pinkfloydster
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Another change I've noticed with Bears organization is that they used to solve positional gaps by getting a bunch of UDFAs at a particular spot and conducting a competition. Remember the whole kicker fiasco? None of them made it None. Remember all of the Bearsbad tight ends they had at one point? Again, none of them made it. Horsted is basicallyis on the practice squad and so he doesn't count.
Thankfully, we don't see those colossal wastes of time anymore. But they still need to fill in gaps because they've traded away a lot of picks. Seems like they are bringing in fewer but higher quality candidates.
That brings me to Michael Pinckney. Just signed. Firstly, he's an ILB. Something sorely sorely needed. Here's what's known. 4 year starter. Started as true freshman. And played very well. But his college career was flat after that. Turns out he had an undiagnosed hip injury his junior year. He had surgery last year. Presumably, he is well healed now. Because of the injury, he did not participate in the combine.
PFF had him highly graded after his sophomore year.
The odds that the Bears unearthed a gem is very very low...couple of percentage points. But this is the kind of guy that it's worth taking a chance.
Thankfully, we don't see those colossal wastes of time anymore. But they still need to fill in gaps because they've traded away a lot of picks. Seems like they are bringing in fewer but higher quality candidates.
That brings me to Michael Pinckney. Just signed. Firstly, he's an ILB. Something sorely sorely needed. Here's what's known. 4 year starter. Started as true freshman. And played very well. But his college career was flat after that. Turns out he had an undiagnosed hip injury his junior year. He had surgery last year. Presumably, he is well healed now. Because of the injury, he did not participate in the combine.
PFF had him highly graded after his sophomore year.
The odds that the Bears unearthed a gem is very very low...couple of percentage points. But this is the kind of guy that it's worth taking a chance.
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