The Chicago Bears hold some powerful cards ahead of the NFL Draft. Of course, they’re expected to select quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick, but they also have the ninth overall pick. That gives Ryan Poles and the Bears a few options on draft night.
David Haugh and Dan Wiederer of the Audacy original podcast “Take The North” debated about what the Bears should do with Haugh arguing to trade up for wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. if he’s available.
“I don’t think there’s a real incentive to trade up in this draft given the depth of the positions that you’d be trading up for because there’s other options there,” Wiederer said. “Trade down I think might be the preferred option inside the building if the Bears can’t attract a trade partner that gives them a certain floor of how low they’re willing to trade down to, and I think they could turn it into multiple picks and capitalize if they get the deal that they want.”
While the top two or three picks in the draft are expected to be quarterbacks, things open up a bit with the amount of talent in the top 10. One of the most talented players in this year’s draft class is Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., the son of the NFL Hall of Famer.
“Caleb Williams. Drake Maye. Jayden Daniels. J.J McCarthy. If those are the first four off the board, quarterbacks all of ‘em one through four, Ryan Poles should be motivated to trade up with the Chargers and get Marvin Harrison Jr,” Haugh said. “Give ‘em next year’s first-round pick. Give ‘em –”
“Why?” Wiederer interjected. “Why not wait and see if you can get (Malik) Nabers or (Rome) Odunze?”
“Because they’re not Marvin Harrison Jr.,” Haugh continued. “If Marvin Harrison Jr. is the best player in the draft, you would be fixated on getting him if he’s still on the board at number five, and the Chargers want to add capital for the new head coach – I don’t know what it is. But if he’s the best player on the board you go get him.”
Many people have Harrison Jr., Nabers, and Odunze all to be selected in the top 10 picks. The Bears could very well have one of the three fall to them, but trading up could be worth it depending on how they view the trio.
“That’s a heavy price to pay given the fact that there’d be options just below him that would probably match up pretty well without having to give up a first-round blue chip possible player in 2025,” Wiederer argued. “I hate it. Not in.”
“I would love it,” Haugh reiterated. “I would love it because it would be so un-Bear like to go and get somebody. You end the day with Caleb Williams and Marvin Harrison Jr. and you would win the draft. Marvin Harrison Jr. is better, just by a shade, than Odunze, than Nabers, and I think that little bit that you see – if you agree with that. If you don’t agree with that you’re not doing it. But if you think he’s the best player in the draft potentially, you go up and you get him.”
Wiederer also argued that the Bears already have two go-to receivers on the team in DJ Moore and Keenan Allen. However, a connection between Williams and Harrison Jr. would have the potential to be legendary in Chicago for years to come.
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