The Bears will not pick up Mitch Trubisky’s 5th yr option

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The Bears decide not to pick up the 5th year option on their #2 overall pick Mitch Trubisky. What does that mean for Trubisky, is this a message being sent to him from Ryan Pace, how should fans react to the news? Host Laurence Holmes is joined by the entire NBCS Chicago Bears content team of JJ Stankevitz, Cam Ellis, and Eric Strobel as they discuss all of these questions and get into what does Mitch Trubisky's future in the NFL look like.(1:41) - What does it mean that the Bears aren't picking Trubisky's 5th year option up(7:50) - How will Mitch Trubisky handle this(13:45) - Why wouldn't Ryan Pace draft a potential prospect(19:40 - Should Ryan Pace have signed Andy Dolton instead of trade for Nick Foles(27:06) - Emphasis on boosting the offense this offseason(34:38) - NFL/Bears players not particularly following the "stay home" guidelinesSee 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	Coming up on the Under Center podcast, the Bears declined to pick up Mitchell Trubisky's fifth year option.
0:13.1	What does it mean?
0:14.4	The crew breaks it all down next.
0:17.6	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.
0:21.6	It means everything to me.
0:22.6	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:31.6	The history of it, I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first
0:36.6	franchises just kind of blows my mind, honestly understanding this was one of the first franchises just
0:37.9	kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
0:41.3	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the
0:49.0	running back position with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow
0:52.7	in those footsteps.
0:55.7	So being a bear means everything.
0:57.1	And what more can you say?
1:06.6	The Under Center podcast is being brought to you by Sprinkler Fitters Union Local 281,
1:09.8	serving Chicago land for over 100 years.
1:11.5	Welcome into the podcast.
1:12.4	I'm Lawrence Holmes,
1:16.7	and we brought the entire Bears content team together to talk about this story.
1:20.7	Mitchell Trubisky's fifth year option has not been picked up.
1:24.1	What does this mean for 2020 and beyond?
1:26.2	Let's get into it right now.
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