And it’s pretty feasible that JA could get two-three starters out of this. I’d love to see Rashad Johnson a Bear; likewise, if we could package our 4s for a middle 3, we could land a quality reciever or even Duke Robinson, a top guard prospect who, in a few years when Orlando Pace retires, could shift to right tackle. Then take Barden with the 99, to give us the big receiever we need to complement our speed (Hester) and slot (Earl) guys.

In other words, there’s still hope.

i thought we were targeting mohammed massaquoi in the second, and we were in a prime position to take him. i thought it was silly to trade down.

it’s kind of silly to lock in to a couple players and just trade down if they’re not available. The draft never turns out like you plan, and if Jerry keeps doing this when players he wants aren’t available, he’s gonna wind up with 10 6th and 7th round picks.

if we’re gonna target a WR now, we need to take brandon tate. he’s the only receiver left with the most upside. He has the same injury reggie wayne had when he was drafted and i think he can be a steal. he was supposed to be first round talent before he hurt his knee.

nothing we can do now. jerry’s gotta make some picks with what he’s got. Hopefully he won’t pull some “wtf?” picks, like what undead al did with Heyward-Bey. so stupid, especially since crabtree was on the board. the 49ers got out of that jumping for joy.

Got my eye on 2 Michael Johnson & Louis Murphy.

Duke could be great value.

Finally → predicting Braylon Edwards is traded for a 4th round pick.

Jerry has proven he does not understnad how to work the draft he thinks he can find gems like nobody else. the last 3 years have stunk, jerry needs to go

I give Jerry Angelo credit for what he is doing. If he thinks anybody the Bears would have picked at #49 would have been a reach at that point in the draft, then that’s good enough for me. It was doubtful that anybody we picked at #49 was going to come in and have an impact as a rookie anyway. I’d rather get GOOD football prospects who may take some time to develop in the 3rd round as opposed to picking the next Dan Bazuin in the 2nd.

Bears will have a good day on Sunday.

but i get the trade, to some degree. if the people you want aren’t at your spot, and you are unable to trade up for them, and after tons of evaluations you don’t see much of a difference between who’s there at #49 versus who you can get at #68, you trade down and pick up an extra pick. now, i think we should have gotten more (like an extra #3 or 4 next year), but that’s a different story. my guess is, michael johnson might be the pick at 68 if he’s there (maybe the best player available, plus both wale and anderson are FAs after this season), and the best of rashad johnson, duke robinson, or the WRs who are left when we pick again.

that the Bears are targeting Juaquin Iglesias with their first pick tomorrow….

This draft isn’t very top-heavy, but there are a lot of high-ceiling sleeper-types that will be available in the mid rounds. Michael Johnson in the 3rd? Are you kidding? That would be a dream come true. I want a receiver as much as the next guy, but he’s too good to pass up if the Bears can get him. If the Bears get him and one of those receivers listed, I’d be ecstatic. And if Michael Johnson is gone, Duke Robinson and Rashad Johnson would be great picks as well

are trying to win now. they’re sacrificing a lot in the long run to try and get back where they were in 2007.

it doesn’t help that they switched to a 3-4. they traded up to try and rebuild that defense quickly with good players. may kill them down the stretch (see draft next year)

but trading out of #49 seems like trading quality for quantity; unless the player they would have selected at #49 is still the pick at #68. I think that may actually be the case, and I’ll bet Angelo will reveal that in a few days. 3 of the 4 best values left, according to NFLDraftScout are DEs: MJohnson #42; JGilbert #49; and LSidberry #51. #56 CB DJMoore(from Vanderbilt – a JA collegiate favorite) and #59 KBarnes could also be considered good values at a needed position; along with FS RJohnson at #66. The 4 top WRs are: DWilliams #69, JIglesias #79, LMurphy #83, and MWallace #99. I hope its DE MJohnson with #68 and use the next picks(99, 105, 119) to find possibly eventual starters at WR, CB, and FS.

JA: “The teams that moved up gave up a lot”
We gave up a Mid Second Rounder and got chump change for it!
The value chart isn’t written in stone, but sh*t, we didn’t even get close.
“The teams that moved up gave up a lot. Except the Seahawks because they where holding one of our family members hostage at gun point” Sheesh!
Maybe for the 3rd (68) we can get a 6th and TWO 7th rounders Jerry!

said he expects to have a trade done by the end of the 3rd today. Maybe we still have a chance.

if he gets Rashad Johnson here, that’s a pick a lot of us – myself included – would have been okay with at 49. And again: I could see him packaging those two 4s for a 3. Of the revised big board, there are numerous combinations where we could net three starters. When you add the addition of Jay Cutler, 3 solid F/A offensive linemen, and (potentially) 2-3 starters in the draft, how can that not be viewed as a kick-ass offseason?

Derrick Williams. I’d much rather have Iglesias or the Johnsons, but Angelo NEVER picks who we want him to pick.