DORNO'S MOCK DRAFT

DA BEERS

  • DORNO DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CHI)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (CHI)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (CHI)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (CHI)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (LV)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (NYG)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Players Gained
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Dylan Parham
OG
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John Michael Schmitz Jr.
C
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
Nobody dealt better than the Bears this weekend: A-.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Bears came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.

They are betting Cowing proves the room right and everyone else wrong. It is not that Hicks is a bad player; it is that the Bears had louder needs to answer first. Hadden at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
By-the-book stuff, Rome Odunze at Round 1, Pick 9 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick13 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In pick No. 13 they get a premier pass rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan at the Round 2 slot is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick44 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson at No. 44 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick47 Rnd2 Kris Jenkins
They took Kris Jenkins at par in pick 47, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick75 Rnd3 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper is a better player than the 75th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick110 Rnd4 Beau Brade
No edge and no loss on Beau Brade in the 110th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jaden Hicks
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went safety with Jaden Hicks while clear needs at interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots sat open.
Pick146 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Value with a capital V on Kamal Hadden in slot 146, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jacob Cowing
They reached into another round for Jacob Cowing, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.