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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Bears Bring Back Sanborn + NFC North Offseason Breakdown

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:football, Football

4.3701 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ruthie Polinsky and Clay Harbor open the episode with some fun, as Ruthie pitches her idea for a new Charter Podcast theme song before the conversation quickly shifts to real Bears news. They break down Jack Sanborn’s return to Chicago, the addition of lineman James Lynch, and what those moves signal about the team’s direction this offseason. From there, the focus expands to the NFC North, sizing up where each team stands heading into the new season. The duo evaluates the Bears’ trajectory, digs into the Packers’ key departures, examines the Vikings’ headline-grabbing moves, and debates whether the Lions are retooling or taking a step back.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? Welcome back to the Charter Podcast, brought to by St. Xavier University.

0:09.8

I'm Ruthie Polinsky alongside Clay Harbor, and we just did something very special before we came on camera.

0:16.6

I think we have a theme song in the works here, Clay.

0:19.6

I like it.

0:20.2

I just wrote it on the spot. Yeah, it was good. It's a jingle. It's not really a theme song, it's a jingle. One thing you don't know about Ruthie, you guys, is she was a theater nerd in high school and she can sing and dance and she's got some performance ability in her. That probably doesn't come to a surprise to anyone.

0:38.5

Yeah, she's got a good voice for it.

0:40.2

But me, on the other hand, I can't, even my mom tells me I'm a terrible singer.

0:45.0

No, you're wonderful.

0:47.3

Oh, thank you.

0:48.1

As people may learn soon in our jingle.

0:50.8

It's the charter, charter, the charter podcast, the charter podcast with Ruthie and Clay.

1:00.2

I got to do it again.

1:01.8

It's the charter, charter, charter, charter, the charter podcast, the charter podcast with Ruthie and Clay.

1:11.6

All right, Clay, we're going to do a couple things here today.

1:14.6

Obviously, lots to get to, as there always is on the charter podcast.

1:19.6

Let's start with the news of the day and then we're going to get into sort of a division check-in.

1:24.6

We're going to call it, you know, are they trending up, trending down, or treading water, which is something we did on the big pro football show that I think was fun yesterday. Yeah, it was good exercise. And it's just kind of a check-in after free agency, mid-free agency. Obviously, things are still moving and shaken, but pre-draft, how do we feel about the other teams in the division?

1:48.0

How do you feel about the bears? And what are the biggest questions facing each team in the division as we sort of sit here on March 18th?

1:52.0

So let's start with the news of the day.

1:55.0

Maybe the biggest news of the offseason.

1:57.6

Of the year.

1:59.3

Jack Sanborn, The Sand sandman returns to chicago after spending last

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