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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Bears Draft Preview: Strategy, Targets & Big Questions

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Football, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Clay Harbor teams up with CHSN host Gabe Ramirez, stepping in for Ruthie Polinsky, to map out the Chicago Bears’ approach ahead of the draft. The guys react to assistant GM Jeff King’s media availability and use it as a springboard to break down the team’s overall strategy, including how Ben Johnson’s vision could shape their first-round direction and the type of player who best fits his scheme. As the conversation builds, they revisit Colston Loveland’s outlook following his media session and the scrutiny surrounding his 2025 draft class, while also checking in on Garrett Bradbury’s early efforts to establish himself within the Bears’ culture. From there, the focus shifts to the bigger picture, identifying key positional needs, evaluating potential options at pick No. 25 (and who to avoid), and weighing the value of older prospects. Clay highlights defensive end Austin Booker as a name to watch, and Gabe closes by laying out why he expects the Bears to stay active and potentially make moves when draft night arrives.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Charter, Charter, the Charter, the Charter podcast, the Charter podcast with Clay and Gabe.

0:14.3

Ruthie's going to be disappointed in that.

0:16.0

I'm going to tell you right now.

0:17.3

She's going to be disappointed in that, A, for effort.

0:20.2

But, you know, like, hey, like if your kid was

0:22.6

singing, you'd be like, oh, good job, mama. Me and Saul, our producer, we're talking about this. You know, with Ruthie, Ruthie leads it. I come in and it's something we've started. I'm like, let's not tell Gabe we're going to do that because I don't know if he even knows it's something we do and just to get kind of get your reaction but this is the charter podcast brought you by st

0:41.6

exam do that because I don't know if he even knows that's something we do and just to get kind of get your reaction. But this is the charter podcast brought you by St. Xavier University. And today

0:43.1

we got a special guest, Ruthie Polinsky is out today. So don't worry. It should be back soon.

0:47.7

But we got Gabe Ramirez, host of everything, 670 to score, B96, Chicago Sports Network, the Chicago lead. He knows the

0:57.4

Bears in and out. I mean, this guy knows more about the Bears than Ryan Poles does. So we're

1:01.8

going to have some good time, some good conversations. I always love hosting things with Gabe.

1:06.4

It's always fun, get his takes on stuff. Always got a deeper understanding.

1:11.9

I like to get in like names and players.

1:14.7

Gabe's like a guy that likes to look at the, you know, the overview,

1:18.0

holistically, how this team is going to be affected by everything you do.

1:21.4

Gabe, there's a lot of news.

1:22.5

Obviously coming up.

1:23.3

We got the draft two days away Thursday, the draft, the Bears have picked number 25. And then on Friday, they got picked number 57 and 60. And then on Saturday, they got 89 and they have to wait. Isn't it 57 and 60? They're that close to each other? 57 and 16. That's insane. And I misspoke, 57, 60, and then they got 89 on Friday as well. Then Saturday, they got

1:45.5

129. And they got to wait all the way to the fourth round when they're got a pick. I think

1:50.0

it's 239 and 241 in the seventh round. So we're going to get in the draft. We're going to dive deep.

1:57.2

We're going to talk positions in need. We're going to talk some of our favorite prospects,

2:01.0

players. Can they get out of the first round without taking an Edrush? Can they get out of the first three picks without taking Edrushar? But first, there's a lot of media availability, Gabe, this week, and we were able to hear Caleb Williams talk. We were able to hear Colson Loveland, T.J. Edwards, we got a little snippet from Ryan Poles, and we got Jeff King today.

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