B
Chicago Bears
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Bears.
by tetaylo ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Treydan Stukes had no business being available in pick No. 111, and the Bears did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
They will need Randall to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, though they paid up to get him. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in pick No. 60 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
You do not let a linebacker like Anthony Hill Jr. reach pick 62 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Keylan Rutledge in Round 3, Pick 25 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Steal is underselling it; Treydan Stukes at pick No. 111 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kaleb Proctor. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A clean, defensible pick in No. 170 with a little surplus value in Caleb Douglas. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
John Michael Gyllenborg in the 239th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Adam Randall this early at the Round 7 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
By-the-book stuff, Nolan Rucci at slot 256 squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
