Chicago Bears Draft Strategy With Ben Johnson at the Helm

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00:00All right, so the 10th pick is a new day for the Chicago Bears

00:03because it's Ben Johnson,

00:04but I don't know that it's necessarily a guarantee

00:06that he goes for a skilled position offensive player,

00:08although those are the favorites if you look over on FanDuel.

00:11Tyler Warren, the tight end from Penn State.

00:13I mean, I think we all at this point understand

00:15he's going to go a lot higher than was projected about a month ago.

00:18He's going to be a top 10, top 15 pick for sure.

00:20There's Gentee if he was to fall down, and he's 5-1.

00:23Then we have Banks, Loveland, Graham,

00:26and Michael Williams makes his first appearance here at 11-1.

00:29So the narrative is going to be it's Ben Johnson,

00:32so he's going to take an offensive player.

00:34Is that the case, you think, tonight?

00:36Well, a couple things they're in play right before they pick at number 10.

00:40I mean, the Panthers have been more and more attached to Jalon Walker,

00:43the linebacker, there to make a lot of plays.

00:46And then the Saints all of a sudden have pivoted all the way

00:48from Shredor Sanders to Michael Williams.

00:50So you'd think offense is lining up to be the best position available.

00:54And maybe the Jaguars are also creating something to say,

00:58hey, we might take Gentee, and if you want to trade up to get him,

01:02you're going to have to do it aggressively.

01:05And look, if you want him, we'll listen.

01:08And the Raiders definitely would be the team to jump if you're the Bears,

01:11because they love Gentee.

01:12They also like Omari and Hampton.

01:14I think it's a little bit too early to take a running back there.

01:17But when you look at it, I mean,

01:18Tyler Warren is starting to make a little bit more sense for the Bears in particular,

01:22because, again, Ben Johnson uses a lot of 12 personnel.

01:26They don't really have a dedicated inside receiver that isn't Cole Komet

01:30with Keenan Allen gone.

01:32So they could use more two tight end sets where their two receivers really support

01:36the heck out of Caleb Williams here, and they improve their run blocking.

01:39So they could be a better overall interior inside offense here with Ben Johnson.

01:44So that's a good idea.