Preparing for the NFL Draft Combine

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Ruthie Polinsky and Alex Shapiro are back along with Clay Harbor as they prepare for the Bears' annual migration to Indianapolis got the NFL Draft Combine. Clay brings us an inside look at the process for the draft hopefuls. Everything from the intense process it takes to be fit both physically and mentally and the real impact that comes from a prospect's performance. We then get into the Bears' new approach after adjusting to Ben Johnson's system needs.

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone?
0:05.5	Welcome back to the Charter podcast brought to you by St. Xavier University.
0:09.0	I'm Ruthie Pullinsky, joined by the fellows, Alex Shapiro and Clay Harper, to talk a little bit of the NFL combine, which is upon us this week.
0:18.0	We have a lot to get to.
0:19.6	Alex, Clay, happy Monday.
0:21.7	How we feel it?
0:23.8	Feeling restored after a nice weekend.
0:27.9	And looking forward to heading down to Indianapolis later today for the combine.
0:32.5	So we,
0:34.4	the NFL offseason chugs along and I'm feeling good.
0:38.7	Yeah, this is a huge week.
0:40.0	It's exciting because obviously we all know about the, uh, the prospects and the workouts and stuff, the combine.
0:46.8	But what you got to realize about the combine, that's when a lot of these deals get done for agent-wise.
0:51.4	That's when the agents are talking.
0:52.9	That's when you start to hear a lot of
0:54.3	the rumor mill of who's going to go where it's a it's a really cool time because there's so much
1:00.0	going on yes there's the the draft there but it's also the biggest time as a player from free agency
1:05.4	what you learn from your agent after the combine is always you you don't know until after the combine.
1:10.9	He's telling you which teams are interested.
1:12.6	And that's a really cool part of it in getting the NFL back together.
1:16.6	Obviously, we're going to hear from the Bears on everything offseason again.
1:20.7	So it's exciting time.
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