Dan Bernstein Unfiltered. Unfiltered on 312 Sports.

It's DBU on 312, Dan Bernstein unfiltered with a lot going on during a period where there usually isn't all that much going on.

We are brought to you in partnership with my bookie. The Drew

Dalman retirement yesterday through everybody for a loop trying to figure out what's next. And

I can't say enough that until we hear from Drew Dalman, it makes a lot of this sort of petty

and awkward because we need to hear exactly

why. I think it's really, really important before we move on and make this all about football

and all, what are the Bears going to do now? Where are they going to spend their money? And what are

they going to do on the trademark and what are they going to do in the draft? Let's just make sure

everything's okay first and that indeed this is just him deciding he doesn't want to play

football anymore and that he isn't being forced to do this for any reason. That it's just

completely his choice that he has, frankly, the luxury of being able to walk away from this career and this money and do something else with his life.

There are conflicting reports as to whether or not this had or has been a possibility that there was, I have seen certain reporting tinged with the idea

that, you know, maybe this is something that had come up or might have been halfway

expected because there, and I, it's indeterminate right now. I can't tell what the bears knew and what

they should be expected or have been expected to have known going into it when they signed the deal.

I mean, obviously you have assurances when you sign somebody to this three year deal and make

the commitments that you make that that person is going to play for you, but people are allowed to change their minds and that's okay and you move on.

What is interesting and presuming for the purposes of this discussion, presuming that he is okay and this is just like, you know, he lost the passion for it and this is not a sport you can play if you, if you're not passionate about it.

I mean, really any professional sport, when it's your job, you'd think about it, but this is one where the dangers inherent in it are different than other sports.

So I get it and we'll wait to hear what he did.

And maybe he won't say anything. He doesn't have to. He doesn't owe us anything.

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