Thread: 2012 Bears Mock Drafts

Originally Posted by jackiejokeman

Looks bitchin on a wide screen!

Jackie, are you a young guy like I am? I'm just curious. I seem to think that I'm one of the youngest members of this message board. I am still 29, but will turn 30 in about three and a half weeks.

You seem to have the flair of a young kid/younger adult, I guess. I could be totally wrong.

Originally Posted by lklrlolnlilklsox

IMHO, Urls has at least a couple more very good years in him, and it is a position that will need to be filled with legit 5 star talent to avoid a huge dropoff. Seeing how it's not time yet to go MLB round 1, it's not time to get our MLB of the future so I fill the more immediate needs without a #1 there first and don't think twice.

This is pretty much the way I look at it too. Replacing Urlacher with an equal will probably require a very high pick and you don't sit that guy behind Urlacher for very long based on what that pick costs you both in $$$ and the sacrifice of a top tier player at another position.

I'd say that if we continue to draft as late as we did this year then we should be looking at a very good zone type CB. The man on man cover guys go high but since that's not what we need I think we can count on some very good talent late in the first. That's where I'd look first.

Next I'm looking for an OC to take Olin's place. Unlike Urlacher, Kreutz is about done so his replacement won't sit for long if at all. Depends on how long we re-sign Olin for but I'd say the newbie apprentices for a year at most. So like Carimi in this years draft, we need a road ready guy who has first or second round talent.

Next I'd be looking for a WR whose got some size, good route running skills, and hands. He doesn't have to be a 4.3 guy since we have two streaks already. Just give me a taller, faster version of Bennett and we'd be good.

I'm with sox on the OG thing. We can get guys in FA that can outplay any rookie from the get go and just plug him in where we need. We can use the mid rounds to add some depth at LB and RB if neither Unga or Bell pan out and as usual another pass rushing DE so JA can keep his rep intact. In fact if one fell in our laps, like Carimi did, in the late first I wouldn't hesitate to grab him. One more guy in the rotation never hurts.

Originally Posted by soulman

This is pretty much the way I look at it too. Replacing Urlacher with an equal will probably require a very high pick and you don't sit that guy behind Urlacher for very long based on what that pick costs you both in $$$ and the sacrifice of a top tier player at another position.

I'd say that if we continue to draft as late as we did this year then we should be looking at a very good zone type CB. The man on man cover guys go high but since that's not what we need I think we can count on some very good talent late in the first. That's where I'd look first.

Next I'm looking for an OC to take Olin's place. Unlike Urlacher, Kreutz is about done so his replacement won't sit for long if at all. Depends on how long we re-sign Olin for but I'd say the newbie apprentices for a year at most. So like Carimi in this years draft, we need a road ready guy who has first or second round talent.

Next I'd be looking for a WR whose got some size, good route running skills, and hands. He doesn't have to be a 4.3 guy since we have two streaks already. Just give me a taller, faster version of Bennett and we'd be good.

I'm with sox on the OG thing. We can get guys in FA that can outplay any rookie from the get go and just plug him in where we need. We can use the mid rounds to add some depth at LB and RB if neither Unga or Bell pan out and as usual another pass rushing DE so JA can keep his rep intact. In fact if one fell in our laps, like Carimi did, in the late first I wouldn't hesitate to grab him. One more guy in the rotation never hurts.

I probably won't come into this thread a lot until the season draws closer and closer to a close because we have no idea exactly who all will be declaring for the NFL Draft.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I probably won't come into this thread a lot until the season draws closer and closer to a close because we have no idea exactly who all will be declaring for the NFL Draft.

It's not gonna do much good to define specific players Dags, to that I'd agree, but we can debate what positions we see as being most important to fill next draft just like we did earlier in the year before this one.

Originally Posted by soulman

It's not gonna do much good to define specific players Dags, to that I'd agree, but we can debate what positions we see as being most important to fill next draft just like we did earlier in the year before this one.

I need to shave my beard.

Anyway, we can only debate what positions we need based upon what happened in 2012. We don't know what is in store for 2011 because we haven't played it out yet. It may be that the entire spectrum of needs changes. We probably will need a tall wide receiver, a CB if we don't sign on in free agency, etc. But who knows? J'Marcus Webb might not cut it this coming season. We just don't know. I prefer to engage in this conversation later on after we see what happens.

Give a year or two before worrying about urlacher's replacement. i just hope that enough holes have been filled elsewhere that we don't give it the 5th round treatment.

Originally Posted by Henry Burris

Give a year or two before worrying about urlacher's replacement. i just hope that enough holes have been filled elsewhere that we don't give it the 5th round treatment.

Look at it this way: Ray Lewis is in his 15th season and is like 36 years old. Urlacher is nowhere near that age nor has he put in that kind of time. We may get more than two or three years out of him provided that he stays healthy.

Provided, of course. I think a 2nd rounder next year or the year after would be fine. After that, like you inferred, everyone would know we're going MLB..