ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles was anticipating a extra strong marketplace for Justin Fields earlier than the group traded the quarterback to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I used to be just a little bit shocked,” Poles stated on the NFL league assembly Monday. “However as you do analysis and we’ve got conversations, it’s a must to type of modify to the market. However I believe simply with how different groups are constructed, as a result of if you happen to look firstly, there are in all probability groups which might be trying on the draft for guys to fill in. On the again finish, playoff groups in all probability have somebody in place. So actually it was a smaller pool of groups.”
Chicago acquired a 2025 conditional sixth-round decide that may grow to be a fourth-rounder if Fields performs 51% of Pittsburgh’s offensive snaps this season. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Sunday that quarterback Russell Wilson holds the “pole place” to be the starter, however stated Fields will “have the chance to compete” when the time is correct.
The Bears had initially eyed a Day 2 draft choice plus a late conditional 2025 decide, a supply with data of the group’s plans instructed ESPN. Six groups, together with Pittsburgh, got here with quite a lot of gives, with most envisioning Fields as a backup.
Poles on Monday stated the Bears acquired gives from groups aside from Pittsburgh, however he believed the chance to ship Fields to a spot with a clearer path to compete was doing proper by the 25-year-old.
“They’ve a starter with Russ however there was extra of an open competitors, it felt like from my perspective, the place there have been different alternatives the place there have been some quarterbacks that have been both veteran guys or younger guys that had already been paid, so it will have been a more durable state of affairs for him to get on the sector,” Poles stated.
Poles and Bears coach Matt Eberflus known as Fields from Eberflus’ residence to tell the quarterback that he was being traded on March 16. Fields expressed a optimistic tone, based on Poles, who known as the choice to commerce the quarterback earlier than his fourth season “one of many tougher issues I needed to do.”
“I all the time type of contact on the empathy half; having that dialog with my very own [son] was exhausting,” Poles stated. “[Fields’] jersey is up in his room. So it type of places that into perspective of how troublesome these strikes are. However I actually felt like that was greatest for our group and greatest for Justin. I stated that on the mix: I needed to do proper by him. We did that. We had a very good dialog.”
The Bears are set to draft Fields’ alternative with the No. 1 total decide subsequent month. After spending a number of days with USC’s Caleb Williams in Los Angeles final week forward of the presumptive high decide’s professional day, Poles got here away impressed by the quarterback’s “maturity” and the way in which he’s perceived by his school coaches and teammates.
“Once you discuss to his teammates, they do not like him, they love him,” Poles stated. “His management, how he brings folks collectively. He is intentional along with his management. Identical goes with the employees. I am having a tough time discovering an individual that does not like him and even love him and thinks that he can attain the very best limits. The suggestions’s been good.”
Poles will journey from Orlando to LSU’s professional day Wednesday to look at quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is predicted to be a top-three draft decide, earlier than flying again to Chicago. The GM won’t be in attendance to look at Drake Maye at UNC’s professional day Thursday, however stated the Bears can be represented by quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph and several other scouting executives.
The Bears plan to host Williams on a top-30 go to in the course of the first week of April, when they are going to collect his medical knowledge. Williams opted to not give the data to all 32 franchises on the NFL mix final month, saying he would offer it throughout visits to a number of groups.
“I’ve accomplished this through the years when guys are available in,” Poles stated when requested what he hopes to glean from Williams’ go to to Halas Corridor. “You’ll be able to actually do some installations, take a break after which have them reinstall again to you simply by way of recall. Construct relationships with coaches. Guarantee that there’s compatibility there.”