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I came back here just to laugh at the Bears. Giving up all that for one spot. LOL

I'd rather have the pick then either of them. Honestly think its a good move. Hooker is going to be very boom or bust with his play style and I've already stated I don't think any of the QBs were 1st round worthy. Defense is still deep at the moment in this draft, so you can use other picks now to address needs while you've already added on picks for next year when the QB class improves.

Wow. I bet Darin just spit up his beer.

Bears are idiots. Laughing my ass off.

John Lynch takin' em to school his first day.

CHI lmfao

I initially wanted Tennessee to trade down in the 8-12 range and pick Corey Davis there, since I thought he was a small reach at 5. However, after seeing Williams and Ross get taken right behind him at 7 and 9, I'm glad they didn't trade back. I would've liked OJ Howard at 18, but without a second round pick getting a CB was a definite need-to-do there. Not entirely sold on Jackson but in JRob I trust. Now I'm hoping they grab Sidney Jones at some point, let him sit and heel (sorry) for a year. He'll be a steal for whoever gets him in my opinion.

The bigger question is who gets Zay Jones???

John Lynch...gm of the year?

I'm not even gonna read the rest of this thread. I have never been so embarrassed and pissed off in my life. I am wrapping up - hopefully - a 3-month stint of unemployment and decided to enjoy the nice weather and did some day drinking today while prepping for the draft. Myles Garrett? Yeah, that was great. Then I saw the trade. Initial thoughts... shoot, they got spooked by the John Lynch / safety thing, they want both want Jamal Adams (generational talent, Bears were last in TOs last year)..... then 30-45 seconds of thinking happened............... no........ wait..... no way the Bears flinch like that. Niners will take Solomon Thomas. If Niners call bluff and take Adams, Bears either move down or take Lattimore. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE. The dumbest move EVER. I've been "covering" the NFL for close to 12 years now. I've been a Bear fan for 33+. You can call me a fair weather fan but if Trubisky isn't Aaron Rodgers 2.0 by 2020, I am officially changing my allegiance. This is a potential franchise killing move. I cannot put into words how pissed I am. Glad I was at my usual watering hole where I could swear at the top of my lungs. Had I been at BWW or something I would have either cashed out and left or got kicked out.

I don't know what the better trade rape is. 49'rs or Cleveland. Cleveland raped the Texans twice...they win.

Ryan Pace should be fired. Immediately. He will get run out of town.

For the discussion on which WR Tennessee would want, Corey Davis it is. Good call.

Bears give up a third rounder and a fourth rounder next year, and their third rounder in 2018 for one fracking spot to draft a project qb. I can't believe this bullcrap. The Bears have tons of needs. Lynch and Shanny should roll over and have a cigarette after what they did to Pace. I'll be lying on the floor curled up in the fetal position for a while.

The 49ers are looking friggin' brilliant here.

Because? Honest question. I only saw bits n pieces but he looked promising when I saw him (on that crapass team no less) and while stats can be misleading, those are pretty good too. I don't think anyone knows whether he can be the answer yet or not, but why draft him if you're not going to give him a shot?

Only time I root for you guys is when you play the ma$$holes

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/04/18/with-burkhead-and-gillislee-signings-patriots-buy-into-analytics/ With Burkhead and Gillislee signings, Patriots buy into analytics Posted by Michael David Smith on April 18, 2017, 2:46 PM EDT At a time when teams across the NFL are showing little to no interest in most of the big-name running backs available in free agency, the Patriots have signed two running backs. And in doing so, they’ve shown they’re at the forefront of the analytics movement, even if they don’t like to say so. Today the Patriots signed restricted free agent running back Mike Gillislee to an offer sheet that they hope the Bills won’t match, and previously the Patriots signed running back Rex Burkhead away from the Bengals. What do Gillislee and Burkhead have in common? The average fan may not know a lot about them, but the analytics people love them. Analytics website FootballOutsiders.com ranked Gillislee as the most efficient running back in the NFL last year, and Burkhead as No. 2. Analytics website NumberFire also had Gillislee first and Burkhead second. Analyst Warren Sharp’s metrics had Gillislee first and Burkhead second in success rate, and Burkhead first and Gillislee second in the fewest “missed yards per attempt,” or how close they came to being successful on the plays that weren’t quite good enough to quality as successful. The various analytics websites have slight differences in the way they rate players, but they all tend to support the same traits in a running back, namely consistently helping the team pick up first downs. Both Gillislee and Burkhead were excellent at picking up first downs last season, gaining first downs more than 30 percent of the time. Meanwhile, for all the focus on LeGarrette Blount and his 18 touchdowns last year, Blount picked up first downs on just 22.4 percent of his carries. The analytics models say Blount was actually a mediocre running back last year, and that may explain why the Patriots are willing to let Blount walk and turn their attention to Gillislee and Burkhead. Unlike the Browns, who are open about the fact that they’re building their team with an analytics approach, the Patriots keep quiet about their belief in analytics. We noted last year that Bill Belichick was dismissive about analytics websites, saying he doesn’t look at them. And he probably doesn’t, because he doesn’t need to: He has staffers who stay on top of the latest in analytics, and those staffers do read those websites. One of Belichick’s most trusted advisors is Ernie Adams, the Patriots’ football research director, who was a municipal bonds trader before he worked for Belichick, first in Cleveland and then in New England. Many of the methods that sports statistical analysts use are rooted in the same methods used to analyze economic data. Adams understands both, and that makes him valuable to Belichick. The interest in analytics goes to the very top of the Patriots’ organization. The Patriots’ official website wrote last year that “You may not find a bigger believer in data and analytics than New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft.” As the Browns struggled through their first rebuilding season under the new analytics-based regime last season, some observers scoffed that the Moneyball approach wouldn’t work in the NFL. And maybe it won’t work in Cleveland. But it’s working in New England, whether the Patriots say so publicly or not.

I would never recover from something like this, and I doubt he ever will either. What a terrible way to tear a family apart. I feel horrible for the Heap family and wish them the best during their extremely difficult journey ahead.