Chicago GM Poles on sleeping at work: “That was not healthy”

Working for long hours day after day is a typical situation in the NFL, but Ryan Poles shares that he overdone it when he was named the Chicago Bears GM.

Ryan said that after working as general manager in Chicago in 2022, he started sleeping in his office to avoid missing anything before the 2022 NFL Draft.

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“That was bad for my overall health doing that last season,” the GM told Courtney Cronin of ESPN. “I don’t ever want to repeat. But it was essential to get the job done, so I did it that way.”

Many general managers and head coaches spend almost the whole day working with the desire to triumph – and they are prepared to risk their health if that will give them an advantage.