Leila Rahimi

about the interview that Ryan Poles did with Sirius XM Radio where he talked about steps being skipped in training camp.

And I think that they addressed it in a good way when they decided to say stuff like, strip it down to the foundation, strip it down to the studs, build this back up, do all the basic stuff so we can build on this in the right way.

Try to forget everything you learned in the first year for Caleb Williams.

so that way he can build this up in Ben Johnson's eyes, build up his best practices while he's still young, and put together what he did this past season.

It was also a warning, though, that when you hear the GM say this, the head of the front office, the head of the football operations of the team saying,

I was asking, well, why didn't you stop it?

Like the buck stops with you.

You're the guy who's supposed to be able to put a stop to that or change the course if you see it's veering off.

You shouldn't have to wait an entire season to adjust, right?

Yes.

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And the question just becomes, how much more do you trust Ryan Poles now than you did last year?

How much do you trust him to give the Bears a draft that is comparable to the last year's draft rather than the prior ones that he had had?

and even take into consideration our discussion about Jervon Dexter in transition with Zach Zaidman and David Haw.

So all of that said, I didn't expect to hear another serious XM type of interview with Ryan Poles this time around at the Combine.

But I credit Ryan Poles for being transparent enough to actually have the conversation with us when I think a lot of general managers wouldn't do so.

And by with us, I don't mean necessarily Marshall and Layla.

I mean...

With the media and with people who he appears with.