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Which players benefited the most from the incoming draft class for the Chicago Bears? Who will be toasting to their future success moving forward? Your Bears Over Beers crew shares their takes!
After the much-anticipated 2025 NFL Draft, rosters around the league are coming more into focus as we inch closer to training camp and the start of the season. Both veteran and undrafted Free Agents will continue to be added, and things will continue to evolve, but here is a look at which Chicago Bears players benefited the most from this incoming draft class.
Bryan Orenchuk: Bias aside, I am not sure any one player in the entire league benefitted more than Caleb Williams has this off-season. After landing a premier play-caller in new head coach Ben Johnson and solidifying the interior of the offensive line, Caleb’s off-season got even better this past weekend.
Bears’ GM Ryan Poles drafted not one, but two elite playmakers for the Bears offense in Tight End Colston Loveland and Wide Receiver Luther Burden III. Not only will these two players open up the playbook while adding dynamic weapons in the passing game for the 2nd year QB, but both players are just 21 years old and figure to be staples in this offense and grow with Caleb Williams for years to come. Oh, and Poles also selected one of the drafts more pro-ready Offensive Tackles in Ozzy Trapilo in the 2nd round as well. Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson have more tools at their disposal than any QB and coach that I can remember in Bears history.
Ryan Droste: My Bears Over Beers co-host said it all here. It’s hard to imagine Caleb Williams having anything other than a stellar second year campaign given the moves the Bears have made in the offseason. Offensive guru head coach, great free agency pickups, and shiny new weapons to utilize via the NFL Draft.
DJ Moore. Rome Odunze. Cole Kmet. Colston Loveland. Luther Burden III. This team will be able to creative mismatches all over the field. The edition of true burner was something the Bears sorely lacked last year, and Burden gives them that. Loveland is a TE with a WR skillset. Williams is going to have so many weapons to get the ball to this season, and he’ll actually have time to do so thanks to the moves made on the O-line. Obviously, this is an exercise in arm chair general management from us, but I mean come on! Things are looking fun.
I can practically hear the drool hitting Ben Johnson’s desk from my house.
Ryan Droste: Odunze didn’t have a bad rookie campaign, but I don’t think there’s any way to deny that we all expected higher numbers from last year’s #9 overall pick. Looking at the way this offense is going to be constructed in 2025, it appears to me that Odunze is poised for a breakout season.
And the picks that Chicago...
