The Bears Den: April 26th, 2010 Edition

heck i could have dreamt it, but

someone on the radio or tv or something said that the Bears may be interested in moving Lefev to Reciever…..Idk it could be completely false, but he does have the skills to do it… lol that would be wierd to throw Him out ther ein the slot and run a double pass

talked about houston and chicago are both chasing Fanaca could come down to where fanaca wants to go. Oh and money….

also Dickerson mentioned that the Bears had Lance Louis as the starting LG in off season workouts….

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Charles Davis: C-. Did not have a lot to work with and really addressed couple of needs in the secondary and addressed need on the O line late. Did not address a need at WR

Best Pick: JaMarcus Webb OT

Corey Chavous: C. Did not address need at O line and WR. Picks they did make could be solid picks. Believes that Dan LeFevour will be a solid prospect and might even out shine other QBs in this draft. Wootten could turn into a solid player as well.

Best Pick: Dan LeFevour QB

Jamie Dukes: D. They had their "draft" in free agency. Does not think any of the picks will really help the Bears this season. Questions why they took a QB when they just traded for the "franchise" last year. Did not address needs at O line and especially WR. Thinks the Bears HAVE TO sign terrell owens (IT MAKES TO MUCH SENSE!! Says dukes) now or trade for patrick crayton since he appears to be the odd man out in dallas.

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Mel Kiper: B. Liked what the Bears did with what they had to work with. Wootten could have been a top 20 pick if not for the injury and thinks he is now healthy since it takes roughly a year to bounce back from ACL injuries. Wright is a nice pick for the FS slot since he played in FL cover 1 scheme and was the center fielder there. Wright Could help the Bears immediately. Josh Moore was a nice cover corner at KSU and is very athletic. LeFevour is a nice developmental project at QB.

Just to Note on Kiper: From what I have read in the past he and Angelo are close friends and he has never given the Bears a grade lower than B

McShay: did not give a grade. Mention that Wright was a solid pick that can be plugged in at FS. Likes the Josh Moore pick a nice cover corner that can help with nickel and dime situations. Believes LeFevour is over rated but it was not like the Bears picked him in the 3rd or 4th rounds.

Both Kiper and McShay think Cutler is not a "franchise" QB. McShay, Kiper and Herm Edwards talked about the division and thinks green bay will run away with it. Minnesota has a shot at it IF favre comes back but think they will be a wild card.

Edwards thinks the Bears have an out side shot with the addition of Peppers and Urlacher coming back. Also praised the Mike Martz hiring though they would have to limit turnovers even though Martz does not view turnovers as a negative (has more of don’t worry about it we will get it back type mentality). Kiper and McShay think that the lions have closed the gap and would not be surprised if the lions finished ahead of the Bears.

Corey Wooten and Major Wright Interviews – LINK

There’s also one up there where Biggs talks about the draft.

I would be happy too if I was given the opportunity to move back to a position that didn’t constantly point out my inherent football weaknesses.

Dan “The Fever” LeFevour is Tebow like, worked out of the spread, needs development yadda yadda yadda. The thought is this, The donkeys take Tebow in the 1st, McHoodie says he’ll be nothing but a QB(meaning he might get wildcat work this year), we take The Fever in the later rounds and they are basically the same.

Yes Tebow won 2 titles and a heisman but if history tells us anything that does not translate into NFL success. See Rashann Salaam and Chris Leak if you don’t believe me. I’m not overly excited about the pick, but it was made so now I need to rationalize what possible bennifit this will have for the team.

Some circles (no I’m not quoting anything just heresay or readsay) have thought that The Fever was a better QB than Tebow and maybe that’s true. Would The Fever (is it catching on yet) have gotten much more media attention if he had went to a “power house” like Tebow instead of Central Michigan? What if the places and faces switched, would Tebow be as good if he played with inferior talent?

So what am I getting at, well I think that the Bears and the Donks selected similar QB’s in the draft, the difference is Chicago took the Donks old Franchise QB and have put no pressure whatsoever on The Fever to produce. Tebow however is going to have to save them or the entire organization will crumble.

I l still think the O line needs to stop being ignored and something will probably be done in the FA market place, although the Pacemaker signing from last year might have JA a little shy to pull the trigger. I will end the post here because I’m sure I didn’t string together any logical thought and most of you are now stupider for reading this.

I’ve always been partial to the throwbacks we wore in 94!!! But I was on twitter and saw Earl Bennet changed his pic to one of him in THIS YEAR’s throwback uniforms… Pretty shweet!!! We WON’T be wearing our Orange jersey’s this year… This is what we’ll be wearing instead!!!

Watching this heartbreaking ATL game from last season on NFL network… DAMN I can’t WAIT for the season to start!!!

- Wright will probably be only a good Special Teams guy. There is reason why he lasted until 75 though. Worries about his pass coverage abilities but he is a major hitter. Has Mannings quickness and athletic ability. Has Steltz hitting ability.

- Does not think that sharper is the answer for FS. Would not fit into the cover 2 scheme. (note: NFLN mentioned last night that mia would most likely land sharper)

- Thinks NFL teams are trying to stay within the salary cap for the year and not trying to go over it that much. By that notion the Bears still have a little bit of room left but does not know how much they are trying to stay under it.

- Bears should make an attempt to land fanaca but does not think they would get him since the demand for him is actually pretty high (mcneil and speigel say he would fit right in since he can not pass block)

- Likes the Bears draft better than the last few drafts they have done. The picks pretty much made sense to him and did not really reach on anyone. LOVES the Wotton pick

- Normally takes 18 months to come back from ACL injury and yet still tried to go after 8 months. If not for the injury he would have been a 1st round pick

- Talked about how a blogger on the net called the Dan LeFevour pick the dumbest move in the entire draft. But hello it’s a 6th round pick. It was not like LeFevour was a 2nd or 3rd round pick.

- Thinks LeFevour is better than Hanie and Bears should put more of their resources to develop LeFevour than Hanie

- Thinks the Bears HAVE to go after Bulger. He makes to much sense not to.

- Josh Moore is a nice cover corner and thinks he can be a solid nickel guy in the future BUT has to increase his strength. Talked about how he only benched 225 only TWICE at the combine. Dan McNeil is not pleased and laughs.

- Thinks the UDFA RB Minor is better right now than Garrett Wolfe

- Waddle says it was not an impactful draft for the Bears since no 1st or 2nd rounders.

- Josh Moore is a project and the Bears need to develop him. Bears had a 3rd round grade on him. Really like him just has to get stronger

- Waddle believes that LeFevour was a wasted pick by the Bears since he can not help the Bears this year and should of drafted need like O line than a project QB. All get into it as the argue that the Bears could develop him for picks. Waddle states that the Bears are not known for developing QBs though.

- Waddle thinks they should of drafted O line since you never know if you get a gem in the late rounds and mentioned how Knox and Afalava were late round picks last year that helped the Bears right away

- If Bears were interested in sims then they have to be interested in fanaca. Problem is fanaca is in high demand and does not think the Bears will land him

- Waddle mentions that the people he has talked to say fanaca is done

- If Wootton is healthy Melton is out.

- Talked a little how the Bears tried to "fix" mistakes in their draft last year in this draft (DJ Moore, Henry Melton, Jarron Gilbert)

Where we would love to see a “Little Big League”-style movie about a 12 year old who gets control of the Chicago Bears.

Except with a less happy ending (I’m assuming, I’ve never seen the movie…)

Personally, I think the Bears could have a lot better draft. I’m okay with the Major Wright pick in the 3rd. If it were me, I would have gone with CB Akwasi Owusu-Ansah in the 4th, Mitch Petrus in the 5th, maybe Eric Olsen in the 6th. I think there were better players available than the ones they selected. To me the Moore and LeFevour picks are ridiculous, and Wooten is only valuable if he’s healthy and 100%.

I’m actually happy with the pick of J’Marcus Webb in the 7th. It’s nice that Tice isn’t holding a grudge against Webb for breaking a tooth. (LINK)

And as far as the UDFA’s go, I’m happy with the Horn, Barnes and Scott signings.

Sorry, I’m sure a lot of what I’m saying has been covered but I was out of town during the draft weekend. I’m trying to play catch-up.

Gerhart > Chester Taylor

Vikes drafting Gerhart is my least favorite pick of the draft.

Im calling it. I thought the Bears were going to selected him in the 3rd round but waited til the 4th to get him. He will be the Bears other starting DE for years to come