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None of them went and opened an IRA?

Looks like a OL. Started his career at TE but bulked up and moved to OT.

I was curious about it so I did a little research. Our number two TE last year was Eben Britton (by about six snaps over Rosario). And I was actually able to locate an article that actually referred to him as a TE hybrid. lol

Apparently gone to Arizona now. These things change a lot. Christian Jones was listed as a Jag about 15 minutes ago. Man, this is just like college recruiting. We got a decommit but we flipped someone else's. Wonder about the quality of hostesses. Considering it was probably an upgrade in players for the Bears, there must be some pretty high quality hostesses in Chicago. Phoenix>Chicago>Jacksonville... Probably about right.

His perceived needs, not yours. The point is if you treated the value right you shouldn't have to forgive punts and Hardins and mcclellins. Emery does a lot of things really well, but I hate how he treats drafts. Missed opportunities and tunnel vision. You don't think Emery thought S was a need, a primary need at that? I think he thought run defense was priority one and he took three guys with run defense in mind. Yet going into day two, I don't think you could have found a draft expert or casual fan who said that the value present was much more aligned to S than DT. Yes, there is ultimately some question on the specific picks, which will play out on the field, but perhaps their plan was aligned to the value available, and not just need. And I guess run D is probably a bigger need. Most of Conte's bad plays were whiffed tackles that should have been cleaned up well before him.

Another local guy (along with Lynch). Looks like an Emery WR.

His perceived needs, not yours. The point is if you treated the value right you shouldn't have to forgive punts and Hardins and mcclellins. Emery does a lot of things really well, but I hate how he treats drafts. Missed opportunities and tunnel vision. You don't think Emery thought S was a need, a primary need at that?' You play value right by staying true to your board, not by trading down or whatever it is you expect.

Semi related rant. I hate it when people say GMs have smartest man in the room syndrome for "reaches". Wouldn't it be more arrogant, thinking after hours spent studying hundreds of players (and knowing other teams doing the same) you are the only team who saw a value in a guy? I mean within reason you can project, but a 100-50 jump isn't crazy. Less than a 30-10 jump for instance. Taking a reach isn't overthinking things, not listening to your draft values is overthinking.

This line is going to regress in a hurry. Next season emery will have to find a new need to obsess over. I don't see the line as regressing more so than most of our roster. It has plenty of youth on it, with Emery committing plenty of resources to it since he's been here. Garza is the next out, but we hopefully have an experienced vet waiting in the wings in de la Puenta. Bushrod could decline, or Mills or Long could fail to progress, but NFL rosters are always in a constant state of decline. You make it sound like a bad thing that Emery has each season consistently addressed the biggest needs, and really I think has done so in a way to hedge both short term improvement and long term stability. I do not think you can have long term success by obsessing over need in the draft, doubling and tripling up at positions of need, drafting punters, and otherwise not taking advantage of value in drafts. At face value, his comment about his day two plans are worrisome. You don't want to go and force picks because of perceived short term need, especially once you get past the top of the draft. However in the context of this draft it was pretty strong in that range for DT. It doesn't take wild assumptions that they may have planned for two DT because they saw it undervalued thus far in the draft. And as for doubling up, Ego and Sutton really figure to fulfill different roles. If he was need obsessed, S was probably still a bigger need and much weaker on talent on day two. Now there's obviously a scouting difference between the bears board and the media, with Ego particularly, but time will tell if his talent level was appropriate to his slot. I know people naturally want to trade down when a perceived reach happens but the further you get from the top the more draft boards vary. You assign grades for a reason and if a player matches your grade you go with it absent a better trade value. Again, if he was need obsessed, Dix or Pryor are the Rd1 pick. But he chose a CB and for now seems set at keeping him there. Agreed on the punter, but forgivable in the grand scheme of things if he hits on his other picks at a good rate.

This line is going to regress in a hurry. Next season emery will have to find a new need to obsess over. I don't see the line as regressing more so than most of our roster. It has plenty of youth on it, with Emery committing plenty of resources to it since he's been here. Garza is the next out, but we hopefully have an experienced vet waiting in the wings in de la Puenta. Bushrod could decline, or Mills or Long could fail to progress, but NFL rosters are always in a constant state of decline. You make it sound like a bad thing that Emery has each season consistently addressed the biggest needs, and really I think has done so in a way to hedge both short term improvement and long term stability.

Hopefully they will add another TE who can see the field and make an impact. Another WR for the slot competition could be good (bonus points if he's a KR, because I don't know who that is on the roster right now). If they can do those two things, I'd feel pretty good.

Post Draft Depth-Chart, with early 53 man roster predictions in bold. (Roster list taken from the Bears website) http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a481/karstenszr/Depth_zps44c8af87.png

James Dunbar OT TCU to Bears.

Interesting. Guess they didn't like his hands at WR. It makes sense based on his college career. His 40 is a little slow, but that would be the same as a receiver. As a back, he'll still need to catch the ball to make it.

So the big question with Lynch. He will play what position?

Unsurprisingly Lynch to the Bears Full list being updated http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2014-nfl-undrafted-free-agents/2 http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2014-nfl-undrafted-free-agents

Shades of Charles Tillman! Put him at CB

Is that from Bleacher Report? Quoted from BR, but his NFL profile write up was similar.

We signed some CFL guy and Mannelly I think is still deciding on his future. So I don't think we'll draft one if you're asking that.

So this guy has a big leg it sounds like but his negatives: Inconsistent accuracy on coffin corner attempts. Struggles with hang time consistency, especially on shorter directional attempts. Approach is somewhat slow and deliberate, giving defense an opportunity for blocks. Forget that he's a P, I don't think he's gonna be a very good one. Bad pick.

Was that Sauerbraun?

Okay this ones just dumb.

I don't mind Fales I'm just not sure if I want 3 QBs on the roster, and I'm guessing he wouldn't be the only backup, so does he clear waivers so we can stash on the PS?

So what's the deal with the dual thing again? Ones more approach based while the other is more mechanics?

Yea I know Enemy kind of shot down a QB late, but Mettenberger if there in the 6th would have to be considered. Though if we're going with workouts, could be Boyd. Disclaimer out at Home Depot so if Boyd somehow got picked I missed it.