Bracket Madness: Vote for the Bears’ Final Four of 2nd Round Draft Options

Some upsets, some buzzer beaters, and some chalk made it to the Bears’ 2nd Rounder Elite Eight - who will advance to the Final Four?

Round 1 is in the books! Eight players have punched their tickets to become “Windy City Gridiron’s Most Preferred and Most Reasonable 2nd Round Pick.” As the title suggests, this is a highly sought after honor. Let’s review the results from the first round of voting for the player we want the Chicago Bears to draft in the second.

• (1) seed Walter Nolen defeated (16) seed Cam Skattebo: 82% to 18%
• (9) seed Josh Conerly Jr. UPSET (8) seed Princely Umanmielen: 53% to 47%
• (5) seed Xavier Watts defeated (12) seed Landon Jackson: 65% to 35%
• In the closest of margins (13) seed Donovan Jackson UPSET (4) seed Kaleb Johnson: 50.01% to 49.99%. That is a vote of 215 to 214!!
• (3) seed Treyveon Henderson defeated (14) seed Elijah Arroyo: 72% to 28%
• (11) seed Nic Scourton UPSET (6) seed Derrick Harmon: 63% to 37%
• (7) seed Tyleik Williams defeated (10) seed Aierontae Ersery: 55% to 45%
• (2) seed Nick Emmanwori defeated (15) seed Quinshon Judkins: 56% to 44%

A truly special first round of madness filled with upsets, buzzer beaters, and dominating performances. Now the stakes are only getting higher. As it stands, we still have the following positions remaining:

• (2) Defensive Tackles
• (2) Offensive Linemen
• (2) Safeties
• (1) Running Back
• (1) Defensive End

So let’s get to it - vote below! Voting ends at 11:59 pm on 3/27.