NFL Network: Bears' Briggs, 31st Pick for Skins' 6th Pick?

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

You say we're basically gaining an extra 1st round pick because we are getting a stud linebacker, but that's not what we need right now!
People around here want to trade down our pick so that we can get a defensive lineman, a guard, a safety, maybe a cornerback, maybe a tight end, and maybe another late round receiver. Another linebacker is one of the last positions that we feel like the team needs to fill right now, which means it would basically be a waste to pick/trade for one.

I am not saying we get an extra 1st round pick. I am saying we dont lose a 1st round pick. what we do lose is the potential to trade down and get additional picks, maybe 2nd and 3rd to draft DLINE, OLINE, CB whatever. My opinion is : we still have a 1st rounder - get a player that will be a TON better that what we would have drafted in the 2nd or 3rd round. Our 1st rounders take 2 or 3 years to get on the field with this staff. So why not get someone who is going to play now. We have signed depth to the Oline in the offseason, signed depth for the secondary, we have receivers. we could use some depth at TE. I just see this as a pretty good move for once.