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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Brandon Thorn: Left tackle isn't as important in Bears' system as rest of NFL

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by NFL analyst Brandon Thorn of the Trench Warfare newsletter to share a scouting report on new Bears center Garrett Bradbury and why Chicago should feel fine about using a committee to address their question mark at left tackle.

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0:00.0

Why not ask an expert about this? And that's what Brandon Thorne does. He does a great job breaking down

0:06.7

offensive linemen and defensive linemen. Hogue and Johns, we're going to be heavy on the

0:11.5

offensive line and in who better to bring in than the offensive line expert in Brandon Thorne.

0:17.7

But it's not just any. Ross Tucker football podcast.

0:22.0

It is a Wisdom Wednesday, and the wisdom is not coming from Taylor Swift.

0:27.2

It is coming from Brandon Thorne.

0:29.8

Maybe the world's foremost expert on O-line play in the NFL in terms of the work that he puts in.

0:37.1

He said, I'm collaborating today with my guy Brandon Thorne. play in the NFL in terms of the work that he puts in. T. Stead.

0:38.2

I'm collabing today with my guy Brandon Thorne, who is the host of trench warfare.

0:44.5

For you guys that don't know B. Thorne, he is a giant in the O-Line D-Line space from

0:51.3

breakdowns, film study.

0:53.3

He's a trusted voice from multiple NFL teams, multiple

0:57.3

execs, GMs, all those things. He's one of the main writers at Bleacher Report as well.

1:02.5

B. Thorne has been in this game for quite a while.

1:05.8

Spiegel and Holmes, afternoons on the score.

1:08.6

This is always fun with us. We are trying to always get smarter about offensive line play.

1:14.4

We're very lucky that we have someone like Olin Croutts working here,

1:18.4

that we get to talk with James Big Cat Williams occasionally,

1:21.3

that Patrick Manley will jump on the air and talk offensive line with us.

1:25.2

And every now and again, we get to talk with Brandon Thorn, which is great.

1:29.7

So he joins us now here on the Spiego and Home Show.

1:32.0

Brandon, thanks so much for joining us.

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