2nd City Gridiron

Join the Bears Over Beers hosts, Ryan and Bryan, as well as several members from the 2nd City Gridiron / Windy City Gridiron crew, as we celebrate the opening of this year's Chicago Bears training camp. We talk position battles, offensive and defensive players to watch, bold predictions, and some breaking news items as training camp gets udneray.

Joining us as guests: Taylor Doll, Lester Wiltfong Jr., Erik Duerrwaechter, Sarah ...

It's part 2 of our mega training camp preview! Zack Pearson of Bear Report joins to discuss the defensive side of the ball! Dennis Allen's scheme, will Tyrique Stevenson bounce back, what to make of LB3, how strong can the IDL be, and is the Edge room deep enough, plus so much more! Check out a great episode!

Join Bear Bones as Mason West (@WestSportsPT) and Danny Meehan (@DanMeehan90) discuss what positions they are confident in and which ones may raise some concerns. Then, they rank these positions across the NFC North!

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Taylor Doll is joined by Brett Kollmann, creator of All Thirty Two and co-host of The Bootleg Football Podcast. They break down what made the Detroit offense click the last few seasons and how the personnel here in Chicago fit that scheme. They break down the offensive positions and the roles each player should fit in the Johnson scheme.

Mason West (@WestSportsPT) is here for another offseason installment of Bear Bones!

Join Mason and special guest Robert Mays (@RobertMays) of The Athletic Football Show as they discuss the early summer happenings surrounding the 2025 Chicago Bears.

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Taylor Doll chats with Jeff Ermann of Inside MD Sports to talk about one of the more questionable picks of the Chicago Bears' draft, linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II. Ermann talks about the start of Hyppolite's career at Maryland, the schematics of the Terps' defense, and what was asked of Ruben. They also give a little love to DJ Moore and his time at Maryland.

The Bears have wrapped up OTAs and minicamp and to discuss it all, we bring on Herb Howard from The Bigs to talk about what he saw! Ben Johnson, the offense, Caleb Williams, left tackle, the running back room, Dennis Allen's defense, we discuss it all! If you want to know where the Bears are at heading into training camp, this is the podcast you'll want to hear!

ESPN's Seth Wickersham joins the podcast after releasing some excerpts from his new book, American Kings, and discusses his conversations with Caleb and Carl Williams and how he had concerns about coming to Chicago, concerns about Shane Waldron, concerns about Matt Eberflus (in short, he had concerns), and some of the issues he faced his rookie season.

Join Mason West (@WestSportsPT) and Danny Meehan (@DanMeehan90) for another installment of Bear Bones 2025!

We finally know, not only the Bears' opponents, but the full schedule. So that means we give our best guess as to the win/loss record for the Bears, which we are most excited for, and are there any to dread?

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Join us as we react to the 2025 NFL Schedule release! The Bears Over Beers crew met up for the third time this offseason just minutes after the Bears 2025 schedule was released. Ryan, Bryan, and special guest Jacob Infante discussed their favorite games on the schedule, their least favorites, the toughest and easiest stretches, and then gave their (way too early) game by game predictions.

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Taylor Doll chats with Missouri football beat reporter and insider Eli Hoff, from the St Louis Post-Dispatch and KTRS 550AM, about Bears rookie Luther Burden. They break down his 3 years at Mizzou, where he fits best on the field, some of the pre-draft concerns with his personality and work ethic, plus the crowded receiver room in Chicago.

The NFL Draft is in the books, and the great Charles Davis from CBS joins to break down the draft! He talks about Colston Loveland and Luther Burden and how they'll fit with Cole Kmet and DJ Moore and what he sees in Ben Johnson's offense with them. He talks about the offensive line with Ozzie Trapillo, the running back room with Kyle Monangai and, of course, Caleb Williams! Check out a great podcast!

Taylor Doll is joined by Rutgers running backs Coach Damiere Shaw, who coached the newest Bears running back, Kyle Monangai, during his time with the Scarlet Knights. Coach Shaw was one of Kyle’s mentors during his 5 years with the program, including having two 1200+ yards seasons when Coach Shaw got promoted to RB coach. They chatted about his development at Rutgers, his strengths in contact, and ball security. They also highlight...