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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: WshflThinking Date: November 15, 2017, 1:32 pm
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Is Jeffery happy and productive in Philly? I am not so sure. At
least they are winning which we arent. I doubt he moves without
overpaying
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: dallasbear Date: November 15, 2017, 2:04 pm
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Happy? What does that mean in the NFL?
Productive? Yeah, 500 receiving yards and 5 TDs - no WR has
more production.
He'll be a free agent - he'll move to the team that meets his $
demands with tiebreakers going to a team with a real offense.
Bears probably have the lowest payroll in the NFL at the WR
position and it shows. Imagine next year with Jeffery and
Meridith, Inman, and a second round rookie plus whatever we get
out of White.
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: WshflThinking Date: November 15, 2017, 3:12 pm
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Interesting. I dont see the Bears going after Jeffery. We'll see
what jeffery's numbers are after the season is over and where
the Iggles are when their season is over. I dont envision Pace
rushing to overpay Jeffery to get him back. And I dont see
Jeffery eager to leave Philly. But miracles do happen. Maybe the
Iggles miss the playoffs and Jeffery gets another 1000 yards and
he becomes eager to move. Who knows what will happen before the
season ends. I know I believe John Fox has a better chance to be
gone before Jeffery comes back. And I havent heard Jeffery say
he misses Chicago.
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: dallasbear Date: November 15, 2017, 4:00 pm
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What does overpay mean? So if we don't "overpay" does it mean
we again sit with all this extra unused cap and a bunch of 2nd
or 3rd tier receivers like Wheaton, Wright and Inman?
I'm not necessarily advocating signing Jeffery but we need to
sign one of the top FA WRs next year. You can't depend on
either Meridith and White not only returning from injury but
being productive and not to mention depending on any rookie WR
regardless of round drafted.
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: WshflThinking Date: November 15, 2017, 4:16 pm
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Pace has said he wants to build through the draft. I dont see
him going out after some high priced FA PERIOD. I expect him to
go the draft route and pick up somebody who he thinks is an up
an comer through FA. Will he be successful? Is there green
cheese on the moon? I dont think so. Will he draft another WR
with our 1st pick. I dont think so because he already got burned
doing that. As for Jeffery I think he has burned his bridges
here. And I think we arent going to get into a bidding war over
him.
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: dallasbear Date: November 15, 2017, 4:31 pm
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Of course you want to build through the draft but you have to
supplant that with free agency, especially when you only have a
handful of draft picks AND glaring holes throughout your lineup.
Pace has been moderately successful in signing upper middle
tier free agents like Hicks, Freeman, Trevathan, Amukamora,
Massie, Sitton, McPhee, and a few younger FAs.
But I'm NOT advocating that strategy with WR next year. Get
someone who scares the $hit out of opposing defenses. Do you
think the Pack feared any of our wideouts when they lined up 9
guys on the LOS?
And I don't think Pace avoids drafting a WR with our first round
pick just because White was so injury prone. If a stud falls
to us in round 1 I think Pace will draft him regardless of
position or past injury status of their position.
My opinion is to go after the best pass rushing edge guy in
round 1 and take a speedy WR in round 2.
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: WshflThinking Date: November 15, 2017, 4:46 pm
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[B]My opinion is to go after the best pass rushing edge guy in
round 1 and take a speedy WR in round 2. [/B]
Thats what I hope will happen. Seems to me from watching
college football that there are a lot of good receivers
available in this draft. The area I worry about is the CB class
and we need top notch quality. We deviated from fixing the
defense last year to draft Trubisky. This draft will show us
whether Pace goes best player available or drafts for need. We
know where the needs are
.
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: Dave23 Date: November 15, 2017, 6:07 pm
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Check out Arden Key of LSU...beast...
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: dallasbear Date: November 15, 2017, 6:32 pm
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Pace will tell you he drafts BPA but when you have so many needs
it's not hard to say you follow a BPA philosophy. By trading up
in the last 2 rounds Pace is essentially accomplishing both.
Yes, Bears deviated from fixing the defense last draft with the
Trubisky deal (Eddie Jackson the only defender), but Pace filled
in the holes pretty well with some new and past free agents and
the Bears now have the 9th ranked D in the league.
So yeah, corner could be a 1st or 2nd round pick with no
arguments with Fuller/Amukamara scheduled to be free agents.
And the guy that is not playing, Marcus Cooper, is signed
through 2019.
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Re: 2018 NFL Draft
By: method Date: November 15, 2017, 8:42 pm
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BPA is not Shaheen in the 2nd.
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