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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Ryan Poles may have his signature signing and draft pick

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed the terrific seasons that Bears veteran safety Kevin Byard and third-year right tackle Darnell Wright are having and what those players tell us about general manager Ryan Poles.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, I just want to come through for this team as much as possible.

0:04.0

I probably should have six or seven, but, you know, it feels better when you can get it in the

0:09.0

win.

0:10.0

You know what I mean?

0:11.0

I've taught about this plenty of times, man.

0:12.0

I know what type of player I am.

0:13.0

It's probably like my third time of my career having five interceptions, so I want to continue

0:18.0

to build upon that and just get as many as I can as long as I'm helping my team win.

0:24.7

That was Kevin Byard and him talking about another game where he ends up with an interception.

0:30.0

He's got five on the season and we're a little bit more than halfway through.

0:36.8

I went looked it up, Speggs.

0:38.5

Last year, you had two safeties at the top of the interception list.

0:42.2

Kirby,

0:42.7

Kirby Johnson and Xavier McKinney, 9 and 8 respectively.

0:47.2

They had, and Bayard is on a pace to do that this year.

0:51.9

He's been, I have a lot of respect for him.

0:55.3

I also love the way that he plays.

0:57.4

I think it's great to have someone in the back of a defense that is able to use his knowledge

1:05.1

and make that a part of who he is as a player.

1:08.8

And when you see him baiting quarterbacks into bad throws, it's really awesome.

1:17.4

Like, it's fun.

1:18.4

And a lot of times, like, you don't even have to be someone who's covered football

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