2017 NFL Draft: All-time top five Chicago Bears first round draft picks

As we hit the beginning of the 2017 NFL Draft, we take a look at the top five best Chicago Bears first round picks of all time.

The time is upon us. The 2017 NFL Draft is here. Tonight, the first round selections will be made. The lives of 32 young men and the teams that pick them will be changed. Those players enter an entirely new tax bracket while the teams hope those players help them build Super Bowl champions.

We don’t know how these new NFL players will perform in their careers. Some will be great, some will be okay, and some will fizzle out and be out of the league in a couple of seasons. We’ll see later.

What we do know is how the previous draft picks performed. They built a resume for us to look at. We can take a look back and determine how good (or bad) their selections were.

That is exactly what we’ll do here. We looked through all of the Chicago Bears‘ first-round picks all-time and choose the top five. Yes, this is a subjective endeavor. It is fun, however, and it causes a lot of discussions.

Some of these players helped the Bears win championships (Super Bowl and otherwise), while others became iconic franchise figures without winning titles (or even being in the playoffs). Of course, some of them did all of the above.

Without any further delay, here is our list on the top five all-time Chicago Bears first-round draft picks: