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Draft Selections
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (CHI)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CHI)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (CHI)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CHI)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (IND)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (LAR)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Draft Picks Traded
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (IND)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Players traded away
Head Shot
Tyrique Stevenson
CB
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bears for Brooks: C+.

When a board-topper like Tahj Brooks slides to pick No. 233, you do not overthink it, and the Bears did not. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.

The Trapilo reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere.

The linebacker hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Will Johnson
In pick No. 10 they get a press-man option on the boundary. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker at slot 39 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick41 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
They went early on JT Tuimoloau in the 41st pick, and the value did not follow. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick72 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson at pick 72 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick90 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
They reached into another round for Ozzy Trapilo, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jaylin Noel
Jaylin Noel in No. 115 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick125 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
Steal is underselling it; Gunnar Helm at the 125th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick193 Rnd6 Jake Majors
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It fills a real need, too.
Pick233 Rnd7 Tahj Brooks
You do not let a running back like Tahj Brooks reach slot 233 and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick240 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
A wild overpay on Thor Griffith in pick No. 240, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.