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The TV broadcast of any NFL game includes a camera shot of each team’s general manager in his private stadium booth. Depending on how his season is going, a GM can look like the king of the universe or a teenager who’s just been called on in class.
These days, Bears general manager Ryan Poles looks like a trapped sophomore.
Another standard camera shot is of Bears quarterback Caleb Williams in various stages of distress, physical or mental or both.
The two shots are very much connected because Poles has put Williams in a terrible spot this season, with coaches who don’t know how to coach him and offensive linemen who don’t know how to block for him.