‘Competitive information?' Its flying

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Bears GM Phil Emery shares the cone-of-silence philosophy with coach Lovie Smith when it comes to moves, thoughts of moves and a lot of other team matters. The reasoning: Why tip your hand to the competition?

And the blizzard of buzz surrounding the draft makes that point. Consider some of whats out there (assuming its accurate) and what it might mean:

Report: The Detroit Lions are targeting cornerback Stephon Gilmore.

The Bears arent expected to be in the market for a corner but if the Bears know what their NFC North rival is looking to do, theyre in a position to shop their No. 19 slot to a team below Detroit thats looking hard for a corner.

Report: Jaguars looking to move up for WR Justin Blackmon.

Wonder if the Buffalo Bills, who have WR on the shopping list at some point, would like to establish that and beat the Jags to No. 5 or 6 for Blackmon?

There arent too many complete secrets in the NFL. Its a small fraternity. But information is power and every morsel at a time like this can help, or hurt, you.

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