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The upshot of the acquisition of pass rusher Montez Sweat is that Poles eventually will have to overpay someone — Sweat or cornerback Jaylon Johnson, most likely — to fuel the Bears’ rebuild. It’s the cost of getting better in the NFL.
Bagent neatly executed a conservative game plan vs. the Raiders. It got the job done, but it was a bit underwhelming. The intrigue of Tyson Bagent is that he could be the Bears’ version of Brock Purdy, not their next Chase Daniel. Does he have another gear? “Oh, yeah. No question,” Matt Eberflus said.
The undrafted rookie from Division II Shepherd University is the longest of long shots. But after 19 losses in his first 23 games as the Bears’ head coach, Eberflus seems to be quickly reaching a point where he’s not going to let inconsistent quarterback play take him down.
After looking expendable in the Bears’ first three games and like a franchise quarterback in the last two, Fields needs to prove he’s closer to Josh Allen than Mitch Trubisky — but definitely not something in between that leaves Ryan Poles with a big decision to make.
Poles trusted his instincts when he hired Matt Eberflus less than 48 hours after being hired as GM. “The moment he walked into the room, I knew he was the guy,” he said. But with the decision looking shaky, Poles’ own standing is coming under more intense scrutiny.