Bears vs Texans preview: Houston Chronicle’s John McClain on Deshaun Watson

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Bears are looking to stop their longest losing streak since 2002 with a win vs Houston. Playing against Deshaun Watson brings back nightmares from the 2017 draft as Mitch Trubisky gets another opportunity to face a fellow member of that class. To help preview the matchup, veteran NFL writer for the Houston Chronicle, John McClain joins JJ Stankevitz and Cam Ellis to discuss the issues the Texans have had this year, who will win the QB matchup on Sunday, and Watson's view on the Bears. (1:55) - Remembering the 2017 NFL draft and combine (8:34) - Fan hope in Houston and Watson vs hope in Trubisky in Chicago (14:38) - What does this game mean to Deshaun Watson? (17:35) - Matchups to look at in this game (21:20) - Will Watson remember what the Bears did forever? (28:10) - How will the Bears' secondary keep Watson in check? (34:30) - Will a loss to Watson for a 7th loss in a row be the bow on top of a bad season?See 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 JJ Stankovits and welcome in to another edition of the Undercenter podcast, brought to you by St. Xavier University.
0:11.0	On this episode, Cam Ellis and I are joined by the Dean of the Houston Texans beat John McLean to get some insight into Deshawn Watson and how the Texans quarterback is going to be approaching
0:21.1	Sunday's game against the Bears. Then Cam and I dive into that game in which the Bears are
0:25.9	home underdogs to a team with a worse record than them. All that and more on the Undercenter
0:31.2	podcast starting right now. What does it mean to be a Chicago bear? It means rich tradition, black and blue division,
0:40.3	defense. I think it's the one franchise that when you think about them, being a defensive
0:46.3	player myself, I think that's the first thing you go to.
0:48.3	Legends, linebackers, defensive linemen, dominant players.
0:55.0	The history of it.
0:56.0	I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises,
1:00.0	just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
1:04.0	I mean, what more can you say?
1:10.0	All right, it is a pleasure to welcome to the Undercenter podcast.
1:13.2	John McLean from the Houston Chronicle.
1:14.8	He has been covering the NFL for 45 years, knows more about this game than most anyone
1:20.2	who is a reporter covering this league.
1:22.8	John, thank you so much for taking the time today.
1:25.1	My pleasure.
1:25.7	Thank you for having me.
1:27.1	So obviously the news
1:29.4	cycle in Chicago this week is back on the 2017 draft and the Bears decision to not really scout
1:39.8	Deshawn Watson in a thorough manner. The Chicago Tribune had a very long and well-reported article up on Wednesday about it.
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