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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CHI)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (CHI)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (CHI)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CHI)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (CHI)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (CHI)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (CHI)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bears let Paul Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The Bears spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Chris Paul Jr., the No. 111 name on the board, in pick 204. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

Clark has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the Round 1 slot they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick40 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A conviction pick on Tyler Booker at Round 2, Pick 8 that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick48 Rnd2 Grey Zabel
A real head-scratcher, Grey Zabel in No. 48 is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick79 Rnd3 Tyleik Williams
Tyleik Williams slipping to pick No. 79 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick154 Rnd5 TreVeyon Henderson
You do not let a running back like TreVeyon Henderson reach the 154th pick and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick204 Rnd6 Chris Paul Jr.
They will replay Chris Paul Jr. at the 204th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
Pick228 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in pick 228 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick243 Rnd7 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at slot 243 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.