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Welcome back to what's the first pick. We're going team by team to build the perfect seven round
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mile draft today breaking down the Chicago Bears. They're biggest needs best fits and sleeper picks
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that could make their draft. I'm Ryan Wilson. That's former Titan. She and Rand Carthon.
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As always before we get rolling here, Bears fans, let us know in the comments what you want Chicago to
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do at pick number 25. Thank you very much for the visual reminder, Rand. Let's get to it.
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Strike here. Let's build the perfect bears, my draft. As I mentioned, Chicago's got the 25th
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overall pick. They have seven total picks. They've added Garrett Bradbury at center.
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After Drew Daumann's retirement, Kobe Bryant and Devon Bush on defense among others.
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We know they traded wide receiver DJ Moore, and they let Joaquin Brisker, Kevin Byard,
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and Nation on right leave on the defensive side of the ball in a free agency. Let's see what we can do
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to help him here. First things first in Rand. I mentioned this to you earlier.
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Bears fans, they want to edge help. They get angry when you give them Caleb Banks here because
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of the injury concerns. But guess what Peter Woods is here. So we didn't have to worry about it.
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If we want to go in that direction, TJ Parker, Kate Mcdonald, there are some choices here.
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If you want to help on defense, first overall.
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Yeah, I'm looking at this at this group. They signed three interior guys. And I don't know.
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I didn't look at the contracts. And you took a guy to second round last year.
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It's your mark Turner. So I do understand that there may not be that big of a need.
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I do think edge is a big need for them. And I love TJ Parker here.
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Yeah, I mean, he fits the mold. He's big. He's long.
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Yeah, I mean, let's do it. TJ Parker.
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I have Deo Odeingbo coming off the Achilles, I believe. So there's some injury concerns there.
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Recovery concerns. Awesome. Booker's been really good. He's going into your three or your four
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care member, but he's also been really good. I know it's not a huge need. They got
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Khalifa Aiman from Detroit to reunite him with Ben Johnson. But during Bernard,
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would catch 800 yards of footballs next year, I feel like.
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Because he's a precise route runner.
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But even with Khalifa Aiman, though, Khalifa Aiman is a smaller guy. He's going to be their
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point returner, their kick returner. He'll be more of the gadget, uh, take guy.
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Now to be out. My only thing is they've gone back to back drafts. They drafted Rome and won
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in 24 Luther Burton in two and 25. And then last year, Colson Lovelin, the tight end in one.
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So they've, they've gone those three pay. I'm looking to see if there's any, any glaring needs
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at other positions. So they have Collar Gordon, who's a good player. And I mentioned that
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because trading sticks is staring us in the face and they have some needs of safety.
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Well, they pay Collar Gordon too. That's right. And they sign Kobe Bryant. They do have Cam
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Lewis. They brought it from Buffalo. I don't think Cam Lewis. Yeah, let's go. Let's go Jeremy Bernard.
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Yeah, Jeremy. Let's do Jeremy. Let me and we know Ben Johnson ain't messing around on offense.
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And I think just his precision as a route runner. I don't want to keep coming back to this. But if
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he had been running that deep over and that DJ Moore, maybe that's the different end of that season.
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I'll just leave it at that. All right. Next up, we are now on pick 60. And
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what do you have? Hey, they signed Devin Bush. You resurrected his career in Cleveland,
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which is not a thing you say very often. They have TJ Edwards. I think they re up the
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Marco Jackson, I believe. Jack Sandboard North School there. I mentioned all that because Jake
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Golday is there. So Jake Golday gives you a little versatility. Former edge rusher out of Central
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Arkansas, who moved to off ball at Cincinnati. I'm looking at their depth. TJ Edwards, Devin Bush,
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Noah Sewell, who's played well in spots. And then you got Rubin Hippolite, who's been a good,
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a good special team reform. Yeah, Jake Golday will be a solid fit for them. He'll be versatile
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just in terms of how Dennis Allen can use him and move him around. Yeah, shoot it.
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All right. Next up, we're into round three. And this is pick 89.
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Man, I feel pretty good about this draft, but I say that all the time and then
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fans have different expectations than mine.
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So, what's the, have we settled on the left tackle situation? They have Aussie Trapillo,
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who was banged up. And they have Theo Benedette, who, who they also signed, uh,
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Gedrick wills. I think that Gedrick wills who hopefully is healthy after taking some time off
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there. Obviously, Garrett Bradbury, they acquired after to dominant tire. So there's set there.
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And the right side is said, uh, Darnell writes one of the best offensive tackles on football.
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Just putting that out there, Joe Tunis. So they, they have depth. I don't think they really need to go
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tackle this high. I'll say right here, Logan Jones from Iowa, because they did sign, uh,
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Garrett Bradbury. Yeah. This offseason in Bradbury is small. And in the in recent years,
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he's kind of just been bouncing around a little bit and he's been seen as the weak link
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for most of these teams. Um, so I, uh, their interior offensive line, excuse me. So I think
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Logan Jones will be a good. Let's do it. There's not a lot of depth behind Garrett Bradbury as well.
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Logan, just an older player, but he, he's a solid center for sure.
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Justin Jolie is at the top of the best available board. I'm just laughing because how many athletic
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insane athletes do they need it tied in? So let's see. Next up here, let's look at, at safety,
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alongside Kobe Bryant, because they obviously invest a lot of money in him,
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which is see if there's anyone else there that we're interested in. Lewis, um,
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then a logic takes returns. Is there anybody? I think we can. Yeah, there's no one that jumps off
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the page at me. Um, let's do the best available striker. Let's just see because that's,
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we're now in round four and then we have two seventh rounders.
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So what are we doing? What are we doing? Why not go go Justin Jolie? Because here's,
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and the reason why I say that is because I mean, co-commit is a really good player, but
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you gotta think they're not going to probably extend him long term beyond this year. Justin Jolie
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could be the third and give them some special teams of value in the room. Let's do it. Yeah,
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comets contract expires after the 28 season and clearly colson leveling was a big part of what
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Ben Johnson wanted to do because they drafted him there. All right. Two seventh round picks,
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two thirty nine and two forty one. So we're looking for special teamers and guys you can contribute
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right away. Um, Jalen Husky is a good safety that can add some depth to that room and play
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special teams. I wouldn't be averse to him right here so we can check that box in terms of,
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well, just know that we got two thirty nine and two forty one. So it's going to be pretty quick.
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Yep. So I would vote for, he gave me a low high Gilman vibes when I watched him play.
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He said seven picks the last two years as I look at his stats real quick,
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APB use. Let's see what what safeties they have ranked above him right now because he might be
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the best available safety. Yeah, just take him. All right, let's take him and then with the final
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pick, pick two forty one. Like Vincent Anthony Jr. is a developmental long edge rusher serving
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the awesome booker. Get him. Let's take let's take him out. He's the best available edge guy,
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so yeah, so that's his college free agency money will be extremely high. What does that mean?
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So college free agency, typically those past rushes, corners, they get paid a lot of money,
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guarantee money to sign as a college free agent. Yeah. So you can circumvent that process,
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right? Yeah, we've heard, at least we've heard reports of the Patriots doing that in the
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Bill Belichock era, paying these these undergraduate free agents like their fourth round picks at times.
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All right, we got to be plus in this draft. Bears fans, that's from PFF. Bears fans, give us your
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grade on this draft, what you think we did, how we did and let us know if you would have done
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things differently with some of these picks. Maybe there's a player on the board that you liked
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that we didn't take or maybe like the player we took to recap pick 25 edge rusher TJ Parker.
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So we didn't get you anybody that was injured or banged up so you can rebel in that second round,
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wide receiver journey Bernard, one of the best row runners in this draft class, three picks later
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around to Jake Golday, the versatile football linebacker of Cincinnati with edge rusher experience,
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Logan Jones, the center in round three to write some depth behind Garrett Bradbury in round four,
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the athletic tied in Justin Jolie at a North Carolina state and then the final two picks in round
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seven safety jail and Huskietta Maryland and Vincent Anthony Jr., the long edge rusher out of
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Duke. All right, that is it for this edition of the perfect draft. Remember, we are hitting all
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32 teams. Thanks as always for joining us in the discussion. Be sure to subscribe if you like what
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we do here and we will catch you guys in next one.