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At his first NFL Scouting Combine as general manager three years ago, Ryan Poles said the Bears had researched the best ways to help Justin Fields. They combed through NFL history and found at least one common denominator with quarterbacks who made a Year 2 leap, he said: “a dependability piece” at receiver.
“Sometimes it can be a slot receiver, sometimes it can be a second tight end, it can be a big [receiver] outside,” Poles said then.