ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper, Jr. has the Bears staying out of an early run on quarterbacks in this year’s draft and taking Florida wide receiver Ladarius Toney with the 20th overall pick.
Kiper anticipates such a run on quarterbacks at the start of this year’s draft that he included potential trades in his mock draft for the first time in his 38 years of analyzing the draft for ESPN. But none of the activity includes the Bears.
The Bears are candidates to move up in the draft, just based on general manager Ryan Pace’s aggressive history in the draft — in 2016, he moved up two spots to take Leonard Floyd at No.