May 03

NFC North

Ryan Poles reveals he did not tell Caleb Williams the Bears would take him prior to NFL Draft

Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles opened up to the media this week about his team’s pre-draft preparations and according to him, they let first-overall pick Caleb Williams sweat it out up until draft night. There was every indication that Chicago would choose the former USC star, but it wasn’t until he saw the phone number with the area code pop up that he knew where he was going. “No, no, no (I didn’t tell him), I think he knew though,” Poles said on the Pat McAfee Show. Even though Poles didn’t tip off his new star quarterback about the team’s plans, the Bears GM picked him out as his…

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