WEBVTT - Veteran minicamp begins | Bears Weekly Podcast 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:05.000 Welcome in Tumble Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.440 download the Chicago Bears Official Act, brought to you by 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.639 Verizon to follow the team on the go. Bears Weekly 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:15.640 is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare, Athletico Physical Therapy, 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:20.320 Bet Rivers, CD Delling, Connie's Pizza by Genis Energy, and 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:24.840 Miller Life Kira. Your hosts Jeff Chilneac aka the Mayor 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.520 of Bearsville and his sidekick Tom The Surfaster. 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:32.360 There Mandatory Veteran Minicamp opens tomorrow afternoon at Halis Hall, 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:35.000 one of the final steps in a busy offseason for 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.520 the Chicago Bears, and we discussed tonight here on Bears 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:40.760 Weekly Jeff Joniac with Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer, 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:43.519 and from Serious ex MNFL Radio's Moving the Chains, we 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.279 have the former Bears quarterback Jim Miller. Thanks to our 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.960 producers Dan Brilly and Jordan Treadup. And in the ESPN 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:52.479 studios this evening, Sean Graeney, the executive producer of the 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:56.040 Bears Radio Network, is Eric Ostrowski coming up conversation with 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:59.600 Bear Special Teams Coordinator Richard H. Tower as the Bears 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.640 gear up for the new kick return rules here in 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:05.639 twenty twenty four. We'll also talk defensive line with Travis Smith, 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:09.000 the Bears veteran defensive line coach. We'll get into that 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.360 as well, talk about some of the young players that 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:14.399 could and should emerge here in their second years with 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.920 the Bears. Guys, how we feeling. I can't wait to 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.560 see the entire crew back together. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, ip 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:21.759 at haus at Temmy, Oh. 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:23.840 I thought you were talking about me, you and Jim. 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:25.880 Well, you know Jims and Jims in Michigan. 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.679 You're You're right, Jeff. You know, I'm really interested to 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.479 see a snapshot of everybody in their place, and that's 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.840 including Montest Sweat along with the defensive line, Nate Davis 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:39.720 with the offensive line, that's the running back position in place, 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.840 the receiver position in place. I would like to see 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:47.840 a few days of work with everybody with hopefully is 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.720 going to be in that place week one against Tennessee. 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.000 Yeah, I think you know, we know they're not in 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:54.760 pads right now, but you want you want to run 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.440 a tight ship, right It's about you know, the team 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:01.160 coming together, getting a continuity young order back, working with 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:04.320 the other ten veterans that are there with him, along 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.360 with roma dooms who's going to be put in there. 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.200 You know, you want some sharpness with the mini camp 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.320 where you come away from this VET mini camp feeling 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.440 pretty good about where the team's at with all the installs. 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.400 Guys need to know where to line up. Guys got 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.440 to start showing the technique. We know, you really can't 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.680 evaluate the power side of football because there's no pads on. 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.440 So you'd really want to run a type ship where 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.519 everybody is assignment driven in a veteran mini camp. 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:33.560 Yeah, yeah, you know one thing about it is, you know, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.400 if you really look at this roster right now, there's 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:40.160 really one position that's battling, and that's the center position. 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:43.320 If you look at every other single position out there, 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.640 everybody should be in their place. And you're talking about 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:51.560 the Marcus Walker at defensive end, Givon Dexter Senior at 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:55.440 the three technique defensive tackle obviously Montes Swaton Billings and 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:57.720 backed up by other guys. But you know what the 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:01.160 linebacker position is. You know what the defensive position is 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.160 to tackle the guards, the running backs of the receivers. 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:07.120 So I when is the last time that the three 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.560 of us had beenett going into a mini camp and thinking, okay, 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:15.360 almost every position could possibly be decided on outside the 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:16.760 center competition. 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:20.120 Two thousand and six Super Bowl year. I mean, honestly, 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:22.480 that is a heck of a point by you. I mean, 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.560 you're right, everybody's in place. 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:26.360 Yeah, pretty much. I agree with that. 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:28.639 I think there is a battle at center with coman, 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.920 with Coleman, Shelton and obviously Ryan Bates, you know, and 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:36.160 there's a few spots obviously if injuries start to happen 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:40.080 during training camp, you'll see some guys competing because I 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.960 do think there's some backup positions that that guys will 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.040 be able to battle, you know, if they have to 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:49.000 earn some playing time. But overall, this this roster, overall 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:53.320 the last two years, has been upgraded significantly by Ryan Poles. 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:57.800 NFL dot Com did something recently. They picked one player 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.400 from each team Fellas that was the most overlooked player. 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.080 Do you have any idea on the Bears roster who 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.000 that might have been? Maybe you guys saw it, so 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:07.800 maybe I'm not surprising you. 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:09.120 Who is it? 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:09.920 From their opinion? 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:13.040 Yeah, go ahead, Jim. 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:16.000 Well, for me, it'd be Kyler Gordon, you know, because 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.400 to me, he's gonna be significant from the nickel spot. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.719 He missed some games last year. He's got blitsability, he's 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.640 a good ball hawk. He's a guy that can really 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.920 you know. That's why they're give him the nickname spider 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.560 Man because he's a very savvy player. And for me, 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.919 I think it's Kyler Gordon. Your nickel position, especially in 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:36.000 pro football now, is actually a starter, you know, because 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.400 a lot of teams are running eleven personnel. So for me, 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.720 that overlooked player would be Kyler Gordon. 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.720 I would go Tyree Stevenson because you know, the the 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.560 reputation that Jalen Johnson is coming in with this year 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.400 and all the positive things that have been said about him, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:53.520 you know, with the reward the awarding of a new contract, 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.840 and Okay, if they're not gonna go to Jalen, is 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:01.280 Tariq Stevenson gonna bring his game to another level or 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.200 is he going to be a guy that's targeted as 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.320 often as possible? Because color Gordon in and out of 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.800 the field, depending upon as the defensive Jim said, the 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:14.240 defensive personnel matching up, Tyreek Stevenson will stay on the 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:15.280 field the whole game. 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:22.000 Well, their answer was running back Roshan Johnson. Wow, five 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.680 games of fifty plus yards from Scrimmin's last year, some 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:28.279 big powerful runs. As you know, he ran over some people. 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:31.080 Was good and blitz pick up, played special teams. But 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:34.640 they're looking at it, guys, Jimmy tom from a DeAndre 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.480 Swift perspective, because yes, he had a great year last 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:41.080 year in Philadelphia. We're not even talking about Khalil Herbert anymore. 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.640 I don't believe he's going anywhere. I mean, I think 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.640 they are really well slotted at the running back position. 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.920 Travis Homer is in that group because of special teams 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:51.960 as well, and of course you get a blasting game. 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.800 But Rochean Johnson entering year too, I'm not going to 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:56.599 fall asleep on what he can bring to the table. 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.800 And yes he's got some grit to him. I like 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:00.919 the way he played last year and I like the 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.400 what he put on the table at training cap. He 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.039 was a pick that the Bears are very happy to 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:09.400 get when they did, and just a great overall person 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:10.760 and a great overall teammate. 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.520 Still the best blocker amongst all the running backs, and 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.960 I'm not ashamed to say that because it is a 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:19.359 trait that's difficult to find of these running backs that 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.960 are coming out of college. So I would be super 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.000 confident if I had a blitz pick up against a 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.680 team that brought it as off as some teams do, 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:31.000 and Rochean being in the backfield for me at that moment. 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.599 I remember Ryan Poles talking about that that was his 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.640 favorite player in the draft and they were able to 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.839 pluck Roshan in the fourth round. I thought every time 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:42.279 he entered the game, when he had opportunities, he provided 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.000 a spark. There's a little bit of a juice to him. Unfortunately, 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.280 he missed a couple of games he got a concussion, 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.440 had to sit there, But that's a nice I think 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:54.360 the Bears have a nice backfield of a complimentary running 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.840 backs that can all fill in and do a good job. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.240 And who knows, we'll see if they can lead the 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.919 league in rushing again because I think those all four 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.640 backs are really good compliments to one another and we'll 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:06.040 get positive yards. 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.880 Which leads me into this conversation what the run pass 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.840 percentage might be under Shane Waldron and with this rookie 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.360 quarterback and so many offensive weapons, I know Ryan Poles 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.680 has said, hey, they still want to run the football, 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.280 and like you said, they've done a nice job running 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.680 the football the last couple of years. Obviously, a running 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.600 quarterback in justin fields, those kind of numbers should not 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.040 be expected from Kayleb Williams. Though he can run, he 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.440 can run out of trouble, and he can run fast, 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.880 but he doesn't want to do that. He wants to 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.040 work from the pocket, in and around the pocket. So 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:40.040 what would be a worthy run pass ratio percentage? Tom 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.680 and Jim say, for the first eight games of the season, 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.200 in the last nine games of the season, would you 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:47.040 like to see it. 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:48.240 Like we always want it? 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:49.920 Or do we are we going to let this horse 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:51.640 ride here a little bit and put the ball in 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:52.320 the air out more. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.440 We'll start with Jimmy, I think you want it run 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:57.080 heavy early, you know, through the first nine games, whether 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:01.200 it's sixteen forty run to pass, and then towards the 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.119 second half of the year, say the first nine weeks, 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.600 if you are a sixty percent run team, it'll set 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:10.000 up the play action pass. They can go more well personnel, 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.840 and then by week nine they should be able to 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.720 start transition where it can be you know, fifty to 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.760 fifty and then maybe towards the end of the year 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:22.200 sixty forty, when it's passing compared to the running. That 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:23.920 would be my take because I would think at that 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:27.800 point Caleb Williams should be able to do more from 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:30.600 that standpoint where they'll trust him more in third and 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.760 long situations, or third and medium situations, or third and 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.800 short where they can trust him to throw get a 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:40.120 first down rather than pounding it up in there, and 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.800 sometimes where teams are stacking the box and they should 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.200 be able to move the ball more better, I should say, 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.600 through the air towards the latter part of the season, 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:51.880 once he gets that base of the offense underneath him 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:53.439 and he feels a lot more comfortable. 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.960 You know me, I'm an eighty twenty type of guy. 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.280 I'm joking, facetious what I say that, because of the 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.280 personnel that the Bears can offer you, I'm going to 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:08.679 do all based on evaluational vulnerabilities of my opponent. If 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.120 I'm playing a team that doesn't have a very good 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.680 pass rush, I'm going to allow Caleb to throw the 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.920 ball a little bit more and trust my protection. If 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.720 I have a team that doesn't stop the run very well, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:21.959 then I'm going to have a running game, and Chris 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:25.319 Morgan and his offensive line in the running game coordinate 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:30.360 or take advantage of the defense accordingly. So it is 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.760 going to be a lot of depending upon your scouting 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:37.120 to see what the deficiencies of your opponent is. 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:37.360 Well. 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.439 Last year, the Bears second in the NFL in a 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.760 rush percentage at forty eight seven, with San Francisco trailing 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.439 fifty point three percent, Baltimore the league leader. So the 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.280 pass percentage for the Bears and forty nine ers fifty 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.720 one point three percent. That by definition is a balanced 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.559 attack run pass. All right, we come back well. Here 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:58.320 from Bear's defensive line coach Travis Smith in the media 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.280 session last week up at had a saw We get 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.160 ready for Midiicamp starting tomorrow. 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The assistants 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:28.000 gather each week defensive, one week offensive another week throughout 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:32.040 the season and includes this offseason program right now leading 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.520 up to Veteran Minicamp, and last week it was the 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:38.120 defensive coaches had a chance to visit with other media members, 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:42.520 with Travis Smith hitting all things defensive line, including Dexter 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:46.480 Senior and pickings the two picks from a year ago. 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.880 A lot of discussion about those two guys and third 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.679 year pro Dominique Robinson. Let's take a listen. 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.560 Yeah, so he's done a phenomenal job. Like if you 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.960 look at the offseason where guys leave and now where 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.559 they've shown up, he's one guy that sticks out for sure, 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.839 and his body, his body fat stayed the same, but 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.760 his weightly mass has gone up, and so he's definitely 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:09.720 filled out, gotten stronger, has more masks to him, more anchor, 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.400 more strength. So it's it's exciting to see him flying around. 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.600 Now he's not allowing him to move inside maybe more. 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.440 We haven't we haven't messed too much with that. Obviously, 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:21.400 there might be a couple of situations where between whoever 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:23.560 he's in there with, he might flip sides where he 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.960 can be in there in rush situations, but more it's 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.480 just it's really he's just trying to keep developing to 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.640 be the best d N he can be right now. 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.079 So you spent time with Booker last week. 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.240 What's the first step for him? 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:37.680 First step right here is just making sure that he 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.719 knows where he's supposed to be when he's supposed to 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.320 be there, and know what to do. There's the bottom 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.959 line of all those other attributes, all the other abilities 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:46.680 that you have. If you don't know what to do, 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.280 you're gonna have a hard time. And so that's one 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.160 thing that we're just working on every day, making sure 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.320 that we eliminate mistakes. If there's a mistake, we don't 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.160 repeat mistakes. 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.240 Oftentimes with rookie edge rushers they say, oh, you know, 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.559 it doesn't matter, just they go get the quarterback. It's 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.679 a simple that, but you just outlined it's not as simple. 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.400 As it was a question. That's not as simple as that. 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.240 There's there's a lot that goes into it. To be 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.360 one thing, if it's just hey, stopping the run and 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.920 rushing the passer, but with us playing a form in front, 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.160 there's a ton of detail that goes into that and are. 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:15.840 My job as a coach is to make sure I 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.120 eliminate all the gray, but allowing them to play as 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:19.800 fast and as physical as they can. 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.120 With Dexter and Zach able to. 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:28.960 Just discussed with Dominique to add to their body without 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:33.400 the worry about combine last year getting ready for your four. 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.160 Are they a different body type two? 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:37.800 They both they showed where they left left in the 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.880 last season. Where they've shown up. They've completely They've they've 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:44.559 improved immensely physically wise, and I think as you guys 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.440 are out there too, you can see them for two 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.480 big men. They can run now, both of them, and 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:51.360 they both and they the numbers that we saw. They've 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.079 really done a good job of taking the offices and 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:57.120 not taking it off, making sure they're improving, they're physically. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:12:59.400 We're really happy where they are right now. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.360 Are expecting a lot of Javan this year. How have 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:05.800 you seen his mentality maybe shift coming back in understanding 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:07.640 that you guys need more out of him this year. 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:08.040 Apartment. 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:13.040 Absolutely, I think he's he's taken as a challenge individually 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:16.360 from himself but also from our organization too, that he 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:17.920 has a lot of pride in what he's doing on 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:19.920 the field, and he wants to make sure that he 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.120 has goals and aspirations. There's a lot of things that 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:24.360 are on in his mind, but he knows it's one 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:26.560 step at a time. And so the first step was 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:28.480 where he could not come back in the same that 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.720 he was when he left that this last season, and 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.520 where he's shown up now he's he's he's taking step one. 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.880 He's done a great job. And now it's now where 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.120 six ot as in where he was ot A one. 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.360 I think today even he saw him show up a 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.440 little bit in the rush, then where he's he's doing 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.120 a great job, taking a little small steps every day. 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:49.280 So I'm excited about that. Where is his rush and 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:50.160 way you can tell. 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.240 About being going to have I think, well, right now, 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.120 if you look with us, with us not in pads, 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:57.000 there's really no power element to the rush and there's 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.440 no games to the rush. So everything that we concer 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:01.320 rate now is one to one rush ability or one 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:05.240 on one win ability, working speed, edges, hands hands pea, 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:08.480 getting hands off, not staying blocked. So he's to the 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.520 whole group is really taking a good ownership with that 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:13.240 to make sure we talk about finishing every play unblocked. 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:14.880 Not just that the line of scrimmage on their side. 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:16.920 Line of scrimmage making sure the quarterback can't. 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.160 Throw the ball feels just right. 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.280 We got to speed up his heartbeat. And so where 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.720 he's improved, I think he's because he's a big, powerful man, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:24.600 but he can't play with power right now, and so 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.680 it forced him. It's like tying one hand by your 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.760 back and never go play. But I think it's too 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.880 it's gonna make it makes this tie end of the year. 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:32.880 It makes all the guys better because it forces them 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.120 to be a little bit uncomfortable and do some things 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:35.960 that some guys might. 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:41.320 Not do as much. What's that experience though, I. 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.200 Mean it's really not as much as he's thinking. Is 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.320 there's everyone in a while, there'll be a boom in 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.160 your drill and you look at what like that. But 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:49.480 other than that, they do a good job of kind 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.000 of staying out of the way. And then in the 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:55.120 meeting rooms that's all automated cameras and so they're the 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.400 ones that are manually one guy controls all of them. Really, 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.400 so it really isn't it's it's I think it's a 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:05.480 great opportunity for us as as a team as organization, 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:07.400 just to kind of show who the Chicago Bears are, 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.480 our culture and just being a part of it that year, 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.040 even with the situation that was going on that year, 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.200 really wasn't it's it's still football, it's still training camp, 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.600 but still we're trying to get ready for the season. 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.320 I'm pretty from what I remember, Coach Gruden and Mike 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.400 may Ick had full control of what was released and 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.560 what wasn't released, because there was situations that year, if 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.440 you remember with a certain receiver that you guys saw 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:35.000 a little bit. So I'm done in those conversations, but 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.240 I'm pretty sure the organization has control over what's put 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:37.480 out and. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:38.200 What's not put out. 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.160 Do you forget it times because you're absorbed in your 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:45.160 coaching that everything's live with my immy or do you 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:47.040 just I mean maybe. 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.840 Yeah, I'm sure people are different me personally. There's so 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:52.280 much stuff we have going on a daily basis, and 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.920 you got to think it's myself and coach being my 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:58.040 assistant with fifteen guys that not only we were trying 0:15:58.080 --> 0:15:59.440 to make sure know what to do, know how to 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.440 do it, and we're splitting up multiple drills you really 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.360 don't think about it. Now if they put a mic 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.640 on you might You're figet about that in two seconds, 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:08.720 So you got to be careful what you say to 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.680 a little bit like that. But you're really they're out 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.640 of the way enough where you don't even recognize it. 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.239 I think that's how I felt. 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:17.840 Yeah, is there anything? 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.160 Is there anything about Booker's game that you've seen in 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.520 person that maybe didn't show up and doesn't tape. Is 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.080 there anything that pretty good like that you can only 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:27.880 really seek his y being a close. 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:29.720 I don't know if there's anything that I'm seeing now 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:31.520 that I didn't see on tape. But I think the 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.360 good thing is is that things that we saw on 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:35.640 tape that we were attracted to, we're seeing on the 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:39.560 field right now. Some of the unorthodox movements, some of 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.440 the difficulty to block, with his ability to kind of 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.480 slip inside and get on an edge and beat with 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.600 an inside move. You're seeing some of those things that 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.440 you saw him do in college at Kansas that he's 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.560 doing in practice now. He does have a high motor, 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:54.960 he does play a good effort. He's got a long 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.120 way to go though, from an improvement from conditioning. Some 0:16:57.160 --> 0:17:00.360 of a physicality standpoint from getting the system in. The 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.680 rookies are obviously behind because they showed up whatever two 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.720 weeks late, but we're doing coach being myself or spend 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.800 an extra time where we're allotted in the schedule where 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:10.560 we get time in the afternoon to meet with them 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.560 and trying to make sure they're getting caught up fully 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:14.680 ready to roll here for the mini camp and then 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:16.280 when they get back for training camp that. 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.760 This defense as a whole could take a fairly big step. 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:22.919 Does that make it any easier for him for Booker 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:27.640 to find spots, you know, don distance wise, whatever situationally 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:29.439 to make plays that he can't just because he's a 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:30.160 really good athlete. 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.560 I think so for sure. And I think what's helping 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.040 him too right now too is there's with the guys 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.280 that are in the group or in the room or 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:39.520 really good where he's he's kind of trying to absorb 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.000 everything he can because there's guys that aren't holding information 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.159 back on the people we It's not just myself and 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:47.080 coach being coach in the room. We got some good 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.639 veterans in there too that when they see something off, 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.480 they're pulling them aside. And either stopping something right when 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.000 it happens or helping them get them little knowledge with 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:57.600 the situational knowledge where they're talking to a presnap so 0:17:57.920 --> 0:17:59.959 something he might he's just worried about playing five tech. 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:02.720 They give them Hoodie, who to the down distance? He 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.520 went to second and twelve after a TfL or hey, 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.240 he's alerted more to pass situations. Those type of things 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:09.880 are helping and the young guys out. 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.879 We don't talk too much about the veteran free agents 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.280 that we're added. They may that'd be big name pass 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.359 rushers or whatever, but you are you feeling good about 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:20.720 where that unit is in terms of having a couple 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.320 of waves of guys that can get to the quarterback. 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.159 The thing I love right now with the new guys 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:28.520