I gotta be honest. I think the Bears are going to regret passing up on a HoF mauler for a good tackle.
Carter was too inconsistent when the spotlight was his, not him and Jordyn Davis as a wrecking crew. That he was far too invisible and there are questions of his motives/desires to be interested/laziness on top of lack of production--following an impressive 2021 with a 'meh' 2022--I understand passing on him completely.
While you bring up character concerns, the same concerns could be why Carter is out of the league in a couple of years.
LOL at the George Pickens reference. The bears cut Anthony Miller and Javon Wims for being idiots, losing their cools, and throwing punches months before the draft last year, but Poles should have taken the guy who threw punches while his team was blowing someone else out, after he lost his cool and was preinjured? Nah. Thanks for DJ Moore, put to bed 'what if' of Pickens forever.
Passing on Carter was smart. He is talented when he wants to be, but he was the best prospect in a weak DT class. When teams (including the bears) were bringing in guys like Lukas Van Ness and Adebawore, two collegiate DEs--on top 30 visits with the idea of kicking them inside to DT/3T, this isn't the year for top talent at DT. Carter is the best of a weak class, his value is incredibly overinflated, and a team like Philly is best for him. He won't have to be the centerpiece, because when he was--again--he didn't stand out enough this past year.