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Two men, tortured for their entire lives by the Chicago Bears, talk about the NFL, the draft, and conspicuously nothing at all to do with Kyle Orton! Tune in each week for NFL news and the ongoing destruction of their souls at the hands of the Chicago Bears. Email us at startkyleorton@gmail.com or yell at Kyle on X at @startkyIeorton.

Episodes

August 19, 2025 58 mins

This week on the pod we talk about a great day at the office for the Bears in the preseason! Naturally we go in depth on Caleb's great day, but who else knocked it out of the park? We know the preseason doesn't transfer much to the regular season, but what CAN we pull from this? And do we think Sports Illustrated can find a way to blame Caleb Williams for Terrell Smith's injury? Thanks for listening!

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Welcome back! This week the guys have a whole lot of little things to discuss, from Tyson Bagent People to the Cleveland Browns. It's the calm before the storm as the first team takes the field against Buffalo in the second preseason game this Sunday, and the takes are sure to be hot no matter what happens! Thanks for listening!

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August 6, 2025 62 mins

Welcome back! This week the guys are talking training camp. With more than a week in the books things are looking good on both sides of the b... wait, what was that? Some sort of video of a ball and a net? Well I guess it's a disaster! The guys talk a lot about the confusing national narrative developing around only Caleb Williams versus the narrative of those in attendance at camp and practices. They also talk about other camp nar...

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July 27, 2025 71 mins

It's time for the 3rd annual SKOdcast QB rankings. Nuff Said!

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July 19, 2025 49 mins

On this week's episode the guys... get back to weekly shows! Training camp is opening! We do go into a bit of a camp preview, but first we have to talk about that extension for Ryan Poles. Why? For whom? HOW many years? Then we get into camp battles and last cuts (and maybe even a shoutout to all you wonderful people). Thanks for listening!

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Happy 4th of July! To celebrate Independence Day, enjoy as we hem and haw and come to a decision on what the worst Bears decision of our lifetimes is! Is it a coach hire? Not hiring a GM? Not firing a coach? Drafting a player? Being a Bears fan?! Sit down with a hot dog and crack open a frosty can of SKODCAST.

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Welcome back! After some summer vacationing Travis and Kyle are back and ready for this off-season's tournament, and as always they brought Erik with them. This year we have 16 of the most heinous decisions the Bears have made, and even though they only count if they were made within the last 35 years we had to do some serious trimming to get to 16! Can an underdog pull off an upset over such gloriously stupid ideas as trading UP t...

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May 29, 2025 53 mins

It's May, and that means Bears news has a bit scant, but recently we've piled up a lot to talk about! Caleb Williams didn't want to be a Bear (shocking!), rookie minicamp produced a lot of hype around an unexpected pick (SHOCKING!!), Brock Purdy got paid and Travis wants to talk about it (**SHOCKING!!!**), and it's time to unveil this offseason's tournament (MUNDANE). Thanks for listening folks!!

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May 3, 2025 60 mins

Welcome back! The draft is over and finally, finally, we can say goodbye to this awful draft class. As we do so, we can also ask ourselves how well the Bears did! Was Colston Loveland a good pick at 10? How the hell did Luther Burden fall all the way to 39? Is there any juice in our other two 2nd rounders? And what the hell is that 4th round pick about? Join us as we laugh, scoff, and shrug!

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April 25, 2025 223 mins

It's that time again, and this year the audio is solid! Join Travis, Kyle, and eventually Nick (and Nick's baby!) as they cover the entire first round of the NFL draft. What did we think of the Colston Loveland pick? How about those extremely expensive trade ups? Thanks to everyone who watched live!

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Welcome back folks, this week we're talking about every offensive position in the 2025 draft that we haven't hit yet. How good IS this class (not good folks!). But the running back group is deep, for whatever that's worth? How much of a homer can Travis BE for Kaleb Johnson? If the Bears draft a TE at number 10, will Kyle have a stroke live on stream? Join us and find out!

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Welcome back folks, we have a doozy of a pod for you this week! Kyle brought in a ringer to talk offensive linemen; Quinten Krzysko (also known as @ButkusStats) of On Tap Sports Net fame and the Bears On Tap podcast is here! Can Kyle hold it down as host? Can Travis stand up to the pressure of this dubious game show Kyle has created? We talk about Will Campbell vs Kelvin Banks, wonder what could have been with Josh Simmons, interro...

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This week the guys start looking into the prospects in this trash heap of a draft! What are their thoughts on the top 2 quarterbacks available? Before that though they talk a lot about Jayden Daniels! What did they get right and what did they get wrong? What does it mean for the future of the NFL and quarterback play? As they get back into the draft they discuss Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders and really the overall lack of talent in ...

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March 14, 2025 54 mins

This week on the SKOd we talk about how the Bears continued their offseason dominance (back to back to back offseason champs) and solidified both lines in free agency! So what does Drew Dalman bring to the table, and how good IS this line now? Where will Dayo play? Is Grady Jarrett cooked or is that a solid signing? How good is the defensive line and what does this mean for the legendary Zacch Pickens? Thanks for tuning in!

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March 7, 2025 59 mins

Welcome back! This week we discuss the surprising and extremely welcome moves the Bears made for Jonah Jackson and Joe Thuney, then look at the barren wasteland that is this free agency period and draft. So how the hell did the Bears manage to turn a 4th round pick in NEXT year's draft into one of the best guards in the NFL? Jackson is certainly worth a 6th rounder, but can he return to his form from two seasons ago? And are the Be...

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February 25, 2025 55 mins

Hello and welcome back to a seriously boring offseason! The Bears, having already won the offseason with the hire of Ben Johnson (3 time offseason champs, back to back to back babyyyyyy) now stare down one of the most starless free agent classes in recent memory and a draft that stands two tiers below last year's. So, about those free agents: are we getting Trey Smith? And if not... what CAN we spend all this money on? What does a ...

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January 24, 2025 52 mins

The Bears did it, they really did it! For the first time in our lives they made the slam dunk, obvious head coach hire in former Lions OC Ben Johnson. So, how excited are we to have the orchestrator of the best offense in the NFKL over the last two years? (Pretty excited folks). How about his rumored coordinator hires? What does this say about the Bears franchise moving forward? Thanks for listening!

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January 14, 2025 59 mins

Welcome back folks! With this horrendous death march of a season over we have finally entered BEAR SEASON, the offseason! Hope abounds as the Bears search out a new coach! They've interviewed everyone with a pulse, so who will we end up with? Should there be optimism? Absolutely not, but let's talk about it together!

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Welcome back folks! Come on in while we rip on Matt Eberflus one last time, discuss our interim head coach (and why we should not by god hire him as our full time head coach), debate turkeys and how likely it is that Travis will have to extricate one from his bowels, and even discuss classic literature!

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November 29, 2024 55 mins

Welcome back! After our 4 week sabbatical we have returned to talk Bears! Except this week we recorded on Wednesday, JUUUUUUST before that Thanksgiving game. We made some predictions for that game in here as a sort of guess at how we would feel after, but no folks that was not on our bingo card! So what DID we predict? How do we feel about the current state of the Bears? Where were we for the last month? And CAN Flus actually get f...

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