Ryan Poles is still in 'prove-it' mode as Bears GM

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Laurence Holmes and Jason Lieser discussed how Bears general manager Ryan Poles still has plenty to prove in Chicago despite recently receiving a contract extension.

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0:00.0	Going forward with the Bears.
0:03.1	Okay, everything's aligned now, Jason.
0:05.4	Everything is aligned.
0:07.8	What's fair?
0:09.4	Because I find myself going year one for new head coach is often clunky.
0:14.5	He's never had the big whistle.
0:17.3	Things will happen and you're trying to bring along a quarterback that has probably got some football PTSD,
0:23.4	considering that you have, what, three different offensive coordinators last year?
0:29.0	Yeah, I guess if you count Chris Beatty at the end, the receiver's coach.
0:32.4	So you've got a little bit of that.
0:35.0	So what, I know that no matter what happens, like as the season gets closer, we're
0:40.0	close because teams are in camp now, right?
0:41.6	The two, the two teams that are playing the Hall of Fame game are already in camp.
0:45.8	The Chargers and I don't remember the other team.
0:48.4	It doesn't matter.
0:49.4	But January 30, July 31st, it will matter because it'll just be on our TV and they'll
0:53.6	get 7 million viewers for that game.
0:55.5	Bears full team reports a week from tomorrow.
0:57.9	You excited?
0:59.0	Yeah, I'm excited to see how it goes.
1:00.5	I mean, it's always interesting with a new head coach to, you know, see how he's changing the way certain guys are used.
1:07.9	And it's going to be really interesting to see how Caleb performs and how much
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