Bears 24'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CHI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (CHI)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CHI)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (CHI)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (CHI)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (CHI)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (CHI)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (CHI)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CHI)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (TB)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (PIT)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (TB)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (TB)
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Players Gained
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DeForest Buckner
DT
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Diontae Johnson
WR
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Darnell Washington
TE
Players traded away
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Darnell Mooney
WR
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D'Onta Foreman
RB
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Justin Fields
QB
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Lucas Patrick
OG
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Marcedes Lewis
TE
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Travis Homer
RB
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Velus Jones Jr.
WR
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall C-
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
Williams is the plan now, and the Bears grade out a C-.

Start where it matters. The Bears took Caleb Williams to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

They banked enough surplus on Braswell to cover a lot of smaller sins. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

The cost of the Johnson reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
By-the-book stuff, Caleb Williams at slot 1 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick9 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In No. 9 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick75 Rnd3 Chris Braswell
The board fumbled Chris Braswell all the way to pick No. 75, and they scooped it up. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick84 Rnd3 Calen Bullock
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Calen Bullock at the 84th pick is the proof. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick111 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter at the Round 4 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick121 Rnd4 Beaux Limmer
They paid sticker price for Beaux Limmer in the 121st overall pick, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick123 Rnd4 Theo Johnson
A reach for Theo Johnson in pick 123; a little patience would have been rewarded. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick126 Rnd4 Javon Foster
Javon Foster at Round 4, Pick 26 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick143 Rnd5 Johnny Wilson
A slide stopped in slot 143, with Johnny Wilson worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick197 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in the 197th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick203 Rnd6 Daijun Edwards
Daijun Edwards in the 203rd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.