Nick Baumgardner

What do I do?

I think he's going to get back and he's going to make more money in college than he would have as a second round pick this year.

So a lot of that has changed sort of what has happened in terms of,

oh can we wait till next year can you can you keep doing this because i think a lot of these classes are going to be similar to this some years might be different but in this case this year you've got a guy at the top like you said like mendoza is a legitimate top 10 quarterback and you know top 10 pick you know a guy that you can take up there and feel safe and kind of like ham ward last year you can take him he can be on a bad team he's not going to be ruined by it all that stuff after that it gets dicey though like ty simpson is the hardest one really to slot because

He has first-round talent, absolutely, but he's only started one year and only about three-quarters of it was good.

The last quarter of it was pretty bad.

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Nick, I'm looking at this spot the Bears are in right now.

They're at 25.

They don't know what's going on at left tackle necessarily after Ozzie Trapillo goes down.

And then they also need edge help.

They need somebody who can affect the quarterback.

And so if you've got the 25th pick in the draft, is it more likely that you're going to get a stud at offensive tackle or a stud at edge?

Because I understand this is a deeper edge class, although Caden Proctor sounds like a guy who could be there at 25.

Nick, you're talking about value.

You're talking about the depth at some of these positions.

And when you are in the range the Bears are in, in the low 20s, I'm starting to get that trade-back vibe.

Is that something that many of those teams in the 20s, because of the depth with some of these positions, might do?

You mentioned safety, Caleb Downs.