WEBVTT - All Access: Nichols talks beginning his second season 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.600 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.600 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:20.759 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:25.280 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:30.560 Miller Lite and Hulu. Have you aboard everybody Bears football 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:33.440 conversation coming up here on Bears All Access. I'm Jeff 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:35.920 Jonny AQ with Tom there and Jim and are joining 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.199 us as we break down early in the week. We 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:41.040 just had a show last Thursday. Show start, short turnaround, 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.760 but no shortage of information coming through. We're gonna have 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:46.320 a good show tonight. We got Badal Nichols and now second, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.519 your defensive lineman joining us in our next segment. And 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:51.440 at the bottom of the hour tonight, we're gonna be 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:55.240 joined by the Bears defensive rookie of the year in 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:58.000 a three time Pro Bowl safety, the number six overall 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.120 pick in nineteen ninety safety carry one of my favorite 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:04.480 players on the Bears, going back aways at ten interceptions 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.480 at rookie year. But without further Ado. We welcome in 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:09.400 Tom and Jim will tackle news in the day. We've 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.720 got three draft picks signed today, guys Riley Ridley the 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.280 receiver out of Georgia, Stephen Denmark, the corner out of 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.720 Adams to State, and Karrath White they're running back out 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:21.200 of Florida Atlantic. Not difficult these days to sign rookies, 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.759 but good again get them all in before OTA start 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:25.960 next week, Start next week. Man, you said it, Jeff, 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.640 You know, I'm glad the rookies nowadays get a chance 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.080 to sign before the pressure of training camp, so they 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:35.000 are around for OTAs and the mini camps and the 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:37.760 other opportunities they have to be around the facility and 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.920 around their teammates and getting the classroom because I think 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:45.520 it really expedite their opportunity to play sooner. And when 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:49.000 you look at guys, you know, from you know Eddie Jackson, 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.520 for example, how quickly they are being included in, being 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.520 evaluated as a pop possible contender for their position. I 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.840 like the modern day signing of the NFL to get 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.480 these players in house. Yeah, you know, just to get 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.840 him a custom, get him acclimated. You know, just what 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.400 the life is like to be a professional, how your 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:08.920 days are going to be. And you know, I just 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.880 think the more you're you know, familiar with your surroundings, 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:13.679 you can just settle in a lot better and you 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:16.520 get in a routine to really embark on your NFL career, 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:19.920 to try and put yourself in the most advantageous position 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.480 to have success early in your NFL career. But you're right, Jeff, 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.280 I mean, it's kind of slot and slated or slated 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.480 and slotted right now. Where you know, it's pretty much 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.400 the ducks fall in a row pretty quickly, very rarely 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:36.359 defined obviously the situation last year with Roquano over the language, 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:38.720 but very rarely does that happen anymore in the NFL. 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:41.519 And a couple of things over the weekend. James Daniels 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.639 graduated from the University of Iowa, I believe, a biology 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.120 major and he ripped out the He was wearing number 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:50.120 sixty eighty wars Jersey Unity. So that was cool. Uh, 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:54.320 you know, and we really haven't talked about him as 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.400 much because we're talking about all the skill positions all 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:01.160 the time. But this is an ascending talent who's moving 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.919 more than likely to Center after his ten starts and 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.000 left guard last season, and this could be a player 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:09.239 we're gonna see here for ten years, you know, Jeff, 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:11.360 I think they did. The Bears did a really smart 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.040 job last year and keeping him an offensive guard, not 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.600 putting too much on his plate, let him run to 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.080 the line of scrimmage without having to think about the center, 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:23.360 quarterback exchange, the snap count, the different variations that he 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.799 has to control in terms of the past protection responsibilities 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:30.280 of all the blockers that are involved. So I think 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.799 the best is yet to come. But as much as 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.720 we're talking about James Daniels and his future, I think 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:39.440 it's gonna benefit Cody Whitehair and he'll be a more powerful, 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:44.000 stronger guard next to Charles Leno Jr. Yeah, Cody, I'll 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.480 tell you what man, he's You just think about how 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.920 valuable he is. And I know Tom and I have 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.160 talked about him before. I mean, he played left tackle 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.640 at Case State as well, So to play have a 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:56.440 guy who can play both guard positions, the center position 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.120 and if in a pinch, if asked to play tackle, 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:01.480 he could do it. He really could do it. So 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.520 it's really a credit to Cody white here, and I'm 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.960 with Tom. It really was nice to let James Daniels 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.480 settle in. It's a new offense. Don't put too much 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.520 on his plate in terms of the calls. And that's 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:13.560 what Harry Heaston. I think he had a plan and 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.600 it's working to perfection so far. Had a heck of 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.800 a game against the La Rams and Aaron Donald, that's 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.440 for sure. James Daniels a player to watch the arrow 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.560 up here as the Bears get ready for twenty nineteen. 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:24.360 When we come back, another player with an arrow up, 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.160 Belal Nichols expected to join the program. We'll see how 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.480 his offseason is going here on Bears All Access on 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:36.680 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The Score back on Bears 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.359 All Access helping us out here Lawrence and Adams Tazinski 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:43.200 as always, Tom Fair and Jim Miller with Jeff Jonihan 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.040 here on Bears All Access please to be joined by 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:49.039 second year defensive lineman Belal Nichols now as we look 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.320 ahead to the twenty nineteen season. But I'll good evening. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:55.640 How you doing, man, I'm doing great? How are you guys? Fantastic? 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.400 Good to have you. How's the offseason going for you? 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.760 How you feeling and how's he getting back? Into the 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.080 swing of things. Oh man, it's going awesome. You know, 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.680 I feel it feels great to be back. Um. You know, 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.599 I'm having a pleasure right now. I'm being able to 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.320 work with the d line and work with some of 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.920 the veteran guys. So you know, it's great to undergo 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:19.520 my first real all season as a professional. But the 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:21.719 first play that we saw you take part in last 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.200 year in training camp was at the nose guard position. 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.680 But then your athleticism stood out and you were able 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.159 to move up and down the line of scrimmage. When 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.440 you talk about working with the defensive linement, is there 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.719 anything they want you to do to change your body, 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:37.960 gain weight, lose weight, gain strength, change your style because 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:40.320 they were exposed to your up and down line of 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:44.240 scrimmage ability. Yeah. So um, you know, one of the 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:46.960 emphasis for me so far this all season has just 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:51.520 been changing my body, not necessarily gaining or losing weight, 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.040 but just cutting down the amount of fat I have 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.480 on my body. So um, you know, so far this 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:58.279 all season, I've been able to cut down a couple 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:00.920 percent of fat off my body and really and really 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.840 leaning up, which is going to be key for me. Um, 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.520 and especially using my versatility, it's gonna be it's gonna 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:09.920 be real big for me to continue to do that. Well, 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.839 what's the ideal play plane? What you look for? Two eighty? 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.560 I mean yeah, I think you were listed at two 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.479 ninety last year. What are you looking for plane weight wise? 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.799 If you are a leaner for yourself? Yeah, I definitely 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.159 wasn't two ninety last year. I think they were going 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:29.200 by my college weight. So last year I played that 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.960 around like three or two three three. Um, this year 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.279 I'll probably be somewhere in the same area. But a 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:39.600 lot leaner got you and a lot stronger Blow Nichols, 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.279 our guest here on Bears All Access and Jeff, Tom 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.600 and Jim joining you as well. You got in there 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.839 and as time said, the versatility was key. But you know, 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.000 you got a lot of stamps for a rookie, you know, 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.479 three hundred and twenty eight on an established front. But 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:56.760 that rotation is what every NFL team likes to give 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.800 guys rest. Did you feel fresh when you got out there, 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.120 even as you plowed through the rookie wall last year? 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.440 Oh yeah, most definitely. Um. You know, the wonderful thing 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.600 about us, we have a lot of depth in the 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.840 D line runs so um. You know, whenever I got 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.240 in a game, I always felt fresh because it was 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.280 never like we were in there for you know a 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.840 huge amount of police um. And I feel that that's 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.680 that's why we were able to be successful as a 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.080 D line and as a defense in general. It's because 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.200 we had so much depth and guys to you know, 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.720 come in and come out and you know, our game 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:33.080 not drop off at all. Well, your defensive line coach, 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:37.320 coach Rogers brings an incredible teaching energy every day to practice. 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.960 Are you sometimes surprised that he does such a great 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:45.960 job of teaching the D line and he's an ex quarterback? Yeah, 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.840 I actually am. I really didn't believe him the first 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.360 time he told me he used to be a quarterback. Um, 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.000 we argued back and forth. I I didn't believe him 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.600 at all. So, you know, it's crazy because like you said, 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:59.040 he brings the energy every day and you know, he's 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:01.280 he's a he's a great teacher and he's helping me 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:04.200 out of ways. I don't even think he really understands. 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.560 So you know that it's kind of unique that you 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.400 get a guy like that and he used to play 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:13.400 quarterback in high school. I mean in college, careful Bala 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.560 quarterbacks are great athletes. Brother, But let me let me 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.440 ask you this. We I mean, it's really a credit 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.320 to you that you earned the respect of your coaches, 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.600 you know, the the trust to your coaches, because man, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.960 you played a lot, as Jeff mentioned, and it was 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.760 early as the game against the Seattle Seahawks, and then 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.840 that just kind of, you know, really moved up as 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.000 the season went along and talk about your preparation and 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.560 obviously the confidence in yourself because when you were called upon, 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.000 I mean, you did your job pretty much every single 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:45.720 time and ended up with three sacks your rookie year. Um. Yeah, 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.520 so that that was one of the bigger things for me. Um. 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:50.319 I would like to say that my FETs helped me 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:54.120 out a lot with that. Just preparing how to prepare 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.680 for a game week. Um, you know, coming out of college, 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.040 it's it's a lot different than prepared for college game. 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.280 It's a lot more detail, uh you know, a lot 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:04.880 more mental mental stress that go into it. So guy's 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:08.400 like a keen Nick Williams, uh, Eddie Goldman, all those 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.720 guys are really helping me. Uh, you know, give me 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:12.880 some advice on how to how to get ready for 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.040 the week and think that they were that they would 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:16.800 do that. They felt it still helped them, and I 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:20.480 felt like it helped me. Also, there's defensive lineman below 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.120 Nichols joining the program, always kind enough to join us. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.440 So he's been on this show several times already in 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:30.520 his young NFL career. Delightful young man who's got great future. 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:33.720 And I'll tell you the quickness that you show firing 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.120 out of your stands, off the line of scrimmage and 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.839 whatever you were listed at and whatever you played at. 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.720 If you were quick at three hundred, and you still 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.880 want to get leaner and so forth, maintain that way, 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:48.120 but be stronger. Is your game more quickness than to 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:51.040 this strength? Or is that quickness and strength? Do you 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.280 play that together as you make your moves in the 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.720 in the in the small spaces of the of the 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.679 of the trenches trenches UM. I felt like last year 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.040 I was a lot more quicker than than powerful UM. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.840 But this year I got a huge emphasis on being 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.360 almost equal. M. I want to be able to switch 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.120 it up like like like I said earlier, like a 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.960 lot of my game is based on versatility. So I 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.040 thought this though if I was if I could get 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:20.680 stronger this off season and continue to get quicker, it 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.480 could really create some matchup problems for me and you know, 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.679 can help me be even more successful. So that was 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.160 definitely something that you know, I really wanted to emphasize 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:34.080 this off season. Well, I'll thinking about the matchups you're 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.520 talking about. So as the offensive line breaks the huddle 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.320 and they approach the line of scrimmage and it's a 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.320 third and third and long or second long whatever, you 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.000 have Khalil Mack next to you, do you see a 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:49.200 change in the way they focus the protection to you guys, 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:53.040 or is it hopefully that we have the right protection 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.560 called the goal against two guys that can be as 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:59.319 dynamic as rushers as the two of you together. Oh? 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.599 Yeahs the like if I if I have a h 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.959 if I have a Khalil on my side, nine times 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:06.920 out of ten, I already know that they're probably going 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:10.080 to slide to my side. So in my head, I'm 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.000 already thinking that I'm gonna make an inside move and 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:13.559 I'm gonna get a one on one with the center. 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.280 And that's just where me being more powerful and quick 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:19.600 is able to come into play because you know, a 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:22.679 lot of times if it's if it's a smaller center, um, 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:23.959 you know, I might want to I might want to 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.640 boil Russian. And then a lot of times, if it's 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:28.600 a center who was a little bigger, I might want 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:30.960 to use my speed and quickness around around's age and 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.760 try to gain ground on it. Well, as you talk 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.719 about your great get off, I did an interesting conversation 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:39.240 today with a former teammate of mine, Chuck Smith. He 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.959 was awesome back in the day for the Atlanta Falcons 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:44.840 as a pass rusher, and he talked about eyes being 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.400 the key in order to have great get off. I mean, 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.640 what do you focus on? Maybe it break that down 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.080 for the listeners in terms of your eyes in order 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:54.959 to have a great get off. UM. Well, A lot 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:56.920 of times I kind of look at the need to 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.840 foot area. UM. A lot of times with offensive lignments, 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.560 usually that's the first thing to move on their knee, 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.560 knee and all the way down to their foot. Um. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.360 So pretty much I just go out for that sound. 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.079 I don't I don't listen to sound. A lot of times. 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.079 You know, you have great quarterbacks in this league that 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.800 are able to switch up their caters and have great 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.679 voice flection and can really get you to jump offside. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:21.840 So I tune that out, and I'm really just going 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:23.480 on to snap of the ball in that foot soon 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.080 as I see it, move on, I'm just going blow 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.319 Nichols our guest here on Bears All Access. I'll bring 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:30.920 in the offensive lineman for his opinion. Now, So if 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:34.520 you're facing a guy like blow time and blaws looking 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:37.520 at knee foot at what's your CounterPunch to that? As 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.719 an offensive lineman? What could you maybe help him with 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:42.360 as he works his way through his NFL career here 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:46.080 with offensive line thinking. You know, I've tried to you 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.120 know what I like about Lyles when he said if 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.200 I got Kleil Mac next to me, I know what 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:53.120 I'm thinking before the ball has ever snapped. So what 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.439 I think is an offensive lineman is I'm trying to 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.679 be so balanced in my stance, like, don't give them 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:03.320 that immediate indicator which direction I'm going. And then because 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.040 offensive lineman know the snap count, I'm trying to use 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.280 that snap count as a weapon. And if I can 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:12.240 start my movement a half an instant before the defensive 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:15.040 line is a learned, alerted that's when I feel I 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:20.000 put myself in the advantaged position. But you know, sometimes 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.720 in the loud atmosphere is when the offensive lineman doesn't 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.360 have the privilege of the snap count, that's when I 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:27.800 see the Bears defense being able to be the most 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.800 overpowering and aggressive and blah. I don't know if you 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.760 like playing in a super loud stadium where you can't 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.120 hear the snap count, or if you like playing on 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.720 the road when you can start here in the cadence 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:43.560 of the quarterback. I love when I can't ridicate it. 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:47.120 I mean because I'm not even listening to it anyway, 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.319 but it gives me. I feel like it levels the 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.840 planning field a little bit because at that time the 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.840 offense might not be able to hear either, so you 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.680 really just it's keeping not only them on it's but 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:01.640 you are. It's at the same time, well that's the 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.520 advantage to you, guys, because now playing at Soldier Field, 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.600 I mean they even added the alarm late in the year, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.600 I mean they had that siren going off. You can't 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.600 hear anything. Blow yeah, yeah, and it and it was 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:16.480 it was awesome for us. Hey, blow, what was your 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:21.120 best moment individually last year? If there was a snap 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:24.560 that you'll never forget. And then what was your worst 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.280 or your rookie moment when you had Oh wow, that 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:31.960 was that was interesting? Um my best snap, I would 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.120 say it would be, uh to play where I was 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.120 able to against the Patriots. I was able to bring 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:41.120 that Sony Michelle and recover the fumble UM and kind 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.920 of like take it back for about five yards. Uh. 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.360 That was like the highlight of I feel my young career. 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:52.240 UM from a from an independent perspective. UM. And then 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.720 one of the players that really like, uh that really 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.920 bothered me and I still to this day that bothered 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:00.040 me is Uh. I remember we played Detroit and and 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:04.080 I kind of you know, kind of got greedy and 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.360 gave up some of my gap integrity and they kind 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.760 of gashes for a run. And Uh that that that's 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.080 something that you know as a young guy. Um. I 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.760 still I still have that in my memory and I 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.120 don't want to allow that to happen again. You know, 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.560 that's just something where you know, you're just trying to 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.640 make a play, but at the same time, you got 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.160 to do your job. And uh, you know, I definitely 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.880 learned from it. Definitely happened definitely happy to happen early 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:29.680 in my career, so i can get that out of 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.280 the window now and I'm just looking to build off 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.440 of that. Yep. Use it as fuel of my friend 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:37.920 right below, Nichols. Thank you so much for joining us. 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:41.640 We'll talk to you so you bellowing Nichols our guest 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.040 here on Bears All Access, coming back with Jim Moller 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.960 in time there here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:55.360 to scar. The Chicago Beveris Network presents Inside the Bears, 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.040 brought to you by Hoizon, Anthony Adams and Lauren Screeden 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.040 cover the world of Bears football on and off the 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.600 field every sun. Get I had a ten to thirty 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.760 five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.720 at Chicago Bears dot com or on the Bears official app. 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.840 Shout out to Anthony Adams Fellas. I don't know if 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.760 you saw it in the Athletic Damn Pompey Fremtis article 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.680 on the life and times of Anthony Adams from football 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:20.080 player to Internet sensation to a social media star. It 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:24.000 was a terrific insight into how he is developing that 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.800 aspect his second career. So to speak while maintaining his 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:28.880 presence as a media guy too with the Bears and 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.400 other outlets like Big ten Network and so forth. You know, 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.240 for the people that really don't know Anthony Adams at well, Jeff, 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.240 I don't want them to lose respect for what a 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:40.040 great football player he was because he is such a 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.520 funny guys. He's fun on his feet, He's got a 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:48.000 great ad lib ability, and that his personality can go 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.280 from generations to the young people to the older people. 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:54.160 And that's one thing I you know, you kind of 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.520 when you go to that second career, you always have 0:16:56.560 --> 0:17:00.480 to realize that Anthony was one hell of a football player. Yeah. One, 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:04.040 he's got two million Twitter followers. This guy's blowing it 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.720 up Twitter, you know, and I get just tell I 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.879 know guys that have played with Anthony, and even talking 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.919 to coaches that have coached against him, I think he 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.879 gets some of the greatest compliments. Because we used to 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.040 do pat and I did a weekly with Mike McCarthy, 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.200 and when he would play the Bearers, you say, their 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.320 best defensive lineman is Anthony Adams, and he made it 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:25.760 a point to always bring up Anthony's name, and so 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.360 not only has he gained the respect of your opponents, 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.840 which is always a great, you know, great thing to 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:34.239 have in your back pocket. I just think when you 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:35.960 listen to all the players that have played with him, 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.320 what a great teammate he was, how funny was to 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:42.640 play with, and obviously his enthusiasm and just his personality. 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.040 I mean, you know, I never got to play with him, 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:48.040 but I respect that. You know, I wish I had 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:50.040 the opportunity to play with Anthony because every player that 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.120 I talked would ever played with him, absolutely loves him. Yeah, 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.879 high praise. Indeed, this defensive line, you know we had 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.040 blow Nicholson here if you just joined against just a 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.879 moment ago, but that d line was outstanding stop on 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:04.439 the run last year. Franchise record for fewest rushing lards 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.359 in a sixteen game season, all the way back to 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:10.200 the twenty one team, which you know, I was Ted Washington, 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.280 Keith Trailer and Brian Robinson and Philip Daniels and the fellows. 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:16.480 The Bears number one in rushing defense eighty a game, 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:19.560 number one in scoring defense, number three in sacks, fourth 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:22.240 on third down, fifth thread zone, seventh against the pass, 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:26.119 but only one one yard back in regulation over the 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.080 past thirty four regular season games for it to continue 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.560 this year, you know that development needs to continue with 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:37.399 guys like Balal. We know how good Akeem Hicks has 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:41.119 has become and how impressive he's become a pro bowler. Indeed, 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.639 you got Eddie Goldman continuing to develop. You're looking for 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:48.200 more growth from Jonathan Bullard, Roy Robertson Harris. But there's 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:51.000 some good rushing attacks and some good backs coming on 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.240 that schedule here in twenty nineteen, Todd Gurley, Zeke Elly, 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:59.080 Alvin Kamara, Sa Kwon Barkley, Dalvin Cook twice twice a year. 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.159 But you know, Jeff, one thing about the Bears is 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.800 the opponents weren't alerted throughout training camp that they were 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.880 gonna have Khalil Mack, and they're gonna have Leonard Floyd, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:12.080 and they were gonna have the pass rushing ability out 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.600 of a guy like Blall and a Cheam and the 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:16.520 rest of the guys. So all of a sudden, now 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.760 you're trying to devise these game plans. All right, we're 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:20.960 gonna run the ball on first down, we'll run it 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.640 on second. We'll get ourselves in the third and medium 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:25.520 so we can protect and get the ball out of 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:28.000 their hands. All of a sudden. Now they're saying, if 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:31.000 we don't run the ball successfully on first and second down, 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:34.160 we are playing right into their hands. So it's gonna 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:37.720 be neat to see the evolution of opponents how they 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:40.160 try to put personnel on the field. Will they put 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:43.320 big packages to try to put big blockers in front 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.200