Theo Benedet Joins Left Tackle Competition Ahead of Joint Practice with Buffalo Bills

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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With joint practices against the Bills on deck and preseason game No. 2 around the corner, Ruthie Polinsky, Alex Shapiro, and Clay Harbor dive deep into the Bears’ left tackle battle, Caleb Williams’ progress, and which position matchups will define the week. The crew breaks down Theo Benedet’s surprise reps with the ones, what it means for Braxton Jones and Ozzie Trapilo, and whether a rotation at tackle could linger into the season. Plus, they preview key storylines for joint practices — from testing the run defense against James Cook to how the secondary will hold up against Josh Allen — and share what they want to see from the starters in their first in-game action.

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? Welcome back to the Charter Podcast.
0:07.2	Brought to you by St. Xavier University, Ruthie Polinsky, Calamber, Alex Shapiro, Clay.
0:12.4	What a beautiful podcast studio you're in. That looks like maybe something we could utilize in the future.
0:19.9	I know I built it myself. It took a lot of hard work and time. And I stand behind my performance back here. No, I got a shout out our producer, Edgar, who did a great job with the studio. It looks phenomenal. I think it's almost ready to go, get all three of us in there, and do some in-person pods. Looking forward to it. Can't wait.
0:39.0	Yeah, it's going to be great. Can't wait.
0:40.8	Yeah, looking forward to that as well.
0:42.9	Alex Shapiro joining us from Alice Hall, who was the only one of the three of us who had eyes on practice today.
0:48.8	Alex, what did you see?
0:50.8	Pretty good day for the offense, I thought, to be honest, and a pretty good day for Caleb Williams.
0:57.1	Was it perfect?
0:58.4	No.
0:58.9	Did we still see some pre-snap issues?
1:01.7	Yes, we did.
1:03.3	The one pre-snap thing in question.
1:05.9	And I will put a little pin, I think also a sign of improvement.
1:10.0	They line up for seven on sevens and
1:11.8	i know i am just like digging into this so i'm sorry but i'm just like off to the races already
1:16.2	let's go they line up in seven on sevens something doesn't look like with the realignment they
1:22.3	have to get back in the huddle but the offense kind of figured that out on their own i'm not sure
1:27.3	if it was somebody else or Caleb Williams.
1:29.4	I couldn't really tell.
1:30.5	But they rehuddled.
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