Chicago Bears Draft: What to do now with 2nd round picks?
By Ryan Heckman
To trade or keep pick 43?
Before the draft began, the obvious and most common belief is that the Bears would stand pat at pick 43 while trading number 50. If they traded the latter, the Bears might end up with a late second, plus a fourth-round pick. Or, they could end up landing an early third and early fourth — something along those lines.
But, now, they should land a heck of a player at no. 50. Let’s take a look at some prospects who have a chance to go before pick 50, just for example.
I have no doubt that running backs Jonathan Taylor, J.K. Dobbins and D’Andre Swift go in the second round. In addition, we should see safeties Xavier McKinney, Grant Delpit and Antoine Winfield go prior to that spot.
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Let’s not forget about corners Kristian Fulton and Trevon Diggs coming out of that fierce SEC. Just those three positions alone present eight guys who should — should — go prior to pick no. 50 overall. That would take us to pick no. 40.
From there, you still have offensive linemen like Ezra Cleveland, Jonah Jackson, Josh Jones, Lloyd Cushenberry III and Matt Hennessy who could fall in line. Let’s assume they’re all in this group, too.
Oh, and what about wide receiver? We’re still looking at Denzel Mims, Tee Higgins, Laviska Shenault, KJ Hamler and Michael Pittman Jr. as potential second-round receivers — the first three whom should be locks to go in this round.
Hey, look, the linemen and receivers now put us at 19 players in the second round, which would bring us all the way to pick no. 51. We haven’t even talked about quarterbacks yet — hello Jalen Hurts and Jacob Eason.
Not to mention, there’s a certain in-state safety whom would fit extremely well with the Bears in Jeremy Chinn.
The Bears have a plethora of options in the second round. If they decided to trade pick 43 and get the absolute most value they could, Pace could be looking at a huge return — and I think it makes sense to do it.