The Bears cap their latest draft class with a secondary project.

Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteWindy City GridironWindy City Gridiron - Being who you thought we were since 2005!Log In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsBearsOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Latest NewsThe Bears DenNotesXs and OsSuperfansFiled under:Latest NewsFrom The Desk Of...Roster Analysis2019 NFL Draft: Bears draft Stephen Denmark at No. 238 overallNew http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-jim-mcmahon-jersey ,41commentsThe Bears cap their latest draft class with a secondary project. CDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft: Bears draft Stephen Denmark at No. 238 overallPhoto: Getty ImagesIt took until the latter rounds but the Bears finally placed a priority on selecting defensive prospects in the 2019 NFL Draft. With their last pick, the Bears have selected Valdosta State’s Stephen Denmark at No. 238 overall. A physical freak, Denmark has a lot of tantalizing tools the Bears could unlock if they’re patient with him. Then again, he is a seventh-round pick so it’s more fair to have extremely tempered expectations. Let’s grade the Bears’ selection of Denmark at No. 238 overall.Grade: CLike you, I too wondered if Denmark’s alma mater in Valdosta State was a real school at first. Upon cursory research, it’s very real and it’s spectacular. It’s even had a few NFL players before, most notably the Falcons’ starting right tackle Ryan Schraeder. While you’d be hard-pressed to call it a football gold mine of talent Womens Walter Payton Jersey , it is a nook and cranny to search through if you’re a diligent general manager such as Ryan Pace. Denmark’s evolution as a player is interesting because he featured at receiver for three years before converting to cornerback during his senior season. Part of the reason he was converted to cornerback was because he didn’t produce much on the offensive boundary. The other part was that his physical gifts being put to use on defense couldn’t be overlooked. The 6-foot-3, 212 pound Denmark has 33-inch arms, ran a 4.46 40-yard dash, and had a 43-inch vertical in pre-draft testing. May I remind you he is a cornerback, so he’s a wholehearted monster against almost any NFL receiver he’d line up across from. The major knock in his athletic testing is a paltry 7.40 three-cone. Most edge pass rushers and certainly the best edge pass rushers, are faster. Some offensive linemen have better three-cone results. Denmark can’t bully other receivers if they beat him off the line of scrimmage and turn him around altogether due to his lack of agility. He’d never survive.There’s been speculation about where the Bears could find a place for Denmark. Could he be a safety convert, perhaps? I have the answer: Special teams. He’s too raw and a major project to see as anything but a third phase contributor ... if he can carve out a role there. Denmark could be able to make the Bears’ active roster on his physical tools alone. Guys of his imposing stature and build routinely find their way into the league due to their gifts. But seeing him making a tremendous impact at cornerback Gale Sayers Jersey , at any point, is quite the optimistic proposition.There’s a lot of work to be done on Denmark to make him a viable NFL player anywhere. He’s a small school product with little experience on the side of the ball he was drafted on, so he’ll naturally take time to ingratiate to the league. That’s time he might never receive. You would expect nothing less out of a seventh-round pick. An NFL.com analyst seems rather bullish on Atlanta’s two first round selections."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Library FalcFans Podcast on The FalcoholicContact The FalcoholicFalcons StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Falcons NewsYahoo Falcons Team PageYahoo Falcons ReportYahoo Falcons Depth ChartYahoo Falcons TransactionsYahoo Falcons PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Falcons projected to have two players on 2019 NFL All-Rookie teamNew,14commentsAn NFL.com analyst seems rather bullish on Atlanta’s two first round selections.EDTShareTweetShareShareFalcons projected to have two players on 2019 NFL All-Rookie teamBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsThe next step in the NFL offseason after the NFL draft is projecting how well the new rookies will do, and how they’ll impact their teams’ seasons. NFL.com analyst Chad Reuter has taken that step, in projecting what the league’s All-Rookie team may look like at the end of this upcoming season.The Atlanta Falcons see both of their first round selections, Chris Lindstrom and Kaleb McGary http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-mike-singletary-jersey , given a place on Reuter’s list. While this isn’t something that should be taken as Gospel, it’s a fun little thing to look at with actual football nowhere in the near horizon.Here’s what Reuter had to say about each of Atlanta’s selections:Lindstrom was always seen as one of the safest players in this year’s draft, and he’s been projected as the consensus top guard in the class by most analysts. With the instant impact he’s expected to make at the NFL level, Lindstrom feels like not only a lock for an All-Rookie spot, but he may also have an outside chance at a Pro Bowl selection in his first professional season. You can read the Falcoholic scouting report on Lindstrom here.If fans were mildly surprised with Atlanta’s selection of Lindstrom at 14, they were likely legitimately shocked when the team double dipped on offensive line talent by trading back into the first round to select McGary at 31.Kaleb McGary projects to beat out Ty Sambrailo for the team’s starting right tackle role in 2019.McGary was one of the best run blocking tackle prospects in this draft, and figures to give Atlanta some serious pop on the opposite side of Jake Matthews Womens Dick Butkus Jersey , with his relentless aggression and mean streak. You can read the Falcoholic scouting report on McGary here.A common theme in Reuter’s analysis is his comparison of Atlanta’s new rookies to Indianapolis’ stud rookie lineman from last year. It’s a comparison I noticed as well, and even wrote about in a recent article comparing Indy’s O-Line revamp last offseason to Atlanta’s this offseason. Things seemed to have worked out quite well for the Colts after they added two offensive lineman with premium draft picks in 2018 (along with two new guards in free agency just a couple of months earlier).Reuter seems to think that both of Atlanta’s first round selections will end up being successful hits in 2019. If his prediction comes to fruition, then the Falcons will likely project to have one of the five best offensive line units in football.