assignment as the Bears’ general manager was to make bold moves, he’s acing the test. Last season, his first, he traded star linebacker Khalil Mack to the Chargers for draft picks. In March, he swapped the Bears’ No. 1 pick to the Panthers for wide receiver D.J. Moore and four picks. That brings us to the topic of wins and losses. The reason Poles had the top pick to deal? The Bears finished last season a league-worst 3–14. talked to Poles, 37, who spent 13 seasons as a Chiefs scout and executive, about growing up in a football family, sleeping at Halas
