Chicago Bears: Which top prospect falls to No. 8 after Colts-Jets draft trade?

Bradley Chubb

If I had to pick one player most likely to end up at No. 8 for the Chicago Bears, it’s probably Chubb.

I know what you’re thinking, of course: everyone has had Chubb going in the top three for months. No way he ends up at No. 8, right?

Remember what can’t-miss defensive prospect that just happened to last season? Alabama’s Jonathan Allen.

Allen came into the 2017 NFL Combine as everyone’s darling to go to the Bears third overall. If nothing else, he’d definitely be a top-five pick.

Until he wasn’t, because everyone saw that, as solid as he was, he just wasn’t that special of an athlete. In the end, he went 17th overall to Washington.

Now, Chubb obviously isn’t Allen. Chubb’s faster, a bit more explosive and doesn’t have the nagging shoulder issues Allen did.

However, people would be lying to you if they said Chubb’s terrible three-cone drill time at the Combine (7.37 seconds) didn’t concern them.

That speaks to a lack of quickness and change of direction. And for a potential edge rusher that needs to beat tackles with finesse as well as power and occasionally drop into coverage, that’s not a good look.

As such, he could well drop while other edge rushers, like Marcus Davenport or (potentially) Tremaine Edmunds, rise. And if he falls to the Bears, they’ll have an interesting choice before them.

On one hand, he’s not a great fit for a 3-4 scheme; he’s more of a true 4-3 defensive end.

However, he does probably have some Pernell McPhee to his game (minus the injuries, of course) and could still succeed in this role. Furthermore, trying to trade back in the draft with Chubb as the attraction might not yield great results.

If Chubb falls to the Bears at No. 8, they probably take him. And Pace gets a top talent that compliments Leonard Floyd‘s all-around game with brute force.