NFL Draft: Alabama's Fitzpatrick makes sense for Chicago Bears at No. 8

Photo: USA TODAY Sports Stanford’s Justin Reid could sneak into the first round, but if he doesn’t, he won’t last long on Day Two. Fitzpatrick’s teammate, Ronnie Harrison, seems destined for Round Two, and Wake Forest’s Jessie Bates belongs there as well. After that, there’s a steep decline in a class of safeties that lacks depth.

Bears depth chart

Eddie Jackson

Adrian Amos

Deon Bush

Deiondre Hall

DeAndre Houston-Carson

Bears draft need: Moderate.

Bears draft picks

Round 1 (eighth overall)

Round 2 (39th)

Round 4 (105th) and (115th)

Round 5 (145th)

Round 6 (181st)

Round 7 (224th)

GM Ryan Pace has done an outstanding job of unearthing gems in the middle-to-late rounds of his three drafts with the Bears,…