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It feels like Christmas morning for Chicago Bears fans.
Look at that gift, a shiny new ball hawking safety!
Oh, that's a big one... An athletic and disruptive defensive tackle!
Wait a minute, we also get a brand new lengthy corner!
I'm excited, you're excited, we're all excited.
Maybe the NFL knew that pushing the draft back would build even more excitement for their annual draft? Maybe that's why they are thinking about doing this, the NFL Draft could be held even later in 2015.
And speaking of the draft, here's the skinny...
When:
- Round 1: Thursday, May 8, 8pm ET
- Rounds 2-3: Friday, May 9, 7pm ET
- Rounds 4-7: Saturday, May 10, 12pm ET
Where: Radio City Music Hall, New York City
Television Coverage: NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN 2 for all three days
Internet Streams: NFL.com Live and we'll be live blogging / open threading the entire draft at Windy City Gridiron
Selection Time Limits:
- Round 1: 10 minutes
- Round 2: 7 minutes
- Round 3-7: 5 minutes
You can do the math to figure out the estimated time that picks 14, 51, 82, 117, 156, 183 and 191 will take place for the Chicago Bears.
For the entire draft order of all 254 picks you can click here.
Click here for the entire WCG NFL Draft Section.
The top three needs for the Bears are defensive tackle, safety and corner, so we gave you the run down on those positions yesterday.
Chicago Bears NFL Draft primer: Defensive Tackles
Chicago Bears NFL Draft primer: Safety
Chicago Bears NFL Draft primer: Cornerback
There's still time to get in on our Phil Emery 1st Pick Contest.
And if you aren't all mocked out, the final SB Nation Mock Draft has arrived.