brenzev'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • brenzev DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (CHI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (CHI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CHI)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (CHI)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Theo Wease Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CHI)
Theo Wease
WR Missouri
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (CHI)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Draft Picks Received
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (NYG)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYG)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYG)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (WSH)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Players Gained
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Jonathan Allen
DT
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Kayvon Thibodeaux
EDGE
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA
The Bears turned the phones into found money: 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. Just about everything broke right, and the A- follows.

They are betting Frazier proves the room right and everyone else wrong. However the rest shakes out, Wease at that price is a win they earned.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up. The Bears clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In Round 1, Pick 5 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
Pick10 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In the 10th pick they get a bendy edge with upside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick37 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
They took Keon Coleman at par in slot 37, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
Pick74 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
They paid sticker price for Sedrick Van Pran in the 74th overall pick, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
Pick110 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brenden Rice. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick126 Rnd4 Cade Stover
Cade Stover at pick No. 126 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick147 Rnd5 Theo Wease
A quiet steal in the Round 5 slot: Theo Wease for less than the market said. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick188 Rnd6 Miles Frazier
Miles Frazier at No. 188 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jordan Jefferson
A premium they did not need to pay, Jordan Jefferson a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.