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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CHI)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (CHI)
Kenneth Grant
DL Michigan
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CHI)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CHI)
Mykel Williams
DE Georgia
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CHI)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
LT Overton Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CHI)
LT Overton
DE Alabama
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CHI)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bears: B-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Bears spent the 73rd pick on Parker Brailsford, a name most had 65 spots down the list.

On value alone, Helm makes the weekend a net positive. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In pick No. 11 they get a blindside protector, though they paid up to get him. A real need, handled.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker at slot 39 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick42 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Good price on Kenneth Grant in the 42nd pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick73 Rnd3 Parker Brailsford
Parker Brailsford at Round 3, Pick 9 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick148 Rnd5 Mykel Williams
A premium they did not need to pay, Mykel Williams a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick203 Rnd6 Xavier Nwankpa
Somehow Xavier Nwankpa was still sitting there in No. 203, and they pounced on premier safety value. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick226 Rnd7 LT Overton
LT Overton in slot 226 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick244 Rnd7 Gunnar Helm
Circle this one: Gunnar Helm at Round 7, Pick 30 is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.