Ryan Poles understood the challenge ahead of him. Thanks to a series of trades that landed key veteran players like Montez Sweat and Ryan Bates, the Chicago Bears were left with only four picks at the start of the 2024 draft. That means the GM could not afford any mistakes. He had to trust his evaluations going into the action were enough to still find quality talent. Any missteps could torpedo what many agree was one of the organization’s most important drafts of the past decade.
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