Ryan Poles is just a few days away from running his 3rd NFL draft for the Chicago Bears. Now that we have two years of draft history to go on, let’s dive in to see what lessons might apply for 2024.
Targets athletes
The first and most clear trend is that Ryan Poles likes to draft athletic players. We see this through a few different metrics:
- Relative Athletic Scores (RAS): This scales athletes on overall athleticism from 0-10, with 5 being average, 9 being the 90th percentile, etc.
- Through 2 seasons, the average Poles draft pick has had an RAS score of 8.