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Falcons promote Ryan Pace to vice president of football operations

Falcons promote Ryan Pace to vice president of football operations, announce multiple front office changes

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How Ryan Pace helped his former Bears team in 2024 NFL draft

The Bears received some help in the 2024 NFL draft courtesy of their old GM Ryan Pace, who's now in the Falcons front office.

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Bears' coaching staff overhaul demonstrates commitment to developing quarterbacks

Discover how the Chicago Bears' coaching staff changes are geared towards developing young quarterbacks, with a potential focus on drafting Caleb Williams.

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Teams usually know what they have by Year 3, so how does Bears’ Justin Fields compare to franchise QBs?

Fields is improving, but the Bears must decide soon whether his trajectory points toward being the foundation of their team.

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Bears Twitter isn’t loving the idea of Matt Eberflus returning in 2024

Chicago Bears fans are ending 2023 with quite a bit of discontent with the report that head coach Matt Eberflus is expected to return next season. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported on Saturday that Eberflus' job is likely safe if ...

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Ryan Pace’s imprint still on Ryan Poles’ Bears

The former general manager, now the Falcons’ director of player personnel, infamously drafted Mitch Trubisky over Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson in 2017, but also drafted Justin Fields, Jaylon Johnson, Cole Kmet and other key starters on this year’s team.

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As Bears QB Justin Fields ponders future, Falcons might be scouting him for theirs

The Falcons have some pieces in place, but not at quarterback. And former Bears GM Ryan Pace, who drafted Fields, is one of their top executives.

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Keep the coach? QB? Both? Neither? Bears had same dilemma 3 years ago

The fact that they’re back in the same predicament tells you that chairman George McCaskey handled the last decision poorly. But what, if anything, did he learn from it?

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The Browns made Jay Cutler rich — and 10 years later doomed Justin Fields

GM Ryan Poles won’t be using the Browns game as a reason to give Fields a contract extension. It seems unlikely he gives Fields an extension at all. The Bears offense — with plays called by Luke Getsy, quarterbacked by Fields and overseen by coach Matt Eberflus — isn’t working.

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Bears GM Ryan Poles overhauled secondary, but can he keep it together?

The Bears’ secondary was a wreck when Poles took the job in 2021, and he fixed it quickly. It could be a long-term strength — if they can keep Jaylon Johnson.

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Why Robbie Gould will always be a Bear

The best kicker in franchise history, who announced his retirement Wednesday, has a special connection with Chicago that goes beyond his 11-year playing career. He gets it. He gets Bears fans. And he gets what it means to be a Bear.

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What has slowed GM Ryan Poles’ Bears rebuild and what could speed it up?

The teams that quickly flip from pushovers to playoff contenders, like the Jaguars and Texans, typically get coach and quarterback right.

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New bar for Bears QB Justin Fields? Leave GM Ryan Poles ‘absolutely blown away’

Over the last six games, Fields is competing against the possibility of the Bears owning the No. 1 pick in the draft.

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Bears coach Matt Eberflus has 7 games to make public see what GM Ryan Poles sees

Eberflus can still claw his way out of the job security conversation, but he’ll need something concrete to do so. He’s too far along to be holding up imperceptible progress that isn’t translating to wins.

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What ails the Bears? Call it the Curse of the McCaskeys.

Another season is down the drain, and you know who is to blame again.

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1st-and-10: Time for Bears GM Ryan Poles to dig deep — into his pockets

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.

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After preseason estimate, how far along is Bears GM Ryan Poles’ rebuild?

He estimated 75%-80% in the preseason but said he’d get a more accurate assessment once the season was underway. Here’s a look at how close the Bears are to that number.

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Bears’ Teven Jenkins to return Thursday vs. Commanders

Jenkins had been sidelined by a right calf injury he suffered in training camp.

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Not landing Russell Wilson was a prayer the Bears should be happy went unanswered

Bears fans wondering whether their quarterback situation could get worse will try to comfort themselves Sunday at Soldier Field by looking at the other sideline. They might have a point.

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Former exec: Why Bears wanted Justin Fields, passed on Patrick Mahomes

Six-and-a-half years ago, the Bears’ top decision-makers met Patrick Mahomes at a high-end Lubbock, Texas, Mexican restaurant.

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Bears are in Year 2 of rebuild. Does GM Ryan Poles have them on the right track?

Poles still has work to do on his rebuild and will have ample draft capital and salary-cap space for the 2024 offseason. However, this season should give everyone a good idea as to whether he’s headed in the right direction.

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Bears’ roster full of question marks, and answers could go either way

Now that the Bears have finalized their roster, what is it? The outcomes range from playoff contention if everything goes right to picking at or near the top of the draft again if most of it backfires.

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1st-and-10: Bears’ 2023 draft class takes a step forward

Bears GM Ryan Poles focused on elite athletes in the 2023 draft — he drafted more former 5-star prospects this year (four) than previous GM Ryan Pace did in seven years (three). The Bears still have to coach ‘em up, but Matt Eberflus and his staff have a lot to…

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Bears GM Ryan Poles has done well finding value in Ryan Pace’s players

Rather than sweep everybody out as part of his massive cleanup project at Halas Hall, Poles has salvaged good value out of some of the players he inherited.

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Cole Kmet motivated to ‘play beyond’ value of new contract

The first player drafted by the Bears to sign a long-term deal with the team since Eddie Jackson in 2019, the 24-year-old Kmet’s four-year, $50 million extension gives the Bears a tight end they can grow with. “Ready to get going and prove these guys right,” he said.

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