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Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CHI)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CHI)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CHI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CHI)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CHI)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CHI)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CHI)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CHI)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (IND)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CAR)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (DEN)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Draft Picks Traded
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CAR)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (IND)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DEN)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Bryson Eason Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (DEN)
Bryson Eason
DT Tennessee
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jarrett Kingston
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Keenan Allen
WR
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA- FutureB-
The Bears let Arroyo fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Bears watched Elijah Arroyo slide 35 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

Reaching for Jackson left real value on the table behind him. The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Josh Simmons
Josh Simmons at the Round 1 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick39 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton slipping to Round 2, Pick 7 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick41 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
JT Tuimoloau in pick 41 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick57 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
They reached into another round for Donovan Jackson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick80 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts in slot 80 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick115 Rnd4 Elijah Arroyo
They robbed the room for Elijah Arroyo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick147 Rnd5 Pat Bryant
Pat Bryant in the 147th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick162 Rnd5 Rylie Mills
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Rylie Mills reach No. 162 and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick193 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at No. 193 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick195 Rnd6 Connor Colby
Connor Colby at slot 195 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The roster fit checks out.