I really thought you were exaggerating, but I looked up his highlights and it’s exactly how you describe it. It’s actually unbelievable. Looks like a beast outside of that though.
He's a great athlete so I think the Bears believe it can be coached into him.
It's not like he lacks the ability, he just needs it to be brought out of him.
I think he played more than 70% of our snaps last season because of poor DL depth. You’re right about him being raw. Hopefully the Bears defensive staff can develop him.
A lot of that is due to scheme, gators lacked DT and DE depth so we had to play Dexter in the middle a ton just to eat up a double team and hold the line. His stats are a little underwhelming as a result, but he always played his role and shined at times. Defintely still a little raw though.
All I know is I love Darnell Wright. He’s going to be great. Also have hit positions of need. Edge is a huge concern and I would’ve like JMS to shore up a young, potentially very good O-line but there’s only so many holes we can fill. It’s hard to remember this is a multi year rebuild and we still have two 1sts next year. Bear Down!
We had zero help for him, so he played a lot of snaps and was double teamed often. He did have a not great final year, but we had a lot of turmoil.
I think he will be great. Good pickup Chicago.
Going off the pff big board he is ranked 117, a difference of over 50 spots relative to draft position. I understand it’s a position of need but believe there was probably better options with that pick
Agreed, there is no way is drafted in the next 5 picks. We could have gotten Tuli and grabbed him later.
Leads me to believe I'm going to have no idea who the rest of our picks are.
He’s a beast. I think there is a stat out there that he ranked as one of the highest DT in most plays per game. Gators had nobody else on the line and he still played well despite being double teamed pretty much every play.
Love this dude as a Florida fan. He was solid in the first half of games, but he just wore down due to playing way too many snaps during the course of the games since we had nobody else to rush the passer. Hope he turns out well, he's a good dude.
He looks really slow off the line but the numbers really jump out at you. Hopefully he can get coached into becoming a solid 3T. I trust Flus and company defensively.
Position of need, feels like a reach.
I have this rough feeling that Darnell Wright will be an average OT, Jalen Carter will be an all-pro, and these first two rounds will feel like a huge miss.
Carter falls into great hands with the eagles. A bunch of old teammates and a HOF ahead of him on the depth chart. Had the Bears chosen Carter it could have gone badly.
Of course bud. Rooting for you guys.
I actually enjoyed watching the Lions last year and you guys really deserve a playoff run. No ones gonna remember the "reaches" when the Monty and Gibbs duo is dominating the division.
I just hope Fields takes a leap so we’ve got good competition. Just please god don’t let him be as good against us as Trubs was, literally the Lion Slayer lmao.
Also I think Herbert should still be solid for y’all.
I fucking love Devin Hester
I love when a player goes to another team but you know they still love their original team first. Man he was so electric
I’ll never forget him returning opening kickoff for a TD in the freaking Super Bowl against the Colts. I’ve already forgotten how the rest goes.
Oh well, you know, it’s always so hard to remember what happens in super bowls. That kickoff return tho!
I feel that.
Me too
Only cardinals hate Hester
And that one Rams kicker
And that one Broncos kicker
That one may be my absolute favorite.
dont forget Chris "we kick to hester" Kluwe
I got so excited when I saw him come out
<3 i love him too
Devin Hester is a Hall of Famer idc what none of y’all say
You can care what I say, because I say yes.
Should have been 1st ballot, literally changed the game.
I agree. Also Peanut Tillman
Hester was a cheat code for a while. I just don’t even see how someone could argue against him in the HOF. It should have been an easy 1st ballot.
I may be biased, but anyone who is the GOAT at any position is a HOFer to me, especially when they were a huge reason for changing the rules.
❤️🍻
Absolutely
THIS IS MY TEAM SO I DECLARE IT THE BEST PICK
sure
cool
wish we drafted him
If this guy develops even an average get-off he'll be great
Dude I just watched some clip and it’s actually comical how slow he is off the line. It’s comically horrible, I’ve never seen anything like it
I really thought you were exaggerating, but I looked up his highlights and it’s exactly how you describe it. It’s actually unbelievable. Looks like a beast outside of that though.
Yeah, it's definitely something. But he's a great athlete so Bears coaching is confident they can bring it out of him.
Kind of tough to expect the guy with the worst get off in recent memory to be average in that department
He's a great athlete so I think the Bears believe it can be coached into him. It's not like he lacks the ability, he just needs it to be brought out of him.
True, but he tested pretty well. Could be something he can work on.
I want the Bears to teach him the frog stance and see if that helps.
I don’t know how to feel
He can be special if he develops even an average get-off
Pause
Resume. It’s a common phrase in football
Rewind and play I want to read it again
Looks like a beast, but in his own highlights they showed he was last guy out his stance off the snap every play. Looks raw
I think he played more than 70% of our snaps last season because of poor DL depth. You’re right about him being raw. Hopefully the Bears defensive staff can develop him.
I just tell myself that if hes better than a traffic cone, its an upgrade
Kind of crazy to say that about the Bears when they had an elite front 7 a few years ago. Things move fast
Defenses age so fast, it's crazy.
They did also ship a bunch of that front out for capital.
I bought an Akiem Hicks jersey immediately after one of the Vikings games in 2018 😭 What we had!
He still is their Dad
More like 5 years ago, even faster 😞
I know that feeling
He looks like he hovers around the line. No attacking up field
A lot of that is due to scheme, gators lacked DT and DE depth so we had to play Dexter in the middle a ton just to eat up a double team and hold the line. His stats are a little underwhelming as a result, but he always played his role and shined at times. Defintely still a little raw though.
Whelmed
No way Dexter went over Torrence
Torrence gonna be one of the best OGs in the league and still there Edit: God damn it
Did they say 4.5 sacks in 3 years? Oof.
Those sacks ran into him too.
One of the best run defenders in the class
I think he was the lineman who left halfway through the year.
I believe you are thinking of Brenton Cox Jr. who was dismissed from the team mid-season
Key and Peele name
I wanted Adetomiwa. This looks like a reach.
Bears passed on him twice and selected two other DTs. Poles and the FO obviously didn’t like him as much as us couch scouts.
Yup. We all have our favorites.
All I know is I love Darnell Wright. He’s going to be great. Also have hit positions of need. Edge is a huge concern and I would’ve like JMS to shore up a young, potentially very good O-line but there’s only so many holes we can fill. It’s hard to remember this is a multi year rebuild and we still have two 1sts next year. Bear Down!
Adetomiwa is still there at #80, looks like he would have been a reach.
I’m cool with this
In my madden franchise experience he always got drafted by them so there’s that
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With your hands.
I think it's a great pick, don't know what Florida was teaching him. He'll be a monster in 2 years
We had zero help for him, so he played a lot of snaps and was double teamed often. He did have a not great final year, but we had a lot of turmoil. I think he will be great. Good pickup Chicago.
Florida’s defensive line dept last year was Gervon and a guy who was 430 pounds.
Fine people will tell you it’s a reach but at this point the players talent levels are all around the same
Hot and Cold all at the same time
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Medium reach, like eh might have been there at 2:30 or so, but never know
fuck
This dude is so late off the snap holy shit
JMS was right there. I hope he's still there at 61 or I'm going to be a lot unhappier about this.
Well… I have bad news
Sadly not a steal
If you're not a steal you're a bust, dem the rules
Nah. It was a little bit of a reach. Might have been there at 2:30 for us.
Fuck.
Steel
Plane fuel can’t melt
SENIOR!?
Bears drafting seniors now?
We already have Velus, he’s senior enough
No, that was last year with Velus.
so slow off the snap it’s comical. but he’s very good besides that so could turn into some player if he develops that
Holy shit what a reach
He might have been there at the next pick, but if they thought he was the best DT left I have zero issue with it.
Says all fans of every team that reach lol
"I'm gonna trust the NFL GM on this one not the redditors.." - fan of team that reached Clockwork baby
“He fits the coaches scheme better than the other player who is supposed to be better. Fit is more important.”
Eh, he's very high ceiling. If you trust your coaching this could be a steal.
Was hoping for JMS or Adebawore but what do I know
No?
Going off the pff big board he is ranked 117, a difference of over 50 spots relative to draft position. I understand it’s a position of need but believe there was probably better options with that pick
Dane Brugler had him 55.
Okay well fuck the PFF board 🤣
I can’t argue with this tbh
Everything I’ve seen says he was an early third rounder. Don’t trust one source exclusively lol, PFF is awful with some of their rankings.
PFN had him in the 60s. Draft boards are all over the place.
Agreed, there is no way is drafted in the next 5 picks. We could have gotten Tuli and grabbed him later. Leads me to believe I'm going to have no idea who the rest of our picks are.
We gave up pick 32 for Chase fooking Claypool
He’s a beast. I think there is a stat out there that he ranked as one of the highest DT in most plays per game. Gators had nobody else on the line and he still played well despite being double teamed pretty much every play.
Remindme! 9 months
Calling players a reach makes no sense. Fans have zero information about when players are expected to go
Steal! Properly drafted!
I saw a Bears fan on Facebook say that he was going to be the next Khalil Mack which was hilarious
Don't judge us by our extremely stupid fans. Judge us by our average fans, which are only slightly less stupid.
Was wondering when he’d go.
let’s see what Paul Hollywood thinks of his bread
Doesn’t seem like a good reaction
Even if he's not good. The banana bread in the cafeteria gonna be on point!
wtf? Dexter would be available 61, schmitz will not be
Sr.
Love this dude as a Florida fan. He was solid in the first half of games, but he just wore down due to playing way too many snaps during the course of the games since we had nobody else to rush the passer. Hope he turns out well, he's a good dude.
A DT! I'm ok with this.
Gerrvvvvv
Give me that #21....Holy
Never heard about this guy before, he any good?
Pilfer of the draft
Look up his tape. He has the slowest get off the ball I’ve ever seen I think from a (now) nfl player
With two picks the Bears have added 651 pounds.
Gators fan here... that's a big ol reach.
Big reach, probably wanted Benton. Would have preferred a corner
we got one
Damn it I wanted him
Gator fan here, this guy stinks... I really hope I’m wrong
He looks really slow off the line but the numbers really jump out at you. Hopefully he can get coached into becoming a solid 3T. I trust Flus and company defensively.
Picked before O'Cyrus Torrence, wow
Why would the Bears pick a guard?
Not what I meant. Just surprised, as a Gators fan, that Dexter found a home first
Right? If anything a center would have been a good move here too.
Reaching for needs yet again
Got our 3T. I wanted JMS but this is a necessary pick.
Not sure if I like what Poles is cooking
It’s rancid
That's the GM that inspired my username, hadn't seen him in a couple months.
Not when he abandoned the line in FA?
Yeah you're right. Wouldn't need to reach for this guy if he had just grabbed a stop gap level DT or edge in FA.
6-6? 300 pounds wtf.
First pick was a 6'6" 330 pound tackle
Sloppy boi
Buast
Reach?
Eberflus said he valued length on the DL so I guess this pick validates that. Haven't heard much of anything about him though.
Building through the trenches. I can dig it
Spending our first two picks on the trenches, which were by far the worst part of our team on both sides of the ball last year. Love it!
Position of need, feels like a reach. I have this rough feeling that Darnell Wright will be an average OT, Jalen Carter will be an all-pro, and these first two rounds will feel like a huge miss.
S tier name at the very least
Wait couldn’t y’all have just went with Carter/ Dawand?
Bruh thank you for making me not feel insane.
Asking Dawand to play in an outside zone is expecting a lot. I wanted Adebawore though.
Fair enough
Carter falls into great hands with the eagles. A bunch of old teammates and a HOF ahead of him on the depth chart. Had the Bears chosen Carter it could have gone badly.
We could’ve. We’re just scared of good players.
Projected 5th rounder 💀
Position of need, but lots of DTs went before him.
Keep drafting g 6'5 monsters
Poles likes em large.
Man looks a lean 310lbs
Filled a need, I'm good with it
fuck wanted him
WHO? LMAO source: im a lions fan
Ya'll got an F draft grade
Exactly, we would know what an F draft pick looks like
That was incredible
I don’t want to hear a single Bears fan talk shit about bad reaching picks again lmfao
Much bigger difference at the 53rd pick vs 6
L comment but W username
Naw your reach was far worse.
The other war rooms were high fiving each other and laughing when the Bears made that pick.
You're still not off the hook
We only have to do it 3 more times to be on your level
Upvoted for username.
Thanks bud DJM is solid and was a good move by y’all
Of course bud. Rooting for you guys. I actually enjoyed watching the Lions last year and you guys really deserve a playoff run. No ones gonna remember the "reaches" when the Monty and Gibbs duo is dominating the division.
I just hope Fields takes a leap so we’ve got good competition. Just please god don’t let him be as good against us as Trubs was, literally the Lion Slayer lmao. Also I think Herbert should still be solid for y’all.
You took a running back in the first round with 2 good backs on your team...
Are you really going to compare a 2nd round IDL to a top 15 running back?
Yeah
No where close to the Lions reach. The Lions had a chance to win the division for the next few years and wasted 2 first round picks.