Daniel Jeremiah’s mock draft has Bears, Ryan Poles loading up on premium offensive players

Daniel Jeremiah’s mock draft has Bears, Ryan Poles loading up on premium offensive players originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

When NFL.com draft expert Daniel Jeremiah teased his latest mock draft on social media he promised chaos. He delivered on Tuesday, and the chaos he concocted turned out to be a perfect storm for the Bears.

Here’s how things shook out for mock Bears GM Ryan Poles in Jeremiah’s third mock draft of the offseason:

“The Bears have cleared the runway by trading Justin Fields,” Jeremiah wrote. “I’ll be stunned if Williams isn’t their choice at No. 1, and they’ve built an outstanding supporting cast for him.”

Looking at the tape alone, there’s no doubt that Williams is the pick for the Bears. But the Bears still need to finish their evaluation of Williams as a person. They put a lot of stock into character, so their meetings with Williams at Wednesday’s USC Pro Day and their upcoming top-30 visit will be important boxes to tick. However it feels unlikely that any major red flags would pop up at that meeting to make the Bears pivot to another rookie QB like Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels.

After that, Jeremiah has Maye going to the Commanders and Daniels going to the Patriots with the Nos. 2 and 3 picks. Nothing earth-shattering there as many believe quarterbacks could go with the top-three picks. But Jeremiah then projected a Vikings trade up to the No. 4 spot for J.J. McCarthy, an offensive lineman to the Titans at No. 7 since they already shelled out for wide receiver Calvin Ridley and a defensive lineman to the Falcons at No. 8 since they addressed their QB needs by signing Kirk Cousins in free agency.

That left one of the three elite wide receiver prospects for the Bears with their next pick. And instead of trading back for more picks, Jeremiah had Poles staying put.

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Publish date : 2024-03-20 17:19:15

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