BBV Community Mock Draft 2011: With The 29th Pick, The Bears Select ...

Corey Liuget, DT, Illinois.

Playing the role of general manager for the Chicago Bears is 'You're Da Man, Blue.' Here is his rationale for the selection of Liuget:

Chicago may have one of the weaker rosters of those who made the playoffs last year. They have holes at OL, DL, WR, and the secondary.

Although down the stretch Mike Tice got the unit to play better they still leaked like a sieve against the elite pass rushing teams i.e the Giants. They invested too much stock into Jay Cutler for him to constantly be on his back or too injured to play, especially in big games like the NFC championship. The Bears are probably praying that Mike Pouncey drops but alas, he is already selected. On the other hand there is Danny Watkins out of Baylor, while he does offer some versatility on the inside right or left side is considered a borderline first round talent. While I can certainly understand making this pick I think they would get more value from solidifying the DL.

This leads me to two prospects that I think would help fill the gaping hole that was left after the departure of defensive stalwart Tommie Harris and the currently unsigned Anthony Adams. Both Corey Liuget out of Illinois and Muhammad Wilkerson the DT/hybrid DE out of Temple have been rising up boards after solid workouts. Wilkerson, while intriguing for his versatility, I think he will end up being selected by a 3-4 team.

Liuget, I think, will be the ultimate choice because he is the more prototypical 4-3 DT. He plays the run well and has the ability to get after the passer. He is generally rated as the third best DT in the draft behind the already drafted Fairley and Dareus and is a good bargain at 29. The Peppers and Liuget pair could be devastating and wreak havoc on opponent’s offensive lines. While he may not be the fan’s choice I think Liuget is a great combination of BPA and need.

My take: I can't argue with this pick at all, especially since I think this is a player who will get strong consideration from the Giants at 19 in the real NFL Draft. Just keep in mind that defensive coordinator Perry Fewell stated how much he liked this player after attending the Illinois Pro Day.

NOTE: Three picks left in the first round. Let's get 'em in and get this round done by Friday afternoon. 'PlaxicoBurress' is now on the clock for the New York Jets.

Round 1

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
1	Carolina	Cam Newton	QB	Auburn	Tito
2	Denver	Nick Fairley	DT	Auburn	Mike Fiammetta
3	Buffalo	Patrick Peterson	CB	LSU	Bigbluethruandthru
4	Cincinnati	Blaine Gabbert	QB	Missouri	BitterEli
5	Arizona	Von Miller	OLB	Texas A&M	gmen2thebowl
6	Cleveland	Marcell Dareus	DL	Alabama	Bobely
7	San Francisco	A.J. Green	WR	Georgia	Pat19
8	Tennessee	Da'Quan Bowers	DE	Clemson	RealLT
9	Dallas	Prince Amukamara	CB	Nebraska	Simms-McConkey
10	Washington	Julio Jones	WR	Alabama	jcalafiore
11	Houston	Robert Quinn	DE/OLB	North Carolina	daddyzander
12	Minnesota	Tyron Smith	OT	USC	RolloT
13	Detroit	Anthony Castonzo	OT	Boston College	Ed Valentine
14	St. Louis	Aldon Smith	DE	Missouri	GiantNomad
15	Miami	Mark Ingram	RB	Alabama	HenneGivenSunday
16	Jacksonville	Cameron Jordan	DE	California	ct17
17	New England	Mike Pouncey	OG/C	Florida	Ryan Valentine
18	San Diego	J.J. Watt	DE	Wisconsin	Anthony P
19	N.Y. Giants	Akeem Ayers	OLB	UCLA	Ed Valentine
20	Tampa Bay	Jimmy Smith	CB	Tampa Bay	willgfass
21	Kansas City	Phil Taylor	DT	Baylor	The Blood Of Eli
22	Indianapolis	Gabe Carimi	OT	Wisconsin	dannymac56
23	Philadelphia	Nate Solder	OT	Colorado	JimmyK
24	New Orleans	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue	Charles L.
25	Seattle	Jake Locker	QB	Washington	Ejaay
26	Baltimore	Justin Houston	OLB	Georgia	LarrySoprano
27	Atlanta	Kyle Rudolph	TE	Notre Dame	pataroons
28	New England	Derek Sherrod	OT	Mississippi State	DManInBLUE
29	Chicago	Corey Liuget	DT	Illinois	You're my boy, Blue
30	New York Jets				PlaxicoBurress
31	Pittsburgh				stephen_ross
32	Green Bay				NYG28

Round 2

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
33	New England				Ryan Valentine?
34	Buffalo				Bigbluethruandthru
35	Cincinnati				BitterEli
36	Denver				Mike Fiammetta
37	Cleveland				Bobely
38	Arizona				gmen2thebowl
39	Tennessee				RealLT
40	Dallas				Simms-McConkey
41	Washington				jcalafiore
42	Houston				daddyzander
43	Minnesota				RolloT
44	Detroit				BigBlueIntervention
45	San Francisco				Pat19
46	Denver				Mike Fiammetta
47	St. Louis				GiantNomad
48	Oakland				G Fan In England
49	Jacksonville				ct17
50	San Diego				Anthony P
51	Tampa Bay				willgfass
52	N.Y. Giants				Ed Valentine
53	Indianapolis				dannymac56
54	Philadelphia				JImmyK
55	Kansas City				The Blood Of Eli
56	New Orleans				Charles L.
57	Seattle				Ejaay
58	Baltimore				LarrySoprano
59	Atlanta				pataroons
60	New England				Ryan Valentine?
61	San Diego				Anthony P
62	Chicago				You're my boy, Blue
63	Pittsburgh				stephen_ross
64	Green Bay				NYG28