Ryan Poles made 21 draft selections in his first two years as general manager of the Chicago Bears , a fact which seems remarkable given that the prior GM had already traded away three picks from these two drafts before Poles ever took the job–not to mention the fact that Poles himself traded away 2023’s 32nd overall pick for Chase Claypool. In fact, Poles has made 34 selections in his four drafts as a general manager–more than 8 per class on average– despite his tendency to trade selections for active players somewhat frequently.

So Poles is making plenty of draft picks. How “good” is he, though, compared to the rest of the league, at actually finding quality players?

This entire article will refer to “Ryan Poles” as the decision-maker, even though very obviously an entire staff was

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