Bears-Falcons Week 17 Preview: Will Justin Fields keep it rolling vs. Atlanta?

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🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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On this episode of the Under Center Podcast, D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution joins Kenneth Davis and Alex Shapiro to preview the Bears’ Week 17 matchup against the Falcons. They discuss the Falcons’ quarterback controversy (1:55) and if Falcons head coach Arthur Smith will return next year (3:57). D. Orlando breaks down what he has seen from Bijan Robinson this season (4:57) and why Kyle Pitts has been MIA (6:45). Later, the trio discuss how the Bears have developed Justin Fields (10:15) and if they should keep him after this season (11:57). Finally, they discuss which parts of the Falcons’ defense the Bears can exploit (14:42). D. Orlando also shares his thoughts on what the Bears should do with their second first-round pick in the 2024 draft (15:48). He also shares his prediction for the game on Sunday (23:33).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:25.8	Welcome to the Undercenter podcast presented by St. Xavier University.
0:29.5	Always fortunate and lucky to join with my guy Bears beat reporter, Alex Shapiro.
0:31.8	Follow him to Alex Shapiro, NBCS.
0:34.7	Claire Flippily, of course, is running the show and taking care of us.
0:37.9	And we're broadcasting live from the NBC podcast studios. Now, listen, I hope you enjoyed this because friend of the show and taking care of us, and we're broadcasting live from the NBC podcast studios.
0:42.6	Now, listen, I hope you enjoyed this because friend of the show from the Atlanta Journal Constitution has rejoined us, all right? And that's the Dear Orlando Ledbetter, follow him
0:47.4	at De Orlando, AJC. Dear Landau, how are you doing today, my man? Oh, I'm doing great, doing great
0:53.7	guys, just, you know, post-Christmas
0:56.7	depression sitting in, getting back to the real life. But other than that, doing okay.
1:03.4	All right. So the Falcons are traveling here to face the bears on the lakefront at noon this
1:07.8	upcoming Sunday, De Orlando. Tell us, what's the state of the Falcons right now?
1:12.5	Yeah, it's a team that's been a little bit schizophrenic this year,
1:16.9	losing a lot of bad games to Tennessee, Arizona, to Vikings.
1:22.8	The Vikings with Joshua Dobbs being signed off the street.
1:26.9	And then they went out and, you know,
1:29.0	beat a good Colts team, beat Houston earlier, beat Green Bay earlier. So yeah, just a kind of a young
1:35.3	team trying to find their way, find it so much so they had to bench the quarterback and, you know,
1:41.8	hitch their wagon to, you know, Tyler Heineke, a, you know, career
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