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Hello and welcome back to a seriously boring offseason! The Bears, having already won the offseason with the hire of Ben Johnson (3 time offseason champs, back to back to back babyyyyyy) now stare down one of the most starless free agent classes in recent memory and a draft that stands two tiers below last year's. So, about those free agents: are we getting Trey Smith? And if not... what CAN we sp...

The Bears did it, they really did it! For the first time in our lives they made the slam dunk, obvious head coach hire in former Lions OC Ben Johnson. So, how excited are we to have the orchestrator of the best offense in the NFKL over the last two years? (Pretty excited folks). How about his rumored coordinator hires? What does this say about the Bears franchise moving forward? Thanks for listeni...

Welcome back folks! With this horrendous death march of a season over we have finally entered BEAR SEASON, the offseason! Hope abounds as the Bears search out a new coach! They've interviewed everyone with a pulse, so who will we end up with? Should there be optimism? Absolutely not, but let's talk about it together!

Welcome back folks! Come on in while we rip on Matt Eberflus one last time, discuss our interim head coach (and why we should not by god hire him as our full time head coach), debate turkeys and how likely it is that Travis will have to extricate one from his bowels, and even discuss classic literature!

Welcome back! After our 4 week sabbatical we have returned to talk Bears! Except this week we recorded on Wednesday, JUUUUUUST before that Thanksgiving game. We made some predictions for that game in here as a sort of guess at how we would feel after, but no folks that was not on our bingo card! So what DID we predict? How do we feel about the current state of the Bears? Where were we for the last...

Folks you know what we're talking about this week, strap in as we rub our faces in exasperation and say a lot of swears.

This week on the SKOd we take a momentary break from Bears talk to look around the NFL! What tickled us enough to talk about? Well, how about the Panthers? Are these guys completely cooked as a franchise, and for how long? Is it a cosmically screwed competition between them and the Browns? How about the Commies? The Bears have them this week, with or without Jayden Daniels, so how are they looking...

Welcome back! The Bears are 4-2 after two blowouts and 14 straight quarters of strong offensive play. What does it all mean? We lavish deserved praise on the Bears on both side of the ball, the coaching, and of course whatever dark god we sold our souls to for Caleb Williams! Beyond that, we discuss how sustainable this is, how the Bears' first two awful offensive weeks have completely destroyed D...

Welcome back to the most positive Bears podcast on the internet! Thankfully the Bears have rewarded the SKOd's positivity with two straight wins and 6 quarters (plus one drive) of excellent football defensively AND offensively! So what has been working the last two weeks and why? Is what Caleb is doing sustainable, and how does it compare to what Jayden Daniels is doing in Washington? How about Ge...

This week on the SKOd the guys look outside and see a lot of very, very angry Bears fans! After a close loss in Indianapolis the fanbase seems to have lost a lot of hope. While we understand where it comes from... folks we're here to reel you back in! What did we like about Caleb and the offense on Sunday? Who is to blame for the Bears' struggles? And can we convince you to stick it out just one m...

This week on the SKOd, the guys dissect a 13-19 loss to Houston. It looked a mess in the second half, so who's to blame? What did we think of Caleb's performance? Can this offensive line be saved? And hey, let's not forget how incredible the Bears defense played! We also get in some Bryce Young talk and preview next week's game against the Buckner-less Colts. Thanks for listening! (P.S. we know Ky...

Week 1 is in the books, and what a wild week it was! A bears win is a Bears win, but it sure did come in a very Bears way didn't it? What to make of the dominant defensive effort? What to make of Caleb's struggles? And how will this look against Houston? Thanks for listening!

This week on the SKOd we say goodbye to the offseason and hello to regular season NFL football! What did we think about Hard Knocks this year? Were there any interesting cuts or roster decisions, or have the Bears built a roster that lacks the usual preseason drama? And how do we match up against those Titans? Welcome to the regular season, and thanks for listening!

This week on a super sized episode we go division by division and preview the entire 2024/25 NFL season, and we brought someone along for the ride! Formerly of Baseball Prospectus Southside, Nick is back and ready to help us figure out how this season is going to go. We hit every team along the way and make some bold predictions. Thanks for listening!

This week on the SKOdcast, the guys are swamped with Bears news. Hard Knocks has been entertaining, but have we learned anything? The Bears destroyed the Bengals in the joint scrimmage and their preseason game, but what does it mean? And how about that non trade for Matthew Judon? Thanks for listening!

We are truly back in the thick of things! We're talking Hard Knocks, we're talking camp, we're talking Nate Davis and Austin Booker! We go over the full preseason contest against the Bills and do a deep dive into Caleb Williams' fantastic day. After that we go over the other QB debuts and even get in some Free Haason Reddick talk. Thanks for listening!

In the first of two episodes this week the guys are talking the HOF game and training camp! The offensive line is a mess, riddled by injuries and poor play, but what's new? The defense sure looks good, especially these youngsters on the defensive line, though! And Caleb looks like the real deal. We're also breaking down a truly meaningless HOF game and handing out the Dane Sanzenbacher Award for b...

This week on the pod the guys talk about the first (padsless) week of camp. How's Caleb doing? How are the Bears beat guys doing? What can we really glean from practicing in t-shirts? Beyond the Bears the guys also discuss the Goff and Lawrence contract extensions, the Bengals and Cowboys botching contract situations, and prepare ourselves for Hard Knocks. Thanks for listening!

With the offseason tournament complete the guys turn back to current events! But all the current events involve quarterbacks, so Kyle and Travis dive into this year's QB rankings! How have things changed from last year? What do we think about Jared Goff, Kyler Murray, and our annual disagreement regarding Jalen Hurts and Justin Herbert? And what's the deal with Joe Burrow?

This week the guys wrap up the tournament and crown a champion! What is the worst Packers loss of our lives? What is the most unwatchable Bears game we've ever seen? And finally, what is overall the worst Bears game of our lives? Thanks for joining us for this ride folks!

Welcome back! The bracket is set and this week on the SKOd the guys push two horrendous experiences through to the final four (it's lower case, don't sue me!). The Heartbreaking and Just Embarrassing regions will crown their champions. Join us and cheer on your favorite(???) contender, then check back in next week for the stunning conclusion!

Today on a super sized episode of the SKOdcast Travis, Kyle, AND Erik finalize the bracket of 16 awful Bears games! What games make it in from the Just Embarrassing region? And of course, what everyone will want to talk about, what makes it in from the Green Bay region? We also read out a ton of fan submissions and even (TEASER) add one game into the tournament based on a submission! Thanks for li...

This week kicks off our offseason tournament spectacular, and this year we will be trying to find the worst Bears game of our lives. We have Erik back on the pod for the next... oh boy however long this takes... and we have a LOT to discuss! This week we break down what makes a game bad and what makes a Bears game bad, then we get into filling out our first two regions for the tournament. Thanks f...

This week Kyle and Travis finally breathe after all that draft coverage and look around the NFL for a bit! First they preview this year's offseason tournament, The Worst Bears Game of Our Lifetime Tournament. Send us your pick(s) for the worst to startkyleorton@gmail.com or DM Kyle @startkyieorton and look forward to 3 to 4 weeks of cathartic talk about bad Bears games! This week, however, the guy...

Wrapping up our coverage of the 2024 draft, we go all in on the Bears draft! There weren't many picks, but there were a lot of good ones. How incredible is it to have Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze? Who is Kiran Amegadjie and what is his role this year? And why was pickling THE punter in the 4th round a great move? Thanks for listening!