Bears Draft Stock Watch: 5 Players Rising and Falling on Chicago’s Board
Published by Matt Eurich on March 27, 2015
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears have done a nice job of adding depth to their roster via free agency this offseason, but general manager Ryan Pace knows he needs to build his roster through the draft.
“The recipe to winning Super Bowls is stringing successful drafts together again and again,” Pace said in January at his introductory press conference, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The Bears have added eight players so far in free agency, and Bleacher Report’s Dan Pompei thinks Pace’s moves have given the Bears flexibility in this year’s draft:
6. I like that Ryan Pace has addressed many holes with short-term, bargain free agents ad it frees him up to take best available in draft.
— Dan Pompei (@danpompei) March 25, 2015
Following a disappointing 5-11 2014 season, the Bears will pick seventh overall when the NFL draft begins in late April.
The evaluation process for the 2015 draft has been an ongoing task for Chicago’s scouting department for the better part of the last few years. Players rise and fall on draft boards all season long, but with the draft getting closer, Chicago’s board has likely become more defined.
With the NFL draft a little more than a month away, here are five players who are rising and falling on Chicago’s draft board.
