Welcome into an under center podcast special. I'm JJ Stankovitz for NBC Sports Chicago. We've got two

interviews to bring to you on the pod today. First of one-on-one chat I had with Bears quarterback Mitch

Chubisky and an event for Gone Rogue high protein chips

last weekend by Wrigley Field. We covered everything from his thoughts on the Jordan Howard

trade to his thoughts on Game of Thrones because it's main we don't really need to be completely

serious about the Bears just yet. After the break, Luke Stuckmire and I had a chance to catch up

with Akeem Hicks on our weekly Facebook Live show and got his take on how

Matt Nagy's message to the team has been received in year two and who he thinks is going to win

the home run derby at his charity softball event in June besides himself. We had a lot of fun with both

of these and I hope you enjoy them. So first, here's my interview with Bears quarterback Mitch

Chubisky. All right, Mitch, so you went zero dark 10 last year, no social media, you're now back on social media,

you're here for Gone Rogue. What about the Gone Rogue brand brought you to sponsor them on social media?

Yeah, it's awesome brand, awesome new product. It's going to be the best new snack out there.

Chicago-based company, so I'm happy to be teamed up with them.

Excited for their launch. It's a healthy snack.

It's basically a piece of chicken that's been sliced, baked, and smoked, and then flavored,

and it's got the texture and consistency of a chip, but it's healthy like beef jerky.

So 17 grams of protein per bag.

It's that healthy snack that you need in between great meals and I've

been using it in my off season for training before workouts, after workouts, just to get that healthy

snack in between meals and it tastes really good as well. So people got to check it out and see what's

all about because I know people love chips, but you need that healthy substitute and this is

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