CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When the Chicago Bears drafted Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III in Round 2 of the 2025 NFL draft, they did so with the final pick the Panthers gave them in the 2023 trade that allowed Carolina to select quarterback Bryce Young No. 1 that year.
Had Young continued to struggle like he did the first year and a half of his NFL career, watching the Bears use that pick might have been painful to accept.
But the improvement he showed the second half of last season is why mentioning the pick is significant.