The Bear Weather Fans Podcast: Recent Episodes
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We were so. Close.
Your beloved hosts have an Irish wake for maybe the greatest season of their lives, while never forgetting that we were so. Close.
Coach Bob wrestles with what to do with these feelings of this being his favorite game in his life. Patrick has an hour too many of talking points to commemorate the first PLAYOFF WIN episode. The Bear Weather Fans in-house band has a new intro song for the occasion. Get in here and celebrate how far we've come.
Your beloved hosts take stock of the Bears at the end of the season, note all the many ways we exceeded expectations, and finally, look ahead at what could be.
Your beloved hosts Coach Bob and Patrick discuss the odd peace fans are feeling as NFC North Champions after the loss against one of the best offenses in the NFL. Caleb is clearly A Guy, the Bears are clearly a perennial playoff team, and Collinsworth is clearly in need of taking his Mahomes magazine away from the broadcast booth. Will the loss affect the playoff seeding? Will the offense be healthy going into them? Will your hosts holiday broadcast after a near-lethal amount of eggnog make up for the terrible audio quality? Find out this time on BEAR WEATHER FANS
NFL records are being set by our QB. Our coach is prepping us for the postseason with a head of steam. Our DC is cobbling together a top turnover-producing defense every single week with a new rotation of guys off the street. Our OL is earning their place as maybe the best in the NFL. We're not used to this!
oh yeah listen to your hosts talk about it
Your beloved hosts break down a surprisingly fun episode for such an infuriating loss. Will Ben Johnson learn from his tendency of calling the same pass every 4th down? Will Dennis Allen learn to stop a deep post? Will DJ Moore learn anything at all about player receiver in Ben Johnson's offense? Tune in to find out!
Your revered hosts discuss the 9-3 Chicago Bears. The Super Bowl champ-stomping Chicago Bears. The NFC-leading Chicago Bears.
Have you heard the one about the Bears tallying up another unlikely win against a strong defense through some late-game heroics and a game-winning drive to end it in the final seconds? Oh you have? Well ENJOY THE REPLAY
Your gallant hosts point out how ahead of the curve we all were, and celebrate yet another win. What a miraculous season! What a miraculous QB! What a miraculous team!
Oh just one of those days where a 7th round rookie RB makes his first career start and puts up 170+ yards on the ground while the QB throws 280+ 3TD 0INTs. Just one of those days.
In the words of America's favorite co-host and esteemed coach: This. Is. Different.
Incredible defensive play with crazy turnovers! Phenomenal run game! QB play also happened! Tune in!
Yet another incredible nail-biting Bears win! Another weird vendetta against Caleb by the color commentator! Another botch job courtesy of clearly partisan refs!
The season is a 1/4 through! Your frankly saintly hosts look back at all the storylines of concern going into the season - "can Caleb play on time?" "Can Caleb stop taking sacks?" "Is Ben Johnson a spreadsheet nerd who belongs not on an NFL field, but instead stuffed in a locker?" - and check in to see if we've gotten answers (we have! It's frankly crazy how many we already have answers to!). Stats are here - stats like you've never seen!There's words about Ben Johnson, the offensive playcaller, the situational coach, and the rah-rah maniac. There's a look around the NFL, and which teams are emerging as flawless and unbeatable (none!). There's a look at who's coming back onto the roster next week and beyond. Finally, the whole thing ends with a frankly uncomfortably heartfelt speech on the specialness of this moment in time from two fans who, at the end of the day, care about this kind of thing a whole lot. It's sincere! It's hopeful! It's honestly unlike us! Listen in for the whole thing!
Your hosts celebrate a win, question why the general media coverage is frowning on it, and note the difference between this team and last, this line and others, and Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels
Join your esteemed hosts and cohosts alike as they revel in Bob's comment last episode - you can see it, and this week, you did.
Trivia, excessive game recapping that's essentially just foaming at the mouth over our own highlights, and of course everybody's favorite new minigame "Real Or Fake Tyler Dunne Quote?".
52 points guys. We all know the solution - put in Bagent. In lieu of that, your celebrated hosts look at other routes going forward, reasons for optimism, and play one of the dumbest minigames in podcast history.
Your revered co-hosts recap the outrageous fourth-quarter collapse against a division rival, look at the Ben Johnson era's first game, contemplate the death of Cairo Santos' leg, and try not to lose sanity over the mysterious case of the Caleb Williams scattershot problem
Bust? Prima donna? Uncoachable? Media distraction? Your celebrated co-hosts take on the great debate of Caleb Williams which, it turns out, is actually pretty dumb and is pretty one-sided.
Your exhaulted hosts review all the Ryan Poles moves he's made so far, along with how the team's shaping up going into the season.
It's the preseason Coach Episode spectacular! No depth chart talk, no schedule talk, no Tyson Bagent talk (alright that's a lie, there's a little), just one very special episode about the new coaching staff. Join in as your intrepid hosts evaluate the merits of Ben Johnson and his coaching staff, and both independently come to the realization that we should be more embarassed of the past.
We ended the season by beating the Packers, tying the playoff wins of every NFCN team, and poaching the reason for the Lions' historic season. Your beloved hosts break down the meaning of the end-of-season beating of the Packers, then wax poetic for an hour on just how good of a head coach prospect Ben Johnson really is.
It's going to be an exciting season, and a bright future. Until then, see you next season, and Bear Down.
The obituary for the Eberflus era, and looking at what it all means, and who's truly at fault for what in god's name we just witnessed
The best game of Caleb's career. Thomas Brown scheming up guys against the best defense in the NFL. The OL playing their best game. The defense playing 3.8 fantastic quarters. OVERTIME AGAINST A DEEP PLAYOFF CONTENDER
Anyways give it a listen
We lost. Against the Packers. Thanks to Eberflus' inane decisions despite a solid effort from the whole team. No, this isn't a rerun, this technically was a new game, even if it was also every other Bears game you've ever seen.
Join your renowned cohosts as they go over the woeful offensive performance, the Offensive Coordinator Shane Waldron's firing, and the smoke around the insidious problem that can't be ignored (it's not what you think! It's worse! Somehow!).
So the Bears went on the road against a very good team, held them to 18 points, and were winning as the clock ticked down to zero.
BUT
Anyways you know. Consider this a group therapy session. It's cathartic. It's healthy. Ignore why Pat's blood pressure is so high. It's fine. IT'S FINE
We won and we won because the whole team crushed it. Get in here for some frothing meatball ranting
Your beloved hosts break down the steady ascent of the offense, the steadfast pressure of the defense, and of course the most impressive rookie punting game any of us has ever seen. Tune in!
The Bears lost. It's true. Hopefully that's not a spoiler. Sorry if it was (why are you here if you didn't know that?) BUT
There was some great improvement! Personnel useage! Roschon Johnson! Oh and CALEB THREW FOR 363 YARDS AND 2 TDS!
Live through the pain, the triumph, the highs, the lows, as we break down this painful loss.
Good news! The Bears Defense played lights out! Like, maybe the best game of the Eberflus era! But there is other stuff.
Anyways listen.
Your esteemed hosts go over the first win of the season! Caleb Williams has never lost an NFL game! He may never! Ignore the stat sheet and tune in and celebrate this ridiculous, hilarious, memorable win.
Your historically notable hosts Patrick and Coach Bob look at the passing and receiving records for the Bears and, after they're done weeping, go on to see how this offense stacks up at taking a crack at those. They celebrate an upcoming season! Look at the positional groups! Plan the super bowl parade! It's all here, now! Or whenever you press play! Hit it multiple times for that matter, it makes our stats look better! I don't know how to end this episode description, should i just trai
Join your award-winning* hosts as they digest an offense that started cold for 3 straight drives before flashing greatness, Tory Taylor the Greatest Punter to Ever Exist, and a secondary that's starting to look like one of the best in the game.
*Being awarded "most hatemail" is still technically an award
Defensive lineman playing lights out! A wide receiver corps that's knocking on the door of best in the league! Oh and the BEST QB in the draft (for the past several years?)
Join your revered hosts Patrick and Coach Bob as they salivate over what we have in front of us for an hour. Heck, play it on loop, this is the good life.
There's so much going on! There's so much to talk about! Hall of fame game! Hard Knocks! Jaylon Johnson contract extension! DJ Moore contract extension! Every lineman's injured!
And your beloved hosts discuss... none of that. Sit back, and relive the joys of how outrageously historic this point is Bears history is.
A super quick breakdown of what the Bears most likely WILL do vs what they probably SHOULD do. Super quick. Ignore the episode runtime, that's a typo.
Super quick.
It was snowing. It was New Years Eve. It was maybe Justin Fields' last game at soldier field(?)
And we dominated. Holy Ditka we dominated. "But we're not even in the playoffs anymore, technically we—" PUT A SAUSAGE IN IT. THIS GAME WAS AWESOME
The Bears won. That's good.
The Bears offense failed to score a touchdown. That's bad.
The Bears defense forced 4 turnovers. That's good.
The Bears offense attempted 5 of 37 passes beyond 10 yards. That's bad.
THE ULTIMATE BATTLE OF BEARS VS FORMER BEARS KICKERS REACHES ITS FINAL CONCLUSION
WHO WILL HANDLE AUGUSTA SILENCE WITH MORE POISE? WHO WILL BE SET UP WORSE BY THEIR HEAD COACH? FIND OUT THIS TIME, ON BEAR WEATHER FANS
Pat shoves an inordinant amount of trivia down Coach Bob's throat as the duo wrestles with the idea how much there is left to the season and how little of it matters. Coach Bob waxes poetic about Tyson Bagent, as is his right, while Pat willingly leaves coach Bob in denial since it'll be funnier down the line.
So, yes, the Bears are bad. And, yes, there is some Bear Weather Fans Trivia that will shock you to your core (assuming your core believes the Bears are actually Super Bowl contenders).
But on the positives, Darnell Wright. Also [other entries in list]
The Bears kicked the crap out of the Raiders for four quarters with a backup, undrafted rookie QB from a DII school who was 4th on the depth chart this training camp, a 4'th string RB, and something like the 9'th offensive line combination in 7 weeks.
Your two journeyed hosts have seen a Jimmy Clausen-led offense punt on every possession, a Matt Barkley-led offense that threw 5 interceptions in one game, and a fair share of starting QBs that have thrown for a ZERO passer rating.
Coach Bob takes the joy of seeing a nobody QB show up and execute a successful offense and runs with it for an hour while Pat tries in vain to temper expectations (the mic was turned off after an hour, but some say Coach Bob is still ranting about Tyson Bagent to this day).
Okay, sure, the Bears didn't win.
And yes, the hope of the franchise Justin Fields played really bad
Sure, he also dislocated his thumb on his throwing hand
Yeah, that does mean he won't come back to change anything before it matters
But like
Tyson Bagent was good, right? That was cool.
That was cool.
This week in Bears History, your celebrated hosts continue their saga of dredging through every starting QB the Bears threw out under center in the entire Favre-Rodgers era. Did you know the Packers have had good QBs for a while? And that the Bears haven't had so many? Get ready to learn that, and many more neat facts this week, on BEAR WEATHER FANSSSSS
Your brave, intrepid hosts break down a game so disasterous in so many directions that they fail to mention that the Bears watched their starter get concussed, pulled off the field, and tried to play them both again anyways not once, but TWICE! One of them was the starting QB, and the only person who noticed was DJ Moore! That's how bad this game was that this didn't come up.
Join your brave hosts and we break down, painfully, mind-numbingly, play-by-play, all the many ways the Bears could have won this game, and tripped over themselves to lose it. Did they fail in scheme? Fail the fans? Fail Justin Fields? The anwer to all these questions will be revealed in the podcast but also the answer is yes.
With final rosters cuts over with, preseason accomplished, and an actual NFL game in our future, your world-renowned hosts go over the critical plays that mattered in week 3 and how the roster's looking going into the first game of the season.
Also, Coach Bob fawns over Tyson Bagent, as is his tradition and right.
In honor of the Packers HOF QB throwing a tantrum and leaving to the Jets in a dramatic breakup, a wild haley's comet event that hasn't happened since... the last Packers QB, your brave hosts celebrate the first season without Rodgers or Favre breathing down our necks in over 30 years by going through the same timespan with the Bears, going through every. bears. starting. quarterback.
Not only will you be forced to face the basket of deplorables that is the Bears QB history of the past 30 years, but you'll also get to hear all the QBs the Bears almost had! They intentionally avoided multiple Hall-of-Fame quarterback! Multiple times!
It will be long! It will be infuriating! Is it catharsis? Self-flagellation? Find out, on Bear Weather Fans!
Listen to Coach Bob's shameless fawning over an undrafted free agent 4'th string QB Tyson Bagent and maybe a game recap if there's time.
Join your heralded hosts as they talk about Gervon Dexter learning how to react to a snap! Kyler Gordon and Tyrique Stevenson flashing their no-fly-zone hits! Velus Jones potentially learning to do absolutely anything useful on a football field (to be determined).
Also some slouch named Justin who threw for negative air yards so who cares.
Your hosts look at the possibility of the Bears coming out of this week without a win and bravely ignore it, instead discussing the many, many, many insane happenings within Hallas Hall. Will Nagy's deathspiral take Pace down with him? Will Robert Quinn kill a man on the field? Why in God's green earth is Dalton the only one who gets an NFL playbook? We tangle with these issues and many more on this episode of Bear—
WEATHER
FAAAANNNSSS!!!
Your brave, depressed hosts break down yet another embarrassing choked away close loss in a string of embarrassing losses in the Nagy era and, between disparaging Nagy every 45 seconds, break down how the players did (pretty good, for the guys who were on the grass!).
Just hit play, and listen to Coach Bob spit fire for the next 90 minutes. You're welcome.
Mike Tomlin has gone 15 years without a losing season. However, Ben Roethlisberger has gone 4 years without being in shape. Which will cave first!? We discuss.
Your esteemed hosts look at the stats of the Bears so far this season and how they stack up against the rest of the NFL, and where they were at a few other week 8s across the years.
Your beloved hosts go over the historic level of incompetence of the Bears offense and commend Fields on spinning that straw into slightly more valuable material. Aluminum?
Look, it's pointless and embarrassing for grown men to sit around lamenting over a blowout loss to Tom Brady. Let's... lament over a DIFFERENT blowout loss to Tom Brady! We're having fun!
Your esteemed hosts take a long, hard look in the mirror at the many finer points of this tough loss.
On this Pulitzer Prize-Worthy episode, your beloved hosts respond to the stellar rushing game from Damien Williams and Khalil Herbert by looking at some of the other great 2'nd-string RB games of their lifetimes. Spoiler Alert: Brock Forsey is a name that they remember! What a great use of brain space!
Your beloved cohosts discuss the absolutely dismantling of the Raiders offense by the Bears defense that played such a dominant game, they forced a turnover in the Raiders coaching staff.
What's going to happen in Vegas? And will the prophecy come true and force the team to all stay in Vegas? Your brave hosts attempt to find out!
Your esteemed hosts look at some of the most notable teams and games from this week in previous seasons. Spoilers: They were Bears.
Justin Fields breakout game! Bill Lazor calling plays! Matt Nagy being insufferable! All in a week's work for the Bears on this episode of Bear Weather Fans!
Your beloved hosts look ahead to the week 4 Bears-Lions game to get a grasp on what's gonna happen. Will Justin Fields get sacked less than 9 times? Will Bill Lazor playcall us up several tiers higher to mediocrity? Will Eddie Goldman's return make opposing runningbacks soil themselves on the field, or before? Find out, this time, on BEAR WEATHER FANS!
Still learning to cope with the devastating dismantling the Bears had, putting up the second-worst offensive yards per play EVER, AGAINST THE BROWNS GUYS, your brave hosts decide to pull an anti-Nagy and finally play to their strengths, which in this case means going over the most hilariously terrible Bears games of their lives (there are many!), in this very special episode of Bear Weather Fans.
Your brave hosts go over the basics, literally the very absolute basics of what an offensive scheme is, because that is the level of critique Matt Nagy's offense is up to. The 26-6 loss to the Browns (the BROWNS! A LOSS!) is digested and grieved over in real time. Listen, as your favorite podcasters grapple with their own sanity for your entertainment! This time, on Bear Weather Fans!
Your beloved, revered hosts break down the Bears 20-17 win over the Bengals, pat Andy Dalton on the back for being, like, a really nice guy, spend an honestly embarrassing amount of time swooning over Akiem Hicks, and look ahead at what the offense needs to do to succeed going forward (the answer is Justin Fields).
With a tough but honestly not-that-surprising 34-14 loss to the very good Rams, the Bears start at 0-1 with Dalton under center in a 17-game season where that first week with Dalton shouldn't really count anyways, c'mon guys.
Patrick and Coach Bob explore the offensive gameplan, the performance by position, and what we can expect out of the rest of the season (more sadness until Justin Fields plays).
How will the Bears fare this season? What does Andy Dalton, starting Bears QB mean? Will fans tolerate listening to a 90-minute episode of such dubious quality in audio and content? Your beloved hosts do not address these questions.
Instead, the illustrious Bear Weather Fans hosts play a historically upsetting game of "guess who's older than Jason Peters", look back at some notable season starts from years bygone, and what chance do Nagy's men have against such reckless rams defense week 1.
This week, Coach Bob and Patrick evaluate the Bills-Bears "Trubisky revenge game", the offensive line, how Montgomery gained so much speed, some new quarterback on the roster, and the question of how in the hell Andy Dalton took his team to five straight playoffs.
Tune in to find out! (It was the offensive line)
With the Preseason Game 1 of the 2021 season over, we look at position battles, whether or not Justin Fields is a frankenstein monster created in a lab, and an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with AKIEM HICKS!