NFL Draft 2025: Chicago Bears stick to their plan but miss out on early running back, edge rusher
- The Chicago Bears selected players during the recent 2025 NFL Draft.
- The team aimed to improve its offense and add speed to the defense.
- They used their first three draft selections on the offensive side of the ball.
- General Manager Poles stated he did not grade a running back highly enough earlier.
- This continued the offseason offensive makeover focused on supporting the quarterback.
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NFL Draft 2025: Chicago Bears stick to their plan but miss out on early running back, edge rusher
Until the last round of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears failed to find a running back who could take some pressure off Caleb Williams' passing game, and this came in a year when draft analysts said running backs were plentiful.
Why QB Caleb Williams was the big beneficiary of the Bears' draft haul
At his first NFL Scouting Combine as general manager three years ago, Ryan Poles said the Bears had researched the best ways to help Justin Fields. They combed through NFL history and found at least one common denominator with quarterbacks who made a Year 2 leap, he said: “a dependability piece” at receiver.“Sometimes it can be a slot receiver, sometimes it can be a second tight end, it can be a big [receiver] outside,” Poles said then.The Bears…

Bears stick to their plan but miss out on running back and edge rusher in NFL draft
The Chicago Bears focused largely on supporting quarterback Caleb Williams during the NFL draft — with one obvious exception. Until the last round, they failed to find a running back who could take some pressure off the passing game, and…
Caleb Williams, Drake Maye 1/1 rookies set records with $100,000-plus sales
Key cards for two of the top three picks from the 2024 NFL Draft topped $100,000 in Goldin’s April Elite Auction on Saturday to set public sales records for each player.Selected No. 1 overall by the Chicago Bears, Caleb Williams’ 2024 Panini Prizm Black Finite 1/1 PSA 9 sold for $122,000, more than tripling the previous record for any Williams card.AdvertisementPrior to Saturday, Williams’ high public sale, according to data tool Card Ladder, wa…
Caleb Williams Is Going To Be In The MVP Conversation; ESPN Predicts – Usa news
The Chicago Bears reinvented themselves this offseason. Before heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, Bears’ new head coach Ben Johnson invested in the teams offensive line so that they would be in a position to use a premiere pick on a premiere talent. The team used each of their first three picks on the offensive side of the ball and that was enough for Dan Graziano to throw the sophomore quarterbacks name in the hat for MVP conversations. “The goal…
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