Brian Marshall

2026 capital used to draft offense

Given what Ryan Poles said about Zavion Thomas and the WR3 role on the Bears offense, it sounds like the team doesn't expect for Thomas to have a role outside of special teams early on. Poles: "So this is a tough system. It’s going to be a challenge for him to break through quickly (on offense). But we’re going to open that competition up for all of these guys coming in. I think we feel really good about the return ability that he has. And then he’ll be with the rest of the guys to learn the offense, how does he do that, how fast does he come along? We all talk to our receivers and it’s a challenging system. So, maybe that role starts small and grows over time. But I don’t want to put a cap on that. If he comes in and downloads fast and he’s up and running, we’ll see what happens."

My biggest gripe with Mock Draft Sims is the fact it makes people believe where these guys have to be drafted. There’s a reason there’s reaches and falls every year. Teams boards are vastly different

Ryan Poles expressed a positive outlook with the Bears' plan along the D-line despite not using any of their top 4 picks to aid the pass rush. Poles: "At the defensive line position, Book’s coming along with Dayo, Sweat, Shemar. We feel good about those guys. Obviously we have one more day, so we can continue to add. But like what that group is and what they’re becoming and we feel like there is some developmental upside and like I said yesterday, with Year 2 in the system, we should be able to take the next step."