The Bearly Educated Podcast

No way to put this nicely: The Bears were outplayed, outcoached, outclassed by the Green Bay Packers. Tyson Bagent did not look like an NFL quarterback, the defense gave up big play after big play afer big play, and Matt LeFleur's Packers clearly enjoyed piling it on and grinding the Bears into the Lambeau tundra. Just an awful, awful game if you're a Bears fan. We discuss, especially some disturbing trends Mark has noticed with some tendencies of Ben Johnson's Bears.

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It's Bears/Packers week! To preview the matchup, Chris is joined by special guest host Former Student Tim!

After a quick recap of the Bears win over the Jets, Tim introduces a new Bearly Educated bit: "The Punching Bag Power Rankings!"

We then preview Bears/Packers, as well as the other divisional matchups, and some other weekend contests that look intriguing.

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Last week was Case Keenum and the Eagles, today it was Tyson Bagent and the Jets. Perhaps most surprisingly, the Bears defense has been far better than expected or projected. However you look at it, the Bears are now 3-1 and have not had their starting quarterback.

We discuss the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, share our "Meatball Moments," and breakdown a game that was relatively stress free! A rare treat for us Bears fans!

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We start today's show by recapping the Bears surprising double-digit win over the Eagles this past Monday night, led by 3rd string QB Case Keenum. He played really well, and we wonder if he, or backup Tyson Bagent, will get the nod to start this Sunday vs the Jets.

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The football week started with a surprising drubbing of the Packers by the Falcons at Lambeau. Are the Packers, for the first time in 30 years, bad?

In our "After Further Review" segment we briefly revisit the Bears demoralizing loss to the Vikings, and we found some positives to share, after they were hard to find in the immediate aftermath of the game.

Then we preview Bears/Eagles, and try to find a way the Bears can beat Philly without Caleb Williams.

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Everything, and we mean EVERYTHING went wrong for the Bears today in their 9-3 loss to the Vikings.

9 to 3.

Long before Caleb got hurt and left the game, not a thing went right for the Bears. Weather was a major factor, but turnovers, questionable decisions, bad penalties...not a whole lot of good to take from this game!

We don't know how long Caleb will be out, but until then, the Bears are not a serious contender. Hopefully he's back soon. We spend this episode discussing the bad and the ugly.

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After exploding for 59 points on the road in the season opener, the Bears hope to have another outstanding showing of offense at the home opener vs Minnesota. A tougher task, though, with the Vikings defense. But it's a great test for the Bears!

We start our discussion with "After Further Review," re-visiting anything from last week's game that merits further analysis. Then we take a quick look around the rest of the league before making our picks for the Bears/Vikings week 2 matchup.

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59, yes, 59 points from the Bears offense to seal the victory for the season opener. Caleb Williams had 2 rushing and 2 passing TDs, Swift and Monangai picked up where they left off in their punishing run game, and receivers did their part in catching AND blocking, and the Bears offense was clicking!

The defense? Well....

But the Bears are off to a great start! We discuss the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, share our "Meatball Moment," and otherwise discuss a big Bears win.

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Football is back!! We got Wednesday and Thursday games to kick off the season, and both were lackluster; we discuss what we saw in the Seattle and...Melbourne games!

And Finally....we get to talk about a Bears game!!! They get started this Sunday, visiting the Panthers. We discuss and make our predictions.

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The wait is almost over. The months of speculation, optimism and fear-mongering, hope and doubt; we're less than a week away from the start of the 2026 season!

We wrap up the Bears pre-season, then jump into regular season league discussion, including who we think wins each division and makes the playoffs.

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