The 2022 NFL draft is just around the corner, and the Chicago Bears will be looking to address some important needs with limited draft capital.
New Bears general manager Ryan Poles will have just six draft picks to fill some big needs at wide receiver, offensive line, defensive back and other positions of need. While Chicago doesn’t have a first-round selection, they do have two picks in the second round and three total selections in the top 71.
With the NFL draft just around the corner, NFL Network’s Chad Reuter unveiled his latest seven-round mock draft, where the Bears addressed some important offensive and defensive needs.
Round 2, Pick 39: WR Treylon Burks, Arkansas
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The Bears are in need of a playmaking wide receiver for quarterback Justin Fields, and Reuter has them landing a top wideout in Arkansas’ Treylon Burks with the 39th overall pick.
Here’s what NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein had to say about Burks:
Big, smooth and natural, Burks possesses the versatility to operate from wherever you want and get to wherever you need no matter the competition. He’s a mismatch receiver combining size, strength and competitiveness similar to the Titans’ A.J. Brown, but his speed testing at the NFL Scouting Combine did not meet expectations. Arkansas benefitted by putting the ball in his hands from a variety of alignments and there is no reason to believe NFL play-callers won’t benefit from doing the same. The tape is extremely exciting with real NFL skills jumping off the screen, but his potential to become a high-volume, three-level target is a little more cloudy after a relatively disappointing showing at the combine.
Wide receiver remains a big weakness for Chicago, whose top wideouts are Darnell Mooney, Byron Pringle and Equanimeous St. Brown. While it seems unlikely that Burks will fall to the Bears in the second round, he would be an immediate upgrade Chicago’s receiving corps.
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