Best of the Bears: Experts assess Chicago's draft class
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What are the highlights of the Bears' seven-player draft class?
Thanks, everybody. The Bears.
Matt, you've been a great partner to the radio show and the station with your embracing of go up and get it. Gawagie as a dedicated scouting trait, a term. You guys heard of Gawagie? Go up and get it, guys. I mean, you're the greatest partner we've ever had. I agree. That's why we sent you a hat. That's why we'll get you whatever merchandise you want and any sort of favors you want in Chicago. Is it catching on at all? Is there anyone outside of you and me that understands Gawagie and sees the wisdom that we have found in it?
I think we just got to force it. We just got to force feed it to people. You know, we keep using it enough. And there's some guys this year, Malachi Fields from Notre Dame. He's a go up and get it guy. Edge didn't catch on in a day. It wasn't, you know, people were calling defensive ends edge players. That's true. In a day. You just got to, you know, keep driving at home. And I'll do my part to make sure that happens.
God love you. If there's anybody else, anybody at PFF, I mean, I don't know. Because that ought to be something that an analytics site, I mean, maybe Kwesi would have been into it if it had a number attached to it. I feel like we can get Matt doing it. We can ask Kalen Kaler to start using it, I think. Like, really just talk to our NFL peeps. Yeah. Carmen, have her start saying it. I think that we can get a movement going if we do it that way.
It's grassroots, guys. It's grassroots. We're not buying likes over here. We're building this thing.
Damn right we are. Let's talk more about the draft and with our buddy Matt Miller, who joins us now on the Score Hotline, which is brought to you by Pottawatomie Casino and Hotel, the Midwest's best casino. Great. Matt, thanks so much for joining us. How did you feel about the Bears draft?
I liked it. I did like it. I think – and I posted in an article – And I got a little ahead of myself, maybe. But I said, when the Bears win a Super Bowl in the next three years, this is going to be the draft that we look back and say, that's how they did it. It's Caleb Williams. It's Colson Loveland. It's Luther Burden. But this is the draft that was the final piece to the puzzle. I'm that much of a believer in Dylan Thiemann. I'm that much of a believer in Logan Jones. That much of a believer in just how they are continuing to build this team. Everyone's going to talk about de-tackle, de-tackle. One doesn't go until late. But Jordan Vandenberg, I thought it was a steal in the seventh round. So this was a good draft for Poles.
It's hard to be as excited when you're picking 25 instead of 10. The household names in this draft were pretty much gone at that point. But, man, the enemy is such a baller that I think Bears fans got to be happy. I'd start ordering the jersey. As soon as it's out there, I'd be ordering one.
Oh, look at that. The Dylan Thieneman love is flowing from Matt Miller. I want to ask you about Logan Jones, though, Matt, because we haven't really talked about him in detail yet today. And clearly, they loved him so much more than Jake Slaughter or Sam Hecht, who doesn't even go to round five, which is crazy. Like, what... What separates Logan Jones, and does Ben Johnson specifically being smitten, his word, with Logan Jones make sense to you?
It should. Look what the guy did last year. I mean, in Ben Johnson, we trust, right? I mean, this guy identified his type. Bears fans were pissed last year because they took Loveland over Warren. That worked out. Then you go Luther Burden in the second round. That worked out. Even in the seventh round, getting a running back who ends up stealing carries and coming on guy. If Ben Johnson wants to play on offense, let's give him the player, right? Holds and Dennis Allen can handle the defense defensively. What Ben Johnson wants on offense, he should get. And I'll tell you, the nickname in scouting circles, and I've got buddies around the league, we all talk, Logan Jones, we were calling him Baby Kelsey because a center a little bit undersized, but elite agility, elite athleticism,
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the highlights of the Bears' seven-player draft class?
0:01–7:03
2
How did the Bears' draft decisions impact their future?
7:03–11:06
3
What role will Dylan Thieneman play in the Bears' defense?
11:06–19:51
4
Why did some analysts consider certain Bears draft picks as reaches?
19:51–34:46
5
How does Logan Jones fit into the Bears' offensive line strategy?
34:46–37:07
6
What are the implications of drafting Sam Roush for the Bears' offense?
37:07–55:31
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