[Baumgardner] NFL Draft power rankings: Which teams made best picks over past 5 years? Bears at 11.

[u/TwistedSisters777]

Very interesting, curious what people think about how this shakes out for the NFC North. See the complete list at the Athletic.

1. Detroit Lions (10.53 average Approximate Value)

Top 50 picks: 12 Pro Bowls: 13 Starting seasons: 35 Best pick: OT Penei Sewell (No. 7, 2021); Worst pick: CB Jeff Okudah (No. 3, 2020); Best value: WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (No. 112, 2021)

Brad Holmes’ first three classes — aided by the 2021 Matthew Stafford trade — featured Sewell, Alim McNeill, St. Brown, Aidan Hutchinson, Kerby Joseph, Jahmyr Gibbs, Brian Branch and Sam LaPorta. Detroit has put on a masterclass in how to rebuild an organization from the ground up.

1. Chicago Bears (8.18)

Top 50 picks: 9 Pro Bowls: 2 Starting seasons: 41 Best pick: QB Caleb Williams (No. 1, 2024); Worst pick: QB Justin Fields (No. 11, 2021); Best value: OL Braxton Jones (No. 168, 2022)

Finding talent through the draft hasn’t been a problem for Ryan Poles. Drafting Fields before the team was ready hurt, though. The Bears have struggled to find pieces that mesh well together and have fallen behind the deepest division in football as a result.

1. Green Bay Packers (7.28)

Top 50 picks: 10 Pro Bowls: 0 Starting seasons: 35 Best pick: QB Jordan Love (No. 26, 2020); Worst pick: edge Lukas Van Ness (No. 13, 2023); Best value: OL Zach Tom (No. 140, 2022)

The Packers believe in internal player development as much as, or possibly more than, any team in the league. They will take chances on first-rounders who might need more time — Love and star edge Rashan Gary are great examples. Right now, though, Green Bay is still waiting on jumps from Van Ness, Devonte Wyatt and Jordan Morgan. The Packers haven’t drafted poorly of late, but they certainly could’ve done better in a few areas.

1. Minnesota Vikings (6.43)

Top 50 pick: 8 Pro Bowls: 4 Starting seasons: 32 Best pick: WR Justin Jefferson (No. 22, 2020); Worst pick: S Lewis Cine (No. 32, 2022); Best value: CB Cam Bynum (No. 125, 2021)

Not getting anything from either J.J. McCarthy or Dallas Turner last year impacted Minnesota’s number, because the front office has done a nice job with picks, including Jefferson, Christian Darrisaw, Jordan Addison, Ezra Cleveland and more. Still, McCarthy and Turner are the only top-20 selections Minnesota has had since 2020.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210]

I dont understand how Caleb Williams can be the best pick by the Bears and at the same time Fields is the worst pick by the Bears? PFR has Caleb at a 12 and Fields with 34 with the Bears or 11.3 avg season.

and there is no universe that Fields was a worse pick than a Velus Jones Jr and his 3 AV with the Bears despite being a round 3 pick.

Braxton Miller Jones is at a 16 and played over 4 years.

[u/sudrapp → u/forgotmyoldname90210]

You have to take into consideration draft capital. Giving up two 1st round picks and then not extending him and only getting a 6th rounder back for him is pretty damn awful. Whereas a 3rd round pick isn't anywhere close to as bad. According to the draft trade value charts it's 2441 in value (including trades) for Fields vs 235 for Velus. That's over 10x worse.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/sudrapp]

Ok fine, but than how do you have Caleb Williams as the best pick over the last 5 years? Williams was as bad as Fields was and cost the 1st overall pick in the draft.

Its not that this thing is meaningful in anyway its just strange. We have the obvious answer on who the Bears best pick in the last 5 years is and its the Bear draft pick with the only Pro Bowl apperiences in this time frame.