Chicago Bears: Final 2021 NFL mock draft with trades fixes team’s needs

Ryan Pace and the Chicago Bears aggressively trade up for Dillon Radunz

As certain offensive linemen were coming off the board, I had to make another move. As Ryan Pace, improving this team immediately is more important than building for a few years from now. Unless this team sees some vast improvement, Pace is likely gone in 2022 — Matt Nagy also.

The offensive line looked better towards the end of the year, but the team cannot sit still and watch a strong offensive line class speed past them. Alex Leatherwood and Teven Jenkins came off the board early in the second round. With the 52 overall pick, I felt like I was too far away and had to move up. The move paid off once again.

I made a trade with the Jaguars that sent the Bears’ second-rounder (52) plus a sixth-round pick (208) to Jacksonville. In return, the Bears moved up to 45 and selected Dillon Radunz. Radunz is a prospect with plenty of potential. With his 33-1/4″-long arms, Radunz has the size to be a starting tackle in the NFL, hopefully, a left tackle. He stands 6’5″ and weighs over 300 pounds. Radunz has good balance and is probably the second-most aggressive tackle behind Teven Jenkins.