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Building the Board: Examining Edge Rushers

Is there any single position the Chicago Bears need to address more clearly than their defensive ends? Especially after Robert Quinn had been traded, the Bears boasted one of the worst DE groups in football — not only could they not stop the run, but they couldn’t rush the passer either.

The Bears need the length they’ve talked about so consistency, and many of the DEs in the 2023 draft class will give it to them — let’s break a few of them down.

For several months now, the WCG crew has been working hard on a simple idea: building a Chicago Bears draft board brick-by-brick in an attempt to create as authentic a draft board as possible while tailoring it specifically to one team (rather than the scheme-free evaluations that are so common around the internet).