Bears Draft Defensive Tackle Van Den Berg

0:00On April 26, Chicago Bears wrapped up their draft with eight new players, kicking off with safety Dylan Thioniman from Oregon. They followed with center Logan Jones from Iowa, tied in Sam Rouse from Stanford, wide receiver Xavier Antommas from LSU, cornerback Malik Muhammad, from Texas, linebacker Kishan Elliott, from Arizona State, and captored in the sixth round with defensive tackle Jordan Van Den Berg from Georgia. The team badly needed defensive line help after a rough season. Ed Rush Depp vanished when Deio O'Dangbo tore his Achilles, leaving Montess sweat with 10 sacks as the main guy, while Jervon Dexter and Austin. Booker chipped in six and four and a half, run defense ranked sixth worst, giving up tons of rushing yards per game. Fans kept calling for an early defensive lineman pick, but GM Ryan Poles held off. Back in February, he called Ed Rushers deeper in this class than interior tackles, so

1:00they loaded up elsewhere first. Now on Van Den Berg, he posted 44 tackles, 11 for loss, and three sacks last year. ESPN says his quickness could land him in the rotation right away, with a 4.19 second 20 yard shuttle, and 36 inch vertical. At the combine, shining through, Poles nails late round steels, like last year's seventh round success story. This shores up the interior line just in time, and Van Den Berg pops in camp, bears fans might see real defensive fire moving ahead. From around the league, powered by AI, this is NFL News Today. I'm Corey with the story.