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Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (CHI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (CHI)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (CHI)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (CHI)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (CHI)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CHI)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Draft Picks Received
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (LAC)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LAC)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Derwin James Jr.
S
Players traded away
Head Shot
Justin Fields
QB
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesC- FutureA+
Maye is the Bears' new face under center. Grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jer'Zhan Newton had no business being available in pick 75, and the Bears did the only sane thing and turned in the card. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

Everything downstream of Drake Maye depends on Drake Maye, and the building knows it. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want.

Frazier has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In slot 5 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick9 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick No. 9 they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 Laiatu Latu
Laiatu Latu at the 37th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick43 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
This one needs a full-page explanation: Zach Frazier in pick No. 43, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
Pick69 Rnd3 Javon Bullard
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 3 slot with a little surplus value in Javon Bullard. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick75 Rnd3 Jer'Zhan Newton
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at slot 75 is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick82 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson at Round 3, Pick 18 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick110 Rnd4 Bucky Irving
Bucky Irving is a better player than the 110th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick117 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
A quiet steal in No. 117: Dominick Puni for less than the market said. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick122 Rnd4 DJ James
Quietly one of the better values of the day, DJ James at pick 122. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick146 Rnd5 Dallin Holker
Dallin Holker at the 146th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.