Alan Williams resigns, Justin Fields’ comments about Bears’ coaching staff shake Halas Hall

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Kenneth Davis, Josh Schrock and Alex Shapiro hop on an emergency episode of the Under Center podcast to recap a wild, bizarre day at Halas Hall. They discuss Alan Williams' resignation from defensive coordinator and the circumstances surrounding the announcement. They also dive into Justin Fields' honest diagnosis for his early struggles, a conversation with the coaches, and a vow to say “F it” and play free. Finally, they talk about Braxton Jones' neck injury and the release of quarterback Nathan Peterman1:20 - Alan Williams resigns and social media runs wild17:00 - Justin Fields speaks candidly about offensive Bears' struggles then clarifies afterward34:30 - Braxton Jones gets put on IR and may miss the season38:45 - Nate Davis returns to the team41:00 - Nathan Peterman has been releasedSee 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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0:13.0	St. Xavier University.
0:31.6	I'm always fortunate enough to be joined by our Bears insider Josh Schrock,
0:34.8	follow him in Shrock underscore and underscore of course course, our Bears beat reporter, Alex Shapiro.
0:39.7	Follow him at Alex Shapiro NBCS.
0:41.8	Tony Gill is running the pod, and we are broadcasting virtually from the NBC podcast studios.
0:47.0	This is an emergency pod.
0:48.8	This wasn't something we were expecting to do.
0:51.6	We had a lot on our desk today, and this popped up, but we had to come to you and talk about the ongoing at Alice Hall and wherever else things may be going on.
1:02.2	Definitely going to talk about Justin Fields and his two press conferences.
1:06.7	We're going to talk about what Matt Eberfluz had to say.
1:09.6	We're going to talk about injuries, but, you know had to say. We're going to talk about injuries.
1:11.0	But, you know, we'd be remiss if we didn't lead off with probably the wildest thing that took place today.
1:16.6	And that was Bear's defensive or former Bears defensive coordinator, I should say, Alan Williams' resignation.
1:23.8	There was a lot of rumors swirling around prior to his resignation. And the is putting out a statement, a brief statement, I should say, about said resignation.
1:33.4	This was a crazy day.
1:35.6	I think this is a day for anybody that's not like these two scribes right here in journalists.
1:41.3	It's a day to be careful with what you retweet and what you post.
1:46.0	And I'll let them to discuss it.
1:47.8	So Josh, why don't you go ahead and break into the Allen Williams discussion earlier real quick today.
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