Week 1: Carolina Ain't On My Mind

Colin ushers Adam through what appears to be serious migraine aphasia that causes him to completely lose the ability to say slobberknocker and a few much easier words. But that's not why you're here. We recap the Bears victory over the Buccaneers and Caleb Williams's dirty Dr. Pepper of a game. We also rate the major trades swapped back and forth midseason and render a verdict on who the ultimate winner of trade season really was SPOILER IT WAS THE BEARS.

Adam and Colin uncover the mysteries of the perfect Uncrustable on the way to breaking down the transformation of the Chicago Bears defense from Swiss cheese to iron curtain of doom thanks to Jeffery Simmons. That upgrade has also increased the Bears championship aspirations. We look ahead to the Sunday night matchup with the Buccaneers and make predictions for deadline deals, trick plays, and the upsets of the week (and just how badly the beatdown on the Bucs will be).

Colin's prediction that the Chicago Bears would trade for Jeffery Simmons comes true in the same way that his prediction of the Justin Fields trade and draft and Adam's prediction of the lack of Christian Gonzalez's mentions on Thursday both came true. (Not to mention Adam's prediction the Dolphins would beat the Jets . . . oh wait, we mentioned it.) And yeah, we bring receipts.We grade the Simmons trade and the hefty haul it took to acquire him, recap the Thursday Night Football victory over the New England Patriots, and preview the Monday Night Football battle Royale against the Seahawks.

Colin and Adam break down the Chicago Bears victory over the Atlanta Falcons, preview the Thursday Night Football matchup against the New England Patriots, and predict the upset of the week, trick plays of the game, the extent of the Bears blowout win over the Patriots, and the possibility of paternity test results of no one in particular.

Colin and Adam rediscover the trauma in Generational Trauma as we move on from the shameful loss to the Packers. We discuss the Chicago Bears chances against the Atlanta Falcons and their struggles on 4th down, the red zone, and knowing when to be Maverick and when to be Iceman.

Colin and Adam react to the news of the passing of Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka and try to process our own emotions and the way those emotions transition into motivation for the Bears this weekend. It's a lot to navigate, and we do our best. We also react to the news that Kyle Monangai will be out against the Green Bay Packers. As per usual, we make our predictions of the final score, the trick plays to expect (pausing to celebrate a certain prediction that came to fruition last week), and the upsets we think are most likely across the NFL.

Colin and Adam lead this week's Generational Bearable Trauma through a recap of the Chicago Bears' victory over the Eagles on Monday night and the mystery of the starting quarterback heading into Sunday's matchup against the New York Jets. Also: everything is the Death Star along with a desperate appeal to the Chicago sports media to stop being junior-high gossips.

Adam and Colin reflect on the dismal Chicago Bears home opener against the Vikings and recall Colin's experience with a season-eding injury, the feeling of watching victory disappear in an instant, and the dread of both happening at the same time. We look forward to the Monday Night Football matchup between the Bears and Eagles and the odds of seeing a real Ben Johnson offense perform with Case Keenum at the helm.

Colin and Adam recap the Chicago Bears glorious victory over the Carolina Panthers and preview the upcoming demolishing of the Minnesota Vikings, especially with the added treat of knowing the Vikings will be virtually immobile at quarterback due to the injury of Kyler Murray and the existence of Carson Wentz.

Colin and Adam preview the Chicago Bears season opener against the hapless Carolina Panthers. They've got predictions, complaints about Bears fans, and the (maybe) annual Pledge of Allegiance to Da Bears.TL/DR: the Bears win. Book it.Oh, and Colin gets locked in his dorm room. It's a whole thing.Generational (Bearable) Trauma, a Chicago Bears podcast.