David Haugh

With due respect to Sam Rauch and understanding the Ben Johnson offense, I get all that.

Guys, I know you're replacing Durham Smythe, and you look at what that depth chart looks like now.

But I don't think that the board was screaming, take a tight end, take a tight end, take a tight end.

Okay, I'm sorry.

There we go.

We digress.

You know, that's a really interesting conversation because it's something that I believe is slowly happening and evolving in the NFL.

And we saw that reflected in the Bears' first-round pick.

Dylan Thienemann is as valuable as a chess piece as he is because so many different matchups he's going to have to cover.

One down, first down, a receiver that runs 4-3.

Third down and short, he's going to have to cover a tight end in a three tight end formation because teams are trying to find...

ways to combat this positionless defense approach.

So, yes, offensive-minded head coaches want to collect tight ends.

The Bears are doing a good job of that.

So now they have three that they have to find roles for.

I'm not saying you wasted it.

Also played tight end there.

So he was Sam Rauch before Sam Rauch was Sam Rauch.

You know...

After the draft, there are two parts of every evaluation or discussion about the pick.