The NFL owners meetings were not directly draft-related but some actions and statements during the sessions, along with signings and pro days elsewhere, have had draft implications.
During those meetings, GM Ryan Pace said that Akiem Hicks was “the start” of adding defensive linemen. While coach John Fox was clearly pleased with the rehab work of Ego Ferguson coming back from knee surgery, Ferguson projects as only one piece of the base 3-4 rotation.
Former Bears quarterback and CSN Chicago analyst Jim Miller posits the Bears grabbing Alabama defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson to this point. Despite more than a dozen other players being mock-draft’ed to the Bears at No.