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Funny - last year the Bears traded a future 4th straight up to get the 5th they used to get Booker. Then this year they trade their 5th for a future 4th and also get a 6th round pick in this draft. Seems pretty shrewd to me.

That’s kind of what day three is though - where you trust your scouts and your interactions with the players and let that dictate what you think the best players and fits will be. Sometimes it doesn’t work out. Sometimes you get Braxton Jones or Deandre Houston-Carson. Sometimes you get Tristan Ebner or Thomas Graham. For most teams it probably evens out over time.

I learned a long time ago not to get worked up about day three of the draft so I won’t here. Apparently ran a 4.4 40 at his pro day which would have been best of LBs at the combine, (though he’s only 5’11” so he’d better be fast). Was a captain at Maryland and got the defense lined up. Wouldn’t have been my pick but no reason to think he can’t be in the mix to replace Jack Sanborn at that other LB spot.

I guess we’ll see if they actually address it, but it sure seems like they played the RB position right. Who knows if they wanted Henderson, but after him there were only two RBs drafted (Kaleb Johnson and RJ Harvey), so with that high fourth round pick they pretty much have there pick of most of the same guys that would have been there in the 3rd.

Interesting note - best I can tell, there was no report that any of the Bears first four picks in this draft (Loveland, Burden, Trapilo, Turner) came in for a 30 visit. This after every pick from their 2024 Draft except for Tory Taylor had come in for a 30 visit. 🤷‍♂️

Then there’s this. 😳

Interesting note that Turner has logged significant snaps at NT, 3T, and even DE. Maybe they see him a bit of “twofer” pick where he can play anywhere on the line and help inside and out.

Some nasty to him sounds like. Had a bit of personal foul issue in college. I’m not mad at it as long as he can rein it in a bit.

Everyone wanted another option at LT if Braxton is not 100% and Kiran isn’t ready. This gives you that. Supposed to be a great character guy with a ton of starts under his belt. You want to build through the trenches, this is part of that.

He played LT. I think the thought was just “let’s give ourselves another option at tackle and see how things shake out” which is the right approach IMO.

Seemed like a late riser.

Also anyone else see the Bears draft room when they drafted Burden? They were even more fired up than when they got Loveland. Randle El was going crazy.

Nice job by the Bears media team.

Hey, I (kinda) got one!

My guess is Anthony Belton. Played LT and they brought him in for a 30 visit.

I called him the perfect Ben Johnson slot in a mock I did a few weeks ago and still believe that. So many options on offense now. Kinda funny to me that yesterday was all “the Bears will be in 12 personnel all the time” and then we turn around and draft a slot receiver. Some concern about practice habits with him but my guess is that DJ takes him under his wing and gets his head right. Compared to a faster Amon Ra St. Brown. Last year was supposed to be the year the Bears looked like a real offense. Maybe this year they actually do it.

Lots of speculation that the Browns will take Treyveon Henderson at #33.

Here’s what I just did at the ProFootballNetwork simulator: My Draft Picks 10. Colston LovelandTE Michigan 39. Aireonte ErseryOT Minnesota 41. TreyVeon HendersonRB Ohio State 72. Andrew MukubaS Texas 148. Antwaun Powell-RylandEDGE Virginia Tech 233. Ja'Corey BrooksWR Louisville 240. Yahya BlackDT Iowa

Really interested to see how they address edge. On one hand, there's some great names available in the 2nd. On the other, there are so many that there will maybe even still be great names there at the top of the 3rd, whereas other positions are going to start falling off (OT, for instance). RB might be another where you have to decide where the drop off is. Or maybe you address a dwindling position at 39 and then try to trade back 41.

Two other articles on why Loveland was ranked over Warren with some pretty thorough rationale. https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/2025-nfl-draft-is-tyler-warren-or-colston-loveland-te1-breaking-down-2-fun-prospects-at-a-challenging-position-191024073.html https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/nfl-draft-2025-why-tyler-warren-actually-isnt-our-no-1-in-tight-end-rankings-for-a-loaded-class/

If you are looking for guys the Bears had confirmed 30 visits with that figure to be in the 2nd/3rd round mix, you have Kaleb Johnson (RB, Iowa), Isaiah Bond (WR, Texas), Anthony Belton (OT NC State), Jonah Savaiinaea (T/G, Arizona), Dylan Fairchild (OG, Georgia), and Andrew Mukuba (S, Texas). Of course, no one reported a visit between Loveland and the Bears, and he ended up being the pick, so they obviously kept some stuff under raps. I would be shocked if TreyVeon Henderson, for instance, isn't on their radar given his skill set and willingness as a blocker.

Hey - at least it wasn’t Shemar Stewart, right? I was pretty convinced he was going to be the pick.

Another note on Loveland - he just turned 21 and Warren turns 23 next month.

Meh. I was talking myself into Warren because I thought that would be the pick. I haven’t really even looked that much at Loveland. I guess we’ll see. As I’ve said before, I don’t really get the 12 personnel argument because the Lions used it a lot and their slot/TE3 didn’t get the ball very much, but if we are going to trust Ben Johnson and assume he had his fingerprints on this pick, he must have a plan, so let’s see what it is. Not thrilled that he had shoulder surgery and won’t be ready for minicamp but sounds like he should be fine for training camp. The NFL people I follow on Twitter seem to mostly really like the pick, and they’ve obviously watched more of him than I have. Interested to hear if there were any trade down discussions. Let’s see what the rest of the draft looks like.