The Bears received some good news on Thursday. 

While most people are familiar with the concept of compensatory picks, the same cannot be said for "supplementary selections."

The Bears did not receive any compensatory selections due to the team needing to sign so many free agents before the 2022 season. However, there is a certain stipulation in the CBA about compensatory picks that many people don't know about. 

Simply put, if the league awards fewer compensatory picks than there are teams, it'll make up for it through "supplemental selections." 

In this case, 30 compensatory picks were awarded. Therefore, a supplemental pick is awarded to the teams picking first and second in the draft, which will be the Bears and Texans in 2023.

Check out the official description from the NFL's press release:

"The Collective Bargaining Agreement stipulates if in any League Year the number of compensatory selections awarded is less than the number of clubs then in the League (32), an additional number of selection choices shall be awarded to clubs based upon draft selection order (“Supplemental Selections”). This year, thirty compensatory selections were awarded to thirteen clubs based upon the netting formula described above."

It is worth mentioning that this extra pick will be a seventh-rounder. In fact, it'll be the second-to-last pick in the draft. Still, a draft pick is a draft pick. 

The Bears currently own these nine picks:

•  Round 1, No. 1 overall
• Round 2, No. 55 overall (from Ravens, Roquan Smith trade)
• Round 3, No. 65 overall
• Round 4, No. 103 overall
• Round 4, No. 133 (from Eagles, Robert Quinn trade)
• Round 5, No. 136
• Round 5, No. 149 (from Ravens, Roquan Smith trade)
• Round 7, No. 218
• Round 7, No. 258

The Bears' own second-rounder is owned by Pittsburgh due to the mid-season Chase Claypool trade. The team is without a sixth-rounder due to the 2021 Jakeem Grant trade with the Dolphins. 

Chicago could add to their collection of picks by trading out of the number one pick. This scenario has been discussed extensively, and will only get more chatter leading up to the draft. 

Should the Bears take the best player available, or trade back and continue to stack assetts?