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Draft Selections
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (CHI)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CHI)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (CHI)
Patrick Payton
DE-EDGE Florida State
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (CHI)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CHI)
Rylie Mills
DT Notre Dame
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CHI)
Will Sheppard
WR Colorado
Hunter Wohler Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CHI)
Hunter Wohler
S Wisconsin
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (CHI)
Thor Griffith
DT Louisville
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Bears.

For all the names on the card, the loudest question went unanswered. The Bears walked out of the weekend still thin at running back, a hole that has a way of deciding seasons. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

They are betting Sheppard proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Johnson at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Will Johnson
In pick No. 20 they get a potential shutdown corner, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Mykel Williams
Mykel Williams at the 33rd overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick52 Rnd2 Patrick Payton
Patrick Payton in Round 2, Pick 20 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick84 Rnd3 Clay Webb
They paid sticker price for Clay Webb in pick 84, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick110 Rnd4 Wyatt Milum
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Wyatt Milum. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick116 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
They took Rylie Mills at par in the Round 4 slot, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Will Sheppard
Will Sheppard in the 148th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick180 Rnd6 Hunter Wohler
Hunter Wohler in slot 180 is fair value, right on his grade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick182 Rnd6 Thor Griffith
They jumped the gun on Thor Griffith, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.