Bears report: Ryan Poles talks state of defensive line
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What insights did Ryan Poles share about the Bears' end-of-season press conference?
Bears. Mark Grody, covering the Bears for 670 The Score.
Can I get a couple minutes with you here, man?
I ain't talking today, man. I'm sorry. Okay. Go next to Mark Grody. Are you from The Score?
How gratifying is it when you win that battle and get the football thrown to you? What?
Host of the Take the North podcast. I'm sorry, guys. What was I talking about? Kind of shaking your head at God for a second, though. Mark Grody. My hair does look good today. With Rahimi Harrison Grody. On The Score. He's an apartment complex, this guy.
You know that man's music. It's Mark Grody, as in Rahimi Harris and Grody. He joins us live from Hallis Hall where the Bears just had their season-ending press conference. Ryan Poles spoke, Ben Johnson spoke, and Mark joins us via the Circa Resort and Casino hotline, CircaLasVegas.com. And Mark, as I am to understand, we did not hear from George McCaskey or Kevin Warren as we have in previous end-of-season press conferences.
That is correct. And yeah, it was, though, Layla, a packed house out here for Ben Johnson and Ryan Poles, the two that did speak. And as you mentioned, the distinguished guests included multiple McCaskies. George McCaskey, Pat McCaskey, and Brian McCaskey. Also, as you alluded to, team president Kevin Warren was present just off to the side of the lectern as those guys will line up inside every once in a while. Yeah, I was disappointed. I was disappointed, Layla, that none of those guys spoke directly. They took it in. I thought that especially after a season like this, it would be a layup for George McCaskey to speak and answer questions that would be specifically directed to him about the direction of this team.
So I was a little surprised that he didn't speak. As far as Kevin Warren is concerned, yeah, with all the stuff going on with the stadium, this would have been a good opportunity for him to field some questions about that. And if he wanted to just stick with the direction of the team, that would have been nice as well. You know, I'm not sure what their reasoning was for not talking, you know, I guess the one area, like if you're looking at it to give them an excuse for not talking, that they want Ben Johnson to continue to be the most important voice in this franchise with... Honorable mention to Ryan Poles, but they wanted those singular voices going today. But I thought it would have been a great opportunity for those guys to speak in what would have been an easy scenario.
A few things, guys. Go ahead, Marshall.
Oh, no. All I was going to say was I feel like because the stadium thing is looming, that's why neither one of them did speak, in my opinion.
I mean, that makes sense too, right? For sure. Like this is the last time the media assembles here until the OTA program, which will feel like tomorrow when it arrives, we'll be like, wow, we're already doing mini camps and OTAs. That's how fast the NFL season moves or the never ending capacity of the NFL season. But that could be it as well. I don't understand that quite frankly. Though, like in terms of being upfront and forward and letting us know what's going on instead of us guessing and surmising and giving out opinions, I think it would have been helpful for Kevin Warren to say something about the stadiums and at the very least say something about the team.
Why were George McCaskey and Kevin Warren absent from the press conference?
But no explanation was given on any of that.
Yeah, I think that typically they do speak at the end of the year. And this was my thought on it, Grody. By the way, if you want to see Mark Grody, he is joining us from Hallis Hall, twitch.tv slash Chicago 670 The Score. I think that the thing is, I understand that in less successful seasons, they might want to limit the talking because they talk for so long. But this is the good times. Like, everybody keep talking. Take your victory lap. Answer questions. You get the benefit of the doubt. We want to listen to what you have to say. We want to know about your plans. Like, this is the time to not limit them, to not cut their mics so we can hear more. Like, accept the fruits of your labor as well.
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