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● By Alex Shapiro
Mock drafts are fun, that’s why we do them. It’s even more fun when you get to play around with the No. 1 pick in the draft. That’s the case for Bears fans this year, and that’s why we’ve really leaned into putting together mock drafts this year. We’ve done first-round only mocks, mocks with lots of trades, mocks with no trades, mocks that focus on offense and mocks that focus on defense. Now, for the first time, we’re doing a full seven-round mock draft. The point of these exercises isn’t to accurately predict exactly what will happen in April. That’s impossible. It’s to explore what could happen, and familiarize folks with some college prospects at various positions. We’ll do more of these over the coming months and some of the names will be different. Again, it’s to provide coverage of multiple players, and of course to have fun. So please, enjoy.