We sit a week away from NFL free agency, and the Bears are the talk of the NFL. As they should be. They’re the team with the No. 1 overall pick and the most cap space. That buzz you heard all the way from Indianapolis was by design. Ryan Poles has spent the last week selling hope like he’s Saul Goodman. Now we’ll see if the Bears’ general manager will net the desired results.
Veteran NFL writer Peter King on Monday released portions of an interview with Poles in his “Football Morning in America” column. Poles came off as clearly confident about the position the Bears are in five weeks from the draft. He should feel good. It’s not hyperbole to say what the Bears decide will shape the NFL for the next five years or more. You don’t sit down with one of the biggest names in sports journalism for 50 minutes just to be nice. You use that platform to set an agenda.
