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Daniel Jeremiah talks prospects who would fit the Bears in NFL Draft
03 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: 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.
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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.
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Chapter 2: Which positions have depth in the 2026 NFL Draft?
It took a couple guys along the defensive line at that point in time.
We're talking to Daniel Jeremiah. He is the host of the Move the Sticks podcast. He's an NFL network analyst joining us here on Rahimi Harrison Grody on 104.3 The Score. And Daniel, I am enjoying, maybe is the right word, trying to figure out where Zion Young is going to go. I feel like He's all over the board. Some say he's not going to be available by the time the Bears pick a 25.
Others say he might be available later. I think in your latest mock in the 3.0, you don't have him going in the first round. What do you think about just his draft stock and where you could see him landing?
He's a real he's a real firm, strong player. So you watch him. He destroys tight ends in the run game. He's you know, he plays really big and long and heavy, heavy handed, but he's not the most twitched up like explosive guy. So a lot of times that's a profile that goes off the board in the second round. But in this draft, if he were to go in the 20s, I could totally see that as well.
But usually when you're taking one of these guys in the first round, you want a little more twitch, just a little more juice off the edge. He's more of a power player, big, big, heavy bull rusher, just a little bit more herky-jerky in his movement. So I like him. I think he's a good player. When you're almost 6'6", 262 pounds, you're not going to run the ball on the edge against him.
That's a valuable commodity, and he's a real power player. Yeah. I could see him going in the 20s. For me personally, I like him more in the second round.
Daniel, I'm curious because Ryan Poles has talked about this draft class not being nearly as deep as others. And I want to know your stance on that and how that should affect maybe what the Bears' needs are. They need everything on defense, as I'm sure you know. So where does this draft, I guess, fall off?
Where should we be looking for the starters, not the stars even, in this draft to kind of fall off?
I think this is a really good day two draft. When you look at the second and third rounds, I think there's really good players to be found in those defensive positions. Corners, safeties, edge rushers. I would say defensive tackles are not as deep. That would be the one exception there. Linebackers, I actually really like the day two group of linebackers.
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Chapter 3: Who are the top safety prospects for the Bears in the draft?
So I would have him over Jenty. Now the challenge of finding the landing spot is, We saw last year Jenty go to a team that's offensive line was in shambles and, you know, he wasn't able to get anything going at all. So that becomes a little bit of the, the shortcoming of, okay, he's a great player. He's my number two overall pick, but where does he go?
What teams have the offensive line to be able to support him at this point in time? You know, I,
I've been putting him to Tennessee, even kind of breaking my own rules on that one because they do need to continue to upgrade that offensive line, but that to me would be almost more of a pick for 27 and give yourself the rest of this draft and another offseason to fix the O-line and then have him paired up with Cam Ward would be a pretty fun experiment.
We talked a little bit about guys that come out of places like Toledo, the non-powerful schools. I'm curious because you go deep in this thing. With the small schools, are there any players that have wowed you from a small school standpoint, just even from whether it's the combine to all these pro days that have taken place since? I'm always curious about a nugget to keep our eyes on.
Yeah, there's a couple guys. It's harder to find them now because ā these Power 4 teams scoop these kids up. When you're Jared Verse at Albany and you flash on tape, all of a sudden you go to sleep as a student at Albany and you wake up as a student at Florida State. That's how that works. But there are still a couple of those diamonds in the rough.
Caleb Proctor is a defensive tackle from southeast Louisiana. who's just under 300 pounds. He was awesome against LSU when they stepped up in competition. He had nine sacks. He's really, really explosive. He ran under 4'8". So he's one that I love on the defensive side of the ball.
And then offensively, you'll hear a lot about this guy as we get towards the draft and could end up going on day two when it's all said and done. But it's Ted Hurst, the receiver from Georgia State. He's almost 6'4". He's over 200 pounds. He ran low 4'4". He can really go get the ball down the field. So those are two guys, not at those traditional powerhouses, but two really, really good players.
Dan, I want to ask you, too. I know you're draft, draft, draft, but I think the Fernando Mendoza situation is interesting. You obviously have him going to the Raiders number one overall. So do most people. But my question is, with Kirk Cousins being there, it looks like he is going to be the starter.
Do you think that this might be, with all the stories that have been written about the misdevelopment of first-round quarterbacks and guys in that position, sounds like they're willing to let Mendoza sit on the bench to begin his career. What do you think about that? And do you think this is a change in the way that maybe teams will develop these first-round quarterbacks to avoid them being bust?
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