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CHGO Chicago Bears Podcast

Do Ryan Poles and the Chicago Bears still need upgrades in the trenches?

CHGO Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The Chicago Bears are just 18 days away from their first training camp practice at Halas Hall! But does Ryan Poles still have some roster moves to make before then? Joining the show is Editor in Chief of Windy City Gridiron, Lester Wiltfong Jr, to talk about his favorite topic...the trenches! That along with much more on the next edition of CHGO Bears After Dark! An ALLCITY Network Production BECOME A DIEHARD! https://www.allchgo.com/diehard  BUY OUR NEW CHICAGO COLLECTION! https://chgolocker.com/collections/the-chicago-collection  SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/CHGOSports ALL THINGS CHGO: https://linktr.ee/chgosports  WEBSITE: http://allCHGO.com/ BUY MERCH:  http://CHGOLocker.com  FOLLOW ON SOCIAL:  Twitter: @CHGO_Sports Instagram: @CHGO_Sports  GET OUR FREE NEWSLETTER:  http://www.allchgo.com/newsletter WATCH YOUR FAVORITE TEAMS: https://www.fubotv.com/chgo  CHGO Bears Trips: We’re taking this show to London and Arizona! Reserve your tickets at https://truefantravel.com/chicago/  Indeed: listeners of this show will get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to get your jobs more visibility at https://indeed.com/allcity. Terms and conditions apply. Need to hire? You need Indeed. Ray Auto Group: Get into your next vehicle with Ray Auto in Fox Lake! Learn more at https://www.raycdjr.com or https://raychevrolet.com  Better Help: This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/CHGO and get on your way to being your best self. Mint Mobile New Customer Offer: To get your new 3-month unlimited wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/chgo. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/chgo. $45 upfront payment required (equivalent to $15/mo.). New customers on first 3 month plan only. Speeds slower above 40GB on Unlimited plan. Additional taxes, fees, & restrictions apply. See MINT MOBILE for details. Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary: Head to https://sunnyside.shop and use code ‘HICHGO’ at checkout for 35% off favorite brands like Cresco, Good News, & more to elevate your first purchase! Sunnyside* Cannabis Dispensary -Bright buys, every day. Only for 21+ or IL medical card holders Miller Lite: No matter how your team changes, you can always enjoy the great taste of Miller Lite. Tastes Like Miller Time. To get Miller Lite delivered right to your door, visit https://millerlite.com/CHGOFootball, Or you can find it pretty much anywhere that sells beer. Celebrate Responsibly. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI. 96 calories per 12 ounces. Shady Rays is giving out their best deal of the season. Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: CHGO for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people. Let’s level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to https://Lucy.co/CHGOBears and use promo code (CHGOBears) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy offers FREE SHIPPING and has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Lucy products are ONLY for adults of legal age, and every order is age-verified. WARNING: This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. Head to https://factormeals.com/chgobears50 and use code chgobears50 to get 50% off.  Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code CHGO for $20 off your first purchase. Check out FOCO for merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/CHGO and use promo code “CHGO10” for 10% off your order on all non Pre Order items. When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. #Bears #ChicagoBears #BearDown #DaBears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to C-H-G-GO Bears after dark.

0:15.4

We're surviving through the summer.

0:17.7

We're surviving through road trips to Milwaukee.

0:21.5

You gotta be careful when you go to Wisconsin.

0:24.0

So we're back though and we're gonna make it.

0:28.0

18 days till training camp, so I am joined here

0:31.0

by none other than Lester Wilfong,

0:34.3

junior editor-in-chief at Windy City Gridiron.

0:38.0

He's been here on the show before and we bring him here on again tonight. Bears after dark thanks for joining the program.

0:45.4

Anytime Brags how you doing? I'm hanging I had a little bit of an incident at the

0:51.0

Brewers Stadium we were having some fun, obviously, you know,

0:55.2

escalator kind of malfunction and I want to shout out everybody that sent some

0:58.7

well wishes. I know I was on the show the other day, you know, I talking about it a little bit with Mark Carmen and Nick

1:04.4

Moriano Nick did a great job this afternoon with Glenn Morgan and Herb Howard

1:09.2

but I do also just want to say once again to everybody that sent their well wishes I appreciate it I will be just fine but working through some things from home this week so I wanted to bring you on Lester because you know it's it's like I said you know there's I have a lot of questions here still in terms of what the roster you know is the roster a complete product at this point are there's still upgrades to be made and anytime I'm talking about the trenches you're one of the first people I think of because when we're at training camp if I happen to be sitting next to you in the bleachers I know where your eyes are I'm always looking at the one-on-ones with the wide receivers of the DBs

1:47.9

You're always looking at the the meat and potatoes looking at the big uglies going at it and the one-on-one's in the trenches.

1:55.0

Yeah, I mean, it's fun watching the old line. I mean, it's the do line, do line, do you line.

1:58.0

It's hard to tell in camp though, because you know, they always have some days with their no pads on. And then like when they are finally in pads they're still trying to be

2:06.0

careful with each other but yeah if you have a chance to go to down to training camp and they

2:10.0

have the pads on that's definitely a can't miss date right there. Yeah 100% it's going to be an

2:16.4

exciting time you know this is you know we've been to a few a few years where the

2:21.8

vibes at camp had a real hype feeling. We obviously had a lot of high expectations last

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