Official NFL Draft Thread - Bear Fans ONLY - NFL Scouts had Banks as a top ten prospect at OT

[--CyBear--]

and you know these GM's have an ego and aren't about to give up on him after a terrible 2024 situation.
Add in that they are expecting Braxton to return and there isn't any slam dunk OT at 10 and I would think that DL or an offensive weapon for Ben seems most likely. just my 2 cents.

This.

 

[Nelly]

and you know these GM's have an ego and aren't about to give up on him after a terrible 2024 situation.
Add in that they are expecting Braxton to return and there isn't any slam dunk OT at 10 and I would think that DL or an offensive weapon for Ben seems most likely. just my 2 cents.

Amegadjie was always a project. No training camp due to injury on top of coming from a small school. They didn't want him to see the field in year one after having both Jones and Borom but both were injured so we didn't have a choice.

It's not that I would be counting on Amegadjie to start the season as your starting LT but he's a nice developmental tackle prospect. To me, if you take Kelvin Banks Jr. at 10 then looking for a trade for Jones would be a good idea. You then pencil Banks in at starting LT with Amegadjie as the swing tackle and you're not worrying about having to pay anyone at either T position for another 2-3 years still.

 

[Enasic]

I wonder where he thinks Jeanty should be picked. I'm guessing he's thinking the Raiders should go with Jeanty at #6.

Raiders make a lot of sense. I also wouldn’t rule out the jaguars as a sleeper pick

 

[DefNextYear]

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Thought process seems fairly reasonable

 

[Enasic]

Amegadjie was always a project. No training camp due to injury on top of coming from a small school. They didn't want him to see the field in year one after having both Jones and Borom but both were injured so we didn't have a choice.

It's not that I would be counting on Amegadjie to start the season as your starting LT but he's a nice developmental tackle prospect. To me, if you take Kelvin Banks Jr. at 10 then looking for a trade for Jones would be a good idea. You then pencil Banks in at starting LT with Amegadjie as the swing tackle and you're not worrying about having to pay anyone at either T position for another 2-3 years still.

I wouldn’t trade jones in that scenario. I’m not even sure banks will end up being a long term upgrade over Braxton, yet alone this year….and we just don’t know what we have with amegadjie. Relying on him alone as your swing tackle is a bit risky. If they go OL at 10, I’m hanging on to Braxton and letting the pieces fall as they may.

 

[DefNextYear]

I wonder where he thinks Jeanty should be picked. I'm guessing he's thinking the Raiders should go with Jeanty at #6.

They both think the Raiders.

 

[DefNextYear]

and you know these GM's have an ego and aren't about to give up on him after a terrible 2024 situation.
Add in that they are expecting Braxton to return and there isn't any slam dunk OT at 10 and I would think that DL or an offensive weapon for Ben seems most likely. just my 2 cents.

The Chiefs have drafted an offensive tackle in 4 of the last 5 years and people expect they'll do it again this year.

 

[DefNextYear]

A Letter to NFL GMs | By Ashton Jeanty

I truly believe I was born to do this.

www.theplayerstribune.com

 

[Discus fish salesman]

I think Green and Pearce both have higher ceilings than the DE's projected to be available at #39/#41. The questions with them are if Dennis Allen would sign off on DE's their size and the character issues.

I don't think he's saying round 3 is the best place to address the OL, he just has the other positions ranked higher on his list of needs for the Bears.

I wonder if there's any money left to spend in free agency to sign another DE, DT, OL, S, RB or whatever else that they can use to help any position that they weren't able to in the draft. There's still some really good names out there at multiple positions that can help this team.

I think they should add a safety in FA post-draft. Marcus Williams makes a lot of sense.

I also think depending on the draft, an edge like zadarrius Smith or Matthew judon could make sense as a 3rd edge to rotate in

 

[Leon Sandcastle]

A Letter to NFL GMs | By Ashton Jeanty

I truly believe I was born to do this.

www.theplayerstribune.com

Ahhh shit…trade up incoming

 

[DefNextYear]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1912487764865560686

 

[gallagher]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1912487764865560686

That's an interesting chart of stats!

I still think Ollie Gordon is a good get for this team.

 

[DefNextYear]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1912530498359795947

 

[dabears70]

I think they should add a safety in FA post-draft. Marcus Williams makes a lot of sense.

I also think depending on the draft, an edge like zadarrius Smith or Matthew judon could make sense as a 3rd edge to rotate in

Love this. I've been pushing for Mathew Judon for a while now and would love Marcus Williams or Justin Simmons for S. I do like Elijah Hicks but he needs at least another year to see if he can keep growing. J.Owens did some good things but also made some bad mistakes especially in coverage. I could cut Owens now and not look back if we replaced him with one of the two we mentioned or someone else in free agency.

The question is do we have money for these moves? I know we can move money around on contracts and there's other ways to create cap space but i know Poles has been trying his best to not do stuff like that that just hurts the cap down the road.

 

[Washington]

Anyone that has written off Kiran “forever” aren’t too bright. None of us really know what he can be one way or another.

I totally agree with that. But, I have to believe most everyone is skeptical. I know I am not ready - at this time - for him to be the starting LT if Jones is not ready day 1, or the swing tackle for that matter. I will be curious how he fares come training camp. I am praying he surprises to the upside.

I think we will find out how they feel about Kiran come the draft. If they take a LT in the first 2 rounds, wouldn't that sort of point to them not having faith that Kiran is what they hoped for?

 

[SugarWalls]

Amegadjie was always a project. No training camp due to injury on top of coming from a small school. They didn't want him to see the field in year one after having both Jones and Borom but both were injured so we didn't have a choice.

It's not that I would be counting on Amegadjie to start the season as your starting LT but he's a nice developmental tackle prospect. To me, if you take Kelvin Banks Jr. at 10 then looking for a trade for Jones would be a good idea. You then pencil Banks in at starting LT with Amegadjie as the swing tackle and you're not worrying about having to pay anyone at either T position for another 2-3 years still.

Well the only issue here is that Amegadjie is going to be lined up as the starting LT until Braxton is fully back from his injury. Hopefully Braxton will be ready by week 1 but as it currently stands Amegadjie is starting LT

 

[bamainatlanta]

I totally agree with that. But, I have to believe most everyone is skeptical. I know I am not ready - at this time - for him to be the starting LT if Jones is not ready day 1, or the swing tackle for that matter. I will be curious how he fares come training camp. I am praying he surprises to the upside.

I think we will find out how they feel about Kiran come the draft. If they take a LT in the first 2 rounds, wouldn't that sort of point to them not having faith that Kiran is what they hoped for?

That’s correct. Or they could be grooming him to be the swing tackle

 

[DefNextYear]

That’s correct. Or they could be grooming him to be the swing tackle

Exactly. People are overlooking that having more tackles than you need would be a good problem to have. I'm not saying you just hoard all the tackles in the league, but Braxton and Kiran both carry big question marks right now. The lesser evil is to get a new one, that you're more confident will become a long term starter and then you have expendable depth that can be traded or at least become good comp picks. What the Bears can't have is two terrible LTs leaving a gaping hole on a young QB's blindside.

 

[knoxville7]

Exactly. People are overlooking that having more tackles than you need would be a good problem to have. I'm not saying you just hoard all the tackles in the league, but Braxton and Kiran both carry big question marks right now. The lesser evil is to get a new one, that you're more confident will become a long term starter and then you have expendable depth that can be traded or at least become good comp picks. What the Bears can't have is two terrible LTs leaving a gaping hole on a young QB's blindside.

100000%

Caleb is the investment right now. Going above and beyond to make sure your investment is protected is prudent

Take Banks at 10 and sleep well knowing you have plenty of options and depth protecting that investment

 

[bamainatlanta]

Well the only issue here is that Amegadjie is going to be lined up as the starting LT until Braxton is fully back from his injury. Hopefully Braxton will be ready by week 1 but as it currently stands Amegadjie is starting LT

Not good.