The Chicago Bears hold all of the cards at the top of the 2024 NFL draft, and the varying paths they could take has the potential to impact every team on the board.
Most notably, it will drastically impact the New England Patriots, who should come in looking to upgrade their dismal quarterback situation from Bailey Zappe and Mac Jones to Caleb Williams, Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels.
But they aren’t the only team that’ll be quarterback shopping. The Bears will have the tough decision of either sticking with Justin Fields or moving to a new franchise face under center. There’s also the Washington Commanders and New York Giants, who are two more teams that could be looking for a reset at quarterback.
And what about a trade? If the Bears keep Fields, they could potentially trade down from the No. 1 overall pick, which could put another team in the driver’s seat on draft night.
We kept things simple this time around with the draft order still not being set in stone. There were a couple of early surprises with the Bears taking Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. with the No. 1 overall pick, and Maye going ahead of Williams to the Commanders.
Here’s how the rest of the draft came out with the Patriots holding the No. 3 pick:
1
Chicago Bears: Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State
2
Washington Commanders: Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina
3
New England Patriots: Caleb Williams, QB, USC
4
Arizona Cardinals: Dallas Turner, EDGE, Alabama
5
New York Giants: Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU
6
Los Angeles Chargers: Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia
7
Tennessee Titans: Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OT, Penn State
8
New York Jets: Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame
9
Atlanta Falcons: Michael Penix Jr., QB, Washington
10
Chicago Bears: JC Latham, OT, Alabama
11
Las Vegas Raiders: Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
12
Minnesota Vikings: Jared Verse, EDGE, Florida State
13
New Orleans Saints: Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
14
Denver Broncos: Jer'Zhan Newton, DT, Illinois
15
Seattle Seahawks: Kamren Kinchens, S, Miami (FL)
16
Cincinnati Bengals: Malik Nabers, WR, LSU
17
Arizona Cardinals: Rome Odunze, WR, Washington
18
Pittsburgh Steelers: Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State
19
Green Bay Packers: Terrion Arnold, CB, Alabama
20
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
21
Indianapolis Colts: Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas
22
Jacksonville Jaguars: Graham Barton, OG, Duke
23
Los Angeles Rams: Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson
24
Buffalo Bills: Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA
25
Kansas City Chiefs: Brian Thomas Jr., WR, LSU
26
Philadelphia Eagles: Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa
27
Detroit Lions: Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
28
Houston Texans: Chop Robinson, EDGE, Penn State
29
Miami Dolphins: Troy Fautanu, OG, Washington
30
Dallas Cowboys: Kingsley Suamataia, OT, BYU
31
San Francisco 49ers: Jordan Morgan, OT, Arizona
32
Baltimore Ravens: Kalen King, CB, Penn State
