Column: When Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles says ‘everything fell into place,’ he’s including the punter who mesmerized him in Mobile, Ala.

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Column: When Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles says ‘everything fell into place,’ he’s including the punter who mesmerized him in Mobile, Ala.

Ryan Poles was settling into his seat for the flight back from the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., in February when he pulled out his iPad, eager to dive into some practice tape. The plane hadn’t gotten up in the air and Poles, with coach Matt Eberflus seated across the aisle, was mesmerized by practice cut-ups of … the punter — Iowa punter Tory Taylor. Play. Rewind. Play. Rewind. Slo-mo. Taylor was consistently doing things with the football Poles…