Chicago Bears beat writer drops weird take on 2025 NFL Draft

But in a March 27 Athletic column in which he revisited the Bears’ 2025 NFL Draft big board, Jahns was eminently non-Jahns-like, delivering a shockingly amateurish take on who the Bears might land with their two second round picks, putting the five below players on what he called a "wish list."

• Josh Conerly Jr., OT, Oregon

• Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina

• Malaki Starks, S, Georgia

• Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State

• Grey Zabel, OL, North Dakota State

Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Nobody would argue that each and every one of those rookies-to-be would look smashing in a Chicago Bears uniform.

But everybody would argue about their second-round availability, the argument being that there won’t be any second-round availability, that all will be selected in round one. (Hell, I wouldn't be shocked or upset if Bears GM Ryan Poles tabbed Hampton in the first.)

NFL Mock Draft Database, your one-stop-shop for mock draft aggregation, tells us that the consensus of experts they most recently surveyed had nary a one of those five still on the board when the Chicago Bears pick at 39.

And they aggregated the numbers to prove it:

• 11% of mock drafters feel Kansas City will pick Conerly at 31.

• 18% of mock drafters feel Seattle will pick Zabel at 18.

• 28% of mock drafters feel Houston will pick Simmons at 25.

• 29% of mock drafters feel Minnesota will pick Starks at 24.

• Finally, a whopping 47% of mock drafters feel Denver will pick Hampton at 20.

When You Wish Upon a Draft

Admittedly, Jahns tells us that this is Chicago’s (and, arguably, his) wish list, but there’s a difference between whimsy and absurdity.

Man, talk about fantasy football…