INDIANAPOLIS -- With a shallow talent pool of free-agent edge rushers, the Bears may be compelled to address that weakness in the draft, where the problem is that talented pass rushers disappear in a hurry.
There are several outside linebacker/defensive ends in this draft who are considered impact pass rushers, but five could come off the board in the first round. If the Bears don’t use the eighth overall pick to boost a pass rush in need of help, they have to hope one of the quality edge players falls to their second-round pick at 39 overall.
North Carolina State’s Bradley Chubb will be gone before the Bears make their first selection.