RB we would be fine with Nall moving on the roster and Patterson taking 40 reps.

I'm thinking this is where Pace is at.  He'll take someone somewhere but won't force it.  I tend to think however that he's closely eyeing Rodney Anderson and Bryce Love.  If Pace and Nagy are content with Nall filling Howard's spot then they will be content to draft an injured 1st Rd talent and allow him to recover fully and then work his way into the rotation.   Why not swing for the fences in the 4th or 5th Rd?   If we have Nall in place then really we're looking at 2019 and 2020 draft classes to find our next RB.  If either one recovers to what they were beforehand then we're in a pretty good spot heading into the playoff push. 

IMO Love has to be in an RBBC rotation anyway as I don't think he'll consistently sustain more than 15-18 carries a game at the NFL level.  I know what Anderson's injuries were but I don't know if these were all Kevin White type issues or if the film shows he got his body wedged into a really bad spot when the injury happened.  I think his knee injury was a non-contact injury on a cut.  

 

[Stinger226]

If we take Love , 5th at the earliest,  prefer 7th.