An early trade down with the Arizona Cardinals slotted the Chicago Bears at No. 45 overall in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft - a selection they used on Ashland tight end Adam Shaheen. With the trade, they acquired a fourth-round draft pick (no. 119) and sixth-rounder (No. 197) this year, along with a fourth-round selection from Arizona next year. All in all, effectively recouping some valued assets used in the trade up to acquire North Carolina’s Mitchell Trubisky.
That trade sets the table for Chicago to find some quality depth, particularly on defense considering some of the players remaining, and fill out the roster on the remaining day of the draft.