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With higher stakes this season, Ryan Poles must fill out Bears roster — starting at DE

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Poles is hoping the Bears make a big jump after going 3-14 in his first season as GM.

Ryan Poles never misses a practice.

He’s been roaming the fields at Halas Hall during mandatory minicamp this with a close watch on the roster he built — a 91-man roster, by the way, that is down to just 15 holdovers from the Ryan Pace era.

So Poles knows firsthand what this team really is. He surely could see that a year ago, too. He knows what the Bears have and what they lack.

But unlike last season, there must be urgency to make repairs.