>>> THE BEARS ARE THINKING BIG IN THE NFL DRAFT.

LAST NIGHT AFTER TRADING DOWN ONE SPOT THE BEARS USED THE NUMBER 10 PICK IN THE FIRST ROUND TO DRAFT TENNESSEE 6'6, 335 POUND TACKLE DARNELL WRIGHT.

AND HERE IS JAMES WHO ALSO PLAYED OFFENSIVE TACKLE FOR THE BEARS.

ABOUT 6'6 AS WELL, I THINK.

>> I AM CLOSE.

I AM CLOSE.

YOU PLAYED FOR THE BEARS AND HOSTS A SPORTS PODCAST.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE BEARS PICKING WRIGHT?

>> I LIKE IT.

I THINK THAT THERE WERE THREE TACKLES AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

JONES, THE KID FROM OHIO STATE WENT OFF THE BOARD FIRST TO ARIZONA.

AND THEN IT WAS BETWEEN THE LOCAL KID AND WRIGHT.

AND I THINK FOR WHAT THEY WANTED HE WAS THEIR GUY.

>> OKAY.

BEARS TRADED DOWN ONE SPOT, SWAPPING WITH THE EAGLES.

THE EAGLES PICKED JAYLEN CARTER WHO A FEW MONTHS AGO THOUGHT WAS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT.

ARE YOU SURPRISED THEY DID NOT PICK CARTER?

>> NO.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THE LOCKER ROOM AND THE ORGANIZATION IS READY FOR THAT PLAYER YET.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A LOCKER ROOM THAT IS YOUNG.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAYER LIKE THAT COMING IN AND THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT HIS MOTIVATION, CONCERNS ABOUT HIS OFF THE FIELD ANTICS, YOU NEED A LOCKER ROOM THAT IS SOLID.

THE BEARS ARE JUST STARTING TO TRY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER NOW.

SO I THINK GOING TO PHILADELPHIA WAS NOT ONLY THE BEST THING FOR PHILADELPHIA BUT IT WAS THE BEST THING FOR CARTER.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK THE BEARS WANTED DARNELL WRIGHT THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER IN THE DRAFT?

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT WRIGHT?

>> HE FILLS THE NEED.

YOUR TWO BIGGEST NEEDS WERE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINE.

BEING ABLE TO FILL THAT RIGHT TACKLE POSITION WITH A PLAYER THAT COULD PROBABLY COME IN AND START FOR YOU RIGHT AWAY.

HE HAS A LOT OF LEARNING TO DO.

THERE ARE TECHNIQUE THINGS HE WILL HAVE TO WORK ON.

BUT IF YOU CAN GET HIM AND START GIVING HIM GAME EXPERIENCE EARLY I THINK IT WILL BENEFIT THEM IN THE LONG RUN.

>> TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSITION FROM COLLEGE TO NFL.

HOW BIG OF A LEAP IS IT AND HOW LONG UNTIL THEY GET THEIR FEET UNDER THEM.

>> THE BIGGEST THING IS COLLEGE, YOU ARE PLAYING AGAINST A GOOD PLAYER MAYBE ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A YEAR.

NFL, YOU GOT A GUY ACROSS FROM YOU AT ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

YOU HAVE TO BE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY PREPARED TO DO WHAT YOU DID MAYBE ONE OR TWO, OR ONE OR TWO OR THREE TIMES DURING THE SEASON IN A COLLEGE SEASON, NOW YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO DO IT 17 WEEKS IN A ROW.

>> IS IT ALL ABOUT PROTECTING JUSTIN?

>> THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS ACROSS THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

YES, YOU HAVE A NICE YOUNG RIGHT TACKLE, YOU HAVE JONES WHO PLAYED WELL FOR YOU AT LEFT TACKLE LAST YEAR.

YOU BROUGHT IN DAVIS TO PLAY RIGHT GUARD.

YOUR CENTER AND YOUR LEFT GUARD POSITION ARE STILL UP IN THE AIR.

YOU HAVE CODY WHITEHAIR WHO WAS A CENTER, MOVED TO GUARD AND NOW HE IS BACK TO CENTER.

YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW ALL OF THESE THINGS PLAY OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THE LEFT GUARD SPOT?

SO, THEY STILL HAVE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER BUT I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK IT OUT.

TRYING TO PUT PIECES IN PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED SIX OR SEVEN GUYS.

YOU NEED, YOU NEED TWO GOOD BACK UPS TO GO WITH YOUR FIVE STARTERS AND THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT ALL OF THE PIECES IN PLACE.

>> SO, YOU TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE BEARS NEEDING AN UPGRADE IN A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

THEY STILL HAVE NINE PICKS, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEIR PRIORITIES WILL BE?

>> YOU ARE STILL GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT THE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINE.

YOU HAVE EDMONDS AND EDWARD TO PLAY LINEBACKER.

YOU KNOW, LINEBACKER IT IS SOLID.

ONCE AGAIN, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED BACK UP PLAYERS.

NOT ONLY ARE THESE BACK UP PLAYERS GOING TO BE LINEBACKERS BUT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS ALSO.

YOU STILL NEED ANOTHER GUY ON THE SECONDARY.

IF IT IS A CORN OR A SAFETY.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PIECES THAT YOU STILL NEED.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO, FOR THE PIECES THAT YOU GOT YOU NEED BACK UPS FOR.

SO, I MEAN, THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH ALL OF THE FIXES THEY HAVE COMING UP TODAY.

>> WE HAVE 30 SECONDS HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE BEARS AT THIS POINT?

>> I SAID AFTER THE SEASON I THOUGHT THEY WERE STILL TWO YEARS AWAY.

DEPENDING ON WHO THEY ARE ABLE TO PICK UP AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM THEIR FIRST YEAR, I STILL THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE ANOTHER YEAR AWAY.

I DON'T THINK THEY ARE A THREE-YEAR TEAM.

I DON'T THINK THEY WILL WIN MORE THAN THAT.

I EXPECT THE JUMP TO BE NEXT YEAR.

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