With the 26th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers selected UCLA defensive lineman Datone Jones. One pick later, DeAndre Hopkins went off the board to the Houston Texans.
The Bears — and the NFC North — dodged a bullet there. Can you imagine Hopkins with Aaron Rodgers? And maybe Davante Adams, too? Yikes.
So when the Houston Texans agreed to gift Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals in a truly bizarre trade (which becomes official Wednesday), the first thought here wasn’t wondering why the Bears didn’t go after ‘Nuk for the low, low price of an over-the-hill running back, a second round pick and a fourth round pick.