00:00Adam Schefter is reporting that Drew Dahlman has informed the Bears that he is retiring at age 27.
00:09Dahlman left Stanford in 2021 and after four seasons in Atlanta and one in Chicago,
00:14he has made the sudden and surprising decision to retire.
00:19That is within the minute.
00:23I cannot believe this.
00:25And there must be some further explanation because, you know, I know about retiring early.
00:35We've seen so many NFL players do this, but at the age of 27.
00:40Wow.
00:44This is a scenario that I don't think any of us plan for thinking about that it would happen.
00:50And Dahlman signed a free agent contract last year with the Bears and his work was excellent.
00:56He ended up going to the Pro Bowl.
00:59Dahlman is pivotal to this team.
01:03And now I find myself in a similar situation, except I think Frank Ragnall, that was more expected than this.
01:10Yes.
01:10This is shocking.
01:12Not even to the age of 30.
01:14He just finished his age 27 season, finishing the first year of a three-year $42 million contract.
01:21It's that part, too.
01:23We thought we were going to know Drew Dahlman's services for another two years after this.
01:29Wow.
01:32Okay.
01:33Not totally panicking here, but this is a huge concern for the Bears.
01:40And we just talked about how the priority was so clear that, oh, yeah, you need to figure out left
01:45tackle, but maybe they'll do that in-house with the pieces gone.
01:48But look at the other four members of that offensive line.
01:52And now...
01:53Well, I mean, left tackle's been very much a question mark.
01:57Now, looking at the center position, and how many times have we said, you know what?
02:01Isn't it good not to worry about center?
02:03It was me.
02:04I said it.
02:04I said I was really happy that I didn't have to worry about the center and quarterback exchange.
02:10Oh, my goodness.
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