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Start Kyle Orton
Two men, tortured for their entire lives by the Chicago Bears, talk about the NFL, the draft, and conspicuously nothing at all to do with Kyle Orton! Tune in each week for NFL news and the ongoing destruction of their souls at the hands of the Chicago Bears. Email us at startkyleorton@gmail.com or yell at Kyle on X at @startkyIeorton. ALSO check out Kyle's new SubStack at https://substack.com/@startkyleorton.
Episodes
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Blue Tsunami? Baby it was a BEAR Tsunami
Our long national nightmare is over. That's right, a quarterback finally passed for more than 200 yards on the Seattle Seahawk defense! Caleb Williams, Ben…
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Mid Season Around the NFL Special
This week on the SKOd is the annual bonus episode! The guys go around the NFL and chat about everything BUT the Bears (...also might be some Bears talk in…
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Is This Heaven? (No This is an Elite Quarterback)
This week the guys are mostly just extremely giddy about how good the Bears (and specifically Caleb Williams) are! They recap an incredible Thursday Nighter…
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Returns (of friends, and of victories)
This week the guys discuss the returns of Caleb Williams and Kyler Gordon, both of whom were instrumental in a dominant win over the Atlanta Falcons, 31-23…
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The Death of the Bagenda
This week the guys talk about how they are, for some reason, fairly optimistic about the Bears long term even after the mother of all butt whoopings at the…
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It Can't Always Be This Easy, Right?
This week on the SKOd the guys go over what has now become a common occurrence for the Bears: an easy, dominant win against an overmatched team, in this case…
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The SKOdcast IN: The Case of the Grounded Eagles (feat. Erik)
This week on the SKOd we welcome back Erik to celebrate the absolute mollywhopping the Bears put on the Eagles despite starting emergency QB Case Keenum. How…
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A Most Nauseating Nothingburger
This week on the SKOd... well you see the episode length, the guys don't have much to say about a game that meant nothing for the rest of the season! Games…
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Fifty Nine of Caleb Williams' Own Points
One win down, 19 to go! The Bears offense came into this season with a ton of hype and they may have blown even all of THAT out of the water in week 1 with a…
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Chicago Bears 2026 Season Preview
The season is nigh, and that means one final pre-regular season pod; it's time to preview the Chicago Bears! Join us as we lament the defensive line, applaud…
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NFC North Season Preview feat. Nick
It's that time of year again! The preseason is done and we are less than two weeks out from the start of the season, so we dragged Nick back for the 4th year…
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Talking Quarterbacks with Robert Schmitz
This week on a BONUS SKOd the guys welcome legendary retired Bears content creator Robert Schmitz! And if he's here, you know what time it is: it's time to…
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The Preseason is here!
This week the guys go over the Bears first preseason game and all the camp news surrounding it. Braxton Jones really set himself apart on Saturday, didn't he?…
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Dennis Allen, defense, and you! feat. Mike Faltas
This week the guys are joined by noted film eater Mike Faltas (@mfaltas_), and we're talking entirely about Dennis Allen's defense (pre-Bears, last year, this…
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Kyler? We Hardly Know Her!
This week the guys realize they haven't done a normal episode for more than 3 months and quickly go rabid! Kyler Gordon's inability to stay healthy starts us…
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A Very Ty Dunne Finale
Welcome back! In the third and final part Kyle, Travis, and Pat from bear Weather Fans pick their favorite remaining passages and have one last bit of fun with…
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A Dramatic Reading of Ty Dunne's B.S., Part 2
This week we dig into the second half of Ty's poorly written, far too credulous epic about Caleb Williams. Enjoy!
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A Dramatic Reading of Ty Dunne's B.S., Part One
It's finally time! Kyle and Travis have grabbed Pat of Bear Weather Fans by the collar and drug him over here to tear Ty Dunne a new one by... well just by…
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2026 QB Rankings!
The SKOdcast summer break is over! Join us this week as we rank every starter and a few backups right in order, with NO hemming and hawing (it's all hemming…
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Draft Review!
The draft has come and gone and the guys have sat with it for a bit before speaking on it. What did they like about the players drafted? What did they hate?…
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The 2026 NFL Draftcast feat. Nick
Three hours of the NFL draft from pick 1 to pick 32! Listen as the guys discuss football (maybe) Godzilla (definitely) hair (or the lack thereof) cats…
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2026 NFL Draftcast Announcements and S/CB/LB Talk
This week Travis is out here cold and alone! With the draft mere days away there are some announcements to get out about the upcoming 4th annual SKOdcast Live…
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The 2026 NFL Draft: The Defensive Line
This week on the SKOd we go all in on the DL in an exhaustive episode covering everyone we think could go to the Bears in round 1 and/or 2 (and maybe beyond!)…
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2026 NFL Draft: QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs
This year the guys are talking about the offense (sans OL) in a single episode! And that really tells the story about this draft class. Deep on defense, light…
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The 2026 NFL Draft: Offensive Line with Quinten Krzysko of Bears on Tap
The SKOd starts their draft coverage this week, and this year we break with tradition and start with the offensive line! Quinten Krzysko of Bears on Tap…
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Free Agent Free For All
Day 1 of free agency is almost over and the Bears have been active! Active trading for a center to replace the dearly departed Drew Dalman. Active in replacing…
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Ryan Poles vs. The Machines
This week on the SKOd we have the results of a long gestating experiment wherein Ryan Poles' 4 drafts do epic battle with 4 truly simple-minded robots (Excel…
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Gremlin Quarterbacks and Dishonorable Yards
This week Kyle lays out what he means by a Gremlin QB, Dishonorable Yards, and a Shanny Bot! What's a Jalen Hurts? Who is a Justin Herbert? WHY is a Jayden…
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2025 Season Report Cards: The Defense
This week the guys grade the rest of the Bears, this time on the defensive side, and they have much harsher sentiments for this side of the ball. This is of…
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2025 Season Report Cards: The Offense
This week on the SKOD we have entered the Bears offseason, and for the first time in forever we just want next year to start already! To wrap up a fantastic…
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The End and The Beginning
This week the guys discuss the Bears ouster from the playoffs at the hands of the Rams, 20-17 in overtime. Kyle vents his frustration with DJ Moore, Travis…
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F&*# Being Rational, Give Em What They Asked For
This week the guys break down the best Bears win of our lives, a comeback playoff victory to devastate the Packers mere weeks after a comeback victory to…
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Kings in the North
Welcome back! The Bears are NFC North champs and, despite losing a nail biter to the 49ers, the guys are pretty dang excited. What an offensive performance!…
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FTP Always
Well if that wasn't just the greatest goddamn thing to ever happen we don't know what beats it! Get in here, it's a party!
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Flushing the Browns
Welcome back! This week we review the glorious beating the Bears laid on the Browns to get to 10-4 and back into 1st in the North. Just how good IS Caleb…
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A SKO-uality Loss
This week we go over a close loss at Lambeau Field! The Bears looked dead in the first half but fought back valiantly and lost on a questionable 4th down…
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Call a Fraudbulence... But Not For the Bears!
Welcome back! This week the Bears are 9-3 and in first place in the entire NFC with only 5 games to go, and they got here by completely and utterly dismantling…
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All Smiles In Chicago
Welcome back, come on in and enjoy the good vibes! This week the guys are basically just happy to be here. The Bears are 8-3 and playing with house money the…
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All Alone At The Top
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…
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Caleb Williams Ascends
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…
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yes/Yes/No/GOD NO/YESSSSSSSS
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…
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THE SKY IS FALLING NOOOOOOO
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…
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Connect Four
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)…
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F*** You, Troy
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!
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Bye Week Bonanza
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…
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SKOsitive Reinforcement
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…
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The One Where We Destroyed Matt Eberflus
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…
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No Block, No Rock, No SKOd, No Pod
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…
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Less Than Five Jesus Christs
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…
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2025 NFL Season Preview w/Nick!
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…
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SKOdcasters in Their Natural Habitat
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…
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Better Than A Mouth Full of Sweet Tarts
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…
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A Bit of Nervous Energy
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…
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Everyone Hates Caleb
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…
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Four More Years! Four More Years?!
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…
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The Worst Bears Decision of Our Lifetime Tournament Finale
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…
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The Worst Bears Decisions of Our Lifetime Tournament
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…
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How Come He Don't Want Me, Man?
It's May, and that means Bears news has a bit scant, but recently we've piled up a lot to talk about! Caleb Williams didn't want to be a Bear (shocking!)…