Chris Emma

Let's top this.

So the precedent is in place.

We know the Bears are certainly interested in re-signing Darnell Wright.

They see him as a...

staple for their team for many years to come a franchise tackle they are so pleased with the way that he's developed over the last three years and now he goes into this season looking at a potential long-term extension i think this is something that could happen sooner rather than later all right chris we've been talking about it all day the level of trust we have in general manager ryan poles who obviously had a better 2025 than he did 2024 2023 where are you and your level of trust in this general manager

it all changed with ben johnson i think ben johnson and his ability not only him but his coaching staff to develop players changed the way i look at ryan poles and you understood kind of pulse's vision with some of these players that were just not properly developed his first three years on the job and you saw the combination of drafting and development come to fruition and how many individual success stories were we seeing the praises of last season a guy like in the sean wright for example who

was picked up in mid-April, let go by the Vikings, and has an all-pro season.

Ozzie Trapillo, obviously before the injury, that was a guy who was unplayable in August, bowed out of that tackle competition, and he was pushed back into that over two other guys that they really believed in because that's how strongly they felt, and that's how ready he was to play.

All down the line, the different players that Ryan Pulse has identified as talents for this team and building blocks, you see them develop now, and you see the way that that potential is being realized, and that's incredibly exciting.

When Ben Johnson talks about, he says, I've got a five-star coaching staff, the resume is right there.

It's not just the collective.

breakthrough of this past season, but it's so many individual players who had terrific seasons.

DeAndre Swift and what he was able to do with Eric Biennemi after looking like somebody he wanted to part ways with a year ago this time in February.

He had a terrific season.

That's somebody who carried the backfield for this team.

Cal Madone guy, seventh-round pick.

He stepped in as a key part of this offense.

You can go all down the line to different players who had terrific seasons because of the coaching staff and the way they were developed.

And you see what Ryan Pohl's vision is.

So because of that, I feel totally differently about Ryan Pohl's than I did a year ago before you started seeing the fruits of the labor from this coaching staff.