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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CHI)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CHI)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CHI)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bears: B.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Bears did exactly that with Dont'e Thornton Jr. in pick 148.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Nolen. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In Round 1, Pick 10 they get an every-down engine for the run game. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori in No. 39 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick41 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
They barely believed it either: Walter Nolen still on the board at pick 41. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick72 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
No drama and no debate, Mason Taylor went about where he belonged in the 72nd pick. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick148 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 148th overall pick, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick233 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Jamon Dumas-Johnson in slot 233 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick240 Rnd7 Phil Mafah
A tidy bit of business in No. 240, where Phil Mafah graded well above the range. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.