Ep. 170: The Bears aren’t taking their foot off the gas

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

JJ Stankevitz, John “Moon” Mullin and Cam Ellis look at why the Bears’ culture won’t let them ease up after winning the NFC North, plus the guys look back at the 2017 draft day trade with the 49ers that got the Bears Mitch Trubisky. Also, Bay Area News Group columnist Dieter Kurtenbach joins the pod to talk about how Oakland is handling the Khalil Mack trade now that the Bears are good, and why San Francisco still has something to play for this weekend. 0:55: Moon’s covered playoff teams before, so what is he looking for out of the Bears over these next two games?3:25: We get the impression winning the NFC North didn’t actually matter much to the Bears, which is a good thing6:00: Re-visiting the trade that got the Bears Mitch Trubisky: Why revisionist history is useless when this team’s going to the playoffs13:50: Welcoming Dieter Kurtenbach of the Bay Area News Group with this question: What do people think of Jon Gruden?15:35: With the Bears’ first-round pick in 2019 will at least be in the 20s, how is the Bay Area viewing the Khalil Mack trade now?18:05: Dieter says it’s “patently hilarious” that Mack has more sacks and forced fumbled than the entire Raiders team19:50: So where will next year’s Bears-Raiders game take place? Oakland? Santa Clara? San Antonio? London?22:50: Why the 49ers still have something to play for this weekend26:50: What’s gone wrong with Solomon Thomas? 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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0:00.0	Welcome in to another edition of the Under Center podcast here on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:12.1	I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined at House Hall by John Moon-Mullen and Cam Ellis.
0:16.3	First half of this podcast is going to be us three talking about expectations for the Bears over these next two games.
0:22.0	The second half, you'll hear an interview I did with Dieter Kirtenbach of the Bay Area News Group.
0:25.9	He's a columnist out there, covers the 49ers, covers the Raiders.
0:29.1	So a lot of good stuff on Cleo Mac, how that has been received in Oakland.
0:33.1	Spoiler alert, not very well.
0:35.0	And then the 49ers going into this weekend's game.
0:37.4	But, Moon, I want to start with this.
0:39.0	You've covered Bears teams that have made the playoffs and clinched a playoff spot before the end of the season.
0:44.8	Unfortunately, not as many as probably a lot of Bears fans listening to this would like.
0:48.5	But what are you expecting to see out of the Bears over these next two games that could set them up for the playoffs come January?
0:56.1	You know, there's two areas that this falls into.
0:58.3	One is personnel and the other tangible and intangible.
1:02.2	And the tangible, who plays?
1:04.4	Do they play their starters and how important?
1:06.8	The other part is the mindset.
1:08.6	And I think you detect from Nagy that's a fire in this team. There's a real hunger to talk to some is the mindset. And I think you detect from Nagy this, there's a fire in this team.
1:13.2	There's a real hunger to talk to some of the guys that have been to other places and remarking on what it's like here.
1:18.3	What that translates into, I don't expect them to hit their foot off the gas.
1:21.8	I think we've even talked about this.
1:23.6	They have done that in the second half of the Green Bay game or after the
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