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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CHI)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (CHI)
James Pearce Jr.
DE Tennessee
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CHI)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CHI)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CHI)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CHI)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Ben Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CHI)
Ben Yurosek
TE Georgia
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bears for Neal: B.

You could see the war room lean forward. Devin Neal at slot 203 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

Reaching for Jackson left real value on the table behind him. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In pick No. 11 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
They read the board right and Tate Ratledge was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 7. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick42 Rnd2 James Pearce Jr.
James Pearce Jr. in pick 42 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick73 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
The board fumbled Ozzy Trapilo all the way to the 73rd pick, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick148 Rnd5 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in slot 148 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick203 Rnd6 Devin Neal
Devin Neal at No. 203 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick226 Rnd7 Kevin Winston Jr.
A safety of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick244 Rnd7 Ben Yurosek
Somehow Ben Yurosek was still sitting there in the 244th overall pick, and they pounced on premier tight end value. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.