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Bears general manager Ryan Poles says he wants to do what’s best for the franchise when it comes to quarterback Justin Fields and the No. 1 overall pick in the April draft, which the team owns. I believe him. But I also believe that, because he’s human, he’s thinking about his legacy, too.
He can’t want to be the guy who passed on quarterback C.J. Stroud, the rookie who is playing extraordinarily well for the Texans, and the guy who passed on USC quarterback Caleb Williams, whom many draft experts expect to be the No.