I completely get where your coming from. However the Brisker pick, IMO is a quality pick from every facet.
Its the Bears TOP PICK that makes my head want to POP. How many different ways have we found out that you dont have to waste early draft assets on a CB for a TAMPA 2 defense, when you already have your #1 CB in order?
We have seen the DJ MOORES and ZACH BOWMANS from the later rounds give the defense solid play as later round values.
Weve seen TIM JENNINGS from the bargain bin play to a probowl level in this system as that #2 CB.
We saw that wasting a top pick on Kyle Fuller was a terrible idea when you lack a DT tandem to get pressure in the face of the QB and a TRUE 4-3 MIKE to take away the middle of the field as the Bears currently lack both..
If this was last years defense that asked its CBs to play the 5 common coverage techniques with some regularity then Gordon would have been a a slam of a pick.
In this defense Gordons going to mostly play 2 coverage techniques, sometimes 3 techniques with the C1 Robber which I wouldnt run alot of with no one to get pressure from the interior and an undersizes MIKE thats probably going to get injured.
How long do people expect an ILB with a 6'1"/235 pound frame to hold up with no second ILB to split the bill and space eating Defensive linemen to keep them clean? I wouldnt count on long.
Which sucks because if Poles insisted on going defense, there was freak 4-3 MIKE LB talent all over this class but he missed the bus.
So they essentially traded one of the better edge rushers in the game who has already proven his salt in this system out in Oakland, so that they could skip over one of the 2 staple positions for this system in the draft, just to get a second CB, which this system doesnt put a heavy emphasis on.
IMO they would have been much better off going with the best available O lineman with that top pick, once Watson came off the board, then CB later on.
I just hope Gordons confidence doesnt get completely shredded once offenses see they can open up this defense from the inside out and eventually pick the CBs apart.
I hear people constantly saying that they have a lot of holes to fill when this new GM came in and created SIGNIFICANTLY more holes than he needed to.
Its not hard to spot a hack GM before the fact. Theyre usually more concerned with putting their own stamp on a roster than they are with just winning. Nor do I accept that Poles is building for next year with a franchise thats been building for next year for the past 30 years.
I really believe the Bears should have pulled out all of the stops to snag Omar Kahn from Pittsburg.
Unfortunately it looks like Poles "never sleeps" either.
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