Thanks everyone for participating in this week’s Twitter mailbag.

We kicked off the first part of the mailbag on Saturday. So here’s Part 2.

@mikecwright What WR are out there to help take pressure off of Jeffrey? Do you see the Bears using the draft or FA for this? #bearsmailbag — Marshall Carpenter (@mc10s) March 26, 2015

@mikecwright: There are plenty of free-agent receivers looking for jobs, players such as Denarius Moore, Michael Crabtree, Greg Jennings, Reggie Wayne and Hakeem Nicks. But the truth is there shouldn't be a real rush on the part of the Bears to sign any of them because none of them are generating much interest around the league, which means there's not a ton of competition for their services. So I'd look to one of the aforementioned guys as a backup plan just in case the Bears don't sufficiently fill the need at receiver through the draft. Most of those veterans I mentioned will probably sign after the draft, perhaps as late as June, when teams start looking to fill out the rosters headed into training camp. My guess is the Bears will look first at the draft to try to bring in a complement to Alshon Jeffery, who is entering the final year of his contract.

@mikecwright do you think the Bears would take a chance on R. Gregory after a positive drug test? #bearsmailbag — Ryan Cox (@MrRyanCox) March 26, 2015

@mikecwright: Bears GM Ryan Pace recently said you can never have enough outside pass-rushers. So I definitely wouldn't discount that possibility. I'm also not convinced, like so many others seem to be, that a positive test for marijuana is going to significantly drop Gregory's stock. Perhaps folks on the personnel side look at marijuana differently than coaches, but I've had two head coaches tell me over the last few years that they look at marijuana use as being no different than drinking. Obviously, we know marijuana is illegal. But both coaches told me their thoughts over the years have changed on marijuana, in part because of the fact some states have made it legal for recreational use. Having said all that, looking at it strictly from a football perspective, I'd say Gregory's inconsistency and rawness could scare away the Bears, who are likely more interested anyway in Clemson's Vic Beasley.

@mikecwright with the Bears being in a rebuilding mode, wouldn't it be prudent to trade Forte for some draft pics? #bearsmailbag — Tim Robinson (@TimTheGrizzly) March 26, 2015

@mikecwright: While it appears on the surface the Bears are in rebuilding mode, that's really not the case. Talk to anybody within that organization, and they'll tell you that the Bears do want to rebuild. But the expectation is that the Bears are also competitive. And that's coming from the very top of the organization. You ask if it would be prudent to trade Matt Forte for draft picks. I ask you what you think the Bears would get in terms of picks in a trade for Forte? It's not like a team is looking to give up high picks to land veteran running backs, especially one set to turn 30 in December. That's not a knock on Forte as a player because he's one of the best all-purpose backs in the league and hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. But that's just the reality of the situation. The Bears received just a fifth-round pick for Brandon Marshall, and couldn't realistically expect anything more for Forte. So say you trade Forte and in a best-case-scenario situation land a third- or fourth-round pick. Over the next two years, I'd take Forte's consistent, almost guaranteed production over the uncertainty of receiving comparable production from a player I don't even know yet. Besides, if the Bears plan on moving to more of a run-first philosophy, I'd say it makes more sense to spearhead that movement with one of the best running backs out there in Forte.