tuirseach'S MOCK DRAFT

Absurd Drops

  • tuirseach DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (CHI)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (CHI)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CHI)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CHI)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CHI)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jake Majors
C Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (ATL)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Players Gained
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Alex Leatherwood
OT
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Ryan Neuzil
OG
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall A-
ValueA NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
The Bears won the night they stopped Harris from sliding. Grade: A-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Tre Harris had no business being available in the 233rd pick, and the Bears did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. For all the activity, linebacker went untouched, which is hard to explain. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

It is a haul that will look even better come September.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Princely Umanmielen
Steal is underselling it; Princely Umanmielen at the 39th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick55 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
They will replay Ashton Jeanty at pick 55 for years; that is how good the value is. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick72 Rnd3 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum in Round 3, Pick 8 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick86 Rnd3 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen in No. 86 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick147 Rnd5 Cam Ward
They robbed the room for Cam Ward here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick193 Rnd6 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild at the 193rd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick197 Rnd6 Jake Majors
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Jake Majors in slot 197, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick233 Rnd7 Tre Harris
A wide receiver of that caliber at slot 233 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick240 Rnd7 Trey Amos
Trey Amos at pick 240 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.