Somebody took the Bears to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. Put together, it is a D-.

Whatever Caleb Williams becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Reaching for Smith left real value on the table behind him.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.