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Chicago Bears

The Bears won the night they stopped Lew from sliding. Grade: B-.

by Ian's pole · 2026 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 9 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future D-

The Bears ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

Getting Lew where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The Dennis-Sutton reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Arvell Reese · LB · rank 7
In pick 2 they get the heartbeat of the defense. A real need, handled.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 33, where Sonny Styles graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Emmanuel McNeil-Warren · S · rank 51
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Caleb Banks · DL · rank 41
Caleb Banks slid further than he should have, and the 57th overall pick is lovely value for the interior defensive lineman. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.28 · Pick 60 · Josiah Trotter · LB · rank 57
Josiah Trotter at Round 2, Pick 28 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.30 · Pick 62 · Dani Dennis-Sutton · DE-EDGE · rank 83
Dani Dennis-Sutton at the 62nd pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Jacob Rodriguez · LB · rank 72
Value with a capital V on Jacob Rodriguez in No. 89, a genuine coup. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Connor Lew · C · rank 82
Connor Lew in the 103rd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Chris McClellan · DT · rank 141
They paid a round early for Chris McClellan in the 129th overall pick, more than the board wanted. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.40 · Pick 140 · Will Lee III · CB · rank 124
A slide stopped in pick No. 140, with Will Lee III worth more than the price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.39 · Pick 179 · Aamil Wagner · OT · rank 171
They let Aamil Wagner come to them and pounced at slot 179. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.12 · Pick 228 · TJ Hall · CB · rank 220
TJ Hall at pick 228 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.23 · Pick 239 · Thaddeus Dixon · CB · rank 218
Taking Thaddeus Dixon in Round 7, Pick 23 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.25 · Pick 241 · Jaren Kanak · TE · rank 225
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jaren Kanak at the Round 7 slot is the proof. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.26 · Pick 242 · Jaydn Ott · RB · rank 236
A tidy little value on Jaydn Ott in the 242nd pick, a step better than break-even. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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