I realize as the draft progresses, there will be a lot of names that come up that little people know. But I didn’t think it would be as early as the second round.

With so much talent to take, the Bears (dare I say) wasted their pick on Dan Bazuin, a DE out to the MAC (Central Michigan). It’s not that Bazuin isn’t good, or that he is completely unknown, but the Bears addressed a position where they need very little help at. Alex Brown, Adewale Ogunelye and Mark Anderson are all stud defensive ends. The first two are Pro Bowlers and the later had double digit sacks as a rookie last year. Unless Bazuin, who has decent speed at about 4.65, can convert to an outside line backer, this is not a smart pick. If they were looking to take the best player available, they failed; if they were looking to fill a need, then they failed at that, too.

Up next for the Bears …

Lets move up and get Trent Edwards, QB from Stanford, while he’s still there. With back to back picks coming in the third (93 & 94) the Bears can package the two and jump ahead of any who would be interested. Of course the odds of this are slim, and look for the Bears to waste the rest of their picks on defensive depth, special teams spots and not get a wide out or O-lineman until the end of the draft when the talent is thin. Not everyone is a steal, Angelo, how about taking someone we can get excited about.

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