Thread: McCaskey: 'Money is not going to be an issue' in free agency

Originally Posted by soulman

Good sober, sane thinking.

Someone must have hacked BDM's account then....

Originally Posted by loki520

Someone must have hacked BDM's account then....

LOL, been lurking around have you?

Originally Posted by Dagan81

Melvin Ingram represents a player who is more adept at playing in the 3-4 alignment than in a 4-3, or at least that's what I read. I think he's risky to pick, so I think I would rather go after Whitney "Wynton" Mercillus who is for sure a 4-3 DE.

Soul, I will also disagree with you on one key thing as well. I think that it's more important that we go after a LT in the first round than a DE. We can probably get a DE in free agency for what that's worth, but a LT will not be had unless the Bears were to somehow snatch up Marcus McNeill and keep him away from the Atlanta Falcons since that's where many people are projecting that he will be playing next year. Time will tell, but I'm not willing to sacrifice another season of depending on a fucking nitwit LT who blocks oncoming three-techniques worse than a broken condom fights off STDs.

Mercilus is gonna rise or fall somewhat based on what the Combine shows he can do. Despite his one year of success he's not as much of natural pass rusher as his college stats would indicate. If he was all that and a bag of chips he wouldn't be ranked as a late first or early second pick. That's usually where good teams get depth they can develop or the lower ranked teams reach to fill a position in round two they didn't get in round one. For instance, the team who needs a pass rusher but misses out on all of them in round one because they took a QB or OT will probably have Mercilus at the top of their board for that position and may take him there.

As far as getting a DE in FA goes the top guys will be expensive and hard to get. There's even talk of Indy franchising Mathis. I'm telling you, great or even very good pass rushers don't last long in the draft. They get gobbled pretty quick unless they have issue that knock them back. Wootton is an example. Before he was injured he ranked as a late late first or second round pick. His knee injury knocked him down as we know now that he's not a fast healer. I think it's okay to take some risk when you take a guy like that in the 4th but not the first.

Ingram can probably go either way. There are so many teams playing 3-4 that almost every pass rusher it rated both as a "hand on the ground" DE and a OLB/Rushbacker. Ingram could do either is what the scouts are saying. If the Bears take him he'll be a 4-3 end but if Pittsburgh took him he'd be a 3-4 OLB. Coples is probably even being evaluated for both spots and it's not impossible that a guy his size would play OLB in he NFL. Mario Williams is a perfect example.

To me there are only two Olineman who MAY be on the board at #19 and that's Adams and Glenn. There's at least a 50-50 chance Ingram may be too. To some Ingram is the best pure pass rusher in the draft because Coples though very dominant concerns some with his tendency to lose intensity and take plays off. Despite that he won't make it out of the top ten because of his potential.

I'd love it if we were able to get MWill in FA and somewhat less enthused about Avril but if we don't get anyone in FA then we have to prioritize it on draft day. We need a pass rusher just as badly as we need a LT. Look as it this way. Izzy is 31 years old and he's not going to improve much if at all. Webb is 23 with one year experience at LT and Tice insists he will get a lot better the longer he plays and that he'll see to it he gets help for now. The kid has size and athleticism so it's hard to say whether or not Tice is right. I have a lot more problems with what's between Webb's ears than anything from the neck on down.

If all three guys mentioned are still there the Bears have got a choice to make but for the most part we should be assured of getting a good football player. That's the way I see it.

Originally Posted by JJ-30

My problem with spending a ton of money on a #1 WR is if he one doesn't preform and if he gets hurt we are in the same boat. If we go after 2 good #2 WR and then draft another another one we end up with 2 good starter and a draft pick that maybe able to start later this year or next year depending on who it is we pick and where we pick him.

Also getting just a #1 WR still mean we will need to draft another WR early in the draft. I don't know about anyone else on this board but give me 2 #2 WR a good draft pick and Bennett on the field along with Forte and a good TE and I will be a happy man. As long as we fix the OT position.

That's like settling for kissing your sister square on the lips! lol.

In all seriousness, we need a number one wide receiver badly. Every team needs one. The 49ers had Jerry Rice; the Cowboys had Michael Irvin. It's all a matter of semantics, but at this point, we need two good receivers for Cutler to go to give him the edge that he needs in being successful. Most likely, I think Emery will go after one or more of the following: Colston, VJax, Meachem, Royal. There will be one out of the first two (Colston, VJax) and one out of the second two (Meachem, Royal). Any combination of the two will dramatically upgrade our wide receiving corps. But, even if we go after Meachem and Royal only, that would still upgrade our receiving corps dramatically over what it was in the past.

If have Meachem, Royal, Bennett and a good pick as our WRs next year then that sister we are kissing square on the lips must be one hot looking sister.

I am just not that sure we will be willing to spend that kind of money in FA that it will take to sign a #1 and #2 WR in FA.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

That's like settling for kissing your sister square on the lips! lol.

In all seriousness, we need a number one wide receiver badly. Every team needs one. The 49ers had Jerry Rice; the Cowboys had Michael Irvin. It's all a matter of semantics, but at this point, we need two good receivers for Cutler to go to give him the edge that he needs in being successful. Most likely, I think Emery will go after one or more of the following: Colston, VJax, Meachem, Royal. There will be one out of the first two (Colston, VJax) and one out of the second two (Meachem, Royal). Any combination of the two will dramatically upgrade our wide receiving corps. But, even if we go after Meachem and Royal only, that would still upgrade our receiving corps dramatically over what it was in the past.