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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Who are the real Bears? 2018 or 2019

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Host Laurence Holmes is joined by executive producer of Sirius XM Mad Dog Radio and Bears fan Bill Zimmerman to discuss which team is the actual Bears. Is it the high flying offense and top 5 defense of 2018, or is the disappointing and underwhelming 2019 team?(2:06) - Best and worst part of the 2019 Bears season(4:30) - Which season is the real season? 2018? 2019? (5:30) - Is Mitch good?(8:15) - Bears defense suffered when Hicks got hurt(11:10) - What can the Bears build upon if anything for 2020See 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

Coming up on the Under Center podcast, what's it like when you produce a show all about the NFL, but your heart still stays in Chicago?

0:15.2

We're going to find out all about that when we talk with Bill Zimmerman next on the Under Center podcast.

0:22.3

What it means to me to be a Chicago bear it's an easy question it means everything to me that means rich tradition

0:28.1

black and blue division defense legends linebackers the history of it mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this

0:39.4

was one of the first franchises just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part

0:43.9

of that. The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the

0:52.5

running back position with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps.

0:57.6

So being a bear means everything.

0:59.6

What more can you say?

1:05.2

Welcome into the under center podcast, which is brought to you by the Sprinkler

1:08.8

Feuders Union Local 281.

1:11.3

This week on the podcast, we talk with Bill Zimmerman.

1:15.0

Now, Bill spends his life covering the NFL.

1:19.0

He works for Mad Dog Radio on Sirius XM.

1:22.5

He loves the Bears, though.

1:24.2

That's where his heart is.

1:25.8

So you can imagine that his heart has been a little bit broken, considering the way that the Bears, though. That's where his heart is. So you can imagine that his heart has been a little

1:28.3

bit broken considering the way that the Bears play in 2019 season. I had the chance to sit down

1:35.7

with Bill face to face. We had a nice conversation talking with him about this Bears team,

1:43.6

the 2019 season, and what happens next.

1:47.6

So, enjoy a conversation with Bill Zimmerman of Sirius XM, who says in his Twitter bio

1:53.7

that he loves Lou Mountades, that he's a Lou Mountades enthusiast.

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