The Bears bet big and early on Mikail Kamara, 42 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Igbinosun.
They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.
A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.10
· Pick 10
· Jeremiyah Love
· RB
· rank 2
In pick No. 10 they get a bell-cow for the offense at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.28
· Pick 60
· Lee Hunter
· DT
· rank 48
Lee Hunter in pick 60 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.30
· Pick 62
· Jake Slaughter
· C
· rank 55
Jake Slaughter at the Round 2 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.8
· Pick 72
· Jacob Rodriguez
· LB
· rank 72
Jacob Rodriguez at slot 72 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.25
· Pick 89
· Kamari Ramsey
· S
· rank 74
Kamari Ramsey at the 89th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.11
· Pick 111
· Mikail Kamara
· DE-EDGE
· rank 153
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Mikail Kamara well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.29
· Pick 129
· Davison Igbinosun
· CB
· rank 113
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Davison Igbinosun at pick No. 129 is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.23
· Pick 239
· Kaden Wetjen
· WR
· rank 223
Kaden Wetjen is a better player than the 239th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.25
· Pick 241
· Fa'alili Fa'amoe
· OT
· rank 245
They took Fa'alili Fa'amoe at par in the 241st overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.40
· Pick 256
· Robert Spears-Jennings
· S
· rank 256
No drama and no debate, Robert Spears-Jennings went about where he belonged in No. 256. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.