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  • Ian's pole DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CHI)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CHI)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CHI)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (GB)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (GB)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (GB)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jayden Reed
WR
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
Mondon Jr. should have been long gone. The Bears pounced, and earned a A-.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Bears were there to profit. Smael Mondon Jr., the No. 99 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 193rd overall pick.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it. The cost of the Majors reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

In the end it comes back to Jack Sawyer, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
In the 23rd pick they get a disruptor off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge slipping to pick No. 39 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick41 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
By-the-book stuff, Xavier Watts at the Round 2 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick72 Rnd3 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at slot 72 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick147 Rnd5 Luke Kandra
They robbed the room for Luke Kandra here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick193 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
They will replay Smael Mondon Jr. at No. 193 for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick233 Rnd7 Connor Colby
Connor Colby at Round 7, Pick 17 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick240 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
Trevor Etienne at the 240th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.