Bears Draft Thread : Day 2

[Chewie]

We can always use another safety. Major Wright was far from dominating last year. I've never seen the kid play but being 6'3", 220 and a hard hitter big time athlete is something that might be worth our 3rd round pick. We still have Paea coming in at DT.

Bears run a system that rotates their tackles and we lost two in the offseason. Paea remains a question mark and Melton and Toeaina are the only other guys on the roster. Thompson and Martin just seemed to make too much sense here to me. We just continue to go to the well again with another safety pick. Just saw where Biggs tweeted this is the 3rd consecutive year we've spent on 3rd rd pick on a safety and 8th consecutive year overall in which we've picked one. Not Emery's fault of course but jeez....

And I won't lie... the white thing bothers me. Sue me.

[ChicagoTRS]

Do not like the safety...no impact on next years team except on special teams...

Love the WR pick...should be an immediate impact.

[Chewie]

Sooooooooo, will this Hardin even be healthy at the start of the season?

BradBiggs
3 minutes ago
Emery acknowledges #Bears drafted Brandon Hardin as a safety, says he is medically sound.

So there's that at least.

[BIGGIEsmalls 23]

[Chewie]

Emery is gushing over Jeffery in the press conference.

BradBiggs
5 minutes ago
Phil Emery says Alshon Jeffery was in top 3 among wide receivers on #Bears draft board

BradBiggs
about a minute ago
Emery says he's done few WR's as good as Alshon Jeffery along boundary or in red zone.

BradBiggs
4 minutes ago
Emery saying #Bears believed Jeffery was better in many ways than Justin Blackmon and Michael Floyd.

[LobosJordan]

Guy looks like a physical specimen, but the question is, is he a FOOTBALL player. Hope he isn't a Jarron Gilbert.

[Susan]

He's going to contribute on ST and hopefully grow into a starting safety. I was highly impressed with Conte last year and Steltz was actually good in run support from what I saw. I'm willing to wait & watch a player before I start labeling them a terrible pick.

[Chewie]

Good find. That's pretty much what I look like without a shirt on, BTW.

[fleet]

Too many reaches by the Bears in these critical first 3 rounds, IMO. I hope these guys pan out, but I would be a happier man if we would have drafted healthy & established college players instead.

well, I've been on the value pick bandwagon. Hardin probably should have been a 4th rounder. This kind of drafting is playing with fire..... you leave talent on the board and constrict your ultimate talent aquisition when inevitsably some of these guys fail. Unless Emery is way smarter than all the other GMs out there and has a legendary draft. Which is expecting a lot.

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We can always use another safety. Major Wright was far from dominating last year. I've never seen the kid play but being 6'3", 220 and a hard hitter big time athlete is something that might be worth our 3rd round pick. We still have Paea coming in at DT.

Bears run a system that rotates their tackles and we lost two in the offseason. Paea remains a question mark and Melton and Toeaina are the only other guys on the roster. Thompson and Martin just seemed to make too much sense here to me. We just continue to go to the well again with another safety pick. Just saw where Biggs tweeted this is the 3rd consecutive year we've spent on 3rd rd pick on a safety and 8th consecutive year overall in which we've picked one. Not Emery's fault of course but jeez....

And I won't lie... the white thing bothers me. Sue me.

The Lovie Smith defensive scheme relies on at least one dominant pass rushing end, a dominant weak-side LB, & a dominant safety.

We keep looking for a safety every year, but I don't understand why we're spending a 3rd round pick on an injury-prone one. We should have learned from our history with Mike Brown, but Lovie must think that Hardin is the next Adam Archuletta.

[Chewie]

He's going to contribute on ST and hopefully grow into a starting safety. I was highly impressed with Conte last year and Steltz was actually good in run support from what I saw. I'm willing to wait & watch a player before I start labeling them a terrible pick.

Yeah, I'm just qualifying it with saying I would've preferred a different position with the pick. He may turn out just fine - have no idea and will wait and see like the rest of us.

[fleet]

Emery is gushing over Jeffery in the press conference.

BradBiggs
5 minutes ago
Phil Emery says Alshon Jeffery was in top 3 among wide receivers on #Bears draft board

BradBiggs
about a minute ago
Emery says he's done few WR's as good as Alshon Jeffery along boundary or in red zone.

BradBiggs
4 minutes ago
Emery saying #Bears believed Jeffery was better in many ways than Justin Blackmon and Michael Floyd.

I could conceivably turn to prepubescent schoolboy crush mush and get googly eyed at the first 2 tweets. The last one is Rich. Bananas. Emery is in the wrong business. He should own a major auto dealership and do funny commercials like Bob Rohrman.

[fleet]

Lovie must think that Hardin is the next Adam Archuletta.

or John Lynch. Its Lovies endless search for his white whale if you will. The obsession eventually killed Captain Ahab.

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Lovie must think that Hardin is the next Adam Archuletta.

or John Lynch. Its Lovies endless search for his white whale if you will. The obsession eventually killed Captain Ahab.

I just hope that Emery is pulling the strings on this draft and not Lovie.

[Chewie]

Lovie must think that Hardin is the next Adam Archuletta.

or John Lynch. Its Lovies endless search for his white whale if you will. The obsession eventually killed Captain Ahab.

I just hope that Emery is pulling the strings on this draft and not Lovie.

Lovie's telling him what he needs. Emery's finding the guys.

I know I remember Lovie saying we needed a safety this offseason either in the draft of FA.