Fans and media ponder what the Bears have in mind for the upcoming draft

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Join our Bear Bones LIVE at 5:30 (CT) on the 2nd City Gridiron YouTube channel as we continue our mock draft series!

Dr. Mason West is up to version 3.0 on his bi-weekly Chicago Bears mock draft podcast/video series, and if you’ve checked out each week, you've learned plenty about some prospects the Bears could be targeting, and hopefully had some fun along the way!

In today’s Bear Bones, Mason will be joined by his frequent co-host, Khari Thompson.

One thing to keep in mind for all these Bear Bones mocks is that they’ll be selecting different players and going...

The Chicago Bears didn’t send much in terms of representation to Boise, ID.

It’s Pro Day season, and the Chicago Bears are all over the country watching as many NFL Draft prospects as possible.

Wednesday was a busy day on the pro day circuit. Ohio State has several players who will go in the early rounds of this year’s draft, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Ben Johnson, Ryan Poles, Dennis Allen, and others were all in Columbus to watch the Ohio State prospects.

But what was interesting was that there was another pro day on Wednesday, this one...

Earlier today, Philadelphia Eagles reporter Jeff McLane tweeted that the Eagles were signing Matt Pryor to a one-year deal.

Pryor played in all 17 games (15 starts) for the Chicago Bears in 2024, mostly at right guard, but he did see some reps at both tackle spots, left guard, and as a sixth offensive lineman. The versatile reserve returns to the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles, who drafted him in the sixth round in 2018, and he figures to provide depth for one of the best offensive lines in the game today.

The contract terms have yet to be announced,...

WCG’s lead draft analyst shares his top five players at each position in the 2025 NFL Draft.

The 2025 NFL Draft is less than a month away, and the anticipation for the event is growing by the day.

From a Bears-centric point of view, Chicago holds the No. 10 overall pick and is coming off an offseason which saw them significantly improve the trenches on both sides of the ball. From the view of the draft class as a whole, talented groups at defensive tackle, offensive tackle and running back figure to dominate the first few rounds.

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The former LSU Tigers tackle could be a major steal at No. 10 overall.

Will Campbell must’ve been hitting his pilates and band exercises hard since the NFL Combine, and that might make things interesting for the Chicago Bears’ draft plans.

After checking in with an appallingly low 32 5/8-inch arm length at the Combine—a hilariously short measurement for someone billed as an offensive tackle—the LSU tackle’s arms measured a more respectable 33 inches at his Pro Day on Wednesday in Baton Rouge. That’s great news for the man widely considered the best offensive lineman in the upcoming draft. The...

In the third part of our series, we look at the tight end group.

This is the third part of our building block series as we continue to look at each position group and if that room currently has a building block as a part of it that the Chicago Bears will be using to build around moving forward.

So far, we’ve looked at the safeties and running backs, and unfortunately, we haven’t found a building block on the roster yet. As a reminder, when we assess each player, we look at the following factors: age, contract, ability, position, and...

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...

NFL Competition Committee behind changes, many not happy about them

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Taylor Doll talks with a couple NFL reporters who know the new Chicago Bears well, plus they dive into draft options.

On her latest Making Monsters podcast on our 2nd City Gridiron channels, Taylor Doll is joined by a couple of guests to talk about Chicago Bears' free agency and the upcoming NFL Draft.

First, she’s joined by Jon Ledyard, who covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, so he’s seen plenty of new Bears defensive tackle Grady Jarrett in the NFC South. He also covers the NFL Draft, so they discuss Chicago’s options with the tenth overall pick.

She also speaks...

On Wednesday, the Chicago Bears announced that Reshard Langford and Mark Philippi were hired as assistant strength and conditioning coaches.

Langford had been working as a strength and conditioning coach for the United States Tennis Association since 2018, but he also spent two years coaching with the Minnesota Vikings, and he played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, and Detroit Lions.

This will be Philippi’s first stint in the NFL, but he has plenty of experience as a strength and conditioning coach. He has owned and operated the Philippi Sports Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 2007, where they...

We look at safety to see if any core players are in the room heading into 2025

We continue in our series with our second article looking at the Chicago Bears roster, and which players should be considered building blocks for the future, and which ones should not. We looked at the running back position already, and now we pivot to the defensive side of the ball and look at the safeties.

As a reminder, we have defined a building block by the following factors: age, contract, ability, position, and projection.

Let’s take a look at the safeties.

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