Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The Last Chicago Bears Safety Drafted in the Top 10 Was a Star

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All signs point to the 2017 NFL draft class being positively stacked with quality safeties. Not just good ones but genuine elite prospects. Two of them, Malik Hooker out of Ohio State and Jamal Adams out of LSU are considered top 10-worthy talents. Their wide-ranging skill sets having scouts salivating about what they could accomplish in the pros.

These two young men share the same things in common. They’re always around the football and they know how to make plays on it. Two things the majority of previous Chicago Bears safeties can’t claim. Playmakers are needed on every level of a defense in order to field an elite unit. If this team is serious about improving in that area as they claim, why go with conventional wisdom?

If it looks like Hooker or Adams will be a great player, and they both do, and they fill a gigantic team need then what is the downside to taking them #3 overall. Not a single person will complain about such a “daring” pick whenever either of them make their first Pro Bowl. Pace said his job in this draft is to get an impact guy for his team. Hooker and Adams are impact guys and they’re both going to be available when the Bears are on the clock.

It shouldn’t be that hard of a decision.

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