C
Chicago Bears
The Bears landed square in the muddy middle: C.
by NateDogg947 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 19 picks
· 2 steals
· 11 reaches
The rest of the league had time to spare on Frank Gore Jr.; the Bears did not wait, grabbing him 100 spots ahead at the 154th overall pick. The final tally is a middling C.
The Chestnut steal is the beam this whole class leans on. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.
They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.
It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup problem out wide. A clean fit for the roster.
In Round 1, Pick 5 they get a security blanket over the middle at fair value. More want than need.
Troy Fautanu at slot 37 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
Sedrick Van Pran at pick No. 68 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A quiet steal in No. 69: Cooper DeJean for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Brenden Rice at pick 95 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Donovan Jackson in pick No. 100 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
The board had cheaper options than Tate Ratledge at the 105th pick, and it noticed. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Justin Rogers at pick 117 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They liked Shemar Turner enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 126. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A conviction pick on Payton Wilson at the Round 4 slot that the board grades a round light. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
T.J. Sanders in slot 132 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Ray Davis in Round 4, Pick 34 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Value said wait; Malachi Moore in the 142nd overall pick says they were not listening. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Frank Gore Jr. at No. 154 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A reach on Fabien Lovett in the Round 5 slot; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Michael Barrett. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They robbed the room for Duce Chestnut here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A big swing on Stefon Thompson at pick No. 234, well ahead of any board in the building. Not a spot anyone had flagged, which makes it a head-scratcher.