LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles knew his first-round rookie “crushed” his conditioning test.
What offensive tackle Darnell Wright didn’t tell his GM? A misunderstanding helped give him a boost.
Wright, the 10th overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, had planned to train hard this summer as he prepared for the pro level. But he ended up training even harder when he followed the wrong set of instructions.
“I was looking at the wide receivers’ running portion of the workout, so I was doing theirs,” Wright laughed during a Friday interview.