Tom Waddle on who wins the Bears QB competition

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Host Laurence Holmes is joined by former Bears wide receiver and host of the Waddle & Silvy show on ESPN AM 1000, Tom Waddle as they do a deep dive on the issues with Mitch Trubisky, who wins the starting QB job for the Bears, and Tom makes a career comparison to Steve Kerr in the Last Dance.(5:30) - How can Trubisky be a better quarterback?(10:00) - How can the QB competition be fair for the Bears(14:00) - Nick Foles has an advantage over Mitch Trubisky(16:10) - Will Robert Quinn have an instant impact as a Bear(21:00) - Tom Waddle compares his role with the Bears with Steve Kerr's role with the BullsSee 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, we asked Tom Waddle how the bears can have a fair quarterback competition.
0:12.3	That's coming up next.
0:16.4	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.
0:22.1	It means everything to me. That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:30.6	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
0:37.6	mind honestly that was able to be a part of that the city just the nostalgia of
0:44.2	playing for a story franchise the story franchise of the running back position with
0:49.1	guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps
0:52.6	so being a bear means everything.
0:55.3	Then what more can you say?
1:01.1	The Undercenter podcast is brought to you by Sprinkler Fitter's Union Local 281.
1:06.4	I'm Lawrence Holmes and I'm really excited because I've never had the chance to do this before.
1:11.6	Along with working at NBC Sport Chicago, I also do a radio show on the score.
1:16.5	And as long as I've been at the score, Tom Waddle has been over at AM 1000 ESPN.
1:22.2	So we've never really had a chance to do a crossover.
1:27.5	I think we've been on the final word together maybe once.
1:31.3	I came in as a guest over at Fox,
1:34.1	but Tom's been doing sports in Chicago very well for a very long time.
1:39.2	And it was great for us to talk about the Bears.
1:41.9	So that's what the entire episode is about, and where the Bears are as a franchise. We also talk a little bit about the bears. So that's what the entire episode is about, where the bears are as a franchise.
1:46.0	We also talk a little bit about the last dance because he sees some parallels with himself
1:52.2	and one of the particulars in the last dance.
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