Emery Hunt

Yeah, you may have different grades on other guys.

They may think pound for pound this guy may be better or not or whatnot, but that's your own individual ranking as a media member.

You don't have the access to the medicals, the interviews, all of those things that they use to

you know, come to their decision.

So I'm always of the mindset like, hey, this is what I think about his tape.

But I don't know this person.

I haven't met this person.

And so I give that credence to the team.

But you have to, with Chicago's roster, you're not going to draft a starter every round because you have a pretty set starting 22, 11 on offense, 11 on defense.

So I can understand why they go and get guys for special teams and guys for other specific needs because that's where their roster holes are.

You speak of roster holes, Emery, and I understand what you're saying about the starters.

You sound a little bit like you would be convinced by Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson that the guys up front on defense specifically, this team had a lot of trouble stopping the run and more trouble getting to the quarterback.

When you're depending on a guy like Dio Dingbo to come back from a torn Achilles, his second torn Achilles, not sure which leg he tore the first time, by the way, and Shamar Turner, who was expected to do big things last year but is coming off an ACL, is it reasonable to think that those guys are going to return to form in a way that can improve your defense without going out and getting more help through either free agency or the draft?

Free agency is still ongoing.

You can still make moves via trade.

But you also still have Austin Booker there who was starting to come along a little bit.

You know, he's someone that has, you know, gone through the ringer or whatnot and has an opportunity here to really step up and step into a role where he can elevate himself.

And so I think those are some of these options, too.

And when you think about where they were in the draft, let's say, for instance, they took a guy, you know, in round five.

we would probably have the conversation, do you really expect this fifth round pick to come in and be a difference maker in a draft?