Round 1: ** Trade with Tampa Bay ** Details: Chicago gives R1 (20) and R3 (83)
and receives Tampa’s R1 (32), R2 (64) and next year’s R2.
Round 1 (32): Greg Newsome II | CB | Northwestern
With the departure of Kyle Fuller and Desmond Trufant’s injury history/short term contract, CB may very well be the position of the most importance on the roster. I’ve seen Newsome play several times in person and on television – he is a big, physical corner who excels at press coverage (an important trait if we are returning to the “Fangio” way of playing defense). And this is a Bizarre Concept for the Bears – actually acquiring draft capital for next year vs giving it away.
Round 2a (52): Dillon Radunz | OT | North Dakota State
Both Nagy and Pace made the trip to Fargo for NDSU’s Pro Day and besides trying to get into John Schneider’s pants, they also watched their Senior Bowl heartthrob Dillon Radunz. Big, mean corn-fed SOB who could project to LT, but definitely will fill the bill at RT. With Leno and Ifedi back this year, no need to rush him into the lineup right away as he will need a little time to adjust to the competition jump.
Round 2b (64): Davis Mills | QB | Stanford
Just like Jerry Angelo built his 2006 Draft around acquiring Dusty Dvoracek (facepalm), I also built my draft around acquiring a mid-round player in Davis Mills. Hopefully Mills works out better. When you consider arm talent, touch, stature and athletic talent – Mills can hang with anyone in the draft. But much like Mitch before him, he doesn’t have a lot of tape with COVID really affecting the PAC-10 season. But unlike Mitch, he has the year to sit and learn behind QB1 with the full attention of Flip, Lazor and Nagy (God help him!)
Round 5 (164): Simi Fehoko Jr | WR | Stanford
While watching videos on Mills, I kept coming back to his WR that was running sharp routes and was a real threat in the Red Zone … Simi Fehoko, #13 in your program and #1 in your heart. Clearly, he has great chemistry with Mills (which doesn’t hurt) and second I was surprised to see his size/speed ratio (6-4/227 and ran a 4.37). While the entire Bears organization (including George and Ted) have a pup tent for Darnell Mooney – I think he’s too small to play outside consistently. I really like this kid and think he can will knock at least Juice Wims off the roster and could contend for a starting job down the line.
Round 6a (204): Aashari Crosswell | S | Arizona State
Safety seemingly every year is an area of need and so far, that trend continues. I like Croswell as a big of a thumper with enough range to cover when asked. Not sure he’ll ever start but will provide some good special teams depth. I have a bit of a bias for DBs coming out of ASU as I think Herm Edwards develops players pretty well at that position.
Round 6b (208): Dax Milne | WR | BYU
Ridiculously productive WR (helps to have a stud QB to make you look good) who reminds me a bit of Adam Thielen when came out of Minnesota-Mankato. A rich man’s Tanner Gentry – gets good separation through great route running, not overly fast (4.54) and but not real big (6-0, 180) or fast (4.54). Not sure if he can really contribute on Special Teams – but I predict in the 2nd preseason game of the year he will have 11 catches for 133 yards and 2 TDs – thus forever endearing him to us and dominating talk radio for the next 2 months.
Round 6c (221): Alaric Jackson | OT | Iowa
Not sure if it’s a good sign or bad sign, but Alaric Jackson reminds me of Charles Leno Jr. Rangy, athletic with good feet who was well coached (former NFL line coach Kirk Ferentz) who you’d just would like to be a little nastier. With Leno and Ifedi both out of contract next year, the Beloved need to add some bodies at tackle to see if they can solve on the cheap. Round 6d (228): Paddy Fisher |LB| Northwestern
Another victim of my watching too much NU Football, Paddy Fisher has been a stud since the day he walked on the Evanston campus. He’s one of those guys that the Packers draft and we wind up watching them being way better than we thought for years (Dean Lowery is a great example).
