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  • Draft ’25: Day 1 Open Thread

    Friendly reminder. Don’t tip picks!

    R.I.P. Mongo

    … as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

    -Rumsfeld Buddha Socrates

    1. Known knowns. Not replacing any time soon
      QB, WR1, WR2, C, LE, CB1, Nickle, K/P

    That’s about all we THINK we know

    1. Known Unknowns. Could see upgrading for various reason [age, cap, talent, INJ…]

    TE1? HB1? IOL? LT? WR3? SS? FS? RDE? DT? NT? SAM?

    Obviously, this list is long, and all those positions could easily get upgraded or solidified; then it just becomes a matter of choosing wisely

    1. Unknown Unknowns. Wild cards we are blind to

    You can dust off your tinfoil hat and create nearly any narrative

    -Maybe new regime doesn’t like the effort DJ gave last season, so WR1 is not so ‘known’.
    -Maybe they think Stevenson is beyond redemption and CB2 suddenly becomes a priority
    -Maybe Braxton is more INJed than let on, etc etc

    I mean, who predicted Poles would let Walker go and extend Edwards?
    Hell, Jeff deemed Gordon a JAG, then Poles made him the highest paid NB!

    Now expand Unknown Unknowns to nearly every team outside the first 4 picks, and nearly every prospect from 5-50, and voila

    Welcome to the ‘25 draft

    Little will shock me

    Don’t be surprised IF:

    1. Jeanty goes before Raiders/or falls to #10
    2. Graham makes it to Bears, and they pass
    3. Anything about Shadeur. Dart may go first
    4. Loveland drafted before Warren
    5. Bears ‘reach’ for a player like Simmons

    Really, about the only scenario that will upset me is if Poles trades UP [unless it’s for Abdul] cuz the board screams to stay put or trade down, and I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done with Halas Hall believing they’re smarter than the entire league, logic and reality itself

    So for all our sanity, FFS, Poles

    STAY THE COURSE

    Bear Down.

  • Draft Eve ’25

    Mock Draft! [J/K]

    I need another mock like I need another app to download.

    This ain’t my first rodeo, and I was much more invested in the draft before. I even bought hardcopies of Hub Arkush’s “Pro Football Weekly.”

    Later I would print-out pages of the top 300 or so, thumb through them, use different colored highlighters for the guys I liked, cross them out as the draft unfolded. I was into it. I’ve always loved puzzles, and the draft is a puzzle, soap opera and competition all-in-one; it offers a little bit for everyone, from the casual fan to the analytic nerd.

    However, now I’m not as into it. I got tired of screaming at my TV, “Trade up for Aaron Donald!” [new blog, same gripe], “Why are we drafting a 230 pound LB who doesn’t fit into Lovie’s scheme!”, “Trubisky – Trubisky?”

    Years and years of bitter disappointment sucked my draft enthusiasm. I’m an optimist by nature, but boy come draft time, Bears always find a way to really test that.

    Nevertheless, I still enjoy it. I find myself every March/April looking at way too much college tape, mock drafts, and combine. Old habits die hard.

    So how is this Bears’ draft any different than the previous?

    It’s not, really. Or – that is to say, we won’t know until about 3 yrs, but that’s no fun.

    So live a little.

    What makes this draft more fun for us:

    1. Bears finally roster a franchise QB. Whether Caleb is a HOFer, or better than Jayden, Stroud, Mahomes, who knows? But we know what he’s not.
      Caleb is NOT McNown, Trubisky, Fields or the trainwreck of others like Dalton, Glennon, Barkley…other teams may take a starting lvl QB for granted but NOT us, and that in itself distinguishes the ’25 draft.
    2. Bears MIGHT finally employ a REAL offensive oriented HC in Ben Johnson. Again, try to remember the last time the Bears could boast that. Yeah, exactly.

    These two factors should bring more hope to us Bear fans in this draft.

    And as Emily Dickenson once wrote, “Hope is a thing with feathers…and trade downs.”

  • DBB2.0 has risen!

    Welcome back, Jabrones.

    This is a VERY Spartan version of DaBlog2.0 for now. I’ll get jiggy with it as it goes, but I decided to post this ASAP b4 Jeff’s final thread breaks.

    As soon as this luddite figures out how to blog properly, fancier Bears content will follow. So bookmark this site.

    Meanwhile, you know the deal. Skip the author, shoot straight to the comments.