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INDIANAPOLIS — If the Bears and Falcons agree that the Bears should get compensatory draft picks for the Falcons hiring former Bears executive Ian Cunningham as their general manager last month, it should be pretty straightforward.
It’s not, of course.
While the NFL gives a team two third-round picks when another team hires one of its minority staffers as general manager, it said the Bears will not get one for Cunningham, who is Black, because Falcons president of football Matt Ryan has final authority on personnel decisions.
The Bears are appealing that, general manager Ryan Poles said, and Cunningham is on their side in that dispute.