Ryan Poles

I just filed that audio in right before this.

He opened with some jokes at the expense of Caleb Williams and his three-point shooting display at the NBA All-Star weekend.

So Ben, at the end of the season, was intense and locked in on every single moment of a playoff push.

And here he is now a month later, and he's in good spirits and the smile's out, and he's having fun again.

So it was a different Ben Johnson from when we last saw him.

In playoff mode, you're going to hear more from him later.

I think my biggest takeaway, Mark, is the fact that they don't know which direction this offseason is going to go just yet because they are still needing to make some cap-clearing decisions, and there's some significant ones looming.

In past years, Ryan Poles and he's discussed this, the idea of cutting guys before the combine so their agents can be out here in Indianapolis talking with teams and getting deals in place.

The only player they've cut so far is Amen Ogbogbemiga, and that's a guy they plan to cut all along.

Tremaine Emmons is still on the roster.

DJ Moore is still on the roster.

Cole Komet is still on the roster.

DeAndre Swift...

What Ryan Pohl's indicated today is he has to consider all scenarios.

And what he also indicated is that he's getting calls about trades from other teams, teams that know the Bears need to get under the cap and make some difficult decisions, and teams that are willing to salvage the Bears.

Instead of cutting a player, let's make a deal.

Ryan Poles was asked directly, and I think he might have played it by now, the idea of, is DJ Moore somebody you're going to have back on this roster?

Do you need to consider moving his contract?

And he said, we love DJ Moore.

This is a guy we think very highly of.