Slick llloyd'S MOCK DRAFT

Slick Lloyd

  • Slick llloyd DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CHI)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (CHI)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Upton Stout Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Upton Stout
S Western Kentucky
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CHI)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Shaq Mason
OG
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA
Stout should have been long gone. The Bears pounced, and earned a A-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Upton Stout got past him. The Bears do not have to explain a thing at pick No. 233. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If Griffith pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Shaq Mason gives the group a proven body among the projects.

A strong weekend's work, and a rare one to find this little fault with.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
In the 19th overall pick they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
A quiet steal in pick 39: Tate Ratledge for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick41 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A reasonable price with a little left over, Tyler Booker in No. 41. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick72 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Circle this one: Kaleb Johnson at pick No. 72 is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick147 Rnd5 Jay Higgins
They robbed the room for Jay Higgins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick197 Rnd6 Connor Colby
Connor Colby at Round 6, Pick 22 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick233 Rnd7 Upton Stout
Upton Stout in the Round 7 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick244 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith in slot 244 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.