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  "textContent": "<p>Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser get you ready for the Bears' 2026 draft, which starts Thursday.</p><p></p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center> <div class=\"HtmlModule\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"html-embed-module-0c0000\" name=\"html-embed-module-0c0000\"></a><iframe src=\"https://wbez-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player260421150458-5451-53.html\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"740\" height=\"210\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"> </iframe> </div> </div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><i>New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on </i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue\" target=\"_blank\" ><i><u>the podcast’s hub page</u></i></a><i>. 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data-src=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1c40fce/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4764x3189+20+0/resize/490x328!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Ff4%2Fd1%2Ff1405c6644198f8e129016d68dac%2Fap26030722488992.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzMjhweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" > </picture> </a></div> <div class=\"PagePromoB-content\"> <div class=\"PagePromo-category\"> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears\" >Bears</a> </div> <div class=\"PagePromo-title\"> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/04/20/bears-should-count-on-coby-bryant-to-carry-them-at-safety-rather-than-sink-major-draft-capital-into-position\" >Bears should count on Coby Bryant to carry them at safety rather than sink major draft capital into position</a> </div> <div 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Williams remains the focal point on which their hopes are based. </div> <div class=\"PagePromo-byline\"><div class=\"PagePromo-date\"> <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=1776719357000 data-promo=\"true\"> <template data-date-tpl>[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]</template> <span data-date> </span> </bsp-timestamp><span class=\"dot\"></span></div> <div class=\"PagePromo-author\"> <span>By </span><strong><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/patrick-finley\" >Patrick Finley </a></strong> </div> <div class=\"PagePromo-readingTime\"> <span class=\"dot-divider\"></span> <svg class=\"PagePromo-readingTime-icon\"> <use xlink:href=\"#icon-clock-reading\"></use> </svg> <span class=\"PagePromo-readingTime-text\"> <bsp-time-to-read data-article-word-count=\"794\"></bsp-time-to-read> read </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=\"PageList-footer\"> </div> </bsp-list-loadmore><p></p>",
  "title": "Halas Intrigue Bears podcast: NFL Draft preview",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-21T20:08:10.300Z"
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