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7 years ago
Always fun reading what expectations everyone has of whom among our draft class and UDFA's will make an impact this season or seasons to come.

As we drafted, I was so so disappointed we didn't get Dalvin Cook, and especially Tarik Cohen. Both of those guys just had to land in the NFCN. Cohen has Bears fans electrified. He was my favorite guy in the draft. Just so uniquely special. What a great role player he could've been for this team.

To the ones we did draft...

Aaron Jones is the one and only guy I'm truly excited about. I've gotten caught up in some Josh Jones hype but the other Jones is the guy I was most excited about at draft time. There is an "it" factor to certain players and sadly when I went to Lambeau to see the Eagles game I was hoping for two things...An Aaron Jones long TD run and a Michael Clark TD catch. Aaron was abysmal in that game...nowhere to go, but Clark caught the closing second TD from Taysom Hill.

I think before TC is all over Aaron Jones will be the guy at RB behind incumbent 88. This guy is a true dual threat and put up big numbers even against big time programs like Texas even though the Horns had one horrific D last season. The guy just has great balance and vision. Bounces to daylight and ends up with huge gains. Would love to see that again in our offensive arsenal. I saw a pic of 12 with his arm around him at practice one day. I think Aaron and Aaron are going to be quite the tandem somewhere around midseason or late in the year. Would like to see him unleashed right toward the end of the year ala Dorsey Levens. A very likable well spoken young man to boot.

Michael Clark is my favorite UDFA. That photo of him towering over Gunter is truly incredible. I think it's more awe inspiring than any pic of the eclipse I've seen.

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Watching this kid's YouTube clip after he was signed got me all fired up. This is the kind of guy you wait on for 2-3 years to get it. The guys calling Marshall's games sure thought this guy was special. I've heard MM talk about how far he has to go but he can run and his hands are great and his height and arms are just so tantalizing...

Also, Lenzy Pipkins, #41 from Okla St. at CB really caught my eye during my trip to Lambeau. Can run and hit and seemed to have good sense as to what was happening on the field. As bad as we are at CB, I can see us sticking with the high picks and underperformers over this kid. Would be sad to stand pat after what we saw last year. Hoping he takes a step in the 4th preseason game when back end roster spots are really on the line.

Cody Heiman was a LB prospect who was also intriguing to me... but I've heard next to nothing about him although he looks ripped when you see him. Doubt he makes it but would like to see him on the PS.


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DarkaneRules
7 years ago
You took most of mine, so here are a couple more:

Donatello Brown - He's always around the ball and has almost made a couple picks.

Adam Pankey - I know the competition goes down as the game goes on but he seems to give some confidence back to the line when replacing Spriggs.

Kalif Phillips - He just looks natural out there. It's a limited sample size, but what I've seen makes me want to see more.

And of course Taysom Hill has been ballin'!
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steveishere
7 years ago
I really wanted Marlon Mack in the draft but I like Williams style so I'm looking forward to see if he can do anything. My favorite picks were Biegel and Dupree. Out of the UDFAs I like Pipkins and Clark the most. From everything I've heard about Clark is he's impressive but lost half the time. I also like Taysom Hill more than Callahan
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7 years ago
Had to post our guy Lenzy getting it done... you can see he has coverage skills in this one on one battle. Not exactly Terrelle Pryor, but... is Robert Davis...a guy who has been impressing in Skins camp. 6th rounder from Ga State who ran 4.42. Pipkins ran 4.46 and is step for step. We need a CB with great speed that can do exactly what Lenzy does below...Davis made a heckuva play to break up the INT.




Oh, and I love Taysom Hill and Callahan as 3rd stringers...fun guys to watch play. I thought Callahan was not very good but I saw him run around live and was impressed. McCaffrey is an impressive little WR. Cut RC18 and save 10 million and let Max man the slot. He's more of a try hard guy than a graceful swan like Cobb but the cost saving vs. performance gap can't be that huge.

I saw #34 Phillips the RB mentioned...he does look like he gets it. Nice instincts. No speed but just seems to waddle his way to yards not quite like LeVeon Bell but he's not getting his yards fast but he's getting them.

Donatello Brown has been getting some love here and on twitter. He was pretty good the night I saw him. I just hate feeling like we're going to trot out the same cast of characters that failed last year with House and King added.
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nerdmann
7 years ago
Michael Clark, Taysom Hill. These RBs look good. Anyone heard anything from Jonathan Calvin?
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