Chicago Bears: What to Expect in Rounds 4-7

Day 2 of the 2015 NFL Draft had a bittersweet taste for Chicago Bears.

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The Bears began the day with an excellent pick, selecting FSU nose tackle Eddie Goldman at 39th overall. Goldman will enter training camp as the team’s heaviest DT and has the ability to be the anchor of the future in Vic Fangio’s 3-4 defense.

In the third round, general manager Ryan Pace decided to pick on the other side of the ball, taking Oregon center Hroniss Grasu with the 71st overall pick. This pick was a little less accepting by me, as I felt that Chicago could have addressed the pass rushing situation here instead of center.

The Bears missed out on pass rushing talent such as Virginia’s Eli Harold–who would have been a humongous steal at No. 71– LSU’s Danielle Hunter and Louisville’s Lorenzo Mauldin.

Now that the first three rounds are in the books, it seems that most of the pass rushing talent is off the board. None of the draft’s great pass rushers went to the Bears, and to me that’s an ultimate failure.

Regardless, the Bears still have three picks left in the 2015 NFL Draft–a fourth, fifth and sixth rounder.

In the fourth round, three players stand out to me that the Bears could take with the 106th overall pick.

Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty could become quite the prospect for Chicago’s future if he develops well. Virginia safety Anthony Harris would help with the lack of depth at the position, and would provide vocal leadership. Ohio State cornerback Doran Grant is a proven winner who could bolster up a short-handed cornerback unit and can also learn from veteran corner Tim Jennings.

The fifth round could possibly see the Bears taking a tight end, considering the recent development that current tight end Martellus Bennett might be on the move. FSU tight end Nick O’Leary could fit here. A favorite of Jameis Winston, O’Leary is a big-bodied tight end with great catching ability, and could be useful to Jay Cutler.

Northwestern safety Ibraheim Campbell is also a great choice here if the Bears don’t go safety in the fourth round. He might need some work on downfield coverage, but the NFL should help him improve in those areas.

The final round should be used to draft some sort of offensive lineman that isn’t a center for depth purposes. Players that standout here are Robert Myers of Tennessee State, Jamil Douglas of Arizona State and Trenton Brown of Florida.

Brown physically stands out more than either of the other two mentioned linemen. He stands at 6’8″ and 355 pounds, which is fairly gargantuan. He has some conditioning issues to figure out, but he would be quite the experiment. The tape shows that he can get under defenders despite his superb height.

The fact that he’ll enter training camp at 355 takes away the weight gain process that most OL go through when entering the NFL, though the time will be made up in conditioning drills.

Overall, the Bears could get some nice players at this point of the draft, but the fact that they can’t get a great pass rusher is a little disappointing.

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