Ryan Poles Burner'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (CHI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (CHI)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Draft Picks Received
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (HOU)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (HOU)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesC+ FutureC
The Bears robbed the room for Hampton. Final grade: B-.

The board owed the Bears one, and it paid up: Omarion Hampton, the No. 19 name on the board, sitting there at slot 55 like a gift left on the doorstep. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They are betting Ersery proves the room right and everyone else wrong. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In the Round 1 slot they get a blindside protector, a steep price for the projection.
Pick39 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kenneth Grant at pick 39 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick41 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
A slide stopped in Round 2, Pick 9, with Tate Ratledge worth more than the price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick55 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at No. 55 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick72 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts in slot 72 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick122 Rnd4 Jake Majors
The board fumbled Jake Majors all the way to the 122nd pick, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.