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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ruthie Polinsky and Clay Harbor break down the Bears–Eagles Black Friday clash. They examine how a healthier defense could change C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s role, who’s primed for a breakout performance, and how Ozzy Trapilo fits the Bears’ OL equation going forward. They also discuss what Caleb Williams needs to deliver four clean quarters, how the Bears can force the Eagles into mistakes, and ways Chicago can take advantage of the Philly atmosphere. Plus: defensive injury updates, score predictions, and a Thanksgiving-themed closing question — what are you thankful for?

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone?
0:05.9	Welcome back to the Charter Podcasts brought to you by St. Xavier University.
0:09.6	Ruthie Polinsky, Clay Harbor, Thanksgiving edition of the Charter podcast.
0:15.2	Clay, I'm coming to you live from St. Louis, Missouri.
0:18.2	My hometown.
0:19.7	Where are you?
0:23.6	Clayton, Missouri. Anyways. Yeah, Clayton. I'm in Chicago. Go Greyhance. Yeah. Clayton. Ruthie's from my name. Clayton. My name is actually Clayton, not Clay Harbor. Clayton Harbor. But I'm in River North, downtown Chicago in my condo here just uh very windy i rode my bike to
0:41.9	the gym today and i almost got blown away like mary poppins didn't mary poppins you still
0:46.3	like float away in like an umbrella or something but i was like oh my god i'm like poor of it
0:51.0	are you like the wicked witch of the west and wizard of oz you know how she's riding her bike through the tornado? Yeah, that's exactly right. And I'm like, man, I could literally get blown into traffic right here and I was fighting. And I'm like, if so, if anybody's biking out there this weekend, be careful if just don't. I drove to St. Louis this morning in that wind. My car was getting shaken. I can't imagine
1:12.4	you on a bike. It's a good thing they're not playing at Soldier Field this weekend, huh? I think
1:18.0	the wind's going to be crazy. Yeah. I think Philly may have some wind too. So I bet the
1:24.6	bears had a nice little practice up at Alice Hall today getting ready for that.
1:28.1	Imagine practicing in that. Crazy. Oh, yeah. Nuts. Clay, happy Thanksgiving to you. Let's get into
1:35.6	this a little bit here because the bears are playing Black Friday. So we're coming to you on a Wednesday.
1:41.6	We have yet to see the final injury report, and I believe the bears have
1:45.9	until Thursday afternoon to activate Jalen Johnson and Kyler Gordon onto the active 53-man roster.
1:53.3	So we're taping this at a time where there are still some unknowns. What I think is pretty clear
1:59.3	at this juncture, Clay, is that the linebacking
2:04.3	core for the Bears is going to, once again, be very short-handed. So I want to get into that
2:11.1	with you because obviously they were able to hold their own great performances from guys. A lot
2:16.3	of guys able to step up next
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