Ryan Poles spoke but didn't take questions — should he have? (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.6 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes reacted to Bears general manager Ryan Poles holding a short press conference but refusing to take questions Tuesday as the team reported to training camp. What does it tell us that Poles didn't take questions? After that, the guys listened and reacted to Bears head coach Ben Johnson explain how he and quarterback Caleb Williams are working to get on the same page.

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0:00.0	Spiegel and Holmes.
0:01.3	Joe Buck, do you know that Spee is doing ads for a hair treatment that he doesn't need?
0:06.0	The idea of you doing any sort of hair restoration thing makes me gag.
0:10.2	Now, good for you.
0:11.2	It's all in the name of commerce, and I tip my cap that's hiding my thin hair.
0:15.8	I haven't seen you on...
0:18.0	Afternoons on the score.
0:20.1	The football season.
0:21.6	My budget season.
0:25.1	Before we get to the football season, I should have mentioned that our visits are pleasant visits with Nico Horner.
0:31.3	Are sponsored by Huntington, home of asterisk-free checking.
0:36.3	More at Huntington.com slash your money.
0:40.4	Somehow it's football season.
0:42.7	And there are certain things that register with me in the middle of baseball season as,
0:50.0	I don't care.
0:51.4	I don't care.
0:53.1	But then there are certain things that I'm like, oh boy, it's football season.
0:57.6	And that's just me.
0:59.0	For you, I think that threshold is different in terms of what registers.
1:03.7	And this is our ongoing relationship and partnership in focus here.
1:08.0	But today is a day that the GM steps up, the coach steps up, a bunch of
1:13.6	players step up. It's hard not to realize it's football season. It was really weird this morning.
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