Bears 2015 Draft Discussion

[CBStew]

Jake Uttler knows how to fix the team.


CHICAGO—Following the team's blowout 55-14 loss to the Green Bay Packers Sunday night, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler told reporters Tuesday that he would be the first person to admit the team is in dire need of a new punter. "It's certainly not an easy thing to say, but at the end of the day, someone has to step up and accept that mistakes were made by our punter, Pat O'Donnell," said Cutler, who pointed to O'Donnell's blocked punt in the third quarter as playing a major role in the team's unraveling and conceded that blame for the team's loss rested squarely on the rookie punter. "Going forward, there will have to be some serious adjustments made to our punt unit—when individual players aren't doing their part out there, we're going to fall short as a team. Pat didn't play well, and he needs to accept responsibility for that." Cutler went on to acknowledge that Bears long snapper Jeremy Cain will also need to step up his performance significantly before next week's game against the Vikings if the team is to have any chance of turning its season around.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/jay-cutler-ill-be-the-first-person-to-admit-we-nee,37422/

[Slaky]

This Bears team is so bad that even Hub Arkush overestimated their competence.

Slaky, after the shitshows put on display by Mike Olt and the Bears I'd kindly request that you stop posting negative predictions related to Chicago sports teams.

Did I say they would suck?

[SKO]

This Bears team is so bad that even Hub Arkush overestimated their competence.

Slaky, after the shitshows put on display by Mike Olt and the Bears I'd kindly request that you stop posting negative predictions related to Chicago sports teams.

Did I say they would suck?

I think you said they'd suck Last year. Then I think like the rest of us you kinda got suckered on the "hey the offense was great last year and the defense can't be THAT bad again" train for this year.

What damn fools we were.

[Chuck to Chuck]

So, to bring this back around to where it started, are we guessing the pick will be top 10? Top 5? As of right now, they are #9. And with only one or two years of Cutler left, do they go QB?

[Quality Start Machine]

So, to bring this back around to where it started, are we guessing the pick will be top 10? Top 5? As of right now, they are #9. And with only one or two years of Cutler left, do they go QB?

Punter.

[InternetApex]

So, to bring this back around to where it started, are we guessing the pick will be top 10? Top 5? As of right now, they are #9. And with only one or two years of Cutler left, do they go QB?

I think they'll be top 7 and should go for the best player available. I don't have much faith in their ability to correctly identify that player and have grown tired of the subject.

*drinks*

[Saul Goodman]

So, to bring this back around to where it started, are we guessing the pick will be top 10? Top 5? As of right now, they are #9. And with only one or two years of Cutler left, do they go QB?

I think they'll be top 7 and should go for the best player available. I don't have much faith in their ability to correctly identify that player and have grown tired of the subject.

*drinks*

They should trade the pick to the Cubs for Kyle Schwarber, plug him in at linebacker, and pop the champagne.

[PenFoe]

So, to bring this back around to where it started, are we guessing the pick will be top 10? Top 5? As of right now, they are #9. And with only one or two years of Cutler left, do they go QB?

I think they'll be top 7 and should go for the best player available. I don't have much faith in their ability to correctly identify that player and have grown tired of the subject.

*drinks*

Barring a complete overhaul of GM and Coach, which seems really unlikely, I don't see anyway they'll draft a QB in the first round. 

Cutler isn't the kind of QB you have a young guy sit and learn from, and his contract is too big right now to let him walk.

There's one more year of this for sure. 

[SKO]

So, to bring this back around to where it started, are we guessing the pick will be top 10? Top 5? As of right now, they are #9. And with only one or two years of Cutler left, do they go QB?

I think they'll be top 7 and should go for the best player available. I don't have much faith in their ability to correctly identify that player and have grown tired of the subject.

*drinks*

Barring a complete overhaul of GM and Coach, which seems really unlikely, I don't see anyway they'll draft a QB in the first round. 

Cutler isn't the kind of QB you have a young guy sit and learn from, and his contract is too big right now to let him walk.

There's one more year of this for sure. 

Also I really don't want any of the QBs in this first round. Let em suck for one more year and start your rebuild with a clean slate/cap.

[Quality Start Machine]

So, to bring this back around to where it started, are we guessing the pick will be top 10? Top 5? As of right now, they are #9. And with only one or two years of Cutler left, do they go QB?

I think they'll be top 7 and should go for the best player available. I don't have much faith in their ability to correctly identify that player and have grown tired of the subject.

*drinks*

Barring a complete overhaul of GM and Coach, which seems really unlikely, I don't see anyway they'll draft a QB in the first round. 

Cutler isn't the kind of QB you have a young guy sit and learn from, and his contract is too big right now to let him walk.

There's one more year of this for sure. 

Also I really don't want any of the QBs in this first round. Let em suck for one more year and start your rebuild with a clean slate/cap.

Would Bears' management me interested in a rebuild, or will they view this season as an aberration and try adding pieces?

Mind you, not what any of us would think, just what Bears' management would think.

Also, starting a rebuild with a QB is probably not the best way to go. I'd think start on the line of scrimmage and work outward.

[Eli]

Also, starting a rebuild with a QB is probably not the best way to go. I'd think start on the line of scrimmage and work outward.

Better protection = more time to set up the play action.

[Quality Start Machine]

Also, starting a rebuild with a QB is probably not the best way to go. I'd think start on the line of scrimmage and work outward.

Better protection = more time to set up the play action.

Seriously though...if there was a QB the Bears wanted to build around, at least he could learn the ropes while Cutler runs out his contract - if Peyton Manning had come out as a junior he'd have gotten picked by the Jets and would hold a clipboard while Testaverde was getting slaughtered. But as the Beltless Wonder stated above, there's really not one the Bears should take with their pick.

[R-V]

Also, starting a rebuild with a QB is probably not the best way to go. I'd think start on the line of scrimmage and work outward.

Better protection = more time to set up the play action.

Seriously though...if there was a QB the Bears wanted to build around, at least he could learn the ropes while Cutler runs out his contract - if Peyton Manning had come out as a junior he'd have gotten picked by the Jets and would hold a clipboard while Testaverde was getting slaughtered. But as the Beltless Wonder stated above, there's really not one the Bears should take with their pick.

It all depends on Wes Lunt - if he declares for the draft after his junior year, then you'd want to do whatever it takes to get him in the 2016 draft.

[Yeti]

Also, starting a rebuild with a QB is probably not the best way to go. I'd think start on the line of scrimmage and work outward.

Better protection = more time to set up the play action.

Seriously though...if there was a QB the Bears wanted to build around, at least he could learn the ropes while Cutler runs out his contract - if Peyton Manning had come out as a junior he'd have gotten picked by the Jets and would hold a clipboard while Testaverde was getting slaughtered. But as the Beltless Wonder stated above, there's really not one the Bears should take with their pick.

It all depends on Wes Lunt - if he declares for the draft after his junior year, then you'd want to do whatever it takes to get him in the 2016 draft.

Oh, god. Please don't give RocketsNation another reason to be insufferable

[CBStew]

Notwithstanding that this thread is about the draft, in my opinion what we are seeing is not a personnel issue but an attitude issue.  No one could watch Sunday night's game without concluding that this is a group that simply quit on its coach, or on each other.  Come to think about it, I guess that is a personnel issue.