When it comes to the NFL draft, it’s easy for a team to fall in love with what it wants a player to be rather than what that player actually is. You might’ve seen a healthy dose of it on Thursday night, as general managers across the league staged a run on offensive skill position players that was unlike any we’d seen in recent years.
It wasn’t the quantity of the names going off the board as much as it was the quality. The Bears parted with two third-rounders and a fourth to move up one spot to draft a quarterback so raw he’s practically sushi-grade.