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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Bears Roster Battles Begin: Trapilo vs. Jones, Loveland’s Path, and RB Rumors

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The NFL Draft may be over, but the real action is just getting started. With Ruthie out, Alex Shapiro and Clay Harbor take the reins to break down how the Bears’ newest draft picks fit into the 2025 roster. Is Ozzy Trapilo a real threat to Braxton Jones at left tackle? Will Colston Loveland crack the starting lineup right away? And is running back still a need despite Kyle Monangai’s hype? The guys dive into the biggest roster competitions, rookie projections, and what free agent moves might still be on the horizon—including names like Nick Chubb, J.K. Dobbins, and even a possible Jamaal Williams reunion. Plus, Clay drops his favorite under-the-radar position battle to watch.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What up, what up, what up, everybody.

0:07.0

And welcome back to the Charter podcast, brought to you by St. Xavier University.

0:12.2

I am Alex Shapiro.

0:13.6

With me is my guy Clay Harbor.

0:15.6

Our fearless leader, Ruthie Polinsky, could not make it today.

0:19.2

So you stuck with the two of us. Clay, how are you doing on this

0:23.8

wonderful Wednesday? It's a good Wednesday out here in Chicago. I mean, a little chilly,

0:28.5

but not bad compared to yesterday. Got my workout in, you know, got some little prep in here.

0:34.0

So ready to go, talk about some bears. And I think we got a lot of stuff to talk about here from the roster,

0:39.5

getting finally to a point to where it's near completion, how some of these draft picks are going to fit in,

0:45.7

where the competition's going to be in training camp. A lot of stuff to talk about here today, Alex.

0:51.7

Yes, we do. The draft is done, but the storylines have just begun.

0:57.2

So let's start, you know, so much focus has been put on the offensive line this offseason.

1:05.8

The bears obviously took care of the interior during free agency. In the draft, people still expected them to add,

1:13.8

and add they did Ozzie Tripillo second round pick, played a little bit of guard early in his

1:20.4

career at BC, played a little bit of left tackle, but primarily was a right tackle. So the question

1:27.3

for us today, Clay.

1:29.9

Yes.

1:30.4

What do you see Ozzie Trapillo's role being?

1:34.8

I think Ryan Poles is a smart man.

1:38.0

And if he's going to draft a tackle in the second round of the NFL draft Alex he knows that right tackle

1:47.3

darn all right is going to be a right tackle you're pretty set there okay so in

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