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Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CHI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (CHI)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (CHI)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureD-
The Bears fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Bears spent the 75th overall pick on Cedric Johnson, a name most had 71 spots down the list.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Goncalves falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 1 they get a weapon on the perimeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick9 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the 9th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick41 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
They reached into another round for Byron Murphy II, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick75 Rnd3 Cedric Johnson
Cedric Johnson at the Round 3 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick110 Rnd4 Layden Robinson
Layden Robinson at slot 110 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick127 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
Steal is underselling it; Matt Goncalves at No. 127 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick146 Rnd5 T.J. Sanders
A big swing on T.J. Sanders at Round 5, Pick 10, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick186 Rnd6 Sheridan Jones
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Sheridan Jones well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick232 Rnd7 Jake Briningstool
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jake Briningstool this early at pick 232. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.