KickDerButkus51'S MOCK DRAFT
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KickDerButkus51'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 22, 2026

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  • KickDerButkus51 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (CHI)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (CHI)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Jadarian Price Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jadarian Price
RB Notre Dame
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CHI)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Jalon Kilgore
S South Carolina
Eric Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CHI)
Eric Rivers
WR Georgia Tech
DJ Harvey Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CHI)
DJ Harvey
CB USC
Tosh Baker Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (CHI)
Tosh Baker
OT Notre Dame
Ethan O'Connor Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (CHI)
Ethan O'Connor
CB Miami
Draft Picks Received
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (NE)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (NE)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (NE)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jalon Kilgore
S South Carolina
DJ Harvey Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (NE)
DJ Harvey
CB USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Romello Height Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (NE)
Romello Height
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Tyreak Sapp Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyreak Sapp
DE-EDGE Florida
Demond Claiborne Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (LV)
Demond Claiborne
RB Wake Forest
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kayshon Boutte
WR
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Bears cashed the board's mistake on Lawson: B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Deontae Lawson had no business being available in pick No. 94, and the Bears did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The Bears indulged a want in Kilgore while a need in edge rusher and quarterback stayed open.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kayden McDonald
A tidy little value on Kayden McDonald in the Round 1 slot, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick62 Rnd2 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in the 62nd pick is fair value, right on his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jadarian Price
Jadarian Price at pick 89 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.
Pick94 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
Steal is underselling it; Deontae Lawson at the 94th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick110 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jalon Kilgore adds a safety and leaves edge rusher and quarterback untouched.
Pick163 Rnd5 Eric Rivers
Eric Rivers in Round 5, Pick 25 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick200 Rnd6 DJ Harvey
They read the board right and DJ Harvey was the payoff at pick No. 200. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick239 Rnd7 Tosh Baker
Tosh Baker at No. 239 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ethan O'Connor
Ethan O'Connor at the 241st pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.