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I don't want 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:17.079 to answer any questions like that pressure coming is a 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.680 big trouble, Donnie Go Mottest sweat. 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.320 Yea Bears et Cetera brought to you by Miller Light 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.760 with the voices of the Bears Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.400 Well Catle Williams, and the Bears offense getting high marks 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:37.800 for spreading it around in a balanced attack called by 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:40.760 offensive coordinator Shane Waldron and the end result a thirty 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:43.519 three to six win in Buffalo over the Bills to 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.080 start the second week of the preseason for the Bears. 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:48.240 Welcome in, everybody. I'm the voice of the Bears Jeff 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.080 Joniac with Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer. This 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.320 episode of the Bears et Cetera Podcast is brought to 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:56.800 you by Miller Light. This is episode number eighty four, 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:00.000 Big Tom, and we have lots to discuss about that game. 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:03.680 First and foremost, I want to get your overall reaction 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:06.200 in the three phases. We'll start you off with the 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:08.520 offense give us some highlights than to the defense and 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:09.560 special teams. 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:12.000 The Ron Morris episode number eighty four. 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.160 Yeah, Ron Morris, Yes. 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:17.600 So you know you started out the podcast talking about 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:21.760 the performance of the players and Caleb specifically, But over 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:25.360 the last two weeks, I have a real congratulations to 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.720 the coaches because they've done a really nice job of 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:33.520 getting these guys prepared. No matter what level you're considered first, second, 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:37.240 or third level player at this point in the season, 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:45.479 they played a real nice quality game of understanding the 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:50.400 offense and they really mistake free and so that goes 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.360 to the credit of the coaches for getting these guys prepared. 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.480 Now you talk about their performance from the first week 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.080 in the Hall of Fame game to now into Buffalo. 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.760 Thing I liked about the game in Buffalo that Buffalo 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.080 brought a really supportive, loud crowd, Because as much as 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.480 you want to try to replicate that in practice, it's 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:12.760 almost impossible until you actually have a crowd that has 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.040 the ebb and flow of the game, the highs and 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.639 the lows. They know when to cheer loud and they 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:19.680 know when to hold back when the offense is on 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:23.280 the field. So some of the elements in this game 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:27.840 that you cannot really replicate in practices. I think the 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:31.040 Bears coaches had all of these guys prepared. And then 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:35.680 you talk about the performance of Caleb super encouraging, super exciting. 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.280 I think when you listen to radio and TV since 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.920 the game he's given, he's been given a lot of 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.079 high marks, and I think he deserves them. But now 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:49.920 that evaluation chart is started, and then where does it 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:50.600 go from here? 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:52.840 All Right? I like the thirty runs of the twenty 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.840 one attempts you're on the football, Caleb, though four of 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:59.280 seven ninety five, A couple of those could have been caught. 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:03.320 The long forty two on the bailout, almost hook shot throw, 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:06.239 but a perfect spiral. At the same time that when 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:08.800 you break that play down to DeAndre Swift, the forty 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.560 two yard catch and run that kept the poison the 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:16.720 tight pocket wasn't jumpy, perfectly thrown spiral. I think that's 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.800 probably pretty difficult pass to throw with that kind of 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.560 spin on the ball in that environment. It's not like 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:24.600 you just knuckled it or just got rid of it. 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.080 That was a beautiful pass. 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:30.080 Listen, why do not a lot of NBA players shoot 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:33.600 a hook shot like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, because it's not easy. 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:37.480 And when you look at that throw by Caleb, it 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.280 seems second nature to him. But it's also trusting your teammate, 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:43.960 knowing exactly where they are going to be. It's not 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:50.120 something you get to site, identify and then throw. It's pressure, 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:54.520 trust and completion forty two yards later. And like you 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.520 brought up as we are watching tape, maybe if DeAndre 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.840 cuts that out a little bit towards the sideline, we're 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.800 talking about a touchdown. But when you talk about a 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:06.720 forty two yard gain under those circumstances, equally as impressive. 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.000 Equally impressive, and maybe even more so the play on 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:14.440 the run, moving to his right, a little hitch to 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.120 try to get the defender off his feet, which he 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.479 did which probably saved him a sack, and then found 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:23.680 a way in mid air, feet off the ground to 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.520 fire a twenty six yard strike to Cole Comet. An 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:31.080 incredible throw, terrific catch, patience on what we now know 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.600 is a guy who can really eat up a lot 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.480 of real estate to the very boundary and still complete 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.360 a pass. We've seen it in training camp every day. 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.000 All right, let me look at the opposite side of that, 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.880 because what that play does it puts all the paranoia 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.320 in the world and defensive coordinators and defensive ends now 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.520 if they think they can get over aggressive and try 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:52.840 to get a media pressure to Caleb and all of 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.240 a sudden, he's doing nothing more than faking you out 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:57.880 of position. And you look at the reaction to that 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:01.279 defensive lineman after Caleb started to roll out and he 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.359 faked him out, he had no chance of contributing to 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:06.960 pressure on that play. You know, it was a perfectly 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.800 delivered throw to Cole Comet, great catch. And when you 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:13.520 talk about the stats of Caleb, and listen, even DJ 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.880 Moore brought it up on his sideline report with Jason 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.520 McKee that, yeah, we had a couple of drops. You 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:21.920 think four for seven if we are sitting here, talk 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:24.880 about a six for seven performance, and then the amount 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.400 of yards that those drops would have attached to the 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.520 stats of the game. You know, now you're glowing even 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.480 more about Caleb. But when you talk about that one 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.400 specific play of getting the defensive lineman out of position, 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:42.279 loved it, loved to see it, and how effective it's 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.159 going to be on the coaching on the other side 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:45.600 of the ball. 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.479 Now, let's throw in the scramble for thirteen yards, because 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.400 he has stated he doesn't want to be a guy 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.360 who's going to run continuously out of the pocket. He 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.800 wants to make plays from the pocket or as he's 0:05:56.880 --> 0:06:00.200 rolling out, buying time for his receivers forcing defense. That's 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.200 just the plaster coverage as long as they can and 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.080 you know that has a time limit out, it's going 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.520 to run out. But his thirteen yards scramble alongs to 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.839 demonstrates he does have the speed and the legs to 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.240 pick up first downs. And I'll be interested this year 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:14.440 to see how many first downs he picks up just 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.719 with his legs, not the dynamic runner that we have 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:21.039 come to learn that Lamar Jackson is who Michael Vick was, 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.040 or Justin Fields was. He's going to do it a 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.120 little differently and still put as you like to say, 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:26.359 paranoia in a defense. 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.240 Yeah, you know, you think about the exit strategy of 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.200 that scrabble, Jeff, because we talked about during the broadcast. 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.280 First of all, there was a stunt by the defensive 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.960 lineup front that was passed off efficiently by the interior 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.520 of the offensive line. The exit strategy wasn't escape to 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.360 the outside right or left. It was escape when that 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:47.320 crease opened right up the middle point A to point B. 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.080 That thirteen yards was a straight ahead run. 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.960 So that was the thing that I was really encouraged 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.000 about in the one time he did want to take 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.359 off that he understood and patiently waited for the offensive 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.000 line to pass that stunt off, and then he took 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:04.520 it off field. And you saw the slide in first down, 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:08.479 A really good slider too on that surface turf, not 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:12.239 easy balanced down the leg point with the left hand. 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:13.600 Let's go to a first down. 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.800 First down bears taste like Miller time, celebrate responsibly. Miller 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:20.200 Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ninety six calories, three point two 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.600 carbs per twelve ounces. We'll get deeper into the offense 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.080 and some other players, but let's now shift to the defense, 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.160 which for the second week in a row, shut down 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.560 the run game. And that's a very big part of 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:35.040 this defense that Matt Eberflus is employing and calling. They 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.200 have to stop the run, and by virtue of that 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.120 they had eight sacks. We can talk about the guys 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:44.000 that did the damage. Austin Booker certainly puts some great 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:48.680 tape on for this performance, not just against the pass, 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.520 but against the run, and his move movement skills, his 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:52.920 length all showing up. 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:54.880 Tommy, would you agree, Yeah, you know, I just like 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.760 the reinforcement from what I've seen in practice that carries 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.400 over to the game because we've been down there seeing 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:01.480 one on ones. 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.520 And you see Austin Booker what he's able to do. 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:04.720 When you have a. 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.400 Designated drill of one on one pass rushing, the offensive 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.840 lineman knows what you're gonna do. Now it's it's the 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.280 challenge of him to defend against it. And he's done 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.320 a really nice job in those drills. But now do 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.560 those drills carry over to the game field. And that's 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:23.320 exactly what we saw in Buffalo this past weekend. His 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:28.400 innate pass rushing skills and ability they compute to the 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:29.720 game field. 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.319 And that was super encouraging for me to. 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:37.000 See because he's only chipping away at what his capabilities 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:41.839 can ultimately be. He uses his length real efficiently, he 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.760 doesn't let an offensive lineman spend a lot of time 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:48.000 getting his hands to his body, and then he's got 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:51.320 an arsenal of moves where if the offensive lineman is 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.520 able to intercept his first move, he's already got a 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.079 second move in mind. And so for what I've seen 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:01.760 out of a young guy like Austin Booker, it's something 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:05.600 that it's only going to be refined over time with 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.400 coach Travis Smith and the rest of the defensive coaches, 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:12.360 Eric Washington and so on. But you're really teaching a 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.160 guy that has an understanding of what pass rushing is 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:15.960 all about. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.560 And Daniel Hardy had replica statistics. They both had the 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:22.559 same stat line five tackles, two and a half sacks, 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.920 three quarterback hits, and two tackles for lost. They played 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.000 well off each other when they were on the field. 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.120 Daniel Hardy doing it two weeks in a row. 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:30.960 That's what I like about it, because you know, some 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.360 of these guys, Jeff, they come aboard a training camp, 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:35.880 we look at them in their jerseys for a couple 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.000 of weeks, we really don't know what to think about them. 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:42.920 So Daniel Hardy stayed on my attention radar after the 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.160 Hall of Fame game, and then he was able to 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:46.520 back up that performance. 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.360 But it's not only just with the ability to win. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.520 It's hustle, it's hard work, it's just out, you know, 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:57.800 playing his opponent. So that's some of super encouraging signs 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.560 that you don't know if you can coach Hart. But 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.679 Daniel Hardy so far in the first two weeks has 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:05.280 shown that he's got a lot of it. 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.680 Veteran Khalid Kareem he also had a sack, four tackles, 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.680 tackle for loss in a pass breakup, and then Aman 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.000 Bamiga seven tackles to lead the way, a sack and 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.720 a pass defense plus a special teams tackle as well, 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.280 Dravon Dexter a tackle for loss and a hit on 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:24.760 the quarterback. And Zach Pickens time I thought played better 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:28.040 in this game, a tackle for loss for him, a 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:29.600 sack as well in three tackles. 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.400 Yeah, I was super encouraged by I saw. I saw 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.880 more results on effort from Zach Pickens because he's the 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.760 type of guy that has got to be a playmate 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.080 of Andrew Billings, but he's got to play differently, and 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.280 I think when you can put him into the lineup 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.280 and you don't have that big three hundred and thirty 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:51.959 pound powerhouse brick of a man Andrew Billings, you got 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:55.160 a little bit more quickness, a little bit more elusiveness 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:59.040 by Pickens and just to real quickly, Deshaun Mallory and 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.240 Dominique Robins and super excited both of those guys had 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.600 to tackle for a loss. I thought Dominique Robinson in 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:09.160 terms of run football out of a defensive lineman, I 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:12.319 think he played the best so far that I've seen 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.240 out of him since he's been here. 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.480 Tom and this defense linebackers are going to get the 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.840 hands on footballs. They had the eight interceptions at that 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.720 position last year, and Micah Baskerville, we saw it coming 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.720 a mile away. The pick up Bouschelle into the end 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.440 zone for a pick six. An exciting play for a 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:32.120 young player highly regarded undrafted LSU at special teams work 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:35.040 a year ago, but the Bears are likely to keep 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.400 him in the mix as a special teams player in 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.760 a backup at linebacker as well. Break down that one 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.079 for me on Micah Baskerville. 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.720 I think that you could have called the play probably 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.520 two or three seconds before it actually happened. The most 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.680 encouraging thing to me about that interception that Micah made 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:53.400 was once he had the opportunity to catch a ball, 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.760 he caught the ball. Because you never know how a 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:58.400 defensive player is going to react to a pass with 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.319 some velocity out of the the arm of a quarterback. 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:03.360 Is it going to go through their hands? Is it 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:04.880 going to stick to their hands? Are they going to 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.319 be able to control it, catch it, tuck it, and run? 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.880 And Micah did every single one of those things. 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:13.600 So I was super happy for him. Jason McKee has been. 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:16.520 Talking about him all throughout last year, last training camp 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:19.319 and stuff. And if he lives up to the build 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:24.160 a billing and he plays to the the accelerated rate 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:26.640 that he can, he gives some great depth to this 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:27.800 linebacker position. 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.160 We're brought to you by P and C Official Bank 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.800 of the Bears. Let's talk special teams. Long snapper Patrick 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:37.960 Scales was unable to practice or play in this particular game, 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:41.199 so Lions the backup came back on the roster after 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.600 his release at a need because you need a long snapper. 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:47.720 So how did that impact? Cairo Santosi had a missed 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:50.680 extra point and just the overall placement of the snap. 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:52.760 Now you're talking about a new snapper and a new 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:56.120 holder for Cairo, So the difficulty of that, and I 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.360 think it can't go underscore because people have to realize 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.840 within the instance of time that you need to be 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.320 able to throw a seven and a half yard snap back, 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.960 get it placed perfectly, so your kicker that's already beginning 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.559 his motion by the time the ball is snap that 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:14.600 whole transition of time has to be perfectly done. Now, 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.199 if you throw a snap that's maybe six to twelve 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:22.280 inches out of place, you're challenging the timing of the kicker, 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.120 and so I do think the one miss that Cairo 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:30.160 had interfered with his timing of perfection and pushed the 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.679 ball a little bit to the outside. It's not going 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:37.679 to happen with regularity. That's why snappers and holders everybody 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:38.360 can't do it. 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:39.520 It's a difficult position. 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.600 But I think the work that Tory Taylor had as 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:46.240 the new holder on this football team benefited him because 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.600 some of the conditions he could face throughout the season 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:49.760 won't be easy. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.600 Forty eight yard average on two punts for Tory Taylor, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.439 one inside of the twenty, quotas weightman two for forty 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.400 one and a half and a punt inside the twenty 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:01.320 as well. Josh Blackwell a couple returns for twenty yards. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.240 Greg Strowman won for sixteen of the punt return game 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:07.319 in Blackwell with four tackles on defense playing in that 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:12.199 role as the nickel. With Kyler Gordon hopefully returning this week, 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.600 that's my hope anyway to get back on the practice 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:16.960 field as they get ready to meet the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:20.200 All right, so that's some of the highlights of it. 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.040 Now let's break down some of the other hot topics, 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.360 and one of them was putting Vaylis Jones at running 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.520 back last week. So we know he's got the speed, 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.960 We know he can turn the corner on you. We 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:34.280 don't clearly know what his instincts are as a between 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.960 the tackles runner or of a point of attack runner. 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.880 He is. He did have a rushing touchdown, six carries 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:43.440 thirty four yards in return, one kick for thirteen yards. 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.200 How would you evaluate his overall day including special team? 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.280 You know, I think the coaches are doing a nice 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.560 job of the way they're trying to break him into 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:55.720 a position. That's not as easy as everybody thinks. The 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.120 skills of reading how the blocks are going to unfold 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.160 in front of you. It takes that inate ability to 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:06.880 see how defensive players are moving before an offensive lineman 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.600 or an exterior blocker ever gets to him and they're 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.000 feeding him the right time. Kind of plays. When Dayalas 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.360 Jones Junior has the ball in his hands, he is 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.040 a courageous runner, even though he knows he's going to 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.040 deliver a hit or he's gonna get hit. So those 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.400 exterior plays that are using his side and his size 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.640 and speed I think can benefit this team. But he's 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:29.400 gonna have a wi He's going to need to have 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:33.360 a wider variety of skills in order to be deceptive 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.720 when he's on the field, because if he's only one dimensional, 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.920 the defense will call that immediately. So if he can 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.440 catch a screen, if he can catch an outlet pass, 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.840 if he can pick up a blitzer, if he can 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:49.320 run an RPO in the middle of the offensive line 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.200 and run it efficiently, whether not to take it or 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.000 to take it, those are the types of things that 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.400 Dayleas Jones Junior is going to need to show the 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.520 coaching staff that he's starts to understand the position. 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:02.840 And now I'm going to talk about a couple of 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.080 undrafted rookies. One Ian Wheeler who had a terrific two 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:10.200 touchdown game five carries, I think for forty three yards rushing, 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.240 he'd been banged up, but I've always enjoyed how he 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.880 ran the football during practice. He's a four to three 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:17.440 to eight to forty guy. He's got a lot of 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.720 speed and it looks like he's got a big heart. Man, 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:21.800 he wants this badly. He I impressed. 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.440 Well, you know the thing about Ian Wheeler and vailis 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.360 you can talk. You can see the differences between the 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:33.080 innate ability to read as a career running back, or 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:35.400 you can see how a guy that has the skill 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.440 that's trying to learn how to be a running back. 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:41.160 Ian Wheeler understands the design of the blocking up in 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.000 front of him, and then how to pre predict how 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.480 the defensive first level and second level are going to 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:49.280 flow and where and how the hole is going to 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:53.680 open up and listen for years, you know, watching players 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.000 like Walter Payton or Thomas Jones or Barry Sanders or 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:59.280 so on and so forth that have that in a 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:02.240 they have those you know, how many carries do you have? 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:06.080 Forty thousand carries throughout the practice life, in the game 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:09.520 life of their careers, and so when you see what 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:13.800 they have to offer, Ian Wheeler he's got those innate skills, 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.800 but he's going to be in testing, also catching and blocking. 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:20.600 Busy Heart Seltzer Flavors for every vibe Celebrate Responsibly Mosten 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.240 Course Beverage Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All Right, you know I'm 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.280 bringing this guy up. You know I am. Who do 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:30.359 you think I'm going to bring up next? Undrafted rookie 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:34.199 Brendan Bates. Love this player, and yes he had he 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.080 had some catches, but he also had three special teams tackles, 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:41.080 and so that becomes an important don't care who you're 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.400 playing against, that becomes a big deal, especially at that position. 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.679 What's your thought on Brendan Bates three catches eighteen yards? 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:50.760 You know, I like him since he's got here, he's 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:54.399 in a really competitive position. He's got to demonstrate that 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:58.400 he has multiple skills at the tight end position. Line 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:00.959 up as a tight end, next to attack, line up 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.719 on the back side of a blocking play, lineup as 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.560 a wide receiver, line up as an h back, line 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:09.280 up as a fullback, and then contribute on special teams. 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.040 If you're a rookie, he's demonstrated every one of the 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:16.359 skills as you just acknowledge. So I like the fact 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:21.000 that he's increasing the competition of the position and being 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.840 a rookie, you don't know what his future is, but 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:26.600 he's definitely showed that he has the skills to go 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:32.120 out and compete at a position that has multiple responsibility. 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:34.200 In a stack position. Obviously with Cole Kmet and Gerald 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:37.880 Everett and Marcedes Lewis, Stephen Carlson with the organization here 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:41.720 now for two seasons, a fourth year veteran Tommy Sweeney, 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:43.920 a fifth year veteran out of Boston College, had a 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.480 couple of catches yesterday as well, and then bates the 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:50.359 underlying factor for Baits in my opinion, he can run. 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.760 He's got a four to six six forty during his 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:57.280 off season work at two hundred and fifty five pounds, 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:59.399 So Gerald Everett at two forty five or in a 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.320 four to six, and we looked at him as a 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:04.480 terrific athlete playing that position. So this is one of 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.040 the faster tight ends you've got here, carrying around two 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.119 hundred and fifty five pounds pretty good, you know. 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:13.720 It just shows you how competitive the tight end position must. 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:14.600 Be at a college level. 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:17.080 For a guy like that with those types of numbers, 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:20.960 doesn't get drafted, and then what the heck is going 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:24.760 on here? Because he's definitely shown in the early stages 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.399 of this offseason, then through all practices. This is not 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:32.320 only on field on game day field experience that's showing it. 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:34.480 He does it in practice as well. 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:36.520 He's one of the three guys that got dinged up 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:38.520 in the game that came back in the game. Also 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.520 they just did not this is you know, that tells 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.399 me a lot as well. And then ready Stewart, we 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:45.959 keep bringing him up. He's a five to eleven corner 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:49.720 out of Troy undrafted. Five tackles again, Tommy, he puts 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:52.119 his nose in there. He shows a great willingness to 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:52.760 be a tackler. 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:55.560 You know, to me, it's one of the most it's 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:58.920 one of the hardest picial positions to evaluate. Unless you're 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:01.040 just one of those top tier guys that come out 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:03.800 and one of the first cornerbacks picked in the draft. 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:05.159 It's a crap shoot. 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:08.760 And I see you see free agents that have incredible 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.359 success Hall of Fame careers through throughout their life in 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:14.439 the NFL. So all of a sudden, you see a 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.800