Welcome in to another edition of the Under Center podcast on NBCSportchicago.com.

I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined here at our downtown studios by Alex Brown,

former defensive end for the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints.

A.B., we're here to talk about Ryan Pace getting a two-year contract extension.

That takes him through 2021.

Your first reaction to the news that came out as Ted Phillips kind of talked and then said,

we're giving Ryan Pace this two-year contract extension.

It's awesome.

And I mean, I know Ryan personally, so I like it. I'm glad he he's around I think he's just looking at

where this team was or where this roster was just a few years ago I think he's I

think they're headed in the right direction now you see some young talented

players both on both sides of the football now you just got to get the right guy

in here to lead them.

And add some more pieces, too, because we don't have that dominant.

Hicks is a dominant player.

I think Hicks is there.

Treveiton is a really good player.

Goldman.

But that dominant player on both sides of the ball.

One on offense, one on defense.

I love Joy and Howard, but I don't know if he's like

that superstar, that superstar. We need a superstar on both sides of football. And if we can get that,

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