B
Chicago Bears
The Bears let Jones fall and pounced. Final grade: B.
by Khoston1999 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
The board owed the Bears one, and it paid up: Logan Jones, the No. 91 name on the board, sitting there at No. 129 like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. The Willis reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.
They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get juice off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Joshua Josephs at the 57th overall pick is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A.J. Haulcy is a better player than pick No. 60 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
No edge and no loss on Bryce Lance in Round 3, Pick 25; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They will replay Logan Jones at No. 129 for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 7 slot with a little surplus value in Lander Barton. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They reached a country mile for Carver Willis at the 241st pick, and the board is aghast. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.