DA BEARS 'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CHI)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (CHI)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (CHI)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CHI)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (CHI)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (CHI)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bears: B-.

Nobody had David Walker this high, and it is not close. The Bears reached 101 spots to get him at the Round 3 slot.

They banked enough surplus on Slaughter to cover a lot of smaller sins. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
Nothing to complain about; Walter Nolen went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick40 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge slid further than he should have, and slot 40 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick48 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild at Round 2, Pick 16 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick79 Rnd3 David Walker
David Walker at pick 79 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick154 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They took Dont'e Thornton Jr. at par in the Round 5 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick204 Rnd6 Kevin Winston Jr.
Nice patience on Kevin Winston Jr., who had no business lasting to pick No. 204. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick228 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at Round 7, Pick 14 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick243 Rnd7 Jake Slaughter
You do not let an offensive lineman like Jake Slaughter reach the 243rd pick and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.