We’ve made the case for why the Chicago Bears should take an offensive tackle at No. 10 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Honestly, I was at war with myself on that one. The fits weren’t quite there. They are when we’re talking about edge rushers and defensive tackles, though.

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Let’s be honest: Abdul Carter will be gone before the Bears pick. But others in a deep NFL draft class will be available. And, as Bears general manager Ryan Poles says, you never can have enough good pass rushers.

“We all watched the Super Bowl, right?” he said. “You want to have waves of pass rushers.”

I love Mykell Williams. There’s little doubt about that after all that I’ve written on him. But the Bears have other options to add an explosive edge rusher in the first round. While you could realistically form a solid front four with Dayo Odeyingbo, Grady Jarrett, Andre Billings and Montez Sweat, with Gervon Dexter in reserve, the Bears still need more. Especially in the sub packages.

That’s where we have to start thinking about edge rushers who fit what new coordinator Dennis Allen is trying to do. Here’s a crash course on what the Bears need. Allen likes big guys — 260 pounds and above. He likes arm length and guys who can set an edge. That’s why Khalil Mack was on top of his draft board back in the day, circa 2014.

So, with all that in mind, who fits?

Williams certainly does. So does Texas A&M’s Shemar Stewart. That’s why I don’t think Mike Green does. At 251 pounds, he’s too light. Unless the Bears are looking for a purely sub-package edge rusher, they’re going with a Cam Jordan type.

Book it.

That narrows our focus to gentlemen of a certain size and weight, unless they buck a trend.

Again, let’s take Cater off the table. He ain’t going to make it to that pick. So, who’s next? The Bears have some stars to consider, with Williams and Stewart probably the best among them. They could look at Georgia’s Jalon Walker, too, and he’s a guy Allen could use in several ways. Allen also loves to blitz middle linebackers, so Walker could be a defensive playmaker who might inherit Tremaine Edmunds’ job in time.

No matter what, the Bears have to take the right guy at No. 10. It well could be an edge rusher, even in a deep draft class for the position.