Bears Wire

● By Mike Pendleton
With Super Bowl LIX set with a showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, the rest of the NFL is gearing up for the 2025 season. Those preparations begin with the 2025 Senior Bowl set to take place this week, with prospects meeting with teams and rumors starting to swirl about potential draft fits. For the third consecutive season, the Chicago Bears will have a Top 10 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Bears’ NFC North divisional rivals all suffered early exits in the 2024 postseason, and now Chicago has shored up their new with the addition of Ben Johnson as their new head coach. The Top 30 picks in the draft are officially set. Ahead of the Senior Bowl, here are our new first-round projections, where the Titans pass on a quarterback, the Carolina Panthers land a steal at No. 8 and the Bears lock down a stud along the offensive line.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.