Ryan Poles

I want to understand their structure of the people they put around them.

I want to understand how they battle through adversity.

I think the toughest thing is when there's an out to transfer when things get hard.

We hurt the resilience of our young players.

So I want to learn through that and understand how they grew throughout their whole deal.

And that doesn't mean we would eliminate everybody, but we know what's coming in the building and what we need to lean into because I think we have to pick up some of that education on our side more than back in the day where colleges were kind of doing that education along the way.

And I don't blame the college coaches.

That's a really tough position.

You've got to compete.

You've got to get the best rosters together, knowing that guys are going to be in and out.

So you're going to have band-aids and bridges to install an offense.

It may not be as complex as ours because the guys are coming in for a year and then they're out.

So there's a lot there in terms of the impact that it has in the NFL.

It's really tough, and I know I've talked about those tough decisions in the past.

I think what changes is when you win, bonds and relationships get deeper.

And knowing that right now we sit over the cap, we've got to make some decisions if that's cuts, if that's trades.

There's real relationships of people that gave it up for the Chicago Bears to advance our organization, and they may not be able to stay.

And that sucks, to be honest with you.

But it's what makes this league beautiful.

It's why we're all here.