How much trust do you have in Bears general manager Ryan Poles? (Hour 1)
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How much trust do fans have in Bears GM Ryan Poles?
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Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score.
Now, because we're lunatics and we have one thing on the mind at all times, and that is not money, that is not time, it's not some resources essential to us all, it's Max Crosby. We're like, oh, is Ben Johnson talking about Max Crosby when he said this to Cassie Carlson?
Some of the former offensive linemen that are now coaches having those conversations. Hey, who gave you the most problems? It wasn't necessarily the biggest names. It was sometimes the guys that just went for longer and for harder than their opponent. And I think there's something to be said for that. You know, guys that you know you're going to get 100% from them every single snap.
He just said what he wanted in a defensive lineman candidate.
And then he describes someone who just never stopped going. Basically an Energizer bunny whose battery never runs down or runs out. I would say someone with a high motor. People that know me know I'm about the work and football.
Someone who plays 97% of the snaps or so.
I give my whole life to this sport every single day.
Somebody who may not love football but is obsessed with football.
I don't love football. I am obsessed. I've been playing tackle football since I could watch. Somebody who wants to win and maybe hasn't had as much winning as he is accustomed to. I don't give a f*** besides playing football and winning football games.
Max Crosby is on the forefront of my mind.
Do we have to?
I don't wanna.
How does this work?
I can dream, can't I? I can smell your dreams, Tom.
I think it's affecting us.
What insights did Ryan Poles share about the NFL Draft process?
Nah.
What are you talking about? Everything is related back to Max Crosby. I am now officially a Maxinista. I don't know that I wasn't. One of us. One of us. One of us.
One of us.
One of us.
The reply is just the word Max.
Max!
Layla Rahimi. Marshall Harris. Mark Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 104.3 The Score.
Hello and good morning on this Friday. This is Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score. And yeah, there are times where we just randomly in the middle of silence will say Max. Max Crosby. I don't know, Ray. I don't know that we're speaking it into existence enough.
We're going to try. We're going to ramp it up.
Max! I haven't heard Marshall do it lately.
Max. Not HBO Max. Max Crosby.
How has Ryan Poles evolved as a general manager?
Listen to that bass. Have you done your run yet? You know how you were thinking about taking an outside run? Have you done it?
I will be doing that later on today. I don't know if you know, but we're getting up to 60 today.
We're going outside. But when you're running, you're a distance guy. So like somewhere during your multi-mile run, how many miles are you running today?
I would say five miles max.
See, somewhere during that five-mile run, do you find yourself likely to say just the word by yourself in silence, Max?
Yeah, that'll probably happen. I'm thinking about running today without music.
Oh, no. You're just going to raw dog the workout?
Yeah, raw dog the workout.
We have gotten some really unstable phrases between the last time we left you with Anthony Heron and Lawrence Holmes saying the phrase, curtain jerker. Technically, I get it. It's a real term that the wrestlers and the wrestling fan bases use. And then also now raw talking the workout. But yeah, I feel... Okay, 6-3-0. I don't know that Max is the new Bears, but I think it's getting up there. I think it's getting up there. Like, if you just find yourself silent and the first word that comes to you is Max, it came Max Crosby. I don't think you have a problem. I think you have a solution.
Hopefully one day they'll be synonymous.
I don't know, guys. I don't know. I think we need a capologist, a cap wizard, a cap guru, and some sort of other magical being in order to fix this.
What are the implications of Poles' comments on social media?
We can find one of those.
Perhaps.
I'll work on that.
Well, and in the meantime, we found the Bears front office, which I think we can all say this time this year compared to this time last year is in a much more trustworthy place.
I wouldn't call it night and day, but I would call it night and sunrise.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How much trust do fans have in Bears GM Ryan Poles?
0:01–1:58
2
What insights did Ryan Poles share about the NFL Draft process?
1:58–3:02
3
How has Ryan Poles evolved as a general manager?
3:02–4:35
4
What are the implications of Poles' comments on social media?
4:35–6:58
5
How do listeners feel about Ryan Poles' decision-making?
6:58–9:24
6
What challenges does Poles face with the Bears' roster?
9:24–12:04
7
How does the coaching staff influence draft strategies?
12:04–14:29
8
What are the expectations for Poles in the upcoming draft?
14:29–45:55
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