I would have preferred they take Watson and 3 and kept the picks.

You realize you are saying the Bears beat the Browns out to get their guy, right? And if you knew the Niners wanted Thomas, I would hope the Bears would have known that.

And I could absolutely be wrong about this but I would feel a lot better with Watson and the picks right now. 10,168 yards, 90 touchdowns and 32 INTs, plus rushed for nearly 2,000 yards.​ A bunch of other teams passed on Watson but they also passed on (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky. And those teams still have their draft picks (except Houston) Which is something the Bears could not afford to give away. Especially for a guy who will more than likely not see the field next year.

Thank you.

That has been my point all along.

Bears could have had Mahomes or Watson and had all the picks also. But they fucked up as usual

I apologize to The Hawk

Thank you.

That has been my point all along.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

If you have to spend three draft picks, none of which are first or second rounders, to make absolutely sure you get your man at QB you do it. There is no alternative in the world of QB's, the idea of "just taking another guy" is unacceptable when it comes to that position. If you identify someone and decide he is the man you do whatever it takes to get him. If you get your man its a success, if you dont its a failure.

The Bears finally moved into a new era in earnest for the first time since the Cutler trade. If you chose to just be miserable because they missed out on a handful of Hroniss Grasu's and Brandin Hardin's that's your problem. I'm excited that for the first time since it became apparent Cutler was not the answer (last year of Trestman) the Bears have finally taken a bold step in a new direction.

The rest of you who wanted to covet picks and draft some bum in the 4th round because of extreme outliers like Tom Brady or Dak Prescott (the latter may not be any good) would've been happier keeping the Bears in QB hell? Really? This front office is damned if they do and damned if they dont in the eyes of a lot of fans and I dont think they really deserve it. For everyone complaining about having such a bad year last year, well if they were just a little bit worse they would've been picking #2 overall anyways, so next time you cite the record as a reason to have zero faith in Pace you may want to reexamine other complaints you're voicing in these threads.

No that really has not been your only point all along, but we will go with that.

What?

Matt doesn't need me to defend him but did you even read his posts tonight?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

SANTA CLARA–They got their guy–probably the best guy available for them–and the 49ers got even more than that.

They played it perfectly, they were patient, they head-faked or sweet-talked or hypnotized just plain out-smarted Chicago into giving up three good picks to trade up just one slot and then the 49ers drafted Stanford defensive lineman Solomon Thomas, who they probably wanted all along, anyway.

So in the one year that many "experts", not internet know it alls, have declared this not to be a solid QB draft, would you say this was a good year to trade up to the second pick to get one?

Signing Glennon wasn't doing enough to fix the QB position, now drafting a QB at #2 is too much? Because of some shitty draft picks that from a raw odds perspective have like a 15% chance of netting one good player amongst all three of the selections? The Bears clearly were not interested in Watson, do you really want them to draft a guy they didn't believe in? Especially instead of a guy they did believe in?

These complaints people are having already all suck. Perhaps the worst is the pearl clutching over some dogshit picks that wind up being Jeremy Langford or Chris Conte's (if you're lucky), especially when those picks are sacrificed to get what could very well be a franchise altering player at QB.

No that really has not been your only point all along, but we will go with that.

I can't see how a Bears fan would feel better with this scenario than with picking Watson at 3 and keeping the picks they desperately need.

It's hilarious that you think 3rd round picks are worthless. You sound like Dan Snyder in 2005.

They're not worthless, but they're also not "the farm" or even remotely as valuable as first or second rounders. The pressure is definitely on the Bears to make the most of this second round selection (whether that means trading down or making an outstanding pick) because of the (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky trade, but its not like 5 years from now Bears fans will be rueing the day they gave up a bunch of picks outside the top 50.

If (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky sucks of course they will.

The bigger regret will undoubtedly be the misuse of the #3 overall and lost playing time wasted to try and make it work with (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky. The 3rd rounders are not really capable of making or breaking a franchise.

Of course I have.

That was not his only point. He kept making it seem as if the Bears traded up to get a QB that no one else wanted.

And you also have no idea who wanted him. If he is so desired, than I'm guessing the many teams that need a QB would have trumped the Bears offer. And if they didn't, that tells me something. I'm not really sold on this regimes evaluation of the QB position. This is a GM who said you have to draft a QB every year. And the one year he does actually follow up on that, he trades up and gives away draft picks in a year when it's said by many "experts" to be a down QB year.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

So I take it you agree with me on my multiple points?

So I take it you agree with me on my multiple points?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Ok. Pace got had. Good for the 49ers. They got him. Bad for us. But hopefully he's awesome and it won't matter.

I apologize to The Hawk

Lynch has zero track record to rely upon. The 49ers need a QB. If they passed on a guy who pans out, they will look like fools.