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Should The Bears Take Paris Johnson Jr. At 9? Former Bears DE Corey Wootton Discusses!

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Sports Talk Chicago

Football, Sports, Baseball

5.0832 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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On Bear Down with Corey and Joey, hosts Corey Wootton, former Bears DE, and Joey Christopoulos, talk with Mark Grote, Bears Beat Reporter at 670 the Score, about the Bears’ willingness to draft Paris Johnson Jr. at 9.

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0:00.0

Yeah, I want to throw this both at you because I'd love to get your perspective, Mark,

0:07.8

if you want to go first on this one, because I just don't hear the bears connected to Paris Johnson.

0:13.0

You know, am I mishearing? Am I not reading the right things?

0:16.8

Or is he not an option for them at 9?

0:18.9

And also, Corey, I want you to weigh into as well from a player perspective.

0:21.9

Why isn't Paris Johnson maybe a possible fit with the Chicago Bears right now?

0:25.1

I think a couple of things, if he's not, if he's not a fit, and we still don't know,

0:29.2

I mean, they still might take him.

0:30.5

But if he's not a fit, I think it's experience.

0:34.0

I mean, he's only played 13 games at left tackle.

0:38.1

Another thing, too, is that he did get a lot of help at left tackle at Ohio State,

0:43.7

which is understandable.

0:44.7

So you have to look at that and you have to take that into account with Paris Johnson Jr.

0:49.9

That while he might have the most high-end talent out of that entire group,

0:55.4

I mean, the Bears want to develop an offensive lineman?

0:58.5

Because I think in part, that's what they would be doing with Paris Johnson Jr.

1:02.3

And you look at a guy like Peter Skoronsky, and there's been all the fuss over the arm size

1:06.3

and all of that and where he would be.

1:08.3

He's played four years at left tackle.

1:11.8

And in the Big Ten at Northwestern.

1:15.1

I mean, that's pretty impressive.

1:16.9

So that would be my guess as to why maybe you're not hearing the linkage as much to Paris

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