Thunder from down Unga: At 6-1 and 244 lbs, Unga could add some power to the Bears running game.

Despite missing the opportunity to trade away draft picks in last April’s draft, the Chicago Bears still managed to trade away one of next season’s draft picks; forfeiting their 2011 7th round pick for the right to select BYU running back Harvey Unga.

This shouldn’t come as a total surprise; there were rumblings about the Bears’ interest going back a few days now.  The bigger question should be why the heck the Bears are taking another running back.  The backfield would seem to have been crowded enough especially for an offense that an offense that doesn’t really use a fullback, a position that the 6-1, 244 lbs Unga would seem well-suited to play.

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