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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: December 27, 2016, 8:38 am
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Egads
HTML http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-bears-draft-order-20161226-story.html#nt=oft02a-1li3
How confusing. Bears just need to lose.
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: December 27, 2016, 9:29 pm
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For all you QB hungry posters, read and weep: [B] There will be
some special defenders for the Bears to consider early in the
2017 draft. The Bears can’t pass up a potential Day 1 in starter
in favor of a quarterback with question marks.[/B]
HTML http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bears-twitter-qa-looking-long-term-at-left-tackle-quarterback/
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: Sportster
Date: December 28, 2016, 6:59 am
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Forget drafting a QB or whatever because the Bears have been
horrible at it, give me something to look at on the field...
cheerleaders, :D
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: December 28, 2016, 8:58 am
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From Biggs's mailbag:
Are any of the quarterbacks worth a top-4 pick? -- @geoman52
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder or in this case in the eye
of the teams drafting in the top four. The Bears have a good
chance to own the No. 3 or No. 4 pick in the draft and will do
exhaustive work on the draft-eligible quarterbacks. This is the
one position that is consistently overdrafted because of supply
and demand. It’s hard to say how high Clemson’s Deshaun Watson
or Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer will be selected at this point.
Both are headed to the draft and most believe North Carolina’s
Mitch Trubisky will declare for the draft. He’s another strong
possibility. Let’s keep one thing in mind: Nearly every team
near the top of the draft has a desperate need for a
quarterback. Teams in the mix for the top six are the Browns,
49ers, Bears, Jaguars, Jets and Titans (who own the Rams’ pick).
If you’re not a believer in Blake Bortles at this point (and
that’s a dwindling crowd), every team but the Titans will be in
the market for a quarterback. That’s before a team outside of
the top six considers a trade up for a quarterback. So the Bears
are going to have plenty of competition when it comes to finding
a quarterback to guide the franchise into the future.
HTML http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/blog/ct-2017-nfl-draft-quarterback-bears-mailbag-20161228-story.html#nt=oft02a-1li3
Personally, not knowing who is going to be available at #3 such
as at a defensive position of greater need, I might be enticed
to drop down to around 10 and pick up enough to get back into
the bottom of the first with my 2nd or 3rd and go for a QB then
if I liked a specific one. Right now I am not enamored with any
I have seen so far.
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: Jackiejokeman
Date: December 28, 2016, 8:06 pm
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4 BEARSE QB's in pre-season and during the season :
What did you see from them and how would you rank them ?
JCut
Shaw
Hoyer
Barkley
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: Pekin
Date: December 28, 2016, 8:36 pm
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They were all fairly equal. Each had good and bad moments and
lots of losses.
Hoyer had the least bad plays but also no upside.
I feel Shaw has the most upside and chance of being something
special but could also be a dud because we only saw him in
limited time in preseason.
Cutler has the most talent on display but costs the most.
Barkley has accuracy and has displayed some skill but has also
turned the ball over at an alarming rate and has his whole
career.
Cutler right now is the best of the bunch but he is very
expensive for marginally better play.
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: December 29, 2016, 8:01 am
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And don't look for QB help from the draft, at least not early. I
haven't seen anything special. I will continue to look this
week, maybe Rudolph will interest me or Trubisky.
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: boogie
Date: December 29, 2016, 8:21 am
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In the preseason Shaw played circles around Cutler ANS Hoyer. I
would have loved to see him in some real games. Barkley has
some talents that Cutler does not, and costs a boat load less.
I go into next year with Shaw/Barkley/Rookie. Unless you want
to shoot for Garapolo/Romo/Cousins. I would probably pick
Cousins out of that bunch.
And dont get me started on the conspiracy theory that Barkley is
turning the ball over to ensure we dont lose our draft pick.....
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: December 29, 2016, 9:16 am
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Lets just suppose for sadness sake that maybe Pace's choice gets
taken right before the Bears pick in the draft and we have to go
with Shaw, Barkley and someone else. Could that someone be David
Fales? Nobody has given this kid a real tryout. I know that
probably wouldn't not replace the Aaron Rodgers hopefuls, but
when you look at our potential receiver roster we don't really
have a good bunch that is going to concern a rival defensive
coordinator with the exception of Jeffery. And don't say White
either because IMHO he is as much toast as Jeffery. My point is
that even if you had an Aaron Rodgers he wouldn't be better than
what we have with the poor receivers we have. Expecting a huge
turnaround with what we have is pie in the sky. We really need
receivers before we get that stud QB. I think a Shaw with some
quality receivers could get the job done.
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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
DIR By: dallasbear
Date: December 29, 2016, 11:58 am
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You got it backwards. You get the QB first then you get the
wide receivers.
Assuming everybody comes back next year we've got a decent
group of WRs in Jeffery, Meridith, Thompson, and White. If
Marquess Wilson or Royal come back it's a bonus. And Bellamy is
a nice guy to have as a 6th WR. I am wondering why Braverman
hasn't been given more opportunities. But we need a Cole
Beasley slot guy. We have so many other needs at other
positions that I don't see the Bears spending anything more than
a 6th or 7th round pick here.
Now if the Bears do something stupid and let Jeffery walk then
WR moves to a much higher priority in the draft and free agency.
Sign him to a 3 year deal and go after the other positions of
need.
An even though he's not a WR a healthy Miller will also improve
the receiving core. We still need to find his successor. Not
yet sure of Daniel Brown.
And Fales has played in the PS and not impressed not nearly as
much as Shaw. If he's not beating the Bears DBs in practice you
think he's going to beat real NFL corners?
And Aaron Rodgers just with Meridith and Jeffery would put up
big numbers. Are you kidding?
Getting the right QB is the most difficult spot in the NFL to
fill.
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