What could the Chicago Bears do with pick No. 25 in 2026 NFL Draft?
What could the Chicago Bears do with the No. 25 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft? We're exploring some options.
In the last 15 years, only three players at selected at pick No. 25 in the NFL Draft have made the NFL’s All-Pro Team. Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (2020), center Tyler Linderbaum (2022), and linebacker Dont’a Hightower (2012), who was a two-time selection and three-time Super Bowl champion.
This isn’t to set in doubt for the Chicago Bears or their fans, but it just isn’t a great spot to draft, and honestly, the Chicago faithful will take it. Since 2015, the Bears have picked in the top 10 eight times, and the last time they had a first-round pick No. 20 or higher was in 2013.
This will also be general manager Ryan Poles’s fifth draft with Chicago, each of which he’s drafted in the top 10, minus his first season when the Bears didn’t have a first-round pick. With that all being said, Chicago can really do just about anything at No. 25, from trading up, because they have the assets in this draft and in future drafts, to trading back to acquire more draft capital, or just stay put.
The defensive line was the weakness last season, both against the run and in pressuring the quarterback, and it works well that the 2026 NFL Draft class is primarily defense-heavy. But again, with the Bears picking at No. 25, they have to play this waiting game more than ever, and see how the board falls.