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1st-and-10: A second look at Ryan Poles’ first hire

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New Bears general manager Ryan Poles (right) hired head coach Matt Eberflus (left) two days after being hired. “The moment he walked into the room, I knew he was the guy,” Poles said.

If Bears fans had been in attendance at the introductory press conference for Ryan Poles and Matt Eberflus in January of 2022, “We’re gonna take the North and never give it back,” would have been Poles’ show-stopping, raise-the-roof moment.

But that might have been topped by a drop-the-mic moment, when Poles — who had hired Eberflus less than 48 hours after he himself was hired — was asked if he could have done a more expansive search for his first head coach as an NFL general manager.