He was always seen as a developmental piece but he shown little development. Won’t be sad or surprised to see him go but I would be a little shocked to see us picked DT with one of our first 3 picks.
No. It was dumb pick to begin with.
With billings out last year, Pickens had a huge opportunity to step up and unfortunately he was a complete dud out there. The bears needed to cut his ass yesterday and find a more serviceable backup.
Sucks but most third round picks don’t get a second contract. The draft really is a crap shoot and the dude got hurt last year stunting whatever he had going.
20% hit rate in the 3rd round… okay Poles we are due here.
He’s basically just been a body out there & not even a body that fills up a hole most plays
Disliked the pick when it happened (think most fans did). Really wanted TE Washington that went to the steelers or the RB the dolphins got later, both of those players are doing well and would be great under Ben’s offense.
Really hope Ben can put a stop to some of this Poles BS
Was pretty obvious (to me, at least) that he was a horrible draft pick the second it was made.
Cutting him now would be real dumb.
He’s been a massive bust and in any other draft year he’s a 2nd round pick, not a 3rd round pick. For the 64th overall pick, he’s gotta be one of the worst 2nd round picks we’ve had in recent memory
Didn’t even know who he was.
If they draft one high and Pickens responds well to the new coaching staff it would be a good problem to have, but I’m not holding my breath. He’s pretty much a non factor right now
Hes done absolutely nothing. Honestly seems like a bigger waste of a 3rd round pick than Velus.
When I read that article about the D-line working out together and he wasn’t mentioned I kind of figured we were heading this route, I had high hopes for him with nothing at all to back it up, it’s just football is really really fun when the Bears have a good D-line so I’m always hopeful
Zacch Pickens and Dominique Robinson should be off the team already. Amegadjie too if he stinks in training camp.
I thought he and Dexter would flourish. Best of luck.
Poles sucks at drafting, there I said it. He hasn’t built through the draft well in anything. Almost all positions have a question mark or need starting rotational depth.
Bears were signing iDL off the street midseason and playing them instead of Pickens. He’s probably on track to be a camp cut at this point.
Reminds me of Brandon Hardin. I knew that pick was going to stink
Poles is terrible in the 3rd round. Another possible cut.
They didn’t do him any favors his rookie year inexplicably trying to make him play NT. He was a gap shooting 3 tech who struggled taking on blockers and whose game had a a serious lack of power.
I don’t think he has a place in Allen’s defense anyways. Never liked the pick. There were a bunch of receivers/running backs who would have been great value in the third.
I asked AI to rank the worst players picked 64th since 2000, and Pickens was 3rd behind Jordan Richards and Kyle Trask.
Another wasted pick by Poles. Out of 3 drafts 7 players are serviceable, no superstars or All pros. Inherited Jaylon Johnson and Cole kemet and lucked into Caleb. If it wasn’t for the trade no telling where we’d be at QB.
I don’t think he’ll be leaving just yet. I think he’s going to remain a backup, for now.
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Another wonderful king poles pick
He was always seen as a developmental piece but he shown little development. Won’t be sad or surprised to see him go but I would be a little shocked to see us picked DT with one of our first 3 picks.
No. It was dumb pick to begin with.
With billings out last year, Pickens had a huge opportunity to step up and unfortunately he was a complete dud out there. The bears needed to cut his ass yesterday and find a more serviceable backup.
Sucks but most third round picks don’t get a second contract. The draft really is a crap shoot and the dude got hurt last year stunting whatever he had going.
20% hit rate in the 3rd round… okay Poles we are due here.
He’s basically just been a body out there & not even a body that fills up a hole most plays
Disliked the pick when it happened (think most fans did). Really wanted TE Washington that went to the steelers or the RB the dolphins got later, both of those players are doing well and would be great under Ben’s offense.
Really hope Ben can put a stop to some of this Poles BS
Was pretty obvious (to me, at least) that he was a horrible draft pick the second it was made.
Cutting him now would be real dumb.
He’s been a massive bust and in any other draft year he’s a 2nd round pick, not a 3rd round pick. For the 64th overall pick, he’s gotta be one of the worst 2nd round picks we’ve had in recent memory
Didn’t even know who he was.
If they draft one high and Pickens responds well to the new coaching staff it would be a good problem to have, but I’m not holding my breath. He’s pretty much a non factor right now
Hes done absolutely nothing. Honestly seems like a bigger waste of a 3rd round pick than Velus.
When I read that article about the D-line working out together and he wasn’t mentioned I kind of figured we were heading this route, I had high hopes for him with nothing at all to back it up, it’s just football is really really fun when the Bears have a good D-line so I’m always hopeful
Zacch Pickens and Dominique Robinson should be off the team already. Amegadjie too if he stinks in training camp.
I thought he and Dexter would flourish. Best of luck.
Poles sucks at drafting, there I said it. He hasn’t built through the draft well in anything. Almost all positions have a question mark or need starting rotational depth.
Bears were signing iDL off the street midseason and playing them instead of Pickens. He’s probably on track to be a camp cut at this point.
Reminds me of Brandon Hardin. I knew that pick was going to stink
Poles is terrible in the 3rd round. Another possible cut.
They didn’t do him any favors his rookie year inexplicably trying to make him play NT. He was a gap shooting 3 tech who struggled taking on blockers and whose game had a a serious lack of power.
I don’t think he has a place in Allen’s defense anyways. Never liked the pick. There were a bunch of receivers/running backs who would have been great value in the third.
I asked AI to rank the worst players picked 64th since 2000, and Pickens was 3rd behind Jordan Richards and Kyle Trask.
Another wasted pick by Poles. Out of 3 drafts 7 players are serviceable, no superstars or All pros. Inherited Jaylon Johnson and Cole kemet and lucked into Caleb. If it wasn’t for the trade no telling where we’d be at QB.
I don’t think he’ll be leaving just yet. I think he’s going to remain a backup, for now.
How does this affect LeBron’s legacy?