Welcome into another edition of the Undercenter podcast brought to you by Sprinkler Fitter's Union Local 281. On this episode, I'm joined by Lawrence Holmes, Tony Gill, and Cam Ellis. As we talk about the state of America and the state of football following the killing of George Floyd by a police

officer in Minneapolis. I hope you stick around for this podcast. I hope you listen to it because

this is an important discussion that us four had about the state of our country, how football

looks, and what we can do going forward. So thanks for listening, and the Undercenter podcast starts right now.

What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.

It means everything to me.

That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.

The history of it.

I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises,

just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.

The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the running back position

with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps.

So being a bear means everything.

And what more can you say?

We're here with myself, Lawrence Holmes, Tony Gill, and Cam Ellis.

And before we start talking about the press conferences Bears players had today, as well

as Matt Nagy on Wednesday, and the issues that are facing our country that we desperately have to address,

Lawrence and Tony, I just want to give you guys the floor because I'm a white man driving this podcast,

and I don't know what it is like to be in your shoes at all.

So I just want to ask both of you, how are you doing?

What are your emotions? How are you feeling? Can you just put that into words if that's even possible? I kind of go back and forth

over through an emotional roller coaster. I've been talking about this for the last few days where I'm having instances of rage,

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