2020 NFL Draft: Ryan Pace nets Bears two starters, but did he reach on Cole Kmet?

How Cole Kmet fits in next to new Bears addition Jimmy GrahamThe Bears’ most valuable asset in building their 2020 roster was always the No. 43 overall pick. Did Ryan Pace maximize its value by drafting a tight end?

That feels like the central question to evaluating what the Bears did on Friday night. The Jaylon Johnson pick — 50th overall — landed a guy a lot of draft observers thought would go higher. We'll leave that one alone for now and throw it in the "good" bin. But evaluations for Kmet were all over the board.

So when Pace said the Bears had “scenarios” to trade down from both of their second round picks, it’s worth wondering if he could’ve waited longer than picks 43 or 50 to grab…