Bears denounce Urlacher comments and position battles wrap up

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Over the weekend, Hall of Famer Brain Urlacher faced backlash for comments he made about the shooting of Jacob Blake on social media. The Bears quickly distanced themselves from Urlacher, with both current and former Bears players speaking out about the remarks. To start the podcast, JJ Stankevitz and Cam Ellis discuss those comments and the Bears' reaction to them. Later on, JJ and Cam dive into the ongoing position battles and debate what questions still need to be answered as training camp heads into its final week.(2:00) - Robert Quinn discusses social justice and football(8:00) - Brian Urlacher's social media comments(17:40) - Bears locker room is as close as ever this year(27:00) - If Allen Robinson is out who do the Bears have at wide receiver?(37:50) - Robert Quinn in training campSee 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 J.J. Stankovits and welcome into another edition of the Undercenter podcast, brought to you by St. Xavier University.
0:11.8	On this episode, Cam Ellis and I look at the increasing social justice movement in the NFL.
0:18.5	We begin the podcast there. We then talk about what Brian Erlacher did on
0:22.3	Instagram last week. And then we talk some football. We've got a Saturday scrimmage report and
0:28.0	some unanswered questions about the 2020 Chicago Bears two weeks before the season starts in
0:33.4	Detroit. All that on the Under Center podcast starting right now. What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question. It means everything to me.
0:41.9	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:51.0	The history of it. I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises, just
0:57.0	kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
1:00.0	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the
1:08.0	running back position with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps.
1:12.9	So being a bear means everything.
1:14.9	And what more can you say?
1:20.9	This episode of the Undercenter podcast is brought to you by St. Xavier University.
1:25.9	Okay, Cam, I want to start the podcast here because I noticed
1:29.0	in some of our reviews on Apple Podcasts that we've got some people who aren't super happy
1:37.1	that we're talking about another incident of police shooting a black man or brutalizing a black man or woman
1:49.3	and saying that this is supposed to be a football podcast. I, you know, I came here for football.
1:55.5	Well, I'm sorry, but football and social justice are very much interconnected. And all you have to do is
2:05.0	listen to what Robert Quinn bears outside linebacker, five-year contract, $70 million,
2:10.5	said when I asked him about football being a distraction from social justice issues. So I'm
2:16.6	to start the podcast here.
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