Cunningham: Bears Should Get Picks for His Falcons Hire

The NFL's Rooney Rule typically awards teams with draft picks when minority executives move to other clubs as GMs. However, the Bears are not expected to receive those picks because Falcons president of football Matt Ryan is considered the top football executive in Atlanta.

Cunningham, who expressed surprise that the Bears won't get compensation, said it was always his interpretation that if a general manager gets hired, the team would receive two third-round picks. Bears GM Ryan Poles previously called it 'a little odd' that the Chiefs received picks when he was hired and described the rule as 'strange.'