After sitting out the primary spherical a 12 months in the past, the Chicago Bears are as soon as once more central gamers on this week’s NFL draft.
The Bears secured the No. 1 choose by way of their league-worst 3-14 file in 2022, then traded the highest spot final month to the Carolina Panthers for a bundle of picks — together with this 12 months’s No. 9 choice — and vast receiver DJ Moore.
Will normal supervisor Ryan Poles proceed to wheel and deal on draft night time? Or will he keep put at No. 9 and look to beef up the group’s offensive or defensive position?
Here’s a take a look at the vital particulars of the draft, together with how one can watch on TV, when the Bears shall be selecting and who the highest native prospects are.
Catch up on our draft protection:
When is the NFL draft?
It begins on Thursday and runs via Saturday.
Where is it being held this 12 months?
Outside of Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.
How to observe
Live draft protection will air on ABC-7, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and NFL Network in addition to the ESPN app. ABC and ESPN may have separate broadcasts the primary two days and can simulcast Day 3 protection.
Here’s the TV schedule:
- Thursday (Round 1): 7 p.m.
- Friday (Rounds 2-3): 6 p.m.
- Saturday (Rounds 4-7): 11 a.m.
What time will the Bears choose?
Teams have 10 minutes to make first-round choices, so assuming the Bears don’t commerce out of the No. 9 place, the newest their choose must be in is 8:30 p.m. However, groups usually common about eight minutes per first-round choose, so 8:12 is likely to be a more in-depth approximation of when the Bears will submit their choice.
Bears 2023 picks
- Round 1, No. 9
- Round 2, No. 53
- Round 2, No. 61
- Round 3, No. 64
- Round 4, No. 103
- Round 4, No. 133
- Round 5, No. 136
- Round 5, No. 148
- Round 7, No. 218
- Round 7, No. 258
Previous No. 9 picks by the Bears
- 1941: Don Scott, HB, Ohio State
- 1943: Bob Steuber, HB, Missouri
- 1944: Ray Evans, HB, Kansas
- 1979: Al Harris, DE, Arizona State
- 2000: Brian Urlacher, LB, New Mexico
- 2016: Leonard Floyd, LB, Georgia
How have the Bears fared within the draft these days?
Tribune writers Dan Wiederer and Brad Biggs studied the final 21 Bears drafts courting to the beginning of Jerry Angelo’s tenure as GM to calculate batting averages for the franchise — by spherical, by place, by 12 months and by normal supervisor. Here’s how the Bears fared.
Local prospects to observe
Draft hopefuls from Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame and Illinois excessive faculties, listed in projected draft order primarily based on a consensus of seven-round mock drafts by The Athletic, CBS Sports, Draft Countdown, Drafttek, Pro Football Network and The Sporting News.
- Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois, 1st spherical
- Peter Skoronski, OL, Northwestern/Maine South, 1st
- Lukas Van Ness, edge, Iowa/Barrington, 1st
- Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame, 1st
- Isaiah Foskey, edge, Notre Dame, 1st-Third
- Adetomiwa Adebawore, DL, Northwestern, 2nd
- John Michael Schmitz, C, Minnesota/Homewood-Flossmoor, 2nd
- Antonio Johnson, S, Texas A&M/East St. Louis, 2nd-Third
- Sam LaPorta, TE, Iowa/Highland, Ill., 2nd-Third
- Quan Martin, S, Illinois, 2nd-4th
- Sydney Brown, S, Illinois, Third-4th
- Jayden Reed, WR, Michigan State/Naperville Central/Metea Valley, Third-Fifth
- Jarrett Patterson, OL, Notre Dame, Third-Sixth
- Nick Broeker, OL, Mississippi/Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, 4th-Sixth
- Chase Brown, RB, Illinois, 4th-Sixth
- Brandon Joseph, S, Notre Dame, 4th-Sixth
- Cameron Mitchell, CB, Northwestern/Bolingbrook, 4th-Seventh
- Charlie Jones, WR, Purdue/Deerfield, 4th-Seventh
- Aidan O’Connell, QB, Purdue/Stevenson, 4th-Seventh
- Evan Hull, RB, Northwestern, Fifth-Seventh
- Jahleel Billingsley, TE, Texas/Phillips, Sixth-UFA
- Tommy DeVito, QB, Illinois, Seventh-UFA
- Calvin Avery, DL, Illinois, Seventh-UFA
- Jason Lewan, edge, Illinois State/Yorkville, Seventh-UFA
- Mariano Sori-Marin, LB, Minnesota/Providence, UFA
- Xazavian Valladay, RB, Arizona State/Brother Rice, UFA
- Dalton Wagner, OL, Arkansas/Richmond-Burton, UFA
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Source: www.bostonherald.com