B
Chicago Bears
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bears for Bisontis: B.
by Hutchens84 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Chase Bisontis tumbling to the Bears in the 89th pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The cost of the Rucci reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
The trade work was a quiet net positive.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
They did well to land Kayden McDonald in pick 25, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
You do not let a linebacker like CJ Allen reach pick No. 57 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A.J. Haulcy in No. 63 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It adds depth where they could use a little.
The board fumbled Chase Bisontis all the way to the 89th pick, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Malik Muhammad at the Round 4 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Trey Zuhn III at the 131st overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Fa'alili Fa'amoe at Round 7, Pick 23 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The roster fit checks out.
They reached into another round for Nolan Rucci, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.