OT: Official Bears/NFL Thread XXVIII: Are you ready for some football? Circle one - Y N

[Blackhawkswincup]

RT @BryanDFischer Man… RT @sportsanimal: BREAKING: @jaguars GM David Caldwell confrims Justin Blackmon done in Jacksonville

Blackmon doesn't care about his career ,, No reason for Jags to have him on roster around the kids they are drafting

 

[clydesdale line]

Love the Sutton pick

Right there with you. Big fan of his.

As far as today, hoping Bears can nab Gaines if they go corner and Washington if they go receiver (with speed) later in the draft.

 

[TorMenT]

With their 4th round pick, the Bears select Ka'Deem Carey, RB, ARIZ

 

[ColdSteel2]

Great pick, excited to see this guy run.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Bears definitely addressed their needs on defense and with a backup RB. Now if these guys pan out to be any good is another story.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Carey could be another Frank Gore.

 

[Illinihockey]

@ZachZaidman: Over a two-year period, #Bears 4th-round pick Ka'Deem Carey rushed for nearly 4,000 yards and scored 42 touchdowns at Arizona.

 

[ColdSteel2]

We need to move up and get a QB, too good to pass up.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Got a safety, now get a QB.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Good speed and bloodlines for Vereen.

 

[TorMenT]

Bears traded up and drafted Brock Vereen, FS, MINN.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Emery gets an A. Great draft.

 

[TorMenT]

He gets an A for the strategy of the draft, I agree. I wouldn't exactly say we can grade this draft for about 3 years.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Right now I would say it is a solid draft with potential to be great

With that said the refusal to cut ties with failures like Conte and McClellin is holding back Bears

Both are an injury away from being starters again ,, Just unacceptable to even be on Bears roster at this point

Until the Conte/McClellin situations are dealt with whatever positive moves the Bears make will be tarnished

 

[chicagoskycam]

@ZachZaidman: Over a two-year period, #Bears 4th-round pick Ka'Deem Carey rushed for nearly 4,000 yards and scored 42 touchdowns at Arizona.

That's not always a good thing but at least he won't get starter time here right away.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Right now I would say it is a solid draft with potential to be great

With that said the refusal to cut ties with failures like Conte and McClellin is holding back Bears

Both are an injury away from being starters again ,, Just unacceptable to even be on Bears roster at this point

Until the Conte/McClellin situations are dealt with whatever positive moves the Bears make will be tarnished

At this point they are on the roster as insurance.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

At this point they are on the roster as insurance.

Insurance against what?

They are not NFL players ,, Neither belongs on an NFL roster let alone the Chicago Bears who need all the NFL talent they can get

 

[Gootie]

Right now I would say it is a solid draft with potential to be great

With that said the refusal to cut ties with failures like Conte and McClellin is holding back Bears

Both are an injury away from being starters again ,, Just unacceptable to even be on Bears roster at this point

Until the Conte/McClellin situations are dealt with whatever positive moves the Bears make will be tarnished

Take a look at their contracts before spouting this nonsense

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Take a look at their contracts before spouting this nonsense

Take a look at their play before spouting this nonsense

 

[Gootie]

Take a look at their play before spouting this nonsense

Conte was adequate before last year

Cutting both players would result in dead cap hits AND you have to pay someone to replace them.

Spending over 2M to replace backups is a real good idea

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Conte was adequate before last year

Cutting both players would result in dead cap hits AND you have to pay someone to replace them.

Spending over 2M to replace backups is a real good idea

^
I notice no defense of McClellin

And you can sign an undrafted LB or S at league minimum and get same level of production at worse

 

[Gootie]

^
I notice no defense of McClellin

And you can sign an undrafted LB or S at league minimum and get same level of production at worse

He's moving to SLB, let's see what happens. Not expecting much but we'll see.

There's no point for the Bears in taking over 1M+ in dead cap space and then spending 1M+ on replacements. That's 2M+ that went to signing the FAs or re-signing our own guys.

 

[AmericanDream]

I am not as overly optimistic as some on this draft for the Bears. I think Ferguson was a reach but it seemed they didn't want to be left out of the DT race in the second round. I thought they could have had an elite running back as in one of the top 2-3 in this draft if they wanted too, but I will give Carey the chance and hope he turns into something as he will surely be counted on when Forte goes down at some point this year.

I think they waited a bit too long to address their safety issues, depending on if they can slot Fuller there sometimes, but I like Vereen as a player so hopefully he pans out. I would like to see them add another QB at this point with a few really good ones still out there to be had. If they could land A.J McCarron that would definitely change my entire view of this draft as he has fallen but the skill is there.

Overall a possible B which is solid, but I think it had the chance to be much much more. But like was said above, nobody will know how this draft turns out for another 3 years.

 

[Gootie]

Bears take David Fales

 

[Gootie]

With their other 6th rounder they took a punter from the U. Meh.