Found August 25, 2009 on
Bleacher Report:
When it comes to drafts, Chicago Bears GM Jerry Angelo has been known as a "risk taker," to say the least.
He's been known to take injury-prone or troublesome players that happen to slip picks, and most of the time Mel Kiper notes the guy as a steal.
The problem with taking risks in the draft is you waste "free" guys, meaning you have a chance at a giant pool of talent that allows you to pick basically whomever you'd like.
But instead of taking guys with potential, or guys with good upside, Angelo tries taking the guys with the most talent that have something outside of football that hurts them, whether personally or socially.
Now at this time many of you are probably pointing out the other side of the Angelo debate and look at guys like 2002 fourth-round pick Alex Brown, 2003 third-round pick Lance Briggs, or 2004 fourth-round pick Nathan Vasher.
After all, these guys were all integral pieces of the 2006-07 defense that carried the Bears to Super Bo...
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