Windy City Gridiron: for Chicago Bears fans

(We had technical difficulties and lost part of the audio on Friday, but it is now fixed! Thanks for listening!) This week Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan give a deep dive into the life of Jaquan Brisker before the Bears. First, they are joined by Don Holl, Brisker's HC in high school, to discuss some of the challenges he faced on and off the field. They are then joined by Lackawanna Community College HC Mark Duda, to discuss Brisker's JUCO career. Finally, they give a brief preview of what they expect from the Bears' Week 5 matchup against the Vikings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

T Formation Conversation is a Chicago Bears podcast featuring Windy City Gridiron's Editor in Chief, Lester Wiltfong. This year, Lester is joined by Dr. Mason West for some unique perspective as they preview the upcoming Bears vs Vikings game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mason and Danny are back with the second installment of Bear Bones: To IR & Back Again. They go over the loss to those Football Giants. Preview and breakdown of the upcoming matchup with the Vikings and of course. Give insight of injuries for the game and fantasy ramifications for around the league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Berckes and EJ Snyder dive into the early season performances of Darnell Mooney and Trenton Gill and discuss what's going wrong with the Bears passing game after a 20-12 loss to the Giants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a bullet point outline of our Bear & Balanced show. Intro: We'll both share some general thoughts about the Chicago Bears vs New York Giants game. The Portillo's Trench Tribute: This is our weekly pick for lineman of the game, and thanks to our friends over at Portillo's, we'll be giving out a $100 gift card to one lucky fan each week this season. Tune in to find out how you can win! Sweet Tweets: We're both active on social media — so be sure you're all following us at @gridironborn & @wiltfongjr — and we highlight one Twitter interaction/Tweet each week. Caught up in a numbers game: This segment has us featuring one number/statistic that we found interesting from the game. The Fields Report: We always talk about quarterback Justin Fields right before we take our commercial break. The 3 Bears: You all know the story of the Three Bears, right? In this porridge-themed portion of the show, we give our picks for the Bear that was hot, the Bear that was cold, and the Bear that was just right in the game against the Giants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Bears lost in a 20-12 barnburner that quite literally slipped through Velus Jones' fingers, but at least Justin Fields looked better! I bring on Aaron Leming to help me walk through the game on this week's episode of Bear With Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 10-Minute Drill is back for it’s fourth episode and the guys are tightening things up! The show will quickly download all of the most important information for the upcoming Bears matchup in an easy-to-digest format that covers all of the game’s angles. We know Bears fans care most about how the team matches up against the opponent, so each preview highlights the things you need to know about the opponent and the critical matchups we’re keeping our eyes on. Check out Robert and Jeff’s takes on the Giants offensive & defensive schemes as well as stats that stick out from their first three games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lester Wiltfong is joined by Dr. Mason West to discuss the ramifications the Bears and Giants face with a combined 14 players on the injury report, including 8 starters! They also talk about the concussion controversy from Thursday night, go over some Bears' players that could see an increase in playing time, and some more in a crisp 30 minutes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Debut, the kicking off of a brand new Windy City Gridiron show, BEAR BONES! Focusing on the medical and fantasy football angle and league-wide ramifications of significant injuries. Mason and Danny, your hosts will also break down some of last week's matchup against the Texans and preview the upcoming matchup this Sunday, Against the NY FOOTBALL GIANTS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Making Monsters, Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan select their first offensive player for their Monster of the Week. After stepping up big time for David Montgomery, Khalil Herbert has a “monster” game! They chat with ACC writer Mike Barber who covered Herbert at Virginia Tech for his final season in college after transferring from Kansas. They also tie in the All-22 breakdown of Herbert from EJ and Jeff from their Bears Over Beers podcast, and then finally they preview the Bears game this weekend against the Giants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bears Banter is back with another great guest, this time it's ESPN 1000's Marc Silverman! Silvy joins the podcast after the Bears improve their record to 2-1 but Justin Fields had one of the worst games of his professional career. Is it time to panic? Does Fields looks rattled? Plus, we Silvy gives his thoughts on the defense, the offensive line and the Bears' fantastic running game! It's a jam-packed episode so check it out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bears won another game and two important pieces of that Bears win are the subjects of this week's podcast. Khalil Herbert stepped in for David Montgomery to have a big game and Braxton Jones continued his rookie campaign at left tackle. JB and EJ went through their film with a fine tooth comb and break down what they saw on this week's show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Lester discuss the Chicago Bears' week 3 win against the Houston Texans after sleeping on it. Tune in for plenty of their thoughts on the running game, Roquan Smith, Matt Eberflus, and of course, Justin Fields. Plus check out their picks in their weekly categories of... Portillo's Trench Tribute Sweet Tweets Caught up in a numbers game The Fields Report The 3 Bears: Hot, cold, just right! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Bears win again, this time in a 20-23 thriller that took all 60 minutes of football to settle! But amidst the fanfare of the win, questions remain about Justin Fields -- what are the answers? I bring on Jeff Berckes to discuss on this episode of Bear With Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan highlight their second rookie contract Monster of the week that stood out to them in week 2. They got to chat with Thomas Gipson, Trevis Gipson's brother, about growing up with Trevis and his experience playing basketball overseas. Then Taylor and Dylan got to speak with Kelly Hines of The Tulsa World. Kelly was lucky enough to cover Trevis' entire career at Tulsa and talked a lot about Trevis becoming the player he is today. Finally, they wrap things up by previewing the Bears matchup with Houston this Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's T Formation Conversation is the Bears vs Texans injury report, and Lester Wiltfong is joined by Dr. Mason West to get his unique insight into the injured players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite the Bears having a bad result in Wisconsin, David Montgomery turned in one of the best performances of his career. Was it a product of the scheme, the offensive line, a Herculean effort, or a little bit of all three? Cole Kmet is off to a rough start after a positive camp and preseason. What is going on with the details in Kmet's game? The guys dive into both players and discuss their long term future on the Bears over a couple of tasty beverages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Bears lose a rough one to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Is it same old Bears- Packers in 2022? We discuss how the Bears have looked through two games and Danny Parkins joins to give his perspective on Luke Getsy and Justin Fields and he thinks after these two games that it's way too early to panic about the issues we've seen through the first two weeks of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JB and Lester discuss the Bears' week 2 loss to the Packers after sleeping on it... Tune in for some talk about Justin Fields, the officiating, David Montgomery, Kyler Gordon, and more. Plus check out their picks in their weekly categories of... Portillo's Trench Tribute Sweet Tweets Caught up in a numbers game The Fields Report The 3 Bears: Hot, cold, just right! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Bears fall to 1-1 in a loss to the Packers that left fans with more questions than answers. Why did Fields only attempt 11 passes? What happened to the defense? Did anyone play well? I bring on Jacob Infante to help me answer these questions and more on this episode of Bear With Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will the Bears match up against the Packers? What type of scheme are the Packers' running on Offense & Defense? And what sort of statistical edges might the Bears have in Lambeau? Find out as Jeff and Robert take you through this episode of the Ten Minute Drill! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dominique Robinson Episode! This week Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan highlight their first rookie contract Monster of the week that stood out to them in week 1. They got to chat with Miami University Head Football Coach Chuck Martin to discuss the path and position changes that Dominique went through to make it to the NFL. They also break down some of the film with help from Jeff and EJ on Bears Over Beers and discuss Packers Hate week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's T Formation Conversation from Lester Wiltfong features Dr. Mason West bringing his unique perspective on the Bears and Packers injury list. How close is Velus Jones Jr. to playing? What we could expect from Green Bay's o-line? What's the deal with Alex Leatherwood's mono diagnosis? How is Lucas Patrick's thumb? Tune in for a quick injury report right here: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back! Welcome to a new season, a new-look Chicago Bears, and a new-look Bears Over Beers. This year, JB and EJ will take a closer look at a couple of players from the previous game to talk about their performance, progression, and how they fit into the future of the Chicago Bears. Up this week, defensive end Dominique Robinson and new right guard Teven Jenkins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a podcast! Not only did the Chicago Bears upset the San Francisco 49ers on their way to starting the season 1-0, but we are joined by legendary Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher! Brian discusses his thoughts on the hall of fame process, the Matt Eberflus defense and it's similarities to Lovie Smith's defense that he played in, we talk about Roquan Smith, Justin Fields, the Bears moving to Arlington Heights, his partnership with PXG and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Bears entered the 2022 NFL season as 7 point underdogs at home to the San Francisco 49ers but emerged victorious on a soggy pitch in front of Soldier Field faithful to the score of 19-10. Both teams played in the same weather, contrary to what some fans that wear red and gold were saying. Jeff and Lester recap the game through all the categories: Portillo's Trench Tribute Tweet of the Week Stat of the Week Fields Report 3 Bears Join us for a victory lap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Bears have officially started their season off right with a win over the San Francisco 49ers in a 19-10 slobberknocker that ticked every box you could ask for! I bring on Danny Meehan to walk through the ins and outs of the game with me on this episode of Bear With Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's such a treat having Dr. Mason West join Lester's show to talk about the injury report for the Chicago Bears this season. There weren't many injuries this week, but Mason gives his thoughts on Velus Jones Jr. coming back from his hamstring injury and why Lucas Patrick may not be able to snap the ball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Football is finally here!! This week Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan discuss the three young players they feel will make the biggest impact on the Bears' regular season opener vs the 49ers. After that, they give their final predictions on what they will expect from the game and the season as a whole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to know how your Bears will match up against this week's opponent? Don't have time to dig into 20 hours of research? We got you! The 10-minute Drill aims to cover the most ground in the shortest amount of time so you can be prepped on Sundays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all got some opinions on how the 2022 season is going to go, why not put a little money on it? Jeff Berckes is joined by Ross Read to go over how they are approaching the 2022 NFL betting landscape with some season-long bets on over/unders, divisional picks, and SB bets. Join the guys as they work through the board and check out the action on 2nd City Gridiron YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chicago Bears football is back! The regular season is on the horizon and we preview the season with Aaron Leming! We take a deep dive with Aaron looking at everything from Ryan Poles' first offseason, Matt Eberflus' first training camp, Matt Getsy's scheme, Justin Fields, the offensive line, what to expect out of the defense and so much more! It's a loaded podcast with Aaron so get ready for Sunday with a great preview! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Poles made his presence felt on the waiver wire on Wednesday, making six moves. OL Alex Leatherwood, TE Trevin Wesco, DT Armon Watts, DE Kingsley Johnathan, LB Sterling Weatherford, DB Josh Blackwell. Plus, a live reaction from EJ on a practice squad signing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Berckes is joined by The QB List's Erik Smith and Ryan Heath to work through the first five rounds of a mock draft. This episode will help you understand the possibilities of how to build a strong foundation regardless of where you draft from in standard formats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Berckes and Lester Wiltfong review the final Chicago Bears preseason game. Justin Fields came out swinging, landing haymakers to Dante Pettis, Ryan Griffin, and Cole Kmet. Meanwhile, the Bears defense stymied the Browns offense. The guys will pick their trench tribute and highlight the 3 Bears like every show. Make sure to let us know your trench tribute for a chance to win a $100 Portillo's gift card! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lester Wiltfong's latest T Formation Conversation was our Bears vs Browns post-game show, so join him and special guest Devon Booker from the Line For Line Podcast as they break down the 21-20 Chicago win that pushed the Bears to a perfect 3-0 preseason record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another fantastic Making Monsters with Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan, they discuss the resolution of the Roquan Smith situation, break down Chicago's defensive front with Aaron Leming of Windy City Gridiron and CBS' Bear Report, and then they preview the Bears' final preseason game against the Cleveland Browns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Berckes is joined by The QB List's Erik Smith to go over the flex position, the WRs and RBs further down the board that will build a strong bench. In this episode you'll find the rookies you need to know, the players that could improve their stock to solid starters by the end of the season, and of course, sleepers that you can steal at the end of drafts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In their latest Bear & Balanced, JB and Lester discuss the nice win by the Bears in Seattle against the Seahawks, and they debut their new weekly Portillo's $100 gift card giveaway! Tune in for that, plus some talk about Teven Jenkins, Justin Fields, Sam Kamara, Braxton Jones, Matt Eberflus, the ESPN broadcast, and more. Plus check out their picks in their weekly categories of... Portillo's Trench Tribute Sweet Tweets Caught up in a numbers game The Fields Report The 3 Bears: Hot, cold, just right! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bears win again, soundly thumping the Seahawks to the tune of a 27-11 preseason win! What went well? What went poorly? Robert brings on Bears on Tap's Quinten Krzysco to discuss on this episode of Bear With Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baby got, Defensive Backs! This week Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan recap the surprising Bears' victory from Saturday. After that Taylor spoke with Jon Sauber, the Penn State Football Beat Reporter for The Center Daily Times, to get some great details about Jaquan Brisker. Finally, they wrap things up by previewing what to expect from the young talent in the defensive back room this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Essential information for your fantasy drafts - how do you dominate with the WR group? Where are the pockets of value? Who are the household names to avoid because they're about to fall off a cliff and where can you find the next great thing? Erik Smith of the QB List is here to help you win your fantasy leagues at the draft table. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chicago Bears' training camp is now in full swing, and with a preseason win under the squad's belt some very clear narratives are starting to form around players like Cole Kmet, Jaquan Brisker, and more -- are the positive reports we're hearing "For Real"? I bring on BearReport's Zack Pearson to gain an insider's perspective on this episode of Bear With Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JB and Lester discuss the Bears' win against the Chiefs, and there was a lot to unpack after that game. Tune in for some talk about Justin Fields, Braxton Jones, Jaquan Brisker, Matt Eberflus, and more. Plus check out their picks in their weekly categories of... Trench Tribute Sweet Tweets Caught up in a numbers game The Fields Report The 3 Bears: Hot, cold, just right! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Bears are officially back in action, and they have a win to show for it! Who played well in the Bears' 19-14 comeback thriller against the Chiefs? Who played poorly? I bring on Sam Householder to discuss on this episode of Bear With Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JB & Lester were joined by Brenda Weber, who you may have heard on JB's Hopium Den this summer, to share her thoughts about what she saw at Bears training camp on August 11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a brand new Making Monsters, our show focusing on the younger Chicago Bears' players, hosts Taylor Doll and Dylan Ryan are joined by 9-year NFL veteran Clay Harbor to break down what he's seen at Chicago Bears' training camp. The former tight end gives his thoughts on Chicago's offensive skill players right here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Windy City Gridiron's Dan Meehan joins the podcast as there is a lot to discuss just a couple weeks into camp. Roquan Smith demands a trade, Teven Jenkins is back practicing (sort of), wide receivers are dropping like flies, Eddie Jackson's inconsistencies and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tables have been turned! Host Jeff Berckes turns over hosting duties to his wife, Leslie as she takes Jeff and his mom Julie through the Hopium Den experience. Thank you to all who have joined us throughout the Hopium Den series and enjoy the finale of learning more about the Berckes family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JB & Lester are joined by Brendan Sugrue of the Bears Wire to hear about Friday's Chicago Bears camp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices