Bears Defensive Big Board [Post Combine]

1. CB Morris Claiborne [LSU]
2. DT Michael Brocker [LSU]
3. DT Dontari Poe [Memphis]
4. DE Quentin Coples [UNC]
5. DE Melvin Ingram [South Carolina]
6. DT Fletcher Cox [Mississippi St]
7. LB Luke Keluchy [Boston College]
8. DE Nick Perry [USC]
9. LB Zach Brown [UNC]
10. S Mark Barron [Alabama]
11. CB Dre Kirkpatrick [Alabama]
12. DT Jerel Worthy [Michigan St]
13. DE Whitney Mercilus [Illinois]
14. CB Janoris Jenkins [North Alabama]
15. DE Andre Branch [Clemson]
16. DE Courtney Upshaw [Alabama]
17. DT Devon Still [Penn State]
18. DE Chandler Jones [Syracuse]
19. LB Lavonte David [Nebraska]
20. LB Donta Hightower [Alabama]

How would you guys feel if we picked DT Dontari Poe [Memphis] the guy has a real Haloti Ngata feel to him?

6'3.5"
346lbs.

44 Reps at 225
4.97 [40]

I know that it is not a need, but the guy is an absolute freak of nature and could be an incredibly powerful and disruptive force in the middle of the defense.

I don't see why we wouldn't want a guy that can get pressure up the middle...we didn't get it from anyone consistantly last year, lets draft a guy to do it.

I was thinking about that myself but thought it was more of a luxury pick. Hell, have him play part time NT and he can play alongside Paea and Okoye. Throw in a big name FA DE and that's some real scary spice.

Janoris Jenkins has 4 kids.

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Originally Posted by Riczaj01

I don't see why we wouldn't want a guy that can get pressure up the middle...we didn't get it from anyone consistantly last year, lets draft a guy to do it.

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How can you say that? Melton got 7 sacks last years in his first year as a starter. That was 3rd best among DT's and the best year we've had from a DT since Tommie Harris got 8 before his injury.

Okoye added 4 more in part time play and Paea 2 playing very little. That's 13 sacks from inside which isn't bad at all. It's the 15 we got from DE's that concerns me. I doubt Poe will last that long but depending on how FA works out if the best guy on the board at #19 is a monster DT or a monster OG I'd grab him long before I'd take Floyd. You never pass up a great lineman on either side of the ball.