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Open Thread: Chicago Bears' John Fox and Ryan Pace will meet the media today at the NFL Combine

The NFL Combine kicks off today and so to does the parade of head coaches and general managers set to meet the media.

Can You Dig It?!?!?!
Can You Dig It?!?!?!
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The NFL released the full schedule of head coaches and general managers that will meet the media at the combine. Chicago Bears head coach John Fox will be in front the press today at 10am Chicago time with GM Ryan Pace taking his turn at 11:30am. We're talking about 15 minute intervals here, so don't expect any detailed description of drafting philosophy or schematic possibilities.

NFL.com is live streaming the interviews right here!
(h/t to J Wood)

Here's the full speaking schedule, all times listed below are Eastern Standard Time.

Wednesday, February 18

10:00 AM Kevin Colbert, Pittsburgh Steelers General Manager
10:15 AM Lovie Smith, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coach
10:30 AM Gary Kubiak, Denver Broncos Head Coach
10:45 AM Trent Baalke, San Francisco 49ers General Manager
11:00 AM John Fox, Chicago Bears Head Coach
11:15 AM Jason Licht, Tampa Bay Buccaneers General Manager
11:30 AM Steve Keim, Arizona Cardinals General Manager
11:45 AM Ken Whisenhunt, Tennessee Titans Head Coach
12:00 PM Ruston Webster, Tennessee Titans Executive Vice President and General Manager
12:15 PM Rex Ryan, Buffalo Bills Head Coach
12:30 PM Ryan Pace, Chicago Bears General Manager
12:45 PM Tom Telesco, San Diego Chargers General Manager
1:00 PM Jay Gruden, Washington Redskins Head Coach
1:15 PM Jack Del Rio, Oakland Raiders Head Coach
1:30 PM Martin Mayhew, Detroit Lions EVP of Football Operations and General Manager
1:45 PM Rick Spielman, Minnesota Vikings Executive Vice President and General Manager
2:00 PM Les Snead, St. Louis Rams General Manager
2:15 PM John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens Head Coach
2:30 PM Todd Bowles, New York Jets Head Coach
2:45 PM Mike Maccagnan, New York Jets General Manager
3:00 PM Mike Pettine, Cleveland Browns Head Coach
3:15 PM Andy Reid, Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach
3:30 PM Dave Gettleman, Carolina Panthers General Manager
4:00 PM Dennis Hickey, Miami Dolphins General Manager
4:15 PM Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys Head Coach

Thursday, February 19

10:00 AM Ted Thompson, Green Bay Packers EVP, General Manager & Director of Football Operations
10:15 AM Bruce Arians, Arizona Cardinals Head Coach
10:30 AM Ray Farmer, Cleveland Browns General Manager
11:00 AM John Schneider, Seattle Seahawks Executive Vice President/General Manager
11:15 AM Mike Zimmer, Minnesota Vikings Head Coach
11:30 AM Bill O'Brien, Houston Texans Head Coach
11:45 AM Rick Smith, Houston Texans EVP of Football Operations and General Manager
12:00 PM Gus Bradley, Jacksonville Jaguars Head Coach
12:15 PM Tom Coughlin, New York Giants Head Coach
12:30 PM Jim Tomsula, San Francisco 49ers Head Coach
1:15 PM John Dorsey, Kansas City Chiefs General Manager
1:30 PM Ryan Grigson, Indianapolis Colts General Manager
1:45 PM Ron Rivera, Carolina Panthers Head Coach
2:00 PM Chuck Pagano, Indianapolis Colts Head Coach
2:15 PM Thomas Dimitroff, Atlanta Falcons General Manager
2:30 PM John Elway, Denver Broncos Executive Vice President of Football Operations/General Manager
3:00 PM Mike McCarthy, Green Bay Packers Head Coach
3:30 PM Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals Head Coach
4:00 PM Dan Quinn, Atlanta Falcons Head Coach

Friday, February 20

11:00 AM Jeff Fisher, St. Louis Rams Head Coach
12:00 PM David Caldwell, Jacksonville Jaguars General Manager
3:00 PM Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks Head Coach

Saturday, February 21

10:00 AM Jerry Reese, New York Giants Senior Vice President & General Manager

Much of what these gentlemen have to say will be televised on the NFL Network, plus later today we'll have some highlights from John Fox and Ryan Pace.

A couple reminders for you, here's the full participant list for the combine and the schedule of on-field workouts. Here's our NFL Draft section so you can see how some of the mocks are going so far. And here are our community guidelines that you all agreed to before joining Windy City Gridiron. I feel it's important to share that one since this is an Open Thread and those can get a little crazy.