That's your opinion and you need to stop thinking that your opinion is the right opinion. Do you think the Super Bowl winning Eagles always added to their offense over their defense? Did they take a 3rd WR over a defensive piece when they already had AJ Brown and D.Smith?
Probably but to think they'd pass on Burden if there is crazy. He was not a need and got selected due to value. Nothing there to make us think they feel differently about that if they draft Henderson. Henderson is not a WR.
Everything we've heard from who? Because i can show you multiple posts in just this thread of you shitting on people posting about the media saying we tried trading up for Henderson and Jeanty so it can't be the media you're talking about right? Please just simply answer this question if that's possible for you to do.
Odd that he couldn't understand that when i made it pretty clear.
RB was the bigger need IMO.
Has nothing to do with it as that's a given. Point was that it wasn't an either or as in your scenario. Has nothing to do with it. The issue is whether they take Burden 2 picks later at 41 or trade down after they take Henderson at 39. N.O. was taking their QB at 40 and Burden would have been there. They still take Burden, cross there fingers and a lineman early 3.
"There was a lot of value there," Poles said. "He was at the top of our board. Really did a good job following the board, kind of letting it talk to us. It was clear he was the most talented player on the board. He's an electric player, playmaker, highly competitive, and the run-after-the-catch is special, probably the best in this class. When you add that to the group that we have, things get pretty exciting."
And they also used 2nd round picks on DL and OT.
I agree but we don't know for sure and i'm pretty sure you know that Poles isn't going to come out and say the guy they just drafted wasn't at the top of their board right? Actually no GM is going to say that but that doesn't mean it isn't true either."There was a lot of value there," Poles said. "He was at the top of our board. Really did a good job following the board, kind of letting it talk to us. It was clear he was the most talented player on the board. He's an electric player, playmaker, highly competitive, and the run-after-the-catch is special, probably the best in this class. When you add that to the group that we have, things get pretty exciting."
Bears GM Ryan Poles explains why they couldn't pass on Luther Burden III
The Bears just couldn't pass on receiver Luther Burden III.bearswire.usatoday.com
He was BPA on Bears board which is only board that matters for the Bears.
So unless Saints take Birden at 40, he would still be the top player on Bears board at 41 so doubt they trade down.
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Yea, I dunno. You’re right though. If he was high on the board, they’d still take him, but also I guess no guarantee Burden would be there at 41 either… unless they took him at 39 and hoped Henderson would reach 41. Also, don’t know if the plan was always going to be to try and move down from 41 for the right price.
Always though that would be the emphasis considering his build and it seems scouts have told him the same. He's a little small(6'3"), short armed (31") for what Johnson would project at G.
What? The guy they draft is always at the top of their board or they'd draft somebody else.
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No but they will sometimes say they took someone due to need. He wasn't as gung ho about Ozzy or Turner being the clear top players on their board because they were likely more need picks that were in the same tier as whoever they had as the top player.
Obviously, but the post i was replying to he said he was the BPA on his board even if Henderson was there because that's what we were hearing from everyone so i was just saying we don't know that.
