Given the uncertainty over the Deon Bush pick, it makes sense that the Bears would double-down on the safety position. With seven day-three picks, GM Ryan Pace had a pick or two to spare in order to secure some insurance at safety. I would have chosen a safer pick than Northern Iowa’s Deiondre Hall, but the odds are still slightly better with two risks than one.
Hall is less risky than Bush, considering he’s coming off a season where he was named Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year. He put together an impressive senior campaign with 82 tackles, 5.