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Who's picking him: USA Today's Luke Easterling, Sporting News' Eric Galko. Easterling writes, "In 2016, the Bears got their explosive edge rusher in Leonard Floyd. With this pick, they get a more stout, powerful front-line defender who can defend the run and collapse the pocket with power."
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Who’s picking him: USA Today’s Luke Easterling, Sporting News’ Eric Galko. Easterling writes, “In 2016, the Bears got their explosive edge rusher in Leonard Floyd. With this pick, they get a more stout, powerful front-line defender who can defend the run and collapse the pocket with power.”
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In several absurdly early 2018 mock drafts, the latest updated on Tuesday, several pundits have the Bears picking fourth or fifth (granted, some writers deferred to oddsmakers for next season’s records). ESPN analyst Todd McShay’s prediction of a 12th overall pick makes him the outlier. Based on the following projections, most experts expect the Bears to address the secondary (but then, that was a popular notion before this year’s draft).