Bears coach Lovie Smith's contracts talk not being discussed.. (US Presswire)

Chicago Bears GM Phil Emery on Wednesday denied a report by a Chicago radio station that talks for a contract extension for coach Lovie Smith have begun.

"I kind of took that light-hearted when I heard it," Emery said.

The Bears GM said he thought, " 'Geez even if that was true, when would we have gotten that done?' Coach Smith is very focused on improving this team on a daily basis. All the things that he does in terms of myself, the mindset is with the personnel group and working with the coaches, and making sure we have the right people on the roster on a daily basis, going out to colleges, doing visitations, getting ready for the next NFL draft. "There's not enough hours in a day to have those kind of conversations and that's pretty much where we're at."

Emery repeated an earlier statement that his policy is to do contract extensions after the season for players, except in certain situations. One might be when there is leftover money available under the cap for that year which must be used up or lost. Otherwise, his preference is for talking deals after the season.

"You know, that applies not only to our players, but to our head coach and our coaching staff," Emery said.

Smith's contract runs through the end of next season. His last contract extension came in the off-season prior to the final year of the contract.

The rumor of a deal being discussed came from WSCR-AM 670 in Chicago on Tuesday.

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