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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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2025 NFL Draft Review
Welcome back! The draft is over and finally, finally, we can say goodbye to this awful draft class. As we do so, we can also ask ourselves how well the Bears…
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The 2025 NFL Draftcast
It's that time again, and this year the audio is solid! Join Travis, Kyle, and eventually Nick (and Nick's baby!) as they cover the entire first round of the…
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Skill Position Prospects! WRs and RBs and TEs, Oh My!
Welcome back folks, this week we're talking about every offensive position in the 2025 draft that we haven't hit yet. How good IS this class (not good folks!)…
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Talking Offensive Line with Quinten Krzysko of the Bears On Tap Podcast
Welcome back folks, we have a doozy of a pod for you this week! Kyle brought in a ringer to talk offensive linemen; Quinten Krzysko (also known as…
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2025 NFL Draft: The Quarterbacks (And Jayden Daniels!)
This week the guys start looking into the prospects in this trash heap of a draft! What are their thoughts on the top 2 quarterbacks available? Before that…
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Free Agent Frenzy
This week on the SKOd we talk about how the Bears continued their offseason dominance (back to back to back offseason champs) and solidified both lines in free…
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The Bears Start the Draft Early
Welcome back! This week we discuss the surprising and extremely welcome moves the Bears made for Jonah Jackson and Joe Thuney, then look at the barren…
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2025 Chicago Bears Offseason Preview!
Hello and welcome back to a seriously boring offseason! The Bears, having already won the offseason with the hire of Ben Johnson (3 time offseason champs, back…
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Oh Wow We Did the Good Thing!
The Bears did it, they really did it! For the first time in our lives they made the slam dunk, obvious head coach hire in former Lions OC Ben Johnson. So, how…
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iT's BeAr SeAsOn BaBy!
Welcome back folks! With this horrendous death march of a season over we have finally entered BEAR SEASON, the offseason! Hope abounds as the Bears search out…
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Welcome to the Second Circle of Hell You Son of a
Welcome back folks! Come on in while we rip on Matt Eberflus one last time, discuss our interim head coach (and why we should not by god hire him as our full…
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LOL
Welcome back! After our 4 week sabbatical we have returned to talk Bears! Except this week we recorded on Wednesday, JUUUUUUST before that Thanksgiving game…
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Hail F*in Mary
Folks you know what we're talking about this week, strap in as we rub our faces in exasperation and say a lot of swears.
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Bye Week Fun at the SKOd
This week on the SKOd we take a momentary break from Bears talk to look around the NFL! What tickled us enough to talk about? Well, how about the Panthers? Are…
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Another Mid 90s Cat Based Expansion Franchise Destroyed
Welcome back! The Bears are 4-2 after two blowouts and 14 straight quarters of strong offensive play. What does it all mean? We lavish deserved praise on the…
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Happy Times on the Dark Bear Web
Welcome back to the most positive Bears podcast on the internet! Thankfully the Bears have rewarded the SKOd's positivity with two straight wins and 6 quarters…
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A SKOd Over Troubled Water
This week on the SKOd the guys look outside and see a lot of very, very angry Bears fans! After a close loss in Indianapolis the fanbase seems to have lost a…
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Week 2 Postmortem: Optimism in the Face of a Mess
This week on the SKOd, the guys dissect a 13-19 loss to Houston. It looked a mess in the second half, so who's to blame? What did we think of Caleb's…
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Bears/Titans Post Game, Bears Texans Pregame!
Week 1 is in the books, and what a wild week it was! A bears win is a Bears win, but it sure did come in a very Bears way didn't it? What to make of the…
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Offseason Wrap Up and Bears/Titans Preview!
This week on the SKOd we say goodbye to the offseason and hello to regular season NFL football! What did we think about Hard Knocks this year? Were there any…
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2024 NFL Season Preview With Nick!
This week on a super sized episode we go division by division and preview the entire 2024/25 NFL season, and we brought someone along for the ride! Formerly of…
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Caleb Williams Fever and Too Much Bears News
This week on the SKOdcast, the guys are swamped with Bears news. Hard Knocks has been entertaining, but have we learned anything? The Bears destroyed the…
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Caleb Williams: Destroyer of Worlds (...In the Preseason)
We are truly back in the thick of things! We're talking Hard Knocks, we're talking camp, we're talking Nate Davis and Austin Booker! We go over the full…
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For What is it to Bears but to Have No Offensive Line?
In the first of two episodes this week the guys are talking the HOF game and training camp! The offensive line is a mess, riddled by injuries and poor play…
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Training Camp Begins
This week on the pod the guys talk about the first (padsless) week of camp. How's Caleb doing? How are the Bears beat guys doing? What can we really glean from…
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2024/25 QB Rankings
With the offseason tournament complete the guys turn back to current events! But all the current events involve quarterbacks, so Kyle and Travis dive into this…
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FINALE: The Worst Bears Game of Our Lives
This week the guys wrap up the tournament and crown a champion! What is the worst Packers loss of our lives? What is the most unwatchable Bears game we've ever…
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The Worst Bears Game of Our Lives Tournament Part ONE
Welcome back! The bracket is set and this week on the SKOd the guys push two horrendous experiences through to the final four (it's lower case, don't sue me!)…
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The Worst Bears Game of Our Lives Tournament: Finalizing the Bracket
Today on a super sized episode of the SKOdcast Travis, Kyle, AND Erik finalize the bracket of 16 awful Bears games! What games make it in from the Just…
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The Worst Bears Game of Our Lives Tournament: It Begins!
This week kicks off our offseason tournament spectacular, and this year we will be trying to find the worst Bears game of our lives. We have Erik back on the…
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It's the True Offseason Folks
This week Kyle and Travis finally breathe after all that draft coverage and look around the NFL for a bit! First they preview this year's offseason tournament…
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2024 Bears Draft Review!
Wrapping up our coverage of the 2024 draft, we go all in on the Bears draft! There weren't many picks, but there were a lot of good ones. How incredible is it…
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2024 NFL Draft Review!
The draft is done, and the guys have a lot to say! On this episode we review the full first round (sans the Bears, who get their own episode later this week)…
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2024 NFL Draft Predictions!
This week on the SKOd we're doing a final preview before the draft on Thursday! Kyle is running Travis through different draft scenarios for the Bears at 9…
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The SKOdcast v. The Defensive Line
This is it! The final week in the courtroom for the SKOdcast. We wrap up our prospect analysis for the 2024 NFL Draft on the defensive line. Who is our DE1? Is…
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The SKOdcast v. Offensive Linemen
This week we bring a dumptruck full of man meat into the courtroom! That's right it's time to go over the OL prospects in the 2024 draft. Last year the guys…
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The SKOdcast v. The 2024 Wide Receivers
This week on the SKOd! Kyle and Travis get away from QBs and move into the deepest position pool in the 2024 draft (and a potential position the Bears will…
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The SKOdcast v. JJ McCarthy et al
This week on the SKOdcast Travis and Kyle finally wrap up discussions around the 2024 QB draft class! Before all that we say our final goodbyes to Justin…
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Free Agency Fracas 2024
This week the guys talk about the astounding number of free agency moves (and trades!) the Bears made already, the surprising move they have not yet made…
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Pop the Bubbly and Pay the Corner
This week on the SKOdcast we celebrate the start of season 2! To do so we talk about Jaylon Johnson and Ryan Bates, do we like these guys and do we like what…
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The SKOdcast v. Jayden Daniels
Welcome back to the courtroom! This week Kyle is doing it solo (giving himself, g-giving himself the best shot) and talking Jayden Daniels! There has been a…
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The SKOdcast v. Drake Maye
Welcome back! This week we're hitting the next QB up after Justin and Caleb, Drake Maye! Do we still like him as much as we did mid season? What makes him a…
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The SKOdcast v. Caleb Williams
Welcome back to court! This week on the SKOdcast we turn to the likely #1 pick and likely (?) next Bears quarterback, Caleb Williams! What do we like, what do…
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The 2023 Bears in Review: The Defense
As promised, the guys are back one day later to wrap the Bears up by talking through the defense! We have some unmitigated successes, some unmitigated…
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The 2023 Bears in Review: The Offense
This week on the SKOdcast we try to review the 2023 Bears and slowly realize to our great horror that this will be a two part episode! Performance reviews are…
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The Case Against Justin Fields
This week the guys briefly discuss how pleased they are that the Bears hired Shane Waldron and what, if anything, it means for the situation at QB. After that…
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Coaches Stay and Coaches Go
This week on the pod, MEGA POWERS EXPLODE as Kyle and Travis have a heated debate over the decision to keep Matt Eberflus! We also take the time to give a…
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As it Began So Does it End
This week we talk about the final game of the season against Green Bay. Where does Justin stand, and how about Flus? Will a decisive result against our eternal…
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Eff It, We Ball
So you’re saying we have a chance! This week we talk about that amazing win over the Lions and how good this Bears team is right now. It’s all good vibes this…
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So Long and Thanks for All the Picks
This week Travis finally gets to talk about the Panthers because Kyle is otherwise occupied! The inmate runs the asylum and goes in depth on Carolina, our boy…
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Existential Dread
Back from Thanksgiving Break, the guys are here to talk about the progress of the Bears on defense, Justin Fields and his progress(?) on offense, finally…
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The Monty Hall Problem
This week Justin Fields is back and we have seven games to go, so as we move into this final stage of the season we have to ask some questions. What does…
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What Are These People Thinking?
This week we talk about the absolute state of the Bears, the Montez Sweat trade, the Jaylon Johnson saga, and it all makes us MAD AS HELL and we AREN’T GONNA…
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Time to Talk About Quarterbacks
This week we have resigned ourselves to finally discussing replacements for Justin Fields. Does he himself have a shot left? How about Secret Bagent Man? Is…
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Around the League in 60 Minutes
Well folks it’s been 7 days without a Bears game, so let’s check in on the rest of the NFL! We laugh at Green Bay, lambast some quarterbacks, praise others…
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Has Justin Risen?
This week we get to talk about two games! Both huge games for Getsy and Fields, but how long can this last? Is this a full turnaround or the product of playing…
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A Dirge For the 2023-24 Bears
After a week off due to illness we are back, and boy what a time to be back! This week we bury this embarrassment of a team for all we’re worth, come join in…
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Packers at Bears Preview
This week we devote the entire episode to game 1! We go through every matchup and make our final prediction before the NFL season gets underway tonight!
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Does the Preseason Matter at All?
This week we find ourselves lodged in the odd week between the final preseason game and the first regular season game. And really we have one big question this…