0987'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • 0987 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (CHI)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (CHI)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (CHI)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (LV)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (WSH)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Josh Jacobs
RB
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Justin Jefferson
WR
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Jakobi Meyers
WR
Players traded away
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D'Onta Foreman
RB
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Justin Fields
QB
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureC+
A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a B+ weekend for the Bears.

Start where it matters. The Bears took Jayden Daniels to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The Schrader value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In slot 9 they get their quarterback of the future. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
They did well to land Quinyon Mitchell in the 36th pick, just ahead of his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick75 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes at Round 3, Pick 11 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick110 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Fair-plus on Dominick Puni, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick122 Rnd4 Max Melton
They let Max Melton come to them and pounced at pick 122. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick146 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
A reach for Keith Randolph Jr. in No. 146; a little patience would have been rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick150 Rnd5 Austin Booker
A premium they did not need to pay, Austin Booker a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick190 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
Taking Cody Schrader in the 190th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.