Ryan Poles & Ben Johnson Reveal Offseason Plans from the NFL Combine

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Join Alex Shapiro and Clay Harbor for a new edition of The Charter Podcast. The guys bring you their takeaways from Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson's media availability yesterday. We break down Poles' assessment of Ben Johnson's football IQ, his approach to free agency, and his plans to improve the Bears' roster. We also explore Johnson's vision for the offense, his excitement about working with Caleb Williams, and his strategy for rebuilding the offensive line. The guys discuss key personnel moves, including the releases of Gerald Everett and DeMarcus Walker.

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0:00.0	What up, what up, what up, everybody.
0:05.8	And welcome back to the Charter Podcast presented by St. Xavier University.
0:10.8	I am your host today, Alex Shapiro, with me, as always, my guy, Clay Harbor.
0:16.0	And we're twinning today.
0:17.2	If you're watching on YouTube, we have the same wonderful CHS and quarter zip. We texted
0:22.7	each other before the show. And you know where the quartersip? Let's wear the quarters of the show
0:25.5	together. No, that's not happen. But feels good to twin with my guy and we are here to talk all
0:32.6	things combine. Lots of stuff happens. So Clay, before we get going, how are you doing, my man?
0:38.6	I'm doing great, man. We're not exactly twinning because I just go, I just go straight quarter zip.
0:42.6	You know, you got the undershirt. I like the quarter zip just just by itself, man.
0:46.3	It's actually a warm day in Chicago. I mean, for Chicagoans, it's been a couple nice days out here. But no, man, I'm great. We've got a lot of good stuff to talk about.
0:55.7	We got to hear from polls.
0:56.9	We got to hear from Ben Johnson.
0:59.0	Obviously, their press conferences, but also just them making the rounds on the media
1:03.0	circuit, the national media, the local media.
1:05.3	So there's a ton of stuff that we got for you guys today.
1:08.7	And we got some interesting takes as well.
1:12.4	Before we get going, I need your take on the quarter zip no undershirt because that is wild to me you just go like
1:19.1	raw zipper on on chest zipper on skin and that's all right with you you're okay with that
1:25.3	oh i'm perfectly fine with it man uh one thing i did not get blessed with was chest hair, so I don't have to worry about that.
1:32.0	So it's just, yeah, it's just perfectly fine.
1:34.3	I'm not zipping up anything.
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