Best of the Bears: NFL denies Chicago's appeal for draft pick compensation

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In the Best of the Bears this week, Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote reacted to the NFL confirming that Chicago won't be awarded draft pick compensation under the Rooney Rule for assistant general manager Ian Cunningham's departure to become the Atlanta Falcons' new general manager; Rahimi, Harris and Grote explained how Bears head coach Ben Johnson won't let his team dwell on its success in 2025 as it moves forward; and Spiegel and Holmes held the Ben's Vision segment, where they analyzed the state of the Bears' passing game.

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0:00.0	Thanks everybody.
0:03.3	You're listening to the best of the bears.
0:06.8	He's it for the touchdown and the Chicago Bears have taken the league.
0:10.9	A weekly mix of 670 the score's best NFL talk to get you ready for game day. Day.
0:37.3	This is Rahimi Harrison Grotty on 1043, The Score, and we have developing news.
0:44.3	This is per Brad Biggs.
0:46.2	Maybe you guys have heard of him.
0:47.7	His name is Bigsy.
0:49.6	Yeah, he talks football with you.
0:51.8	He does.
0:52.9	So this is per Brad Biggs earlier, NFL announced that the Bears will not receive
0:59.2	compensatory picks.
1:01.0	It is over.
1:02.7	Quote, the matter is now closed following the club's appeal.
1:06.7	The NFL informed the Bears today they will not receive compensatory picks.
1:12.6	The policy is designed to provide picks for the primary football executive position.
1:19.8	The league determined Mr. Cunningham, Ian, did not fill that role with the Falcons as it is defined in league rules.
1:30.8	Because Matt Ryan has the word football in his title.
1:34.0	That's really what we're getting at here, right?
1:35.7	It's one word.
1:37.7	I guess it's the most important word.
1:40.6	But this was a situation that had happened previously.
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