RICHARD64'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • RICHARD64 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CHI)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (CHI)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (CHI)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (IND)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Darnell Mooney
WR
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Justin Fields
QB
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall F
ValueB NeedB- TradesF FutureD
The Bears found their guy under center in Maye: F.

Somebody took the Bears to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. There is no dressing it up: a F.

Whatever Drake Maye becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The Stover pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman and running back still on the board.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left interior defensive lineman open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 1 they get a true top target at fair value.
Pick9 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In No. 9 they get their quarterback of the future. A real need, handled.
Pick35 Rnd2 Graham Barton
They did well to land Graham Barton in the Round 2 slot, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick46 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
A straight-up fair deal on Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 46th pick, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Pick75 Rnd3 D.J. James
D.J. James in slot 75 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick90 Rnd3 Cade Stover
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 90th overall pick on Cade Stover with interior defensive lineman and running back unsolved.
Pick110 Rnd4 Nelson Ceaser
They took Nelson Ceaser at par in pick 110, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick122 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop at pick No. 122 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick146 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
No drama and no debate, Ty'Ron Hopper went about where he belonged in the 146th pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.