There’s a part of the job description of NFL general manager that doesn’t get talked about that often. It has become a dirty secret — like knowing how the sausage is made. When you hire a GM for your football team, he has to be a great poker player. To say it more bluntly, your GM has to be an excellent liar.
It doesn’t really feel good hitching your wagon to the lying ability of Ryan Poles, but that’s exactly what you should be rooting for, for the rest of the offseason. I’m sure that Poles would bristle at the description “liar.” Anyone would. It’s not a nice thing to say nor is it really a thing that most people covet being, but we’ve entered the part of the offseason, where it’s imperative that Poles and his staff disseminate false information all over the league.
