Chicago Bears: Top Cornerback Prospect Marshon Lattimore Visits the Bears
The Chicago Bears can go in many different directions with the third overall pick in the draft. They can select Stanford University's Solomon Thomas or Alabama's Jonathan Allen with the pick to improve their defensive line. And if they want to give their secondary defense a much-needed boost, they can draft Louisiana State University safety Jamal Adams instead.
Another player the Bears might target to improve their secondary was in town earlier this week and he could be an intriguing option. According to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, the Bears have brought in Ohio State cornerback Marshon Lattimore for a pre-draft visit on Monday.
This year's draft class is loaded with talented cornerbacks and many believe Lattimore is the top prospect at the position.
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"I've studied the top cornerbacks coming out and he's the best I've seen. He's so athletic that he can just post up under the receiver's chin and shadow him all over the field. And he's tough, too. He'll be one of the top cornerbacks pretty quickly," an American Football Conference (AFC) personnel director said on NFL.com.
Lattimore is good enough to come in and become a lockdown cornerback right away for the Bears. He doesn't have much experience as a starter, though, and he wasn't tested much in college. His injury history should be a cause for concern as well. Lattimore had hamstring issues during his first two years at Ohio State, but he seems to be fully healthy now.
A lot of people initially thought Lattimore had another hamstring injury at the scouting combine last month and he had to clarify that it was his hip flexor that was bothering him.
"Man, there's going to be people that try to bring you down. They didn't even know what was going on. I didn't grab my hamstring or anything like that, they just thought it was my hamstring. It is what it is, but, you know, I'm good," Lattimore said, according to ESPN.
The Bears could use someone like Lattimore on their roster and they should seriously consider drafting him with the third overall pick.
