The phones were a trap the Bears kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. Call it a C- and check back in two years.

If Ott pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The Taaffe value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.