Hutch1975
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Round 2, Pick 39: Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington
In many of my mocks, I took Kyler Gordon to be CB2 opposite JJ. Nice to know that Poles and I were thinking alike.
Round 2, Pick 48: Jaquan Brisker, SS, Penn State
I would have probably gone for my top O-Line guy, Daniel Faalele here. But Brisker and Gordon probably make the defense much better, and that will indirectly help Fields. In this case, the talent level is much higher than it was last year.
Round 3, Pick 71: Velus Jones, Jr., WR, Tennessee
I see a Cordarrelle Patterson type in the making here, so this could be very helpful, even though I was thinking David Bell of Perdue instead or Faalele, who was clearly slipping. Unlike Patterson, Jones also returns punts.
Round 5, Pick 168: Braxton Jones, OT, Southern Utah
He's not Daniel Faalele, which is my biggest knock on the pick. Jones could be a very good OT3, and he comes at a good price.
Round 5, Pick 174: Dominique Robinson, DE, Miami (Ohio)
I see another Trevis Gipson here, and if he's like Gipson, he could be ready to take over for Quinn next year. I see another Mack-esque return, which is not a bad thing.
Round 6, Pick 186: Zach Thomas, G, San Diego State
With Alex Bars gone to Vegas, the Bears got someone who could be a backup guard/tackle.
Round 6, Pick 203: Tresten Ebner, RB, Baylor
I see a replacement for Tarik Cohen in this pick, an excellent receiving threat out of the backfield who can also run the ball and return kicks.
Round 6, Pick 207: Doug Kramer, C, Illinois
This could be the guy who bumps Mustiphar - barring Mustiphar shaping up into at least an average center. Of, if Mustiphar walks as a free agent, he takes over.
Round 7, Pick 226: Ja'Tyre Carter, G, Southern
This is a pick I didn't get. Honestly, I would have gone for Alabama's Slade Bolden here, a good-hands receiver reminiscent of Tom Waddle. Maybe he can develop into a replacement for Whitehair.
Round 7, Pick 254: Elijah Hicks, DB California
At worst, he is training camp competition for Kindle Vildor. But both Dohnovan West and Alec Lindstrom were available.
Round 7, Pick 255: Trenton Gill, P, NC State
Well, if you couldn't get the God of Punting, he might be serviceable. But it may have been a better idea to just shell out to keep O'Donnell.
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Overall, I give Poles a B+ for the draft. I don't like that he missed out on Faalele, who probably would have bumped one of Borom/Jenkins (preferably the latter) to swing tackle. It would have been a huge help to Fields, and I'd have taken Bell over Jones.
That said, the improvement in the secondary is going to be one of the biggest assists the Bears can give Fields. Yes, he is amazing on deep balls, and yes, he is a superb quarterback, but expecting Fields to take the whole team on his shoulders is a good way to wreck him. If the defense can shut down other teams, Fields doesn't have to do so much.
My downgrades are for what could have been done. A deal with Cleveland, giving them #71 overall for #78 and #108 could have given the Bears both Jones (given that he was seen as a reach by many experts at #71 overall) and Faalele, or maybe the Bears get Bell and Faalele, much more immediate help for Fields.
That said, a lot of the Day 3 picks could be very good backups or eventual starters. The Bears have done this before across multiple coaches (see Leno at OT, Bush and Houston-Carson at safety, Herbert at RB, etc.).
Still, Poles did a lot more than I'd have expected, and he kept Quinn. A very good draft.
In many of my mocks, I took Kyler Gordon to be CB2 opposite JJ. Nice to know that Poles and I were thinking alike.
Round 2, Pick 48: Jaquan Brisker, SS, Penn State
I would have probably gone for my top O-Line guy, Daniel Faalele here. But Brisker and Gordon probably make the defense much better, and that will indirectly help Fields. In this case, the talent level is much higher than it was last year.
Round 3, Pick 71: Velus Jones, Jr., WR, Tennessee
I see a Cordarrelle Patterson type in the making here, so this could be very helpful, even though I was thinking David Bell of Perdue instead or Faalele, who was clearly slipping. Unlike Patterson, Jones also returns punts.
Round 5, Pick 168: Braxton Jones, OT, Southern Utah
He's not Daniel Faalele, which is my biggest knock on the pick. Jones could be a very good OT3, and he comes at a good price.
Round 5, Pick 174: Dominique Robinson, DE, Miami (Ohio)
I see another Trevis Gipson here, and if he's like Gipson, he could be ready to take over for Quinn next year. I see another Mack-esque return, which is not a bad thing.
Round 6, Pick 186: Zach Thomas, G, San Diego State
With Alex Bars gone to Vegas, the Bears got someone who could be a backup guard/tackle.
Round 6, Pick 203: Tresten Ebner, RB, Baylor
I see a replacement for Tarik Cohen in this pick, an excellent receiving threat out of the backfield who can also run the ball and return kicks.
Round 6, Pick 207: Doug Kramer, C, Illinois
This could be the guy who bumps Mustiphar - barring Mustiphar shaping up into at least an average center. Of, if Mustiphar walks as a free agent, he takes over.
Round 7, Pick 226: Ja'Tyre Carter, G, Southern
This is a pick I didn't get. Honestly, I would have gone for Alabama's Slade Bolden here, a good-hands receiver reminiscent of Tom Waddle. Maybe he can develop into a replacement for Whitehair.
Round 7, Pick 254: Elijah Hicks, DB California
At worst, he is training camp competition for Kindle Vildor. But both Dohnovan West and Alec Lindstrom were available.
Round 7, Pick 255: Trenton Gill, P, NC State
Well, if you couldn't get the God of Punting, he might be serviceable. But it may have been a better idea to just shell out to keep O'Donnell.
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Overall, I give Poles a B+ for the draft. I don't like that he missed out on Faalele, who probably would have bumped one of Borom/Jenkins (preferably the latter) to swing tackle. It would have been a huge help to Fields, and I'd have taken Bell over Jones.
That said, the improvement in the secondary is going to be one of the biggest assists the Bears can give Fields. Yes, he is amazing on deep balls, and yes, he is a superb quarterback, but expecting Fields to take the whole team on his shoulders is a good way to wreck him. If the defense can shut down other teams, Fields doesn't have to do so much.
My downgrades are for what could have been done. A deal with Cleveland, giving them #71 overall for #78 and #108 could have given the Bears both Jones (given that he was seen as a reach by many experts at #71 overall) and Faalele, or maybe the Bears get Bell and Faalele, much more immediate help for Fields.
That said, a lot of the Day 3 picks could be very good backups or eventual starters. The Bears have done this before across multiple coaches (see Leno at OT, Bush and Houston-Carson at safety, Herbert at RB, etc.).
Still, Poles did a lot more than I'd have expected, and he kept Quinn. A very good draft.
