Ep. 256: London losers: Bears fall flat vs Raiders

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The Bears defense simply could not stop Josh Jacobs and the Raiders' run game in a 24-21 loss in London. Olin Kreutz, Matt Forte, Lance Briggs and Alex Brown join Laurence Holmes to discuss why the Bears couldn't stop the run, what to do with the quarterback situation, and where the team goes from here heading into a bye week with a tough schedule on the horizon.0:45 - Why did Raiders run ball so well vs. Bears?3:25 - Is Eddie Goldman the heartbeat of the Bear defense?7:14 - How did the London factor play into the Bears loss? 9:00 - Evaluating Chase Daniel's game16:40 - Looking at the Bears upcoming schedule 20:00 - Should Nagy hand over playcalling duties?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	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.
0:07.0	It means everything to me.
0:09.0	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:18.0	The history of it.
0:19.0	I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises,
0:22.6	just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
0:26.6	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise,
0:32.6	the story franchise of the running back position,
0:35.6	with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton
0:37.7	and being able to follow in those footsteps. So being a bear means everything.
0:42.0	I mean, what more can you say?
0:54.0	Welcome into the under center podcast, which is presented by the sprinkler fitters union local 281.
1:00.0	I'm Lauren Holmes, joined by former Bears, Olin Kruits, Matt Forte, Lance Briggs, and Alex Brown.
1:06.5	The Bears lost their game in London to the Raiders 24 to 21.
1:12.3	All throughout the week on the radio show, I was talking a little bit about how I felt like Oakland was a little bit better than people were expecting.
1:20.3	Even with that, I don't know I was expecting them to come out and run the ball the way that they did.
1:26.4	Olin, why were they so successful against the Bears' defense?
1:29.6	Well, first of all, I will confirm that.
1:32.6	Last week, I said, well, they got Oakland next week,
1:34.6	and you were like, they're better than they think.
1:36.5	Lawrence was when I thought Lawrence was crazy,
1:38.7	which he is, but he was right.
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