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The Super Bowl is over and the NFL Scouting Combine takes place at the end of the month.
There’s no better time, then, for the Sun-Times’ first mock draft of the season — complete with a pick for whom the Bears will take No. 25 overall in April:
1. Raiders — Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza
A franchise that has started quarterbacks Aidan O’Connell, Jimmy Garoppolo, Brian Hoyer, Gardner Minshew, Desmond Ridder, Geno Smith and Kenny Pickett in the last three years gets its shot at a star.