2017 Draft - Round 1 Game Thread

Clears Cleaver

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Man, I really hope some kid doesn't trip going down those stairs and blows out an ACL

The Bears just got their second backup quarterback for $40M
 

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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It seems like ESPN should at least acknowledge how badly they got used there. They were basically reporting Thomas as a done deal.

Chicago gave up those picks because they thought SF was going to take Trubisky, right? No other reason to do it.
 

OnWisc

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So the Bears traded third overall, a third rounder, a fourth rounder and change for a top five pick in the next 7 drafts? That's not bad.
 

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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Yep. One spot and they still get their guy.

Obviously SF leveraged the crap out of teams wanting Trubisky.
Unless they wanted Trubisky. The only reason you do that deal if you're Chicago is if you genuinely believe that SF is going to take him or trade 2 to someone who will.
 

Sportsbstn

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And I thought Cleveland taking trubisky first would have been terrible. That trade was laughably bad. Trubisky shouldn't even be picked in the top 10 and you gave the farm for him.
 

DanoooME

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John Lynch just earned his contract ripping off Chicago like that.

And now the pressure is on teams like Houston to move up to #5 or so to get Watson, because there's no way he's slipping to #25 now.
 

dcmissle

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Unless they wanted Trubisky. The only reason you do that deal if you're Chicago is if you genuinely believe that SF is going to take him or trade 2 to someone who will.
But are you trading a QB you'd take at 2 when you have no QB? Probably not.

On 6 year contracts, Lynch and Shanahan will build the crap out of this team and get their QB next year.