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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Ep. 224: Training Camp Daily: Kickin’ in the rain

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

JJ Stankevitz and Cam Ellis go over a crummy day in Bourbonnais in this episode of the Under Center Podcast.Elliott Fry missed a couple kicks in the rain, but Matt Nagy wasn't going to let the weather be an excuse (0:50), however Fry did make several good kicks, too. The rain wasn't going to shorten practice, either, because Soldier Field is often a nasty place to play (2:25). Guys in the middle of the depth chart enjoyed good days at practice (3:35), plus, is Mike Davis running under the radar with all the focus on Tarik Cohen and David Montgomery (7:05)? Then, the training camp jersey of the day is revealed (10:20).In the second half of the podcast, JJ joins David Kaplan and David Haugh to interview Akiem Hicks (12:40). Hicks explains how success can be harder to manage than failure (13:20), why he decided to sign with the Bears in 2016 (14:35), the advice he got that helps him take care of his body (16:35), his Madden rating (19:50), how Ryan Pace prioritizes high-character players (22:05), and much more.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 Training Camp Daily edition of the Under Center podcast, presented by St. Xavier University.

0:11.9

I'm J.J. Stankovitz, joined here in Bourbonnet by Cam Ellis, where we just got done watching another Bears practice, because that's what we do.

0:19.2

In Burbinay, we watch the Bears practice. Let's start with this, Cam. It was a really, really crappy day.

0:25.6

Yeah.

0:26.6

It poured pretty much all throughout practice. There was a crossed wind blowing across the field.

0:31.6

And Elliot Frye, hey, credit to him, he still made eight of ten field goals, including one from 50 yards.

0:37.9

Now, on the two misses he had, the first miss was from 38, there might have been an issue with the

0:42.5

snap there. The second one, he just straight up slipped and fell. And, you know, you can sort of

0:48.4

say, well, the conditions weren't great for that. But Matt Aggie was not willing to excuse

0:52.7

Elliot Fry for that. In fact, it's more of a good

0:55.0

thing that Elliot Fry made the kicks that he did in the conditions he did because this is Chicago.

1:01.5

It is a great summer city, but the Bears do not play in the summer. So you're talking about

1:05.9

somebody who's going to have to make field goals potentially in driving rain, in a snowstorm,

1:13.0

in, you know, really terrible crosswind.

1:17.6

So, hey, for Elliot Fry, not a bad showing today, given the conditions that he may have to face if he's the bear's kicker sometime this season.

1:19.2

No, I think you're exactly right in the point that, yeah, when is it, when is kicking

1:22.8

at Soldier ever been easy or convenient or whatever word you want to say?

1:26.9

It's always going to be crappy. And I think,

1:29.0

especially the footing was a great sort of simulation of what Soldier Field can be. Are you saying

1:33.8

the turf at Soldier Field is bad?

1:36.2

Don't take it out of my mouth. But yes. And the plan, I mean, I have eight, six guys slipped

1:43.1

at certain points during the practice. It was a lot of

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