Dave Wannstedt reflects on his time covering the Bears with NBC Sports Chicago

>> THIS IS A SIDE-BY-SIDE OF ME, @#I LOOK VERY FAMILIAR, BAC IN THE DAY, WITH THE DARKER HAIR. >> I WAS SPEECHLESS, I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. INCREDIBLE. I CAME HERE BEFORE JOHN WAS RUNNING THE SHOW, IT WAS KEVIN CROSS, AND @#MY MOTHER -- MY WI WOULD SAY, WHAT TIME IS YOUR SHOW? I WOULD SAY 4:00, I WOULD BE LEAVING AT 1:00, AND I WAS 20 MINUTES FROM HERE, I WOULD COME DOWN AND HAVE MY COFFEE AND SIT WITH KEVIN CROSS AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT @#THE BEARS AND COWBOYS, AND THEN I WOULD WORK MY WAY BACK, I WOULD COME HERE TO SEE EVERYBODY. BUT I GOT TO KNOW EVERYBODY @# FROM KEVIN, WE HAVE BECOME FRIENDS, WE WOULD SHARE CIGARS, WE WOULD GO ON GOLF DATES TOGETHER, IT HAS REALLY BEEN SPECIAL. IT WAS NEVER A JOB TO ME. I ALWAYS ENJOYED COMING HERE BECAUSE OF @#THE PEOPLE AND WHE YOU HAVE GOOD PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH, IT IS NOT WORK. YOU JUST ENJOY BEING THERE AND I'M GOING FROM THE TOP PEOPLE TO THE CREW I'M WORKING WITH LIKE YOURSELF, AND ALEX, GETTING TO KNOW LANCE AND ALEX IN THAT ERA OF @#BEARS FOOTBALL SO I'M KIND OF TIED IN WITH THE SUPER BOWL DIES BACK IN THE 80s, THAT ERA HERE, THAT BROUGHT ME BACK, GETTING TO KNOW THOSE GUYS AND TELLING @# STORIES YEAH, MEMORIES ON ALL LEVELS OF THIS PLACE.>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, WITH ALL OF FOOTBALL ON THIS SHOW OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES OR SO, IS THERE A MOMENT IN HISTORY THAT STAND OUT TO YOU AS @#SOMETHING THAT WAS A DOUBLE DOINK?>> I REMEMBER I WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE, AND I HAD ABOUT FIVE SHOWS SCHEDULED, AND WE @#WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR PLAYOFF SCHEDULE AND THE MONEY WE WERE GOING TO MAKE EXTRA. AND THAT WAS A DOUBLE DOINK. WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND KEVIN WALKED IN AND SAID WELL GUYS, IT WAS A GREAT YEAR, THE # SEASON IS OVER. THAT WAS IT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE TEXANS BEAT THEM AND WE GOT THE NUMBER ONE PICK, BOTH OF THOSE SITUATIONS REALLY WILL BE MEMORIES FOR LIFE, BECAUSE THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY BIG MOMENTS FOR THE BEARS FRANCHISE. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN @# THIS DOCUMENTARY STARTED FOR THE BEARS TEAM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD YEARS OF SUCCESS, BUT THAT WAS THE MOMENT OF EVERYTHING FALLING INTO PLACE FOR THIS TEAM. WHAT IS YOUR EXCITEMENT LEVEL ABOUT THE FUTURE AND POTENTIAL SUCCESS WITH @#THIS FRANCHISE? >> WELL, IT HAS BEEN A SHORT TIME SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH THAT IF YOU ARE A REAL FOOTBALL FAN, YOU UNDERSTAND THE GAME AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE PERSONNEL, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAD DONE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE @#GOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, THIS WASN'T A SITUATION WHERE YOU END UP WITH A FIRST-ROUND PICK AND WE TAKE THE GUY AND EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY, THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST PICK WITH CALEB WILLIAMS. NO, RYAN HAS DONE A LOT, AND THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF DEVELOPING THESE @#PICKS AND TH IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. SO ALREADY, THOSE GUYS IN MY MIND HAVE EARNED THE TRUST OF THE CHICAGO BEARS FANS WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING. >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOUR COVERAGE, @#YOU WILL KE US UP-TO-DATE WITH THE SCORE, WE WILL SEE YOU ALL OVER THE PLACE. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO COME BE A PART OF THE FAMILY AND @#I APPRECIAT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME ABOUT FOOTBALL AND I APPRECIATE THE MENTORSHIP THAT YOU

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