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Bears GM Ryan Poles: Trading Justin Fields ‘one of the harder things I’ve had to do’

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Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields #1 squats on the field after fourth down with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter against the Washington Commanders at Soldier Field, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

When Bears general manager Ryan Poles finally decided what he was going to do with quarterback Justin Fields, he drove to coach Matt Eberflus’ house in Lake Bluff. They called Fields together, on speaker, to tell him he’d been traded to the Steelers.

It was important to the general manager to say goodbye to Fields the right way — and to turn the page to a new quarterback.