Olin Kreutz explains why the Bears might be better than he thought (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Score football analyst Olin Kreutz, who explained why the Bears are better than he thought they’d be. He also previewed the Bears-Saints matchup Sunday at Soldier Field. After that, they pondered what the Cubs’ pitching staff will look like in 2026 and what they need to add to it. Later, they discussed the MLB playoffs.

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0:00.0	The farther you get away from the football, the farther you get away from football.
0:05.1	Olin Kruits.
0:06.0	I always live by this, who much is given, much is expected.
0:09.1	14-year NFL veteran.
0:10.9	Matt Forte will add to that lead.
0:14.9	He got big blocks from Olin Kruits and from his tight end, Desmond Klux.
0:19.0	Six-time pro bowler and four-time NFL All-Pro.
0:21.6	This just might be, I had them at about 500 this year.
0:24.6	This just might be a better football team than I thought they were,
0:27.6	especially if they start riding the ball and stopping the run.
0:30.6	Football analyst for 670 the score.
0:32.6	Brody talked to us a little bit about Theo Bennett and what the Bears expect to see
0:37.5	out of him as far as the
0:39.2	improvement over Braxton Jones and then
0:41.3	when you're done with that, if you could break
0:43.2	down for me how I've been on the
0:45.1	score so long and I have no reads compared
0:47.2	to Mully and Pat to promote
0:48.8	certain products. Oh really?
0:52.3	No, I've zero reads.
0:53.7	I'm on like my 20th year here, zero reads.
0:57.6	I tell you what, man.
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