Daniel Jeremiah talks prospects who would fit the Bears in NFL Draft
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What are the strengths of the 2026 NFL Draft class?
what's up everybody welcome to move the sticks dj and buck with you that is daniel jeremiah the number one public enemy of the public library system of southern california my guy daniel jeremiah i'd be excited if i was chicago because most times you've You know, your team in the past has had some struggles. You come in here and you're like, well, gosh, we hope we got the right coach. We hope our quarterback's going to pan out or we're looking for a quarterback. So having those pillars taken care of, this is the easy part.
Yeah, I'm always a fan of going best available, which is hilarious. It's always a great discussion because, oh, you take for need or best available. I'm like, well, a lot of teams stack their board based off need so they can justify taking best available. It's like, come on, guys.
Just get out of there. They're time intense. Get out of there.
Uh-oh. Somebody got fired, huh? With Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 104.3 The Score.
That is Daniel Jeremiah's introduction. He is at Move the Sticks. You know him well on Twitter. He's an NFL network analyst. He provides live coverage alongside NFL Network of the 2026 NFL Draft from Pittsburgh, April 23rd through 25th. He hosts the Move the Sticks podcast, and he is kind enough to join us on our hotline here on Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Daniel, thanks for coming on.
Well, I appreciate that. And what a nice job there of pulling together some things that made me sound smarter than I am. So I do appreciate that in a big way.
That's thanks to our producer, Tyler. So just you provide us with a big service, evaluating draft prospects in the draft every year. So our producer, Tyler, put that together for you.
Well done, Tyler. Well done.
I wanted to start with your latest work, Daniel, and it is ranking draft prospects. We know the Bears pick a 25th, but it's still nice to see what's out there when it comes to what you're seeing perhaps in the depth of the class or when you look at the best available in your top 50, what you're seeing. What's your evaluation?
Well, I do think there is some depth at some key positions. The edge rusher position, there's going to be a bunch of those guys roll off the board in the first round, and it does go deeper than that. I think into the fourth round where you're going to see some really solid players that are going to be able to have an impact right away. The corner and receiver positions are both in good shape in this draft. I like the interior line group. Once you get outside the first round, I think day two is a good spot for that. Running back's not great. Quarterback's not great. Tackles, there's a good number of them, but not a Panay Sewell. There's not a Rashawn Slater. There's not a Joe Alt type player in this draft at that position.
So Definitely some strengths and weaknesses there. I use the phrase starters, not stars. I think if you're into a bunch of stars, you might not love this draft, but there's a lot of starters.
It's interesting because we've heard so much about how good Caleb Downs is as a safety. We know he'll be long gone by the time the Bears pick, but you had them slide in your latest draft, mock draft, that is, as taking a safety. Tell me about what you saw that made you think this could be the Bears pick and why you think it could be an upgrade over Jaquan Brisker.
He's a good player. I'm taking the Toledo safety. Emmanuel McNeil-Warren is one of my favorite players in the whole draft. He's 6'3.5". He's got great size and length. He makes splash plays. He makes plays on the ball. He's a big hitter. He's got great makeup. He's got good football intelligence. This is a kid that turned down a boatload of money to leave Toledo to stay there and finish up there. And it's a school that's done a pretty good job of developing DBs over the last several years, including Quinion Mitchell, who's been an absolute stud and an all pro for the Philadelphia Eagles. So I'm a, I'm a big fan of his game. I think he provides a little more versatile skill set than Brisker had, but somebody that would be fun to watch on that defense, not only making plays on the ball, but also this guy in an era where people forget that you can still hit people like this guy, he'll deliver some big hits, which is fun to see.
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