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Ryan Poles’ trade with the Panthers for DJ Moore and eventually quarterback Caleb Williams and offensive tackle Darnell Wright — a gift that is literally still giving — was a masterstroke that earned the Bears’ first-time general manager a ton of goodwill and credibility that has insulated him from issues the Bears have had this season.
But that cushion is dissipating by the minute. And after the Bears’ hit a disheartening, discouraging low in a 19-3 loss to the Patriots on Sunday at Soldier Field — the kind of demoralizing low-point that elicited memories of fired coaches and GMs of the Bears’ recent past — even Poles is nearing the frame of the bulls-eye on coach Matt Eberflus.