Danalog'S MOCK DRAFT
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Danalog'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 1, 2026

Draft 9

  • Danalog DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CHI)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Gabe Jacas Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CHI)
Gabe Jacas
LB-EDGE Illinois
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Kamari Ramsey Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Kamari Ramsey
S USC
Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (CHI)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Zavion Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (CHI)
Zavion Thomas
WR LSU
Jaren Kanak Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jaren Kanak
TE Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bears robbed the room for Rivers. Final grade: B-.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Chandler Rivers tumbling to the Bears in pick 129 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Ramsey pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots still on the board.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Dillon Thieneman
In the 25th overall pick they get a downhill hitter at safety, though they paid up to get him. Need was not the driver here.
Pick57 Rnd2 Gabe Jacas
Nothing to complain about; Gabe Jacas went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jake Slaughter
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 28 with a little surplus value in Jake Slaughter. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Kamari Ramsey
A curious use of the Round 3 slot. Interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots needed the pick; a safety in Kamari Ramsey did not.
Pick129 Rnd4 Chandler Rivers
Steal is underselling it; Chandler Rivers at No. 129 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick239 Rnd7 Zavion Thomas
Value with a capital V on Zavion Thomas in pick No. 239, a genuine coup. The roster fit checks out.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jaren Kanak
Jaren Kanak slipping to pick 241 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It adds depth where they could use a little.