Smokey Joe
03-24-2007, 05:40 PM
*The Bears New GM Smokey Joe coming up to the podium*
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Reporter 1: Mr. Joe, can you explain to us why you made the Lawrence Timmons pick?
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Smokey Joe: We feel Lawrence is going to make a big impact on this team. He has great size, great speed, great strength, we were shocked he fell this far. He is going to make the perfect replacement for Briggs. Right now, he has to compete with Dhani Jones for WLB spot, but we feel confident that Lawrence will make a big impact this year, as well as future years. The only way we would not address linebacker in the first round was if all Jon Beason, Lawrence Timmons, and Paul P. were not there. We also wanted a wide-receiver early, but since if we skipped one of those 3 with pick 31, chances were that the Colts would draft that linebacker. And odds were that they weren't interested in a receiver.
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Reporter 2: Why did you feel wide-receiver was such an early need and why Sidney Rice?
Smokey Joe: Well, to be honest, we were targeting Dwayne Jarrett and Dwayne Bowe, but we knew the odds of them actually being there were slim. So that is why we targeted Sidney. He has great size, and we feel once he gets on our lifting program, he will get bigger, faster, and stronger. We think in a couple of years he, Bernard , and Mark [Bradley] will make a great trio.
Also, miss, can you please come to my office after this conference, I have some "inside information" to show you.
[B] Reporter 1: Why Ryan Kalil with pick 37? Do you not see Olin Kreutz in your future plans?
Smokey Joe: Are you kidding me? As long as I am the GM, Olin Kreutz isn't leaving this team unless he retires or does something incredibly stupid. We feel Ryan will add much needed depth behind Olin, as well at guard. We think once Ruben retires, Kalil will be able to take over at guard, and Olin only has 5-6 years left in him likely, so when he leaves, Kalil will be able to take over for him, and we won't miss a beat. In fact, we were shocked to see Kalil fall so far, we had him rated very high on the big board.
This meeting is over. Reporter 2, lets go.
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Reporter 1: Mr. Joe, can you explain to us why you made the Lawrence Timmons pick?
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Smokey Joe: We feel Lawrence is going to make a big impact on this team. He has great size, great speed, great strength, we were shocked he fell this far. He is going to make the perfect replacement for Briggs. Right now, he has to compete with Dhani Jones for WLB spot, but we feel confident that Lawrence will make a big impact this year, as well as future years. The only way we would not address linebacker in the first round was if all Jon Beason, Lawrence Timmons, and Paul P. were not there. We also wanted a wide-receiver early, but since if we skipped one of those 3 with pick 31, chances were that the Colts would draft that linebacker. And odds were that they weren't interested in a receiver.
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Reporter 2: Why did you feel wide-receiver was such an early need and why Sidney Rice?
Smokey Joe: Well, to be honest, we were targeting Dwayne Jarrett and Dwayne Bowe, but we knew the odds of them actually being there were slim. So that is why we targeted Sidney. He has great size, and we feel once he gets on our lifting program, he will get bigger, faster, and stronger. We think in a couple of years he, Bernard , and Mark [Bradley] will make a great trio.
Also, miss, can you please come to my office after this conference, I have some "inside information" to show you.
[B] Reporter 1: Why Ryan Kalil with pick 37? Do you not see Olin Kreutz in your future plans?
Smokey Joe: Are you kidding me? As long as I am the GM, Olin Kreutz isn't leaving this team unless he retires or does something incredibly stupid. We feel Ryan will add much needed depth behind Olin, as well at guard. We think once Ruben retires, Kalil will be able to take over at guard, and Olin only has 5-6 years left in him likely, so when he leaves, Kalil will be able to take over for him, and we won't miss a beat. In fact, we were shocked to see Kalil fall so far, we had him rated very high on the big board.
This meeting is over. Reporter 2, lets go.