Windy City Gridiron: for Chicago Bears fans

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Bears Banter Ep. 118: Training Camp Preview with Robert Schmitz (Defense) Part II Jul 25, 2022

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Bill Zimmerman and Robert Schmitz are back for part 2 of the training camp preview. They've already broken down the offense, and now they go position group by position group on the defense. They look at the improved secondary, the linebacker group that lives and dies with Roquan Smith and try to answer the questions about the guys up front and if they are strong enough to keep this defense humming. It's a great episode, check it out!

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Bear & Balanced: Getting ready for Bears camp Jul 25, 2022

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Jeff and Lester are joined this week by the newest member of the WCG Podcasting family, Taylor Doll, to talk about her soon to debut show, Making Monsters, but also to discuss some of the key stories surrounding the Chicago Bears as they report to training camp this week. They hit on an abridged version of their usual categories, so tune in for the Trench Tribute, the Fields Report, and The 3 Bears.

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Dominate Your Fantasy Football Draft: TE Edition Jul 21, 2022

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Every draft you must ask yourself a question - will I use a premium pick on the tight end position or wait until late to take a chance at a flier? JB and Erik Smith of the QB List are here to help you think through the tight end position in your upcoming fantasy drafts so that you can dominate your league. From Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews to Evan Engram and David Njoku, the guys will rank the board and give you an idea of when you should pounce on the position (hint: it may be earlier than you think).

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The Bears Hopium Den Episode 7: Is Justin Fields THE Guy? Jul 20, 2022

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Will Justin Fields be the guy? It's the most important question for the Chicago Bears for 2022 and beyond. It's hard to quantify just how much that question means to this franchise, this city, this fan base. Host Jeff Berckes welcomes back the Hopium Den participants one more time for a big roundtable-style discussion on the biggest Bears question.

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Bears Banter Ep. 117: Training Camp Preview with Robert Schmitz Part I (Offense) Jul 18, 2022

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Football season is in the air? Can you smell it? Training camp is less than two weeks away. We know now, baring a late August signing, what the Bears team is going to look like in 2022. Robert Schmitz and Bill Zimmerman take a detailed look at the offense going position group by position group. How good can these groups be? How bad can they be? They take a best case/worst case look at each group and try to figure what fans should expect this year. There is so much packed into this episode, check it out!

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Dominate Your Fantasy Football Draft: Quarterback Edition Jul 14, 2022

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Do you prefer to walk into your fantasy football draft without a plan and take players that you think you might remember were kind of good a few years ago or do you want to dominate your league and impress your friends? Do you want to put in the hundreds of hours of research required to build a board or would you like to just listen to an expert build theirs? That's what I thought! Jeff welcomes the Editor of the QB List, Erik Smith, for a special fantasy football draft prep series to help you dominate your league. The first episode breaks down the QBs - from Allen to Zach Wilson and everyone in between.

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The Bears Hopium Den Episode 6: Poles & Eberflus Jul 13, 2022

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Through the magic of podcast editing, JB is joined by all 12 participants from Episodes 1-5 of the Bears Hopium Den to talk about one question - "what do you think of new GM Ryan Poles and HC Matt Eberflus?" A fun conversation with the Hopium Den veterans that offers plenty of nuance to the new crew in Halas Hall.

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The Bears Hopium Den Episode 5: Superfans Jul 06, 2022

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We all have our moments of superfandom, but these two live it every day. On this week's episode, JB is joined by Greg Braggs Jr. and Kris Armstrong to chat about all things Bears football.

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The Bears Hopium Den Episode 4: Bears Twitter Jun 29, 2022

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As we move along in the Bears Hopium Den series, we take a look at the social media site Twitter and how Bears fans use and interact in the "Bears Twitter" community. JB is joined by Quinten (@ButkusStats) and Brenda (@BrendaJWebber) to talk about Bears Twitter along with all the things that makes them tick as Bears fans.

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The Bears Hopium Den Episode 3: International Fans of Mystery Jun 22, 2022

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It's a big world out there and as it turns out, there are Bears fans everywhere! Jeff is joined by Heidi from Mexico, Ciaran from Ireland, and Andrew from Australia to talk about the Bears and how they became fans of the Navy & Orange.

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