Ep. 187: As the NFL combine gets underway, what’s the Bears’ plan going forward?

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🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Producers Slavko Bekovic and Cam Ellis check in with J.J. Stankevitz -- who’s at the NFL Combine -- and the three discuss Cody Parkey, the Bears’ draft plan, how the offense should expect to progress in Year 2, and more. 0:45 – Bears confirm Cody Parkey is out2:00 – Leg strength a priority when looking at kickers?4:30 – Would the Bears consider drafting a kicker?8:00 – Ryan Pace ready for all draft scenarios but focused on best player available10:00 – Pace keeping draft strategy close to the vest15:45 – Mitchell Trubisky entering year two in Bears offense18:00 – Bears addressing inconsistent running game21:30 – How does Jordan Howard fit in 2019?23:00 – Harry Hiestand the x-factor for Bears offensive line25:00 –Bears have become an attractive free agent destination27:15 – Futures of Adrian Amos and Bryce Callahan32:00 – The switch from Vic Fangio to Chuck Pagano on defenseSee 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 into the Under Center podcast.
0:07.9	If you were craving some NFL news, some Bears news.
0:10.6	We certainly got plenty of it today.
0:12.4	The NFL combine is underway in Indianapolis.
0:15.9	We've got J.J. Stankovitz out there.
0:18.1	We'll check in with J.J. and just a sec.
0:19.7	I'm Slavko Beckovich, joined by
0:21.1	Cam Ellis. A lot to unpack from Ryan Pace, general manager and head coach Matt Nagy, addressing
0:27.3	the media today. JJ, let's start with you and let's start with the obvious, the elephant in the
0:31.9	room, which was basically just a formality at this point. Cody Parky officially gone that Pace and Nagy confirmed
0:38.8	today. Yeah, I guess the elephant's out of the room now with Cody Parky being gone. I mean,
0:44.1	like, it was untenable for the Bears to keep Cody Parky around the 10 missed kicks he had in the
0:49.5	regular season, plus obviously the double-point in the playoffs, plus the today's show appearance.
0:54.3	It only added up to a situation where Cody Parky could not kick in Chicago again in a
0:58.7	band's uniform.
1:00.1	So, you know, Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace today were very classy and wishing Cody Parky well.
1:04.3	They wanted to do it now so they could give them, you know, an opportunity to sign elsewhere
1:09.1	as opposed to, you know, they could have waited until June 1st and cut him down. They're going to use a June 1st designation,
1:15.2	which means they won't owe any extra money against the salary cap of stuff to, you know,
1:19.7	still shoulder the original cap with for Cody Packy, but there was a $1.125 million.
1:25.8	Essentially, salary cap penalty, they would have to incur by cutting him without
1:30.3	using the June 1st designation.
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