The Bears are 4-9 going into their game at the Vikings on Monday, which is a brutal reality after their 4-2 start. But the upside to their spiral is it has them in position for a valuable draft pick.
They hold the No. 9 pick heading into Week 15 and have the NFL’s hardest remaining schedule, starting with the Vikings (11-2), followed by home games against the Lions (12-1) and Seahawks (8-5) and the finale at the Packers (9-4).
ESPN Analytics’ latest calculation projects them to pick 10th and gives them less than a 1% chance of landing the No. 1 pick and a 6.1% chance of picking in the top five. The Bears are sitting behind two 2-11 teams and six 3-10 teams. Only one of the teams ahead of them in draft order, the Patriots, beat them this season.
It’ll be a high pick either way, and the Bears have major needs to address with a premium resource like that. They could land a starting pass rusher, offensive tackle or defensive tackle and still have two picks in the second round that currently are slotted at Nos. 36 and 41.
Cornerbacks coach Jon Hoke said Friday that Stevenson had a lot to deal with in the aftermath of the Commanders’ game-winning touchdown.
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This week’s “Polling Place” also features questions about the Cubs and Bears.
Washington didn’t sugarcoat his review of the Bears’ poor performance against the 49ers in his first game as play-caller: “Clearly we failed to meet the mark in terms of anything that could be considered an acceptable performance. And that starts with me.’’
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