Ryan Poles Revealed The One Team He Feared Would Take Rome Odunze

The NFL draft can be a nerve-racking experience for a general manager. This is because the vast majority of it is out of your control. Players you may have an eye on can so easily end up on another roster despite your best efforts to get them. Ryan Poles knows this well. He’s seen it happen plenty of times to his team over the years since becoming a scout and personnel man. Going into the 2024 draft, the Chicago Bears GM knew he would get his quarterback at #1 overall. The difficult part was waiting to see what happened with his #9 pick.