Best of the Bears: Which unsigned veteran defensive end could be a fit?

About this episode

The episode discusses potential veteran defensive ends for the Chicago Bears and features insights from various analysts on the team's draft class and coaching strategies.

In the Best of the Bears this week, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed whether Chicago should sign one of the veteran defensive ends who remains available in free agency; Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote reacted to Bears head coach Ben Johnson proclaim that improving the team's pass rush starts with better coaching from himself and his assistants; and Chicago Sports Network analyst Clay Harbor joined the Mully & Haugh Show to break down the Bears' seven-player draft class.

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Spiegel, Laurence Holmes

Guest: Clay Harbor

Topics covered

• Chicago Bears
• NFL free agency
• defensive ends
• pass rush
• coaching
• NFL draft

Keywords

• Chicago Bears
• veteran defensive end
• free agency
• pass rush
• Ben Johnson
• Clay Harbor
• NFL draft
• coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Sports Network

Places: Chicago

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