Enough stupid to go around – Bears v. Steelers – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Matt Nagy was back on the sidelines and so was all of the dumb stuff that makes his coaching so special in the Bears 29-27 loss to the Steelers. The good news was that Justin Fields looked great, the bad news was that the Bears and the officials combined for so much…
Remember This Crap – Bears v. Steelers – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears and Steelers square off on Monday Night and since there’s no Manning Brothers Jamboree on ESPN2, you might as well just play this podcast while you watch the game with the sound down. Andy and Mike D. look back at the long history of the Steelers (a…
Occasional bouts of competence – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears played without Matt Nagy on Sunday, something we’d all like to get used to. Justin Fields looked really good, something we’d also like to get used to. And yet, the Bears suffered a pretty dispiriting loss with a terrible defensive effort, and…
Kelly Dwyer Returns – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The biggest stars of Substack join forces as internationally renowned NBA scribe Kelly Dwyer joins Andy to talk about all of the really important stuff you want to hear them discuss. They talk 80s baseball, Andy’s trip to St. Louis as a small boy, Premier League…
Remember This Crap? – Bears – 49ers – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s time for some fresh crap so Andy and Mike D. take a tour through the surprisingly long history of Bears-49ers matchups. They spend most of their time in the Super Bowl era and look at three pretty awful playoff games, the demise of “Bear…
What happens now? – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more surreal for the Bears, the head visor, Matt Nagy has tested positive for COVID-19. Will he miss Sunday’s game against the Niners? Would anybody notice if he did? Andy and Mike P. hold their noses and look…
Remember Remember This Crap – John McKay was really funny – Pointless Exercise Podcast
We harken back to one of the best Bears editions of Remember this Crap with clips from last year’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers podcast. If this episode were just us reading old John McKay quotes it would be worth your time, but wait, there’s more, including Vinny…
What if it’s not just Aaron Rodgers that makes the Packers better than the Bears? – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Andy and Mike P. look back at a perfunctory Packers win over the Bears and they ponder the horrifying idea that maybe it’s not just Aaron Rodgers that makes them better than the Bears. They appreciate that Matt Nagy is still finding new ways to waste timeouts….
Remember Remember This Crap – Bears – Packers – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s time to remember Remember This Crap, Bears-Packers. We remind everyone that the Bears used to beat the Packers repeatedly, compare the Packers rivalry to the Cubs and Cardinals, explain Jay Cutler’s biggest mistake in the NFC Championship game, we…
Bears do simple better – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears went to Las Vegas and came back with a hangover, a lighter wallet, some sort of social disease and a win over the Raiders. The guys break down the Bears continued commitment to the run, Andy Dalton only wearing half his uniform on the bench, the NFL’s…
Al Davis and Virginia McCaskey have a lot in common – Remember This Crap – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The 16th meeting of the Bears and Raiders is coming up Sunday so it’s time to Remember This Crap about the history between the teams. From the early days of Bob Thomas missing important extra points, to a big game from Vince Evans, to Jim McMahon’s…
Matt Nagy says, “Collaborate this!” – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Justin Fields was impressive on Sunday against the Lions. So impressive that Matt Nagy can’t wait to not play him anymore. Andy and Mike P. harken back to the Bears second win of the season, wonder why Nagy won’t let anybody else take credit for what they…
Remember This Crap – Best of the Lions – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s the always exciting Bears-Lions matchup, and we look back at some of our favorite segments including, the time Andy asked for Walter Payton to be decorated onto his birthday cake, the first Bears QB the guys remember as kids, their first Bears jersey they…
“What the hell was that?” – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Bears fans have hardly ever been as excited as they were for a game as we were on Sunday and within minutes we knew it was going bad and that nobody had a clue what they were doing. Andy and Mike P.similarly don’t waste any time trying to figure out how Matt…
Remember This Crap? Bears-Browns – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears head to the Factory of Sadness this week to continue their infrequent and somewhat memorable rivalry with an AFC team that they have waaaaaay too much in common with. We look back at the two greatest running backs in NFL history, an assortment of lousy…
They’re morons and come from a long line of morons – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears won and Justin Fields is taking over and everything’s great! Well, many things are great. Some things are still being Nagyed and Paced. Mike P. and Andy break down the win over the Bengals, look ahead to the game with the Browns and especially the dawn…
Remember This Crap? – Bears and Bengals – Pointless Exercise Podcast
A fresh opponent for the Bears this week means a fresh crap! Andy and Mike D. harken back to classic Bears-Bengals games of yore, and what they find is a rivalry so tightly contested you can hardly believe it. The Bears on Sunday will be trying to set the longest…
Why are we still waiting? – Bears Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears weren’t good on Sunday, and it didn’t just look that way on TV as Mike P. was there to see it live, in person, in the Rams’ new $5 billion stadium. He joins Andy to talk about what the Bears offensive game plan could possibly have been, and…