Now that NFL free agency has largely settled down, teams have shifted their attention to preparing for the NFL Draft.
As the annual hoopla surrounding this wonderfully crazy event ups its gear into ridiculousness, the Chicago Bears are among a select few teams furiously figuring out what the hell to do with the draft position that they are in.
The Bears have the third overall pick. They need to find their quarterback of the future, and they need to continue to find their future stars at other positions as they build their team’s core foundation. Yes, the draft is 100% a mega-crapshoot and there’s no way to really judge a draft until a couple years in. But still, this is one of the deepest drafts in terms of positional talent the league has seen in many years – but the fanfare surrounding the quarterback position is suboptimal.
So, because of this, there is no real consensus on what Chicago will do with their pick. Will they select a QB? Will they go best available player, which would more than likely be on the defensive side of the ball? Will they trade the pick? Nobody knows.
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But while there is no consensus, patterns have emerged as to whom experts think the Bears might select. A large majority think they’ll go with defense if they keep the pick, whereas the rest think they’ll bite the bullet and take their QB, because there’s no guarantee that anyone they like would be available in the second round – mediocre QB class or not.
So, who are the players that the Bears might be interested in and what should we know about them? Let’s take a look.
Note: In this edition, we’ll ignore the quarterback position. And no, Myles Garrett isn’t falling to the Bears, so we won’t discuss him either.
