
The Chicago Bears can take anyone they want in the 2023 NFL draft. They have the No. 1 overall pick.
However, spending the top pick on a running back would have many questioning the football intelligence of general manager Ryan Poles. Not since Ki-Jana Carter in 1999 has a running back gone first overall, and the Cincinnati Bengals’ pick never crested 500 yards in any one of his eight seasons in the league.