At 36, Ryan Poles is a first-time general manager and the second youngest general manager in the NFL. And he looked the part of green rookie at the opening press conference prior to the start of Bears training camp — a little nervous, unsure and hardly in command of the room like the GM often is.
And never more so than when it came to the touchy subject of Roquan Smith, the Bears’ All-Pro linebacker who was expected to hold out of training camp practices because of a contract impasse.
