K'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (CHI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (CHI)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (CHI)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (CHI)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (CHI)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (ARI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Bears won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Bears were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. No fireworks, but a solid B.

Randolph Jr. has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
Malik Nabers at No. 4 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
Pick9 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In slot 9 they get protection for the quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick27 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In pick 27 they get a ballhawk on the outside, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
A conviction pick on J.J. McCarthy at Round 2, Pick 3 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick66 Rnd3 Javon Bullard
Javon Bullard in the 66th pick is fair value, right on his grade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick71 Rnd3 Blake Corum
No drama and no debate, Blake Corum went about where he belonged in the Round 3 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick75 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
A reach for Sedrick Van Pran in pick No. 75; a little patience would have been rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick110 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
Justin Eboigbe at the 110th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick122 Rnd4 Keith Randolph Jr.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Keith Randolph Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick146 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson in slot 146 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.