Hey everyone, I'm J.J. Stankovitz, and on this edition of the Undercenter podcast brought to you by Sprinkler Fitter's Union Local 281, John Moon, Mal and Cam Ellis, and I ask, is Mitch Trubisky bad, or is he bad because his offense is bad? Either way, there's a lot of bad going around the bears right now and we try to figure out

if the 2019 bears are still fixable.

All that and more on the Under Center podcast starting right now.

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

franchise is just kind of blows my mind, honestly 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.

And what more can you say?

All right, so Moon, you wrote about this topic on NBC Sports Chicago, an article that everyone

listening to this can read on the website. How do we separate Mitch Trubisky's struggles from

the overall struggles of the Bears' offense?

It's an important question, one that has far-reaching implications beyond this season into 2020,

2021, and beyond. So I'll give you the floor, moon. Is the Bears' offense bad because of Mitch

Trubisky, or is it bad no matter who the quarterback is?

At this point, probably no matter who the quarterback is, and enough has been said, written,

and everything else about the offensive line, for instance, or the play calling.

So I really tried to isolate on Turbisky, pull the camera back, and is he that bad?

And like coaches also often say, when you look at the film,

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