Official NFL Draft Thread - Bear Fans Only - and No Montucky!

[DanielCCSBears]

Absolutely agree about the need for a long term solution at LT. This just may not be the draft class to adequately address it, just like it’s not a good draft if you’re a team that needs a QB.

Membou will probably be gone. Campbell may be gone, and if not, I think he would have the shortest wingspan of any LT in history (I think).

What if Poles and Co. aren’t high and Banks and dont think he would even be able to supplant Jones? I happen to agree with that sentiment.

Fact is, the draft board may not fall in a way where taking a T makes sense, just like you think taking Jeanty doesn’t make sense.

Correct this isn't a good class for a LT. But having a .mediocre LT is better than having no LT week 1. And the guy they likely draft can become the LG replacement for Thuney if he struggles.

The depth the Bears have at LT is poor it goes to non existent if Jones' timeline changes in the slightest. No Jones in week 1 with Amegadjie starting and who do you want as the backup to Amegadjie?

They cannot afford to risk this. Get the left tackle from Banks Campbell and Membou.

 

[DanielCCSBears]

@knoxville7 thoughts on Lott??

Good player lots of injuries.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

If you knew Jeanty would become Barkley wouldn't you do it? I still want to keep our 2nd/3rds this year. We don't have a 4th. It'll cost a 2nd, so why not give 2026's 2nd (which I expect to be much later) + our 5th to get a truly special RB? I loved that essay he penned. Man is saying come draft me, I'll be elite. Let's GO. I'm all in. I don't want five average players. I'd rather have three blue chippers./elites.

How many SB’s did Barkley win for New York?

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Correct this isn't a good class for a LT. But having a .mediocre LT is better than having no LT week 1. And the guy they likely draft can become the LG replacement for Thuney if he struggles.

The depth the Bears have at LT is poor it goes to non existent if Jones' timeline changes in the slightest. No Jones in week 1 with Amegadjie starting and who do you want as the backup to Amegadjie?

They cannot afford to risk this. Get the left tackle from Banks Campbell and Membou.

Campbell and Membou will both be gone before #10, I'd bet my house on it.

 

[Discus fish salesman]

Correct this isn't a good class for a LT. But having a .mediocre LT is better than having no LT week 1. And the guy they likely draft can become the LG replacement for Thuney if he struggles.

The depth the Bears have at LT is poor it goes to non existent if Jones' timeline changes in the slightest. No Jones in week 1 with Amegadjie starting and who do you want as the backup to Amegadjie?

They cannot afford to risk this. Get the left tackle from Banks Campbell and Membou.

You don't just take a LT in round 1 if there are much better players available. Personally I think banks is arguably the top player that will be available but I'm not in the FO.

Also, lol @ thuney struggling. More like insurance in case of injury

 

[bearsfan1977]

Correct this isn't a good class for a LT. But having a .mediocre LT is better than having no LT week 1. And the guy they likely draft can become the LG replacement for Thuney if he struggles.

The depth the Bears have at LT is poor it goes to non existent if Jones' timeline changes in the slightest. No Jones in week 1 with Amegadjie starting and who do you want as the backup to Amegadjie?

They cannot afford to risk this. Get the left tackle from Banks Campbell and Membou.

All valid points. This will be a very interesting draft.

 

[Wild_x_Card]

How many SB’s did Barkley win for New York?

This is the dumbest argument to exist on football interwebz. Barkley cannot help he was drafted into a dumpster fire. Football is the ultimate team sport. Pat Mahomes wouldn't have a single ring if he had been drafted by that franchise.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

This is the dumbest argument to exist on football interwebz. Barkley cannot help he was drafted into a dumpster fire. Football is the ultimate team sport. Pat Mahomes wouldn't have a single ring if he had been drafted by that franchise.

Saquon was drafted to a dumpster dive franchise.

Good thing Jeanty would be going to a great franchise like the Bears right?

I’m sure it will go so much better here right?

Fix the lines first. The Bears aren’t ready to draft a guy like Jeanty.

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Saquon was drafted to a dumpster dive franchise.

Good thing Jeanty would be going to a great franchise like the Bears right?

I’m sure it will go so much better here right?

Fix the lines first. The Bears aren’t ready to draft a guy like Jeanty.

Rome wasn't built inna day. You can't address all of your needs in one off-season. The bears are Very likely on the outs at pick 10 for an OT. In part because the best one will be gone and the other that will also go in front of them has only played RT. After that there's a sizeable gap. What DT are they taking at 10? The guy most want won't be there. What DE are they taking at 10? All of them have question marks.

So it's either A) stay put and take the BPA

Or B) trade up for your OT or DT


The bears aren't ready to draft player X or Y is flawed logic.

 

[playthrough2001]

From Albert Breer’s mailbag today…

“From Matt Williamson (@willy4412): What does Ben Johnson see as the biggest need for the Chicago Bears at 10?

Matt, I can’t climb into Johnson’s head. I would say finding help on the interior of the defensive line would be good. Ditto for the idea of difference-making running back. But if Mason Graham and Ashton Jeanty are gone, I’m not sure there’s a guy at either of those spots worthy of going at 10. So, that leads you back to … the offensive line.

Yes, the Bears dealt for guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson and signed center Drew Dalman. But left tackle Braxton Jones, a nice find for the Bears in the fifth round in 2022, is heading into a contract year and has a new set of coaches evaluating him. If he’s not seen as the answer, tackle would be in play. That’s why I think 10 is the floor for LSU’s Will Campbell, and could be a landing spot for Texas’s Kelvin Banks Jr.”

Mailbag: Browns Would Likely Follow Colorado’s Blueprint for Travis Hunter

The cornerback/receiver would fill two major needs. Plus, answers to your questions on Shedeur Sanders, Ashton Jeanty, Mason Graham and more.

www.si.com

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Rome wasn't built inna day. You can't address all of your needs in one off-season. The bears are Very likely on the outs at pick 10 for an OT. In part because the best one will be gone and the other that will also go in front of them has only played RT. After that there's a sizeable gap. What DT are they taking at 10? The guy most want won't be there. What DE are they taking at 10? All of them have question marks.

So it's either A) stay put and take the BPA

Or B) trade up for your OT or DT


The bears aren't ready to draft player X or Y is flawed logic.

Good thing RB’s have long careers right? I’m sure he will be fine for whenever you guys decide it’s OK to fix the lines after drafting RB’s and TE’s.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Fucking every year….

All season long….. “our lines suck”

Offseason…… “shiny object time”

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Fucking every year….

All season long….. “our lines suck”

Offseason…… “shiny object time”

For the record, I'm all about building the trenches and am not bought in with Jeanty @10. But I'm not going to whine about it either because if that were to happen, he'd very likely be the best of the rest.

 

[TL1961]

Saquon was drafted to a dumpster dive franchise.

Good thing Jeanty would be going to a great franchise like the Bears right?

I’m sure it will go so much better here right?

Fix the lines first. The Bears aren’t ready to draft a guy like Jeanty.

And by “fix the lines” do you mean deaft a RT and acquire three new interior offensive linemen?

Or draft a LT to block for a lesser RB?

 

[TL1961]

Fucking every year….

All season long….. “our lines suck”

Offseason…… “shiny object time”

Have you been sleeping?

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

You don't just take a LT in round 1 if there are much better players available. Personally I think banks is arguably the top player that will be available but I'm not in the FO.

Also, lol @ thuney struggling. More like insurance in case of injury

It seems like NFL teams do though. They get bumped up because of scarcity like QBs do. There is a reason our GM keeps taking about “premium” positions

 

[TL1961]

Don’t get me wrong. I won’t mind if they draft a LT. I would like that.

I just think it’s faulty to think that’s the only way to go.

 

[DefNextYear]

Saquon was drafted to a dumpster dive franchise.

Good thing Jeanty would be going to a great franchise like the Bears right?

I’m sure it will go so much better here right?

Fix the lines first. The Bears aren’t ready to draft a guy like Jeanty.

Respect the offseason champs.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Have you been sleeping?

Not sure your point?

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

And by “fix the lines” do you mean deaft a RT and acquire three new interior offensive linemen?

Or draft a LT to block for a lesser RB?

The OL isn’t finished. Not by a long shot. Need a LT. Then you need young guys to develop.