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Haugh on Bears: 'Ryan Poles is the general manager, but Ben Johnson has the most power'
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3/6/2025
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The best teams don't let free agency affect their draft decisions.
00:05
I don't think the Bears should do that.
00:09
Now we don't know a lot of things about Ben Johnson.
00:12
We know that he's fixated on fixing the offensive line.
00:16
This is good news because everybody knows it needs fixed.
00:19
These are two really smart moves in that direction.
00:22
But on draft night if he wants to draft Ashton Gente because he feels like they went out
00:27
in free agency and addressed all of their offensive line needs, then I think you trust
00:32
the coach.
00:33
You trust the coach or you trust the football decision maker whose voice is the strongest
00:38
and the loudest at Hal's Hall now.
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This is the Ben Johnson era.
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Ryan Pools is the general manager, but Ben Johnson has the most power.
00:47
So you look at the draft in that way.
00:50
If he wants to draft Will Campbell, the good teams always have endless supply, or not endless
00:57
supply, but ample supply of offensive linemen.
00:59
Look at the Eagles.
01:00
They won a Super Bowl that way.
01:02
They lose Jason Kelsey, they plug and play the next guy up.
01:05
So the Bears cannot let this free agent or pre-free agent frenzy of trades and then signings
01:12
affect their philosophy on draft night.
01:16
They can't get giddy or carried away.
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That's our job.
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We get carried away.
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You are giddy as hell this week.
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Yeah, exactly.
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I'm three quarters full or six eighths full or whatever.
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Five eighths full.
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You are optimistic because these are two moves that make a lot of sense.
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As for free agency, what this does is it makes you more confident that they can go out and
01:39
land a center like Drew Dallman, even if they overpay for him.
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They have $51.5 million left under the cap, and if you come back next week and you're
01:49
introducing your new offensive interior and it's Drew Dallman, Jonah Jackson, who's playing
01:55
guard folks, and Joe Tooney, then you are talking about a revamped offensive line and
02:01
hope for Caleb Williams.
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