You can hear the double-takes from here. The Bears took Caleb Banks at pick 25, roughly 25 spots before his name belonged. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. On the needs board they went 1 of 8, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

If Caleb Banks and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.