Chicago Bears NFL Draft: Why Logan Wilson should be on Pace’s radar
Though not an immediate need, the Chicago Bears could find their inside linebacker of the future in this year’s NFL Draft.
Recently, the Chicago Bears re-signed linebacker Danny Trevathan to a 3-year, $21.75 million contract to stay with the team through 2022. However, in order to do that, they needed to part ways with Nick Kwiatkoski, who signed a nice deal with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Although Kwiatkoski was a homegrown player for the Bears and carved out a nice niche for himself on the defense, they simply couldn’t afford both and opted for Trevathan. However, Trevathan has had some injury troubles recently and so the Bears might look to bolster the position in the NFL Draft, and if so, Logan Wilson would be one to look at.
As of this moment, there is not a ton of depth behind Trevathan or Roquan Smith. If one of those two went down, the team would look to Joel Iyiegbuniwe or Josh Woods respectively to fill the void. Wilson, however, would be a wonderful addition that would enable to Bears to not only have insurance against a Trevathan injury but a stud special team performer for the next year or two and a plug-and-play option once Trevathan’s contract expires.
Wilson, projected to go sometime on day two or three of the draft, is a smart, technically sound linebacker who a team can feel confident will make the right defensive play calls if given that responsibility. He’s got the intelligence to diagnose a play and blow it up quickly. In his four years at Wyoming, he averaged 102 total tackles per season, finishing his career with seven total sacks, 10 interceptions, and five forced fumbles. In other words, he can stuff the stat sheet in a hurry.
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He still has some work to do to improve in coverage, but you might recall, that was once considered a big concern for Kwiatkoski. However, he worked hard to erase that narrative by becoming much better in coverage and working in space. As tireless a worker as Wilson is, he shouldn’t have any problem improving in that regard as well.