Who do Bears select at #8 after these FA signings?

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So I see it as 4 choices (good thing)

Davenport - Good Defensive teams can not get by with only one good Pass rusher, so I like the pick if he is there.
Nelson - Not sexy, but likely the best thing for the QB and running backs to get a lineman like Nelson. Plus the writing is on the wall, we need a Guard bad.
Jackson - CBs need time to develop and even though 2018 seems to be covered in you re-signings top level guys are hard to find
Ridley - Just because White, does not mean that you do not address the position that was such a struggle last year and just about every year that did not involve Marshall and Jeffery.

My pick if I had to make it - Nelson
 

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Luke said:
yeah, I like Kirk as well but believe he s/b long gone by #39. Not a big fan of Sutton maybe Pettis at #39. I don't see the 2nd round as being a "sweet spot for WR" as so many around here say.
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Curious if that's just a feeling you have or what makes you say that? If you look at the last 5 drafts, the number of WRs selected in the first 38 picks has been between 4-7 with the average being 5. So statistically speaking we should have our pick at the #5-#6 WR at pick 39. One of:
Calvin Ridley/James Washington/Christian Kirk/Courtland Sutton/Michael Gallup
 
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Would be fine with any of them in the 2nd.
 
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After watching 2 VERY good OLs yesterday and knowing ours is not close to being on par with theirs, I lean towards Nelson. Win the war in the trenches. The 2 OLs yesterday were solid and stopped 2 very good pass rushes.
 
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Luke said:
I did have them strengthening the OL with the Fulton signing. As far as the Nelson pick, I too feel that Pace will not take a guard at #8 especially with so many other holes to fill. Sitton was the 8th ranked guard in 2017 and has been very durable except missing a few games the last 2 seasons. I cant see them cutting him just because he will be 32 and they will not be cutting Long in 2018 either. Although Ridley isn't the greatest value, I too think that's the way they should go at #8. Brooks and Zurelein refer to him as a #1 in their mocks and Jeremiah calls him a top tier #2. I surely don't trust Pace trying to find a top tier WR lower in the draft and I don't see them finding one in FA.
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Agreed.
 
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1. Callahan can’t stay healthy so move on
2. NYG has an old defense and QB so I don’t see them taking a RB

3. If everything falls as you predict, Bears should take Nelson.
 
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