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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (CHI)
James Pearce Jr.
DE Tennessee
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CHI)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (CHI)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CHI)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CHI)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CHI)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (KC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (KC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (KC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (IND)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
Players Gained
Head Shot
Darren Hall
CB
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureB-
Taylor should have been long gone. The Bears pounced, and earned a B+.

The Bears did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Mason Taylor fell into the 203rd overall pick. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In slot 9 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 James Pearce Jr.
James Pearce Jr. in the 35th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick41 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge slipping to No. 41 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick95 Rnd3 Jake Majors
By-the-book stuff, Jake Majors at Round 3, Pick 31 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Pick117 Rnd4 Ajani Cornelius
They read the board right and Ajani Cornelius was the payoff at the Round 4 slot. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick132 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at the 132nd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick146 Rnd5 Deontae Lawson
The board fumbled Deontae Lawson all the way to pick 146, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick203 Rnd6 Mason Taylor
Mason Taylor in pick No. 203 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick227 Rnd7 Miles Frazier
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Miles Frazier in slot 227. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick244 Rnd7 Xavier Nwankpa
Steal is underselling it; Xavier Nwankpa at pick No. 244 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.