According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, some inside the NFL believe the Bears tried to trade up early in the second round.

The Bears' biggest mistake in the 2025 NFL Draft wasn’t necessarily selecting a bad player. In all reality, Luther Burden might turn out to be a serviceable pro. Still, he wasn’t what the team needed. Not now. Not with the opportunity to shore up areas that have consistently plagued Chicago’s chances of climbing into contender status.

What can't be lost in the celebration of the Chicago Bears' 2025 NFL Draft is the back-to-back draft classes that they've stacked together. Poles added Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze in 2024, which, when combined with Loveland and Burden, gives Chicago one of the most exciting young offensive cores in the entire NFL.