2015 Bears Offseason (Foxy new Head Coach page 104)

[RynoRules]

I thought it was a very good draft for the Bears based on the 1-5

 

If it was up to me.

 

1) White- Same

2) Goldman-Same

3) Odighizuwa- DE UCLA, Grasu was a equal value pick and a position of need but Odighizuwa will likely be a better player and also a position of need.

4) TJ Clemmings- OT Pitt, Langford was another good value at a position of need so no complaints. Even with the foot injury and the law of polish, Clemmings would have been the better choice.

5) Amos- S Same (Bennett had more vale here but based on needs, Amos makes more sense).

6)Andy Gallik C Boston College.

 

Yeah, I would have done pretty much the exact same thing, assuming White was the pick in the 1st. I would have drafted Beasley, but have no qualms about White being the pick. All those picks 2-5 were easily the best players on the board, without character concerns, IMO (which I think was clearly the focus). And I'm not a Clemmings fan at all. Had him with an early to mid 3rd grade. I probably would have picked Ifo in the 6th, but C is definitely a much bigger need.

 

Feels like the Grasu pick is getting the most talk one way or the other. I love it, and I thick we will look back and wonder how he dropped to the 3rd Rnd.

 

I also think White over Beasley was the right call. I get that you can never have enough speed rushers in any defense, especially the 3-4. But White looks like a potential superstar, and the tape on him shows that he is a hard worker with a nasty streak. Beasley looks like he doesn't get involved against the run, which bothers me.

[jersey cubs fan]

I thought it was a very good draft for the Bears based on the 1-5

 

If it was up to me.

 

1) White- Same

2) Goldman-Same

3) Odighizuwa- DE UCLA, Grasu was a equal value pick and a position of need but Odighizuwa will likely be a better player and also a position of need.

4) TJ Clemmings- OT Pitt, Langford was another good value at a position of need so no complaints. Even with the foot injury and the law of polish, Clemmings would have been the better choice.

5) Amos- S Same (Bennett had more vale here but based on needs, Amos makes more sense).

6)Andy Gallik C Boston College.

 

Yeah, I would have done pretty much the exact same thing, assuming White was the pick in the 1st. I would have drafted Beasley, but have no qualms about White being the pick. All those picks 2-5 were easily the best players on the board, without character concerns, IMO (which I think was clearly the focus). And I'm not a Clemmings fan at all. Had him with an early to mid 3rd grade. I probably would have picked Ifo in the 6th, but C is definitely a much bigger need.

 

Feels like the Grasu pick is getting the most talk one way or the other. I love it, and I thick we will look back and wonder how he dropped to the 3rd Rnd.

 

I also think White over Beasley was the right call. I get that you can never have enough speed rushers in any defense, especially the 3-4. But White looks like a potential superstar, and the tape on him shows that he is a hard worker with a nasty streak. Beasley looks like he doesn't get involved against the run, which bothers me.

 

I'm not sure we're going to wonder how he dropped to the third. He's a center and no super star. He was taken where he should have been taken. But there is no question in my mind that the Bears needed to draft O line in the top half of the draft and I am glad they addressed it. Long was the only longterm option on the roster. Everybody else is either 30+ or a plataued second rate guy (Mills). They are going into the third straight year with 4 of the same 5 guys and only turnover at center. They will probably have to draft tackle early next year as well.

[JonJayCutler]

Looks like Langford had the fastest 40 time among RBs at the combine, while White was 3rd among WRs. And we signed Royal.

 

At the very least, Pace has added a lot of speed to the offense. No more slowest WRs in the NFL or whatever that stat was last year.

[jersey cubs fan]

The Bears are wasting no time in what is the hiring-and-firing season for the men who evaluate talent throughout the league and the college ranks. Multiple sources told the Tribune on Tuesday that college scouting director Marty Barrett will not have his contract renewed after 18 years with the franchise.

[Guest]

how does a college scouting director survive that many failed personnel regimes?

[jersey cubs fan]

how does a college scouting director survive that many failed personnel regimes?

he's been college scouting director for three years. In other words, he worked with Emery when he was here a long time ago, lasted through Angelo regime and Emery kept him on board.

 

He was just a scout before.

[Guest]

how does a college scouting director survive that many failed personnel regimes?

he's been college scouting director for three years. In other words, he worked with Emery when he was here a long time ago, lasted through Angelo regime and Emery kept him on board.

 

He was just a scout before.

 

guess that makes sense

[RynoRules]

The Bears are wasting no time in what is the hiring-and-firing season for the men who evaluate talent throughout the league and the college ranks. Multiple sources told the Tribune on Tuesday that college scouting director Marty Barrett will not have his contract renewed after 18 years with the franchise.

 

Good

[Guest]

Kind of interesting they made some other changes in the personnel department early on and waited on Barrett. How much input do you let a guy you know you are letting go have through the draft process?

[jersey cubs fan]

Kind of interesting they made some other changes in the personnel department early on and waited on Barrett. How much input do you let a guy you know you are letting go have through the draft process?

 

They let Mark Hatley draft David Terrell before they fired him.

[Guest]

Kind of interesting they made some other changes in the personnel department early on and waited on Barrett. How much input do you let a guy you know you are letting go have through the draft process?

 

They let Mark Hatley draft David Terrell before they fired him.

That turned out well.

[rawaction]

 

I'm not sure we're going to wonder how he dropped to the third. He's a center and no super star. He was taken where he should have been taken. But there is no question in my mind that the Bears needed to draft O line in the top half of the draft and I am glad they addressed it. Long was the only longterm option on the roster. Everybody else is either 30+ or a plataued second rate guy (Mills). They are going into the third straight year with 4 of the same 5 guys and only turnover at center. They will probably have to draft tackle early next year as well.

 

Yeah, he went about where I expected him to go. Maybe even a little earlier. That being said, I did say that I would have passed on him in the 3rd for a higher upside guy (Odigizhuwa, Harold, etc) and had my fingers crossed he made it to the 4th. He probably wouldn't have made it to the 4th, but the difference between him and the next C off the board (Max Garcia, I believe it was) isn't as big as the difference between one of those guys in the 3rd vs. the RB they got in the 4th, especially when you factor in need.

 

Also, I think a LT probably would be my #1 pick next year, as things stand now. Bushrod is probably playing his last year in Chicago. His dead cap goes down to 4.4Mil, which is cut in half if he's a June 1 cut next year. And he's not worth paying 8.7 Mil in 2016.

[ctcf]

On the continued possibility of a Bennett trade post draft:

 

Aaron Leming @AaronLemingNFL

As far as I know, things have cooled off & he is expecting to stay at least through this year. #Bears

[Derwood]

All six draft picks are now signed

[jersey cubs fan]

Oh god, is he creepier than Trestman?

 

 

 

Probably not, but he'll give him a run for his money.

[ctcf]

Oh god, is he creepier than Trestman?

 

 

 

Probably not, but he'll give him a run for his money.

 

Infinitely less creepy looking than Trestman. Looks more like a member of the British royal family.

[Guest]

Oh god, is he creepier than Trestman?

 

 

 

Probably not, but he'll give him a run for his money.

 

Infinitely less creepy looking than Trestman. Looks more like a member of the British royal family.

That's actually pretty good.

[jersey cubs fan]

Looks more like a member of the British royal family.

 

That suggests the British royal family don't look creepy. Let's not confuse the ability to occasionally marry a beautiful women with a lack of creepiness.

[Guest]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/08/3c37ceaecb971ac89a1451e5056c113d.jpg

He could definitely be a second cousin. I think he's 18th in line for the throne.

[Banedon]

I dunno, to me he looks like he has a bit of Putin-face.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Is that Pace?

[Banedon]

Is that Pace?

 

It's Gase.

[Guest]

Is that Pace?

 

wtf

[Guest]

http://www.csnchicago.com/bears/martz%E2%80%99ist-elements-adam-gase-offense-may-be-best-hope-jay-cutler

 

Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase was working with quarterback Jay Cutler, all part of the early going in a relationship that will have major implications for both careers longer-term. The conversations ranged over Gase’s offensive plans and philosophies, the kinds of talks Cutler has had with four previous Bears coordinators after his beginnings with Mike Shanahan in Denver.

 

One Cutler reaction was noteworthy:

 

“He's worked with a couple different guys; the good thing is, he's heard a few things that I say,” Gase said last weekend. “He'll look at me and kind of, 'That's a little Martz’ist right there’.”

 

“Martz’ist” – recalling former Bears offensive coordinator Mike Martz from 2010-2011 – may be a very good thing for a quarterback still seeking the level of performance he and the NFL expected from a No. 11 pick of the 2006 draft. And it provides an interesting early impression of what Gase may have planned for his quarterbacks and offense.

 

For all of Martz’s sometimes-out-of-step approaches – seven-step drops, vertical routes, no-help protections, pass-first game plans, strict play calling – Cutler had the most successful stretch of his NFL career under Martz.

 

“What were you thinking?”

 

One of the overarching problems the most recent coaching staff had with Cutler was understanding how the Bears quarterback thought. Decisions ranging from play calls to target selections confirmed one of the opinions held in some quarters of the NFL, that Cutler is simply not an accomplished decision-maker, particularly under pressure. One sure way to negate or subvert talent is to aim it in the wrong direction, and that happened too often over the past couple of seasons, sources explained.

 

[MORE BEARS: Kevin White faces stiff rookie expectations from Bears, NFL]

 

Film-room questions such as “What were you seeing on that one?” didn’t always elicit clear answers or ones that made sense in the particular circumstances.

 

Gase solicited insights from a number of Cutler’s former coaches (who were not universally down on their sometimes-wayward quarterback, sources said), will curtail Cutler’s options by way of audibles, for instance.

 

Gase had met Cutler earlier in their careers and noticed immediate differences in the quarterback.

 

“He’s lost weight,” Gase said, laughing. “He looks good. He’s so mature now compared to what he probably was then. When you get married and you got two kids right now, you change over time and between the good and bad things that happen over your career. I think this is his 10th year. I mean, a lot of ups and downs.

 

“I think he’s ready for a fresh start.”

 

His fifth, and presumably last (start, not necessarily season), in Chicago.

[Banedon]

His fifth, and presumably last (start, not necessarily season), in Chicago.

 

Slow down there, Moon. There's a reason that Jay is still here. There was no other options. Until there are, Jay isn't going anywhere.