Chris Emma

Well, he wasn't the only one who also discussed it.

Ian Cunningham met the media at the Combine, and he said the Bears should get compensatory draft picks for him getting hired in Atlanta.

So in case you missed it earlier this morning, that's what Ian Cunningham had to say when it came to the Bears needing to get the compensatory draft picks.

Ryan Poles also echoed that, and I thought that that was something that needed to be said by the both of them.

That was the first question Ryan Poles was asked, and Ian Cunningham was also talked to about it as well.

Well, and Ryan Pohl's also adding, here's the frustrating part.

Ryan Pohl shouldn't have to add his personal experience to this discussion.

He shouldn't have to remind the NFL of a law that they decided to institute and they decided to incentivize teams.

who hire general manager candidates who are minorities and then give them two compensatory draft picks when they get a promotion to a title like general manager.

It shouldn't have to take Ryan Poles telling the NFL that.

It shouldn't have to take Ian Cunningham.

It shouldn't have to take them justifying why they both got promotions.

This is a picks-free...

situation where nobody's giving up anything.

You know, it's not a lot of people thought in the reactions that I've seen people think, oh, they're taking picks from the Falcons.

No, this is part of the incentive that the NFL wanted to give teams free compensatory picks.

And now they're selectively applying the rules.

And frankly, perhaps

illustrating why the rule was brought in to begin with?

That's the most frustrating part about all of this is to make them have to justify their existence and their promotions in this.