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Will The Bears Trade Out Of The #9 Spot?

Sports Talk Chicago

Sports Talk Chicago

Football, Sports, Baseball

5.0832 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, host Jon Zaghloul explains why the Bears may trade out of the #9 spot in the NFL Draft, and why it continues to show off Ryan Poles’s high football IQ. Tune in at 5pm Central on Thursdays to hear Sports Talk Chicago on AM 1230 WJOB and JED TV!

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0:00.0

Well, I want to start today with this.

0:04.2

Ryan Poles is a pretty smart man.

0:08.0

For all the times in which I berated him over the past year,

0:10.8

I have to say these past couple of months have been ingenious, shrewd, and manipulative,

0:18.3

but in a good way, clever.

0:20.3

He's been so clever in outsmarting other teams,

0:23.3

not revealing his hand publicly,

0:25.7

and allow the Bears to stack up tons of draft picks ahead of this draft

0:28.9

and even the next one.

0:30.6

We had Dave Richard on the program this week.

0:32.4

He talked about how the Bears having a couple of first-rounders next year

0:35.9

could allow them to hedge their bet in case

0:38.7

Justin Fields doesn't pan out.

0:42.0

Fine pose is setting up his team for the future, plain and simple.

0:45.4

And he's ready to move forward with this team and lead to success with or without Justin

0:50.8

Fields.

0:51.2

It doesn't necessarily rely on him, which I think is genius.

0:56.2

You don't want to put all your eggs in one basket. If Justin Fields has a bad year, you're ready for next year.

1:01.7

He's made some expert moves, some smart moves.

1:07.4

Right now, according to some new reports from Jason Leisure of the Chicago Sun Times,

1:11.7

Ryan Poles may not be done making moves.

1:16.7

At Alabama's pro day on Friday, he was asked Poles, if he is open to trading down again

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