CJ Stroud was already elite at everything they need him to do. I do like Slowik though, Shanahan tree + good resume.

Not a steal, but for a guy who is first round talent at a premium position and this allows us to focus our other two first round picks on two other premium positions, I think the Bears did pretty well.

Tbh, unless you have a source for those numbers, we still don’t know his asking price and everyone else’s offers. It could very well have been that he wanted top 10 money, but teams valued him, currently, as a top 15 or top 20 corner. The difference there is almost $10m per year.

I think the Bears will value JJ quite a bit more b/c he is a leader, but we also have to be realistic that he’s been injured every season and inconsistent (he was the 67th graded corner in 2022) until his 6 games this season.