Ryan Poles gives us a window into the Bears' draft process
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What insights does Ryan Poles provide about the Bears' draft process?
We got a vision.
Ryan does a great job of stacking that board, him and his crew, and was able to sit in with some of the scouts earlier. And I think they do a great job bringing the information to the table, and we'll proceed business as usual.
That's Ben Johnson at the Combine, which is still ongoing in Indianapolis. This is 104.3 The Score. We are Rahimi, Harrison, Grody, and happy to be joining you on this beautiful Friday.
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Things are beautiful. It's beautiful outside. I'm going for a run later. No music. Raw dog.
Also, we have a contribution from that from fellow runner at the score, one Adam Studzinski. And he said, no music runs are when you really get to know yourself. Love me a good no headphones run. To which I said, for you two who love running, I need the music or else I'm not going anywhere fast.
A little inner reflection never hurt anybody.
I think I can do both. Depends on the music you want.
I do want people to join us for this next segment when we take calls. 312-644-6767. How much do you trust Ryan Poles?
And you know what? I think we've got a lot of conversation. And even the conversation that's, like, frustrated is also, like, fair, though. Because, for example, 815 asked, why are we back to doing this? And I'm like, well, he had this stuff he said on Todd McShay's podcast. And then they said, I get that, but the man deserves some flowers for Caleb, Burden, Colson, Menongai, Darnell, etc. I only question his defensive evals at that point. And I said, and that's fair. But your questioning is defensive evaluations. What do the Bears need the most help on this year? Defense. So, like, yes, it's okay that there's been progress made. That's good. We can all agree that that's good. But the fact that you're still questioning the defensive eval,
It's still a valid question. So how much is that? And I think that's what we're trying to get to. And when you hear GM say, and I think it was a human moment for him, talking about Brene Brown's quote about social media, either reaffirming what you already believe or showing you your greatest fear. That there is a lot of truth to that. And I appreciate the fact that he absorbed it because I think it's a great she's a great resource, period, for anybody. But you just don't want the social media to creep into the leader of the football team like that from the football standpoint. Like that's where there's a concern of mine.
309 on the text line. We need to remember that GMs need to grow and develop just like players. He was a rookie GM when they hired him. So yes, we may want to criticize him about past trades and picks, but every great GM has plenty of mistakes early in their career. That's from Rich from Peoria. I'm not... arguing that most though don't get a second chance he's been given a second chance and you know what he's made the most so far of this second chance i think there's just a lot of questions about ben johnson offensive specialist play caller deluxe and his influence on the picks that turned around the offense and now can the same thing be replicated on the other side of the ball
I understand that there's a big discussion when it comes to how much should a guy be allowed to learn on the job. But I think there are times where here, the guy has been allowed to learn on the job more than what is the normal amount of grace. Do I think that is the case with Ryan Pulse? Not necessarily. Do I think there was way too long of a leash given to Ryan Pace? Yes. Are the two things separate? Yes. Yes. And every GM has swings and misses. You know, that's the point, too. Every GM falls in love with somebody and there's some risk. And because they've done better in other areas, they're allowed to take that risk and absorb it differently. I think the best example for me is the 49ers and Trey Lance.
That is a huge swing and miss by John Lynch. But at the same time, they were allowed to absorb it with more grace because they had a better team around him. And they win games. And they picked Mr. Irrelevant, who's now getting more than $50 million a year and led them to a Super Bowl.
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