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Speaker 1: this is Jeff Jonny Ac along with Tom Thayer and
Speaker 1: Jim Mutter. But we are all in parts, crazily all
Speaker 1: over the world literally, So I'm coming to you from holiday,
Speaker 1: as Dan McNee always likes to say, in Paris, France,
Speaker 1: of all places, where it's one am and Tom thare
Speaker 1: is eleven hours behind me in Maui. Tom, this is
Speaker 1: the craziest thing you and I have ever done. It
Speaker 1: is it's an amazing process and I think it's unique,
Speaker 1: but you know, it's the way everybody stays involved these
Speaker 1: days and no one loses connection. And so as much
Speaker 1: as you and Jim paid attention to the combine where
Speaker 1: you are there. I paid attention to it from this
Speaker 1: far away. And then we've got Big Jim Miller in
Speaker 1: Michigan from Serious Sex m NFL Radio moving the chains
Speaker 1: with Pat crewin and the and the guys. I know
Speaker 1: you got some some sly comment ready for me, don't you.
Speaker 1: I saw an email you suding today about the coronavirus
Speaker 1: and all that. So what do you got for me? Jim?
Speaker 1: Just lay it on thick. Hey, Tom, I just hope
Speaker 1: he paid his cell phone bill to make this entire show.
Speaker 1: I see him looked up outside of a public phone.
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Speaker 1: h eight here, just in moments, we're gonna be believe
Speaker 1: it or not, from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where Roy
Speaker 1: robertson airis the Bears defensive lineman will join the program.
Speaker 1: He's going to take some time away from his a
Speaker 1: Bears fan trip with the inside the Bears crew and
Speaker 1: some other guys. We'll talk about that before we get
Speaker 1: into all that. Let's let's circle back to the combine
Speaker 1: because you mentioned it, Tom and Jim, you guys can
Speaker 1: you know, take the ball and run with it here.
Speaker 1: What's your final takeaway and what you'll learn from the combine.
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of speed, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of um you know, different types of you know, types
Speaker 1: of body at the wide receiver position. But I think
Speaker 1: to me, again, the most impressive thing was the forty
Speaker 1: out of the big Man, And it wasn't the four
Speaker 1: two or trying to beat the fastest of all time.
Speaker 1: When you see a guy at was six to eight
Speaker 1: six seven three hundred and sixty four pound six eight
Speaker 1: three sixty four in run of five one forty, there's
Speaker 1: a lot that you can do with that immediately. So
Speaker 1: when you have a receiver that runs a time that's
Speaker 1: you know, unlike any there or some of the other drills,
Speaker 1: there's always a time in a growth period that you
Speaker 1: have to see these guys's potential be put to use.
Speaker 1: When you have a guy that big, there's multiple positions
Speaker 1: he can play with that type of athleticism, his bendability.
Speaker 1: So I'm really excited to see where probably the least
Speaker 1: exciting position of offensive line, but where it goes throughout
Speaker 1: his career. I think it's, you know, just to piggyback
Speaker 1: off that that the tackles were impressive. This is one
Speaker 1: of the deepest tackle drafts in a long time. Now,
Speaker 1: the more and more you hear probably six potentially seven
Speaker 1: tackles could go in the first round, is going to
Speaker 1: push receivers down. I think it's what it's gonna do.
Speaker 1: And again, you got you got guys out there that
Speaker 1: are just diamonds in the rough. There's some great guys
Speaker 1: that you know, we always talk about first round talent
Speaker 1: that you're probably going to get in the second round,
Speaker 1: say other positions because they're not as deep, Maybe go
Speaker 1: a little bit earlier because you know, you have depth
Speaker 1: at wide receivers. So I think some wide receivers are
Speaker 1: going to be under drafted in this year's draft. So
Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting. Yeah, you're also talking Tom
Speaker 1: about Louisville's Nikai Beckton. Correct. Yes, Yes, six seven and
Speaker 1: three eight, three hundred and sixty four pounds with thirty
Speaker 1: six inch arms and an eighty three inch wingspan, not
Speaker 1: even the longest wingspan, believe it or not. Matt Pert,
Speaker 1: a tackle from Yukon eighty six and a half inch
Speaker 1: Wig Span. I mean, these guys, these guys are unbelievable.
Speaker 1: They seem to get bigger, faster, and more interesting every
Speaker 1: single year. All right, Coming up next, one of the
Speaker 1: big guys with the Bears defensive line joined the program,
Speaker 1: Roy Robertson Harris from Mexico. Next on Bears All Access
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Speaker 1: relief as we bring in Chicago Bears defensive lineman Roy
Speaker 1: Robertson Harris checking in from Cabo in Mexico. Roy, Rob,
Speaker 1: how's it going, my friend? Go on, man, how are
Speaker 1: you doing? We're doing great. I don't know if you've
Speaker 1: been prepped on this at all, Roy, but I'm literally
Speaker 1: I'm doing the show right now. On a cell phone
Speaker 1: from Paris, France. Time there is in Mauie. Tim's on
Speaker 1: the beach in Maui. Jim's just sitting back at home
Speaker 1: in Michigan, and you're coming to us from Cabo. The
Speaker 1: power of technology? How how wild is this? Right now?
Speaker 1: This is unexpected, but I think the main interviews at
Speaker 1: all excess it is. It is unique, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: So I tell everybody why you're down there in Mexico,
Speaker 1: and now who you're with? Alright, So we're doing the
Speaker 1: Apple's vacations with some of our fans. It's myself, Josh Woods,
Speaker 1: uh Biggy and Stephen Denmark and we're just some drawing
Speaker 1: our time down here. It's not too hot, it's a
Speaker 1: little bit breezy, but you know, we're enjoying the enjoying
Speaker 1: the beach, enjoying the food, and enjoying the fans out
Speaker 1: of guyer with us. Hey, Roy, Rob, when does a
Speaker 1: reality set in for you that you have to start
Speaker 1: preparing for next season. I'm sure you have access to
Speaker 1: it down there, but when did things get underway in
Speaker 1: an everyday process for you? As soon as we're down
Speaker 1: with week seventeen, so you get right back into it
Speaker 1: during the regular season right back, I don't really have
Speaker 1: too much downtime. This is my downtime right now. So
Speaker 1: once I get back home, once we leave, I'll be
Speaker 1: I'll be right back into it. Well, Roy, I've always
Speaker 1: said this, when you play for the Chicago Bears, I
Speaker 1: just I just don't think you can ever get away
Speaker 1: with it. Here. You're down there with probably a lot
Speaker 1: of Bears fans, and that constant reminder, you know, is
Speaker 1: always there, you know, following you when whether it's in
Speaker 1: the city of Chicago or being even in Cobba and
Speaker 1: trying to enjoy vacation, but your mind's always on football,
Speaker 1: probably because the fans are just as excited about the
Speaker 1: next year as you are. I think some of the
Speaker 1: I think Chicago Bears fans love Chicago Bearts football more
Speaker 1: than anybody else I have been seeing. I haven't seen
Speaker 1: any better group of fans than the Chicago Bear fans
Speaker 1: based So I'm enjoying it. Even out here in Mexico.
Speaker 1: You know, we still we still got a big fan
Speaker 1: base out here, and you know, they love Chicago Bears football.
Speaker 1: So it's a good opportunity for them to just be
Speaker 1: around us and to hang around us, get the more
Speaker 1: so as people and just enjoying vacation together. Roy Robertson
Speaker 1: Harris Bears defensive lineman joining the program. I here on
Speaker 1: Bears All Access. Thanks to our producers Brandon Arlaski and
Speaker 1: Adam Stazinski doing a great job and trying to pull
Speaker 1: this off here tonight with everybody in all these different areas.
Speaker 1: Roy rob on the trip of I know that they
Speaker 1: have all kind of excursions for you. Guys have been
Speaker 1: on the trip the past three years. Couldn't make it
Speaker 1: this year, but anything fun for you on the side
Speaker 1: of just mixing with fans and enjoying the opportunity to
Speaker 1: be there. Yeah, we um. We got to see some
Speaker 1: dolphins yesterday. I got to swarm with the dolphins and
Speaker 1: got to see some camels. I've never been up close
Speaker 1: to a camera before or dolphins and that was pretty
Speaker 1: That was pretty exciting, and so yeah, that was That
Speaker 1: was probably the highlight of the week so far. I
Speaker 1: know we've got a couple more days left until we
Speaker 1: had back, but I think so far that was a
Speaker 1: highlight of the week. Hey, Roy Robs, just kind of
Speaker 1: another football question, because over the course of the years,
Speaker 1: You've earned a lot more reps per game, as much
Speaker 1: as anybody on the team. So a couple of years
Speaker 1: ago when you were uncertain maybe ten twelve reps per
Speaker 1: game to now as much as forty forty five has
Speaker 1: it How has it changed your frame of mind on
Speaker 1: your day of the on the day of the game,
Speaker 1: when you come to go to work knowing that there's
Speaker 1: a lot more expected out of you than two years ago. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, with more reps. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm getting a lot of I'm getting a lot of
Speaker 1: hashs of me, which you know it's great for me.
Speaker 1: I get more more opportunity to make plays and um,
Speaker 1: you know, put the team in best position we can
Speaker 1: be in and you know, get the ball back to
Speaker 1: the offense. Um. But it's just it's just more opportunity
Speaker 1: and um, more responsibility to making sure I'm more prepared,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's it's not a lot of sitting around,
Speaker 1: you know, well, you know I might get my five
Speaker 1: snatchals like now, well, now I'm in to start a
Speaker 1: rotation and now I have to you know, play at
Speaker 1: the same level as a team and Eddie and making
Speaker 1: sure I'm holding up my end well, three years of
Speaker 1: experience under your belt now, and I guess what what
Speaker 1: areas of focus the SAUT season are you going to
Speaker 1: focus in on? Maybe when you go back watch the
Speaker 1: tape and say, hey, I'd like to do this better,
Speaker 1: this better? What training wise? What do you think you're
Speaker 1: going to work on in the areas that you want
Speaker 1: to improve the most in your game? Family, Just keeping
Speaker 1: my body healthy and you know, taking care of myself
Speaker 1: a little bit better. I think as you as you
Speaker 1: go along each year you kind of learned something new
Speaker 1: about yourself as a pro. And with me, it's just
Speaker 1: doing the little things and make make sure that I'm
Speaker 1: um keeping myself healthy and you know, whether it's flexibility
Speaker 1: stuff or whether it's just you know, making sure I'm
Speaker 1: seeing a chilipactor, making sure I'm getting the masside, little
Speaker 1: things like that. Um, you know, because we worked so hard,
Speaker 1: and I feel like, you know, we work so hard,
Speaker 1: we grind and grind, grind, and you know, we kind
Speaker 1: of forget that we have to make sure that we
Speaker 1: do rest a little bit or you know, do the
Speaker 1: little things that are keep us healthy. So that's one
Speaker 1: of the things that I'm trying to make sure to
Speaker 1: do this offseason and uh take it into the into
Speaker 1: OTAs and into the summer and the training camp season
Speaker 1: and making sure I'm just staying healthy. Roy Robertson Harris
Speaker 1: defensive lineman, joining the program here on Bears All Access
Speaker 1: on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Jeff thom
Speaker 1: and Jim with you as well. Roy. The business of
Speaker 1: football certainly in everybody's mindset when the offseason hits, and
Speaker 1: especially when you're in in a situation like you are.
Speaker 1: You're a restricted free agent if the age of twenty
Speaker 1: seven and a rising player in this league. Bears obviously
Speaker 1: you know still retain those rights and you never know
Speaker 1: what's going to happen down the road, But do you
Speaker 1: do you think about that at are you just focused
Speaker 1: on getting yourself right? And then an addendum to that,
Speaker 1: with the NFLPA sending out the ballots this morning for
Speaker 1: the proposed collective bargaining agreement, do you have any thoughts
Speaker 1: on how that's looking for you just from your point
Speaker 1: of view as a player. I'm not I'm not thinking
Speaker 1: too much into you right now, obviously being a Mexico
Speaker 1: um and vacation mode. But as far as as far
Speaker 1: as everything with the contracts, and I don't think too
Speaker 1: much of it. Um, I let my agent handle that, Jill,
Speaker 1: He'll communicate with me. I have thain goals and things
Speaker 1: that I should be prepared for, but um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just I'm just enjoying the process and
Speaker 1: just enjoying the fact that I'm in the NFL. I'm
Speaker 1: not thinking too defensive things with it. And once I know,
Speaker 1: once I know everybody else, you know what I'm here with,
Speaker 1: you know, going somewhere else, you know, all that stuff
Speaker 1: will happen, you know the way it should, and you know,
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just enjoying a process as a hey
Speaker 1: Roy rob During the course of time. They always talk
Speaker 1: about how an offense in its second year with coaches
Speaker 1: can play a lot faster earlier. Is that the same
Speaker 1: thing with defense because Chuck Poganto knows you guys individually
Speaker 1: better and you kind of know what's expected well, you
Speaker 1: kind of got a feeling of what's expected out of
Speaker 1: him in his style, so it can speed effected defense
Speaker 1: as much as we talk about it on offense, I
Speaker 1: think Chuck, I think She's going to continue to grow,
Speaker 1: just like we are as players. UM. I love as
Speaker 1: a coach. I think he's a great defensive coordinator. Um.
Speaker 1: I think we're going to continue to be held off
Speaker 1: the last year. I think he's gonna have multiled up
Speaker 1: for us and he's going to expect more of us
Speaker 1: as a defense. So I'm definitely excited to see what
Speaker 1: he has playing for us this year. Um. In terms
Speaker 1: of the rest of your vacation, what do you got
Speaker 1: planned left? As you try to enjoy it because pretty
Speaker 1: soon you will be back to work, my friend, and
Speaker 1: just maybe things that your activities you got planned, or
Speaker 1: things you want to do with your teammates, like Giggy,
Speaker 1: I think we just I think we just hang out.
Speaker 1: We might, you know, just hang graphs, some food, go
Speaker 1: to the city graphs and tacos and just hang out,
Speaker 1: you know, enjoy each other's company. Man, I saw those
Speaker 1: a dogs. Hey Roy, rob one last thing for me
Speaker 1: and we'll let you go so you can get back
Speaker 1: to your vacation time there. Uh you know you got
Speaker 1: double a there so that that is always a fun
Speaker 1: angle to the whole situation. I've seen him at work,
Speaker 1: has has coach done done showed up yet? Coach done Done?
Speaker 1: This is not another one of his alter egos. We
Speaker 1: haven't seen we haven't seen anybody except Spice. We've just
Speaker 1: seen double A, we see spies Adolesta that we haven't
Speaker 1: seen go Dun, dun. We haven't see creating Big Day
Speaker 1: and seeing nobody else with a Spice. Well, they're coming.
Speaker 1: Oh they're coming, Roy, Rob, They're coming. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see you. All right, Thank you so much, Roy, Rob,
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Good luck with the rest of the offseason.
Speaker 1: Roy Roberts and Harris our guest here on Chicago's Sports
Speaker 1: Radio six seventy to score more the show coming up
Speaker 1: after this. This segment of Bears Out Access is brought
Speaker 1: to you by Old Spice, Never Let a Friend, Lucy's Swagger,
Speaker 1: Jeff Joniac along with Tom There and Jim Miller. Just
Speaker 1: heard from Roy robertson Harris from the Bears Apple Vacation
Speaker 1: fan trip down there in Cabo. It's always a great
Speaker 1: trip to get about. Oh, I don't know, seventy to
Speaker 1: one hundred fans joining the festivities and they get the
Speaker 1: interact with guys, and this year Tom and Jim, Alex Brown,
Speaker 1: it was one of the veteran guys joined the show,
Speaker 1: so I bet that's a fun little experience as well.
Speaker 1: And another guy to hang out with with Anthony Adams
Speaker 1: starve Inside the Bears with Lauren Screeden. I guarantee of
Speaker 1: those two. And then you have Josh Woods and Tom.
Speaker 1: We've gotten to know Josh he's he's a life of
Speaker 1: a party type of guy at the practice on the
Speaker 1: practice field, and don't really know Stephen Denmark very well.
Speaker 1: And of course Joel yea bunny Waite is one of
Speaker 1: the nicer guys you're gonna find in that locker room.
Speaker 1: Good dude. So fun, fun, fun trip for everybody. And
Speaker 1: I think that they get a true appreciation two of
Speaker 1: what Bears fans that want to put their money and
Speaker 1: go on this trip that just hang out with these guys. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, they do a great job. Apple Vacations is
Speaker 1: a great job. Yeah, you know, the Bears fans they
Speaker 1: get rewarded bycause all of those guys have a really good,
Speaker 1: pleasant offseason attitudes. They're very congenial. Josh Woods as a dancer, man,
Speaker 1: if there's music, he's moving and so but you know,
Speaker 1: it's kind of like the players are every one of
Speaker 1: those guys that you mentioned, you know, they're sitting on
Speaker 1: the your reality, they're getting ready for the next season,
Speaker 1: always in the back of their mind, like Roy robertson Harris, Hey,
Speaker 1: when do you start getting ready for next season? Game seventeen?
Speaker 1: So it really never leaves your mind. And you know,
Speaker 1: with Denmark and his size and everything, you hope that
Speaker 1: he advances, you know, takes a big step forward coming
Speaker 1: into this year, just like Ea Booneyway and Josh Woods
Speaker 1: and the rest of these guys. So you kind of
Speaker 1: sit on this trip and you it's like, you have
Speaker 1: a great time with the fans, but man, that reality
Speaker 1: of what's going to take place as soon as you
Speaker 1: get back, it's starting to set in. Yeah, it comes quick, man,
Speaker 1: It's just around the corner. They'll be in their off
Speaker 1: season programs, going through the phases of the offseason first
Speaker 1: couple or obviously to just get in shape and get
Speaker 1: back in the weight room and all that, and then
Speaker 1: lo and behold, you're out there for OTAs and then
Speaker 1: there'll be a mini camp and there's basically he'll be
Speaker 1: a month away from training camp. So it's going to
Speaker 1: creep up on the players pretty quick. So whatever resting
Speaker 1: they've done. It's kind of time to get back to
Speaker 1: work in the light ball going off right now to
Speaker 1: do so. And let me say this about Roy rob Yes,
Speaker 1: he is a restricted free agent. I don't know what
Speaker 1: the tender will be. But this is a guy that
Speaker 1: started out obviously not able to play his first year
Speaker 1: because of an illness. Then he worked his way out
Speaker 1: of a different position into defensive line. He's really worked
Speaker 1: hard at it, and I still consider him a rising
Speaker 1: developing player at the age of twenty seven. I don't
Speaker 1: think you can have enough guys in that rotation up front,
Speaker 1: and certainly a unique body type like his, with his
Speaker 1: length and overall ability to anchor down inside and play
Speaker 1: a variety of spots up front. You guys agree, yep,
Speaker 1: you know, Jeff. One of the evaluation processes through the
Speaker 1: career of Roy Robertson Harris because he is uniquely qualified.
Speaker 1: He is a big athlete, he's intelligent, he bends well,
Speaker 1: he is dedicated to being a football player. But now, okay,
Speaker 1: judgment day for Roy Rob when he's got fourteen reps
Speaker 1: a game. Now, judgment day is when you're fatigued at
Speaker 1: forty five to fifty five reps and That's what you
Speaker 1: kind of see, is this player willing to absorb the
Speaker 1: higher expectations we have for him. And every time he's
Speaker 1: been fed a little bit more opportunities, he's always capitalized
Speaker 1: with it. Yeah, just so be interesting the tender that
Speaker 1: the Bears play a place on him for fans out there.
Speaker 1: When Jeff says restricted, that's exactly it. He's restricted, all right.
Speaker 1: The Bears will put a qualifying offer out there. Is
Speaker 1: it a first round tender, is it a second round tender?
Speaker 1: Is it a lower round tender? And then teams have
Speaker 1: the ability outside of the Bears potentially you know, match
Speaker 1: that offer or make an offer, I should say. And
Speaker 1: if the Bears don't match that offer, then they'd get
Speaker 1: that compensation, that round of compensation for a guy like
Speaker 1: Roy Robertson Harris. So it'll be interesting to see what
Speaker 1: he's valued at and if any teams would be interested
Speaker 1: in that. All right, let's talk about the the NFLPA
Speaker 1: going now with their balance out to players. They've gotten
Speaker 1: until a week from tonight to get things voted on.
Speaker 1: They're going to keep it open until next Thursday. It's
Speaker 1: going to take some time for the lawyers will look
Speaker 1: at it and all that and see where it stands.
Speaker 1: The owners have already approved the deal, Fellas Jim, I'm
Speaker 1: sure you're talking about it all day today. I've seen
Speaker 1: on different websites they're taking some straw pulling out there
Speaker 1: and seeing what's going on from the players. It seems
Speaker 1: like the big money guys are putting a no on
Speaker 1: it for the most part, unless I'm mistaken, and there's
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys that are looking out for everybody
Speaker 1: league wide, because there's a greater number of players that
Speaker 1: don't make that kind of dough that will benefit from
Speaker 1: this new deal. As much as we know about it, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's and it's going to be more than the nineteen
Speaker 1: hundred players that get to vote on it, because even
Speaker 1: though a player may not have played last year, he
Speaker 1: may still have played union dues, maybe he was on
Speaker 1: a team for a couple of games got released. It
Speaker 1: still has the right to vote. So they think there's
Speaker 1: an estimate of up to twenty five hundred players that
Speaker 1: could vote on this, and if that's the case, Jeff,
Speaker 1: it would lean towards the rank and files numbers would
Speaker 1: be there in terms of passing this because it just
Speaker 1: has to be a majority vote. The thing, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously the high priced players did not want the seventeenth game.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. There's new things in terms
Speaker 1: of drug testing and things like that. That's certainly the
Speaker 1: players have fought for. And now a lot of it
Speaker 1: just seems like it's going to be fines moving forward
Speaker 1: and not suspensions. But the thing about it is it's
Speaker 1: eleven year deal. Is what this comes to, and it
Speaker 1: comes down to about the revenue. The player's revenue is
Speaker 1: going to increase from about forty seven percent, which it
Speaker 1: sounds like it'll be, you know, have the ability to
Speaker 1: raise up to about forty eight little over forty eight
Speaker 1: point five percent, so they get about a percentage and
Speaker 1: a half increase that could bump a little bit more,
Speaker 1: which is a lot of money when you're talking about
Speaker 1: a billion dollar business. But again, one I'm surprised there's
Speaker 1: not an outclause in it because that isn't eleven year deal.
Speaker 1: I mean, who knows five years from now, maybe the
Speaker 1: revenues are different where you go back and reevaluate it.
Speaker 1: But unfortunately those things weren't negotiated in it, and so
Speaker 1: that's where the higher priced players have a problem with it.
Speaker 1: And but as for rank and file players, I don't
Speaker 1: want to say about the halves and the have nots,
Speaker 1: but you would think the majority of those twenty five
Speaker 1: hundred players they would vote yes on this because if
Speaker 1: there were, you know, if they were to reject it,
Speaker 1: come back, not get a deal done, have a lockout,
Speaker 1: I'd be to me it would be very difficult for
Speaker 1: those rank and file players to basically lose a quarter
Speaker 1: of their earnings. Meaning if an average career is three
Speaker 1: to four years, so imagine a four year career and
Speaker 1: you're locked out and you don't have any earnings or
Speaker 1: paychecks coming in, you could potentially lose really a quarter
Speaker 1: of your career as an NFL player. You're earnings so
Speaker 1: one year potentially. So I think a lot of the
Speaker 1: rank and file members, and it seems like that's what
Speaker 1: everybody's leaning towards, that this will pass, it will get ratified.
Speaker 1: But we'll see where it goes, and we'll see, you know,
Speaker 1: if all the players vote and are as interested in
Speaker 1: in their livelihood is what we think they are. You know,
Speaker 1: one thing about this did I see in the paper
Speaker 1: or on the TV? Correctly? It's a four hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty or four hundred and fifty six page booklet of
Speaker 1: information that they sent out to these players. Jim. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so you know, rank and file or top tier guys,
Speaker 1: how many of the guys are realistically going to read
Speaker 1: this thing page for page and then when they're taking
Speaker 1: the advice from their advisor. Is it an advisor that
Speaker 1: has the advisor's best interest at hand? Or is it
Speaker 1: the advisor has the best player's interest at hand? So
Speaker 1: you know, I think, yeah, the vote is yes or no,
Speaker 1: but the amount of information they sent to every one
Speaker 1: of these guys is pretty overwhelming. Yeah. Well, you know
Speaker 1: a lot of those players are probably right. A lot
Speaker 1: of players probably won't read it. They'll turn it over
Speaker 1: to their advisor. And you know, the advisor is supposed
Speaker 1: to do what's in the best interests of the player.
Speaker 1: And if you're player making League minimum, you know your
Speaker 1: salary is going to increase substantially, but you know, for
Speaker 1: some guys, gonna be over one hundred thousand dollars, and
Speaker 1: then you factor in a seventeenth game game that originally
Speaker 1: was going to be capped at two hundred and fifty thousand.
Speaker 1: For that seventeenth week game, there's been some changes for that.
Speaker 1: So if an advisor is advising his client for a
Speaker 1: rank and file player making minimum what is league minimum
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and you've got a huge salary increase
Speaker 1: in terms of one hundred thousand dollars, I think the
Speaker 1: advisor is going to say for you at this point
Speaker 1: in time, this would be a yes vote for you
Speaker 1: because it's it's benefiting you as a player moving forward.
Speaker 1: And probably a lot of the high salary guys why
Speaker 1: they've come out and been so vocal they are against it,
Speaker 1: So I would think, but majority of players this will
Speaker 1: help the rank and file players and increase their salaries. Guys.
Speaker 1: You know what the great point is about the agents,
Speaker 1: and with all due respect to the agents, you know
Speaker 1: what they're saying to their players at all levels is
Speaker 1: really a key component here that the average fan probably
Speaker 1: doesn't realize, and if they do, you know, this selfish
Speaker 1: ass effect of it from a business point of view,
Speaker 1: you know, the money's buried in those big name guys,
Speaker 1: and so it'll be interesting to see afterwards when this
Speaker 1: all comes out, how the agents do really feel about it.
Speaker 1: We'll pick it up on the other side of this
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Speaker 1: More as AW dot Com, Jeff Jonny acc along with
Speaker 1: Tom Thair and Jim Miller bringing you Bears All Access
Speaker 1: from parts all over the world tonight Paris, France, Maui, Michigan, Michigan,
Speaker 1: and Combo San Lucas, where we had Roy Robertson Harris
Speaker 1: calling in for the program on the Bears Apple vacation trip.
Speaker 1: So fun night, indeed, a very interesting conversation as well
Speaker 1: as to get into the NFL Players Association and the
Speaker 1: balloting going on. Jim and Tom got a couple of
Speaker 1: questions for you about that. Did you guys vote every
Speaker 1: time you did have a document in front of you
Speaker 1: as players? Did you guys always have a vote and
Speaker 1: did you take that vote or were there times you
Speaker 1: just didn't do it? Do it? Well? You know, we
Speaker 1: went through the strike in nineteen eighty seven, so we
Speaker 1: had a lot of things that you know, factored in
Speaker 1: and trying to get an organized plan of attack getting
Speaker 1: ready for the collective bargaining agreement that we are striking for,
Speaker 1: But you didn't have the means of a communication that
Speaker 1: they had today, So I think there was a lot
Speaker 1: more confusion in the translation of information that went across
Speaker 1: the football league. And I don't think as much as
Speaker 1: we wanted to think we had solidarity we did, we
Speaker 1: did not have it when it really came to the
Speaker 1: most meaningful moment in negotiations. So you know your individual
Speaker 1: vote is going to factor. Like Jim says, the rank
Speaker 1: and file will probably help make this decision because the
Speaker 1: big money guys are closer to the end of their
Speaker 1: career than the beginning of their career. So it's something
Speaker 1: as as serious as this. Yes, you have to pay
Speaker 1: attention to it, you have to get the information, you
Speaker 1: have to digest it, and you have to make the
Speaker 1: vote that you feel is right for you. Yeah. Now,
Speaker 1: I came into the league after Tom and players like
Speaker 1: himself that you know basically fought and did all the things,
Speaker 1: and I came under the first collective bargaining agreement in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. At that point. Gene Upshaw was
Speaker 1: our NFL PA, say executive director, much like how de
Speaker 1: Morris Smith is today, and Gene Upshaw was very adamant
Speaker 1: he would come to the team. And I remember sitting
Speaker 1: there with the Pittsburgh Steelers and veterans like Greg Lloyd
Speaker 1: and Kevin Green, and they were given Gene Upshaw the
Speaker 1: Riot Act, and that was my introduction to labor relations
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. And there were some arguments
Speaker 1: that happened in that meeting, and it turned out to
Speaker 1: be one of the best deals in National Football League
Speaker 1: history in terms of labor law because Gene Upshaw at
Speaker 1: that point, when he had worked at hand in hand
Speaker 1: basically with the NFL commissioner at that point, Paul Taglubu
Speaker 1: is now a Hall of Famer, they actually worked well
Speaker 1: together and they got a lot of stuff done behind
Speaker 1: closed doors. There wasn't the animosity that has happened really
Speaker 1: up until this last Collective Barting agreement, because back in
Speaker 1: twenty eleven when the CBA was passed again for the
Speaker 1: ten years which is coming to a conclusion and why
Speaker 1: they're voting again, there was a lot of animosity and
Speaker 1: I thought Demorris Smith really attacked it the wrong way.
Speaker 1: You don't say we're going to war when you're trying
Speaker 1: to negotiate with your partner. What's the war about? You
Speaker 1: know what I mean, You're just you're trying to better
Speaker 1: the improvement of the overall National Football League and its workers.
Speaker 1: And Gene Upshaw turned out that was a bad deal
Speaker 1: back in twenty eleven. Granted, the players got more money,
Speaker 1: but their revenue sharing went from seventy one percent down
Speaker 1: to forty seven percent. It's one of the worst deals
Speaker 1: in sports history, if you want to be exact, And
Speaker 1: so players have done it again in terms of negotiating
Speaker 1: and doing all these things. I don't like, personally certain
Speaker 1: things about this deal because they don't know eleven years
Speaker 1: from now, they don't even know what these new broadcasting
Speaker 1: contracts are going to be. They're billions of dollars. So
Speaker 1: to me, I would have had an opt out minimum
Speaker 1: halfway through it, where you can reevaluate into five years time,
Speaker 1: and maybe for the fairness of it. But those things
Speaker 1: obviously didn't come up in negotiations. But Gene Upshaw turns
Speaker 1: out did a very fine job as the executive director,
Speaker 1: and the players since then they've given them more ownership.
Speaker 1: I don't know whether that's a good thing or a
Speaker 1: bad thing. I personally wouldn't want a player who doesn't
Speaker 1: have a degree in negotiating going there were working negotiating
Speaker 1: with owners who own companies and it's what they do
Speaker 1: for a living. So I personally would want somebody versed
Speaker 1: in labor law in in negotiation or matter of fact,
Speaker 1: maybe a former general manager that knows where the areas
Speaker 1: of two attack against NFL owners. So we'll see how
Speaker 1: it turns out. The salary cap has increased every year.
Speaker 1: There are other revenue streams that have made it beneficial
Speaker 1: for players and that's why the salary cap has gone
Speaker 1: up every year. But as you mentioned, overall for players
Speaker 1: you see contracts increasing at an incremental rate see quarterbacks now,
Speaker 1: franchise tags going up, and all those things. So the
Speaker 1: growth of the game is tremendous. But in terms of
Speaker 1: fairness of the deal, I still don't think it's quite
Speaker 1: equitable and why other things could have been fought for
Speaker 1: through this deal. But Gene Upshaw did a pretty good
Speaker 1: good job, better than what people think. Yeah, we could
Speaker 1: talk about this for a long time. There's a many
Speaker 1: different opinions about it. I have my own as well,
Speaker 1: but it's just a long process to get into all that.
Speaker 1: Let's touch on the substance abuse policy, because that's been
Speaker 1: leaked out today. Fellas, how do you feel about it?
Speaker 1: Because in this deal, as we understand it, it removes
Speaker 1: all suspensions for positive drug tests. Instead, they'll be subject
Speaker 1: to fines only for a positive drug test, and it's
Speaker 1: incremento if you were a repeat violator, Tommy, Jeff, I
Speaker 1: just I wanted to interrupt because when you said before
Speaker 1: that you have opinions of your own about the collective
Speaker 1: bargaining agreement in the negotiations, so you are a third party,
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts, you know, just to hear that
Speaker 1: it's it's more about the fair I'm a believer than that. Um,
Speaker 1: these these owners, this is their business. This is something
Speaker 1: they've they've created in many cases, Uh, this has been
Speaker 1: their only business is football, and you know they have
Speaker 1: a right to make as much money as they could
Speaker 1: possibly make if they want. And I just think the
Speaker 1: way the salaries have gone. The one thing I would
Speaker 1: like to see in this in this deal, and that
Speaker 1: is I don't know if it's ever going to be possible,
Speaker 1: but it would be to have insurance coverage for all
Speaker 1: players that have played the game. And maybe you segment
Speaker 1: in a different way, you know, for the for the
Speaker 1: bulk of their you know, post career lives. And I
Speaker 1: don't know, you guys would probably feel strongly about that too.
Speaker 1: I think that's that's a tough one, but I think
Speaker 1: that's something that would be really beneficial to all these guys.
Speaker 1: I agree rather have health insurance than more money added
Speaker 1: to the pension because I think ultimately the money they
Speaker 1: want to add would be more beneficial for the vested
Speaker 1: veterans or the older guys that go through the league
Speaker 1: to have some type of you know, health assurances. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that is supposed to be in this collective bargaining agreement.
Speaker 1: I haven't read the four hundred and fifty six pages.
Speaker 1: I gotta get my hands on the document. But that
Speaker 1: will happen for older players, that there will be increase
Speaker 1: in pensions and things of that nature, and it will
Speaker 1: touch into the medical uh as well. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's interesting, Jeff, because in time, because when you when
Speaker 1: you look at this this deal again, I think for
Speaker 1: the rank and file players, it's definitely going to benefit.
Speaker 1: But when you you know that's kind of the players,
Speaker 1: everybody you're asking, well, who has the leverage, who has leverage?
Speaker 1: Of course the players have leveraged. Then owners have to
Speaker 1: negotiate with the broadcast networks and that is where the
Speaker 1: billions of dollars and where it can go to where
Speaker 1: that will increase everything for everybody, the players, the owners, everybody,
Speaker 1: and that the owners obviously want this collective bargaining done
Speaker 1: so they can go agreement done, so they can go
Speaker 1: to the network and say, look, we've got labor piece,
Speaker 1: We're here for eleven more years. You know, there's not
Speaker 1: going to be a problem here, and they believe that
Speaker 1: will increase the revenues and they'll get the best deal possible.
Speaker 1: But certainly from a player's standpoint, like I said, when
Speaker 1: you lock into a deal that long, you don't know
Speaker 1: five years from now, what is going to increase, where
Speaker 1: other revenue streams are going to come from. Where maybe
Speaker 1: you go back and have an opt out halfway through
Speaker 1: the deal, whether it's five years from now, and say
Speaker 1: you on what, let's let's reevaluate this deal and where
Speaker 1: is it unequitable and read I don't think that is
Speaker 1: in this CBA goes eleven years. Eleven years, that's a
Speaker 1: long time. A lot of things can change in eleven
Speaker 1: years specifically say on the gambling side of it, now
Speaker 1: that it's legal. Hey, hey, guys, just quickly weigh in
Speaker 1: on the substance abuse policy is as you hear it.
Speaker 1: You know, it's kind of a tricky situation, Jeff, because
Speaker 1: they have state that teams have teams are in states
Speaker 1: that are legal, and so I don't know, you know,
Speaker 1: what you can do to these to the players, to
Speaker 1: monitor these guys twenty four hours a day, seven days
Speaker 1: a week, because in the process of when they test
Speaker 1: you for drugs of abuse, it's they test you one
Speaker 1: time during the course of the year. You're notified far
Speaker 1: enough in advance. If you don't have that type of
Speaker 1: self control, you're probably gonna limit the length of your
Speaker 1: career anyway. So a lot of it, A lot of
Speaker 1: players make your own decisions. Whether they don't work out
Speaker 1: enough in the off season, or they socialize in party
Speaker 1: too much in the offseason. You know, those are going
Speaker 1: to be deciding factors in the length of a lot
Speaker 1: of their careers. Yeah, and it just seems like the NFL,
Speaker 1: even how it's always been, they don't look at any
Speaker 1: drug use that it's a competitive advantage. Does it provide
Speaker 1: you a competitive advantage on the field. It only you're
Speaker 1: really you're only hindering yourself as a player, is how
Speaker 1: you look at it. So now there's going to be
Speaker 1: fines involved in this, not suspensions, but if players are
Speaker 1: still repeat offenders, boy, they're gonna be playing for free.
Speaker 1: They're just not being suspended. They're gonna be allowed to play,
Speaker 1: but they've been playing for free. With the fines that
Speaker 1: are installed. It definitely is an interesting development in the
Speaker 1: CBA negotiations. All right, when we come back, we're to
Speaker 1: talk about free agency just about ten or eleven days away.
Speaker 1: Are thirteen days away when it really helps with the
Speaker 1: nearly the league year. We'll get into that and how
Speaker 1: it impacts the Bears. We'll talk positions of interest, and
Speaker 1: we'll talk about the combine and the impact of what
Speaker 1: the Bears need in certain areas of the football team.
Speaker 1: Of the strength is in numbers from what you're seeing
Speaker 1: in the NFL draft list of players. This is Bears
Speaker 1: All Access with Tom Thayer, Jim Miller, Jeff Jonnyac on
Speaker 1: Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back to
Speaker 1: the final segment of the program Tonight, Bears All Access
Speaker 1: and the real stars of the show are Brandon Orlowski
Speaker 1: and Adams to Zinski with helping Shane Rear. He's setting
Speaker 1: us all up. I mean Tom Paris, France, Maui, Michigan
Speaker 1: and Cobo on one show not even looking at each other.
Speaker 1: How are we pulling this off? Depends who ate the
Speaker 1: best today. Kind of sounds like you in Paris, France
Speaker 1: with a little cruissants and some of the good food
Speaker 1: that you get around there. Probably you Big Jeff. What
Speaker 1: in the morning, He's still got time to go out
Speaker 1: for a nightcap. What's up with that? Hey? Is the
Speaker 1: city of lights. Baby. They're not turning him off anytime soon. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no question about it. Jim. I'm on vacation. I can
Speaker 1: do whatever. Time is of no consequence. Good for you.
Speaker 1: Enjoy it, my friend. Yeah, it'll be fun. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about how this offseason plan is starting to materialize for
Speaker 1: the Bears. Let's start with free agency because that comes first.
Speaker 1: Now we got an idea of what we're looking at
Speaker 1: in terms of the draft. All the pro workouts are
Speaker 1: getting underway. You're hearing the story, You're hearing about all
Speaker 1: the timings and all that, and where guys are moving
Speaker 1: up and down that in my opinion, Jim and Tom,
Speaker 1: they don't really move up and down. They're just now
Speaker 1: maybe getting talked about more because the words getting out.
Speaker 1: But teams know about all these guys. They're just getting
Speaker 1: reconfirmed on what their numbers are going to be. But
Speaker 1: they watch the tape and the tape tells the story.
Speaker 1: But free agency is a different animal. You gotta deal
Speaker 1: with the math, you gotta deal with the agents, and
Speaker 1: you gotta deal with can this guy, no matter what
Speaker 1: his skill set is that we think fits, can you
Speaker 1: fit in my locker room? What are you looking at
Speaker 1: position wise and the types of guys that would fit
Speaker 1: to be Bears as a safety position. Last year in
Speaker 1: free agency and you were looking at Haha, Clinton Dix,
Speaker 1: you weren't looking at a part time player. You were
Speaker 1: looking for a full time starter. So I think when
Speaker 1: you're investigating this talent in terms of what the Bears
Speaker 1: need per position, look at what they're capable of doing.
Speaker 1: If you have a part time free agent, don't expect
Speaker 1: him to be a full time performer. So when you
Speaker 1: go out there and you look at these players, understand
Speaker 1: their track record a little bit and what they're either
Speaker 1: developing into or where they're at in the position of
Speaker 1: their career and how productive they can be. Yeah, some
Speaker 1: interesting safety is coming out in the draft, and I thought, haha,
Speaker 1: I did have a fine year last year, and maybe
Speaker 1: that is a player the Bears want to bring back.
Speaker 1: I mean, currently having a little over twenty four million
Speaker 1: dollars and probably could do that. And you know, as
Speaker 1: for the linebackers, you got to believe, you know, you
Speaker 1: can probably bring back one, but not both. When you
Speaker 1: look at Danny Trevathan and Nick Kwikowski, you know, obviously
Speaker 1: Nick wants to test the free agent waters it has
Speaker 1: was a drafted player has played well. You certainly want
Speaker 1: to reward and keep the guys that you've been vested in,
Speaker 1: and he certainly has earned it. But I don't think
Speaker 1: that they could play both. And they've got some speedy
Speaker 1: inside linebackers in this year's draft. You know, you got
Speaker 1: guys that you know probably are going to go high,
Speaker 1: like Patrick Queen out of LSU. But there's other guys
Speaker 1: Kenneth Murray and inside backers that fit the bill, like
Speaker 1: a Knick Kwikowski where they could fill that weak inside
Speaker 1: role for the Chicago Bearers. So again, I just think
Speaker 1: it's how it fits the character of it and the
Speaker 1: dollars and cents. But I don't think they can address
Speaker 1: them all or resign all those players that have played
Speaker 1: well in Chicago Sparrett's defense defensively in terms of why
Speaker 1: you guys project the needs to be offensively or defensively,
Speaker 1: where would you want to spend your money. I'm not
Speaker 1: asking you to pick the player, but I'm asking you
Speaker 1: where you want to spend your money. Free agent tight
Speaker 1: end definitely for me. I mean you need more production
Speaker 1: at that position and a guy who can step in
Speaker 1: and play and play well. And again, I you know,
Speaker 1: certainly we've talked about Austin Hooper at a fine year
Speaker 1: down there for the Atlanta Falcons. You know, can he
Speaker 1: be a guy that the Bears can sign for a
Speaker 1: reasonable amount. Certainly he's gonna want good money because he's
Speaker 1: coming off a great year. Or other guys who could
Speaker 1: potentially be out there and be available here, and that obviously,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham could be released by the Green Bay Packers,
Speaker 1: and the Bears will do all their due diligence on
Speaker 1: all these players. It's light in the draft for the
Speaker 1: tight end position. But clearly I think that is an
Speaker 1: area of need. It has to get better. They have
Speaker 1: to have more production out of that position, and so
Speaker 1: I think that was a position that will be addressed.
Speaker 1: I'm I with you, Jim. You know, specifically, I want
Speaker 1: to line a scrimmage tight end because when you look
Speaker 1: at Trey Burton, and I do think he's gonna come
Speaker 1: back and you know, be hopefully what was expected of him.
Speaker 1: But when you look at the template of Trey Burton,
Speaker 1: you have other guys on the team with those types
Speaker 1: of assets, whether Cordarrell Patterson, Javon Wims and that type
Speaker 1: of body size. But uniquely, when you're talking about a
Speaker 1: tight end that can orb the abuse of an offensive
Speaker 1: lineman but still help you out in the red zone,
Speaker 1: you know, I would like to go and identify that guy,
Speaker 1: and I'm almost looking at him at a blocker first
Speaker 1: and a receiver second. We'll see what Demetrius Harris can bring.
Speaker 1: He's got familiarity, We've talked to him, so maybe he
Speaker 1: can be one of those guys that step in and
Speaker 1: increase the production at that spot. I'm a guy that
Speaker 1: goes at the line of scrimmage and you're never gonna
Speaker 1: go wrong, whether that's defense or offense. So I wouldn't
Speaker 1: mind spending some of that money on the offensive line.
Speaker 1: And you know you're going to have to probably invest
Speaker 1: in a free agent quarterback at some level. How much
Speaker 1: is the question and all that that I'll sort itself out.
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm looking, are you okay if it's
Speaker 1: it's to address the offensive line? You know? I mean, Jeff,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of like you. You go through the mentality
Speaker 1: where you can never be too good on the offensive
Speaker 1: defensive line. And last year when the Bears were cursed
Speaker 1: with the injury to a Keem Hicks, I think that
Speaker 1: was really, you know, tough hurdle to overcome to get
Speaker 1: his type of play, the concern for him by the
Speaker 1: team's offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. So I am
Speaker 1: with you in that respects. But you know, two as,
Speaker 1: you got to solidify that safety position, and whether it's
Speaker 1: through the draft or for through free agents through free agency,
Speaker 1: they need, you know that they need that voice back
Speaker 1: there that can work well with Eddie Jackson. Yeah, they
Speaker 1: get you know, for the interior or the offensive line,
Speaker 1: certainly there's some needs there and I think there'll be
Speaker 1: some quality guys out there that you don't have to
Speaker 1: really break the bank for. And recently today you saw
Speaker 1: some tackles that have been released their elder statesmen that
Speaker 1: have you know, now getting an opportunity to go out
Speaker 1: there in the free agent waters. Jason Peters certainly he's
Speaker 1: up there in age, thirty eight years old. Jared Veldier,
Speaker 1: he's only thirty two. Shoot, he was in a backup
Speaker 1: role last year for the Green Bay Packers, ended up
Speaker 1: starting in two games the final years. So I don't think,
Speaker 1: you know, a guy like him who comes with a
Speaker 1: lot of starts, really is going to command a lot
Speaker 1: of money out there on the open market. And so
Speaker 1: I think the Bears could land a couple veterans there
Speaker 1: in that backup capacity role and guys that could step
Speaker 1: in and play. Also, Trent Williams apparently been reportedly anyway
Speaker 1: given the green light to seek a trade. That's a
Speaker 1: tough situation there and in Washington after holding out all
Speaker 1: last season because of disagreements on his medical issues. But
Speaker 1: he's only thirty one. Jason Peters turning thirty eight in January,
Speaker 1: one of the best to ever play the game at
Speaker 1: that position, and it looks like it's over in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: unless they sign him if he doesn't land anything, and
Speaker 1: bring him back at a cheaper rate after eleven years
Speaker 1: there and nine times a Pro bowler from a former
Speaker 1: tight end that came into the NFL with the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: That's one of the best stories in the league. You know,
Speaker 1: when you think about it, that guy's going to the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame after starting out as a tight end
Speaker 1: and becoming a dominant left tackle. Look at the story
Speaker 1: on the Bear's website about Andy Andy Heck. There's a
Speaker 1: former college tight ended. You start seeing these guys. Last
Speaker 1: year we are introduced to the son of Metcalf, former
Speaker 1: offensive lineman for the Bears. Now his son goes in
Speaker 1: the draft, and now you got Andy Heck out there,
Speaker 1: former Chicago Bear, and his son's going in the draft.
Speaker 1: So you know that lineage is played well out for
Speaker 1: for some of these guys that you know have his
Speaker 1: the bloodline in their family. And we're in the second
Speaker 1: year of check Pagano's defense. So if you're looking at
Speaker 1: things in terms of what to keep that defense strong
Speaker 1: and keep it that way, because you get, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: you also got to keep a strength of strength, and
Speaker 1: that is the Bears defense until proven otherwise by the offense.
Speaker 1: Keep a strength of strength. So even if it's not
Speaker 1: big money pieces, but just pieces that get into the
Speaker 1: rotation that will impact the level of play that yes,
Speaker 1: there there is a need to get another starter at safety,
Speaker 1: or maybe it's an in house guy that's ready to
Speaker 1: make his move. Maybe it's the ambush, maybe it's it's
Speaker 1: going to be something like that. But you want to
Speaker 1: keep a strength of strength. So these guys, presumably as
Speaker 1: you for Tim, are gonna play faster in the second
Speaker 1: year with Chuck Plogano. Now he knows these guys better.
Speaker 1: The defensive staff is intact, so they know each other
Speaker 1: very well. I'm looking for a reboot and a healthy
Speaker 1: return of the key parts, obviously with the chem Hicks
Speaker 1: and Roquan Smith at the center of it in the
Speaker 1: middle of that defense, making things very strong again, because
Speaker 1: I'd like to see mb creative. I think Green Bay
Speaker 1: was a little bit more creative up front and took
Speaker 1: a lot of teams. By surprise, when you look at
Speaker 1: the Bears talent, including a Chem Hicks and Khalil Mack,
Speaker 1: the Bears shit equal at creativeness. Up, and I think
Speaker 1: more accountability on offense stay on the field. That'll help
Speaker 1: out keeping a defense healthy all year long. You're right
Speaker 1: about that well, Fellas, thanks and appreciate you baron with
Speaker 1: us as we bring you this show from all over
Speaker 1: the world. You guys have a great west of your weekend.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week Monday. All right, Big Tom,
Speaker 1: Tom's and Molly. Jim Miller in Michigan with Serious XM
Speaker 1: NFL Radio checking him out on moving the Chains with
Speaker 1: Pat Kurwin. I'm Jeff Joni k Thanks again to Roy
Speaker 1: Robertson Harris checking in for the Bears fan trip in
Speaker 1: Cabo in Mexico along with Alex Brown, Josh Woods and
Speaker 1: Fellas and the producers Brandon Arlowski and Adam Stabzinski. That
Speaker 1: will do it for us. Have a great night. This
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