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I'd like to see the rest of your mock, for the other 31 teams to see how you came up with this pick. I could see a team like the Jets, Raiders, Panthers, or even the Broncos take a guy like this before the Bears are even on the clock. Angello better not trade up and reach for this guy. We could use another lineman in this slot.

If we ended up drafting all linemen this year, I would not be dissapointed.

The Moz | 03/25/08, 01:27 PM

I'll post my full 2 round mock draft before I do the Bears third round mock. One of the things I wanted to make sure of was that I didnt reach for any of the picks that I made, and while nobody can be sure who will and will not be around at a certain spot in the draft, I am very optimistic that Johnson will be available to the Bears in the second. I've got to tell you though i feel the same way as you and know the Bears need all the help they can get on the OL. With Branden Albert gone in the first though, I just dont see a lineman at 44th overall that wouldn't be a huge reach.

andrew peiffer | 03/25/08, 01:41 PM

Chris Johnson is great.
He'd be okay with the Bears.
I'm not convinced he'll avaliable at pick 44, though.

Hoosiers3 | 03/26/08, 09:31 AM

i think we could wheel and deal...i think angelo would do the same thing he did two years ago and trade down and thats how we got hester in the 2nd round...i think we'd trade down to like 20th or something maybe....pick up an extra 2nd and a 3rd maybe 5th rounder...i think we hae so many holes and so much depth in the draft a couple more early picks would be great..

i DO believe he will be there for our pick at 44....if it were him and albert did happen to drop into the 2nd round somehwere...thats a quandry...

but since you picked up a good one in the first round for OT and OG isnt that much of a need at this point..the best available talent is williams...id take him..power AND top speed....id do it and less risk than benson

Meteora16 | 03/26/08, 09:58 AM

OG is not that much of a need? I'm missing a signing or something.
I hope you mean at least one in round 3.
I would only trade up. Its done for a reason.
If I wanted to build, or keep my job, then I'd trade down.
I believe trading up may work...just this once. McFadden.
Never happen though..

bEARDOWN54 | 03/26/08, 11:52 AM

I was going to wait till my Bears mock draft was done before posting on a good trade possibility, but now seems like a good time to bring it up.

Consider this: the Bears 14th overall selection for the 49ers 29th and 39th overall selections. I first read about this possibility on the Chalk Talk section of the Chicago Bears website, and according to the draft value chart this would be a viable deal with the Bears pick worth 1,100 points and the 49ers combined picks worth 1,150.

If I were making the decisions for the Bears I would have to believe that I would seriously consider this trade. They would be able to add an extra prospect, and because there is a good amount of depth at RB and OT, doing this deal would not prevent them from still getting a solid player at each of those positions.

andrew peiffer | 03/26/08, 03:46 PM

Yeah, that's not going to happen. The 49ers are pissed off at us right now, considering the whole tampering scandal. And this whole Briggsgate thing may come back to bite us in the ass, even if we were justified in reporting the 49ers.

cubs/bears | 03/26/08, 03:50 PM

Good point, I hadn't even considered that. I still think theres a possibility (however slim) though that Mike Martz will push the front office hard to move up for a shot at a top flight wide reciever like DeSean Jackson or Devin Thomas. Teams tend to forgive things a lot quicker when they realize they need what you have.

andrew peiffer | 03/26/08, 04:22 PM

BEARS ARE GOING TO TAKE A RB AND A WR IN THE FIRST 2 ROUNDS NOT A LINEMAN OR A SAFETY OR A LB THEY NEED SOMEONT TO RUN THE BALL AND CATCH IT A O LINEMAN IS NOT THE ANSWER FOR THE BEARS. WE CAN PICK A COUPLE UP LATER IN THE DRAFT AND TRY TO DEVELOPE THEM,WE DRAFTED ONE I BELIEVE LAST YEAR IN THE 3RD ROUND AND THE GUY DIDNT EVEN PLAY.

JLH770 | 03/27/08, 06:56 PM

I knew I'd get somebody who would eventually say that. I don't doubt that with Angelo in charge the Bears will draft a RB and WR. I can tell you that it's a foolish move that won't win them games.

You're right that the Bears drafted an OL in the third round. His name is Josh Beekman and there are two reasons he didnt play. First of all, he was only projected as a fifth rounder. The Bears made a huge reach in the third, way above what his talent projected. Second, and most importantly, he IS the developmental player that you suggest they take in the later rounds. So now not only would we have one lineman that isn't ready to play, we'd have three. Hardly the way to go about filling two enormous holes on offense.

I don't know why some football fans seem to think that if you get a talented guy that he and his team can be successful regardless of the talent around him. Football is not basketball. I love basketball but it's a ME sport, one great player can carry his team to a title regardless of who his teammates are. Football is a WE sport and it takes more than one player to win games.

What you need to do is go back and check your tivo. Watch the Bears games again and tell me how many times Grossman got blindsided before he had a chance to set his feet? How many times did Benson get dropped in the backfield right after taking a handoff? I'm no fanboy of either of these two guys, but it's not fair to judge them when a ramshackle line never even gives them a chance.

andrew peiffer | 03/27/08, 10:21 PM

the bears need talent and i dont consider a lineman worthy of that pick, how can you pass up quality offensive production if its available. i watched every game last year, just because benson cant brake an arm tackle now we need to waste a 1st round pick on a lineman NO WAY! grossman was just fine when he returned from his benching.get your production then look for lineman 3rd,4th,5th round. c'mon you know as well as i do we need a good quality running back to sucseed.

JLH770 | 03/28/08, 01:03 PM

HOW ABOUT THESE PAST 1ST ROUND PICKS, 2002 MARK COLUMBO,BUST 1991 STAN THOMAS, BUST LAST GOOD 1ST ROUND PICK JIMBO COVERT 1993. THEY GOT A COUPLE GOOD LINEMAN IN LATER ROUNDS, TROY AUZENNE WAS GOOD FOR A WHILE OLIN KREUTZ IS STILL A GOOD PLAYER 3RD ROUND I THINK REX TUCKER WAS EITHER A THIRD OR FOURTH ROUNDER BEARS DO NOT HAVE A GOOD HISTORY LATELY W 1ST ROUND PICKS BUT THEY HAVE TO TAKE SOME CHANCES.

JLH770 | 03/28/08, 01:22 PM

COVERT 1983

JLH770 | 03/28/08, 01:23 PM

You don't NEED a good RB to succeed, just like you dont need a good QB (just ask trent dilfer) to succeed. Would it be helpful? Sure it would, but it's not a prerequisite for success.

I'll give you one reason right off the top of my head. The Broncos have been successful with other teams leftover RB's for years. Do you think that these players just became more talented when they stepped off the plane in Denver? No, the reason they were successful was because of their solid offensive line. It's no coincidence that these players all gained more yards when they got to Denver and then suffered huge declines when they left.

Your going to have busts at every position, every year, in every round. Just because you throw out a couple of names at the OL position that didnt pan out doesn't mean you proved a point. Tom Brady and Terrell Davis were both sixth round picks. According to your logic then, that would mean that you don't ever have to take a QB or RB in the first couple rounds?

I'd probably agree with you about drafting a RB in the first this year if the Bears line wasn't so bad off. If you draft a lineman like Chris Williams in the first, you're getting an excellent NFL ready player that can step in and contribute right away. If you wait till the third, fourth or fifth round you'll end up with a project player that will take time to crack the starting lineup. The Bears cannot afford to wait anymore because they already put off finding replacements for too long.

Also, the good thing about taking an OT in the first means you can still get a great player like RB Chris Johnson (fastest player in draft with best hands of all RB's) in the second round. There isn't enough depth at tackle to do it the other way around.

andrew peiffer | 03/28/08, 04:08 PM

if their going to keep that draft spot you have to do it a rb, if your dead set on that lineman trade down and pick up the ive never heard of that guy rb later in the first if pos or early 2nd all i know is that all 3 of these position need to be filled with quality starters.
we lost 2 pretty descent wr, i dont think the bears are to comfortable in the depth dept. there.to me offensive points need to be scored in order to win and without a couple of play makers on offense ther going to be asking too much of devin hester to be carrying the load. he needs to be used the right way not the same 5 to10 different plays he gets. to me grossman can have all the time in the world to throw, but if theres no one that can take it more than 2ydrs on their own or get any kind of sepration from a cb than its useless to draft that lineman. the only position the bears dont need to adress this year is TE.
"FINALLY"

JLH770 | 03/28/08, 11:01 PM