gsukjdakid'S MOCK DRAFT

Mock Draft 1.0

  • gsukjdakid DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bears cashed the board's mistake on Pearce Jr.: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. James Pearce Jr. had no business being available in pick 41, and the Bears did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The cost of the Hampton reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Omarion Hampton
Value said wait; Omarion Hampton in the 10th overall pick says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
A straight-up fair deal on Aireontae Ersery at No. 39, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Pick41 Rnd2 James Pearce Jr.
The board fumbled James Pearce Jr. all the way to Round 2, Pick 9, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick72 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins at pick No. 72 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.