May 3, 200817 yr comment_38187 He's entitled to his opinion. I happen to disagree with him on this. Peace Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38188 And, for the most part, I happen to agree with him. Lots of risks. Williams is the right position, but many had others rated higher. Forte could easily be seen as a reach considering the others that were there. Bennet could easily be seen as a bad pick considering other WRs who were there. And then the draft got into craziness. I like the 1st and 3rd rounders, but I agree with much of his sentiments about the rest of it. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38190 Williams is the right position, but many had others rated higher. Like who? Albert who has played all of 2 games at LT? Otah, who is about as raw as can be despite his enormous potential (and size), and to me looks a lot like an RT? Cherilus who is an RT? I like Chris more than any of them quite frankly. We NEEDED a ready LT, not a potential one, or an RT. We needed one who could come in on day one and start, and whether he got picked a couple of spots high is completely irrelevant because that is where he went, and he has that kind of physical talent, experience, and "proven factor" to warrant his selection. It wasn't just a "safe pick", it was the smart pick, and a safe pick with a lot of upside. How can one argue against it? Forte wouldn't have been there in the third, and if we liked him enough, why gamble on trading down when we can just get him there? We already had a ton of picks, so getting our guy was important. Not a huge fan of the Bennet selection, but as far as guys who I saw as "high floors" at WR, he was at the top of that list IMHO. Might not be a huge threat, but I could very easily see him as a go-to possession receiver who becomes his QB's favorite target, hauling in a ton of passes. He just does everything the right way, is smart, and doesn't drop passes. I keep hearing Hines Ward attached to his name, but I see a lot of Jericho Cotchery and even a bit of Reggie Wayne in him. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38191 Oh yeah, Hub Arkush is probably the second to last guy who's opinion I want to hear about the Bears. He's a total lamebrain. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38192 Hub not liking our draft is par for the course. He's sounded exactly like what he is since he got let go by the Bears: A disgruntled ex-employee. Is this in print somewhere? Nothing appears in the post for me. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38194 A sure thing in the 3rd round is a mediocre player, and a sure thing in the 5th is a bad player. If you're a sure thing good player, you're long gone. Panning risky picks in the middle and later rounds is ridiculous. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38195 I suppose if Hub says it was no good that has to be the truth... Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38196 What an idiot. He completely contradicts himself a couple times. He says don't reach for a player, then says don't take a player that has fallen. He also says to pass on guys with character issues, then questions the Bears on why they didn't draft Manningham (attitude/drug test). Hilarious. You can question every pick in the draft if you wanted to. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38203 The guy lost credibility for me when he said his favorite back was Tashard Choice. He reasoning for saying we were losers was that we didn't get value for our picks. The only reach was the second rounder in Forte. The rest were value picks. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38209 A sure thing in the 3rd round is a mediocre player, and a sure thing in the 5th is a bad player. If you're a sure thing good player, you're long gone. Panning risky picks in the middle and later rounds is ridiculous. Well said jackie! Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38210 At first I bet everyone thought our 2004 draft was bad, but in the end, we got alot of solid-good players. Tommie, Vasher, Berrian, and Tank. Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38213 Then you can always have opinions with no Bias NFL .com Little snippet from the link: With trade offers for their first-round pick (14th overall), the Bears had an opportunity to add to their pile of choices. Instead, they stayed put and grabbed Vanderbilt's Chris Williams, one of the best offensive tackles in the draft. "We got phone calls from several people, and they were very, very aggressive, but we really felt strongly about Chris," Bears general manager Jerry Angelo said. "We thought he fit the prototype of what we were looking for intangibly. And we felt (good) obviously (about) his skill level and his position. "Not many times do you set your course to target a guy and/or guys, and we had a choice of them. But we didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, and we don't want to get cute on draft day. Maybe we could have gotten (Williams) later, but if we didn't, then we wouldn't have felt as good as we do right now." Report
May 3, 200817 yr comment_38216 Little snippet from the link: IMdO, the way the OL guys went off the board, we would have had crap to chose from if we'd traded down. And how many of us here would be screaming, with me, that we didn't add a top OT choice? Report
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