You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Bears did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The final tally is a middling C+.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They are betting Milum proves the room right and everyone else wrong. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

In the end, one you will need a couple of seasons to truly judge.