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Draft Selections
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CHI)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Justin Walley Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CHI)
Justin Walley
CB Minnesota
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bears cashed the board's mistake on Brooks: B.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Bears watched Tahj Brooks slide 82 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

The cost of the Walley reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Interior defensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Wyatt Milum
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Wyatt Milum. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
The board had Tate Ratledge higher than the Round 2 slot, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick41 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Derrick Harmon in slot 41. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick72 Rnd3 Omarion Hampton
They robbed the room for Omarion Hampton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick147 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Somehow Jake Majors was still sitting there in pick 147, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick193 Rnd6 Tahj Brooks
Tahj Brooks at the 193rd pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick233 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
Shilo Sanders in No. 233 is fair value, right on his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick240 Rnd7 Justin Walley
Value said wait; Justin Walley in Round 7, Pick 24 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.