Nate Tice talks NFL Draft strategy for the Bears
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What insights does Nate Tice provide on the Bears' NFL Draft strategy?
Hello and welcome to Football 301. I'm your host, Nate Tice. Joining me tonight is my good friend, Nate Tice.
Nate, how you doing, buddy?
Let's go ahead and bring in Nate Tice. He can do the real tight end stuff. You don't have to hide him. So I just think you can just do... There's the potential to do more with Loveland than Warren, which is kind of... because of how they were used in college. When Kyler Gordon's out there, he's a dynamic slot player. So you need a safety, a guy that's truly deep end, borders, or a box player. And I think both of these guys, I actually prefer McNeil Warren a little bit for this defense and just a little bit overall.
With Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
That is the stylings you just heard of Nate Tice, Yahoo Sports staff writer. He analyzes NFL draft trends and prospects. His videos online are great as well. I catch a lot of them on Twitter. And he joins us via our hotline here on Rahimi Harrison Grody. Nate Tice, thanks for coming on.
Thanks for having me. You guys are in my neck of the woods in Vegas. I'm only about 20 minutes from you guys right now over there at Circa. I heard Robert's voice in that little intro, my old co-host Robert Mays, and I turned on like the Winter Soldier. I was like, all right, let's go. We got a show going. So thank you for that. That got me salivating with that intro. Great to see you guys.
Great to see you as well. And Nate also joins us via Twitch, twitch.tv slash the score Chicago. And Nate, I think you've done a lot of Bears talk. I feel like you were talking about the Bears before they were cool. And now we get to the point of the season where we're trying to figure out what to do with the draft. A draft Jordan Schultz says, for example, is going to be trade heavy. How do you feel about that? And then what do you see the Bears priority in the first round?
I will say before I even get to priority, I think where I could see the Bears going with their first round pick, they sit kind of pretty with where the positions are as far as where the projected, you know, there's little consensus in this draft, which is pretty fun. I think it also is making a lot of talent evaluators, I think, a little sweaty because they're trying to figure out exactly, you know, there's not a lot of group think going on this draft, which I've been really enjoying. But if you look at the first round, especially with the Bears, I look at the spine of the defense. And when I say the spine, defensive tackles, linebackers, safeties, and then I look at the left tackle position. And those are two spots, you know, the left tackle position was feeling pretty good a few months ago.
And now it's become a big position of need with Ozzie Trapilo. So if I look in the first round though, that's right when the offensive tackle run is going to happen. I think in the teens and then to the early 20s. So the Bears might be right on the cusp with that end of that run, or they might be in the smack dab the middle of it. But if the tackle foray doesn't go well, Or if it's not the guy that they want, you know, there's some tackles that are more right centric. Blake Miller from Clemson. The guy I'm very excited about is Max Henesher from Arizona State. He's a right tackle, but I think he's athletic enough to bump over to the left side. But those are some names. Caleb Lomu from Utah is a name I actually think would as perfect for draft spot.
and what the Bears need. I am very high on him and that player team fit. But also safety is another position that could be, you know, Kobe Bryant was a great signing. I really like that signing. He fits this defense perfectly in Chicago. If you get him a running mate in Dennis Allen's defense, I think that could really turn that area into not only just a strength, but a dynamic strength. and the guys there are Dylan Tieneman from Oregon or Emmanuel McNeil-Warren from Toledo. And I have them right next to each other on my big board. I prefer McNeil-Warren just slightly, but very, very similar as far as, I wouldn't say play style, but as far as how I tier them.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What insights does Nate Tice provide on the Bears' NFL Draft strategy?
0:00–6:20
2
What positions should the Bears prioritize in the first round of the draft?
6:20–14:36
3
How does the lack of consensus impact the draft strategy for the Bears?
14:36–14:52
4
What are the advantages of trading up or down in the draft for the Bears?
14:52–15:22
Speakers
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