Ryan Poles ditches social media ahead of crucial Bears offseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Ryan Poles has an imperative, potentially franchise-altering offseason in front of him.
He will have to make crucial choices on several factors for the team. Poles has to decide whether or not he wants to return to the coaching staff; although, it appears likely that everyone will return. He also has to decide whether or not he would prefer to bring back quarterback Justin Fields or draft a new signal-caller in the 2024 NFL draft.
Whatever he decides, it won’t be derivative from some schlub on Twitter (X).
“It’ll be a season of information gathering,” Poles told ESPN 1000 about the offseason. “But I will tell you this. I think it was just yesterday that I deleted Twitter [X]. So I no longer look at that and won’t until May. I love our fans. But I am taking very little advice from the bird.”
If you’re reading this, you know Bears fans are an emotional bunch, who love to share their franchise-saving plans anywhere people can consume them. But Poles won’t be one of the consumers for them this offseason.
That’s probably a good idea.
Soon enough, the offseason will get underway. The day after today’s final regular season games marks Black Monday — the day that lives in infamy because NFL teams usually start making changes to their staff on this day.
And when it comes to coaching staff — and the players — Poles wants to make sure he encapsulates all of the ebbs and flows each group experienced this year to take into account.
“We will evaluate the coaching staff, the players, just get a holistic look at where we are, how far we’ve come and go from there. I’m looking forward to that process. Because the goal is to continue to get better,” Poles said.
On the subject of coaches, Poles gave Matt Eberflus a vote of confidence during the interview, too.
“You can go back to the original press conference [in January 2023] and things I was looking for,” Poles said…
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Publish date : 2024-01-08 00:47:11
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