Important too was the development of players in the US and especially overseas. In many ways the 90's expansion was made possible by the league large numbers of players from the former Soviet Union. Equipment improvements, player training and nutrition provides superior overall athletes..There's also the chance they will trade down and possibly out of the first round, considering Emery basically put up the "sale" sign and welcomed all shoppers. It's not hard to see why, with the Bears holding just five picks and none in the third or seventh rounds. They have a secondrounder (50), fourthrounder (117), fifthrounder (153) and sixthrounder (188), but they don't have the numbers for a team that's trying to add depth and youth.

Backup quarterback Caleb Hanie has attempted just 14 passes as a pro. The offense will stall without Cutler and the defense will be on the field too much. Pick: Raiders 3 1/2.Also, you seeing a story line in the Harbaugh Bros, but there were pr