NiqueBears Mock Draft for the Bears Updated 3/17
by Dominique Blanton on Mar 17, 2010 7:22 PM CDT
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3rd Round- Derek Hardman, RT, Eastern Kentucky- The Bears would be wise to leave Frank Omiyale at LG rather than switching him to RT. Yes Omiyale has experience at Tackle, but it was on the left side not the right and we saw how much a different animal Right Tackle is compared Left Tackle (Chris Williams comes to mind). Hardman is an athletic tackle that would fit well in Martz offense. He probably would be more of a project his first year, but he would provide you stability at the Right tackle position for the next 8 to 10 years.
Why not Free Safety in the 3rd round?
By the time the 3rd round comes around, the Bears would have their choosing of Major Wright, Larry Asante, Myron Rolle, Harry Coleman, Kurt Coleman, and Robert Johnson. Besides Robert Johnson, all of these safeties are tweeners and history shows the Bears have always fallen for these guys and it has gotten them in trouble time and time again. The Bears got enough guys like this on the roster with Afalava, Steltz, and Payne. I would be comfortable if they threw out the idea of drafting a later round safety, and instead going out and getting a veteran Free Safety (O.J. Atogwe).
4th Round- Eric Olsen, C/OG, Notre Dame- I would put FS Robert Johnson as a possibility here, but Eric Olsen is a better prospect and I would be more comfortable if the Bears went out and got a veteran FS. Kreutz is entering the final year of his contract, and I could see Angelo moving on from Olin after this up-coming season. Olsen would be a good project guy to let sit and learn under Kreutz or at the very least be Garza eventual replacement after this year if management is completely sold on Beekman being the heir apparent to Kreutz.
5th round- Will Thurmond, CB, Oregon- The Bears have nothing behind Tillman and Bowman. Cory Graham while played pretty good in 08 taking Vasher spot, disappeared off the face of the earth last summer in training camp. Nathan Vasher was just released this afternoon, D.J. Moore seems to small to be a starting CB in the league. With Tillman suffering injuries for the last 3 years, and Bowman having a injury prone past, this position has become a underrated need for the Bears. Thurmond is a ball hawking CB who has the potential to be a solid starting corner at the next level. The Bears need depth behind Tillman and Bowman and Thurmond would be a pretty good back up and future replacement for Tillman.
6th round- Stevenson Sylvester, OLB, Utah- Bears have one of the best line backing depth in the NFL, but with Williams and Roach on one year deals this upcoming season, expect one of these guys to be gone next off-season.
7th round- Michael Hoomawanui, TE, Illinois- Clark might fit the H-Back role Martz is looking for, but he is up there in age and might be gone next season. The selection of Hoomawanui is assuming that Angelo goes through on Olsen wish and trade him around or on draft day.
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We definately should draft an O-lineman with our 3rd rounder
O-line was our biggest problem for the first 3/4 of last year, but we did show some growth and improvement at the end of the year. Yes, we do need a free safety, but I’m still not sold on our offensive line, and if we’re going to improve in the future, we need to protect our biggest investment (Cutler).
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Especially in Martz's offense
We need strong blockers who can hold on long enough for routes to develop without the help of TE’s
I disagree with ....
….. the RT you picked for us . We don’t need a project we need a big , mauler at right tackle . I say move Big Frank over to RT and let Beekman play LG . In the third we need to just go with the best player at that pick , be it FS , RT , LG , DT , DE and so on . Your 4th round pick I love ! Olsen is a stud center , kinda reminds me of a young Olin Kreutz . In the 5th keep building the o-line with Brandon Carter from Texas Tech . After the 5th just go with the best player , reguardless of position .
by MidWayMonster54 on Mar 17, 2010 9:10 PM CDT reply actions
I think any tackle that we pick up in the later rounds is going to be a project. If you want a Mauler at Right Tackle Kevin Shaffer fits the bill there, but I could see him being inconsistent in pass protection in Martz system.
by Dominique Blanton on Mar 17, 2010 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Schaffer is strong
But he didnt show much agility, and often got beaten by speed rushers. I would rather get him some competition.
Much better idea than drafting a project and starting him
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by lookingdeadred on Mar 18, 2010 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions
There's really no solid veteran RT out there
So you have no choice, but to bring in a rookie RT and let him compete with Schaffer for the starting job. I wouldn’t mess Omiyale by putting him at RT and letting compete with Schaffer especially when he got more comfortable at LG after his benching.
by Dominique Blanton on Mar 18, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Omiyale would be a better RT than Shaffer
but they do not have another option at LG
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by lookingdeadred on Mar 22, 2010 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Tough call
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by lookingdeadred on Mar 23, 2010 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
With that 3rd pick
you can get a quality safety or offensive lineman that can come in and compete.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 18, 2010 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Totally wrong about not drafting a safety in the 3rd.
I’m not saying as far as what actually happens, and I understand what you are saying when you addressed “why not a fs in the 3rd round”. But your logic was backwards. Regardless of their ability or “tweener” label any FS taken with the 3rd round pick would be an improvement.
The Bears have only addressed the secondary recently with 5th and 6th round picks. In the absence of Mike Brown it is not hard to see a correlation between the vacuum created by Mike Brown’s injuries and departure. The Bears inability to fill that void is a result of their reluctance to invest in the position. Lovie has basically said that his defense can be successful rotating young 5th and 6th round draft picks at the safety positionS. Compare this to our investments in the front lines of our defense over the years.
Sure I am all in favor of signing a free agent safety, I just din’t see it happening.
I like the eric Olsen pick in the 4th round. Olsen in the 4th make a RT in the 3rd less of a necessity. Granted is I suppose that is my own backwards cigol.
partially right.....
Take everything you said about the vacuum and instead of saying that they haven’t invested, say they haven’t developed what they invested in, and haven’t always invested enough. They invested a second round pick on Danieal Manning. That’s a pretty big draft investment. moving him all over the defense was the opposite of developing him. Didn’t he play 3 games at DE last year?
in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The act of doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Mar 19, 2010 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
20/20 Hindsight
I know its kind of ridiculous, but imagine if we’d been able to fill a RT/FS/CB need last year. Some possible swaps for draft picks (new players selected after Bear’s pick):
Jarron Gilbert for Derek Cox (CB-Jax 74 tackles, 4 INT) or Lardarius Webb (CB-Balt)
or Jerraud Powers (CB-Indy)
D.J. Moore for Rich Ohrnberger (RG-N.E.) or Austin Collie (WR-Indy)
Juaquin Iglesias for T.J. Lang (T-GB)
3 different selections give us depth at CB and help along the line. I know its nitpicky, but since we got nothing out of those three in their first year, I like pointing out guys that actually contributed that were selected below them.
If its free, take two.
We're all hoping
Jarron/Moore/Iglesias contribute this year.
me, Moore over the others, I think the kid has potential to be really solid.
but austin collie imo, is a product of his environment, it’s really hard to judge how good somebody is when they have a top 5 all time QB throwing to them.
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by BearNecessities on Mar 18, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I liked Collie out of BYU
good hands, good route running, decent speed…
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 18, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Didn't know much about him
to be honest, I’m just a believer that if you threw Iglesias and Bennett on the Colts, they’d both probably be 1,000yd receivers, and at the very least, have all the announcers gushing over them too
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by BearNecessities on Mar 18, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Highly doubt
even in the 6th and 7th rounds that JA will select an OLB or TE, considering their depth at both positions as of right now. I believe DBs and OL will dominate this draft.
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But I don’t see any way that he’s an NFL TE, and not with the Bears.
by Steven Schweickert on Mar 19, 2010 12:24 PM CDT reply actions
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