Chicago Bears Draft: Second Guessing

With the 2009 draft in the books, I took a look back at who was available and where. First, trading back for less value once again shows why Jerry Angelo has sucked in the draft. In his defense however, there seems to be some good value picks that I even had to agree with. Below you will find the overall pick number, the player, position, school and my draft grade on my value board that ranged from A+ to UDFA (undrafted free agent).

In this version, we ignore the trade back and go with Chicago's first pick at 49 overall ... FS William Moore out of Mizzou.

Here's how it would have played out:
*49 William Moore FS Mizzou - B
99 Juaquin Iglesias WR Oklahoma - B-
119 D.J. Moore CB Vanderbilt - B
140 Marcus Freeman OLB Ohio State - B-
154 Duke Robinson OG Oklahoma - B
190 Ricky Jean-Francois DT LSU - C
246 Rashad Jennings RB Liberty - B-
251 Darry Beckwith MLB LSU - B-

In our second look, we'll pretend that trading down - and for all intents and purposes PISSING AWAY the qequivalent of a mid-4th round pick was some sort of super-genius move ...

t*68 Jarron Gilbert DT SJS - B-
99 Juaquin,Iglesias WR Oklahoma - B-
t*105 Lawrence Sidbury DE Richmond - B-
119 D.J. Moore CB Vanderbilt - B
140 Marcus Freeman OLB Ohio State - B-
154 Duke Robinson OG Oklahoma - B
190 Brandon Gibson WR Washington State - C-
246 Rashad Jennings RB Liberty - B-
251 Derek Pegues FS Mississippi State - C-

And there ya have it. I do like the pickups of Gilbert, Iglesias, Moore and Freeman as they were all very good value at their respective positions in the draft.