Bears general manager Ryan Poles never seemed serious as he loosely floated the idea of using the No. 1 pick in the draft to take a quarterback and trading Justin Fields. It was an unconvincing bluff, and Poles even admitted it wasn’t fooling anyone when he said last week no teams had called to ask what it would take to acquire Fields.
The speculation, which has been going since late in the season when it became clear the Bears would be picking near the top of the draft, ended Friday when Poles predictably unloaded the top choice.
