As a follow up to our previous installment of trade downs, we’ll take a look at what it would cost the Chicago Bears to trade up in the 2025 NFL Draft. With a lack of blue-chip talent at the top, it could be a “buyer’s market”.

The 2025 NFL Draft is exactly two weeks away, and the rumors surrounding the Top 10 are spinning. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has already put out his final mock of the draft season, and many others will do the same over the next 14 days. As previously noted, the Chicago Bears find themselves in...

WCG’s lead draft analyst looks at a few offensive linemen the Bears would be wise to consider with one of their second-round picks.

After the Chicago Bears’ aggressive spending in free agency, their starting offensive line seems more or less set for the 2025 season.

Barring an unforeseen Braxton Jones trade, he and Darnell Wright figure to have the starting tackle spots lined up. Chicago traded for guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson just before the start of free agency, and they signed center Drew Dalman to a massive deal on Day 1 to fill our their interior.

That said,...

Courtney Cronin joins the Bears Banter Podcast!

The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped!

The NFL Draft is just two weeks away, and we spoke with ESPN’s Courtney Cronin to break down everything going on with the Chicago Bears.

Courtney is fresh off the league meetings and talked about what she heard there. She discusses the latest progress (or lack thereof) with the stadium project and, of course, plenty on the NFL Draft!

Courtney’s insight on the 10th pick was interesting.

“That left tackle spot, when Ryan Poles talks about using that number 10 pick, very high draft pick, you...

We kick off another WCG roundtable by asking our team to give the running back they hope the Bears draft.

The NFL Draft is just two weeks away, so we wanted to kick off a roundtable asking some of our staffers to give us their favorite prospects at a few positions.

Today’s question: Who is the one running back you want the Chicago Bears to draft?

And here’s what a few of us had to say.

Jacob Infante: Ashton Jeanty feels like the easy way out, so I’ll go with another early-round running back in Quinshon Judkins. An elite combination...

Bears continue workouts as draft approaches

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Taylor Doll talks with CJ Vogel, who covers the Texas Longhorns for On Texas Football, about the top Texas prospects.

Taylor Doll continues her NFL Draft podcast series by looking at prospects who could be a fit for the Chicago Bears. On her latest Making Monsters on our 2nd City Gridiron channel, she’s joined by CJ Vogel, who covers the Texas Longhorns for On Texas Football. They discuss several players who will be playing on Sundays, including wide receivers Matthew Golden and Isaiah Bond, defensive linemen Alfred Collins and Vernon Broughton, but the first Texas player who will come off...

With the Chicago Bears having four of the top 72 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, we’ve spent a lot of time discussing the first three rounds of the draft. But there’s plenty of talent that can be had on day three. Rounds four through seven are where teams’ boards can be more flexible, as need and potential can cause clubs to go in surprising directions.

Pro Football Focus recently gave their best fits for each team on day three, and here’s what they had for the Bears.

Prospect to target: DI Tonka Hemingway, South Carolina

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The 2025 NFL Draft is just 15 days away. With the Top of the first round a jumbled mess of projections, would it be in the Bears’ best interest to trade down? We’ll investigate three potential options and what the expected return could be.

The 2025 NFL Draft is just under two weeks away, and all 32 teams are prepping to make their first-round picks for the first time in recent memory. The Chicago Bears were one of a handful of teams that held multiple first-round picks last year. This year, they’ll make yet another Top 10 selection and have...

Players speak about experiences with Ben Johnson & Co. so far

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Our partners at FanDuel Sportsbook have the 2025 over/under season win totals out, and the NFC North is bunched up more than I figured it’d be.

Here’s how they currently list it.

Detroit Lions - 10.5

Green Bay Packers - 9.5

Minnesota Vikings - 8.5

Chicago Bears - 8.5

As a reminder, last season the Lions won the division with a (15-2) record, followed by Minnesota (14-3), the Packers (11-6), and the Bears bringing up the rear at (5-12). Interesting that their oddsmakers expect a fall-off from the first three while expecting the Bears to improve.

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On Monday, the Minnesota Vikings cut 26-year-old cornerback Nahshon Wright, and on Tuesday, the Chicago Bears signed him to a one-year deal.

Minnesota initially acquired the 6’4” Wright on August 9, 2024, in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys for corner Andrew Booth Jr. The Cowboys drafted Wright with the 99th overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft out of Oregon State, and in his three years in Dallas, he played in 33 games (3 starts) and was a core special teamer. While with the Cowboys, Wright was coached by Al Harris, who is now Chicago’s defensive backs coach and...

WCG’s lead draft analyst spoke exclusively with ESPN’s senior NFL insider.

As he prepares for the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft, ESPN senior NFL insider Adam Schefter is also prioritizing something else very important to him: Type 1 diabetes awareness.

Leading up to T1D Day on April 15, Schefter is partnering with Sanofi to promote the organization’s Screen For Type 1 initiative.

“Well, it’s a great partnership, and I’m really happy that Sanofi has engaged me for this,” Schefter explained to Windy City Gridiron. “Because I believe it’s an important message to raise awareness around the importance of screening for Type...