WEBVTT - All Access: McManis, Amin ready for season 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:04.120 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.240 --> 0:00:08.639 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.719 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:16.840 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:21.400 access pass into Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:25.480 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Miller Lite, 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:30.880 CDW and four And It's that time again. Good even everybody. 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.360 I'm Jeff Jonny Accolong on the broadcast partner from news 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.800 Radio seven eighty one five point FM, WBBM, mister Tom 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.159 Thare and Jim Miller at his Michigan home enjoying the 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:43.440 beginning of his summer vacation. Yeah. Probably not. He's working 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.200 around the clock, just like everybody else is getting ready 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.879 for the upcoming season. How are you doing, I'm doing good? Yeah, good. 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.159 It's on your mind these days, I don't you know 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:53.959 in terms of football. You know, you kind of pay 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:56.240 attention to the news around the league and see what's 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.400 going on. They have all these articles about big expectations 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:02.960 for players from each football team, and you know, it 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:05.240 kind of makes you think a lot about the Bears 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.600 because you know, later in the show, we have on 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.560 Sherick McManus, But I was thinking about Tree Cohen in 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:12.880 the punt return because you know, when you think about 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:15.119 Gayl Sayers and you think about Devin Hester and the Nave, 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.600 and they made for themselves on the approach Gayl in 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.560 the Hall of Fame, Devin hopefully someday, And you know 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:22.959 what would the special team play due to a guy 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.320 like three Cohen? Would it take away some of his 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.680 sting or would you try to have to include him 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.119 a little bit more in the offense? Refresh my memory 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.480 and Jim jump in. Did you like the fact that 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.319 he was doing both last year? I was, I think 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.120 you were. I was a little leary. Well, I was 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.240 leary because it was his rookie year. He was being 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.040 exposed to so much, and a lot of the exposure 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.400 was the big hits, going back to the Atlanta game 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:46.720 to some of the punt return He is a true 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.400 weapon on the punt return game. So I don't mind 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.520 seeing him in there. I just don't like the big 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.320 hits he's exposed to. But I just hope he stays 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.280 a part of the game because when I think about 0:01:56.520 --> 0:02:00.000 different teams and guys that have that caliber, of explosive 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.920 him this I want Treeke to have it, and every 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.920 avenue offered. Yeah, well you look at it and always 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.120 going to be with you guys, I think you know, 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.200 it's tough because, like you said, you're exposing them to 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.160 so many different hats that he had to wear, and 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.799 are you going to overload the player? And I think 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.359 there was a time that he was overloaded a little 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:18.720 bit when you look at Tarik Cohon. But typically, you know, 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.400 and this goes back to even you know, guys like 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.959 Dez Bryant. You know, normally when you're drafted by a team, 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.160 and that's normally and they feel that you can have 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.480 the biggest impact. That's normally an area where you start 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.600 out at, you know, in the return game, whether it's 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.600 kickoff or punt returned, as Bryant did it. You think 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.359 Antonio Brown, that's what he started out is. And then 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.040 you look at guys like Terre Cohen, who's explosive. He 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.639 was strictly returner, and then they branched out in terms 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.600 of his receiving ability and what he you know, what 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:47.920 his part was going to be in the offense. And 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.200 then you kind of stick those guys back there once 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.639 they're established, and they got to have at moments. If 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.079 you still look at the Steelers, if it's a big 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.760 play and they need to score, Antonio Brown will be 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:01.600 back there on punt returns. Say remember me, remember Adrian 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.639 Peterson against the Bears at Soldier Field. He had that 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.360 huge game and then he returns a kickoff, right, Walter 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:08.239 Payton did it in his past. You know, you got 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:09.720 to put the best of the best when you're in 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.160 the biggest moments. But it seems like as much as 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:14.840 we're trying to whittle away some of the special teams 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.359 and what it's contributed to the game and the excitement 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.520 of the game, almost trying to take some of that 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.600 away from him. So it'll be interesting because sheared you know, 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.560 he's a guy that's made a career and now he's 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.600 an experienced veteran in the NFL, and he's had a 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:29.720 lot of different roles on this team, a lot of 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:32.560 him pertaining to special teams. You know what's interesting too, 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:36.000 is because of the new kickoff rule, you just wonder 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:39.200 how that's going to change returners in the NFL. And 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.080 I still understand that speed kills, but I go back 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:44.560 to even our two thousand one year, and Jeff, you'll 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.080 you'll remember this. Remember we had Leon Johnson, a big 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.240 running back, as our kick returner because we were all 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.520 we were all about field position. He only went north 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.880 and south, never ever zigzag. Well, because a lot of 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.560 these special teams coaches like Brad Seeley who I've talked to, 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:01.480 or Mike Westoff of the New Orleans Saints, a lot 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.680 of these special teams coaches saying they're taking all their 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:07.280 big guys off of the kickoff team coverage and putting 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.320 the speedier guys out there. And I'm wondering if kick 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.040 return coaches, and I'll thinking, you want to what, Let's 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.560 put all our big dudes on kick return and maybe 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.080 it'll go back to more of a field position. You know, 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.200 those bigger running backs can still make plays. You disidentified 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.760 one in Adrian Peterson, but we had Leon Johnson. I 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:24.760 think we returned it to like to the forty. We 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.000 had great field position, literally, and he was pounded dudes. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.080 He was crushing dudes. And the last couple of weeks 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.440 Jim has mentioned the name Mike Westoff, who has a 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:34.680 long term reputation of being the one of the best 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:38.640 special teams coaches and right, but he was my offensive 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:43.960 line coach in the USFLO. Yeah, Mike Westoff was right. 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.599 He got the nickname Don Johnson because that was the 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:51.320 time that coincided with the Miami Vice TV show. And 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.280 Mike Westoff was a young guy, you know, had all 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.920 the flashy hair and stuff like that. But nevertheless he's 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.480 a guy that's you know, been around now for forty 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:06.080 years through the professional ranks. Outstanding, outstanding coach, outstanding coach. Hey. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.279 Some have said that the kick returns now could be 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.440 the new punt return. We'll find out. We'll talk about 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.080 more at the Sheriff mcmannus Coming up. This is Bears 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.960 All Access. It's brought to you by IGS Energy. Jeff, 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.279 Jonny Act, Tom there, Jim Miller with you, and Sheriff 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:21.080 of mannis coming up next on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:27.080 seventy The Score. Hey, welcome back everybody to Bears All Access, 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.680 brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:33.000 the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.200 products to over one million customers across the country. Learn 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.880 more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff and 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.120 Tom and Jim Miller with you on Bears All Access 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.480 and our buddy Sherriff McManus kind enough to join us. 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.320 This is supposed to be vacation time, buddy. I mean, 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.240 we love it that you're joining the show. I love 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:54.520 it guys having me. Are you doing, brother, I'm doing great, man, 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.479 real good, getting ready for what now is just four 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:00.400 weeks away for training camp, the local product. We talk 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.839 about guys all the time from the Chicago area. We 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.280 forget that at some times. You know you're you're you're 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.599 a local guy man Peoria, Northwestern and wearing the Bear's 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.120 uniform now for quite a while. Yeah, it's important to you, 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:17.320 isn't it. It's very important, man. I'm happy. I'm blessed 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:21.200 to be able to have this opportunity. Hey, I know 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:22.839 it's a little bit off the trail, but have you 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:27.240 seen Northwestern's new facility at shaik I've yet to see it, man, 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:30.760 I haven't been able to go down there yet, but 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.359 I'm sure it's great. You know, you think you know 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:35.760 you're becoming an elder statesman in the NFL when you 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.920 outlive your college program facility. Now you're into your second 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.960 facility within ther pro team with the Chicago Bears. So 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.680 you know what type of press what type of pressures though, 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.119 is added for a guy that has been a major 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:50.400 part of the core group of special team play here. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.719 You know who Chris Taybor is, but you have a 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.159 new head coach, So what are some of your responsibilities 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:59.880 or the pressures you're putting on yourself. Yeah, that's the biggest. 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.040 The pressure I put on myself is um, you know, 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.080 just always trying to improve every year. You know, this 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.560 is going into my ninth season, but there's always something 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.360 new you're able to learn, you're able to grasp and 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.360 become better at. So that's that's the main focus going 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.720 into this year, is just learning new things and trying 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.840 to perfect my craft. Well, prior to you coming out, 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.240 Jim Miller here, always good to talk to Sherik, and 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.360 since you've been a special team's demon, I know plenty 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:32.240 of discussions have been about the new kickoff return role 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.480 and just maybe in your eyes because a lot of 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.840 people are still uncertain how it's going to be officiated 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.400 number one, and I assume Chris Tabor, like many other 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:41.960 special teams coaches, are going to have to adjust on 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.920 the fly. But your your initial reaction. How do you 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:46.720 think it is going to change for you this year 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.080 in twenty eighteen. I think you know it's going to 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.880 change for everybody. Chris coach Tabor is a great coach, 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:57.800 and you know he was kind of on point and 0:07:57.880 --> 0:07:59.880 ahead of the game, so he had us kind of 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.320 preparing for that possible change ahead of time, before it 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.840 was even finalized. And you know, it's just something that 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.840 happens in life. You gotta adjust. So that's exactly what 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.840 we'll do. What is different? What are they telling you 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.120 differently now in terms of and you're not going to 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.720 give me the company secrets or anything, but there is 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:23.320 there are different adjustments to the whole thing. Yeah, well, 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.440 you know, you just gotta It's definitely the starting point, 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.120 like no more really running start. You just kind of 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.280 line up. Once you kick, you kind of just take 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.559 off as it is. So you know, there's a little 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:39.000 adjustment here and there that you know may affect some guys, 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:41.360 but I don't see it being too big of a problem. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.160 Cherick will will it affect anybody's body styles? Because you know, 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.600 Bears fans, they'd remember Israel Adnaja running down the middle 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.160 of the field last year. You saw it, Rory Robertson Harris. 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.079 You know both of those guys are six seven six 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.360 seven plus. Well, the new style of special teams eliminate 0:08:56.400 --> 0:09:00.880 any types of body styles going forward. Really depends on 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:04.480 if if you're really a guy that really gets head 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:08.640 start when you are able to run when approaching the kick. Um, 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.960 but another benesit. I feel like that will help the 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:16.160 kickoff routine. The kick kickoff team is UM. There won't 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.800 be you know, pretty much any wedges. You know, two 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:23.400 three man, you know, four man wedges. It should be 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.959 mainly mostly single blocks. You know you're definitely gonna get 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.400 some double teams here and there. But you know, m Nikki, 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:33.000 you just gotta kind of embrace it. Man. That's kind 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.120 of my mindset. It's done. You know, it's nothing we 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.760 can do about it. So let's embrace it man and 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.920 attack it. Well. Speed demons like you. That's why they 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.560 time in the forty at the combine the ten yards split. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.080 You're you're getting full speed in ten yards whether you're 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.880 start running or straight from a from a three point stands. Well, 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:52.920 let me ask you this though, do you think from 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.600 a health standpoint, it will reduce the collisions because obviously 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:02.480 that's the goal. Um, I think the religions will be inevitable. Honestly, 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.920 I think they're going to happen. It's football. I mean, 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:09.800 it's built on collisions, you know, but hopefully the impact 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:14.320 won't be as brutal. I'm sure that blindside hits won't 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:19.680 won't be coming along hopefully, But you know, it's football. 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.440 You can only control so much when you, you know, 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:25.960 tell two two teams to go out there and try 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:29.080 to win a ball game. Bears team captain from last season, 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:32.160 defensive back and special team studs Sherrick McManus with us 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:34.439 here on Bears All Access with Jeff Jonny Actium there 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:36.640 and Jim Miller with you on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.720 seventy the score. So you're alluding to it, you believe 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.960 then that there's a real chance because if guys win 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.120 one on one blocks, we're talking about a lot of 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:49.320 space to run then for the return man. Yeah, that's 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:52.760 where you know, good coaching comes in to just kind of, 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:57.520 you know, be able to to create a play essentially 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.600 to kind of help the returner and keep him from 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.920 getting big hits. You know you're gonna have to get 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:05.480 some blockers out there, some people that can move their 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.240 feet a little bit, you know, more agile, and you know, 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.360 see see how well you do out there. You know, 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.720 there's a lot of enthusiasm on the practice field this year, 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:16.840 and a lot of it stems from Coach Naggie and 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.560 his attitude. Offensively speaking, did that spill over to the 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:24.080 defense or was it still the Vic Fangio type style 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.680 of coaching and his the way you approach the game. 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.440 I know everybody was having fun, but did it spill 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:34.000 over to the fun spill over to you guys? Oh? Definitely. Man, 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:39.120 Just Coach Naggy his energy, It's electric, man. Everybody feels 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:44.800 his presence, all the coaches honestly that now here. Their 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.920 energy is great, man. And it just brings more competition, 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.840 and it's helping us build a culture, you know what 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.440 I mean coming up this season to kind of just 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.640 go out there and have a swag about us and 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.480 go out there and win some games. Well, here, Jeff 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.240 mentions that camp's just around the corner, about a month away, 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.200 and certainly you guys report earlier than any other team 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:06.920 playing in the Hall of Fame game. How do you 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:10.080 approach this year differently because you're reporting earlier and really 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.439 getting yourself ready because you're a wily wet No. No, 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.199 I mean you know how to prepare for the camp. Yeah, 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:19.280 pretty much the same way I've been preparing every year. 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.439 You just got to do it a little bit sooner, 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:24.840 you know, so your break is a little bit shortened, 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:30.920 but you know it's everything's good. It starts a little earlier. 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.880 Sherik mcmannus with us here on Bears All Access on 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.600 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Thank you again 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.840 for joining us, Sherrek. Last year in the defense, Vic 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.440 put you to use, you know, had you blitzing and 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.160 so forth. Do you see that role continuing for you 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.480 and is that something that obviously you would embrace. But 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.160 have you worked on that aspect of your game here 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:54.440 over the last few years. Yeah. Coach Vic the special 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:58.080 thing about him, he's very innovative. But at the same time, 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.320 Keef is very original, you know, So if he feels 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:04.360 like that's something that's going to help us win games 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.600 and mix it up a little bit, I'm sure he'll 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:10.880 implement that. And you know, I'm all for it. Anything 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.760 I can do to help us win some games and 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:17.280 get to where we need to get to. I'm for it. Hey, Sherik, 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:18.760 do you feel like you're getting an old one one 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:20.880 of your ex teammates is getting into the Hall of 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.360 Fame and you can tell can you tell us a 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.920 little bit about your first experiences with Brian Urlocker and 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.160 you know how you know or the chance that you 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:33.920 got to grow into that type of football relationship. Definitely, 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.440 So getting traded from Houston when I first came into 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.480 the league, got drafted by Houston and got traded to 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:44.040 the Bears going into my third year. Single was two twelve, 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.720 and right when I stepped in the building into the 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.400 locker room, Brian was the first player I've seen, and 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.640 I of course knew who he was. I didn't expect 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:57.880 him to say anything to me, but just a simple 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.199 gesture of just saying, hey, how are you doing man, 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.280 I'm Brian Erlacker. I'm happy to have you with us. 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.320 You know, come on, let's go out here and ball 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:09.920 out like that, just you know, him just making that 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.880 simple gesture to me. It was just incredible for me. 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.840 So I was I've always been a Brian Erlacker fan 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:20.800 and I'm very happy for him well deserved and you 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:24.280 know he deserved it. Hey, first ballot says it all 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:27.920 about that great player. Let me let me ask this 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.840 and I asked the Keem Hicks as your teammate about 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.520 this too, because here, you know, all the excitement, optimism, 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:36.120 Bears fans are excited. You guys are excited, and you 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:38.640 should be. It's been a great off season for Chicago 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:40.960 and here you had a top ten defense last year 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.360 and that's with all the injuries. I guess I don't 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.840 want to put any pressure, but I guess expectation from 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.640 your guys standpoint, because I gotta believe as a unit, 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.600 you guys are to the point now, at least mentally 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.840 that you kind of want to dominate on an every 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:58.440 week basis. Yeah, no question, that's the mentality is to dominate. 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:02.280 And it's never been make sure we're top ten. We 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:05.440 just felt if we continue to focus on the little 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.240 things or trying to improve and being better than we 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:12.640 were you know yesterday, you know, things will fall into 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:14.560 place and we'll see where we line up at the 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.440 end of the day. Oh sorry, shared they stepped down 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:21.320 you a little bit. Sorry, Big Jim. Last thing we'll 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.520 let you go, and we really do appreciate taking ten 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.040 minutes and spending time with Bears fans in US. Right now, 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:30.200 where do you see yourself in this whole big picture 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.880 of a team that is, it's been rebuilding here for 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:34.880 the last couple of years and now it's a younger team, 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.280 and here you are getting another new contract. I don't 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:39.720 even recall the longest contract you ever you've ever had 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:42.320 in your career. But you keep on, you keep on 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.560 coming back, you keep proving your worth. How do you 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:48.160 see yourself in the big picture with this football team? Uh? 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:52.400 You know, I see myself as definitely a leader, someone 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.000 the guys can go to, whether it's on the field 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.080 problems or you know, off the field problems, and you know, 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.360 just be out there to execute and be a playmaker. Man, 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:05.200 That's all I want to do is win win game. 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:07.480 So I'm gonna be the best player I can be 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:11.440 and hopefully that will help the team. All right, Sherik, 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:13.480 We look forward to seeing you. Is always a training camp. 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:15.360 Good to talk to you and have a great month 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:20.040 off here. Thanks, Sheridan Sherrick McManus Bears defensive backhand special 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.160 Teams demon. I think he's got over eighty Tackleson's come 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:23.880 out of the Bears from Houston in a trade. Remember 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:30.560 who he was traded for, Daniel Manner, Tyler Clarks. Bonus 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:34.040 round my Way Top ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Town, 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.520 Buy your Bear at training camp. Big Jim, all right, 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.880 we're gonna step away. We'll come back talk more about 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.160 Sherrik and where the Bears are headed after this break 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.680 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. You get 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.480 the latest Bears news, photos and videos delivered straight to 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.440 your mobile device. Download the Chicago Bears Official mobile app, 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.520 presented by Verizon. Jeff Joniak Here with You and Tom 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.320 Fair and Jim Miller, our co hosts, as we Get 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:59.680 You Sent for the Bears twenty eighteen campaign training camp 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.200 just month the way. We just heard from Sherrick McManus. 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.879 A couple of things I want to bring up. He really, 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:09.240 you know, like most special teams. Guy and Jim, remember 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.440 Larry Wiggham. Larry Wiggam was an outstanding spe and boy 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:15.439 at some point of their careers, and Sherick has embraced it. 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.760 Though they don't like just being labeled that guy. They 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:20.600 want to get on the field defensively, I remember Larry 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.560 Wiggham always wanted to get on the field defense, always 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:24.760 talking about it, doing features on it, like this is 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.680 what I can do. You look at a guy. There's 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:31.199 one guy, Corey Graham, you know, didn't get a ton 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.160 of playing them. Here is a very good special team player. 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.920 He became a starting defensive player on a super Bowl team. 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.680 That's what these guys envisioned. But if they can't get there, 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:41.960 you know, you become a star on special teams. And 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.880 Sheriff has and he is a leader. He teaches these 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:48.000 guys a lot. He's he's a very quiet guy in 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.480 the in the off the field sense, but on the field, 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.200 well you know, the parks man. He's a he's a nasty, 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.439 tough player. The biggest star in the league on special 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:58.640 teams is probably Slater from New England Patriots. And he's 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.840 he's made a career, not an All Pro career for 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.560 himself out of that position. And I think that's the 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:08.760 type of investment that Sherik believes he's made in the 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:13.600 Chicago Bears in his own career. And he deserves credit 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:17.040 because you know, this special team's the last regime they 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:19.560 really lived through some growing pains and they're awful at 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:22.520 times and they contributed to losses. And so I think 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:24.439 that's one thing. What do you when you ask him 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:27.320 the last question, where do you see yourself? And it's 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:28.840 the best thing that came out of his mouth, as 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.639 I see myself as a leader to turn this thing around. Yeah, 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:34.879 and you know for that third group, you know it 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:36.520 does you take a lot of pride. He's already what 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:38.840 this is going on his ninth year, Yeah, I believe. 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:41.399 So he's already proven himself. He's made a name for 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.280 himself around the National Football League. It's why he's stuck 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.840 not only in Houston but now solidified in Chicago with 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.119 what he brings to the table from that area of 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:51.920 the game. And I played with a lot of guys 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:53.720 like that. I don't know if you remember Dwight Stone. 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.600 Dwight Stone was a gunner when I was with the 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:59.399 Pittsburghs years. He's like literally our seventh wide receiver. They 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:02.879 ever put him in at receiver, but he could absolutely 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.840 fly as a gutter. He got double teamed every play 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:07.560 and he was the first guy down there to make 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:10.320 a tackle. Let our team every year in tackles and 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:12.560 guys know what say, Hey, this is where I'm going 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:14.159 to make my niche this is where I'm going to 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:16.399 put food on my table. And for some guys it 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:19.160 could be over a decade that they're doing in the NFL. Well, 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:23.040 I certainly hope special teams and I coach is an 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:26.840 outstanding coach. He's been around. Coach Tabor as an outstanding coach, 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:28.760 been around a long time. He's learned from some of 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.479 the best, obviously, and Dave Tobin whatnot. And he's got 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:34.600 a great personality, great style about him in terms of 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:38.600 how he coaches, and that aggressive mentality that they want. 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:41.439 They want that on special teams too. And I'm excited 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.240 about getting a new kicker in here, Cody Parkey. Well, 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:47.240 and that consistency that you need out of that position. Well, 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:49.560 it's gonna be interesting too, because I think that's an 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:51.879 important part Jeff, that you just brought up there and 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:54.280 Tom hit out it too, is that think of these 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:57.280 special teams coaches, you just have a major change in 0:19:57.320 --> 0:20:00.280