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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jack Sawyer
DE Ohio State
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CHI)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CHI)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CHI)
David Bailey
LB Stanford
Hunter Wohler Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CHI)
Hunter Wohler
S Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bears let Singleton fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The Bears did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Nicholas Singleton fell into slot 203. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

Reaching for Cornelius left real value on the table behind him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In pick No. 9 they get a load in the middle. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Fair-plus on Tate Ratledge, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jack Sawyer
Jack Sawyer in Round 2, Pick 9 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick73 Rnd3 Ajani Cornelius
A real head-scratcher, Ajani Cornelius in slot 73 is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick146 Rnd5 Parker Brailsford
Parker Brailsford in the 146th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
Pick203 Rnd6 Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton in the Round 6 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick227 Rnd7 David Bailey
You do not let a linebacker like David Bailey reach No. 227 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick244 Rnd7 Hunter Wohler
They barely believed it either: Hunter Wohler still on the board at the 244th overall pick. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.