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       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: dallasbear Date: January 15, 2025, 10:52 am
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       [quote author=WshflThinking link=topic=649.msg505576#msg505576
       date=1736954384]
       OK. what happened to the Kansas flash we got last draft?
       [/quote]
       He was drafted in the 5th round and probably should have waited
       one more year before declaring for the 2024 draft.  He's raw.
       Only had one year of starting experience and only 2 years of
       college ball.
       You can't count on him being a starter next season, but you also
       can't count him out either.
       I think the Bears should have rotated him more into the lineup
       but he showed some flashes but generally played like a 5th round
       DE with potential.   He's got good length and explosion but
       needs an offseason to put on some bulk and basically grow.
       #Post#: 505581--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: dallasbear Date: January 15, 2025, 11:03 am
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       It's too early to start earmarking players at draft slots, but I
       would have no problem with any of these scenarios:
       1)  Draft the best available DE and find interior Olineman and a
       DT after that.
       2)  Draft the best available OT and play him at guard initially
       with an option to move to LT in the future.
       3)  Trade down still staying in R1 and pick up another pick in
       the the second or 3rd rounds.
       Bears currently have 4 picks in the top 75.   They're not going
       to be able to fill all their holes in the O-line and D-line in
       the draft but they need to find 4 starters.   And then of course
       free agency.
       Big decisions obviously with Jenkins and Keenan Allen.
       Other holes exist for backups at WR, TE, HB and safety and LB.
       #Post#: 505586--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: davebear Date: January 15, 2025, 12:12 pm
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       Bears taking McCarthy out to dinner for an interview tonight.
       I have mixed feelings about this.  He’s like the single rather
       than the sliding into third triple.  Cooper Rush even looks like
       a quarterback although he couldn’t fix Dac.  He’s the safe pick.
       #Post#: 505617--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: Grizzlybear34 Date: January 16, 2025, 5:42 am
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       I'm likely in the minority here, but i think we should retain
       Jenkins, and continue to work on getting his training regimen
       don to play in the NFL.  I would move Jenkins to right guard
       where he and Wright made a strong combination in 2023, and look
       to fill center and left guard positions.  I am still attempting
       to sign the top guard in FA, and draft 2 interior lineman in the
       first 4 rounds.  Jenkins could be like Marc Columbo.  Columbo
       was a first round choice who was oft injured with us and then
       went to Dallas and had 3 full seasons as a starter before his
       last season with Miami... I think starting 14 games with them.
       We cannot replace them all.
       #Post#: 505622--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: Sportster Date: January 16, 2025, 8:33 am
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       Get the two best guards and center they can find, either through
       draft or FA. Draft a top RB and Edge or two and move
       on....that's how it'll go more than likely....
       #Post#: 505626--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: boogie Date: January 16, 2025, 8:56 am
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       We need an upgrade for Braxton Jones, sorry.  Amagadjie is NOT
       that upgrade.
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       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: davebear Date: January 16, 2025, 10:57 am
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       They really need a DT.  Anyone playing next to Dexter after
       Billings went down got steamrolled and they tried 3-4 guys
       there.
       #Post#: 505652--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: dallasbear Date: January 16, 2025, 5:09 pm
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       If you can get an elite d-lineman in R1 at 10 whether a DT or a
       DE - go for it.
       I think you can probably trade down for an offensive lineman and
       still get a quality guy in R1.
       Amagadjie did not impress, but he's a rookie from Yale and was
       injured for most of the year so he really didn't benefit from an
       offseason program.  The guy just seemed a step slow and really
       didn't know how to use his arms - he was constantly letting
       defenders into his body.
       I thought Braxton Jones has long arms -  over 35".   Amagadjie
       is over 36".  Darnell Wright 33 3/4.
       If you don't have both quick feet or long arms - you're a guard.
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       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: davebear Date: January 16, 2025, 5:25 pm
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       Amadajie like Velus Jones was a Poles “I’m smarter than everyone
       else “ reach third round pick.  He missed all training camp so
       hasn’t had any chance to develop.
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       Re: 2025 NFL Draft
       By: WshflThinking Date: January 16, 2025, 9:00 pm
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       [quote author=boogie link=topic=649.msg505626#msg505626
       date=1737039406]
       We need an upgrade for Braxton Jones, sorry.  Amagadjie is NOT
       that upgrade.
       [/quote]
       very true. How can he develop when he is always injured or
       recovering from injury. Yale isnt a football power
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