Bears GM Ryan Poles addressed the draft Tuesday and among his few revelations were which position he prefers on defense.
However, when he spoke with media Tuesday after the Brian Piccolo Award presentation GM Ryan Poles made it clear what they would want if a choice in the draft came down to either an edge rusher or an equally graded interior defensive lineman. This could be the case at No. 9 in Round 1 or even later in Rounds 3 and 4 .
The draft followers immediately will start thinking defensive tackle Byron Murphy II from Texas over one of the edge rushers, should the Bears have all of them graded similarly. Alabama's Dallas Turner, Florida State's Jared Verse and UCLA's Laiatu Latu are the highest-rated players in most analysts' draft ratings among edges.
"So unfortunately it's one of those things I think everyone's got to tune in on Thursday to watch and figure out, but I feel really good about our process and where we are and where we're headed," Poles said of Williams."So we know what we're going to do but everyone is going to have to wait until Thursday to go there.""The nice thing is from the work that we've done I feel pretty good about just being flexible," Poles said.
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