If they want Maye,it would be an awesome idea.......
I only brought it up because of the 10,000 conversations going on right now with the Bears, Fields, et al, it seems like it's always just trading him and taking the 1st pick or keeping him and trading the pick. No gray area. Maybe there's an in-between in all this.
The man is a freak. Those are insane numbers for a guy his size.
Speaking of Turner, apparently he passed the "Ryan Poles Threshold" or whatever:
www.sportsmockery.com
Jesus... I hadn't thought of that. Why'd you say that? lol. I was content living in ignorance.
The man is dedicated. He'll never reach the 9th spot.
I think part of the problem is it's kind of a buyer's market, so to speak. Not so much in salary, but availability. When you consider that as many as six QBs could be taken by QB-needy teams in the first round or no later than the 2nd of the upcoming draft, then factor in existing free agent starters like Kirk Cousins and soon-to-be-FA Russell Wilson, the market is fairly saturated. Where at one time I'd have bet a dollar to a donut that Fields would net us a minimum of a 2nd round pick and perhaps a later round as well, now it's not looking so certain.
Yeah true. Maybe next on the WR list is Adonai Mitchell after running 4.35.
I highlighted this last line because I'm beginning to suspicion that if Poles sticks with the 1st pick and undoubtedly takes Williams, the 9th pick starts looking more and more like a candidate for a trade back. As we speak, the Bears only have 6 picks total and my guess is Poles doesn't like that number one bit. Granted, we should land at least one additional pick this draft if/when Fields is traded. And Poles naturally can trade back on his 3rd, two 4ths, and his 5th rounders to gather more capital. But he'll get the most bang for the buck by trading the 9th. The question is if there's still a true stud available at #9 (think players like Odunze, Turner, Fashanu), would he still risk a trade back with a good chance of missing out on one or all of these guys? The drama builds.
Make that 5 now:
www.nbcsportschicago.com
Make that 5 now:
Bears trade for an offensive lineman from Bills
Bates has made 19 starts in 73 games over the past five seasons
I like that Poles is bolstering the depth of our OL, which is sorely needed. Just glad it was only at the expense of our 5th rd pick. Reading the article, it appears Bates has experience at center. I just hope Poles didn't trade for him to be our starter. Tell you guys one thing, unless Poles goes ballistic with trade backs, I'll be calling it early on day 3 of the draft, altho one faux pas in the article claims we'll have zero picks on day 3. We have two picks in the 4th, which is on day 3. Not sure how they missed this.
Generally speaking, back up OLmen aren't exactly household names.
