BEARS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Chicago Bears

The Bears checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

by LOMBARDI · 2026 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 4 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B
Future B-

The Bears bet big and early on Dasan McCullough, 67 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. Hecht at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.31 · Pick 31 · Peter Woods · DT · rank 30
In Round 1, Pick 31 they get a wrecking ball inside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.28 · Pick 60 · A.J. Haulcy · S · rank 50
Quietly one of the better values of the day, A.J. Haulcy at the 60th overall pick. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.30 · Pick 62 · Jacob Rodriguez · LB · rank 51
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 62, where Jacob Rodriguez graded well above the range. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 89
No drama and no debate, Ted Hurst went about where he belonged in the 89th pick. It fills a real need, too.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Mason Reiger · LB-EDGE · rank 150
Mason Reiger at No. 95 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Sam Hecht · C · rank 92
Sam Hecht is a better player than slot 108 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 138
They jumped the gun on DeMonte Capehart, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.30 · Pick 170 · Kaleb Elarms-Orr · LB · rank 183
A reach for Kaleb Elarms-Orr in Round 5, Pick 30; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.10 · Pick 191 · VJ Payne · S · rank 201
They liked VJ Payne enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 191. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.17 · Pick 198 · Ephesians Prysock · CB · rank 192
Ephesians Prysock in the Round 6 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.23 · Pick 239 · Thaddeus Dixon · CB · rank 229
They let Thaddeus Dixon come to them and pounced at pick No. 239. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.25 · Pick 241 · Fa'alili Fa'amoe · OT · rank 257
They paid a round early for Fa'alili Fa'amoe in pick 241, more than the board wanted. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.40 · Pick 256 · Dasan McCullough · LB-EDGE · rank 323
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dasan McCullough this early at slot 256. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
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