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He won't be a free agent until 2021.Medina: OK, Yeah, the Bears Are Totally Taking a Running Back in the Draft - Bleacher Nation - The latest mocks continue to suggest the Bears will have their eyes on a running back early.Medina: There Is So Much Value in Drafting “Best Player Available” and Other Bullets - Bleacher Nation - Gearing up for the NFL Draft.Gabriel: 7 Outside Linebacker Prospects Bears Could Target In Middle Rounds - 670 The Score - The Bears are looking to add depth off the edge, and here are seven prospects who project to go in the middle rounds and could fill that need.Here’s what 2 analysts believe are Bears’ biggest needs in NFL Draft - Bears Wire - The Chicago Bears have no glaring holes heading into the 2019 NFL draft, but here’s what two analysts believe are their biggest needs.Mayer: Nagy on ‘19 Bears - ‘Now we’re the hunted’ - ChicagoBears.com - Kicking off their offseason program Monday, the Bears will be viewed as a Super Bowl contender in 2019 after a dramatic worst-to-first transformation last season fueled by NFL coach of the year Matt Nagy.Mayer: Bears tickets to go on sale one hour after schedule announced - ChicagoBears.com - Bears preseason and regular-season single-game tickets will go on sale to the general public one hour after the 2019 NFL regular-season schedule is announced.Medina: The Bears Roughed Up Aaron Rodgers More Than Anyone Originally Realized - Bleacher Nation - The Bears dished out 7 sacks and 16 quarterback hits in two games against the Packers last year, with Aaron Rodgers taking a brunt of the falls.Potash: Impressive rookie Roquan Smith should be a self-upgrade in 2019 - Sun Times - Once he got going, he was as good as advertised. ... Instead of hitting the rookie wall he was noticeably improving as the season progressed.2019 Draft Running Back Rankings (Evaluating Options for the Chicago Bears) - Chicago Audible Podcast - Listen as the guys go through and analyze the top 17 running backs in this year's draft class and explain which are the best fits for the Chicago Bears.Biggs' Bears Q&A: Will Cody Whitehair and James Daniels trade positions? Is Ryan Pace more likely to trade up, trade down or stand pat? - Chicago Tribune - Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions weekly. Along with a slew of questions about the upcoming draft, will Cody Whitehair and James Daniels trade positions on the offensive line? When with the regular-season schedule be released? How intriguing is Bears-Raiders in London?Ellis: Sports Illustrated re-did the 2018 NFL Draft and you're going to be *super* mad at where they sent Roquan Smith - NBC Sports Chicago - Honestly how dare they.Schwartz: Tight End Prospects the Bears Should Consider: Kahale Warring - Club Dub - It is crazy that Iowa has perceptibly the two best tight end prospects entering the 2019 NFL Draft. T. J. Hockenson and Noah Fant are both projected to go in the first round. Neither of these guys will be available for the Bears to draft. Although the Bears have Trey Burton and Adam Shaheen, tight end is a position of need for Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy.Gil Brandt says Chicago Bears are the best fit for RB Miles Sanders - Bears Wire - According to longtime NFL draft expert Gil Brandt, the Chicago Bears are the best fit for Penn State RB Miles Sanders.Alabama OLB Christian Miller to work out for Bears - Bears Wire - The Chicago Bears continue doing their due diligence on this year's crop of draft prospects, including Alabama LB Christian Miller.FEATURE ARTICLEMental health in the NFL, Part 2: Is the league doing enough? - Pride Of Detroit - One NFL player thinks the league should be doing more, so we delve into what resources the players have.POLISH SAUSAGEJon Gruden had simple advice for Mike Mayock on the draft: “Don’t mess it up Cody Parkey Jersey , dude” – ProFootballTalk - The guy who runs the Raiders has some advice for the guy who runs a draft that ultimately will be run by the guy who runs the Raiders. “Don’t mess it up, dude,” Raiders coach Jon Gruden told Raiders G.M. Mike Mayock (probably with a word other than “mess”), according to Mayock. Ken’s Note: Jon Gruden is still an idiot.KNOW THY ENEMYDetroit Lions film breakdown: Is Rashaan Melvin the answer at CB2? - Pride Of Detroit - The Lions added a second corner in free agency, but should he start next season?Vikings waive CB Jalen Myrick - Daily Norseman - A minor roster move for the purplePackers know ‘there isn’t a grace period’ under new regime - Packers News - There’s a sense of defiance with the Packers. For a team accustomed to being on everyone's list of Super Bowl contenders, this spring is new.Montez Sweat is Packers’ pick at #12 in the 2019 SB Nation Mock Draft - Acme Packing Company - With three of APC’s favorite prospects gone, APC still finds a top pass-rusher for the Packers.IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON WINDY CITY GRIDIRONWho is the one player you want the Bears to draft? - Windy City Gridiron - We shift the focus of our offseason Chicago Bears’ roundtable topics to the NFL Draft for these next two questions.Wiltfong's Mocking the Mocks: Examining the full 7 round CBS Bears’ mock - Windy City Gridiron - Just yesterday we peeked at the mock drafts from ESPN that went all the way through three rounds, but today we have a full seven rounder from CBS Sports’ R.J. White to mock. 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I got this idea from a series of articles at The Draft Network, where they are giving their superlative picks in seven different categories for all 32 teams. I thought it would be a fun exercise to run through myself, so fun in fact that I sent the questions out to our team as well. And since I didn’t want us to have all the fun, I even shot out the question on Twitter to get your takes. We’ve already looked at the Breakout Guy for the 2019 Chicago Bears, the Comeback Kid, the Rising Star, and the Don’t Forget About for the ‘19 Bears But before we get into our picks for the Bear that needs to rebound, let’s see who Joe Marino of The Draft Network picked. That Draft Network article was published before the Bears released Elliott Fry, but the sentiment remains. Finding a kicker has been an issue for the Bears for years, but I liked the ‘throw a bunch of spaghetti at the wall’ approach the team took this offseason. In hindsight this is something they should have done after cutting Robbie Gould. No need to bring in a veteran trying to hold on back then when the Bears were starting a rebuild. They should have signed a youngster and let him grow into the role, because that’s how most successful kickers start in the NFL, and had they done that they could have had their veteran kicker in place in 2019. For my pick on the Bear that needs to rebound Womens Walter Payton Jersey , I’m staying with the third phase and going with special teams coordinator Chris Tabor. Besides the punt returning excellence of Tarik Cohen, Chicago’s special teams haven’t been all that special. The kicking problems are obvious, but there was a handful of coverage breakdowns in 2018 that the Bears need to clean up. Simply adding Cordarrelle Patterson will help the kick returns, but Tabor needs to tap into the teachings form one of his mentors, Dave Toub, to get the Bears’ special teams back on track. Now let’s check on who some other WCG staffers picked as their Bear that needs to rebound in 2019.Patti Curl - Chris TaborThe Bears special Teams coordinator needs to get that 3rd unit bouncing back quickly if the Bears want to be the comprehensively-dominant force ravaging their way through the post-season that I believe they can be.Erik Duerrwaechter - Bears Special Teams It wasn’t just the kicking game that generated a lot of memes in 2018. The entire special teams group stank aside from Tarik Cohen’s take on ridiculousness. A revolving door has developed at kick returner since Devin Hester’s departure, and lane integrity along with tackling for both kick and punt coverage units has been sub-par. The arrival of Cordarrelle Patterson likely solves the problem at kick returner. Now, we just need to hope that #BearsSpecialTeams doesn’t rear it’s ugly face anymore. Check out Jeff and EJ on their latest Bears Over Beer Podcast as they preview the 2019 Chicago Bears season with Lester! Josh Sunderbruch - Adam Shaheen, TEI have seen more promise out of Bunting this offseason, and I’m not convinced Bunting is going to make the roster. Shaheen was one of those risks that Pace seems to specialize in, and so far this one has not paid off. He needs to earn his roster spot this year.Sam Householder - Adam Shaheen, TEHe’s the most obvious candidate. It’s put up or shut up time for the third-year pro. He has to stay healthy and start showing the flashes we’ve (briefly) seen at other points in his career. He was never healthy last year and he missed a lot time his rookie year. There were some late camp reports that maybe he was starting to get it together, but that has yet to be seen in the regular season.Ken Mitchell - Adam Shaheen, TEThe Bears tight end needs to stay healthy and show more than just flashes. It’s time for him to fish or cut bait.Robert Zeglinski - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, SStylistic adjustments are going to have to be made to accommodate Clinton-Dix’s skill-set in Chicago’s defense. While he offers more upside in sheer playmaking than his predecessor, Adrian Amos http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-jim-mcmahon-jersey , Clinton-Dix is far too alike to his former Alabama teammate Eddie Jackson to see the Bears deploy the former Packer like they did Amos. This means a lot more two-high safety looks. It develops into potentially allowing two centerfielding safeties to do whatever they please. There’s no reason to distrust a noted superstar like Jackson in this scenario. But for Clinton-Dix, after being jettisoned by two teams in one season due to poor tackling effort and reliability, he doesn’t have the benefit of the doubt. One of the most noticeable weak spots on an otherwise sound defense can’t afford any slip-ups.Robert Schmitz - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, SLet’s get this out of the way: there’s a reason that Ha Ha Clinton-Dix signed such a cheap deal with the Bears, and it wasn’t because he was playing at an all-star level in Green Bay or Washington. He clearly has skills as a ball-hawk, but his poor performance as a tackler and other inconsistencies left him with no better options than a one-year “career restart” on a defense where he’ll be surrounded by phenomenal talent. He has a lot to offer the Bears, especially in the way of Free Safety depth, so if he can rebound successfully both he and the Bears will enjoy a great year.Aaron Leming - Trey Burton, TEBurton’s first half of the year was excellent. He was exactly the player the Bears had hoped to get and looked like a perfect fit for the team’s new offense. Then the Thanksgiving game against the Lions happened and he simply wasn’t the same after that. On top of all that had happened, he missed the team’s playoff game against the Eagles with a groin injury and later had Sports Hernia surgery. He’s been worked back into football activities slowly but is expected to be ready for Week 1. He’s a big factor in this offense, even if he’s just out on the field. Burton’s contract ties him down until after the 2020 season, so he needs to available and effective.Now let’s check in with Twitter to see what some of you guys had to say about your pick for Bear that needs to rebound. Now it’s your turn, who is your Bear that needs to rebound for the 2019 season?