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gp'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 9, 2026

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  • gp DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bears
Draft Selections
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (CHI)
Caleb Banks
DL Florida
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CHI)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Blake Miller Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CHI)
Blake Miller
OT Clemson
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Max Llewellyn Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (CHI)
Max Llewellyn
DE-EDGE Iowa
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (CHI)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (CHI)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BUF)
Caleb Banks
DL Florida
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (BUF)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (BUF)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesC+ FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bears for Slaughter: B-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Jake Slaughter got past him. The Bears do not have to explain a thing at Round 3, Pick 25. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

Every board in the league had Llewellyn lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Caleb Banks
In No. 26 they get a disruptive interior force, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick57 Rnd2 Dillon Thieneman
Dillon Thieneman in the 57th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick60 Rnd2 Blake Miller
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Blake Miller at Round 2, Pick 28 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jake Slaughter
The board fumbled Jake Slaughter all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick129 Rnd4 Max Llewellyn
Value said wait; Max Llewellyn in pick No. 129 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jeff Caldwell
They robbed the room for Jeff Caldwell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick239 Rnd7 Thaddeus Dixon
Circle this one: Thaddeus Dixon at the 239th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick241 Rnd7 Miles Kitselman
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Miles Kitselman in pick 241. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.