You build a draft on nights like this. Jordyn Tyson had no business being available in pick No. 246, and the Bears did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and running back is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Kadyn Proctor
· OT
· rank 14
In the 25th overall pick they get a blindside protector, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.16
· Pick 48
· David Bailey
· LB-EDGE
· rank 5
David Bailey in Round 2, Pick 16 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Spencer Fano
· OT
· rank 10
The board fumbled Spencer Fano all the way to slot 57, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.30
· Pick 62
· Fernando Mendoza
· QB
· rank 4
Fernando Mendoza at No. 62 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.15
· Pick 79
· Kayden McDonald
· DT
· rank 20
They will replay Kayden McDonald at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.25
· Pick 89
· Sonny Styles
· LB
· rank 21
They robbed the room for Sonny Styles here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.29
· Pick 129
· Dillon Thieneman
· S
· rank 35
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Dillon Thieneman in the 129th pick, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
R7.23
· Pick 239
· Connor Lew
· C
· rank 82
Somehow Connor Lew was still sitting there in pick 239, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.25
· Pick 241
· Jermod McCoy
· CB
· rank 18
Steal is underselling it; Jermod McCoy at Round 7, Pick 25 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.30
· Pick 246
· Jordyn Tyson
· WR
· rank 9
Taking Jordyn Tyson in pick 246 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.40
· Pick 256
· Tyreak Sapp
· DE-EDGE
· rank 134
A edge rusher of that caliber at slot 256 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.