Bears have more flexibility in NFL Draft after recent additions

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00:00I think what Ryan Poles was saying is that the draft opened up for Ben Johnson and if

00:09the way I interpreted that, if there's a player that they're enamored with, fixated on even,

00:17a guy like Ashton Gente, I think it's in play.

00:21What he did there was open up every conversation about Ashton Gente and make it plausible and

00:27make it defensible and justify the interest and possibility.

00:33Because when he says open things up, he's talking about everything from Ashton Gente

00:38to an edge rusher or the best offensive tackle remaining if Will Campbell and Kelvin Banks

00:45go off the board first, Mambu from Missouri perhaps.

00:50You say, why do you need an offensive tackle if you've got five starters right now in your

00:54offensive line?

00:55It's because they're going to get older and that's the way you keep a strength of strength.

01:00Look at the Eagles as an example.

01:02Look at the good teams as a model.

01:04They continue to stockpile good, capable offensive linemen or defensive linemen.

01:10So you can go every area if you want and justify that direction.

01:16So Ryan Poles, that's probably part of why he was so happy and smiling.

01:21Because when you fill five starting positions in less than five days with veterans that

01:28you trust and are capable and accomplished, you now have draft flexibility and it's going

01:35to be a fun draft season because of that.