Fresh off landing the No. 1 pick by the Bears being the worst team in the NFL last season, general manager Ryan Poles faced a rush of questions in January about whether he’d use it to draft a quarterback and trade Justin Fields.
He delivered a line that has stuck to him. As he considered top-tier prospects, Poles said he would need to be “absolutely blown away” by one of them to make a move. He wasn’t, though perhaps he and others misjudged Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, who went No. 2 and is soaring with the Texans.
