Underwhelmed. The Bears 2008 draft was certainly nothing spectacular and we won’t have the talking heads raving on and on about an “A” draft, but it wasn’t particularly disappointing either. The Bears used a lot of late round picks (as they always do) on players that were simply the best value at that point and didn’t necessarily address a need.

This is going to be an interesting training camp. First round pick Chris Williams should slide right in somewhere on the OL, but the addition of 2nd rounder Matt Forte probably means someone is going to get cut. With Peterson, Benson, and Wolfe already on the roster I doubt the Bears carry 4 RB and that means someone has to lose his job. Forte is probably also the most questionable pick of the draft by the Bears, with Rutgers Ray Rice still on the board. The 2nd day saw added competition at WR where the Bears add Earl Bennett in the 3rd and Marcus Monk in the 7th. They will compete with Brandon Llyod and Mark Bradley for the last two WR roster spots, unless the Bears can justify carrying 6 WR because of Hester’s and Davis’ contribution on Special Teams.

Also the Bears added a 5th round TE Kellen Davis (bye bye Fontel Mines), a 5th round CB
Zackary Bowman (bye bye Ricky Manning Jr.) a 4th round S Craig Steltz (bye bye Adam Archuleta), and a 3rd round DT Marcus Harrison (bye bye Anthony Adams?). So while the Bears seemingly fail to address their desperate need for play-makers on offense (unless Forte is a big surprise) they did have a solid draft of address a few needs and adding depth.

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