Thinking about the draft with a month left in the season is not something Chicago Bears fans wanted, but it is something they’ve grown used to. GM Ryan Poles said they’d take the North and never give it back. Instead, his team has spun its wheel stuck in the mud of bad-to-mediocre for three years. His handpicked head coach was just fired, and now his team is on the cusp of locking up his third straight top-10 pick in the draft. Following their loss in San Francisco to the 49ers, they now hold the 9th overall pick in 2025.
The most interesting part is team is within striking distance of the 3rd overall pick. Six teams are ahead of them with three wins. If they all somehow win two games each over the remaining four games, Chicago would sit pretty with the #3 pick. It sounds crazy, but it’s not as farfetched as people think.
New England has Arizona and two games against the Bills, including a season finale where Buffalo likely won’t have anything to play for.
Carolina has Arizona, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta to close out the year.
Jacksonville has the Jets, Raiders, and Titans up next.
Tennessee, conversely, has Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Jacksonville.
The Jets have the Jaguars, Rams, and Dolphins.
Last but not least, Cleveland has Cincinnati, Miami, and Baltimore.
Does anybody think this team is capable of winning a game on the remainder of this schedule? They play in Minnesota, at home against Seattle, at home against Detroit, and then in Green Bay. Those are four teams vying for playoff positioning with way more momentum than the Chicago Bears have. This team has no coaching, can’t control the line of scrimmage, and has clearly lost what little steam it had left. Securing three picks in the top 40 is a big win from a draft perspective. It gives Ryan Poles (or whoever the GM is) valuable ammunition to infuse this roster with much-needed young talent. If they’re smart, all of it will be directed at the trenches, where they’re clearly still too weak compared to the rest of the division. One has to think a constant stream of high picks breaks the dam eventually.
