Why didn't Ryan Poles address Bears' problems from training camp? | Bernstein & Harris

[@rubenbabilonia8245]

The blame goes on GM Ryan Poles for not addressing the o. line and not bringing adequate depth on the o-line.

[@chazzhammer425]

Poles addressed the O-line or at least tried to BUT he got the wrong talent and also DIDN"T fire Morgan before the start of the season.

[@kelsowilz2522]

This was a HC problem.

[@finkomsky]

Rome wasn’t built in a day Rebuild takes more than two seasons

[@AlwaysIrishINC]

Poles walks around like a tough guy bigshot when he’s accomplished nothing. It rubs me the wrong way

[@leodaman2024]

Exactly. Like he's the smartest guy in the room. Arrogance. The Hard Knocks episode too where he had to leave to cry when he cut a player. Wtf man?! smh

[@GregF-k7w]

He got a job in his early 30’s that nobody’s gets.

[@shake6321]

he took over an awful team. it’s worse that any team in the league right now. he had 1 quality player on either line: khalil mack. his qb was justin fields (trash) and he had no first round pick. i think he’s done great considering the circumstances. the bears will be fine. we just gotta take our lumps. we are losing cuz we are young and havnt spent money or picks on our lines. let’s not act like we are an old team with no cap space that’s bad.

[@Trucker0308]

@@leodaman2024he’s a smart guy how dare you call him “arrogant”? Ryan Poles took a bad team and made it worse

[@leodaman2024]

@@shake6321 I truly hope you're right. BUT, Chase Claypool, Nate Davis, Zach Pickens, o line, Eberflus, Waldron, D coordinator fired fired, etc. Just sayin.

[@cosmickeys5766]

I would watch a Leila & Grote show every day

[@trt8191]

because they really thought the qb was the issue and not coaching like the former qb said and they really believed they had a highly ranked o line lol when anyone with eyes watched the kid run for his life and get blamed for all the sacks when the line allowed pressure all the time now Caleb can't run away as well and folks wanna blame the line but the same damn o line coach is still there smh make it make sense but this is bears football bear down the dumb gm had a chance to upgrade the line in the off-season with a home town talent in allegretti whose playing well for Washington but pooles rather sign his journey man and draft prospects

[@JuJusCornerr]

That’s the most hilarious part cuz most of us with eyes knew the issues were bigger than the QB

[@chazzhammer425]

The QB was a big part of the issue. The Steelers proved that the QB was an issue. If it wasn't JF wouldn't be riding the pine.

[@ImperialCarWash]

​​@@chazzhammer425 this is the definition of cherry picking information to support your point and then ignoring the context completely. Getting benched for a Superbowl winning QB does not make you a bad QB or prove what was right in the bears situation. Ntm he jf1 had a winning record as the starter & winning PCT that lines up with what the team's current record is

[@Justsumguy461]

QB and Coaching were issues. They are not mutually exclusive

[@trt8191]

@@chazzhammer425 well the current QB is doing the same exact stuff the former QB was doing but at a worse degree because he's not the scrambler the other was

[@Dylan-si1rn]

Trace Armstrong didnt give him permission to address the issues

[@Wyatt.D23]

Leila is the best person at 670

[@Jviotr]

💯

[@michaelsurvilla8966]

@@Wyatt.D23 And much better looking than Bernstein.

[@MarkMahler-eq3eh]

Poles just proves with each passing day he is as over his head as Eberflus was. He is too arrogant to be a good GM because he can't see flaws in his decision making while the rest of the world watching this team the last 3 years can. Some just wanted to ignore it because this is a rebuild. But other wanted to pin it on Fields and others. The fact of the matter is Poles is not as smart as he thinks he is. There should be zero chance in hell he gets another chance.

[@MeDaisyDog-n7f]

Just fire Poles already, his internship has run its course. Reset and align the new HC and GM

[@kbotah2023]

4 coaches have been fired in the past 2 seasons under Poles. He doesn't know how to hire.

[@pjjones9989]

Or acquire O linemen !! 1 serviceable o linemen in 3 seasons is egregious

[@simonmehmet124]

The issues in camp! Pole's construction of the Rosta! Not firing Eburflus, hiring Waldron, not firing Chris Morgan! Utter useless GM and now trying to blame people who are not in the building anymore Coward!

[@philosophy20]

Poles gotta go! I'm done! 🐻⬇️

[@stevencohn922]

Dump the Bears and root for Detroit to beat KC in the SUPERBOWL

[@shake6321]

poles is awesome. he took over an awful team. that team would be worse than any team in the league right now. he had 1 quality player on either line: khalil mack. his qb was justin fields (trash) and he had no first round pick. i think he’s done great considering the circumstances. the bears will be fine. we just gotta take our lumps. we are losing cuz we are young and havnt spent money or picks on our lines. let’s not act like we are an old team with no cap space that’s bad.

[@captaindein33]

Im shocked to learn he's only 39. He is looking inexperienced and has been out classed

[@philosophy20]

@captaindein33 .....He's a good dude, but he's too nice to be the Bears GM (imo). He can recognize good people, but he doesn't recognize the best talent for the job (coaching). And he can't recognize good Offensive Line talent. He seems to take chances on guys that were like him (as a player). I started feeling this way in week 15. I'm over it, man.

[@finkomsky]

Rebuild takes more than two seasona

[@Mdeebz]

Leila is awesome with her takes i wish she was on the score more

[@johnconlon3207]

Why did it take everyone so long to realize Poles is an awful GM?

[@chazzhammer425]

Cuz the vast majority of fans loved Poles going into this season before he started losing.

[@ImperialCarWash]

When did you realize Poles was a bad GM?

[@PheeblePhilosopher]

​@ImperialCarWash I realized it last off-season, when he kept Flus, didn't build up the trenches & cried on Hard Knocks.

[@GVisionKennedy]

@@PheeblePhilosopher😂

[@jsain360]

​@@PheeblePhilosopher the question is, was Poles allowed to fire Flus at the end of the season

[@jamespullos8027]

He's in over his head

[@jackson3385]

a lot of the players have said in training camp shane waldron didn’t hold guys accountable and didn’t communicate well lets guys get away with mess up’s and bad habits. So poles is saying it’s waldrons fault

[@bk138gt6]

Poles' arrogance is why he was blind to the weakness of the roster. He thought the hype mirage QB would save him. Poles shouldn't keep his job

[@ImperialCarWash]

His demeanor is completely irrelevant and more telling of you. If he was humble and meek, that would be criticized. And I say he should be fired

[@bk138gt6]

@ImperialCarWash that's a good distinction. I did not mean his demeanor is arrogant, but his line of thinking is. He was so convinced of his own brilliance, he was blind to the obvious deficiencies of the roster and the hype mirage QB

[@danny51577]

Forget the lack of o line, d line for a minute. Everything we hear expands on the lack of coaching ability of Eberflus, and the fact that the entire team knew he was a bad coach before this year. The fact that nothing was done, and only made worse with the new OC, is a horrible look for Poles

[@2newgrandpa]

Pole's is an ex offensive lineman who said he knew what to look for and what is he found absolutely nothing

[@travisoshea]

Poles has to be fired. Like form that alone is grounds for termination. This is shocking!!!

[@kennethchurch9393]

I would like to know how much is George McCaskey sticking his nose in Poles job. Hiring. Coaches, firing bad people, etc

[@jacobgross2648]

How does Poles still have a job?? Get his ass outta there!

[@Mrdollarbag]

Why. He need a job...how he going to feed his family when he doesn't have a job

[@elmaton65]

I truly believe Poles didn't have the final say in who was the coach. He knew something was wrong but he didn't have the power to change things. Looks like the Mccaskeys still have the final say and Poles was being the good soldier.

[@kennethwilliams2951]

Leila I like you I like your passion and like your voice Speak 🗣️ on it lol

[@Kameflazh]

And Kevin Warren didn't want Ryan Poles to call and practically hire Jim Harbaugh either let that be known as well

[@frankbuttacavoli637]

I don’t really care about the Bears anymore. I just watched cause I love Mark Grote.

[@nickalbukerk8215]

When previous administrations trade away a full draft's worth of players none of which work the law of averages means that you are relying on draft luck to make up the difference.

[@Alexander-lc7dx]

Caleb Williams throwing beyond 6+ yards Thursday night: - 5/20 - 1/9 - O TDS, 1 INT - Took until 1 min left in the 4Q to complete a pass beyond 6 yards

[@RWildekrav66]

Hero ball ! I’d like him to hit Kmet over the middle more than 5 times in the last 4 games and NO RUNNING GAME .

[@Bigkropa1]

Guys were just running wide open huh?

[@c.miller2691]

Poles is like the kid who loses a game of 1 on 1 and then says he knew he would lose

[@Alexander-lc7dx]

“Caleb is entering the the NFL with THE BEST team/organization/personnel than any QB in history and likely the future.” - 99% of the big brained media.

[@GJC327]

Agree with everything Leila including that amazing Britney Shirt🎉

[@mazmoon9351]

Clean house start from poles

[@sammysam2615]

Start with ownership

[@Kameflazh]

I really think they should hire Jon Chucky Gruden he is from the same Coaching tree as Mike Homgren and Andy Reid so he should be a must hire he fit perfectly with the team bring Chucky to Chicago....

[@leodaman2024]

In a perfect world...McCaskey's sell, new ownership, new GM, new HC, boom. Better than what we've had to endure for decades.

[@dacubsdabears7970]

If the world was perfect and fair I would be a trillionaire.

[@finkomsky]

Rebuild takes more than two seasons He’s doing a great job We have a proper franchise qb for the first time in our history Fix the OL and DL with our massive cap space and 3 top 40 picks and we’ll be fine

[@DreamsVisionPuropse]

Ryan Polls let you know that he does not have the power

[@kevintross9778]

Back in camp the two major issues facing this team was the coach and the offensive line. And what killed this team? The coaching and offensive line. If we could see it how come this guy poles couldn’t?

[@maxk4322]

Jaylon Johnson's interview from today isn't on Spotify or KZbin yet. Keep up the great work.

[@MogulKhan-pf9tl]

Is the media going to take accountability as being the Poles Defense force ?

[@chazzhammer425]

Media Poles defense force? Bruv, 90% of the local Chicago media and podcasters are out to get Poles. Justified or not.

[@rickroberts7611]

Poles cooking gave everyone food poisoning..Besides getting over on Carolina..Hes been cheeks

[@DanPacetti]

Lot of the blame goes to goofball George mc caskey. You damn well know everything revolves around a bargain

[@jsain360]

Facts

[@JayHillChiCity]

We were told the problem was Justin all last year and off season??? Now that very same media is throwing Ryan under the bus… 😂

[@jessemutarelli3201]

Yeah justin is killing it this year lol.

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

Every time I look at Bears coaching staff, it looks worse. Thomas Brown has only been a coach in the NFL since 2020 AND this is his first year with the Bears. He never held a coordinators job until Waldron was fired and he became interim. Chicago, what are you doing?

[@geraldo6205]

Tanking again

[@umpalumpia723]

I'm trying to find this interview on the other network but can't seem to find it....I wonder why?

[@BeeHatGuy]

Sounds Poles isn't even a little worried about his job

[@duckyhines7391]

Grote and Leila is always a great combo

[@TheRealFlightSkoolTv]

Caleb has played this year and he's getting everyone fired smh Just last season ALL bears fan were saying "# InPolesWeTrust "

[@spazdog922]

Poles decided that they were all set. He made no effort to fix the O Line, the pass rush, to sign or draft a real RB... He also decided that Caleb Williams was the guy he saw on his highlight reels and did not even scout him. He would not even meet with the QB that won the Heisman, but he did meet with Tulane backup QB Quincy Patterson who was not drafted or signed by any NFL team and is now with the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League. Clueless.

[@MalickMan]

I like the linebackers and the secondary. Nice QB and receivers. A D line and O line draft for 2 years should do the trick. Keep Poles please.

[@MrAnt3883]

I don’t mind Poles going after Williams over Fields. But the fact that he allowed Flus to touch Caleb and he thought that getting WR’s and a punter over bolstering the lines is gross negligence and should be fireable.

[@dallrevenge9256]

Poles thought he pull off the draft of the century. Justin Fields would’ve won that game. Cut 13 Allen, he drops to many balls. You guys should discuss that.

[@estevenj]

I think apples was referring to the OL all missing practice time and then it manifested itself in the regular season. Also that CMOs run scheme was changed by Waldron with no plan or real explanation.

[@nano.joe.4851]

Chicago has good players. Ya’ll just have extremely shitty coaches.

[@REGNEELY]

No it's bad not one all pro talent on that oline or dline, linebackers is not strong.

[@marybowles6908]

Poles never even talked to any other qb to cover his butt!! Many people said Caleb wasn't ready to be starter or a 1st overall pick!!

[@rooseveltdavis2526]

We knew the line couldn't block during training camp., our top defensive ends have 8 sacks combined and they couldn't block them.

[@faizamaze]

He needs to go, but I'm tired of this hiring and firing. if Ben is ok with him, just keep him

[@MrDuds1984]

It’s not going to be Ben’s choice whether Ryan stays or goes it will be Warren’s. Warren did not hire Poles and in my opinion will move on from him and clean house top to bottom.

[@TheMetal213]

Only way Ben Johnson or any good HC candidate takes the job is either with a new GM or if Poles gets an extension that aligns with the HC timeline, which Poles hasn’t earned.

[@carlboston5784]

because he is not good

[@REGNEELY]

Exactly!

[@puffhead51]

i hope that shirt was a gift Leila

[@ishdenzel]

He’s talking about how players were allowed to speak poorly about the team. Players talking bad about Caleb before we chose him. Players acting like they are not apart of this team like sweat. Players refusing to be a part of hard knocks l. I don’t think I’ve seen any interviews of sweat this whole year. Linemen not practicing the. You have to release them. They allowed the players to run the team.

[@archerrunner]

What I want to know is what did they not see during practices? How did the Oline hold up the Defense 😂

[@chazzhammer425]

The score is so brutally negative all the time. These people are depressing.

[@spaceghost8995]

They've lost ten in a row and fired people. Can you please tell us the positives? Like WHAT?😂😂😂

[@Szechaun]

Please start a “sell the team” chant at the game

[@jrowdygi1837]

The Bears draft picks this year should average over 300 lbs.

[@travisgreen1391]

As a olineman , Poles keeping CMo is another indictment..

[@ducman8888]

I was giving Poles the benefit of doubt, but after this is its damning he isn't the guy

[@shawnjokinen6833]

Weren’t they on hard knocks? They worked on offense before the draft. Things weren’t addressed? What was not addressed. What did you not address. He is a 38 year old who was handed a job at 35, why, because he was on a junior executive with chief.

[@Hullified]

Good rant ma’am

[@NoobPrinze406]

Fleuss might be poles responsibility, but the fact is it wasn’t his hire which means it’s not gonna count against him with ownership. Every GM should have a chance to pick his own coach:.. I need more optimism from Chicago media … are we gonna just sit around all day and complain???…this is part of the reason why good coaches don’t wanna come here

[@finkomsky]

We have 70 mil in cap space What team won the Super Bowl with 70 mil in cap space ? Poles knows the team is not ready We have 3 top 40 picks to fix OL and DL All because of poles We have a franchise qb because of poles We have the best wide receiver group in our history The list goes on and on

[@stevencohn922]

NO ONE IS HOLDING A GUN TO ANY BEARS FANS HEAD FORCING HIM OR HER TO FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THE TEAM! you all are free to choose from several winning teams to cheer and root for !!

[@leodaman2024]

Easier said than done. We are lifelong fans. Loyal. That's why we and the city of Chicago DESERVE better. Shame on the McCaskey's.

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

What has Chicago done to earn your loyalty? Seriously, is it cheap tickets and concessions and merch. Is a Bears player winning the WP award. Is the Bears organization or players especially charitable? Have they done ANYTHING that earns enough respect for you to subject yourself to this?

[@leodaman2024]

@@Erik_Ice_Fang Valid points indeed but I was born and raised there. It's our "team". What can I say?? I stopped giving them my money, but can't say I stopped watching on tv. It's sad but we fell in love with some players, and I am a fan of the fans. Again, I think we deserve better. No?

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

@@leodaman2024 At least you are sticking to a code. I can respect that. Me personally, I grew up in northern Illinois but can't stand the team. I looked elsewhere for a team that I enjoyed watching when I was a kid. In my 30s now and that same team is still fun to watch.

[@leodaman2024]

@@Erik_Ice_Fang Thanks. I was in my late teens and early twenties during the Super Bowl Shuffle years. What a fun and great time. That's when Halas was still alive, then once he died and the McCaskey's took over. It changed, literally, overnight. Shame on them for ruining a good thing.

[@michaelc6815]

They still got 90 mil in cap. This team isn’t the finished product with poles. Let’s see how they do next year

[@youngmindelevation1176]

Why didn’t the last GM?

[@Hullified]

Sounds like y’all agree with all the other fanatics.

[@stevencohn922]

Bears management are cheap but only bringing in HAS BEEN PLAYERS CUT BY OTHER TEAMS

[@GVisionKennedy]

So that was a Poles tweet?

[@1011skarn]

The worst thing about this crap team is the Justin Fields fanboys coming out. He is not a starter. The trade market proved that.

[@Bigkropa1]

He also played in 4 games and basically wasn’t allowed to throw more than a ten yard pass for a reason.

[@3xclusive15]

Y’all gotta stop blaming everything on Ryan 💀💀 he is actually a really good Gm. There is no GM in the league that is 100% right. He got the QB right, he got the cap space right, he got weapons for the QB, he missed on some oline signings but nobody was available and he signed them for fairly reasonable amount he got the coach wrong he tried to fix it but they didn’t let him fire him after NE game 😂 what are we blaming him for? Outta all the decisions he has made Velus jones and keeping matt is the only thing I have a problem with 😂 it was let poles cook when he made these moves now they didn’t shake out it’s fire him 🤨💀

[@spaceghost8995]

YOU are exactly the gullible mark that McCaskey counts on!

[@ChrisRoberts.-mb4tw]

Jim Harbaugh should be the head coach for the Chicago Bears today…this decision will haunt this franchise for the next 10 years…just like not drafting Mahomes. I don’t care how they feel about Harbaugh personally…he should have been hired

[@3CBCO]

It drove me crazy leading up to and just after the draft all these pundits going ga-ga over the “generational quarterback” the Bears were going to get. Forget about getting good linemen. Forget about building a defense. Apparently all these people, Poles included, thought all they needed was this QB. Now look at this mess.

[@michaelharkins4309]

Why is Mark Grote serving as a Ryan Poles apologist? He's unwilling to state the obvious. Poles was clearly deflecting (passing the buck).

[@wgp43]

Criticism is not interesting when you don’t know the answers.

[@williamkumle6625]

No depth on the D-line either. No run stopping DE. Sweat slowed down all year to injury. Not enough pass rush. Booker was a non-factor.

[@MK-lm4mh]

So, there were other problems besides Flus bad game ending decisions in 4 games? Big surprise.

[@Game-kp1zk]

Because this arrogant gm we have thought his projects he drafted or signed for cheap thought that the great eberflush he signed to a five year deal would get them all playing great football! He’s got to be fired and let the new coach bring in his own people.

[@carlboston5784]

They got FLUSED in training camp

[@kwalla123kw]

Like pre season not playing rookie qb like he a veteran or even talking to any other qb coming out of college listening to media on who to draft not doing due any research

[@Hullified]

Kreutz for oline coach. (Not OC) (O-line coach) Pay him. I think he’ll do it. C’mon Olin Kreutz.

[@zeektv8435]

He can't read defense so they thought they could fix the problem.Why are we acting as if they're not explaining what it really is in english

[@CalebRose-t3m]

Uh........what?

[@rodneydofunny3129]

Ryan Poles took the easy ways out. He kept the bad coach, and instead of building the team around Fields with draftbdraft capital, he chose to let the media and the fan base force him to draft Caleb. Also, instead of drafting the best qb in the draft, he again buckled to the media and took Fields over Jayden. He hasn't had the courage to stand up to the media and fan base to make a decision. He has to go.

[@ricks.1779]

Poles is much more incompetent than Ryan Pace. He needs to be fired right after the Packers game.

[@jimcallahan9346]

George is not comfortable around alpha males, so he hires guys like Trestman, Nagy, Eberfluss, etc. They passed on guys like Bruce Ariens and Dan Quinn. George McCaskey hires men his 102 year old mother approves of. It's fine if you're running an ice cream parlor, but not the way to run an NFL football franchise.

[@marybowles6908]

I'd fire Poles!! Just inexcusable the decisions he's made!! So many of them!! 1st keeping Eberflus!!! Biggest mistake!! Not a bears fan but id be real pissed if i was!! Worst Bears team I've ever seen!!

[@r.u.m8371]

Because he isn’t a GM Duh

[@RodneyHennings]

Fire him!!🤔🧐😲😠

[@OurLarry]

Bench Williams. Start Bagent!

[@alexamerling79]

Clean house.

[@rogwarrior1018]

Poles needs to go. I was willing to give him more time but I think over the last three weeks we have to look at the demise of our team. How much longer can we blame the QB, the coaches, the O-Line. Enough! Poles made plenty of BAD decisions besides Davis and Claypool and passed on the free agency market. He has done nothing to shore up the O-Line to protect the QB he knew he was taking. Out with the old...in with the new.

[@michaelsanders4351]

Because Poles is going to override McCaskey lol

[@gabel4277]

You people are like two years late on talking about the current problem. The media people are so lame and full of crap

[@InfiniteUniverse888]

Poles must goooooooo he is cry baby we need a Chicago made man

[@BlueDan-h8d]

Gaping hole LOL