1 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:07,244 Speaker 1: Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership 2 00:00:07,284 --> 00:00:10,044 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:24,004 --> 00:00:25,844 Speaker 2: I always think it interesting at these Hall of Fame 4 00:00:25,884 --> 00:00:27,764 Speaker 2: ceremonies when you see a player that you love, that 5 00:00:27,804 --> 00:00:31,084 Speaker 2: you grew up with, and they've changed dramatically since they're 6 00:00:31,124 --> 00:00:34,004 Speaker 2: playing days. Maybe they've changed physically, maybe they've mellowed out 7 00:00:34,004 --> 00:00:36,844 Speaker 2: in their later years. I always think that's interesting. Jared 8 00:00:36,844 --> 00:00:40,044 Speaker 2: Allen didn't do that at all. He showed up exactly 9 00:00:40,484 --> 00:00:43,444 Speaker 2: like you remember him, like you liked him, and with 10 00:00:43,564 --> 00:00:45,804 Speaker 2: all of the antics, all of the look. And here 11 00:00:45,844 --> 00:00:47,484 Speaker 2: he is doing the hog tie. This is at the 12 00:00:47,524 --> 00:00:50,844 Speaker 2: Jacket ceremony. Out there with his kids. Jared Awen split 13 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:55,284 Speaker 2: his pants on stage. It's so perfect. I don't even 14 00:00:55,324 --> 00:00:57,484 Speaker 2: think he tried to, but he'd look at I'm right 15 00:00:57,604 --> 00:00:59,684 Speaker 2: down the seam of his pants. 16 00:00:59,764 --> 00:01:00,444 Speaker 3: So awesome. 17 00:01:00,484 --> 00:01:03,964 Speaker 2: I bet Jared bought those like it at Sears or 18 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:07,644 Speaker 2: something like the day before, maybe even in Canton, Ohio 19 00:01:07,724 --> 00:01:10,684 Speaker 2: he bought those like at the Mini mall. His daughters 20 00:01:10,684 --> 00:01:12,844 Speaker 2: appear to love it. Everybody in the Allen family, and 21 00:01:12,884 --> 00:01:15,404 Speaker 2: that is like, I like how some guys change. I 22 00:01:15,484 --> 00:01:17,924 Speaker 2: like how some guys don't. And now that Jared Allen 23 00:01:17,964 --> 00:01:20,844 Speaker 2: is in football immortality. He'll return to that Jared Jacket 24 00:01:20,844 --> 00:01:23,444 Speaker 2: ceremony for decades to come. I hope he shows up 25 00:01:23,444 --> 00:01:25,724 Speaker 2: that way every single time. He's really at all time 26 00:01:25,804 --> 00:01:29,284 Speaker 2: or classic story fourth round pick, they becomes one of 27 00:01:29,324 --> 00:01:31,524 Speaker 2: the greatest pass rushes of all time and also has 28 00:01:31,524 --> 00:01:33,764 Speaker 2: a Hall of Fame SAX celebration with the hog tie. 29 00:01:33,804 --> 00:01:36,164 Speaker 2: I I've always loved everything about Jared Allen on the 30 00:01:36,164 --> 00:01:39,644 Speaker 2: field and now in football heaven nah, I mean, listen, 31 00:01:39,644 --> 00:01:42,204 Speaker 2: it's too early for us to compare him. It's not 32 00:01:42,324 --> 00:01:45,004 Speaker 2: too early for Brian Calla, and he has the PhD. 33 00:01:45,124 --> 00:01:47,364 Speaker 2: In these guys, he's the guy that you want to 34 00:01:47,364 --> 00:01:51,044 Speaker 2: hear from. This is totally credible. And let's remember Joe 35 00:01:51,084 --> 00:01:54,404 Speaker 2: Burrow as a rookie comes in twenty twenty COVID season, 36 00:01:55,044 --> 00:01:58,124 Speaker 2: very strange atmosphere. Come in his second career game in 37 00:01:58,164 --> 00:02:01,404 Speaker 2: the NFL. Joe Burrow threw sixty one passes. They threw 38 00:02:01,484 --> 00:02:03,964 Speaker 2: him right in there, and eventually he ended up getting injured. 39 00:02:04,004 --> 00:02:07,004 Speaker 2: His rookie, but he was the part Immediately. I just 40 00:02:07,044 --> 00:02:09,124 Speaker 2: want to say, like, I can see this happening already. 41 00:02:09,404 --> 00:02:13,124 Speaker 2: I can see already August fourth people coming around and 42 00:02:13,124 --> 00:02:15,324 Speaker 2: be like, oh wow, cam Ward is pretty good. 43 00:02:15,724 --> 00:02:16,204 Speaker 3: Save it. 44 00:02:16,404 --> 00:02:18,324 Speaker 2: I was on you guys at the draft. I was 45 00:02:18,364 --> 00:02:20,364 Speaker 2: on you guys after the draft. No one gives a 46 00:02:20,404 --> 00:02:22,604 Speaker 2: damn about cam Ward. You don't care about them. And 47 00:02:22,644 --> 00:02:24,244 Speaker 2: when they come out and they go one and oh 48 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:27,764 Speaker 2: two and oh three, whoever, everyone's just gonna come sprinting 49 00:02:27,844 --> 00:02:30,164 Speaker 2: to the can Mored bandwagon and you're gonna get the 50 00:02:30,164 --> 00:02:32,724 Speaker 2: But Jesus stiff armed out of you by me and 51 00:02:32,804 --> 00:02:34,764 Speaker 2: the four other people in the United States of America 52 00:02:34,764 --> 00:02:36,964 Speaker 2: who actually cared about cam Ward when he was drafted. 53 00:02:37,124 --> 00:02:39,004 Speaker 2: So he can compare it with Joe Burrow, he can 54 00:02:39,044 --> 00:02:41,884 Speaker 2: compare it with Joe Montana. Just don't come running when 55 00:02:41,924 --> 00:02:45,044 Speaker 2: the season starts to be like we like cam Warden Now, nonsense. 56 00:02:45,404 --> 00:02:48,884 Speaker 2: You're obsessed with a fourth string Browns quarterback when you 57 00:02:48,884 --> 00:02:50,964 Speaker 2: should have been talking about the number one overall pick. 58 00:02:51,044 --> 00:02:55,444 Speaker 2: Don't come lately, should have been there from day one, Jerry. 59 00:02:55,684 --> 00:02:58,644 Speaker 2: If there's nothing to lose sleep about, then you're telling 60 00:02:58,644 --> 00:03:00,124 Speaker 2: me that Micah is going to get a new deal, 61 00:03:00,204 --> 00:03:03,124 Speaker 2: all right, So why wait then? Don't tell me there's 62 00:03:03,124 --> 00:03:06,284 Speaker 2: nothing to lose sleep about. Show me it's a homegrown player. 63 00:03:06,284 --> 00:03:08,524 Speaker 2: That you drafted at the right age, at the right position. 64 00:03:08,604 --> 00:03:10,004 Speaker 2: So why not just take care of it? And you 65 00:03:10,044 --> 00:03:13,364 Speaker 2: know why, not quite time yet. Let's let simmer for 66 00:03:13,404 --> 00:03:17,404 Speaker 2: a while. It's only August fourth. Let's let that sucker simmer. Guys, 67 00:03:17,444 --> 00:03:20,924 Speaker 2: this is Jerry Jones thirty seventh training camp as the 68 00:03:20,924 --> 00:03:25,124 Speaker 2: owner of the Cowboys thirty seventh. These billionaires get bored. 69 00:03:25,684 --> 00:03:28,084 Speaker 2: You can only go on so many jets and yachts, 70 00:03:28,124 --> 00:03:30,204 Speaker 2: you can only eat so much caviar. How do you 71 00:03:30,284 --> 00:03:33,284 Speaker 2: stay entertained and alive if you're someone like Jerry Jones. 72 00:03:33,764 --> 00:03:36,284 Speaker 2: Some of them get into gambling, some of them get 73 00:03:36,284 --> 00:03:40,084 Speaker 2: into politics. Jerry gets into contract standoffs. 74 00:03:40,164 --> 00:03:41,004 Speaker 3: This is his thing. 75 00:03:41,364 --> 00:03:44,004 Speaker 2: This is his hobby, this is his polo, this is 76 00:03:44,004 --> 00:03:46,844 Speaker 2: his pickleball. And by the way, it's not a bad 77 00:03:46,844 --> 00:03:51,084 Speaker 2: philosophy either. Let's get all the heat and all the 78 00:03:51,124 --> 00:03:55,084 Speaker 2: hoopla at the beginning of this season, because we're not 79 00:03:55,164 --> 00:03:56,764 Speaker 2: going to get it at the end of the season. 80 00:03:56,804 --> 00:03:59,284 Speaker 2: And we know that teams want to win the Super 81 00:03:59,284 --> 00:04:03,644 Speaker 2: Bowl in February. This team wants to win the media 82 00:04:03,724 --> 00:04:07,364 Speaker 2: in Augus. In fact, like it's almost these these contracts 83 00:04:07,404 --> 00:04:08,244 Speaker 2: standoffs and hold on. 84 00:04:08,724 --> 00:04:09,884 Speaker 3: It's almost like in this. 85 00:04:09,804 --> 00:04:14,404 Speaker 2: Era, they have become the Cowboys super Bowls. This is 86 00:04:14,644 --> 00:04:17,244 Speaker 2: now their super Bowl because whether the player gets a 87 00:04:17,284 --> 00:04:19,084 Speaker 2: lot of money or the team feels like it gets 88 00:04:19,084 --> 00:04:22,044 Speaker 2: a better deal, it doesn't matter. The Cowboys still win 89 00:04:22,164 --> 00:04:25,684 Speaker 2: because they live in a currency of clicks. Hang a banner, 90 00:04:25,804 --> 00:04:29,044 Speaker 2: another championship. They won the Ceedee Lamb Super Bowl. Hang 91 00:04:29,084 --> 00:04:31,924 Speaker 2: a banner, the Dak Prescott super Bowl, Hang the banner 92 00:04:32,444 --> 00:04:36,684 Speaker 2: anybody you want, Zak Martin, anybody across they are super Bowls. 93 00:04:36,804 --> 00:04:38,364 Speaker 2: I am old enough to remember when they won the 94 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:40,524 Speaker 2: MTS Smith's Super Bowl and he took him to overtime. 95 00:04:40,764 --> 00:04:44,684 Speaker 3: It's become this thing where Jerry likes this. I fully 96 00:04:44,724 --> 00:04:48,844 Speaker 3: believe it. It's early talk about us? Why not? Time was? 97 00:04:49,204 --> 00:04:50,644 Speaker 3: How about them Cowboys? 98 00:04:51,364 --> 00:04:54,684 Speaker 2: Was a victory rally call and a rhetorical question in 99 00:04:54,724 --> 00:04:58,564 Speaker 2: a Super Bowl locker room. Now how about them Cowboys 100 00:04:58,764 --> 00:05:02,284 Speaker 2: is an actual question that talk show hosts pose at 101 00:05:02,284 --> 00:05:05,324 Speaker 2: the beginning of a blocks and that's exactly how their 102 00:05:05,364 --> 00:05:08,244 Speaker 2: owner likes it. So congratulations, Jerry, thank you for executive 103 00:05:08,244 --> 00:05:09,124 Speaker 2: producing this segment. 104 00:05:10,164 --> 00:05:11,484 Speaker 3: It's a heart versus head thing. 105 00:05:11,724 --> 00:05:14,844 Speaker 2: You know, if you're a fan, your heart says, oh yeah, 106 00:05:14,884 --> 00:05:18,804 Speaker 2: he's great Jimbo, and he scored a bunch of touchdowns 107 00:05:18,884 --> 00:05:21,004 Speaker 2: last year and he had an incredible touchdown in the 108 00:05:21,004 --> 00:05:24,004 Speaker 2: title game against the Chiefs. He's amazing, your head says, 109 00:05:24,004 --> 00:05:25,284 Speaker 2: it is a little more complicated than that. 110 00:05:25,604 --> 00:05:27,564 Speaker 3: I understand where he's coming from. James fit. This is 111 00:05:27,604 --> 00:05:29,364 Speaker 3: the one shot he will get at this. 112 00:05:29,364 --> 00:05:31,324 Speaker 2: This is the one time when he is at this 113 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:33,564 Speaker 2: point in his career, this age, coming off that season 114 00:05:33,604 --> 00:05:36,204 Speaker 2: scoring that many touchdowns, where he feels like it's time 115 00:05:36,244 --> 00:05:37,884 Speaker 2: for my deal, that he has to. 116 00:05:37,844 --> 00:05:38,404 Speaker 3: Go in on this. 117 00:05:38,844 --> 00:05:42,444 Speaker 2: But there's also a test of can you close your 118 00:05:42,484 --> 00:05:46,524 Speaker 2: eyes right now and picture the Buffalo Bills Josh Allen 119 00:05:46,604 --> 00:05:51,244 Speaker 2: offense without James Cook And sadly for me, I think 120 00:05:51,244 --> 00:05:53,764 Speaker 2: the answer is yes. And are they still winning games? 121 00:05:53,804 --> 00:05:56,164 Speaker 2: And I think the answer is yes. He is a luxury. 122 00:05:56,204 --> 00:05:58,524 Speaker 2: He's a very talented player that has again his homegrown 123 00:05:59,124 --> 00:06:01,684 Speaker 2: But as we've said many times, he's in the wrong era. 124 00:06:01,844 --> 00:06:03,364 Speaker 2: This was two thousand and five, he would have had 125 00:06:03,364 --> 00:06:05,604 Speaker 2: a huge deal ready, it would have been no big deal. 126 00:06:06,084 --> 00:06:08,684 Speaker 3: But I think big baller being. 127 00:06:08,564 --> 00:06:10,164 Speaker 2: Is looking at some of the stuff you guys mentioned, 128 00:06:10,524 --> 00:06:12,684 Speaker 2: the percentage of the time he's on the field, the 129 00:06:12,764 --> 00:06:14,324 Speaker 2: time when he was off the field. How did we 130 00:06:14,404 --> 00:06:16,524 Speaker 2: run the ball and we have this player of mass 131 00:06:16,524 --> 00:06:17,684 Speaker 2: destruction at quarterback? 132 00:06:18,204 --> 00:06:20,284 Speaker 3: Right or wrong? I don't think it's. 133 00:06:20,084 --> 00:06:23,524 Speaker 2: Prudent for us to spend huge dollars on this running back, 134 00:06:23,564 --> 00:06:25,804 Speaker 2: and so heart versus head. I like James Cook as 135 00:06:25,844 --> 00:06:28,004 Speaker 2: a player and a person, but I definitely understand the 136 00:06:28,044 --> 00:06:31,044 Speaker 2: other side of this. When you get to the requesting 137 00:06:31,044 --> 00:06:34,964 Speaker 2: a trade level, that's pretty significant. That's not I'm unhappy, 138 00:06:35,204 --> 00:06:38,844 Speaker 2: that's not I'm unfollowing you on Instagram like that is 139 00:06:39,204 --> 00:06:43,404 Speaker 2: legitimately concerning. The next step after requesting a trade is 140 00:06:44,084 --> 00:06:45,444 Speaker 2: demanding a trade. 141 00:06:45,524 --> 00:06:47,204 Speaker 3: Then we go up to like ten or. 142 00:06:47,124 --> 00:06:50,684 Speaker 2: Eleven the reasons that the other things that have yet 143 00:06:50,724 --> 00:06:55,084 Speaker 2: to come with Terry are. I'm concerned when they're not there. 144 00:06:55,084 --> 00:06:56,124 Speaker 3: I don't know where they are. 145 00:06:56,204 --> 00:06:59,924 Speaker 2: They're on some beach or some facilities, somewhere out of sight. 146 00:06:59,844 --> 00:07:00,924 Speaker 3: Out of mind. I don't like that. 147 00:07:01,364 --> 00:07:04,444 Speaker 2: I don't like when they make declarative statements on social media. 148 00:07:04,484 --> 00:07:07,524 Speaker 2: I don't like any of that. I like when the teammates. Sometimes, guys, 149 00:07:07,524 --> 00:07:09,444 Speaker 2: we're hearing Jaden and dan Quinn talk about how much 150 00:07:09,484 --> 00:07:11,764 Speaker 2: they love Terry. Sometimes it gets to the point where 151 00:07:11,804 --> 00:07:13,884 Speaker 2: they start chirping Terry a little bit, like, you know, 152 00:07:13,924 --> 00:07:15,404 Speaker 2: we really would like to have him here, and you 153 00:07:15,444 --> 00:07:18,004 Speaker 2: know we've seen all that stuff. That's why it's not 154 00:07:18,084 --> 00:07:20,484 Speaker 2: up at A ten or eleven. The number one reason 155 00:07:20,524 --> 00:07:23,164 Speaker 2: why I only have it at an eight point five. 156 00:07:23,124 --> 00:07:25,924 Speaker 3: Is it's August fourth. It's August fourth. 157 00:07:25,964 --> 00:07:28,644 Speaker 2: It's August fourth, and they have play play the Giants 158 00:07:28,644 --> 00:07:31,004 Speaker 2: in the opener in about five weeks. So we will 159 00:07:31,004 --> 00:07:33,324 Speaker 2: double back on this. We'll probably quadruple back on this, 160 00:07:33,404 --> 00:07:34,884 Speaker 2: but right now I have it at eight point five. 161 00:07:36,124 --> 00:07:37,844 Speaker 3: I find the Ravens very difficult. 162 00:07:37,444 --> 00:07:40,284 Speaker 2: To talk about because it all just comes to the 163 00:07:40,324 --> 00:07:42,884 Speaker 2: same answer every time, especially this year. You know, the 164 00:07:42,964 --> 00:07:46,844 Speaker 2: Ravens didn't make dramatic moves in the offseason because they 165 00:07:46,844 --> 00:07:49,524 Speaker 2: didn't need to, and they shouldn't make dramatic moves. They 166 00:07:49,964 --> 00:07:51,604 Speaker 2: have the coach, they have the players, they have the roster, 167 00:07:51,684 --> 00:07:54,684 Speaker 2: they have the quarterback. It's just can they make enough 168 00:07:54,684 --> 00:07:56,084 Speaker 2: plays in that game in the playoffs. 169 00:07:56,124 --> 00:07:56,844 Speaker 3: That's all it is. 170 00:07:56,964 --> 00:07:58,884 Speaker 2: It's all it was last year, it's all it's going 171 00:07:58,924 --> 00:08:01,964 Speaker 2: to be next year. I see Bills and Bengals and Chiefs, 172 00:08:02,004 --> 00:08:03,764 Speaker 2: and it's we know these guys are going to fight 173 00:08:03,764 --> 00:08:05,444 Speaker 2: at the end of the It's like you want to 174 00:08:05,484 --> 00:08:06,604 Speaker 2: just fast forward to the end. 175 00:08:06,684 --> 00:08:07,364 Speaker 3: You understand. 176 00:08:07,404 --> 00:08:09,964 Speaker 2: It's like Frank Dukes is gonna fight Shong Lee and 177 00:08:10,004 --> 00:08:12,044 Speaker 2: the championshiprown of the turn of the Kumite. Let's just 178 00:08:12,084 --> 00:08:14,364 Speaker 2: get there. We know that the Ravens are gonna be 179 00:08:14,444 --> 00:08:16,164 Speaker 2: very good this year. Their defense is gonna be good, 180 00:08:16,164 --> 00:08:18,404 Speaker 2: their offense is gonna be good, just like last year, 181 00:08:18,484 --> 00:08:21,164 Speaker 2: just like next year. Now some teams they're more more 182 00:08:21,204 --> 00:08:23,764 Speaker 2: interesting and more mysterious. I don't know if the Steelers 183 00:08:23,804 --> 00:08:25,644 Speaker 2: are gonna be good this year. I'm not really sure. 184 00:08:25,804 --> 00:08:27,284 Speaker 2: I don't know if the Bears are gonna be good 185 00:08:27,284 --> 00:08:29,524 Speaker 2: this year. I know the Ravens are gonna be good. 186 00:08:29,644 --> 00:08:32,364 Speaker 2: You know they're gonna be good, probably great. It's just 187 00:08:32,524 --> 00:08:34,884 Speaker 2: one of these teams where I don't really need to 188 00:08:34,964 --> 00:08:37,084 Speaker 2: know anything else. I know it's what we do, and 189 00:08:37,164 --> 00:08:39,484 Speaker 2: we get into the minutia of their defense and their schemes, 190 00:08:39,484 --> 00:08:40,804 Speaker 2: and that's wonderful, and that's football. 191 00:08:40,924 --> 00:08:41,644 Speaker 3: The net sum of. 192 00:08:41,644 --> 00:08:43,964 Speaker 2: All of it is, will you make enough plays to 193 00:08:44,004 --> 00:08:45,644 Speaker 2: beat the Bills, Chiefs, Bengals. 194 00:08:45,924 --> 00:08:49,324 Speaker 3: Usually they don't, so this year will it be different? 195 00:08:49,404 --> 00:08:51,924 Speaker 2: I don't know, But it's like they are one of four. 196 00:08:52,244 --> 00:08:53,724 Speaker 3: See you in January. Teams. 197 00:08:53,764 --> 00:08:55,684 Speaker 2: I can't wait for it, But in the meantime it's 198 00:08:55,724 --> 00:08:58,044 Speaker 2: difficult to talk about just because that's the only answer 199 00:08:58,084 --> 00:09:01,284 Speaker 2: anyone's interested. I think the obvious answer is the guy 200 00:09:01,484 --> 00:09:04,284 Speaker 2: holding the reins. I think it's Arthur Smith, the offensive coordinator. 201 00:09:04,364 --> 00:09:06,564 Speaker 2: This is an interesting thing here. He has a guy 202 00:09:06,604 --> 00:09:10,404 Speaker 2: who is forty three, his quarterback is forty one. They're 203 00:09:10,444 --> 00:09:12,604 Speaker 2: from the same era, the same age, Like, what is 204 00:09:12,644 --> 00:09:15,084 Speaker 2: that marriage like? Because I pointed this out last week, 205 00:09:15,364 --> 00:09:17,964 Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers has never done this before, meaning he has 206 00:09:18,004 --> 00:09:20,244 Speaker 2: never gone to a new team and gone with an 207 00:09:20,244 --> 00:09:22,164 Speaker 2: offensive coordinat that he has no history with. 208 00:09:22,444 --> 00:09:23,804 Speaker 3: When he went to the Jets, it. 209 00:09:23,884 --> 00:09:25,764 Speaker 2: Was this guy, Nate Hackett, who had a lot of 210 00:09:25,844 --> 00:09:29,404 Speaker 2: history with He was curated specifically for Rogers. This is 211 00:09:29,524 --> 00:09:31,964 Speaker 2: just Arthur Smith was the guy the Steelers chose well 212 00:09:31,964 --> 00:09:34,604 Speaker 2: before Rogers was part of the team, and then Rogers 213 00:09:34,604 --> 00:09:36,164 Speaker 2: becomes part of the team and they just have to 214 00:09:36,164 --> 00:09:38,844 Speaker 2: make it work. It's not picked, it's not selected, it's 215 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:41,764 Speaker 2: not filtered for Rogers nor Rogers. With Arthur Smith, I 216 00:09:41,804 --> 00:09:44,004 Speaker 2: don't think they really knew each other very well. So 217 00:09:44,244 --> 00:09:46,044 Speaker 2: I don't know how it's going to work, because if 218 00:09:46,044 --> 00:09:48,404 Speaker 2: it's not working. Rogers is different than a lot of 219 00:09:48,444 --> 00:09:51,124 Speaker 2: quarterbacks in the sense that there's this whole thing about 220 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:54,044 Speaker 2: him changing plays in line of scrimmage him audibly, and 221 00:09:54,084 --> 00:09:56,324 Speaker 2: that came up with his relationship with Robert Sala and 222 00:09:56,324 --> 00:09:58,844 Speaker 2: the Jets. He is not just your typical I'm out 223 00:09:58,884 --> 00:10:00,644 Speaker 2: of college and I'm twenty four and I'll do whatever 224 00:10:00,684 --> 00:10:03,084 Speaker 2: you say. In a lot of ways, he is the coach. 225 00:10:03,164 --> 00:10:05,044 Speaker 2: So I don't know how that mayrit is gonna work. 226 00:10:05,284 --> 00:10:07,444 Speaker 2: I don't know what happens if it's not working. It's 227 00:10:07,484 --> 00:10:10,484 Speaker 2: just that's a fascinating one. Tomlin and Rogers fine, But 228 00:10:10,764 --> 00:10:14,244 Speaker 2: Arthur Smith with the headset calling plays for a guy 229 00:10:14,244 --> 00:10:17,804 Speaker 2: in his twenty first season who knows everything about the game, 230 00:10:18,364 --> 00:10:18,764 Speaker 2: I don't know. 231 00:10:18,884 --> 00:10:20,284 Speaker 3: Sometimes the plays get called. 232 00:10:20,084 --> 00:10:22,924 Speaker 2: Back to you, we'll see I'm excited as hell, but 233 00:10:23,004 --> 00:10:25,244 Speaker 2: I need something that's gonna be different. We've seen new 234 00:10:25,284 --> 00:10:27,924 Speaker 2: head coaches, we've seen new quarterbacks, we've seen it all. 235 00:10:27,924 --> 00:10:29,484 Speaker 3: We haven't really seen any new results. 236 00:10:29,524 --> 00:10:32,884 Speaker 2: So you try to look for something truly different about 237 00:10:32,884 --> 00:10:35,004 Speaker 2: what's going on with the Bears, and you try to 238 00:10:35,004 --> 00:10:36,764 Speaker 2: look for it from the people who know the best. 239 00:10:36,884 --> 00:10:39,844 Speaker 2: Yesterday afternoon, there was this exciting thing that happened where 240 00:10:40,004 --> 00:10:43,884 Speaker 2: fireworks started going off online, and if you follow Bears 241 00:10:43,964 --> 00:10:46,964 Speaker 2: beat writers and Bears social reporters and just people whose 242 00:10:47,044 --> 00:10:49,684 Speaker 2: lives and careers are dedicated to covering the Chicago Bears, 243 00:10:49,724 --> 00:10:51,444 Speaker 2: it was just a flurry. I don't think I can 244 00:10:51,444 --> 00:10:54,484 Speaker 2: recall Bears training came practice quite like today. Physical live tackling. 245 00:10:54,484 --> 00:10:56,404 Speaker 2: They even tackled during seven on seven. 246 00:10:56,644 --> 00:10:58,724 Speaker 3: That's just one. They just kept coming. 247 00:10:58,884 --> 00:11:01,084 Speaker 2: The Bears just finished the most physical practice I've ever 248 00:11:01,084 --> 00:11:03,484 Speaker 2: seen in my life. That's Patrick Finley just wrapped up 249 00:11:03,524 --> 00:11:05,524 Speaker 2: a two hour, two minute Practice's most physical in terms 250 00:11:05,564 --> 00:11:07,524 Speaker 2: of live hitting I've seen since the Lovey era. 251 00:11:07,804 --> 00:11:10,404 Speaker 3: That's twelve years ago, since love Smith's been there. 252 00:11:10,644 --> 00:11:12,484 Speaker 2: I don't know in my ten years of carving the NFL, 253 00:11:12,524 --> 00:11:14,884 Speaker 2: I've seen as much live tackling in a practice that 254 00:11:14,924 --> 00:11:16,004 Speaker 2: we witnessed today. 255 00:11:16,404 --> 00:11:18,644 Speaker 3: This is four or five of fifty. 256 00:11:18,884 --> 00:11:22,044 Speaker 2: And everyone was losing their minds about Ben Johnson camp 257 00:11:22,084 --> 00:11:23,764 Speaker 2: and how much they were popping pads. 258 00:11:23,804 --> 00:11:24,284 Speaker 3: Yesterday. 259 00:11:24,564 --> 00:11:27,604 Speaker 2: That's different, that is wildly different. We just heard Lovey 260 00:11:27,684 --> 00:11:30,924 Speaker 2: Smith's name. I was at those Matt Ebrafluse camps. I've 261 00:11:30,964 --> 00:11:34,284 Speaker 2: been to them. It wasn't that. He is not Ben Johnson. 262 00:11:34,324 --> 00:11:36,884 Speaker 2: If you're looking for someone who set a tone, culture 263 00:11:37,204 --> 00:11:39,804 Speaker 2: or all those buzzwords, we like, that's. 264 00:11:39,604 --> 00:11:40,844 Speaker 3: The kind of thing you want to see. 265 00:11:40,964 --> 00:11:44,044 Speaker 2: You want to see Ben Johnson riding Caleb who gets 266 00:11:44,084 --> 00:11:46,724 Speaker 2: accused of being soft and too emotional and coddled, not 267 00:11:46,804 --> 00:11:49,444 Speaker 2: by this coach, this coach And the other thing I 268 00:11:49,444 --> 00:11:51,964 Speaker 2: don't like hearing about Ben Johnson is this idea that well, 269 00:11:52,004 --> 00:11:54,804 Speaker 2: he's kind of this like lab rat, mad scientist who 270 00:11:54,844 --> 00:11:58,324 Speaker 2: comes up with wacky fake plays and trick plays. Did 271 00:11:58,364 --> 00:12:00,524 Speaker 2: you watch the Lions run the ball last year or 272 00:12:00,564 --> 00:12:03,964 Speaker 2: the year before? They ran the hell out of the ball, 273 00:12:04,284 --> 00:12:07,844 Speaker 2: talking about North and South knocking heads, winning angry run 274 00:12:07,964 --> 00:12:09,564 Speaker 2: scepters every single other week. 275 00:12:09,844 --> 00:12:11,004 Speaker 3: That is that guy too. 276 00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:15,004 Speaker 2: So listen last year's Bears head coach, God bless him. 277 00:12:15,084 --> 00:12:16,204 Speaker 3: He was ned Flanders. 278 00:12:17,124 --> 00:12:20,564 Speaker 2: This guy is an SOB in the best possible way. 279 00:12:20,844 --> 00:12:23,364 Speaker 2: I mean, he really really has an edge on him. 280 00:12:23,364 --> 00:12:23,964 Speaker 3: Don't forget. 281 00:12:24,084 --> 00:12:26,084 Speaker 2: He shows up to Hellas Hall with his family and 282 00:12:26,164 --> 00:12:29,724 Speaker 2: his opening remarks calls out the Packers head coach, a 283 00:12:29,724 --> 00:12:32,204 Speaker 2: man with whom he is not friends with this is 284 00:12:32,244 --> 00:12:33,884 Speaker 2: the kind of guy you want. And then you know 285 00:12:33,924 --> 00:12:36,124 Speaker 2: what the players responded to the practice with yesterday, all 286 00:12:36,164 --> 00:12:38,244 Speaker 2: this hitt and haven't done this in a decade. They 287 00:12:38,244 --> 00:12:40,164 Speaker 2: come out and say, I hope we do this every day. 288 00:12:40,284 --> 00:12:43,524 Speaker 2: I love it more more. They have an opening game 289 00:12:43,604 --> 00:12:46,644 Speaker 2: and prime time against the division rival in the Minnesota Vikings, 290 00:12:46,844 --> 00:12:48,924 Speaker 2: And if you want something different from the Bears, we're 291 00:12:48,964 --> 00:12:49,724 Speaker 2: seeing it already. 292 00:12:50,724 --> 00:12:53,444 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's exciting. I want to watch this. You want 293 00:12:53,444 --> 00:12:53,964 Speaker 3: to watch this. 294 00:12:54,364 --> 00:12:57,724 Speaker 2: Whatever he does, it's going to be amplified times a 295 00:12:57,764 --> 00:12:59,124 Speaker 2: thousand if it's really good. 296 00:12:59,604 --> 00:13:01,884 Speaker 3: If it's really bad, I mean, we're going to. 297 00:13:01,884 --> 00:13:04,564 Speaker 2: Scrutinize Shador Sanders throws in this preseason game more than 298 00:13:04,644 --> 00:13:05,924 Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts throws in the super Bowl. 299 00:13:05,964 --> 00:13:07,444 Speaker 3: We're gonna see more of that. That's just how it 300 00:13:07,484 --> 00:13:08,204 Speaker 3: works right now. 301 00:13:08,204 --> 00:13:10,204 Speaker 2: And you know what I like about it. 302 00:13:09,924 --> 00:13:11,204 Speaker 3: It's real football. 303 00:13:11,444 --> 00:13:13,524 Speaker 2: It's not like he's a four string quarterback and a 304 00:13:13,604 --> 00:13:16,644 Speaker 2: late round draft pick. He's starting the game. We don't 305 00:13:16,644 --> 00:13:17,924 Speaker 2: know how long he's playing. He can play a half, 306 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:19,564 Speaker 2: he can play a quarter, you can play three quarters. 307 00:13:19,604 --> 00:13:22,684 Speaker 2: Like it's actually a really cool opportunity for shaduur never 308 00:13:22,724 --> 00:13:25,164 Speaker 2: mind the fact that his name is Sanders. He's a 309 00:13:25,204 --> 00:13:27,404 Speaker 2: fifth round pick who gets to start a football game. 310 00:13:27,444 --> 00:13:29,404 Speaker 2: He can impress, he can show off, he can make 311 00:13:29,444 --> 00:13:31,364 Speaker 2: it all about football, not about. 312 00:13:31,124 --> 00:13:32,924 Speaker 3: Media or his dad or anything like. 313 00:13:33,284 --> 00:13:35,764 Speaker 2: Just go out there and play really good football, who 314 00:13:36,044 --> 00:13:39,764 Speaker 2: your champions always insist you can do. I can't think 315 00:13:39,804 --> 00:13:41,364 Speaker 2: of a preseason game in a long time that I've 316 00:13:41,364 --> 00:13:43,444 Speaker 2: been more interested to see how the player plays than this. 317 00:13:43,404 --> 00:13:44,204 Speaker 3: One I'll be watching. 318 00:13:45,364 --> 00:13:48,444 Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts has what people point to in media, specifically radio. 319 00:13:48,484 --> 00:13:51,444 Speaker 2: It's something called brevity of words, where you can or 320 00:13:51,644 --> 00:13:53,884 Speaker 2: economy of words, where you can make a point with 321 00:13:53,924 --> 00:13:56,084 Speaker 2: the fewest words possible. It's a skill that I don't have, 322 00:13:56,164 --> 00:13:59,404 Speaker 2: but he really does. He's so measured in every word 323 00:13:59,444 --> 00:14:01,124 Speaker 2: when things are going well, when things are going bad, 324 00:14:01,164 --> 00:14:03,324 Speaker 2: and you know what, there's people out there that's like, man, 325 00:14:03,364 --> 00:14:05,844 Speaker 2: I wish Jalen Hurts and talk more like a normal person. 326 00:14:06,124 --> 00:14:08,324 Speaker 2: Well he's not a normal person. Then he doesn't have 327 00:14:08,364 --> 00:14:10,884 Speaker 2: a normal job. He goes through a lot of crap 328 00:14:10,924 --> 00:14:13,244 Speaker 2: at that position for that team in that town, and 329 00:14:13,284 --> 00:14:15,484 Speaker 2: he has the temperament for it. You can't ask him 330 00:14:15,524 --> 00:14:18,044 Speaker 2: to be a vaudeville act and then switch it off. 331 00:14:18,044 --> 00:14:20,004 Speaker 2: He's like that all the time, and I appreciate his 332 00:14:20,044 --> 00:14:30,444 Speaker 2: commitment to it. 333 00:14:30,484 --> 00:14:33,324 Speaker 1: Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership 334 00:14:33,324 --> 00:14:38,484 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio app, 335 00:14:38,924 --> 00:14:41,844 Speaker 1: go to Apple, go anywhere you like, it'll be there.