EXCLUSIVE: Coach Lovie’s bye week wiretapped voicemails

EXCLUSIVE: Coach Lovie’s bye week wiretapped voicemails
EXCLUSIVE: Coach Lovie’s bye week wiretapped voicemails

EXCLUSIVE: Coach Lovie’s bye week wiretapped voicemails

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Hey Jay. It's Coach Lovie. Pick up. (AP)

This week, the Chicago Bears had a bye. This usually means that the players are given time to rest up, visit family and do non-football related things in various parts of the country. But not Coach Lovie. He takes football very serious. And he wishes his team would do the same.

What was Coach Lovie doing on Sunday? Well, he was at home watching all the games, preparing for the second half of the season. How do I know this? Well, I tapped his phone lines…again. What can I say, I practice 21st century journalist tactics. Coach Lovie likes to analyze the games, so he calls his fellow coaches and star players to get their thoughts on other teams around the NFL. The one problem? Nobody picks up.

Today, I bring you another installment of the Coach Lovie Voicemails!