Ryan Poles
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1,461 appearances
50 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3 Sep
Ryan Poles’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I can rep the draft 150 times in April before we get to it, and it's just like preparing for a game.
It's slow motion.
Nothing surprises you because you've worked some of those crazy, you know, someone picked someone right before you or a trade happened, and your ability to adapt and adjust along the way gets really, really high.
I don't want to get like two names involved.
Well, you don't have to, I will say this staffing wise, I would say, you know, like the, the theory of like the talented.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Um,
There's been a situation where a really smart person that was doing some really good work, but maybe not the best teammate.
And I probably held on too long, and it created some harm in terms of just stress on other people.
So just the learning point there is if it goes against being a good teammate, which is one of our things,
it's okay to move on maybe even quicker than you think because of the, the, the effect that it can have on others.
Rahimi & Grote Show · Ryan Poles gives us a window into the Bears' draft process · 27 Feb 2026
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Philosophically, I feel the same.
It's going to be the best player available.
I know that may not be the most popular thing because people see kind of like on my board have yellow tags where
We need to fill in.
But at the same time, I do believe, especially in early rounds like one, you really got to stick the best player available.
We saw that last year.
I know there's a lot of questions like, yeah, Cole, why would you take Colston?
I think we found out that it helped us along the way.
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