Ep. 289: Will the Bears be honest with themselves?

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

NBC Sports Chicago's Eric Strobel is in for host Laurence Holmes and he is joined by NBC Sports Chicago writer Bryan Perez as they discuss the changes that need to be made for the Bears and if the Bears will even acknowledge them.(2:10) - A fitting end to the season for the Bears(6:14) - Chiefs game felt like the final straw(9:36) - Mitch Trubisky is just a guy(11:30) - Quarterback options for the Bears in the off-season(17:58) - Ryan Pace putting ego over winning(20:46) - Bears hand holding Mitch TrubiskySee 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 the under center podcast brought to you by Sprinkler Fitters Union Local 281.
0:11.5	Lawrence Holmes is on vacation this week.
0:13.7	So Eric Strobel here hosting the pod.
0:16.5	I'm one of the Bears producers here at NBC Sports Chicago.
0:19.7	Today we're going to talk to one of our writers, Brian Perez.
0:23.0	He joined us just before the season.
0:24.6	He's been bringing us great content.
0:26.4	He's going to give us some great insight.
0:28.2	Obviously, we're coming off a very disappointing loss to the Chiefs on Sunday night football.
0:32.2	And there's a lot of questions heading into the season finale.
0:34.6	We're going to dive into Mitch Trubisky.
0:37.1	What kind of
0:37.6	options might the bears realistically have in the off season? Nagy's sophomore slump, what we want to
0:43.6	see in week 17 as the bears close out the season against the Vikings. It's coming right up here on
0:48.5	the under center podcast. What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question. It means everything to me.
0:56.0	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
1:05.0	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,
1:11.6	honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
1:14.0	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the
1:21.6	running back position with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow
1:25.3	in those footsteps. So being a bear means everything.
1:28.8	I mean, what more can you say?
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