Start Kyle Orton

Welcome to a new world, where the Bears are in first place in the NFC North all by themselves after 10 games! Yes folks we have only 7 games remaining in the 2025/26 regular season and the Bears are on top. So how did it happen? Well, a pretty ugly ass game, so let's talk about it! Brian Flores is pretty great, and Nine is pretty awful. But how about those Bears? How much should anyone read into this sort of game? And what can we look forward to the rest of the way? Thanks for listening!

This week on Start Kyle Orton the worm has fully turned for Caleb! The Bears are 6-3 on the back of yet another late win for the Bears franchise quarterback, and the guys are abuzz. Just how great was this performance? Beyond that who deserves some applause? And what do we see with this group of second year QBs halfway through the season? Thanks for listening!

This week the guys are talking about a heart stopping 47-42 win over the Bengals! How good is this offense? Just how bad is this defense? Was it good enough for the Bears to largely stand still at the trade deadline despite a 5-3 record leaving them only .5 games out of first place? And how about that Jayden Daniels fella getting injured folks, that sure was a shock! Thanks for listening!

Welcome ba-OH GOD IT'S ALL OVER EVERYTHING IS BAD NOTHING WILL EVER BE GOOD AGAIN OH PLEASE SAVE US DELIVER US FROM THE PAIN AND WOE OF THIS VOID OF FANDOM WHEREIN ONLY THE DESPERATION AND MADNESS OF A THOUSAND BLACKENED SOULS HARDENED BY ATROCITIES UNMATCHED DWELL PLEASE OH LORD I BESEECH THEE FREE ME FROM THIS TORMENT/sThanks for listening!

This week on the SKOd we're going streaking! Four wins in a row have the Bears at 4-2 on the year and hungry for more. We start this week with a quick (mostly) run down of the few things that went wrong on Sunday before working into all that meaty goodness. Our head coach seems to be That Guy, how incredible is that? Our defensive coordinator does too! Is this Dom Rob thing for real? How many defensive backs do we have, and do we really need to keep answering that question? Thanks for listening!

Welcome back! This week we break down the Bears big win over the Commies on monday night. The title says it all! Thanks for listening!

It was a bye for the Bears this week so the guys are going around the NFL to see how the rest of these teams livin. Cam Ward has been incredibly bad but... nobody seems to care! How about the rest of these rookie QBs, and for that matter what of Caleb's compatriots from the 2024 draft? The Alex Smith Event Horizon is in full effect with Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones, how does this keep happening? And yeah, we'll kvetch a bit about this Commies game coming up on Monday night. Thanks for listening!

This week on the SKOd we talk about the Bears pulling back to 2-2 to enter the bye after that depressing 0-2 start. So why are Bears fans so damn mopey? Caleb and Rome looked great again, but what about the rest of the team? How long until we can say we've hit full throttle with Ben's offense? How can this run game be so bad? And did we underestimate how long it might take for this defense to gel with new DC Dennis Allen? Thanks for listening!

Welcome back! This week on the pod we celebrate the ritualistic destruction of our former head coach at the hands of the new guy. Caleb dominated, and we're all over that, but what about the rest of the guys on offense? How did DJ Moore respond to last week's seeming call out? How about that defense giving up 14 points? And hey, how's everyone feeling about Penix, Nix, McCarthy, and Daniels right about now? Thanks for listening!

This week the guys talk about the absolute molly-whopping the Bears just ate at the hands of the Detroit Lions! Who is to bla-... who is MOST to blame? And maybe more importantly who does not deserve to be blamed? Which player(s) did Ben Johnson call out this week (and get Travis hopping mad like a true Chicago sports personality) and what do we expect this roster to look like moving forward? Strap in, think about who your favorite Byzantine Emperor is, and enjoy. Thanks for listening!

Welcome back to Bears! This episode the guys react to an extraordinarily ordinary type of L to start the season as the Bears fall 27-24 after blowing a late 17-6 lead. Three quarters of dominance begat one quarter of miserable failure, so what do we make of it? How did Caleb do? How about the new coaching staff? How about the one old member of the coaching staff (I'm coming for YOU Richard Hightower)? Can we officially say Poles' tenure has been a disaster? And how many Jesuses is an acceptable number of Jesuses? Find out inside! Thanks for listening!

It's finally time! The NFL is upon us and we brought our good friend (and hated Packers fan) Nick back to preview the NFL (er, mostly the NFC North). You might be able to tell by the DOUBLE SIZE run time, but we have a lot to say! Folks we limited this thing to two hours, we could probably still be talking. Some of it about the North yes, but more importantly what do Nick and Travis think of the other's cats? Will Kyle restrain himself from attacking Nick over the Micah Parsons trade? And what about those other two jerks in the North, the Vikings and Lions? Thanks for listening!

Welcome back! This week we go over the third and final preseason game against Kansas City and break down the QB situation... in Indianapolis! We have a lot to say about Anthony Richardson and Danny Dimes (and not just regarding the Alex Smith Event Horizon), but we'll also break down several plays from this preseason as we barrel inexorably toward week 1, Monday Night Football against Minnesota. Thanks for listening!

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!

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!

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 narratives (how about those rookies!) and maybe even a little bit more on the Alex Smith Event Horizon? Thanks for listening!

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

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!

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.

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 to draft Mitch Trubisky or keeping a lame duck coach in for an extra year AND having them draft a QB in the first round? (Try to guess which of the three times we've done that I'm referencing) Let's find out!