What are the top Bears questions going into training camp?

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Rob Dauster 0:01

We're still going through the weeds there of what the training camp schedule is going to look like. I'm hoping over the next few days to stamp a number of things. But, you know, you've got to... You've got to pay a price. You've got to make deposits. You want to have success in this league. I've been in it, what, 15 years now, and I don't think there's any way you can cut corners and expect to win on Sunday. So training camp's a big part of that. Our guys understand that. They know what they're walking into. And I think our type of guys, they embrace it. They want it. And so I'm really looking forward to it.

Vinny Rotino 0:41

I just feel like more music needed to happen there. It's here. Bears are here. I'm not anti-music.

Marshall Harris 0:49

I'm not anti-music.

Vinny Rotino 0:50

You know what those bells mean? NFL films.

Marshall Harris 0:53

Is that when it gets dramatic?

Vinny Rotino 0:55

Yeah, I think it just stays dramatic. It's a pretty majestic type of song, but this is it. Training camp takes place starting today for everybody. We know that rookies started reporting on Saturday. People will trickle in. People have been in and out.

Marshall Harris 1:10

I feel like the dramatic music from NFL films is way better than the drama we lived through two years ago. Remember that?

Vinny Rotino 1:19

Training camp?

Marshall Harris 1:20

Oh, I just mean the entire season. 2024.

Vinny Rotino 1:23

Oh, yeah. Sorry. Which traumatic part are you referring to?

Marshall Harris 1:28

Oh, I meant the whole thing. Our culture is awesome.

Unknown 1:31

you see, that's the thing about the bears. There's been so much of that through the years. It's like, you gotta get so specific.

Vinny Rotino 1:39

Like, are you asking about like Kevin White's injury status? Two years ago, but even in that season, I mean, which, which thing two years ago, like Thanksgiving or a lot of bears trauma.

Rob Dauster 1:51

It was a good call by the, by the, whoever this coordinator was. And that was, that would be me.

Marshall Harris 1:55

Get see like, wait, trauma, drama, The Venn diagram becomes very circle on circle when you talk about Chicago Bears past, but not the present and not the future.

Vinny Rotino 2:08

They're the same picture. So we got the news, Marshall, and I know you were out yesterday and Friday, but we got the news over the weekend. The pup list included Kyler Gordon. which we know has been a point of contention. And then additionally, Shamar Turner. Now, there were some typical names that we expected to see on there, like Ozzie Trapillo. But that just goes to show that I think there are going to be some questions asked today regarding Ben Johnson, Ryan Poles, about... Like Turner's timeline, for example, Kyler Gordon, what we can expect because we know he had an injury in the offseason program. He wasn't able to play. But yet again, that is same song, different verse on people you would like to see soon.

Marshall Harris 2:52

Does that give you more pause than the TJ Edwards on the non-football injury list?

Vinny Rotino 2:57

So I think they're getting away with one there because even though he broke his leg in a football game, there's also some muscle strain issue reportedly away from the facility. But I think that's just creative accounting.

Marshall Harris 3:09

I think you're bringing us to the point of this segment, which is what questions do you have for Bears leadership when it's head coach Ben Johnson, it's the general manager Ryan Poles. First things first, who's available and who's not? And if they're not available, when are they going to be available?

Vinny Rotino 3:24

That's why I addressed the pup list with you. When you saw that, what did you think?

Marshall Harris 3:29

My initial reaction was like, okay, because it's still early. And it's early enough that this doesn't have to mean someone's not starting the season.

Vinny Rotino 3:39

Like Noah Sewell, we knew. The jig is up. Keyshot Elliott, I get it.

Marshall Harris 3:44

And what do we have? Seven weeks before the regular season starts? So that's enough time if it's a four to six week even injury from now.

Vinny Rotino 3:51

Preseason game one is on the 15th, friends. Let's go.

Marshall Harris 3:56

Exactly. But that's enough time that you think if someone is out right now, they could be back for the regular season. And to me, I don't expect everyone to be ready to go week one because this is the NFL. It is not a contact sport. It is a collision sport. And stuff happens, right? But overall, specifically on defense, I'm going to be very specific here.