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Draft Selections
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CHI)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Dani Dennis-Sutton Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CHI)
Dani Dennis-Sutton
DE-EDGE Penn State
Keyron Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CHI)
Keyron Crawford
DE-EDGE Auburn
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bears: B-.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Bears did exactly that with Keyron Crawford in the 60th overall pick.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. On the needs board they went 2 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Olaivavega Ioane
In No. 25 they get a cornerstone up front. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Dani Dennis-Sutton
Dani Dennis-Sutton in pick 57 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick60 Rnd2 Keyron Crawford
They left a pile of value on the table to take Keyron Crawford this early at the 60th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.