KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When spotlights illuminate the stage at Kansas City Union Station on Thursday, the most pivotal drama of Bears general manager Ryan Poles’ rebuild will play out for a national audience.
It’s essentially his first full draft, and the picks leading up to and including his selection at No. 9, assuming he doesn’t trade out of it, will significantly shape his career. He spent more than a decade here as an assistant with the Chiefs and ran his first draft as Bears general manager last year, though he had to make the best of what Ryan Pace left him.
