With Week 1 arriving and the Chicago Bears promenading around the track on their way to the NFL starting gate, rookie general manager Ryan Poles certainly has great conviction in one thing: He hired the right coach. Especially for this team in this moment.
After months of establishing a vision, a three-day journey through the NFL draft, weeks of spring practices and the last month-plus of training camp and preseason games, Poles has seen everything he wanted and more from Matt Eberflus.
For Poles, there has just been something impressive about the way Eberflus has set a tone.