B+
Chicago Bears
The Bears won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.
by BoriKings ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 9 steals
· 2 reaches
The war room fell hard for Eric O'Neill, and it showed at the 220th overall pick: 48 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.
The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. Hurst falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren slid further than he should have, and the 57th overall pick is lovely value for the safety. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Nice patience on Lee Hunter, who had no business lasting to slot 60. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Gennings Dunker at pick 62. The roster fit checks out.
They barely believed it either: Josiah Trotter still on the board at the 78th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Sam Hecht at pick No. 91 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They let Devin Moore come to them and pounced at the Round 4 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Taking Ted Hurst in the Round 4 slot is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Steal is underselling it; Emmett Johnson at slot 129 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Dametrious Crownover at pick No. 156 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Value said wait; Eric O'Neill in pick 220 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 23: Thaddeus Dixon for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Jack Kelly at the 241st overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
