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Draft Selections
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CHI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CHI)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CHI)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LV)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
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Justin Fields
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Draft Grade — Bears
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB
A passer of the future in Williams, and a D, for the Bears.

The Bears lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.

They have staked the next five years on Caleb Williams, which is the only story that really matters here. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Zinter has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Landing Fuaga that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In slot 1 they get their quarterback of the future at fair value.
Pick9 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
In the 9th pick they get a true top target at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
They robbed the room for Taliese Fuaga here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick75 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick110 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at pick 110 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick122 Rnd4 Jacob Cowing
Jacob Cowing in No. 122 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick146 Rnd5 Cam Hart
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Cam Hart at the 146th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.