Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images All the Bears draft moves tracked here! This will be a night that Chicago Bears fans all look back on, but will it be with fondness or regret? For the first time since the 1940s, the Bears will make the first pick in the NFL Draft. Everything that general manager Ryan Poles has done during his two-plus years on the job has led to this night. His vision for the franchise will now be in the hands of a quarterback he believes can lead this team to the top of the NFC North and beyond. If you think the division crown wil ..read more

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Peanut will be in Detroit on Friday night representing the Bears! The NFL always brings out current and former players and a few celebrities to announce some of their day two picks, and this year will see the return of Chicago Bears legend Charles Tillman. The league announced that Peanut would be on stage in Detroit to announce Chicago’s third-round selection, which is currently slated to be 75 overall. Other legends with ties to the Bears scheduled to appear on stage are Muhsin Muhammad, who will announce Carolina’s second and third-roun ..read more

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports This week’s SB Nation Reacts results are in, and Bears fans think a trade is coming. Many Chicago Bears fans, including me, are holding out hope for a Caleb Williams-Rome Odunze 1-2 punch with their first two picks, but it may be in the Bears’ best interests to move back from nine even if Odunze is there. If they can drop back a few spots and pick up a day-two pick, they could still come away with a blue-chip prospect while adding another potential early contributor. This could be why 51% of our Reacts voters expect the Bears to trade down from nine overall. Then a ..read more

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Bears Banter will be live streaming during the draft with plenty of guests and wall-to-wall Bears coverage! Plus this will be your Open Thread! Turn the sound down tonight, and turn Bears Banter up! Make sure you join us for a special live Bears Banter, as Bill Zimmerman plans to livestream the entire first round of the NFL Draft! The event starts tonight around 6:45 pm Central time and should conclude around the end of the first round. Scheduled to join him tonight are Aaron Leming, Lester Wiltfong, Mason West, Jacob Infante, Robert Schmitz, Quentin Krzysko, Khari T ..read more

Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports WCG’s lead draft analyst shares his latest mock draft of the 2024 pre-draft cycle. It’s finally Draft Day! After months of speculation, analysis, heated debates, and mock drafts galore, the 2024 NFL Draft officially opens tonight. The first overall pick seems to be set in stone, but the unpredictability of picks No. 2-32 are what should make Thursday’s selections incredibly fun to monitor. The Chicago Bears, of course, have the luxury of knowing everybody that will be available with the No. 1 pick. All signs point to them selecting USC quarterback Caleb Williams ..read more

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Taylor Doll talks with UCLA beat reporter James Williams about some draftable Bruins. Kudos to Taylor Doll for ripping through another fantastic predraft Making Monsters miniseries, this one looking at several draft options for the Chicago Bears. During the eight podcasts, she spoke with beat reporters from the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, LSU, the University of Georgia, Penn State, the University of Texas, Alabama, Florida State, Notre Dame, and her final show, UCLA. In this episode, she talked with James Williams, who ..read more

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Everything you need to know to watch the 2024 NFL Draft. Here’s all the information you’ll need to watch the 2024 NFL Draft, otherwise known as the 89th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting. Remember that we’ll have in-depth coverage of all the Chicago Bears picks here at WCG, as well as on our 2nd City Gridiron podcast channel and video channel. Speaking of our video channel, we’ll be streaming the entirety of night one of the Draft to provide a Chicago Bears focus on a live Bears Banter featuring Bill Zimmerman and a bunch of guests. Als ..read more

From left, Mayor Brandon Johnson, President and CEO Kevin Warren and Chairman George McCaskey listen while the Chicago Bears announce their plans to build a new domed lakefront stadium at Soldier Field on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Chicago. | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images It’s Draft Day, and Chicago has overall picks #1 and #9. This one’s going to be fun. WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in ..read more

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Getty Images Greg Gabriel shares his experience from draft rooms during his scouting career. With the 2024 NFL Draft beginning tomorrow night, I thought it might be interesting to explain how different Draft Rooms I have been in were set up. Just like no two Draft Boards are alike, the same can be said about Draft Rooms and who is in them. The first time I was in a Draft Room was in 1982 with the Buffalo Bills. Back then, it was much different than it is today. In the two-week period leading up to the Draft, the scouts were in town and set up the Board. Once they compl ..read more

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Just one day before the draft, and a day after Ryan Poles heaped praise on his No. 2, the team announced he’s been extended. The Chicago Bears have extended assistant general manager Ian Cunningham, Adam Schefter reported Wednesday. Cunningham is GM Ryan Poles’ right-hand man, often literally. The two can be seen walking and talking side-by-side at training camp and have been spotted often together throughout this offseason and draft process. Just yesterday in the team’s pre-draft media conference, the pair met the media and ..read more