Nick Baumgardner

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Nick, joining us on Rahimi Harris and Grody Russell Dorsey in alongside Marshall Harris.

And Nick, it's about that time, I guess, right?

What number mock draft are you on right now?

Um...

What's so great about this is that you're saying two or three, and I'm still thinking about one because the Bears were actually in the playoffs, and that extended our discussion of the actual football season.

Yeah, you're thinking about depth and stuff like that now as opposed to, like, all right, where are all my starters going to come from?

So here's my thing, Nick.

As you're going through your draft prospects and –

trying to grade guys and see where different fits are for people who are now switching their brain over to, okay, combines coming draft is coming.

What's a theme that is big in this year's draft compared to let's say last year's draft.

Yeah, I think this year's draft is really unique in that the linebacker class is like for the first time in a while, it feels like there's more teams in the NFL that are more willing to lean into these hybrids and these special like unique athletes.

We're looking at this, and you mentioned linebacker.

A big discussion going on right now in Chicago, as I'm sure you know, is whether or not the Bears should move on from Tremaine Edmonds and relieve themselves of some cap pressure right now.

Is this linebacker class deep enough that they could get a quality guy to replace him in the second or third round?

I'm always so interested, Nick, in seeing what teams try to trade up and get a quarterback if they're in need of one.

And by all accounts, this is not necessarily the quarterback draft outside of Fernando Mendoza at the top.

So here's my question for you.

Let's say I'm a team and I need a quarterback and I want to get one in the draft.

But those big time prospects that are usually in the top 10 are not there.