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Pick Your Poison - Safeties

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We have batted around many different scenarios with what the Bears should do with their draft now that we have Jay Cutler and don't have a first round pick.  I decided to attempt to put together some sort of official WCG draft chart.  I am going to use WCG's draft guru, ChiFan13's, rankings as a basis.  Check out them our for a refresher.  These were made prior to the Combine and workouts, so I have added any person who may have since risen to a 2nd round consideration.

Safeties is an interesting position.  There are many different views on who will be where and who is worth a pick at this spot. 

We will do a similar process for OL, S/CB and DT.  Then I'll pull the winners and we'll have a Best of Show vote to determine who our choice for the Bears 2nd Round pick is.

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Which safety would you like to see the Bears select at #49?
Louis Delmas
40 votes
William Moore
23 votes
Patrick Chung
52 votes
Rashad Johnson
87 votes

202 votes | Poll has closed

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Personally...

I would take any of those guys (at their appropriate draft value level, as long as we don’t reach).

by sabbath999 on Apr 17, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

System

I would also, great athletes…. I think it comes down to a system fit

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by chi-town on Apr 17, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he was the hardest to guess at

I’ve seen him all over, but based on latest mocks and some rumors of teams interested it sounds like he’ll go late 1st.

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by Adam T on Apr 17, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd even guess mid-1st.

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by Dane Noble on Apr 17, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Big reach in the 1st

I understand he’s a great physical talent, but wasn’t his production pretty mediocre?

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by propheteer on Apr 17, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes...

Plus if I’m remembering correctly, isn’t he a converted WR, that played CB the last two years, and is now expected to switch to free safety?

If I’m correct about that, then it doesn’t seem like a good fit for the Bears. We need a safety who can contribute soon. Not just somebody with the athletic ability. We already have Daniel Manning, who is super athletic, and doesn’t really know how to play safety.

Lord... please let the Bears pick a good WR at #49....

by kidronmusic on Apr 17, 2009 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, in that case.

Rashad, if Smith isn’t there, followed by Delmas.

by Sklz711 on Apr 17, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no, the opposite

Gradings for Sean Smith are all over the map. I’ve seen him graded as high as early 1st and as low as mid-to-low 3rd. Part of it might be whether you are grading him as a CB or a safety. One analysis I read said he was basically a “tweener”… not quite good enough in coverage to be a true NFL CB, and not quite physical enough as a tackler to be a true NFL safety. (That’s obviously one opinion so take it as nothing more than that.) Pro Football Weekly (PFW), which tends to have very good analysis (IMO), rates him as a 3rd rounder. Sounds to me like he might be one of those high risk picks where you could strike gold, or you could be left with a big bust.

by JohnPaul on Apr 17, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

with his raw talent

could you imagine what we could do with our coaching? possibly even return to the legendary 2006 form

by JohnnyTruant on Apr 17, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Solid Production

Smith’s production was very solid throughout the past two years. He consistently drew the match-up of the opposing teams best receiver and was able to frustrate many of them due to his combination of size and speed. Like another great Mountain West pick-up (Urlacher), Smith and Kruger from Utah were the core pieces that made all of the other defensive players on that team better. I really hope he drops into the Bears range. In today’s offense friendly officiated league, having the length to deflect balls in coverage without having to be draped over the receiver would be a huge plus.

by slcadman2001 on Apr 17, 2009 5:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Gotta go with Johnson

I think he could contribute immediately and would be more valuable than say Massaquoi or Iglesias. He reminds me alot of Mike Brown, not as big a run stopper but definitely smart and a ball-hawk. Get him. If we opt for a WR here, I really like Clemons from Clemson or Mitchell from Ohio in the later rounds.

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by Acreman20 on Apr 17, 2009 6:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no safety

i would go with an offensive lineman if available first, loadholt-beatty or go with one of the handful of good guard/centers- if not available then go saftey (delmas-johnson-moore.. in order no chung), and if not there then i guess maybe a wr

by Chisportfan on Apr 18, 2009 12:02 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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