Depression, death, and triumph, the Erik Kramer story pt. 1

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The story of Erik Kramer is one of triumph but also of pain. The former Bears quarterback and holder of one of the greatest individual seasons in Bears history joins Ken Davis in a two-part series to discuss his career in the NFL, the death of his parents, the tragic death of his son, his battle with depression, and how he's fighting every day to improve. (2:30) - Kramer discusses his Bears career and the magical 1995 season(11:30) - Breaking down Justin Fields as a quarterback(17:15) - Kramer on recognizing he needed help mentally in 1994(25:00) - Kramer discusses his relationship with his parents(30:00) - Losing a son(39:00) - Kramer on the strides he's making and how he's helping othersSee 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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0:00.0	St. Xavier University is for students who want more out of their future.
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0:13.7	St. Xavier University, the best in you. Welcome to the Under Center
0:26.6	Welcome to the Under Center podcast presented by St. Xavier University.
0:31.6	The show being run by Tony Gill and the Big Boss Dice.
0:35.6	Michael Allen Dice here. I am Kenneth Davis.
0:38.4	And on this episode, we're extremely fortunate to be joined by former Bears and Detroit Lions.
0:43.4	I know charges, but I'm a former Bears and Detroit Lions quarterback, Eric Kramer.
0:48.0	Make sure you follow him at E.K. Pass.
0:51.0	And listen, you joined in to the stream yard and we were already educating tony on who
0:57.8	ericramer was all right now not taking a shot at you sir but we've been so bad here that
1:03.7	it there's you're a legend in some ways here all right like i don't even remember it's like 95 i'm
1:09.3	still a high you can you don't have to paraphrase it by
1:11.5	saying that. You're just say, I am a legend. You're a legend. You're a legend. Listen, I'm still in high
1:16.9	school. I've been a starved bears fan, right? Like starved, starved, and particularly offensively, right?
1:24.6	I remember when the bears got you, because I think, I guess at that point,
1:28.5	I don't know if the Detroit Lions had moved to Scott Mitchell being the guy, but I remember
1:32.7	you being with the lines going up against Rodney, Pete, and Andre Ware, and the gang where you
1:37.4	beat the Cowboys. So you were on the radar as far as, so they bring in Eric Kramer?
1:42.5	Okay. Right. You know, like usually you get, usually your team, it said they're going they bring in an Eric Kramer okay right you know like usually you get that
1:45.4	usually your team and said they're going to bring in a quarterback and you're kind of like oh
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