Ryan Poles Burner'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CHI)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (CHI)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (CHI)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (CHI)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (BAL)
TO PICK
 
Players Gained
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Danny Pinter
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Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureA
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bears for Taylor: B+.

The Bears did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Mason Taylor fell into pick 127.

They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it. They will need Henderson to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In pick 25 they get a premier pass rusher, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
A premium they did not need to pay, Aireontae Ersery a notch or two before his time. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick41 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
They paid up for TreVeyon Henderson at the Round 2 slot when waiting would have done the job. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick58 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Alfred Collins. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick72 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They barely believed it either: Xavier Watts still on the board at slot 72. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick80 Rnd3 Jack Bech
A quiet steal in pick No. 80: Jack Bech for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick127 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
Circle this one: Mason Taylor at the 127th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at Round 5, Pick 10 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick176 Rnd5 Jay Higgins
They robbed the room for Jay Higgins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.