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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Hard Knocks finale: Ryan Poles’ tough calls, Caleb Williams’ montage, and Bears’ new identity

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Kenneth Davis and Alex Shapiro dive into the final episode of Hard Knocks, reacting to the intense roster cuts and Ryan Poles' toughest decision (6:30). They break down the epic Caleb Williams throwing montage (11:16) and discuss whether this Bears team has a unique vibe compared to past seasons (14:05). Can Poles become a standout GM in the NFL (19:35)? Plus, they debate whether keeping Velus Jones was the right move (28:16) and crown the big winners of this season's Hard Knocks (32:25).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

All right.

0:12.0

It's time for the under center podcast.

0:14.0

And you know what day it is.

0:15.4

If it's Wednesday, we're going to review hard knocks on HBO featuring our beloved

0:19.6

Chicago Bears training camp edition.

0:22.1

This was episode five, of course, the last episode.

0:25.0

Prior to the season commencing, this was heavy on the 53-man cuts.

0:29.5

We fell in love with some players on episode four, Ian Willer, Adrian Colbert, of course, the quarterback room.

0:39.2

There's been a lot of players.

0:40.4

And that's one of good things about Hard Knocks is it kind of lends itself to you kind of

0:44.8

getting know some players who may end up or may not end up on the roster.

0:49.0

And you kind of take that journey along with them for the ups and downs.

0:53.2

It was interesting how it opened up. First of all,

0:55.2

of course, I'm Kenneth Davis, and that's our Bearsby report. Alice, I should have set that

0:58.1

first. Tony Gillers ran the pod, of course, shut out. Josh Schreck and Claire Flipperly for always

1:02.9

holding down the show. The show opened up with the coaching staff discussing the players

1:08.1

and looking at, you know, the board as far as the different

1:12.6

positional groups. So that was definitely interesting. I didn't know about the chandelier and

1:17.3

Hallis Hall. They had all the teams on there. Did you know that prior to this, Alex? I did not.

1:21.8

That was something that I learned, which was very cool. Hey, it just looks cool. You know, it's like a

1:26.8

nice kind of art lighting installation thing.

1:30.0

And then when you learn more about it, that's awesome.

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