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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CHI)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Nic Scourton Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CHI)
Nic Scourton
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CHI)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (CHI)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CHI)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Ja'Quinden Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (CHI)
Ja'Quinden Jackson
RB Arkansas
Jaishawn Barham Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jaishawn Barham
LB Michigan
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Jackson should have been long gone. The Bears pounced, and earned a B-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Ja'Quinden Jackson got past him. The Bears do not have to explain a thing at the Round 7 slot. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

They will need Lacy to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Will Campbell
A reach on Will Campbell in pick No. 12; the board had better options right there. The roster fit checks out.
Pick40 Rnd2 Nic Scourton
They paid up for Nic Scourton at pick 40 when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick43 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Value with a capital V on Tate Ratledge in No. 43, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick74 Rnd3 Tyleik Williams
Good price on Tyleik Williams in slot 74, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick150 Rnd5 Parker Brailsford
A slide stopped in Round 5, Pick 12, with Parker Brailsford worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick203 Rnd6 Kyren Lacy
They reached into another round for Kyren Lacy, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick228 Rnd7 Ja'Quinden Jackson
Ja'Quinden Jackson in the 228th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jaishawn Barham
Jaishawn Barham at the Round 7 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.