**Official Chicago Bears Thread part II**

[kamocs]

The Schedule has been released:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/chi/chicago-bears

Open the season against the Bengals at home.

Have two MNF games against Dallas and Green Bay, a SNF game against Pittsburgh and a Thursday Night NFLN game against the Giants.

16-0 ha here we come.

[southernwinds34]

Body is ready for the draft! I for one am still hoping for some big fat offensive linemen to keep Cutler upright. Also would like another TE to pair with Bennett and I wouldn't be opposed to some LB depth(Long as we aren't looking at Teo)

[cheerupemokid]

Kyle Long was the pick:



It looks like Emery reached again. Hopefully, Long will make more of an impact than McClellin did in his first season.

[Parlor_Mob]

Isn't he projected as a raw player that needs a lot of work? Why pick him in the first round when you could've gotten Eifert? I don't understand what Emery's rational was behind this pick. I get that they need an offensive lineman but why reach for someone like Long?

[RogerSterling]

Isn't he projected as a raw player that needs a lot of work? Why pick him in the first round when you could've gotten Eifert? I don't understand what Emery's rational was behind this pick. I get that they need an offensive lineman but why reach for someone like Long?

was thinking the exact same thing. first round is not the time to be picking a project.

[PaC-mAn8]

Wow, I'm speechless. Reached again.

[ftown]

how the **** do you not take Eifert? Dude is a clean cut, bonafide stud. Not saying this is a bad pick, just thought we could do a lot better. If they knew they wanted a guard, why didn't they trade up or back? Why take a guard this early when so many OL have already been taken?

[cheerupemokid]

Isn't he projected as a raw player that needs a lot of work? Why pick him in the first round when you could've gotten Eifert? I don't understand what Emery's rational was behind this pick. I get that they need an offensive lineman but why reach for someone like Long?

He's got one year of major college football experience and played was moved from tackle to guard. But he's Howie Long's son, so he's got good football genes, I guess.

Looks like a potential boom or bust type pick.

I think this pick means Emery obviously thinks very little of Carimi.

[PaC-mAn8]

Rated 30-35 overall on most boards.

McClellin part II

[lincolnmkv]

how the **** do you not take Eifert? Dude is a clean cut, bonafide stud. Not saying this is a bad pick, just thought we could do a lot better. If they knew they wanted a guard, why didn't they trade up or back? Why take a guard this early when so many OL have already been taken?

Eifert? They have Martellus Bennett who is the whole package. Watch him get 8+ TDs this year.

Plus, the intangibles. If you have Howie Long nuthugging your team each week, the refs are going to be blind to holding penalties on the Bears.

[cheerupemokid]

Eifert? They have Martellus Bennett who is the whole package. Watch him get 8+ TDs this year.

Plus, the intangibles. If you have Howie Long nuthugging your team each week, the refs are going to be blind to holding penalties on the Bears.

Having two stud tight ends can be beneficial. See e.g. Patriots.

But I hadn't thought about Howie Long's influence. Maybe it will work out that way.

[PaC-mAn8]

Eifert? They have Martellus Bennett who is the whole package. Watch him get 8+ TDs this year.

Plus, the intangibles. If you have Howie Long nuthugging your team each week, the refs are going to be blind to holding penalties on the Bears.

Yes, let's bank on that

[lincolnmkv]

I don't disagree that a 2 TE set can be useful.... but the Bears have 6 tight ends on their roster right now. I'm sure they can find a competent #2.

[cheerupemokid]

Yes, let's bank on that

Have to focus on any positive you can.

I don't disagree that a 2 TE set can be useful.... but the Bears have 6 tight ends on their roster right now. I'm sure they can find a competent #2.

I said two stud TE's. And most of the TE's on their roster are just camp fodder.

[PaC-mAn8]

Why wouldn't they take Ogletree? Freak athlete. They need youth at the LB position. He could easily take over for Anderson once his deal is over after this year.

[reinsdorfsucks]

You can never have too many OL, that's my take on it, but wtf do I know?

[cheerupemokid]

Why wouldn't they take Ogletree? Freak athlete. They need youth at the LB position. He could easily take over for Anderson once his deal is over after this year.

Probably the fact that he got a DUI a week or two before the combine.

Could get Arthur Brown in the second, maybe.

[ftown]

Eifert? They have Martellus Bennett who is the whole package. Watch him get 8+ TDs this year.

Plus, the intangibles. If you have Howie Long nuthugging your team each week, the refs are going to be blind to holding penalties on the Bears.

Here's my take on it. Not saying it was a terrible pick, but the Bears don't need another project in my opinion. I figured they were in the position to take the best player available, which should have been Eifert. Then again, Emery is the GM for a reason and I'm here typing in my boxers. Praying this works out and at least we addressed a need. I feel like we reached too far. Trying my best to not have a knee jerk reaction to all of this but it's really hard not to when Eifert is head and shoulders above the rest at that point. I think we should have traded back to pick Long later or drafted an OG later in the draft and taken someone else (i.e. Eifert) at 20.

And part of me is wondering if Howie Long is exactly why they took him. Are they putting too much stock in to his name? People do this in fantasy sports all the time and draft someone way higher purely based on name than where they should have been picked (I know you can't truly compare real sports to fantasy, but you get the idea)

[austin.j.taylor]

I like their first round pick. Was it a reach? We will see in a year or two. I remeber back many drafts when no doubt players have been taken and busted and a pick or two behind them is a guy who plays competent starter play for 5-8 years. Is it the sexy pick, hell no, but it just may be the pick that solidifies that o line that has sucked for 3 years now.

[Marc936]

Personally, I thought Kyle Long was a great pick. If Long played linemen his entire time at college he would have been a top 10 pick. Keep in mind Long pretty much joined Oregon in the fall (originally played d-line) and became the starter at 2 positions in Chip Kelly's confusing as **** offense. Forte will become really good with Long playing gaurd. He will be much better than Slausen in the run.

Did Emery take a risk? Yes, but at the best you get a probowl tackle for multiple years and at the worst you get is an above average linemen.

[JmanTheJuiceman]

Is it the sexy pick, hell no, but it just may be the pick that solidifies that o line that has sucked for 3 years now.

Juicin' up the O line, can't blame em.

As a Vikings fan, I thoroughly enjoy watching Jay Cutler run for his life each and every play. Now that's probably not gonna happen as much

And if you *******s actually get Brown in the 2nd I'm gonna be pissssssssssssed

[RAMBO316]

You kids are unreal. The only thing they could have done better and should have done was traded back out of that pick for more picks and picked up Kyle Long..... he is going to be an absolute monster. But as said they could have gotten him 10+ picks later. But they needed an offensive lineman and he was once rated a top 5 offensive lineman prospect in this draft.... lack of tape will kill your stock. I love the choice just not how the handled it at pick 20.

[zizzfanatica]

Go bears!!!!!!

[BullBoy8]

Lets gooo. Love Bostic. He is gonna be a beast.

[tdnick]

Bears gonna be so bake

[homicidal_misc]

Lance Briggs 2.0 the way he plays and his frame are similar.

[cheerupemokid]

Huh, I really thought they'd take Arthur Brown if they stayed at 50. Not sure this guy is better.

[PaC-mAn8]

Needed youth at LB, so I'm OK with this pick...but another reach. I really thought they would take Brown.

[homicidal_misc]

Video saying a third or fourth rounder from NFL.com

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=0ap2000000160820

Emery loves doing this reaching thing. Guy had a great combine which helped. Not hating on this pick however.

as helpful as talking heads and draftniks are, we need to keep in mind they don't really dictate where the players are actually ranked among NFL executives. We see it every year. The Seahawks were laughed at for taking Irvin so early last year. Long's dad said there were 3 teams considering taking him after the Bears. Idk I am not crazy about the pick but I'm not going to be upset about it or pretend like I know more than NFL teams. Just after seeing it year after year, the best of the best NFL draft guys who have done it for years get maybe 1/4th of the 1st round right and are off by at least one round in some cases. Lets just see how it plays out.

[cheerupemokid]

as helpful as talking heads and draftniks are, we need to keep in mind they don't really dictate where the players are actually ranked among NFL executives. We see it every year. The Seahawks were laughed at for taking Irvin so early last year. Long's dad said there were 3 teams considering taking him after the Bears. Idk I am not crazy about the pick but I'm not going to be upset about it or pretend like I know more than NFL teams. Just after seeing it year after year, the best of the best NFL draft guys who have done it for years get maybe 1/4th of the 1st round right and are off by at least one round in some cases. Lets just see how it plays out.

Mayock had Long rated as the third guard (behind Cooper and Warmack) and his 28th best prospect, so it wasn't that much of a reach.

And he's a guy that could possibly play tackle too.

I liked his interviews with the Chicago radio stations today. He seems to have a good head on his shoulders but an edge to him as well which I saw in some of his highlights with the way he finished blocks. I hope it turns out.

And hopefully, Emery knows what he's doing. Otherwise, like MarcusD said, he'll be out of Chicago soon (along with Ted Phillips).