An exhausted Ryan Poles consider to go residence from Halas Corridor on Friday night and put his cellphone on “don’t disturb” so he may get some leisure sooner than a busy Day 3 of the NFL draft.
However the Chicago Bears primary supervisor imagines it’s maybe arduous to relax out after he helped his safety take a step forward with three additions from the second and third rounds.
“I’ll go sit down at dwelling and be wired,” Poles acknowledged. “And I’ll have to look at TV and ultimately go to sleep.”
One night after addressing the offense by taking Tennessee offensive cope with Darnell Wright, Poles focused on filling key holes on the safety, deciding on Florida defensive cope with Gervon Dexter at No. 53, Miami cornerback Tyrique Stevenson at No. 56 and South Carolina defensive cope with Zacch Pickens at No. 64.
Poles traded up with the Jacksonville Jaguars to get Stevenson, giving them the No. 136 resolve to maneuver up 5 spots.
On Thursday night, Poles left open the possibility that he would commerce up from 53 because of the large gap between their first and second picks. That didn’t materialize, nonetheless when he thought Stevenson might not closing until 61, he made his switch.
Stevenson, who’s 6 toes, 198 kilos, is a fast, bodily cornerback who had three interceptions and 14 passes defended in his remaining two seasons in class. He transferred from Georgia to Miami after two seasons.
Poles sees Stevenson as an ideal open air cornerback nonetheless acknowledged he likes his versatility to play inside, too, an identical to 2022 second-round resolve Kyler Gordon. Stevenson will can be found to compete for participating in time in a bunch that options Gordon and Jaylon Johnson.
“Huge, bodily nook,” Poles acknowledged. “Tackles. Will strike you. Good ball expertise. What stands out about him in protection, he has a ton of poise. Actually stays in management via all of his actions and particularly when the ball’s within the air.”
Stevenson, who had a Bears hat on for his video info conference, acknowledged he prides himself on his soccer IQ, versatility and play mannequin.
He acknowledged coach Matt Eberflus acknowledged the Bears invited him on a top-30 go to to Halas Corridor inside the predraft course of “as a result of I play the sport the way it was once performed. Very robust and really bodily.” Poles acknowledged they favored what they observed on the Senior Bowl.
“He actually flashed to us much more on the Senior Bowl in one-on-ones and a few of these press methods, and also you’re like, man, this man is lengthy and bodily,” Poles acknowledged. “You’ve received to be assured to get in somebody’s face and handle enterprise on the road of scrimmage. He did that with an unbelievable talent set and size and all that. After which the poise and the routes, to actually keep calm and skim the hip and keep in place. So then let’s return to the tape and watch these conditions and we see him excel there, which goes to assist him at this degree.”
In Dexter and Pickens, Poles thinks he has two avid gamers who can bounce into an inside defensive place rotation with Justin Jones and Andrew Billings. He acknowledged they every might be moved to each three-technique or nostril cope with.
“On this league, by way of the defensive position, you’ve received to have actually two waves,” Poles acknowledged. “So we’ve been capable of begin that inside. They’re multipliers. They punch the pocket, they dent the pocket. That makes it a shorter edge for the skin guys. Within the run sport, they’re harder to maneuver. That enables your linebackers to circulate and run even higher. They a number of and assist all people.”
Dexter, who’s 6-foot-5, 310 kilos, had 125 tackles, 9 ½ tackles for a loss, 4 ½ sacks, two interceptions and 4 passes defended in three seasons at Florida. Poles referred to as him enormous, strong and really athletic. He acknowledged the earlier basketball participant started off in class raw nonetheless continued to get increased.
“Should you return and watch his freshman tape, he’s on the market simply type of throwing individuals round,” Poles acknowledged. “He doesn’t actually really feel stress but and perceive block recognition and all that. After which the subsequent yr it will get even higher by way of the texture, after which this yr, it received even higher. The opposite factor we have a look at is the play time for these huge guys. After they begin hitting within the 60, 70%, it’s arduous to be full throttle on a regular basis, so that you’re going to see some up and down, in order that’s the place that complete grading the flashes type of comes from as a result of at this degree, you’d prefer to get a pleasant little rotation with these guys so that they keep contemporary and explosive.”
In 4 seasons at South Carolina, Pickens, whom Poles referred to as prolonged and athletic, had 131 tackles, 11 ½ tackles for a loss, 7 ½ sacks and 4 passes defended.
The 6-foot-4, 291-pound Pickens was voted the South Carolina MVP as a senior nonetheless believes he can get hold of bigger points on the NFL stage with further fixed educating. He needs to be further consistently bodily in its place of merely exhibiting flashes. Poles acknowledged they favored Pickens’ means to self assess and his willingness to take educating.
“I’m going to be 10 instances higher than I used to be in faculty,” Pickens acknowledged. “I haven’t reached the extent I might be and I’m positively going to carry myself accountable to the whole lot I do, particularly going to the Bears.”
The Bears open Day 3 of the draft with the first resolve of the fourth spherical, No. 103. They’ve 4 further picks after that: Nos. 133, 148, 218, 258. The Bears nonetheless have a necessity for an edge rusher, and Poles acknowledged he thinks there are some good avid gamers obtainable.
“We’ll sleep on it as a result of we’re all type of gassed proper now,” Poles acknowledged. “So we’ll come again contemporary and make some choices on who we kick this factor off with and likewise see if there’s alternative to maneuver again as nicely.”
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