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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Do the Bears have a new starting left tackle in Theo Benedet?

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes pondered if the Bears have a new starting left tackle in Theo Benedet after Braxton Jones was benched in Chicago's win at Las Vegas on Sunday.

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0:00.0

And Max Crosby just wrecked that bears possession.

0:05.0

One change for this Chicago offense.

0:07.0

Ozzie Tripillo now has come onto the field.

0:09.0

He's at right tackle.

0:11.0

Remember, no darnel Wright.

0:17.0

Highlight courtesy of CBS.

0:19.0

Yeah, that was jarring because most people had expected considering the way that Ben would talk about Braxton Jones, that a change would come in two weeks.

0:31.7

Because what he said was, you know, we'll take a look at the first four weeks and then we'll reassess where we're at.

0:38.5

I like to joke about us being Mr. and Mr. validation, you know, but I got to say,

0:45.4

sometimes, sometimes, like, I'm glad that we preview stuff with the detail and the thought

0:50.4

process. Twice last week, we brought up the idea that if Tripillo has to come in,

0:56.1

Theo will move left. Because Tripillo is not a left tackle. No.

0:59.6

They drafted him to possibly be one was the theory.

1:02.6

They're kind of convinced now that he is not a left tackle.

1:07.3

I mean, that's why, and you and I've had some contention about this, about whether Ben Johnson gets credit or not for that draft pick. But because what I think has clearly happened is that he was handed to the coaches as, I think this guy might even be your left tackle. Check him out. See what you think. Because he's a second round pick and they're like they're like no this is

1:29.0

not my left tackle he can't play there and so and so does darnel move there like i wonder if

1:35.3

moving darnell to the left tackle is going to come back into conversation at some point either

1:40.5

during the year or the off season i think it 100% is going to come back into the conversation once we get to the off season.

1:48.3

Not during the year.

1:49.5

It's rough.

1:50.3

Like to ask like that much change to happen for a guy and it seems like a little thing to play this hand versus this hand.

2:00.2

No, I don't think it's little.

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