Ryan Poles AND Matt Eberflus extremely critical of the Bears players getting arrested...
The Chicago Bears franchise has a lot of issues currently. From Stadium changes to the lack of top-tier talent, it's safe to say that the situation is far from perfect. However, in my mind, the worst problem the Bears had this off-season was the overflux of players getting arrested on the team.
It started with Byron Pringle, who was arrested for reportedly doing donuts in his car, on a suspended license, and with a kid in the car. That's been addressed by Poles, and both the GM and wide receiver say it's settled and they're moving on from the incident. A few months later, Matt Adams showed up at the police station for misdemeanor firearm possession. He was cited for having a high-capacity magazine and illegal bullets within city limits, which is a municipal code violation. A couple of weeks after that, WR David Moore made headlines when he was arrested on drug and weapons charges. According to TMZ, Moore was picked up after falling asleep in a car in a Taco Bell drive-through.
«I think we have the right guys,» Poles said. «I think there were mistakes made, for sure. We had those conversations and there's a process when that happens through the league, through our team, security, all that stuff. And we'll go through that process and go from there. But as a leader of an organization, when the phone goes off and there's an incident and we're not doing what we're supposed to do and we know what the standards are of being a Chicago Bear, absolutely it bothers me.»
Bears head coach Matt Eberflus also spoke on the subject.
