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Protected pick: The Bears retained the conditional 2018 seventh-round draft pick they offered the Chargers in the midseason trade for receiver Dontrelle Inman.

For the Chargers to have gotten the pick, Inman needed 25 receptions for the Bears, according to a person with knowledge of the trade. He finished with 23 in eight games after catching five passes Sunday for 94 yards.

By keeping the pick, the Bears have seven selections in next April’s draft — no third-rounder but two picks in the fourth round.

Inman crept toward triggering the condition Sunday as the Bears threw 24 times in the second half.