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Hours after No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams said he asked the Bears for reasons why the team had a well-worn history of quarterback struggles, general manager Ryan Poles said that “we’ve got to stop going back all the time.”
That’s easier said than done, especially for a franchise that so reveres its past. But Poles said late Thursday night that the former USC quarterback — and Heisman Trophy winner — was simply looking for a path to success.
“I think he just kind of wanted to get a feel for everybody in the organization, what we what were we about — in terms of like, ‘What’s our direction, what’s our North Star?