If you can get a guy who can do both real well, that's a bonus, but then he's going real high in the draft.
You're looking for athletic ability more than anything, but some tackles might be a little too slow to be on the outside.
In the past, we had made up our mind that if Alex or Kyle was still there, they were the guy. Will we be able to do that this year? Maybe not. We'll have a list and hope that somebody sticks there.
Our tight end has got to be able to block. This is Chicago. We've got to run the ball, especially when the weather is bad. If he can't block, he's not a fit.
Last year, I don't know if it was an aberration or not, but you had 19 or 20 guys we rated as solid corners who went on the first day of the draft. I watch how many guys at each position go. Generally speaking, you would see in the first day 12 to 15 corners go.
Alex was sticking out at us. To use one of Jerry's terms, he was like a beacon light. I came in [Sunday] morning, and [area scout] Phil Emery was high on Alex. I said, 'Jerry, we've got to take this guy.' I literally had a dream about drafting him.
That killed him with a lot of teams. I mean, he ran slow.
The tight ends are gone. You can't create one.
If it's a real talented guy and we like the guy and we think he is going to help us win, is going to upgrade team speed, then you consider it, you talk about it.
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