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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (CHI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (CHI)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CHI)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Mac McWilliams Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CHI)
Mac McWilliams
CB UCF
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (KC)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (KC)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (KC)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Skyy Moore
WR
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureB
The Bears robbed the room for Watts. Final grade: B+.

Every other box got a look, but edge rusher did not. The Bears will head to camp with the same hole they walked in with. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

Watts falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The cost of the Ersery reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made. The Skyy Moore pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick 10 they get a lead back with juice. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
A conviction pick on Aireontae Ersery at No. 39 that the board grades a round light. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick63 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
The board fumbled Xavier Watts all the way to the 63rd overall pick, and they scooped it up. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick72 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
They took Isaiah Bond at par in pick No. 72, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick133 Rnd4 Cody Simon
Cody Simon at Round 4, Pick 31 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick148 Rnd5 Riley Leonard
Riley Leonard at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick233 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cam Jackson. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick240 Rnd7 Mac McWilliams
Mac McWilliams in pick 240 is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.