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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CHI)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
DB Alabama
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (CHI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (CHI)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CHI)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CHI)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (CHI)
Khyree Jackson
DB Oregon
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (CHI)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CHI)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (CHI)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (CHI)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Zion Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (CHI)
Zion Nelson
OT Miami (FL)
Draft Picks Received
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Khyree Jackson
DB Oregon
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Zion Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Zion Nelson
OT Miami (FL)
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (DET)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DET)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Nate Sudfeld
QB
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedC+ TradesB+ FutureC-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bears for Smith: C+.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Bears were there to profit. Ainias Smith, the No. 175 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick No. 225. The final tally is a middling C+.

If Robinson pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. With cornerback and linebacker unsolved, spending premium capital on defensive back is the choice that costs them. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

If Kool-Aid McKinstry and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
A surprising call. With cornerback and linebacker still to address, they spent No. 1 on Kool-Aid McKinstry, a defensive back they were not short of.
Pick4 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
By-the-book stuff, Malik Nabers at the 4th pick squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick68 Rnd3 Michael Pratt
This one needs a full-page explanation: Michael Pratt in the 68th overall pick, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick81 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
A straight-up fair deal on Zak Zinter at the Round 3 slot, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Pick104 Rnd4 Darius Robinson
Darius Robinson at slot 104 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick130 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
A curious use of pick 130. Cornerback and linebacker needed the pick; a defensive back in Khyree Jackson did not.
Pick141 Rnd5 T.J. Sanders
A conviction pick on T.J. Sanders at Round 5, Pick 5 that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick154 Rnd5 MarShawn Lloyd
MarShawn Lloyd is a better player than pick No. 154 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick182 Rnd6 Nelson Ceaser
Value said wait; Nelson Ceaser in No. 182 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick225 Rnd7 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith in slot 225 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick251 Rnd7 Zion Nelson
No drama and no debate, Zion Nelson went about where he belonged in pick No. 251. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.