While it might not be the middle of the season, it is the middle of the semester at a number of colleges right now, so it only makes sense to use the week coming off the bye to grade the 2016 Bears draft class. Players drafted in 2016 have now played a little over two full seasons, and with the length of contracts under the new CBA, they are basically at the midterm point. More than that, with NFL careers averaging under three years, these are players who are actually prime for assessment.
Just to be thorough, I will be grading this draft in two ways.