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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Ep. 179: Bears seem to close door on Cody Parkey, but not Kareem Hunt

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

JJ Stankevitz, John “Moon” Mullin and Cam Ellis digest Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace’s end-of-season press conference at Halas Hall, including the pair leaving the door open for signing Kareem Hunt, Nagy’s criticism of Cody Parkey, the hiring of Chuck Pagano and more. 0:30: Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy leave the door open for signing Kareem Hunt8:15: Nagy was not happy with Cody Parkey’s “TODAY” show appearance. Is he done in Chicago?16:00: What should we expect from Chuck Pagano as he takes over the Bears’ defense?26:00: Odds and ends on Bryce Callahan and Leonard Floyd as the offseason beginsSee 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.

0:11.3

I'm JJ Stankovic, joined, as always at Hallis Halls Hall by John Moon, Mullen, and Cam Ellis.

0:16.0

We just got done with Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy's end-of-the-season press conference,

0:20.3

eight days after the end of the season.

0:22.6

A lot has happened between the Cody Parky double doink and today.

0:29.3

Bears have a new defensive coordinator. Their kicker went on the Today Show and apparently pissed off his head coach.

0:35.4

But the first thing I want to start off with today from

0:38.1

Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy is that neither Pace nor Nagy was willing to shut the door on Kareem Hunt

0:45.2

and the possibility that he would wind up in Chicago. Now, there are some details to this

0:51.3

that kind of go beyond what Pace and Nagy had to say today.

0:56.5

The first being Kareem Hunt is currently on the exempt list.

0:59.5

The commissioner is exempt list.

1:00.9

He will be until he is eventually suspended by the NFL.

1:06.0

Depending on who you read, who you talk to, that could be a six-game suspension.

1:09.5

It could potentially be more.

1:18.0

After he was filmed shoving and kicking a woman outside of his apartment in Cleveland,

1:24.7

the video was published by TMZ. He was released by the Kansas City Chief shortly thereafter.

1:30.4

And, I mean, look, he's a guy who also has an incident where he allegedly punched a man from another off-season incident. So he's got quite a bit of baggage. That being said,

1:37.9

he did lead the NFL with 1,327 rushing yards while Matt Nagy was the chief's offensive coordinator

1:43.3

in 2017. He and Mitch

1:45.6

Trubisky know each other. They played against each other in the suburbs of Cleveland growing up.

1:50.7

He's a guy who would fit any offense, but has, again, that off-field baggage. And it's not,

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