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.

I mean, what more can you say?

Welcome into the Undercenter podcast, presented by Sprinkley Fitter's Local Union 281.

I'm Lawrence Holmes sitting alongside Alex Brown, Lance Briggs, Matt Forte, and Olin Croutes as we break down

week one's loss to the Packers 10 to 3.

Do I even need to give a question here?

All of it, right, guys?

I mean, the answer is all of that.

If you're not going to play in the preseason, the only way you can be right is have a good game.

You're wrong if you play bad. Alex said on a pre-game show that they had to play in the preseason. We were all saying, look,

I mean, that's what everybody does nowadays. But you come out in performance like that,

where it looks like your offense line doesn't know who to block on some blitzes.

Which is not getting the ball out on time. You're giving the ball to Cordell Patterson on third down, right?

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