A general manager’s decisions speak louder than anything he says into a microphone, and the message from Ryan Poles this offseason has been clear: The Bears want to maximize what they can be this season.
The Bears talked about that last August, but it was the world’s worst-kept secret that the 2022 season would be a burn year in their rebuild. It would’ve been counterintuitive to add veterans, especially pricey ones, to a team going nowhere.
