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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CHI)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (CHI)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Jaishawn Barham Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jaishawn Barham
LB Michigan
Kobe Hudson Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (CHI)
Kobe Hudson
WR UCF
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick 242: the Bears steal Hudson and grade out a B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Kobe Hudson had no business being available in pick No. 242, and the Bears did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The cost of the Grant reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In pick 10 they get a disruptive interior force, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks in the 39th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick41 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
Aireontae Ersery at No. 41 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Pick72 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
They paid sticker price for Quinshon Judkins in the 72nd overall pick, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
Taking Jack Nelson in pick No. 149 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick197 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II in Round 6, Pick 19 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick235 Rnd7 Jaishawn Barham
Jaishawn Barham in the Round 7 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick242 Rnd7 Kobe Hudson
Steal is underselling it; Kobe Hudson at slot 242 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It fills a real need, too.