Luis Medina

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826 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 11 Aug

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Rahimi & Grote Show · 5 On It & Luis Medina talks latest Bears storylines (Hour 3) · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

Thanks for having me.

I appreciate it.

You guys have a good day.

Thanks, Luis.

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Rahimi & Grote Show · Luis Medina reacts to Ryan Poles' optimistic update on Ozzy Trapilo · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

Good afternoon. I'm doing well. How are you? We're good. I'm glad you're okay because the weather rolled through and we got to check on our people. Yeah, it looked rough out there. Hopefully, it's done with. I can't deal with another summer storm. It's been nuts this year. I don't want to tell you the forecast this week.

They are really allowing this competition to fester, and I love it. There is nothing I love more this time of year than offensive line training camp battles. So I like that Kieron and Braxton and Jedrick are all actually in the competition. We've seen it so many times in the past where coaches say they're having a competition.

but they're really not, we're actually having one. And that's good. And everyone has, like, a real shot. Braxton has starting experience in the offseason or, you know, from his past seasons with the Bears. In the offseason, he was humbled with a one-year deal after a disappointing season. So he's got a lot to prove. Jedrick Wills, former first-round pick, All-American at Alabama. He's got talent. He's just never been able to put it together. Kieron is a guy that, you know, maybe the Bears reached on, but Ben Johnson has said he likes the tools.

Yeah, no, I feel you on that because if everything goes the best for everyone, I think Jedrick Wills is your best option because he's got the talent, the pedigree, the size, and the athleticism. I feel as if Kieron is your starter. Yeah, odds are that something went terribly wrong with the two guys ahead of him on the depth chart. I just want real competition, and I want Kieron to prove himself. There's too much talent, and the Bears—

don't have enough depth. No one ever really has enough offensive line depth. But I want to see him prove himself, get a spot on the 53, and show that he can be a useful piece to the puzzle.

He is. And here's the thing with this coaching staff. They have to prove it on the field. And they are not afraid of maybe making Kieran an example of like, hey, just because you were brought in by this older regime doesn't mean that you are guaranteed a spot. It's also an opportunity for Ryan Poles to kind of make one last pitch for his guys. We've seen it.

work out with Tyreek Stevenson in certain cases where, yeah, he got moved to the bench for Nishan Wright, but when given opportunities, he made some plays. And now he's going to enter this year as a projected starting cornerback.

I don't know. I'm not ready to put Kieran on that line yet. I want to see him play some preseason games. I think that's why there's the big or on the depth chart between all those guys because I don't think Ben wants to make a decision before he sees some guys play actual competition. All right, Luis. This brings me to a great question that Layla and I were debating earlier. Caleb Williams, this Saturday, do you want to see him out there? And if so, for how long?

I've been torn on this because I want to see him out there selfishly. I want to see him out there for, if anything, a drive, even if it's a handoff and a pass. But if they use the time to give Tyson Bajan some extra reps...

give miller moss some some third string reps and you get caleb for preseason week two and in week three i think that's a better way of doing it that's the weird thing about this uh the new look preseason i know we're a couple years into it but because there isn't enough data to figure out what's right or wrong in terms of how to divvy up these reps teams are still trying to figure it out so i i think it's a it's a touch and go situation when it comes to how much i want to see caleb play

this is, this is quite the development. Listen, first of all, like kudos to whatever doctors, witches, warlocks, whatever it took to get Ozzie Tripolo on the right path to get to a point where training camp is a possibility. That's absolutely wild and mind blowing, but it also speaks to, you know, the open-mindedness that this team has had when it came to the offensive line and to Tripolo's, um, recovery. Look, um,

You mentioned the marvels of modern medicine. I think we're seeing that now. But also, maybe we're seeing why the Bears weren't super aggressive trying to find a left tackle in the offseason, why they didn't swing a trade or use a high draft pick on an option. Maybe they knew that there was a possibility, as slim as it could be, that Trapello comes back this season.

If they can get him back for any length of time, that would be a tremendous development for his offense because I thought he played really well. I had him penciled in as my starting left tackle for this season late last year. When the playoffs started, I'm like, okay, I think he's your starting left tackle moving forward. The injury really threw a wrench into things, but maybe he's back. Maybe he's back at some point this year.

Well, if there's one saving grace here, I think Ben Johnson did a really good job scheming around left tackle problems last year. Because last year was a revolving door. It was Braxton. It was Theo. It was Ozzie. And each of those guys had their own deficiencies. And yet that offense hummed for large portions of the season.

So this is probably my most unpopular opinion, but I think no matter who they stick out there at left tackle, the Bears are going to be fine because Ben Johnson knows how to scheme his way around, whether it's adding a tight end to block on that side, whether it's chipping with a back, whether it's putting Darnell Wright, motioning him out to be an extra protector as he was on the game-winning touchdown pass to D.J. Moore in the playoff game.

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