You’d be forgiven for forgetting how the NFL Draft works. The Bears, after all, didn’t have a first-round pick in 2019, 2020 or 2022, the result of trades they made to try to reverse the franchise’s quarterback curse.
You’d be forgiven, too, for sudden interest in this week’s draft. The Bears were slated to have the first overall pick Thursday — the result of posting the league’s worst record — before trading it to the Panthers in March.
