WEBVTT - Robertson-Harris on offseason preparation | All Access 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 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.000 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.000 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:31.200 Physical Therapy and Art Van Furniture in Mattress and hopefully 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:34.920 everybody's having a great evening in Chicago as we bring 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.080 you Bears All Access And maybe the most unique of ways, 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:40.839 this is Jeff Jonny Ac along with Tom Thayer and 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:44.080 Jim Mutter. But we are all in parts, crazily all 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:48.120 over the world literally, So I'm coming to you from holiday, 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.360 as Dan McNee always likes to say, in Paris, France, 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.760 of all places, where it's one am and Tom thare 0:00:54.840 --> 0:01:00.480 is eleven hours behind me in Maui. Tom, this is 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:02.880 the craziest thing you and I have ever done. It 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:06.000 is it's an amazing process and I think it's unique, 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:09.440 but you know, it's the way everybody stays involved these 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:12.600 days and no one loses connection. And so as much 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.319 as you and Jim paid attention to the combine where 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:18.160 you are there. I paid attention to it from this 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.040 far away. And then we've got Big Jim Miller in 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.840 Michigan from Serious Sex m NFL Radio moving the chains 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.880 with Pat crewin and the and the guys. I know 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.120 you got some some sly comment ready for me, don't you. 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:33.440 I saw an email you suding today about the coronavirus 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.680 and all that. So what do you got for me? Jim? 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.080 Just lay it on thick. Hey, Tom, I just hope 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.560 he paid his cell phone bill to make this entire show. 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:48.840 I see him looked up outside of a public phone. 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:52.640 But thanks to Wi Fi technology in the world of appss, 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:55.280 somehow we're all together here on Bears All Access brought 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.040 to you by IGS Energy and coming up around six 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.880 h eight here, just in moments, we're gonna be believe 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.600 it or not, from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where Roy 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.320 robertson airis the Bears defensive lineman will join the program. 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.280 He's going to take some time away from his a 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.440 Bears fan trip with the inside the Bears crew and 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:13.680 some other guys. We'll talk about that before we get 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.400 into all that. Let's let's circle back to the combine 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:20.359 because you mentioned it, Tom and Jim, you guys can 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.040 you know, take the ball and run with it here. 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.080 What's your final takeaway and what you'll learn from the combine. 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:28.239 You know, there's a lot of speed, there's a lot 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.680 of um you know, different types of you know, types 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.560 of body at the wide receiver position. But I think 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.560 to me, again, the most impressive thing was the forty 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.639 out of the big Man, And it wasn't the four 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.240 two or trying to beat the fastest of all time. 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.359 When you see a guy at was six to eight 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.320 six seven three hundred and sixty four pound six eight 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:52.280 three sixty four in run of five one forty, there's 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.840 a lot that you can do with that immediately. So 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:58.280 when you have a receiver that runs a time that's 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.520 you know, unlike any there or some of the other drills, 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.000 there's always a time in a growth period that you 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.639 have to see these guys's potential be put to use. 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:10.160 When you have a guy that big, there's multiple positions 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:13.480 he can play with that type of athleticism, his bendability. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:17.640 So I'm really excited to see where probably the least 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.880 exciting position of offensive line, but where it goes throughout 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.960 his career. I think it's, you know, just to piggyback 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.280 off that that the tackles were impressive. This is one 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:29.359 of the deepest tackle drafts in a long time. Now, 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.480 the more and more you hear probably six potentially seven 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.840 tackles could go in the first round, is going to 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.760 push receivers down. I think it's what it's gonna do. 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:39.880 And again, you got you got guys out there that 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.240 are just diamonds in the rough. There's some great guys 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.680 that you know, we always talk about first round talent 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.000 that you're probably going to get in the second round, 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.720 say other positions because they're not as deep, Maybe go 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.400 a little bit earlier because you know, you have depth 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:55.119 at wide receivers. So I think some wide receivers are 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.280 going to be under drafted in this year's draft. So 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:02.400 it's going to be interesting. Yeah, you're also talking Tom 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:08.200 about Louisville's Nikai Beckton. Correct. Yes, Yes, six seven and 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.480 three eight, three hundred and sixty four pounds with thirty 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:14.360 six inch arms and an eighty three inch wingspan, not 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.680 even the longest wingspan, believe it or not. Matt Pert, 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:20.039 a tackle from Yukon eighty six and a half inch 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.880 Wig Span. I mean, these guys, these guys are unbelievable. 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.160 They seem to get bigger, faster, and more interesting every 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:27.800 single year. All right, Coming up next, one of the 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.840 big guys with the Bears defensive line joined the program, 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.920 Roy Robertson Harris from Mexico. Next on Bears All Access 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.280 brought to you by IGS Energy in Chicago Sports Radio 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:41.320 six seventy The Score, and welcome back to Bears All 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:43.920 Access brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.920 of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and home 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:50.200 warranty products to over one million customers across the country. 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.720 Learn more about AGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.560 Joni Act, Tom Thayer, and Jim Miller with you on 0:04:56.720 --> 0:05:00.000 Bears All Access this week from all over the globe 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:04.800 relief as we bring in Chicago Bears defensive lineman Roy 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:09.560 Robertson Harris checking in from Cabo in Mexico. Roy, Rob, 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.480 how's it going, my friend? Go on, man, how are 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.280 you doing? We're doing great. I don't know if you've 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:18.640 been prepped on this at all, Roy, but I'm literally 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:20.960 I'm doing the show right now. On a cell phone 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:27.400 from Paris, France. Time there is in Mauie. Tim's on 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.200 the beach in Maui. Jim's just sitting back at home 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:33.719 in Michigan, and you're coming to us from Cabo. The 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:38.120 power of technology? How how wild is this? Right now? 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:43.160 This is unexpected, but I think the main interviews at 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:47.799 all excess it is. It is unique, that's for sure. 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.200 So I tell everybody why you're down there in Mexico, 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.279 and now who you're with? Alright, So we're doing the 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:58.400 Apple's vacations with some of our fans. It's myself, Josh Woods, 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:02.440 uh Biggy and Stephen Denmark and we're just some drawing 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:06.080 our time down here. It's not too hot, it's a 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.000 little bit breezy, but you know, we're enjoying the enjoying 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.720 the beach, enjoying the food, and enjoying the fans out 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.600 of guyer with us. Hey, Roy, Rob, when does a 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.080 reality set in for you that you have to start 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:19.680 preparing for next season. I'm sure you have access to 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.600 it down there, but when did things get underway in 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:27.160 an everyday process for you? As soon as we're down 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:32.120 with week seventeen, so you get right back into it 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:36.159 during the regular season right back, I don't really have 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:39.000 too much downtime. This is my downtime right now. So 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.000 once I get back home, once we leave, I'll be 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:45.080 I'll be right back into it. Well, Roy, I've always 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.120 said this, when you play for the Chicago Bears, I 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:48.880 just I just don't think you can ever get away 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:50.640 with it. Here. You're down there with probably a lot 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.640 of Bears fans, and that constant reminder, you know, is 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.599 always there, you know, following you when whether it's in 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.440 the city of Chicago or being even in Cobba and 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:03.600 trying to enjoy vacation, but your mind's always on football, 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:06.200 probably because the fans are just as excited about the 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:10.040 next year as you are. I think some of the 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:15.280 I think Chicago Bears fans love Chicago Bearts football more 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:19.440 than anybody else I have been seeing. I haven't seen 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.440 any better group of fans than the Chicago Bear fans 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:26.720 based So I'm enjoying it. Even out here in Mexico. 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:28.920 You know, we still we still got a big fan 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.600 base out here, and you know, they love Chicago Bears football. 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.440 So it's a good opportunity for them to just be 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:37.600 around us and to hang around us, get the more 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:42.640 so as people and just enjoying vacation together. Roy Robertson 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.240 Harris Bears defensive lineman joining the program. I here on 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.280 Bears All Access. Thanks to our producers Brandon Arlaski and 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:51.560 Adam Stazinski doing a great job and trying to pull 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:55.080 this off here tonight with everybody in all these different areas. 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.360 Roy rob on the trip of I know that they 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:00.360 have all kind of excursions for you. Guys have been 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.360 on the trip the past three years. Couldn't make it 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:06.520 this year, but anything fun for you on the side 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.560 of just mixing with fans and enjoying the opportunity to 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:14.960 be there. Yeah, we um. We got to see some 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.520 dolphins yesterday. I got to swarm with the dolphins and 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.400 got to see some camels. I've never been up close 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.960 to a camera before or dolphins and that was pretty 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:27.560 That was pretty exciting, and so yeah, that was That 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.240 was probably the highlight of the week so far. I 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.400 know we've got a couple more days left until we 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.240 had back, but I think so far that was a 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:39.600 highlight of the week. Hey, Roy Robs, just kind of 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.319 another football question, because over the course of the years, 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.240 You've earned a lot more reps per game, as much 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.920 as anybody on the team. So a couple of years 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.760 ago when you were uncertain maybe ten twelve reps per 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:54.880 game to now as much as forty forty five has 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:58.520 it How has it changed your frame of mind on 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.320 your day of the on the day of the game, 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:02.839 when you come to go to work knowing that there's 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:09.200 a lot more expected out of you than two years ago. Yeah, 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.880 I mean, you know, with more reps. Um, you know, 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.400 I'm getting a lot of I'm getting a lot of 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.320 hashs of me, which you know it's great for me. 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:20.080 I get more more opportunity to make plays and um, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.400 you know, put the team in best position we can 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.400 be in and you know, get the ball back to 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.920 the offense. Um. But it's just it's just more opportunity 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:32.680 and um, more responsibility to making sure I'm more prepared, 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.319 and you know, it's it's not a lot of sitting around, 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:37.520 you know, well, you know I might get my five 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:39.559 snatchals like now, well, now I'm in to start a 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.120 rotation and now I have to you know, play at 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.080 the same level as a team and Eddie and making 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.200 sure I'm holding up my end well, three years of 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.880 experience under your belt now, and I guess what what 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.480 areas of focus the SAUT season are you going to 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.600 focus in on? Maybe when you go back watch the 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.439 tape and say, hey, I'd like to do this better, 0:09:57.520 --> 0:09:59.880 this better? What training wise? What do you think you're 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:01.959 going to work on in the areas that you want 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:07.520 to improve the most in your game? Family, Just keeping 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.760 my body healthy and you know, taking care of myself 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:12.600 a little bit better. I think as you as you 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.640 go along each year you kind of learned something new 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.160 about yourself as a pro. And with me, it's just 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.040 doing the little things and make make sure that I'm 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:26.400 um keeping myself healthy and you know, whether it's flexibility 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.760 stuff or whether it's just you know, making sure I'm 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.760 seeing a chilipactor, making sure I'm getting the masside, little 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.840 things like that. Um, you know, because we worked so hard, 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.360 and I feel like, you know, we work so hard, 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.640 we grind and grind, grind, and you know, we kind 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:41.320 of forget that we have to make sure that we 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.520 do rest a little bit or you know, do the 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.000 little things that are keep us healthy. So that's one 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:47.640 of the things that I'm trying to make sure to 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.520 do this offseason and uh take it into the into 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.960 OTAs and into the summer and the training camp season 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:59.520 and making sure I'm just staying healthy. Roy Robertson Harris 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.560 defensive lineman, joining the program here on Bears All Access 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.360 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Jeff thom 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.599 and Jim with you as well. Roy. The business of 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:11.760 football certainly in everybody's mindset when the offseason hits, and 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.160 especially when you're in in a situation like you are. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.199 You're a restricted free agent if the age of twenty 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.760 seven and a rising player in this league. Bears obviously 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.760 you know still retain those rights and you never know 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.400 what's going to happen down the road, But do you 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.600 do you think about that at are you just focused 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.280 on getting yourself right? And then an addendum to that, 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.200 with the NFLPA sending out the ballots this morning for 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.360 the proposed collective bargaining agreement, do you have any thoughts 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.280 on how that's looking for you just from your point 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:44.600 of view as a player. I'm not I'm not thinking 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.800 too much into you right now, obviously being a Mexico 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:52.920 um and vacation mode. But as far as as far 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.440 as everything with the contracts, and I don't think too 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.520 much of it. Um, I let my agent handle that, Jill, 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.640 He'll communicate with me. I have thain goals and things 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.720 that I should be prepared for, but um, you know, 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.880 I'm just I'm just I'm just enjoying the process and 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.439 just enjoying the fact that I'm in the NFL. I'm 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.960 not thinking too defensive things with it. And once I know, 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.640 once I know everybody else, you know what I'm here with, 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.240 you know, going somewhere else, you know, all that stuff 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:25.520 will happen, you know the way it should, and you know, 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:29.199 I'm just I'm just enjoying a process as a hey 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.000 Roy rob During the course of time. They always talk 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.880 about how an offense in its second year with coaches 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:38.040 can play a lot faster earlier. Is that the same 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.640 thing with defense because Chuck Poganto knows you guys individually 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:44.640 better and you kind of know what's expected well, you 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.000 kind of got a feeling of what's expected out of 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.280 him in his style, so it can speed effected defense 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:54.840 as much as we talk about it on offense, I 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:57.439 think Chuck, I think She's going to continue to grow, 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:00.199 just like we are as players. UM. I love as 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.559 a coach. I think he's a great defensive coordinator. Um. 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.160 I think we're going to continue to be held off 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.640 the last year. I think he's gonna have multiled up 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.679 for us and he's going to expect more of us 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.520 as a defense. So I'm definitely excited to see what 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.320 he has playing for us this year. Um. In terms 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.040 of the rest of your vacation, what do you got 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.640 planned left? As you try to enjoy it because pretty 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.000 soon you will be back to work, my friend, and 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.480 just maybe things that your activities you got planned, or 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.480 things you want to do with your teammates, like Giggy, 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.120 I think we just I think we just hang out. 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.080 We might, you know, just hang graphs, some food, go 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:38.240 to the city graphs and tacos and just hang out, 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.839 you know, enjoy each other's company. Man, I saw those 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.880 a dogs. Hey Roy, rob one last thing for me 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:46.319 and we'll let you go so you can get back 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.200 to your vacation time there. Uh you know you got 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.160 double a there so that that is always a fun 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.559 angle to the whole situation. I've seen him at work, 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:00.480 has has coach done done showed up yet? Coach done Done? 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:03.560 This is not another one of his alter egos. We 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:07.480 haven't seen we haven't seen anybody except Spice. We've just 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:11.000 seen double A, we see spies Adolesta that we haven't 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.320 seen go Dun, dun. We haven't see creating Big Day 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.400 and seeing nobody else with a Spice. Well, they're coming. 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:23.200 Oh they're coming, Roy, Rob, They're coming. I'm excited to 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:26.120 see you. All right, Thank you so much, Roy, Rob, 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.200 appreciate it. Good luck with the rest of the offseason. 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.920 Roy Roberts and Harris our guest here on Chicago's Sports 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.280 Radio six seventy to score more the show coming up 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:38.640 after this. This segment of Bears Out Access is brought 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.800 to you by Old Spice, Never Let a Friend, Lucy's Swagger, 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.160 Jeff Joniac along with Tom There and Jim Miller. Just 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:47.160 heard from Roy robertson Harris from the Bears Apple Vacation 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.480 fan trip down there in Cabo. It's always a great 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.920 trip to get about. Oh, I don't know, seventy to 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.840 one hundred fans joining the festivities and they get the 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:59.720 interact with guys, and this year Tom and Jim, Alex Brown, 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.200 it was one of the veteran guys joined the show, 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:06.040 so I bet that's a fun little experience as well. 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.760 And another guy to hang out with with Anthony Adams 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.640 starve Inside the Bears with Lauren Screeden. I guarantee of 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.080 those two. And then you have Josh Woods and Tom. 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.560 We've gotten to know Josh he's he's a life of 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.400 a party type of guy at the practice on the 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:22.240 practice field, and don't really know Stephen Denmark very well. 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.440 And of course Joel yea bunny Waite is one of 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:26.360 the nicer guys you're gonna find in that locker room. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.640 Good dude. So fun, fun, fun trip for everybody. And 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:31.880 I think that they get a true appreciation two of 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.960 what Bears fans that want to put their money and 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:38.040 go on this trip that just hang out with these guys. Well, 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.600 you know, they do a great job. Apple Vacations is 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.000 a great job. Yeah, you know, the Bears fans they 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.880 get rewarded bycause all of those guys have a really good, 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:51.720 pleasant offseason attitudes. They're very congenial. Josh Woods as a dancer, man, 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.480 if there's music, he's moving and so but you know, 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.760 it's kind of like the players are every one of 0:15:57.800 --> 0:15:59.720 those guys that you mentioned, you know, they're sitting on 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.920 the your reality, they're getting ready for the next season, 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.880 always in the back of their mind, like Roy robertson Harris, Hey, 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:09.160 when do you start getting ready for next season? Game seventeen? 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.080 So it really never leaves your mind. And you know, 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.600 with Denmark and his size and everything, you hope that 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.960 he advances, you know, takes a big step forward coming 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.040 into this year, just like Ea Booneyway and Josh Woods 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.160 and the rest of these guys. So you kind of 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.640 sit on this trip and you it's like, you have 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:30.320 a great time with the fans, but man, that reality 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.440 of what's going to take place as soon as you 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.800 get back, it's starting to set in. Yeah, it comes quick, man, 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.080 It's just around the corner. They'll be in their off 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:42.400 season programs, going through the phases of the offseason first 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.960 couple or obviously to just get in shape and get 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:46.480 back in the weight room and all that, and then 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.040 lo and behold, you're out there for OTAs and then 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.440 there'll be a mini camp and there's basically he'll be 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.040 a month away from training camp. So it's going to 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.920 creep up on the players pretty quick. So whatever resting 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.160 they've done. It's kind of time to get back to 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:00.960 work in the light ball going off right now to 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.600 do so. And let me say this about Roy rob Yes, 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:06.439 he is a restricted free agent. I don't know what 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.240 the tender will be. But this is a guy that 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.920 started out obviously not able to play his first year 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.520 because of an illness. Then he worked his way out 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:18.439 of a different position into defensive line. He's really worked 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.719 hard at it, and I still consider him a rising 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.879 developing player at the age of twenty seven. I don't 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:27.679 think you can have enough guys in that rotation up front, 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:30.919 and certainly a unique body type like his, with his 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:34.760 length and overall ability to anchor down inside and play 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:37.040 a variety of spots up front. You guys agree, yep, 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.240 you know, Jeff. One of the evaluation processes through the 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:44.040 career of Roy Robertson Harris because he is uniquely qualified. 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.120 He is a big athlete, he's intelligent, he bends well, 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:51.600 he is dedicated to being a football player. But now, okay, 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.879 judgment day for Roy Rob when he's got fourteen reps 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.920 a game. Now, judgment day is when you're fatigued at 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:01.399 forty five to fifty five reps and That's what you 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:06.439 kind of see, is this player willing to absorb the 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.800 higher expectations we have for him. And every time he's 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.600 been fed a little bit more opportunities, he's always capitalized 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.560 with it. Yeah, just so be interesting the tender that 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:19.720 the Bears play a place on him for fans out there. 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:23.880 When Jeff says restricted, that's exactly it. He's restricted, all right. 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.080 The Bears will put a qualifying offer out there. Is 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.240 it a first round tender, is it a second round tender? 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:31.760 Is it a lower round tender? And then teams have 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:36.760 the ability outside of the Bears potentially you know, match 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.359 that offer or make an offer, I should say. And 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:42.040 if the Bears don't match that offer, then they'd get 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.399 that compensation, that round of compensation for a guy like 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.119 Roy Robertson Harris. So it'll be interesting to see what 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:50.640 he's valued at and if any teams would be interested 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:53.640 in that. All right, let's talk about the the NFLPA 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.400 going now with their balance out to players. They've gotten 0:18:56.440 --> 0:19:01.080 until a week from tonight to get things voted on. 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:04.879 They're going to keep it open until next Thursday. It's 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:06.600 going to take some time for the lawyers will look 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:08.439 at it and all that and see where it stands. 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.159 The owners have already approved the deal, Fellas Jim, I'm 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.160 sure you're talking about it all day today. I've seen 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:17.720 on different websites they're taking some straw pulling out there 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:20.320 and seeing what's going on from the players. It seems 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:23.000 like the big money guys are putting a no on 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:26.320 it for the most part, unless I'm mistaken, and there's 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:28.480 a bunch of guys that are looking out for everybody 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.080 league wide, because there's a greater number of players that 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:33.800 don't make that kind of dough that will benefit from 0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:36.920 this new deal. As much as we know about it, yeah, 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:38.720 it's and it's going to be more than the nineteen 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:40.920 hundred players that get to vote on it, because even 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:43.399 though a player may not have played last year, he 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.199 may still have played union dues, maybe he was on 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:48.560 a team for a couple of games got released. It 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:50.800 still has the right to vote. So they think there's 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:53.679 an estimate of up to twenty five hundred players that 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:56.760 could vote on this, and if that's the case, Jeff, 0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:59.720 it would lean towards the rank and files numbers would 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.239 be there in terms of passing this because it just 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:05.000 has to be a majority vote. The thing, you know, 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:08.560 obviously the high priced players did not want the seventeenth game. 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:12.400 There's no doubt about that. There's new things in terms 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:15.159 of drug testing and things like that. That's certainly the 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:17.800 players have fought for. And now a lot of it 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:19.879 just seems like it's going to be fines moving forward 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:23.200 and not suspensions. But the thing about it is it's 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:27.120 eleven year deal. Is what this comes to, and it 0:20:27.160 --> 0:20:29.520 comes down to about the revenue. The player's revenue is 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:32.240 going to increase from about forty seven percent, which it 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:34.560 sounds like it'll be, you know, have the ability to 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:37.560 raise up to about forty eight little over forty eight 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:40.679 point five percent, so they get about a percentage and 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:42.760