Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles was open about how much fun the waiver wire process is after cutdown day.
It's not the same as when he first got to Chicago, which is when he was making five or six claims. But, it's still a process Poles enjoys nonetheless.
"This next phase a little bit is kind of like old school scouting," Poles said on Tuesday. "You have a thousand guys on the waiver and you go to work and we'll be here all night. We've got food ordered and we'll sit in the draft room all night. We'll just sit and we'll identify guys and then we have great communication with our coaches and we'll see if we can find some players that can help us on our 53 or even help on the practice squad and just continue to elevate the entire team."
That process yielded two waiver claims for