99 is his jersey #

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PFW had him as a 3rd or 4th round pick.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

The NFL had him as a 1st rounder or he wouldn't have been there.

Sorry Hub.

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That actually makes me feel better.

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Fire Phil Emery

Well, I've recovered a bit from the shock. Reporters saying that Emory was giddy about the guy, and they see him as a 3-down left DE. I don't know where they're getting that from, but I trust the guy has good scouting ability. So, I guess we just have to see. If he's a good end, that's a good pick. But man, that one was out of the blue.

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When the Bears go 13-3 this year, Lovie will get a 3 year extension.

When the Bears are playing the Niners in the NFC Championship game, no one will give a shit who the Bears first round draft pick was.

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I hear they're penciling him in as the starting safety.

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I don't like Peter King, but he was on B&B this week. They asked him a question about how good of a job Emery has done and if you are impressed with what he's done. Peter King basically said "What has he done?". That was an incredibly simplistic but good point. His primary accomplishments are signing a good second string QB and a good second string RB. While I certainly like those moves, I think we all gave a little bit too much credit for something that is not really anything amazing.

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He'll be a poor man's Jared Allen

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Team Cutler.

I thought his primary accomplishment was adding an All Pro WR for a 3rd round pick.

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It depends on if you think that move was in the works well before he got here.

That's still probably the biggest accomplishment so far though.

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I agree with RFDC

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And Scorehead.

It's a strange new world we live in.

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there were no major talents left on the board. a couple of solid, but unspectacular O-linemen. i like the idea of a DE and other experts like him. so phil gets the benefit of the doubt from me.

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You are just simply incorrect. DeCastro was considered the best OG talent since Steve Hutchinson. He may not live up to it but his talent is highly thought of

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how many teams passed on him?

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There's a very odd stigma that "you don't draft guards/centers in the first," kind of a weird unwritten rule among draft gurus. Personally I find that just plain ol' stupid, and would I have preferred DeCastro? Oh my god, yes. When you have the opportunity to make your offensive line better, you do it. But yeah.

Even so, there's still guys out there in round 2 that could turn heads if the Bears found a way to get them:

OT Jonathan Martin
OT/OG Cordy Glenn
OG/C Peter Konz
OT/OG Kelechi Osemele
OG Amini Silatolu
OT Mike Adams

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Irrelevant. Your statement is that there were only unspectacular ol left on the board. The truth is, there was at least on major talent left, at a position that is not valued as highly by the NFL.

I've made the statement that a positive for Mc Clellin is that the Pack and Pats thought highly of him. Steelers are in the same category in talent evaluation.

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love Glenn and I would not have minded him in the first...hate Adams and hope they pass if he is even there

I wonder where Stephen Hill falls in the second? Lovie had a boner for this guy.

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Rams pick 1st and 13th in round two and got robbed of wideouts in the 1st, so that's the logical landing spot.

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They pick 7th in the round too. Lipid should be happy.

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Oh, I derfed on that. Indeed, the Rams have a nice little trio of picks in the top half of the draft. Hill and Randle won't last long, so it wouldn't surprise me if one of those two started off the round. Both are of the same build, pretty much, so yeah. We'll find out tonight.

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Personally I would have greabbed the kid from Iowa. This guy... I am worried he
could be a bust but if they get him in the weight room I could see him being valuable.
They still need a real DE. He would possibly develop into a freak LB sack specialist.
Something the Bears have never had.... Lets give him a little time.

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I worry about Lovie using him appropriately. I do think he will be the type who puts on muscle/weight as soon as he gets invovled in the big time.

Next year, this guy is probably only going to be a one down player.

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Yeah, fourth.

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question: is it interesting the Pats make that trade immediately after the Bears took McClellin?

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Potentially. They may have thought a run on defensive ends was coming or else they thought the Bears were going to take Jones, and couldn't bank on him falling farther.

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I think they were set on Jones or Mc Clellin and moved when one went off the board.

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