Bears 24'S MOCK DRAFT

MOCKS

  • Bears 24 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (HOU)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Ethan Driskell Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ethan Driskell
OT Marshall
Devin Culp Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Devin Culp
TE Washington
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B- to prove it.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Cornelius Johnson, the No. 160 name on the board, sitting there at Round 6, Pick 14 like a gift left on the doorstep. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

Reaching for Culp left real value on the table behind him. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
No edge and no loss on Edgerrin Cooper in No. 42; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick59 Rnd2 Roman Wilson
They let Roman Wilson come to them and pounced at the 59th pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick86 Rnd3 Maason Smith
This one needs a full-page explanation: Maason Smith in the 86th pick, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cam Hart
A tidy bit of business in Round 4, Pick 23, where Cam Hart graded well above the range. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick127 Rnd4 Audric Estime
A tidy little value on Audric Estime in the Round 4 slot, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick188 Rnd6 Sione Vaki
Sione Vaki in pick 188 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick189 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
The board fumbled Cornelius Johnson all the way to pick No. 189, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick238 Rnd7 Ethan Driskell
A conviction pick on Ethan Driskell at the 238th overall pick that the board grades a round light. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick247 Rnd7 Devin Culp
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Devin Culp. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.