Unfortunately, we'd definitely be in a bidding war... just in our division at minimum, I'd definitely expect the Lions to take those calls. If anything, it's great leverage for the Browns to use us against each other to keep a stud off a division rival.
There will be a bidding war, that's fair, but when you also look at the teams bidding, its all-Playoff caliber teams. So, that means that the draft picks are going to be lower in every round, so they are not as valuable so they would in theory have to give up more.
Take the Lions for example, for the 2025 draft they have a 1st and 2nd but then don't pick again until the 4th. That 1 and 2 pick are going to be at the bottom of both rounds because the Lions are most likely making the playoffs. So now they are going to have to dip into the 2026 picks, which again, are also probably going to be very low in their respective rounds because the Lions are built to win for a couple of years.
The Bears do have an inherent advantage over most teams because they have that Carolina pick in the 2nd round which, let's face it, is probably going to be the 33rd Pick since most think Carolina probably finishes dead last, again. So, if the Bears were so inclined they could still keep their own 2nd round pick and flip the Carolina pick along with say a 1st this year and either a 1st or 2nd next year. The reason that the Bear's picks are more valuable is that, again in theory, the Bears may very well miss the playoffs this year with a rookie QB, thus Cleveland would get a higher pick, coupled with that Carolina 2nd rounder.
Bears have quite a bit of Cap Room and have some larger contracts they can get off the books (Keenan Allen for example) and they can punt on having to lock up their QB for another 3 years as well as Odunze.
Also, I know everyone wants to keep the picks and build, and honestly, I am not against that either. But lets also keep in mind that outside of the Chiefs (Because of Mahoes and Reid) and the Brady Patriots, no one really has had a 10 year window to win by keeping their picks. Drafting is just as big as a crap shoot as FA signings. I mean come on, the Jags are already thinking of getting rid of the #1 pick from just a couple of years ago. If you have a chance to get the #1 defensive player, at a position of need and they are on the right side of 30, I say absolutely pull the trigger. We have seen so many 1st round busts over the past 5+ years that holding onto a 1st round pick doesn't really mean anything anymore.