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The latest mock draft from Good Morning Football’s Peter Schrager is his sourced mock on what he’s hearing teams will do.
Most of the national mock drafts at this point in the offseason are fairly similar in their projection for the Chicago Bears. But when an interesting one pops up, it’s worth peeking at. The first one from Peter Schrager, the Senior National Writer for Fox Sports and the co-host of the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football, has the Bears making an interesting trade.
Schrager only does two mocks each draft season because he waits to source all his info from numerous contacts around the league.
Here’s what he has the Bears doing in his 2024 NFL mock draft 1.0.
Pick 1 · Caleb Williams · USC · QB · Junior
As I’ve reported, the Bears had a great meeting with Caleb at the NFL Scouting Combine, followed by a pair of enjoyable dinners in Los Angeles (before USC’s pro day) and Chicago (before the quarterback’s visit to Halas Hall). The team is all in. And so, from what I’m told, is Williams.
I wonder how long the league will milk the drama on stage before the announcement is made.
Pick 15 · JC Latham · Alabama · OT · Junior
PROJECTED TRADE WITH INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
After piling up more draft capital by trading back, the Bears still land a stud offensive tackle. Latham could be the second OT taken on draft night — some teams like him that much. If the board falls this way, Chicago adds a big, pedigreed bookend who can join last year’s first-round tackle, Darnell Wright, in protecting the new franchise quarterback, Caleb Williams.
First off, the projected trade nets the Bears a future second-rounder while Indy moved up for LSU’s Malik Nabers. A second to move up a few spots works for me, but Latham wouldn’t be my first choice.
If Schrager is hearing buzz from around the league that the Bears are interested in a guy who has started the last two years at right tackle, then I wonder if there are some smoke screens being heavily floated.
Don’t get me wrong, Latham is a fantastic prospect and a likely day-one starter, but asking him to move to the left side could require a learning curve.
If this draft day scenario plays out, I’m taking Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II at 15.
What are your thoughts on this trade and the mock? Is this how you’d draft it?
