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... It has been very impressive the way the Lions front office has built the team. I think it is kinda like the golf swing. You can get away with a lot of flaws and use almost a total body swing or a handsy swing and do OK. But blending the entire body together so all working parts kinetically compliment each other and doesn't fight against itself is the real recipe for success. The GM's that understand any one position or side of the ball isn't as important as the entire team. We have seen so many try and reach for a QB when they could be using those top 10 picks to solidify a position for years to come. It also doesn't do much good to draft a DTackle when you already have a great DLine but sub par DB's and holes in the offense. Those are the times you trade down and accumulate picks. ... The Bears could be a primer in how not to build a team when they moved up one slot to take Trubisky and limited their draft for the next 2 years. The real killer is nobody was gonna trade with the 49ers to take Trubisky and he would have still been there at 3. There is always a chance a 3rd round pick will become a starter. Losing those 3rd round picks didn't help the Bears that needed lots of help at that time. "The Bears traded up one spot in the first round to choose quarterback Mitchell Trubisky at No. 2, sending selections in the first (No. 3), third (No. 67) and fourth (No. 111) rounds as well as a 2018 third-round pick (No. 70)."

... Thanks, really can't complain about Odunze who was ranked in the top #5 by most, so a steal at #9. My only concern was DLine is a position of need and the Bears are pretty set at WR for at least this year. Clearly the front office had Odunze rated much higher than any edge rusher so I am happy with their decision. ... I think it is interesting that Cutler didn't have the offensive players to win and when the Bears did give him weapons, the defense was one of the worst in the NFL under Tucker. Now the defense under Eberflus was top 6 the last half of the season but the shocker is the offense may be better. Something Bears fans have never experienced (other than the Tucker years). The NFC North just may be the strongest division in football this year. Every game should be a battle.

... Question for left brain members. My YouTube videos are being blocked even though I turned off Ad Block as instructed. I'm on a MacAir laptop and wonder if those technically advanced know how to fix this. Fwiw, my technical expertise consists of "turn it off and then back on again".

... Always interesting seeing what the rest of the conference does. My biggest fear was Latu, Verse or Murphy going to a NFC North team and becoming a thorn in the Bears side like Hutchinson. He is such a beast and great young man so impossible to dislike him and I love watching him play. I was not as high on Turner so glad he is the only edge rusher taken as I think he has glaring deficiencies but like anyone with his physical ability, great coaching may turn him into someone that terrorizes opposing QB's.

... It is the over reaching that can kill ya, and it happens all the time with QB's. When there are many much higher rated players on the board, I think you have to take them. I have heard some successful GM's basically say they would take a player of need over a higher graded player if they were close. Like 2 or 3 players close. But never reach for a position of need when some higher graded difference makers are available. ... Again, Bagent has the potential to start and was undrafted. If I were a GM and didn't have a young star at QB already, I would draft any I thought had potential in later rounds and also bring a bunch of undrafted QB's to camp. There will always be someone that slips under the radar.

... Cousins must feel like Rodgers when they drafted Love. Just signed a 4 year $180 million contract and they could have taken Odunze to help him out, but they take a QB?

... Pretty impressive watching Hutchinson, Megatron and Sanders come on stage. Having the mascot flatten an obnoxious packers fan was icing on the cake.

... When you have a Top 10 pick and a need that the best players on the board can fill, I don't think you trade down unless you have someone graded almost as high as your top pick. I can see trading down a few spots if they think Byron Murphy will be available and they have him rated as high or higher than the Edge Rushers available. But #9 should be a difference maker and if their top choice is available I wouldn't trade down. Bears are no longer rebuilding so extra picks aren't as important as a difference maker right now.

... I hope so. Dream scenario for the Bears! That means Joe Alt would be most likely be available at #9.

... My anti Vontae Mack pick is the Vikings moving up to #3 and taking Drake Maye. My favorite college QB and some have him rated highest in this draft, haunting the Bears for years to come is an absolute nightmare!

... It is always pretty amazing how many top 10 QB picks are busts and another team thinks they can fix them. I think Zach has shown us his ability and it is substandard for the NFL. Close to home, Trubisky played with the Bills and Steelers as a back up and once he had his chance to start, failed again. I do think he is a capable back up if it is a short stint but who drafts a QB #2 thinking he will be an "adequate" back up? ... OTOH, I think undrafted Tyler Bagent proved he can be a starter in the NFL. I thought he played much better than Fields and the Bears are lucky to have such an excellent back up. Selecting a college QB to play in the NFL really has to be the most difficult endeavor to get right in all of sports.

... One popular rumor today is the Pats trading with the Giants and they take Maye at #3 and the Pats take McCarthy at #6. I would LOVE to see Maye go to the Giants.

... Most exciting draft in years. After Williams, Maye and Daniels who moves up to take a QB? When will the first defensive player come off the bard? Will Harrison, Nabers and Odunze go in the top 10? So many interesting questions to be answered soon!

... Have any of you run across Stinknet plants on your courses or in your area? It is an invasive plant/weed from Africa called Oncosiphon pilulifer and it has become a huge problem here. I took a trip to a course 1/2 hr away and traveled through barren desert for a good part of the trip. It is almost completely yellow as this invasive plant has crowded out much of the native plants. I saw a feature on these and they were having a meeting to come up with a plan to combat the invasion and basically said the Stinknet had already exploded beyond their ability to combat it. They were going back to the drawing board to figure out what could be done about it. ... This is a picture from just off the 5th tee but it is all over the course.

... Over under on Packers wins is 10.5 so bet $100 nets $130. No brainer for someone on a hot streak. (I took the Bears over at 8.5 and $100 only gets me $76 )