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Chicago will fire general manager Ryan Poles right after the 2024 season.

First call: Sep 18, 2024, 9:50 PM ET · Deadline: Feb 1, 2025, 12:00 AM ET · Historical archive

THE ORIGINAL TAKE
“He will get canned right after the season.”
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What we’re scoring

Chicago retained Poles to lead the January 2025 head-coaching search and hire Ben Johnson.

The ruling

Chicago retained Poles to lead the January 2025 head-coaching search and hire Ben Johnson.

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Timeline & revisions

  1. Sep 18, 2024, 9:50 PM ET · originalChicago will fire general manager Ryan Poles right after the 2024 season.Source post ↗
  2. Sep 23, 2024, 9:53 PM ET · revisionChicago will fire general manager Ryan Poles in January 2025.Source post ↗
Public review history (7)
  1. Sep 24, 2026, 5:51 PM ET · approve

    Explicit coming January firing window, contradicted by continuous tenure.

  2. Sep 24, 2026, 5:51 PM ET · verdict

    The Bears official biography states Poles enters his fifth season as general manager in 2026, following his January 2022 appointment.

  3. Sep 24, 2026, 5:52 PM ET · review-note

    Explicit coming January firing window, contradicted by continuous tenure. Jev advisory and original-source context manually reviewed; source-specific review decisions retained in the batch audit.

  4. Sep 24, 2026, 5:58 PM ET · verdict

    Chicago retained Poles to lead the January 2025 head-coaching search and hire Ben Johnson.

  5. Sep 24, 2026, 5:58 PM ET · earliest-call-reconciled

    Chicago retained Poles to lead the January 2025 head-coaching search and hire Ben Johnson.

  6. Sep 24, 2026, 5:58 PM ET · verdict

    Chicago retained Poles to lead the January 2025 head-coaching search and hire Ben Johnson.

  7. Sep 24, 2026, 5:59 PM ET · review-note

    Chicago retained Poles to lead the January 2025 head-coaching search and hire Ben Johnson. Jev advisory and original-source context manually reviewed; source-specific review decisions retained in the batch audit.

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