Losing has a way of revealing what an organization is truly made of. Some find unity in the struggle. Others crumble like treehouses in a wildfire. GM Ryan Poles has overseen one of the least successful stretches in Chicago Bears history. He is 15-38 at the time of writing this, with a losing streak of 14 games between 2022 and 2023, setting the franchise record. His roster has now lost 12 of its last 13, and whispers are leaking out of Halas Hall that plenty of people inside the building are not happy with him.
As the 2025 season already begins circling the drain after back-to-back losses against the NFC North, it appears many in the building are tired of paying for his mistakes. A source informed SM that Poles is under a ton of heat. Several notable people want him gone. They feel he’s done nothing to advance the interests of the franchise and has dodged responsibility for too long. His signing an extension earlier this summer should mean nothing. With everybody talking about accountability, it is time for Poles to take it.
Ryan Poles desperately needs a win.
The longer the Bears go without one, the hotter the spotlight gets. He can’t blame the quarterback or head coach anymore. Both were replaced in the past two offseasons. It hasn’t solved the problem. The Bears still look dangerously overmatched against good teams. They have zero star power outside Jaylon Johnson, which Ryan Poles didn’t even draft. None of his picks have made a single Pro Bowl.
Reports already indicate that he lost a good deal of authority in the building when Ben Johnson arrived. The head coach now calls the shots. He agreed to work with Poles moving forward, but time keeps showing this GM can’t be trusted in the evaluation process. People inside Halas Hall don’t feel he deserves to keep his job and are voicing it more and more.
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