Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Examining Bears center Garrett Bradbury's quarterback relationship history
17 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What is Garrett Bradbury's background with quarterbacks?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Bears tight end Cole Komet. Cole, welcome to the party, pal. Well, thanks for having me. I heard it was a big day, so naturally I dropped everything I had going on today. You've complained a lot through the years about not being able to hear the score on the 670 AM dial when you're inevitably cruising around downtown.
And now that we have an FM signal, Cole, you can now hear the score all day, all the time, all you want. You can hear all the Bears hot takes you want. Well, that's perfect. I'll make sure I blast that in the locker room. Beautiful blast! Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Midday's Tindal 2 on 104.3 The Score. This is Rahimi Harrison-Groney on 104.3 The Score.
And in the flurry of free agent signings and trade acquisitions the Bears had last week when everybody spoke, we didn't have time to get to everything because it was a flurry. So Garrett Bradbury had an excellent session with the media. He was available over Zoom. He's the new Bear Center. And he spoke about his relationship with quarterbacks. And Garrett Bradbury already has the job.
But I'd say that if this was a job interview, this was an excellent answer. everyone's different and you try to not make comparisons in this league. But I just, I feel like early in my career, I learned something from Kirk every day, whether it was football related or life related. And so that was just like a cool five years for me to just kind of have a mentor and a friend out there.
And then spent a year with Sam Darnold and we were kind of the same experience at that point and kind of learning from each other. And then to the other end of the spectrum with a 22-year-old quarterback last year, and Caleb is the same age. But it's the same process of, like, I want to get to know them, and they want to get to know me.
And if there's ways I can help them, I think the quarterback position is so unique that there's so many people talking to them. There's so much on their plate that you don't want to be a guy that just adds to that. And so... I kind of want to pick my spots and find ways if I can help them in any way, then great. That's what I'm here for.
But I don't want to add, I don't just want to be another voice in their head. You don't want too many voices in Caleb Williams' head. It's like he read the past tea leaves and predicted his future. And I love his attitude overall. Get in where you freaking fit in. That is what Gary Bradbury should be doing going forward. I mean, he's already seen success, so he knows what success looks like.
And now bring that to the Bears. And that's why this signing, although it's not... at the high end of what they could have done at center potentially, it seemed like an adequate move. And again, when in doubt, trust Ben Johnson. Well, that's it. What do you see in him as a center, having worked with Frank Ragnow, having wanted Drew Dallman?
What do you see in him that leads you to believe in Garrett Bradbury that this is your guy? And he also talks about that experience with his quarterbacks that he's worked with in his career. The Kirk Cousins thing I found very interesting.
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Chapter 2: How has Garrett Bradbury's experience shaped his approach to the center position?
It won't be the same level of play as Drew Dallman, but it should be good enough. Well, that's my concern. It's not necessarily as much about cadence that 100% matters, but a year with Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson I think helps that tremendously. It's that, can he block well enough to still have us have left tackle be an afterthought?
And here's the thing, left tackle was not an afterthought because Caleb Williams had to run to his right all the time. So how much can that still be something that the Bears can piecemeal until they find the guy that they need there? Not just Caleb having to run to his right, depending on who was at left tackle that particular play or day. The running backs had to run right. Exactly.
So when you're taking away half of the field at times, it's extreme, but it's still the illustration. That's the part that you have to wonder about. So when you've got two new cogs in that line out of five, that's where this can get tricky. And the running game was so good partially because of that forward progress.
The offensive line at times looked like a V because Dahlman was getting so ahead so quickly. Yeah, and we know that Bradbury, again, he's not at Dolman's level.
Chapter 3: What insights did Garrett Bradbury gain from working with Kirk Cousins?
There will be a drop-off, but is it a small enough drop-off that the Bears still can be a top 10, an aspiring top five, top three, top one offense, if you let Caleb Williams tell the story? So I'm still crunching numbers and like entertained by the Jalen Waddell trade numbers vis-a-vis the Dolphins cap. This is from SpotRack.
The five largest Miami Dolphins cap figures now belong to players no longer on the roster. That's unfortunate. Tua, 56.2. Bradley Chubb, 31.2. Tyreek Hill, 28.2. Jalen Ramsey, 20.8. And Minka Fitzpatrick at 12.9. That is a mess. It's a mess because they're not going to be good this season, you wouldn't think, in a division with, I don't know, the Patriots and the Bills.
Some post-June 1 designations will change the numbers, but that is... When the dudes you're paying don't play for your team, I'm going to say that that's an indication that things have changed. Just throwing that out there. A little bit. My expert opinion. Coming up next here on Rahimi Harrison Grody, we have done some digging in the audio department here on the show.
And yes, maybe I have done some more online creeping of bears information like I did with the survey I found. And it comes from the Athletic Football Show. Robert Mays sat down with Colston Loveland, and I think we have more evidence in their conversation to believe that he can be the Bears' number one receiver this next season. So we'll listen in and discuss next.