Bears coach Matt Eberflus reveals Chase Claypool is not practicing this week and gives some clues as to why, while Cole Kmet reacts.
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00:02 - Thought it was best for the team.
00:11 You know, in terms of transpired,
00:13 what transpired is that we informed him
00:14 as he was inactive and he was not gonna be
00:17 with the team at the game at that point.
00:20 And then we informed him this morning
00:21 that he was not gonna be here this week.
00:22 Yeah, right now we're just having him stay,
00:25 you know, not be in the building this week.
00:28 And then again, Ryan does all the trades and transactions
00:31 and we'll decide that as we go forward.
00:33 Yeah, I would just say that, you know,
00:35 what we think is best for the team
00:37 and how we operate here as a football team,
00:39 you know, the Chicago Bears, you know,
00:40 when I came here day one, right,
00:42 I talked about, you know, being on time,
00:45 you know, being respectful and working hard.
00:46 And that to me is important for every individual,
00:51 if it's a staff member, a player, or, you know, or a coach.
00:54 And that's where we are.
00:56 And we feel right now this is the best decision for us
00:58 because it's a conversation between us, me, him, and Ryan.
01:02 - Yeah, just unfortunate.
01:03 I mean, obviously Chase is a really close friend of mine
01:07 and I've known him for a long time,
01:08 going back to college.
01:11 And, you know, really unfortunate
01:13 that it's kind of had to pan out the way it has so far.
01:16 But obviously, you know, coach and Ryan
01:19 are making a decision that they feel is best
01:20 for the football team.
01:21 And yeah, so that's just kind of where it's at with it.
01:24 I can't speak to that.
01:26 Nothing specifically that I can remember
01:29 in terms of like an outburst or anything like that.
01:32 That being said, I know with what we're going through
01:34 right now, guys are frustrated and, you know,
01:37 Chase is an emotional guy, an emotional player,
01:40 and things tend to come out with him like that.
01:42 But I mean, I can't speak to anything
01:47 in terms of happening in practice this past week
01:49 where there was an outburst or anything.
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