WEBVTT - Khalil Herbert talks OTAs, adjusting to NFL | All Access 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.640 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.040 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.040 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:30.680 Physical Therapy and CDW. Good to have you alongside everybody, 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:34.639 Bears fans out there, NFL football fans, football fans in general. 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.160 We'll talk about all of those things tonight because there's 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:41.159 more football coming apparently next and next spring. Now one 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:43.960 but two leagues. Now we'll walk down memory land with 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.320 my broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty and one 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.160 oh five point OUTFMWBBM, Tim Fair. But the focus tonight 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:53.800 is the Bears. After a week of OTA's big time, 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.200 we got a chance to see them on Wednesday up 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:58.880 at Hattlesa, like we will next weekend. We'll touch on 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:02.280 those topics with Jim Miller from Serious x MNFL Radio 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:04.240 coming up at six ZH eight and then at the 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.400 bottom of the hour, one of the Bear's rookie classmates, 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:09.800 Kelly Herbert, the running back. We're very impressed with he'll 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.000 be joining us at six thirty time. Good evening. How 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.880 you doing, big, Jeff, I'm good. It's exciting to see 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:18.039 the guys on the field, in their cleats, inside of 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.960 a huddle, breaking the huddle, running patterns downfield, look in 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.880 the defense that Sean Desai is gonna put together, and 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.600 see what his formula of attack is. So there's a 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.680 lot of building blocks that when you're witnessed too, from 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:35.000 day one, it's interesting to see how these guys throughout 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.480 the process within a week, within three weeks, and then 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.000 when you get ready to go to training camp. So 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.000 it is an exciting time, but it's no more exciting 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.520 than for the draft choices, for the young guys, the 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.080 guys that are fighting for position, some of the guys 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:52.440 that have been traded to the Bears. So you know, 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:56.000 it's exciting to look at the development the growth of 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.560 some of these young guys and Obama for desk new 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.200 Sim suffered a shoulder injury, so he's going to be 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.720 out of it. I feel bad for him, obviously, that's 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.720 a part of the game. And you know Daz's you know, 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.680 has to show some resiliency here that he's willing to 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.360 do the work that it takes to recover from this injury, 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.440 but it's not going to diminish what he's capable of 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.440 achieving in the long run of his career. You know, 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.560 you go up and you try to make a catch 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.200 for your quarterback and you awkwardly fall down, and you 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.040 know that's always the threat of the game. However, I 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.400 still think we're gonna be able to talk a lot 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:37.680 about Daz Newsome and the development of his career. All right, 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.280 here's what we do on these shows, right, we take 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:42.120 a look at back at what's going on over the 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.359 course of the week in terms of interviews that were 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:47.120 made available to the media, and Andy Dalton was one 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:49.240 of them as he met the media for the first 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:52.160 time as a bare quarterback and got a chance to 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:55.200 see him and watch him play and already earned the 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.560 nickname of the Fiery Redhead from head coach Matt Nagy. Well, 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:02.720 I think it comes with experience and you know, understanding 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.600 how things should look and playing the position of quarterback, 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.320 you're obviously going to have a voice. But then you 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.480 throw the experience and you know how long I've been 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:15.120 doing this into the mix too. And you know, I 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.400 think it's you're in that leadership position and you want 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:18.920 to make sure things are going the right way. And 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.600 so I'm sure that's what he's alluding to with the 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.679 fiery redhead comments. But um, you know, I'm trying to 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:27.920 do everything I can to to make us the best 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.480 team that we will be come come to fall. And frankly, 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.280 I want my quarterback to be able to challenge the 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.720 skill position players, the receivers to be in the right 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.480 place at the right time. It can't just be the 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.200 head coach. It's got to be the quarterback. This is 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.920 only not only the receivers. Jeff, I remember getting yelled at, 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:49.560 scolded face to face by Jim McMahon at Denver Bronco's 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:53.080 Monday night game and it still lingers with me because 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.200 he's the guy that took the abuse of my mistake. 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:58.760 And so when you talk about Andy Dalton and now 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.360 he's trying to take this big lab of clay and 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.400 molded into an offense that works efficiently, hey, then everything 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.760 can't be said on a you know, as he's trying 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:12.520 to earn the sash of mister Congeniality. It's about making 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.360 sure this is the best team possible come Week one 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.800 against against the Rams as their opponent. So um, that's 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.520 kind of the fun part of being involved in sports, 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.080 and one of the challenges is that you're gonna get 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.920 yelled at in front of your peers, buy one of 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:31.760 your peers, or you're gonna be encouraged, whatever the case is. 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.479 It's always a part of the growth process. All right, 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.640 what you do in that Monday that game, I gave 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.520 up a sack I think to Michael Dean Perry to 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.559 Jim McMahon on a three step drop that he should 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.360 have never got in and I had just enough time 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.000 to turn and yell look out and he hit him 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:54.040 and uh yeah, the abuse just bullrush. Now, if you 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:56.799 tell me bullrush man, I'll be disappointed. Grab my wrist 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.599 and turn my body. And the rest was McMahon, the 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:05.520 history of getting in. I'd like to hear these old stories. 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.039 We'll get more from Jim Miller. Coming up next, This 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.280 is Bears All Access with our producer Sean Anderson. I'm 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.599 Jeff Joniyak with Tom there on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.680 seventy to score and welcome back to Bears All Access. 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:20.920 We are brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.479 energy for your home at igs dot com because every 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.520 good choice adds up to a better world. With Tom Bear, 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.880 Jeff Jonyak welcoming in from SYBA, Sex Time, NFL Radios, 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:34.080 moving the chains, Jim Miller, the former Chicago Bears quarterback. 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:38.480 Good evening, Jim, how's this June third treating you? Everything's 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.640 going good, Jeff, Tom always good to talk football with you, guys. Yeah, 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.080 a lot going on. It never ends in the NFL. 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.480 It's always twenty four seven. It'll start to quiet down 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.920 after these last OTAs in mini camps finish up. But 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.440 it sounds like a lot of teams are getting you know, 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:55.200 just the volume of players. There is a high attendance rate, 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.040 and that's a that's a good thing, and it tells 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:58.840 you that the players are motivated to go and put 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.880 in the work and have a successful season. Yeah, you know, 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.160 as a football fan, I don't want it to slow down. 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:05.640 I don't mind if it goes right up. Maybe a 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.760 couple of weeks in July, let me have a summer vacation. 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:09.880 But other than that, I'm good with it. I'm good 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.120 with it. I'm gonna poke this to you in your 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.720 direction here with Andy Dalton and what Matteggie had to 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:19.880 say yesterday Jim about his job and what I essentially 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:21.840 call and I don't mean this in a demeaning way 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:25.720 at all, but he is a point guard type of quarterback. 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.560 And I think the explanation is really there on the 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.200 table with this bite from Matteggie yesterday. We have a 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.719 lot of young wide receivers and so they're saying that 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.000 if you don't get your tail to that spot, he's 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:38.760 gonna throw to football. And if you're not there and 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.360 it's an incompletion and it's your fault, then we got 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.400 to figure out, you know, are we gonna keep letting 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.120 that happen or we're gonna get somebody else? And that's 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:47.839 kind of that's what I think is need to see. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.680 And Andy he's got a red hair too, so he's 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.320 like he's got that fire, you know. He's like he said, 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.000 he'll get pissed now and tell you if if you 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:56.599 do something wrong, he's gonna tell you. I kind of 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.560 like that. It sounds like a Jim Miller quarterback right there. 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.279 But in terms of the fiery emotion that players like 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:06.479 to follow. In terms of that, is that selling him 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.320 short at all when I when I say point guard 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.240 quarterback because distributing the ball, getting into the guys that 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.520 are open, and being there on time and on target. No, 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.840 I think Andy's a better athlete than what people give 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.240 him credit for. The guys got twenty two rushing touchdowns. 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:21.000 It was interesting we had a call or call in 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.440 h you know, thinking really highly of Jamis Winston and 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.960 hiring guard. He thought Jamies should be rated that the 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:30.880 third best quarterback in football for his athleticism. And I'm like, what, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.640 I'm like, He goes, well, probably just Russell Wilson and 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.160 uh Patrick Mahomes are ahead of him, and and that's 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.440 about it. And I go, what about uh, you know, 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.680 guys like Aaron Rodgers who was the league VP, or 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.720 the athleticism of Josh Allen. And so I went through 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:46.880 in some numbers last night, I would put Andy Dalton 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.840 ahead of Jamie's two on that list, you know, Derek Carr, 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.680 all these guys, And he's got twenty two rushing touchdowns 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.080 for his career, so he can move around, he can 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.000 extend plays, and he's always been a good athlete. But 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.160 I think what's what's critical about Andy He's always been 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:04.200 a very good processor of information. People forget he was 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:08.360 thrust into lineup early. You know, Carson Palmer was retiring. 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.960 They drafted Andy Dalton. He had to play right away, 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:15.440 and he played well his rookie season as a Cincinnati Bengal. So, 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:19.440 but Andy knows two because he's a timing and rhythm guy, 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:22.640 because he is an accurate passer, he needs those guys 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:24.520 to be at that that spot when he can get 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.840 rid of the football. There's always that time clock that 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.160 is going off in your head. And I think he's 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.360 got the leadership and he can elevate guys, uh you know, 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.680 their play to bring him that to that level. Again, 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.800 he's he's led teams to the postseason numerous times and 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:42.160 has played at a very high level his entire NFL career. 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.400 He's kind of gets short changed how good he really 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:48.880 is as a quarterback. Tom hous that impact the O line, well, 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:50.640 you know, the old line wants a count on. The 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:54.080 offense is gonna move according to the direction that they have, 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.280 you know, been instructed up front, whether it's protection or 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.160 the running game. And Andy Dalton, they have to know 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:01.840 that he's going to be in the area where they 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.600 expect him to be in depending upon the design of 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:08.040 the protection. When you have a quarterback that you're uncertain 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:11.080 where he's going to be behind you, you're just susceptible 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:15.480 to giving up sacks. It changes, It changes the most 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:19.040 dominant part of the protection. So again it's a part 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:22.600 of what you know. Great quarterbacks are capable of where 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.319 you want him to be. You want to make sure 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.800 they're in the right position when you break the huddle 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:30.000 according to again, according to the protection. All right, and 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:34.160 high praise for Justin fields from Matt Naggie. Justin wants 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.400 to do right now. It's football. That's all he cares about. 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.880 He just wants to be the best quarterback he can 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.520 possibly be. He wants us to be able to teach 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.000 him everything we can teach him. He wants to be 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:47.680 able to learn from Andy. Coach Flip and coach Laser 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.000 are doing a phenomenal job right now. Man, You want 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:54.000 to talk about obsessed and passionate about helping these quarterbacks out. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.319 So it's neat to see you feel it. And we 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.800 just got to keep that going and again work to 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.720 that plan that we talked about with all those quarterbacks, 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.319 and then just let these guys grow at their own 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:10.680 pace and then let us be able to evaluate them quarterback. 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.400 That's the greatest thing about these guys being in the 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:17.520 building because every second they're sponging the information they're getting 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.320 from all the different directions, all the different coaches. They're 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.080 able to talk to the players about football, and you 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.280 want to be able to talk about your job and 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:28.440 how it affects their job. And when you're a young 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.240 quarterback like this and you're in the development stages of 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.600 the NFL, whether it's talking about the cadence, talking about 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.000 the huddle, talking about the running game, the passing game, 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.320 you know, it's nice to see that you have a 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:44.000 guy that his main sole interest right now is football 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:48.880 and Jimmy Sandwich between two veteran quarterbacks that are accomplished 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.520 with Andy Dalton as the starter and Nick Foles as 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:56.079 the number three, and that conversation took place. It's probably 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.280 never easy to hear, is it. Well, yeah, it is 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:00.959 never easy to hear. But I think they're going to 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:03.360 break up the reps, you know, and he'll get a 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.120 ton of work. Again, I don't think they want to. 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.600 They're trying to force feed him, but yet they gotta 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.720 go at the pace where the players, you know, willing 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:14.320 to have growth every single every every single day. And 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.240 I think having the veterans because I think both those 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.720 guys are great teammates. I've pre heard nothing but great 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.480 things about Nick Foles, no matter no matter where he's been, 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.240 about his locker room presence, how hopeful he is as 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:29.040 as a player. And Andy Dalton. I mentioned Paul Alexander, 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:32.120 who coached with him. You know, raves about Andy Dalton 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:35.400 and his ability to lead and help out teammates. So 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.480 this guy is insulated very well with guys who have 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.679 played the game, have had success in the league and 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:44.680 know how to approach the position and know how to 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:48.480 prepare themselves four games. So out of ranking all the 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:52.120 all the quarterback rooms this offseason, Bears are definitely in 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:53.840 the top ten. And I'm just waiting to see what 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.080 happens down in Houston because if DeShawn Watson's note no 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.960 longer there, Bears would be in top five of quarterback 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.160 rooms were on the NFL. That's all good. I think 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.200 that position is right now for Chicago. One thing I 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.880 don't like about OTAs if there is such a thing 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.760 of not liking them, because as a football person, I'd 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.240 like to see everybody on the field. But the media 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.600 gets one day a week out of the you know, 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:22.120 week long festivities, and then that's their snapshot of performance. 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.520 Who's doing well, who's not, And sometimes that gets lost 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.199 in the conversation a little bit for the readers or 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.400 the listeners. And you know, who's there at the given time. 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:33.640 You know, that doesn't mean they haven't been there. We 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.480 don't have the attendance of what exactly is there. But 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.320 yesterday there was one defensive starter in Roquan Smith, so 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.680 a lot of the defensive guys not I'm assuming you 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.360 know that that that that's a story that people are 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:49.199 gonna latch onto. But Jim, don't you think that's a 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.920 one thing the league makes a little bit unfair on 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.679 its own players and coaching staffs. What just the day 0:12:56.679 --> 0:13:01.080 analysis is on one one day one week. Yeah, and 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:03.400 you're you're right. I mean, you know, guys that don't 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:05.040 show up, I mean they may they may have had 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.760 something else planned that that day. I mean, you know, 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.600 so I don't think you can you can really just 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:11.760 take that that one day as as as a whole. 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.240 It's really about the collective. If a player shows up, 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.640 you know, typically teams want you to be there ninety 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:20.000 percent of the time. And I think for the players, 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.600 most of those players are coming in right at that 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:24.679 number at about ninety percent of the time because you 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:28.160 got workout bonuses and things tied to the contract that 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.200 where a player can can make some money. So they're 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.439 going to make certain that they do their part and 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.720 in order to get compensated. But yet they're still jelly 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.760 with the team and creating that cambaraderie things that are 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:41.280 so important that you've got to build in the offseason. 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:45.160 And primarily it is geared more towards the young players, 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.680 the first and second year players that are looking to 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.240 take a jump. You want the veterans there because they're 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.520 the ones that pull those guys along to see how 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.839 it's done, and they see how you're working and maybe 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:58.200 the reps and they're still breaking down the tape and 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:01.040 see how the veterans doing it, and so that they 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.200 can their process of growing can be broad around a 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.280 lot quickly. So you know, I don't look at it 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:11.000 that way. I've been pretty amazed at the participation, at 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.600 the participation rates of the entire NFL. I think, you know, 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:18.080 the NFLPA really programmed the players all you should opt 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.320 out and all those things, and Bruce Arians kind of 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.160 put it out there on the thing, Hey, man, if 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.520 you're a veteran not coming here, these young guys, they're 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.400 working to take your job, and so that factors in 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:30.120 as well. And I think overall, spend a great motivation 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.040 motivating factor and why you've seen great attendance rates. I 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.600 always always motivated by the fear of losing my job. 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:38.840 And if I was a veteran, if I was a 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:42.480 friend fringe veteran, I'd be living at these OTAs. I'd 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.680 be taking every possible rep that I could I could get. 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:48.680 If I was inside of a defense that's learning from 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.440 a new defensive coordinator, I would want to I would 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.680 want to learn all the information efficiently and be on 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:58.400 the field in order to get those no pad reps. 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:03.160 I you know, my football career, I've loved nopad football 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.280 because it was the greatest time for camaraderie. Yeah you 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.760 were out there learning, Yeah you were exhausted, you were 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.760 going through conditioning, but you know, there wasn't gonna be 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.920 any collisions that we're gonna was gonna chase change the 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.840 course of your career, and I known das new some 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:21.840 you know fell awkwardly when he and he did hurt 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:26.240 his break his collar bone. However, you know, just the 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:30.080 whole building blocks of no pad football is fun and 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.440 so I look forward to it. All right, that's time there, 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:36.080 Jim Miller, Jeff Joniak. As we move on here on 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.600 Bears All Access, We're brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:43.720 Here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. This 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.840 segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.520 CDW people who get it. Jeff and Tom and Jim 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:51.160 Miller from Serious XM NFL Radio is moving the chains 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:54.280 with Pat Kerwin and coming up in moments running back 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.240 Cladil Herbert, the Bear's sixth round pick. Focus on running 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:00.920 game right now. David Montgomery yesterday was quite opened and 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.440 ripped open the curtain a little bit on his own 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:05.600 performance in twenty twenty. Like I said, I don't think 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.600 I was vocal enough and I don't think I left 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.240 it all on the foot as I should. Add I 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.440 think I could have done better for my guys around me. 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.160 You know, I think I saw him for a little bit. 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.560 But that's the day off seasons for for me to 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.520 go back and get to the drawing board and trying 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:20.200 to fix the things that I felt as if I 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:22.720 didn't do all one and just trying to improve them. 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.160 I know this year, I'm not here to let my 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:28.520 guys down, and I'm here for whatever may come my way. Well, fellas, 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:30.040 he wants to be more of a leader and be 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:31.920 one not just for the running back room, but for 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.440 the entire team. He's got that in him. Obviously, that's 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.200 what he was at Iowa State. Culture changer type of guy, 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.520 but the rare guy that admits that, you know what, 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:42.880 I think I left a little bit on the table 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.880 last year on the field, quite the admission he finished 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:47.560 strong in the final six. How do you take those 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.920 comments big time? You know, I'm super impressed with everything 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.760 I've seen out of David Montgomery up unto this point. 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.040 But now I'm even more impressed with David Montgomery from 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.680 listening to him talk about his own performance and how 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.240 he's not necessarily one hundred percent satisfied and he has 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:07.199 room for growth and improvement, because look, man, this guy's legit. 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.280 He's a first, second, third down back. He does everything 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.439 that's required of him, and he does it at a 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.639 high level. And just for him to inspire himself to 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.240 work harder, it says a lot what he can do 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:20.480 for the bearers, Jim. Sometimes you might have a guy 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:23.120 that just says that, you know, words are words, but 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.160 you know he backs it up. He is this type 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:28.600 of player. I would not think anything other than the 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:30.760 truth from him on this one and how he evaluates 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.200 himself because this goes back to his roots in Cincinnati 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:37.240 growing up. Yeah. Well, we know coming out of college 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:39.639 he broke a ton of tackles. I mean that he 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:41.359 was the number one player in the country from that 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.440 standpoint overall, I'm with you, Jeff. I thought he finished 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:46.840 real strong. I mean, he can finish six overall in 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.200 the NFL. He probably wants to get to double digit touchdowns. 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.919 Thinks he's capable of that, and I think he believes 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.119 he's capable of more explosive plays. He had five plus 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.720 twenty yard explosive runs in two plus forty. You look 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.480 at other guys around the league, they're ripping off of 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:04.679 like four when he got guys like Delvin Cook and 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:07.880 guys like Aaron Jones, And I think David Montgomery has 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:11.159 that type of ability where he can have more explosive plays. 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:13.119 It's all got to come together as one. That the 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:15.919 you know, that was kind of disjointed and how the 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:19.000 season was, but he did kick it in gear down 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:21.720 the stretch and WI finished so strong, and he says 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:25.480 he's working out his speed. This office probably the best 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.040 speed runner in the world. The name is Chris Corfus. 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:31.400 He's actually teaching me how to run. Like I'm twenty 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:33.280 three years old, getting ready to turn twenty four here 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:36.600 soon a couple of days. But I have not know 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.320 I've not been able to run properly the entire of 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:43.000 my life, me not really realizing how I didn't know 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:46.119 how to run. He's definitely like clear that image up 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:47.840 for me and it's definitely helping me out a lot. 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.919 Another crazy admission when you think about it. Then our 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.199 Mark Roady, you had a follow up question. You know 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:58.600 what specifically has this individual his speed coach taught him. 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.639 He said, well, you know, I have to. It's like 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:06.600 giving up my mama's chicken recipe, fried chicken recipe. I'm 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:08.720 not gonna do it. And you know that's the competitive 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:10.280 advantage of a lot of guys don't want to tell 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:13.760 you exactly what they did in the offseason, but Toms, 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:17.040 that's an interesting takeaway as well from David Mountmory. But 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.000 I hope you're able to compliment the weight room with 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:22.800 the style of running that he's being encouraged to use, 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:25.840 because I don't, you know, the one thing I don't 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:28.080 want to a track coach to tell me how to 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:29.960 run fast and then it gets me out of the 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:34.240 weight room. Because the recovery ability of David Montgomery, the 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:38.520 abuse his yards after contact. It's because he has such 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:42.200 a strong, dominant running back frame in the weight room 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:45.640 is needed as much as his running ability. So I 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:49.480 hope each compliments each other and one doesn't take away 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:52.199 from the other. Well, like anything, I don't think you 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:55.160