Bears Hour Live

This episode of Bears Hour Live will get you all set for Chicago Bears training camp and the return of football once again. Hosts Lorin Cox and Draft Dr. Phil Ottochian preview the team's biggest positional battles as they head down to Bourbonnais, Illinois, with a look ahead to how this roster could shape up for the regular season. BHL starts with a deep dive into the wide receiver position, looking at who could be in line to start opposite Cameron Meredith and how the competition in the...

Pro Football Focus caused quite a stir among Chicago Bears fans when they named Adrian Amos the team's secret superstar. On this episode of Bears Hour Live, hosts Lorin Cox and Phil Ottochian defended the third-year safety and made the case for optimism surrounding his career. The most common criticism of Amos' play has been his lack of turnovers, and this episodes gets into the Xs and Os of creating turnovers and how the total number of interceptions isn't always indicative of a player's...

Chicago Bears training camp is around the corner, and in this episode, Bears Hour Live looked at which players have the most pressure on them heading into the preseason. Hosts Lorin Cox and Phil Ottochian debated which former first-round pick has more at stake -- Kevin White or Kyle Fuller? One hasn't been able to stay healthy, while the other is entering a contract year and is fighting for his roster spot. They moved on to debate the backup running back spots, with a pessimistic outlook...

The Chicago Bears outside linebackers got the hype train started on the tracks at organized team activites when Willie Young and Pernell McPhee spoke to the media. In this episode of Bears Hour Live, hear both edge rushers discuss their lofty expectations for the team's defense, and hosts Phil and Lorin break down just how good the group could be in 2017. It all starts up front with the growth of the defensive line. This episode gets into how important a healthy Eddie Goldman is to the...

The Chicago Bears have 11 wide receivers under contract as they finish up organized team activities, and Bears Hour Live broke down all of them as this episode attemped to sift through the depth at the position. Hosts Phil and Lorin had originally intended to talk about whether the team should pursue recently released Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, but the conversation quickly shifted to Kevin White and the Bears' already added veterans. Halfway though the show, Draft Dr....

The Chicago Bears organized team activities are the closest thing to actual football we have in May, so BHL hosts Lorin and Phil went through the latest news out of Halas Hall, starting with an update on new quarterback Mike Glennon. They talk about how Glennon has grown since he left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and how the starting quarterback is handling the Mitch Trubisky situation. Bears Hour Live also looks ahead to the upcoming season at the position, discussing the history of Bears...

How much better is this Chicago Bears team now in May than it was last season? BHL hosts Phil and Lorin break down the Chicago Bears roster positon-by-position to determine just how much this team has improved this offseason. Many of the roster's biggest question marks start with the starting quarterback, but Bears Hour Live also looked at whether the additions at wide receiver will be able to account for the loss of Alshon Jeffery and if general manager Ryan Pace did enough to improve his...

Hosts Phil and Lorin debated whether or not the Chicago Bears should play quarterback Mitch Trubisky as a rookie, or if he needs to sit to develop his game. They also touch on the signing of defensive end Jaye Howard and look ahead to Jay Cutler’s new career as a broadcaster for FOX.

Hosts Phil and Lorin recapped the entire 2017 NFL Draft for the Chicago Bears, taking your call and breaking down the newest draft picks in the Windy City.

The Chicago Bears took three small-school players in the 2017 NFL Draft, so Bears Hour Live was joined by the expert in this area, Emory Hunt from FootballGameplan.com to break down Ashland TE Adam Shaheen, North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen and Kutztown offensive lineman Jordan Morgan. Find out why Emory thinks Cohen could be a big-time play-maker for the Bears’ offense.

Bears Hour Live hosts Phil and Lorin were joined by Bryan Perez from Bears Wire to look back at the Chicago Bears first two draft picks before looking ahead to Day 3 and previewing some of the prospects they would like to see Ryan Pace pulls the trigger on. Find out why Bryan says Zach Miller could be on the cutting block.

The Chicago Bears traded down in the second round and drafted Division-II tight end Adam Shaheen out of Ashland, and Bears Hour Live went to the air waves and took your calls to react to the pick. Hosts Phil and Lorin broke down what they knew about the small-school prospect and looked ahead to what his role could be in Chicago.

Ryan Pace shocked the world when he moved up one spot to draft North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky, and Bears Hour Live took to the airwaves right after for instant reaction to the trade and the pick. Hosts Phil and Lorin broke down how this pick will alter the future of the franchise forever.

Lorin and Phil were joined by Emory Hunt from FootballGameplan.com to talk NFL Draft quarterbacks and sleepers at all of the Chicago Bears biggest positions of need. Emory’s depth of knowledge is unmatched, and he gives you a handful of small-school prospects to keep an eye on during Day 3 of the draft.

Bears Hour Live hosts Phil and Lorin went back and forth on a live mock draft on the air through all 32 first-round picks before wrapping up with a special bonus Chicago Bears seven-round mock draft that didn’t make it onto the live show.

On a special Thursday edition of Bears Hour Live, hosts Phil and Lorin debated their NFL Draft big boards for the Chicago Bears, going through how they rank the Top 10 players for the 3rd overall pick. Find out why Myles Garrett isn’t their number one player for this team in the draft.

There’s no better way to learn about how the NFL Draft works than from someone who has actually been involved in it before, so we were thrilled to have former Chicago Bears Director of College Scouting Greg Gabriel on the air to take us behind the scenes of the entire draft process. He discusses the logistics of draft day trades and takes you through how teams scout quaterbacks, before giving his informed opinion on what the Bears could and should do at the end of April.

This year’s draft class of cornerbacks is one of the deepest in recent memory, so hosts Phil and Lorin brought on Jose Cotto from Bears Barroom to help them break down all of the top prospects. They tell you who would be the best fits in Vic Fangio’s defense and who Ryan Pace is more likely to pass on.

Hosts Phil and Lorin were joined by Josh Liskiewitz of Pro Football Focus to break down all of the top safety prospects in the NFL draft, debating how the likes of Jamal Adams, Malik Hooker and Jabrill Peppers would fit in Chicago and whether or not it’s worth taking any of them with the third-overall pick.

Do the Chicago Bears need to draft a quarterback in the 2017 NFL Draft? Should they? BHL hosts Phil and Lorin were joined by Bryan Perez of USA Today’s BearsWire.com to break down Deshaun Watson, Mitchell Trubisky, Patrick Mahomes and all of the top prospects in the upcoming draft to try and figure out what Ryan Pace could do in April.