You're nuts if you think Maclin is only going to be a special teams player. He's going to be a very good #2

I can see it now, you fockers will draft Crabtree right in front of us to get us back for Shaun Alexander..

Ugggh. I was so devastated in 2000, because I was really starting to think we would get him.

Poor SlyMo.

oh........ oh well then ur just dumb

Peppers and Suggs?????? Good luck with that, I doubt we get either, but to get one would be a miracle. Two WR's with the first two picks....WTF, got to have someone throw them the ball. Cover 2???? Herm won't be here, so what does the cover 2 have to do with it?

I wouldn't call Hester a complete failure at WR...I think he has potential to be a poor man's Steve Smith in a year or two...he is definitely a formidable deep threat.

That's what I meant by complimentary player, a complimentary WR and special teams player.

Everything I've heard says McCalin in a solid top 10 pick.

It would be cool to go from 3rd to 8-9th and get Maclin and a couple draft picks to boot. The returner problem would be solved and a couple of other spots could be fixed as well. No more Robinson or whoever is the pick of the week returning kicks.

Yeah, that's who Lovie kept comparing him to in the offseason, thought he would be similar to Steve Smith. He only lacks 2 things: good hands, and heart. He's just not very tough, certainly not when compared to Smith. He's got speed and he's elusive, but he gets his ass kicked constantly by opposing DBs.

I think, at this point, you can call him a failure,and the Bears (I think Frazod would agree) are better with him sticking to being a returner. The other WR, Rashied Davis, is also a failure.

In hindsight, maybe they should have kept Berrian, but I think Minnesota overpayed by a lot for him, so I don't fault them for that.

Yes lets use our first round pick to fill some of the lesser problems on the team, are you kidding a KR/ 2nd wideout!? Thats a move you make when you pick 31st. Robinson can hold his own in the return game, I think we will have more than a few surprises’ when new coaching comes to town.

Steve Smith was nothing more than a return man his first few years...give Hester another year or two...but yeah, I doubt he ever turns into Steve Smith...but they were really similar when Steve Smith was starting out.

Did Steve Smith ever have hands as bad as Hesters? I thought Smith always had good hands.

he was a starter at WR his 2nd year.

Smith was also a very good WR in college....Hester never had a position.