The Chicago Bears have completely done a 180 this season compared to previous years, thanks to savvy front office decisions. There are a lot of people who are involved in getting a decision to be made before it lands on general manager Ryan Poles’ desk, and one of the key contributors could be gone this offseason. Let’s take a closer look at who it is and which team could poach him for a bigger role.
The Chicago Bears assistant general manager could become the Atlanta Falcons general manager
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While discussing what he has been hearing regarding the NFL heading into Week 18, NFL insider Albert Breer discussed how the Bears could be seeing the Falcons take one of their top front office personnel this offseason.
“But the winning streak will likely help coach Raheem Morris, in his second year, more than GM Terry Fontenot, who’s in his fifth year (Atlanta last made the playoffs in 2018). If there’s a GM change, Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham would be a name to watch, given the close relationship between [Matt] Ryan and Chicago GM Ryan Poles, who was a lineman for the quarterback at Boston College 20 years ago.”
Cunningham has been with the Bears since 2022 as the team’s assistant general manager, but has been climbing up the NFL front office ranks since his playing days in 2008. He is one of seven people that Chicago has on the team’s directory under player personnel, so this would obviously be a massive change in the front office if this were to happen. However, this is also not set in stone as things can change and even Fontenot could keep his job. Cunningham has had multiple interviews for general manager positions in the last few offseasons, but has yet to get that role.
It would be intriguing to see Cunningham in a general manager position and what that means going forward. In terms of Chicago, they would need to figure out a new assistant general manager, but it would make any potential trades between the Falcons and the Bears easier with the relationship being there.
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