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Bears GM Ryan Poles’ pursuit of Yannick Ngakoue began well before this week

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Anyone could’ve looked at the Bears’ roster after they got through free agency and the draft and pointed out that they skipped over a major need by bypassing pass rushers.

And pretty much everyone did.

Bears general manager Ryan Poles said Saturday he heard about it from coaches at his young son’s baseball games over the summer and even had someone yell to him on the beach when he took his family to Maui for vacation.

“Finally got that done,” he said Saturday at a news conference to discuss signing Yannick Ngakoue.