If you happen to look at the Chicago Bears’ roster at some point this week in preparation for their Week 10 matchup with the Detroit Lions, things may look a bit familiar. They are in the early stages of completely overturning their organization—starting from the top. Similarly to the Lions, about a year after Lions’ general manager Brad Holmes was hired, Ryan Poles was named the Bears’ new general manager. In the same month, they hired Matt Eberflus to be the 17th head coach in team history.
From there, the new regime began shedding some of the contracts that were weighing heavily on the team’s salary cap situation.