Ep. 263: Previewing Bears-Chargers with ex-LA LB Kyle Emanuel

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

JJ Stankevitz is joined by former Charges linebacker Kyle Emanuel to break down how Los Angeles will try to scheme against the Bears' offense (1:43), if this is a good opportunity for the Bears to get their run game going (2:50) and the impact of All-Pro safety Derwin James' absence (5:04). Then the focus turns to the offense and what makes Philip Rivers so effective (8:26), what Russell Okung's return means for the offense (10:12) and if Melvin Gordon's holdout is still affecting his play (11:28). The pod finishes with Emanuel's thoughts on the Bears after spending four years in the league (16:00). 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	Hey everyone, I'm J.J. Stankovits and welcome in to the Bears Chargers preview edition of the
0:09.2	Undercenter podcast brought to you by Sprinkler Fitter's Union Local 281. On this pod, I'm joined by
0:14.8	former Chargers linebacker Kyle Emanuel to get his take on how L.A. will scheme to stop the Bears' offense.
0:21.5	What not having all-pro safety, Derwin James, has meant for this Chargers defense,
0:26.2	how Philip Rivers keeps chugging along, the impact of Russell O'Coon coming back,
0:30.5	and just overall what's gone wrong with the 2-and-5 Chargers in 2019.
0:35.1	All that and more on the Under Center podcast starting right now.
0:39.8	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question. It means everything to me.
0:45.6	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:54.7	The history of it.
0:55.8	I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises
0:59.9	just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
1:03.7	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the running back
1:11.9	positions with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those
1:15.5	footsteps.
1:16.6	So being a bear means everything.
1:18.6	We want more for you said.
1:26.1	All right, Kyle, thanks for joining us.
1:27.7	And before we start, a note to the listeners that you can file Kyle on Twitter at Kyle
1:31.6	Emanuel 51 and can listen to his thoughts on the Chargers on the Believe in Chargers
1:36.9	podcast on the Believe Podcast network.
1:39.5	That's spelled B-L-E-A-V.
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