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Draft Grade — Bears
Overall
A-
ValueB
NeedB
TradesA+
FutureA+
Williams is the plan now, and the Bears grade out a A-. The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Nate Wiggins, pick No. 97, roughly 71 picks past where he belonged.
The whole projection now runs through Caleb Williams; hit there and everything else looks smarter. Every board in the league had Barner lower, and that gap is the story.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.
Pick Analysis
Pick1
Rnd1
Caleb Williams
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term answer under center at fair value.
Pick20
Rnd1
JC Latham
In slot 20 they get a long-term starter on the line. A real need, handled.
Pick27
Rnd1
Brian Thomas Jr.
In pick No. 27 they get a go-to option on the outside. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick57
Rnd2
Quinyon Mitchell
Quinyon Mitchell at the 57th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick75
Rnd3
Tyler Guyton
Tyler Guyton at slot 75 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick87
Rnd3
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
They let Jeremiah Trotter Jr. come to them and pounced at Round 3, Pick 24. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick90
Rnd3
Blake Corum
A quiet steal in the 90th pick: Blake Corum for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick97
Rnd3
Nate Wiggins
Nate Wiggins in No. 97 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick122
Rnd4
Leonard Taylor III
The board had cheaper options than Leonard Taylor III at pick 122, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick125
Rnd4
AJ Barner
AJ Barner at the Round 4 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick186
Rnd6
Jordan Magee
They barely believed it either: Jordan Magee still on the board at the 186th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick195
Rnd6
Sione Vaki
Sione Vaki slipping to No. 195 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick216
Rnd6
Ryan Flournoy
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick No. 216 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick224
Rnd7
Walter Rouse
They will replay Walter Rouse at Round 7, Pick 4 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
















