Ryan Poles Has Found Ian Cunningham’s Replacement — Here’s What It Means

Ian Cunningham finally departed for his own general manager position this offseason, taking over the Atlanta Falcons. That left Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles with the difficult decision on who to replace him with. There was speculation that he might consider an outside option, perhaps someone close to head coach Ben Johnson. Others felt the most obvious decision was to promote Jeff King, the senior director of player personnel, to the role. On February 19th, we got the answer.