Hold That wrote:Michael Jackson wrote:fleet wrote:For team scouts, it was said to be a relatively noticeable drop off on normal quality somewhere around the 4th/5th. The value/need for the Bears must have approached the prospect value of what was left on the board. If that was the case, it might be a special circumstance to draft the punter in that spot.
I guess but yet still traded for another pick later than that for a position of need. Pretty odd. Why not just take Booker there and keep the pick. If the talent was soooo bad why are you trading a higher pick to draft a guy that was there? Very strange.
I think Poles traded back into the 5th round because Flus was clearly not happy about drafting a Punter. I strongly believe Booker was Flus’ guy and he got his guy for him.
You can see the tense interaction with Flus and Poles in the war room when the Punter was selected.
Also the Punter was mocked to go in the 4th-5th round and poles wanted him more than he wanted Booker(Flus’ guy)
Possible. Technically I think that was after the OT pick... but likely only angered more by the punter pick. Still makes no sense.