Bears Narrow List as Draft Day Looms

How does the Bears staff decide who to pick in the draft with the hundreds of prospects out there? Well, for starters, they work hard to come up with a “hot list” of around 125 of their favorite players. The process doesn’t just fall on the shoulders of the talented scouting staff. After the scouts and general manager Jerry Angelo come up with a list, they meet with the coaches to find out if they feel like they could work with the players on the list.

Angelo said, “What we want to ascertain from the coaches is how [an individual prospect] fits in our scheme. Does he fit our player profile? So we’ll know that going in. We facilitate what our coaches want based on their positions. We have a pretty good idea. But there’s always going to be a little something that the player isn’t going to have and [we ask the coaches], ‘Are you OK with that?’ Are his strengths going to be able to override these few things that he may not have in terms of some specific trait that he may look for.”

Draft day is less than two weeks away, so the pressure is on for the Bears to solidify their picks. See all the new players with Chicago Bears tickets from StubHub.com.

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