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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CHI)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (CHI)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bears cashed the board's mistake on Walker: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jalon Walker slide, and the Bears were the ones holding the card at the 72nd pick. Highway robbery. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

The Thornton Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Interior defensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In pick No. 10 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value.
Pick39 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
They will replay Walter Nolen at slot 39 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick41 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori in pick 41 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick72 Rnd3 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick149 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 149th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick197 Rnd6 Bhayshul Tuten
You do not let a running back like Bhayshul Tuten reach No. 197 and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.