Thread: Mock Draft #1

Nice job Jim. Well thought out positionally. Couple of alternatives. I might add are Zeitler in two rather than Allen. I know Allen played OT in college but the scouts have have him pegged as an OG in the pros. You never know though. Tice likes OT's who can play OG and HE may like him more than Zeitler. I like Zeitler more for obvious reasons, LOL.

Another guy I like better than Devon Still who'd be a great find on three is Kendall Reyes out of UConn. Another one of those guys like Fletcher Cox and Brockers who can play 3t DT but also slide our to the edge. Even with Mercilus we still need another DT. If Quick doesn't slide to the fourth there will still be some WR's who are a fit.

Hardin they had in for an interview and because of his injury it's not at all unlikely that he'll slide down as far as the 5th. Guy has good size and he was Paea's teammate so it would seem to me that he's a guy we've had our eye on ever since 2010. Good pick.

Originally Posted by BearJim

Zeitler in the 3rd would be steal as well.

That he would but Zeitler in the 3rd would be a miracle. Some have him rated above Glenn now as the #2 OG.

Rounds two and three are probably tougher to project than Round one Jim. What happens then will be somewhat driven by what we do in one but it's pretty certain that it will come down to one of the DE's or a DT there. Coples of course if he falls that far, then probably Mercilus with a guy like Brockers maybe in the mix as well.

I think these three are at the top of the Bears board and then we probably have guys like Branch, Reyes and Irvin ranked behind them so what ever we don't get at #19 or if our guy isn't there Emery has fall back plans. We can actually go a couple of ways and still help ourselves.

One scenario I can see if we take a pure DE like Mercilus then take a DT in two or three. The other way is to take a DT/DE hybrid like Brockers in one, an OG like Zeitler in two and that DE like Irvin or a guy like Chandler Jones in three. If I'm doing the draft and I can get the guys I want I take lineman in the first three rounds and start rebuilding both lines.

We've got some depth at OG but two or three guys are in contract years so we need to be thinking ahead especially if we move CWill outside again. Same on the Dline. Pep and Izzy are both over 30 and Izzy is only signed through this year. It's clear when they hesitated re-signing him that they want to make a change and his days as a Bears are coming to an end so now is the time to get a LDE who can play both run and pass.

Originally Posted by soulman

Nice job Jim. Well thought out positionally. Couple of alternatives. I might add are Zeitler in two rather than Allen. I know Allen played OT in college but the scouts have have him pegged as an OG in the pros. You never know though. Tice likes OT's who can play OG and HE may like him more than Zeitler. I like Zeitler more for obvious reasons, LOL.

Another guy I like better than Devon Still who'd be a great find on three is Kendall Reyes out of UConn. Another one of those guys like Fletcher Cox and Brockers who can play 3t DT but also slide our to the edge. Even with Mercilus we still need another DT. If Quick doesn't slide to the fourth there will still be some WR's who are a fit.

Hardin they had in for an interview and because of his injury it's not at all unlikely that he'll slide down as far as the 5th. Guy has good size and he was Paea's teammate so it would seem to me that he's a guy we've had our eye on ever since 2010. Good pick.

Do you have a heterosexual or homosexual man crush on Zeitler just because he played at Wisconsin? LOL