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LAKE FOREST, Ill. – No one can accurately evaluate a draft class for a couple of years, but that doesn’t stop national football writers from assigning grades before the prospects play their first game.
Here’s what a few of those experts had to say about a Bears draft that consisted of safety Major Wright in the third round, defensive end Corey Wootton in the fourth, cornerback Joshua Moore in the fifth, quarterback Dan LeFevour in the sixth and offensive tackle J’Marcus Webb in the seventh:

ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. gave the Bears’ a “B,” writing: “Chicago was absent for two rounds, but tried to address needs when they entered the picture. The Bears neither reached nor got amazing value in Major Wright, the Florida safety. But they needed a safety, and Wright has a real chance to fill that void.

“Corey Wootton wasn’t 100 percent in 2009 after coming off a bad knee injury, and could be a camp surprise. A decent pick. Overall, like any team stuck outside the top two rounds, the Bears were hard-pressed to find impact talent, but they were resourceful given their limitations. (The late add of a promising local quarterback never hurts.)

Pete Prisco of CBSSportsline.com gave the Bears a “C,” explaining: “They didn’t pick until the third round, so it was tough to give them a high mark. But they did get some good players with their picks.”

Prisco wrote that the Bears’ best pick was Wootton, who “could be a steal;” and that Moore is a third-day gem who “has a chance to be a nickel corner in their defense. He has nice cover skills.”

USA Today’s Jarrett Bell and Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News both also gave the Bears a “C.”

Bell wrote: “They didn’t select until the 75th slot. [So] their grade is skewed accordingly. Still, in safety Major Wright, they added a playmaker to a defense that has received significant offseason attention. Keep an eye on sixth-round quarterback Dan LeFevour.”

Gosselin wrote:  “GM Jerry Angelo was on his game in the third day, landing Wootton, Moore and LeFevour. Wright gives the Bears a playmaker in a division suddenly flush with quarterbacks.”

Sports Illustrated’s Peter King didn’t assign draft grades, but he was impressed with the Bears’ first two picks.

“Late in draft prep, I kept hearing Corey Wootton’s name in [the] 60s or 70s; good job by the Bears to get him at 109 to stick in the defensive-line rotation,” King wrote.

“When you don’t pick for the first time until 75, getting a coverage safety in Major Wright to band-aid a position of big need is a good job. But make no mistake—the Bears’ draft is [free-agent acquisitions] Julius Peppers and Chester Taylor. They have to play big or this offseason is an abject failure.”
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