The Bears 2025 Draft Thread

[justanidiot]

Only want RB if they can move Swift, dont know what he is worth.

The whole first round is slotted, so if you get the same guy at 10 you could get at 20, its millions of dollars difference.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Here's the offensive tackle edition and as usual, only the 10th pick will have multiple names listed.

10a. Will Campbell, LT
10b. Kelvin Banks, Jr, LT
10c. Armand Membou, RT
10d. Josh Simmons, LT

39. Derrick Harmon, DT
41. Quinshon Judkins, RB
72. Jared Ivey, DE/Edge

I'm pretty sure Campbell will be gone before we're on the clock. Likewise Membou. But I still listed Banks Jr ahead of him because Membou, while more highly rated, is a pure RT, and we're already set there. I'd love to elevate Simmons in this list, but I haven't seen enough to confirm he's ready for the start of the season after his surgery. And honestly I'm particularly leery of taking any potential draftee, regardless of position, who's less than a season removed from critical knee surgery.

As for the other picks, I continue to swap 39 & 41 to defense/offense-offense/defense, depending on who's available at those respective slots. Ivey at 72 has fared well when facing his offensive counterparts in the talented SEC. This makes for a good training ground when going to the next level.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

If the draft was based on betting odds:

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Building the top 10 draft picks based on the betting odds

What will the first 10 picks of the NFL Draft look like?

sports.yahoo.com

Whuda thunk, I've been living in Vegas for a decade and never knew there was draft selection betting.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Bears Wire has come up with four potential trade partners, including one involving the Bears trading up (boo, hiss, )

4 potential trade partners for the Bears in 2025 NFL draft

The Chicago Bears could have multiple opportunities to trade up or down in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft.

bearswire.usatoday.com

1. The Raiders
2. The Colts
3. The Steelers
4. The Texans

I've felt for some time that the Colts and Steelers could be possible candidates for a trade back, and I'll throw in the Seahawks as well. But all were based more on wishful thinking than any sound reasons. I definitely want Jeanty, but with this trade we get spanked in the draft value exchange, plus I just hate the thought of giving up that 41st, not to mention a '26 3rd, even for him. Yeah, we also get their 6th, but big whup. And the Texans? Where did that come from?

 

[justanidiot]

Cambell, small wing span, looks like a Guard in the NFL. Membou has only ever played RT, we have one of those. Banks is on the small size at 6'4" and just barely the correct size. Simmons coming off of ACL. Can we trust him to be healthy? Color me worried. Membou and Cambell I doubt will be there at 10. Maybe Banks and you're not taking Simmons at 10.

Now I'm hearing Sanders may drop out of the first round, which will make for even slimmer pickings at 10. There was a chance if one of the 10 was Sanders. Shocked, color me scared. LB? Small edge? RB reach? The other TE Loveland with Concussion issues (2). No WR's look strong. There are a couple CB and perhaps a Safety? I don't even know where they are going with this pick.

I did see a clip of a beat writer asking Wright if he was given any notice that he might be competing for the left tackle spot this preseason. He really did not answer, but considering what Johnson had at RT in Detroit, I can see why he would not want him moved. I always thought the righty quarterback, you let the kid cut his teeth on the right side so the QB can see the pressure coming, let him get better and then move to the left side. Lefty QB is the opposite.

I would be all in on the Georgia LB Walker if he was there at 10. I know they just resigned Edwards, but Detroit had some pretty good linebackers until they traded for Campbell and he changed that whole defense. The kid is like Roquan without the head case part. Its time we get our next great MLB for the Chicago Bears, Edwards can move outside. Its still a borderline waste, but if they dont reup Edmunds, its gonna be a short time he is backing up.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

I would be all in on the Georgia LB Walker if he was there at 10.

You just might get your wish, that is if he makes it to 10, which is not a given by any stretch. While I still question if he's the right fit for this Dennis Allen defense, there's no questioning his talent. There's a reason he's pretty much a consensus top 10 draft pick.

 

[averagejoe]

Sharing, courtesy of Yahoo Sports....

In Sean Payton's last 15 drafts (2 with Denver and 13 with the Saints), he has aggressively traded UP 24 times.

One of Denver's needs is RB. This could really shake things up if he tries to get ahead of Las Vegas.

 

[averagejoe]

Sorry, 25 times.