Defense Establishing Expectations & Camp Observations from Halas Hall

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Ruthie Polinsky and Alex Shapiro check in from Halas Hall with their thoughts on the first two days of Bears training camp. They break down Ben Johnson’s decision to pull the first-team offense off the field, Luther Burden III’s absence, and early chemistry issues for Caleb Williams. The defense, meanwhile, is ahead of schedule—and the energy Dennis Allen is bringing to the unit is already showing. Plus, early standouts like Kyle Monangai, Ruben Hyppolite, and Ian Wheeler get their flowers as camp ramps up.

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? Welcome back to the Charter podcast brought to you by St. Xavier University.
0:09.0	I'm Ruthie Polinsky alongside Alex Shapiro. We are here at Hallis Hall coming to you live, probably not live.
0:15.0	This is pre-taped, but we are coming to you semi-live from Hallis Hall. Alex and I have been here for the first two days of practice of this Bears training camp in 2025,
0:26.0	and we have a lot to get to.
0:27.6	We weren't able to tape a podcast yesterday after yesterday's practice trying to get into the rhythm here,
0:31.6	but we figured it out for today.
0:33.6	Clay Harble will be out here with me tomorrow.
0:35.7	Yep.
0:36.0	So we'll have lots of different perspectives and fun things to talk about each day.
0:40.3	Hopefully we'll get this to as much as we can over the course of the next six weeks.
0:45.1	But leading up to week one, which will be here before we know it.
0:48.8	Let's get to some of the big storylines, Alex.
0:52.0	Yesterday, by the way, a little weather report for you. Yesterday,
0:55.7	very hot, sunny, humid. Today, more humid, less hot. Is that fair to say? Overcast. Overcast.
1:01.5	We didn't have the sun beating on us like we kind of do right now. Very nice breeze. Yeah, we appreciate
1:06.7	that. And the bears have done a nice job. They put up a little shade awning for us over the bleachers. They had that last year. That was new. Much appreciated. Much appreciated. So it's definitely like way nicer in that shade. Thank you to the Bears equipment staff for all the hard work that they do. Getting ready for a trading camp. All right, Alex. Let's get into it. I think probably one of the headlines, let's do the, let's do the like
1:28.3	tickey tacky stuff first so we can get it out of the way. Luther Bird and the third, right? Obviously
1:32.1	not out here yesterday, which was a surprise, especially considering the time he missed in the spring.
1:37.9	And OTA's mini camp leading up to the summer break, never believed that was anything serious when he was out during the spring.
1:46.4	Correct. He was not placed on NFI or PUP, so we had the belief that he was going to be ready to go for the first day of practice. He was not out there. Ben Johnson clarified today.
1:58.0	Seems to be there is still some lingering soft tissue issue. He labeled him as
2:02.9	day to day. So that's good news. That is good news. It was a surprise when we all got out there and we're
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