The Chicago Bears hired Ryan Poles as their new general manager on Tuesday, which filled an important vacancy in the front office.
Poles rose through the ranks with the Kansas City Chiefs. He got his start as a scouting assistant in 2009 before making his ascent within the organization. He was promoted to director of college scouting in 2016 before he was promoted once more to assistant director of player personnel in 2018. Poles recently stepped into the role as Chiefs’ executive director of player personnel.
While we won’t know for several years whether Poles is a good hire, the initial reaction to his hiring has been a good one. Fans are thrilled by Poles’ hiring and NFL analysts have had nothing but good things to say about him.
There are plenty of reasons to be excited about the hiring of Poles:
