Clemson's Woods: Bears' Draft Steal or Risk?

0:00It's April 8th. This is NFL News today, AI-powered stories from around the league. I'm Cory with the story. Chicago Bear Spans are eye-and-climbs in defensive tackle Peter Woods as a potential dress deal, especially with his stock sliding from number 18. To number 30, on Tony Pauline's Big Board, the 6 foot 2 1 1 2 0 98 pound lineman showed burst on tape, but his final college season and pre-draft workouts raised. Red flags. King called out Woods for a down year, skipping the combine workout, and struggling at pro day with a 1.67 second 10 yard split, no. Full 40 due to a hamstring tweak, and just a 29 inch vertical. Earlier mocks from Daniel Jeremiah had him going to the Bears for that interior juice in their 4-3 scheme. PFF grades tell the story too. His run defense dropped from 88.6 to 75.9 and pass rush from 81.2 to 74. Still, analysts like KIEQ see him as the top choice for Chicago at pick 25, praising

1:05his elite run-stopping and scheme versatility. Woods could slide right into Dennis Allen's defense as a 3-tech penetrator, 2-I Gap controller or 4-I hybrid creating mismatches up. Front. That's the kind of flexibility the Bears crave after years of interior line woes, and with varied opinions and a Bears history of hitting on climps and tackles like refrigerated parry back in 1985 at pick 22, Woods. At 25, feels like a real shot to bolster that D line without breaking the bank.