The meaning of drafting Roquan Smith

The best signal from the drafting of Roquan Smith is that the Chicago Bears are now ready to compete

The Roquan Smith was a grade A pick. I compared him to Navarro Bowman in terms of play style. Is it by accident that Vic Fangio wound up drafting both? So while Fangio got his Bowman, his Jerrell Freeman in the middle, one of the underlying impacts from the Roquan Smith is the statement is sent. That this team is ready to compete.

The team could have gone with Tremaine Edmunds. A lot of people were calling for it. The high upside linebacker compared to Brian Urlacher had to be on the Bears radar right? No, the team had little contact with him.

The fact of the matter is that in the hear and now,…