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Not long after he traded for six-time Pro Bowl player Keenan Allen, Bears general manager Ryan Poles was asked if he had to sell the receiver on leaving the only franchise he’d known since being drafted in 2013.
Absolutely not, Poles insisted.
“Because of the moves we’ve been making and the progress we’ve been making from a football standpoint,” he told the Sun-Times last month. “I think these guys are starting to see that this can be a place where special things are going to happen.”
The Bears have maintained all offseason that they aren’t your typical team holding the No.