Louis Nix could fortify Bears' revamped defensive line

A busy offseason overhauling the defense isn yet complete, with the Chicago Bears needing to find additional pieces via the NFL draft. The question wholesale?nfl?jerseys? is where those pieces will fit in the puzzle.

General manager Phil Emery cheap?jerseys has signed or re signed 32 players since last season ended. Twenty have been on the defensive side of the ball, where as many as six or seven project as starters. On the line alone, Jared Allen and Lamarr Houston are expected to start at end and Jeremiah Ratliff and Nate Collins could push for starting jobs at tackle.

But the Bears are expected to look for young talent to add to the mix on the line, which is why the club recently devoted one of its 30 pre draft visits to Halas Hall on Notre Dame defensive tackle Louis Nix. Some believe the Fighting Irish product projects best as a 3 4 nose tackle, but he also could be a nose in a 4 3 defense and give the Bears a stout defender vs. the run.

Nix performed last month at the Notre Dame pro day weighing 331 pounds and would strengthen a run defense that was gashed last cheap?nfl?jerseys season. The Bears allowed a league worst 161.4 yards rushing per game in 2013 and finished with a franchise record 2,583 yards allowed 410 more than the next worst team.

It worth wondering if Nix could be a three down player in defensive coordinator Mel Tucker scheme. If the Bears believe he can play in the nickel package, Nix would be worthy of consideration at No. 14. Some believe he likely to come off the board later in the first round or possibly at the top of the second round. But the Bears do not pick in the second round until No. 51 overall and Nix likely would be gone by then.

a prototypical nose tackle, said NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock, who saw plenty of Nix broadcasting Irish games for NBC. can he push the edge a little bit? Can he gain an edge and push the pocket? If you believe in that, then he's probably a top 20 pick because he's a 330 pound nose tackle with some movement skills. argument for prioritizing help on the defensive line is easy to make. While Emery has made major acquisitions with Allen and Houston and added a player the team believes is emerging in defensive end Willie Young, the team lacks youth up front, especially at tackle. The Bears also have not effectively replaced Henry Melton as a three technique, although that is not a position that would best suit Nix.

The Bears also could look to bolster their secondary first and then consider options for the line beginning in the second or third rounds. Options remain open with 23 days wholesale?jerseys until the start of the May 8 10 draft and the Bears have done their homework on Nix.