Bears’ 7-round 2025 NFL mock draft—Chicago's free agent moves change everything

Other than the Midway Monsters, Buffalo is the only team in the NFL that owns multiple second-round picks, which is why I’ve been pushing an iteration of this Bears/Bills deal on the majority of my recent mocks.

Now that Chicago is in a position where bringing in a wider array of options arguably makes more sense than rolling with one theoretically better option—the key word there being “theoretically”—adding a high-ish day two pick is entirely logical.

What seems doubly sensible is grabbing a running back to replace and/or accompany D’Andre Swift. Snatching up a dude whose performance at the NFL Combine catapulted him into first round consideration would thrill Ben Johnson—who had big-time success in Detroit with a Jahmyr Gibbs/David Montgomery two-headed running back monster—to no end.

ROUND 2 (39)

GREY ZABEL, OG, North Dakota State

Since we’re talking about catapulting, let’s discuss Mr. Zabel, who displayed absurd (and surprising) athleticism at the Combine.

Yes, the Bears traded for a pair of high-end guards in Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson, but an O-lineman with Zabel’s skill set would be all but impossible to pass up at 39.

ROUND 2 (41)

COLESTON LOVELAND, TE, Michigan

If Chicago keeps their own first rounder, it wouldn’t shock anybody if they grabbed Penn State's Tyler Warren, the Draft’s highest-touted tight end, at the ten-spot.

But in this scenario, they get their tight end on day two, a sure-handed quality blocker who could either play next to or supplant incumbent TE Cole Kmet.

ROUND 2 (56)

MIKE GREEN, EDGE, Marshall

Green has mocked all over the place, and he’s just the kind of polarizing player who could fall out of the first round. If that indeed is the case, the Bears will take about 0.7 seconds to fill out their draft card.

ROUND 3 (72)

XAVIER WATTS, S, Notre Dame

The lack of recent news about Jaquan Brisker’s concussion issues is super-concerning, so Chicago will need to prepare for a post-Quanny life, and the Landon Collins-esque Watts will help them do just that

ROUND 5 (148)

KADEN PRATHER, WR, Maryland

Prather’s 4.46 40 time at the Combine wasn’t great, but at 6’3” 1/2 and 204 pounds, he’ll make for a hard-to-miss target for Caleb Williams

ROUND 7 (235)

CAM JACKSON, DT, Florida

Size, as they say, matters, and at 6’6”, 342, Jackson has plenty of it.

ROUND 7 (242)

XAVIER TRUSS, OG, Georgia

Speaking of size, if you can land a competent 6’7” O-line project on day three, consider yourself lucky.