Your Combine Crush?

[Xplosive]

Everyone has their opinions of what the Bears will do at #10, but I have a combine crush that might throw a curve that no one has seen coming...

Yes I know all about the need for help in the trenches and Mason Graham or Will Allen blah blah blah... But there is a playmaker they could take at #10 that could be the key to unlocking everything for this offense...

Hell No, I'm not talking about Ashton Jeanty. I'm talking about adding an Amon-Ra St. Brown, Steve Smith, or better yet young pre-concussed Antonio Brown level talent to this team at slot receiver.

The player I'm speaking of is...
Luther Burden III from Missouri.

Is he really 5'11" 208 or is he smaller?
Does he run a low 4.4 40 or faster?
What's his 10 yd split, is it close to 1.50?

These are things that can make him a legit top 10 option despite being a slot receiver coming off a down year statistically (blame the QB for those numbers)

I love a WR that is a really good punt returner, LB3 had 8TD on punt returns in high-school and was really good his freshman year at Mizoo before he became too important to their offense to do it.

It would be a shock to most fans if the Bears take him, but I'm looking forward to see if he lights up the combine...

Anyone else?

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Burden is awesome from what I have seen but Poles should be fired on the spot if he is picked at 10

 

[DanielCCSBears]

Today is the day players start announcing they won't be doing the Combine workouts. Is there a list yet on who has opted out?

 

[legendxofxlink]

James Pearce, Mike Greene.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

James Pearce, Mike Greene.

Curious what Green does

 

[Xplosive]

Burden is awesome from what I have seen but Poles should be fired on the spot if he is picked at 10

Even if he signs Smith and Sweat in FA?

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

The guy I am most curious about is Grant. That’s a big man that can move. Membou on the OL.

 

[Xplosive]

James Pearce, Mike Greene.

James Pearce is amazing, I just don't think he is a Dennis Allen guy.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Even if he signs Smith and Sweat in FA?

Absolutely. Furthermore I would have him drawn and quartered and put his head on a pike in front of H Hall as a warning to the next GM.

 

[legendxofxlink]

Curious what Green does

Both are extremely explosive. Should be a fun competition between the two.

 

[msadows]

Today is the day players start announcing they won't be doing the Combine workouts. Is there a list yet on who has opted out?

Shadeurs pussy ass. Thats all I've heard. Guy screams bust

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Both are extremely explosive. Should be a fun competition between the two.

I REALLY like Green from my first watching. Just started watching a few of these guys but him and Membou definitely have stood out so far IMO

 

[Xplosive]

Absolutely. Furthermore I would have him drawn and quartered and put his head on a pike in front of H Hall as a warning to the next GM.

So wait... you are okay if they end up drafting a Peter Skoronski type Guard at #10 but you will behead King Poles for drafting Amon-Ra 2.0 at WR3?

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

So wait... you are okay if they end up drafting a Peter Skoronski type Guard at #10 but you will behead King Poles for drafting Amon-Ra 2.0 at WR3?

You’re labeling guys before they have played a down. This is silly and pointless

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Also Poles is speaking at 9 supposedly and BJ at noon.

 

[dennehy]

Mike Green. I think depending on FA he is a great candidate at #10.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1894026816798470169

 

[hebs]

Today is the day players start announcing they won't be doing the Combine workouts. Is there a list yet on who has opted out?

Abdul Carter won't be working out at the Combine

 

[playthrough2001]

I’m trenches all the way in free agency and the draft. It’s time. T Mac is the only wideout worth a top 10 pick and I like Burden.

There is an intriguing player that fills a big need. Think Derwin James…
Still, they can’t draft him.

I would not be opposed to trading back and selecting Donovan Jackson. Again, one of my favorite players in the draft.

 

[Zvbxrpl]

Bears fans are the absolute worst this time of year. There’s zero need for another receiver in the 1st round, and that’s the kind of shit we’d make fun of Matt Millen for doing in Detroit as he marches toward getting fired after being a clown gm. But if you go get 1 OL and 1 DE in FA then apparently it’s fine to waste more resources on playmakers you don’t need. We literally just saw with Keenan Allen how it’s hard to spread the ball around to 4-5 highly paid/drafted guys, and a rookie WR finishing with 4-500 yards receiving as a top 10 pick will be called a bust, and the team won’t be better for it, you just take more reps/opportunities from your already highly-paid and highly drafted guys. The kind of shit a teenager playing madden on easy mode would do.

Pick an edge rusher, pick an IDL, OT, or IOL. The draft is top heavy with players for trenches on either side of the ball except Center. I’m past the point where I care about what college jersey the kid wore last year, pick the right one. Is that Pearce? Is that Walt Nolen? Is it the kid from Marshall nobody heard of until he put an OL (Josh Connerly) playing out of position on his ass in 1 rep at the senior bowl? Is that Booker/Campbell/Banks/Milium? Is that Connerly or the kid from Arizona whose name I’m not going to try and spell—we’ll just call him Jonah.

For the sake of OP’s exercise, I’m going with Wyatt Milium from WV. Get some Kyle Long vibes from him, though the arm length size queens are sure to get their panties in a twist. Dude is the attitude run mauler and plus pass protector, probably a late 1st/early 2nd, and he didn’t plays the multiple OL stalwarts like Booker, he was the ace for WV.

Otherwise I don’t care. Pick the right one. Be able to say you hit on a 1st round draft pick. Get the kid everybody else wishes they could have seen what you did, and the kid be good for ideally the next decade in a bears uni.