INDIANAPOLIS — Just because the Bears don’t have a first-round draft pick doesn’t mean we can’t engage in that annual rite of (meteorological) spring, the Sun-Times’ Mock Draft 1.0.
The needs of NFL teams will change between the start of free agency on March 16 and the start of the draft on April 28, and our iterations of the mock draft will change with them. But as the NFL Scouting Combine nears its end, here’s our starting point.
1. Jaguars — Alabama OT Evan Neal
Offensive-minded head coach Doug Pederson knows the value of protecting last year’s No.