jillcarlson's Blog

The NFL draft has ended....another weekend of busts and steals.  I would say the Bears got more of the latter than the former.  On day one, they drafted their biggest needs...an offensive tackle in Chris Williams and a running back in Matt Forte from Tulane.  Both are said to be safe picks.  Forte an be an every down back, but perhaps more importantly, he'll provide competition for Cedric Benson.  Jerry Angelo came as close as he ever has to admitting Benson has been a bust, saying "perhaps he's not the featured back we thought he'd be when we drafted him."  On day two, the Bears took five offensive players and five defensive players, but none of them was a quarterback.  That leaves the Bears with just two on the roster...Grossman and Orton.  At the very least, they need to go out and get more bodies.  I'm assuming Angelo has a plan that he's just not sharing with us.  Perhaps because they had so many picks on day two, including five seven round picks, the Bears took some risks.  DT Marcus Harrison from Arkansas has both medical and character issues.  He's had two knee surgeries, one as recently as last spring, and an arrest for marijuana possession last August.   There are others with medical concerns...safety Craig Steltz, who broke his scapula in the championship game with LSU.  Zack Bowman, a good sized corner, also has knee issues and would have been a first rounder perhaps a year ago were it not for those injuries which slowed his play at Nebraska last season.  But there could be some great sleepers among this class and the Bears have done a great job finding those in years past.