Bears Request Interview With Chiefs Exec. Ryan Poles For GM Job

Field Yates reports that the Bears have requested to interview Chiefs Executive Director of Player Personnel Ryan Poles for their vacant GM job.

Here’s the updated list of candidates for the Bears’ GM job:

• Colts director of college scouting Morocco Brown (Requested)
• Browns VP of Player Personnel Glenn Cook (Interviewed)
• Browns VP of football operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (Interviewed)
• Colts assistant GM Ed Dodds (Requested)
• Saints’ assistant GM Jeff Ireland (Interviewed)
• 49ers director of player personnel Ran Carthon (Requested)
• Former Texans GM Rick Smith
• Bills assistant GM Joe Schoen (Interviewed)
• Steelers VP Omar Khan (Requested)
• Patriots executive consultant Eliot Wolf (Requested)
• Bears assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly (Interviewed)
• Chargers Director of Player Personnel JoJo Wooden (Requested)
• Titans director of player personnel Monti Ossenfort (Interviewed)
• Dolphins senior personnel executive Reggie McKenzie (Requested)
• Chiefs executive director of player personnel Ryan Poles (Requested)

Poles, 35, joined the Chiefs as a scouting assistant in 2009. He’s risen through the ranks, becoming the director of college scouting in 2017 and adding assistant director of player personnel to his title in 2018. 

We’ll have more on the Bears’ GM search as the news is available.