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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CHI)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CHI)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jonah Monheim
C USC
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (CHI)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bears let Smith fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Call it larceny. Brashard Smith sat on the board until pick No. 155, and the Bears did not need to be asked twice.

They will need Monheim to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick 18 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Walter Nolen reach slot 33 and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick50 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Circle this one: Tate Ratledge at the 50th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick82 Rnd3 Jonah Monheim
They reached a country mile for Jonah Monheim at pick No. 82, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick155 Rnd5 Brashard Smith
Brashard Smith in the Round 5 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.