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A Bears pursuit of Kareem Hunt would be at odds with Matt Nagy's 'high character' mantra

Last week as Bears coach Matt Nagy hosted exit interviews with players, vetted candidates to replace defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and began recovering from a playoff loss he called "sickening," he made time for a phone call.

He reached out to former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt, whom he coached in Hunt's rookie season in Kansas City in 2017.

In the year since the pair worked together, Hunt was captured on video shoving and kicking a woman during a February argument in Cleveland. TMZ released the video in late November, and the Chiefs - led by Nagy's mentor, Andy Reid - promptly cut him,

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