adam

Using the most likely draft selections from 1-9, what positional group rank do you think the Bears would most likely pick given the available options?

A very cool page on NFL.com, using AI to provide insight: https://www.nfl.com/draft/iq/ Basically they are saying the Bears will pick one of the players in the pic with #10 or trade down.

Dane Brugler, who publishes "The Beast" Draft Guide every year has Banks listed as OG2 after Tyler Booker. Even though he played OT, Brugler projects him as a Guard. I thought that was interesting.

If they pick Banks, I would not be surprised or disappointed, they know better than me (most of the time ). I guess it comes down to position premium vs BPA. I believe Poles even hinted at how they may draft in the Hoge & Jahns podcast. I don't know if anyone else listened to it, but he alluded to the fact that they sort of "look ahead" and war game out the scenarios and combination of picks. So they don't pick a position that they can take later with little drop off in performance.

6'6" is tall for a Dennis Allen DT. They might slide him outside on non-passing downs? His get off has always been an issue, he is not very twitchy or bendy to be a true pass rush Edge.

For me, OL at 10 will depend on who is there. I think Will Campbell is probably selected over Jeanty, Warren, and every Edge player after Carter. However, if Cambell is gone, then I think they would take Jeanty or Warren over Banks/Simmons/Membou. Now if Campbell, Jeanty, and Warren are gone, then Banks seems to be a Poles type of pick. So in summary, my belief is: Campbell, then Jeanty/Warren, then Banks. The wild card for me is Dennis Allen, will he have enough influence on Poles/Johnson to get "his" guy at #10 (Edge or DT).

Yeah, and I thought that was a great pick at #41 lol.

I hope he wears some anti-concussion gear this year like the Q-collar.

I did one with no trades or anyone dropping to 10. I really like how it turned out.

Based on their draft slots, the Bears can easily get 4-5 of those guys. I would not be surprised if at least 4 guys listed are Bears in a few weeks.

Yeah, he is a camp body for sure, especially after adding Oz and Duvernay.

Membou is only 6'3", will more than likely slide inside.

Do the Bears go with 3x QBs on the 53-man?

MJD was a very solid NFL RB, I have no clue why he is in NFL media on the official website posting a mock like this: https://www.nfl.com/news/maurice-jones-drew-2025-nfl-mock-draft-1-0-jets-land-travis-hunter-bears-broncos-raiders-pick-rbs I couldn't even get out of the top 10. He has Hunter going 7th AFTER McMillan, then with Graham and Warren on the board (among others), he has the Bears taking Henderson at 10 as RB2. Seriously, this has to be for clicks, otherwise, this is embarrassing.

Yeah, if he can't find a trade partner, I think he just hits the trenches, OL, DL, or Edge.

What would your draft board look like for the potential players available at #10? Assuming Hunter, Carter and Graham are the only positional players that for sure won't make it to 10, out of these guys, how would you rank them on your board for the Bears? McMillan, WR Jeanty, RB Campbell, OL Warren, TE Barron, CB Starks, S Membou, OL Green, Edge Johnson, CB Burden, WR Pearce Jr, Edge Grant, DL Simmons, OL Banks, OL

The more this goes on, the only 3 players that may be available at 10 that I think Poles would select are Campbell, Jeanty, and Warren. I think he looks to trade down if all 3 of those guys are gone. This is assuming Carter, Hunter, and Graham are gone too.

Just found out there is a 125MB file attachment limit for each user.

Part 2 2025 RELEASE PFF DRAFT GUIDE (p2).pdf

Here is the PFF Draft Guide, so big, I had to split it in two for those that don't have access to it. 2025 RELEASE PFF DRAFT GUIDE (p1).pdf

I feel like Jeanty is one of the guys that Poles wouldn't trade away if he is sitting there at 10. For me it feels like Graham, Jeanty, Warren and Campbell are the 4 guys that Poles would pick if they were there at 10. My assumption is only one will be available.

I have seen people talking about CLE potentially wanting to move back into the 1st to take Sanders, especially if they take Hunter at #2 and Sanders is still there at #10, after NO at #9. The potential trade would be #10 for #33, #67, and a 2026 1st. Why would CLE do it? They need a QB on a rookie deal, can't pass up on a generational talent like Hunter, and they just signed Garrett to a huge deal. They are essentially getting their 2026 1st rounder a year early, and the premium for that is #33 and #67. Why would CHI do it? They would only od it if a blue-chipper doesn't fall to them at #10. The hope is they won't be in the top 10 anymore anytime soon. They would then have #33, #39, #41, #67, and #72 in the 2025 draft AND 2x 1st rounders in 2026. I would assume they could also trade back into the first if they wanted to OR even trade back from #33 because those first few picks always seems to be traded on Day 2.

After running a bunch of mocks, if Sanders goes in the top 9, these are more than likely the available players at #10. I listed the next 23 players to get to pick 32. Some of these guys will slide into the 2nd, but for me, if one of the top 9 don't drop, I would rather take anything to move back because I don't see much difference from Green to Scourton or Membou to Zabel, etc. Thoughts? Barron - CB Starks - S Campbell - LB Membou - OL Green - ED Johnson - CB Burden - WR Pearce - ED Ezeiruaku - ED Grant - DL Simmons - OL Egbuka - WR Banks - OL Golden - WR Nolen - DL Hampton - RB Loveland - TE Williams - ED Steward - ED Walker - ED Zabel - OL Scourton - ED Harmon - DL

Good depth piece and another STer. The ST unit is going to be a top 10 unit this year.

I have not seen him drafted higher than 13, but right now between 18 and 32 is his range. The weird thing is, he was productive, fits the 3T mold perfectly, has a high PFF grade and measurables. So if you took the school and name off the player, why is he so much worse than Graham? Playing in the SEC, he had 14 TFL and 6.5 sacks as an All-American. Graham had 7 TFL and 3.5 sacks as an All-American playing in the Big Ten. Nolen even put up those numbers after transferring from Texas A&M, which feels noteworthy.