2014 NFL Mock Draft: Chicago Bears Select...

BTSC contributor Michael Uhlhorn is here with the Bears pick, and makes no bones about being influenced by some recent discussion on the site about a particularly intriguing prospect.

By barnerburner Apr 11, 2014, 11:00am EDT

The Chicago Bears have a defensive legacy rivaled only by our own Pittsburgh Steelers.

I considered a number of defenders for this position - and briefly Odell Beckham Jr. because even Jay Cutler can't suck with a receiving corps like that. But eventually, it was not a Bears fan or my own in-depth research that brought me to this pick, but our own dear leader, Neal Coolong.

By making such a convincing argument for this player's value in Pittsburgh, he unknowingly convinced me to take him off the board one pick before the Steelers in this community mock.

With the 14th pick, the Chicago Bears select Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh.

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Donald is rising up the boards and fits in Chicago for the same reasons he could fit in Pittsburgh - he provides versatility and is nearly unblockable. Pair Donald's ability inside with Jared Allen and Lamarr Houston off the edges and the Bears have a defensive line that could rival the best in the NFL.

Safety could make sense here, but do the Bears feel Calvin Pryor is worth the 14th pick? Corner could be taken here with Dennard coming in to be a future starter, even though Chicago brought back Tim Jennings and Charles Tillman.

In my opinion, the Bears will follow the same logic that Neal had when he selected Donald for the Steelers in SB Nation's blogger mock draft - NFL games are still won in the trenches. The Seahawks and Panthers have shown the value of this old adage. And in 2014, Chicago will join them among the elite defensive fronts in the league by selecting someone who could turn out to be the best defensive lineman in this draft.

Notes for the imminent Steelers pick:

Voting will begin tomorrow and extend into Sunday, with the write up posting on Monday. It'll be done by a poll, and while I do intend to include a wide variety of options, do let me know in the comments who you'd like me to make sure to include.

	Team	Player	Pos	School	BTSC rep/link to pick
1		Blake Bortles	QB	UCF	SteelerWolf
2	via	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M	Jack Finn
3		Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville	twault
4		Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina	Double-Eagle
5		Jake Matthews	OT	Texas A&M	diehardsteelerfan625
6		Khalil Mack	LB	Buffalo	Erik Stone
7		Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson	TheCommish
8		C.J. Mosley	LB	Alabama	VinnySteel
9		Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn	Sean Geddes
10		Anthony Barr	OLB	UCLA	JDSpartan
11		Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma St	slatts17
12		Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M	omara891
13		Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	S	Alabama	Panther pride 76
14		Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	Michael Uhlhorn
15					(community vote)
16					steeler fever
17					Steelers_Fan_to_the_Core
18					DropTheHammer
19					steeler_chris_5
20					Wichita SunSteeler
21					(?)barnerburner(?)
22					c63tho
23					WelcomeToReality
24					Steel Spike
25					L-Ray
26	via				AMKrup
27					Ike Evans
28					asmith87
29					furthur56
30					Collision Course
31					alexryan
32					Thoroughbred of Sin