When the No. 10 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft was announced, I was weirdly comfortable.

Let’s face it, any Chicago Bears’ pick makes all Bears’ fans a little nervous, queasy, uneasy, sick to our stomach, prideful somehow, shame, unrealistic joy…every single year, but especially when the draft is held at the epicenter of Chicago hatred, Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.

When NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, read Colston Loveland, tight end from University of Michigan as the Bears’ first round pick, I was awkwardly happy and excited.

Not only does it seem weird to be happy with a Bear’s pick because, well, it’s a Bears’ pick, but it also seemed strange at first because Loveland plays a position we’ve been confident in with Cole Kmet.

Kmet has been solid for the Bears since being drafted in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft after his career at the University of Notre Dame. He has been one Bear who has avoided the calling of his head during the reigns of head coaches’ Matt Nagy and Matt Eberflus, which says something about his ability and talent.

So, why pick another tight end with a 10 pick?

Because the Bears are finally doing what they should have been doing since the creation of the draft, choosing players who fit the system, fit what the coach wants to do, and who will help the team. For some odd reason, Chicago never gets it right.

The funny thing is, a lot of people were complaining on Facebook about the Bears selecting a position they already had filled.

But they didn’t.

New coach Ben Johnson runs a two-tight end formation, almost to perfection. His system carved up the Bears’ defense time after time when he was the offensive coordinator with the Detroit Lions.

Kmet is one tight end. The Bears didn’t have another tight end to do what Johnson wants to do, so they grabbed one.

Not only can Loveland run routes, catch the ball, gain yards after catch, and provide Caleb Williams another option in his second year behind center, but the former Wolverine is 6-foot-5, 245 pounds and can help the offensive line with linebackers and edge rushers.

The offensive line has been pinpointed as a need for the Bears, deservedly so. Instead of wasting the 10th pick on an underwhelming offensive guard, they grabbed Loveland who will be a dual threat as a receiving and blocking tight end.

I’m not saying he is going to be a hall of fame player or is going to become the best player in this draft, which would be amazing if it did happen, but it was a smart decision for Chicago to add depth to the offensive weapons, add to the outside of the offensive line, and play to Johnson’s strengths.

For this Bears’ fan, it was refreshing.

Then the Bears added another offensive skill player with the 39th pick in the second round in wide receiver, Luther Burden III, from University of Missouri.

Although I hope he is awesome and he adds a great third layer of receiver options with D.J. Moore and Rome Odunze, this is where the gripes of not choosing another offensive lineman or a defensive player, anywhere on the defense, can come in.

With Moore, Odunze, Kmet, and Loveland, plus running back D’Andre Swift, there were already multiple receiving options. The other units, however, are very thin and need as much extra help as possible.

I would have gambled with a big guy up front on either side of the line, a pass rusher, a linebacker, rather than picking another receiver.

Then, the complaints from me were silenced when they picked up Boston College’s Ozzy Trapilo, a 6-foot-8, 316-pound offensive lineman.

He was just what the Bears’ fans wanted ordered, and it made the Burden III pick a little easier to digest.

Being optimistic in the offseason and during the draft comes back to haunt Bears’ supporters, but I was raising my level of, ‘Let’s go,’ volume when they took Shemur Turner (offensive lineman from Texas A&M) in the second round with the 62nd pick, traded with the Buffalo Bills to get the 132nd and 169th picks (fourth and fifth round) while releasing the 109th pick (fourth round) to the Bills, picked up Ruben Hyppolite II (a fun name to spell and say) from University of Maryland with the 132nd pick, then traded with the Rams for a sixth round pick in the 2025 draft and a fourth round pick in 2026.

The Bears ended 2025 with a defensive back in the firth, another offensive lineman in the sixth, and a running back in the seventh.

Again, they did what they usually don’t do, grabbed what they needed to fill holes, to placate to their new coach, and to add stability to the units which seemed unstable at times.

I’m not hyping myself up to think the Bears are going to be a playoff team, but they will be fun to watch this year. Let’s just hope a Hail Mary doesn’t delate the 2025-26 season.