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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Olin Kreutz on the new Bears, and win now for Nagy and Pace

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Olin Kreutz joins the podcast to discuss the new additions to the offensive line, if the Bears will commit to the run in 2020, and how the Nick Foles and Mitchell Trubisky competition will play out this season. Plus, Olin explains why the 2020 season might feel a little like Last Chance U, and how the potential lack of an offseason program will impact the Bears. (1:18) How will Germain Ifedi fit into the offensive line(3:54) The state of the Bears run game(10:47) Why Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace need to win now(15:40) Olin on the QB competition(16:57) How Robert Quinn and Nick Foles put the Bears in competition for the NFC North (20:19) Olin compares Halas Hall to “Last Chance U”(22:14) The impact of potentially not having an offseason programSee 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 JJ Stankovits and welcome in to another edition of the Undercenter podcast presented by Sprinkler Fitter's Union Local 281.

0:11.1

On this episode, I'm joined by Olin Kruits to look at if the bears are actually going to commit to the run in 2020

0:16.1

and how the Mitch Trubisky and Nick Foll's competition will play out this year.

0:21.1

Plus, Owen explains why the 2020 season might feel a little bit like Last Chance You.

0:26.2

All that and more on the Undercenter podcast starting right now.

0:29.4

What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.

0:33.7

It means everything to me.

0:34.8

That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.

0:43.8

The history of it.

0:44.8

I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this is one of the first franchises, just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.

0:52.8

The city, just the nostalgia

0:56.7

of playing for a story franchise the story franchise of the running back position with guys like

1:02.3

gale sairs and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps so being a bear

1:06.8

means everything then what more can you say?

1:15.9

All right, Olin, let's start here.

1:20.7

On Wednesday, the Bears agreed to sign Germain Afetti to a one-year deal.

1:22.7

That's per NFL Network, seeing Rappaport.

1:27.1

He's a guy who's played a lot of tackle with the Seahawks, but did start his career as a guard.

1:28.1

How do you see him fitting in to the Bears' offensive line room that desperately does need some competition at right guard this year?

1:36.2

Yeah, I think that's exactly what it's going to be, right?

1:38.9

He's going to compete the right guard, probably with Rashad Coward or Alex Barr's, you know, big guy, right, 6-6, 330.

1:47.4

A lot of guys, I think, coming out of college, a lot of guys thought he would be a guard,

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