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Speaker 2: Yet another mile pole reached in the Bears offseason with
Speaker 2: the opening of Rookie Minicamp tomorrow. The twenty twenty five
Speaker 2: class of eight draft picks and collection of undrafted players
Speaker 2: and Mini Caamp invitees will look to impress Ben Johnson
Speaker 2: and his coaching staff and start to acclimate in the
Speaker 2: Bears way for this day and beyond. Welcome to the
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Speaker 2: We're joined by former Bears quarterback Jim Miller from sirius
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Speaker 3: My name is Jeff Joniak.
Speaker 2: Coming up with the program, we visit with another Bears
Speaker 2: round Draft picked, my sit down with offensive lineman Asie Trpido. Gentlemen,
Speaker 2: how are we feeling Tom from MAUI. What's the latest
Speaker 2: from your perspective, I wish you were here from mini
Speaker 2: camp and see the young guys, see him walking to
Speaker 2: see him walking through the building. They look like pros already.
Speaker 3: Tommy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I've kind of probably been in the minority.
Speaker 4: I've never I never have been a really big fan
Speaker 4: of rookie mini camps. But I think this year, unlike
Speaker 4: any others, it's really gonna play play an important role
Speaker 4: in the development of the roster because, first of all,
Speaker 4: the assistant coaches get a chance to get the each
Speaker 4: other and coaching from the meeting room to on the
Speaker 4: practice field, and then you finally get an on field
Speaker 4: evaluation of how these guys are fitting into the positions.
Speaker 2: All right, so Tom's having some technical problems. We'll get
Speaker 2: to him in a minute. Jimmy, I'll pick you could
Speaker 2: pick it up from there on the baton.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: They get to get on the field, get on the
Speaker 2: grass a little bit, stretch their legs out, learn the
Speaker 2: basics right literally, where you're gonna run to during drills,
Speaker 2: how they work, and just the techniques and fundamentals.
Speaker 5: Jim all right, I believe you got me, don't you care.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go, there, you go, there go there, my.
Speaker 5: Friend, But yeah, I think a lot is going to
Speaker 5: be thrown at these guys. And it's not just from
Speaker 5: the football side, you know, it's how to be a pro,
Speaker 5: what they expect you of you, how to conduct yourself
Speaker 5: as a Chicago Bears. So there are rules of what
Speaker 5: it means to be a Chicago Bear. But this thinks, oh,
Speaker 5: you're draft by the National Football League and you're fined
Speaker 5: by the National Football League and all these things that
Speaker 5: they're in charge of. No, they work for the Chicago
Speaker 5: Bears organization, and the Bears have their way of doing things,
Speaker 5: and there's going to be introduced to the expectations from
Speaker 5: that standpoint, obviously, the tradition, the history, all those things.
Speaker 5: Get to know your fellow co workers, and it's not
Speaker 5: just your teammate, it's everybody in the building. They're in Chicago.
Speaker 5: And then of course comes the football side of it
Speaker 5: in getting introduced to whatever side of the ball they're
Speaker 5: playing on. What's expected there where you line up. Here's
Speaker 5: your playbook, here's what expected, here's your itinerary. Got to
Speaker 5: show up on time, got to be on time, here's
Speaker 5: here's our install here's how we conduct these meetings, and
Speaker 5: it's going to be at a pretty rapid pace. And
Speaker 5: I think for some players. Obviously, everybody learns at a
Speaker 5: different rate and you try to adjust and in all
Speaker 5: those things. But there's a lot coming at these these
Speaker 5: young players, and I'm certainly for Ben Johnson, he wants
Speaker 5: it very competitive. Certainly, there's you know, there's so many
Speaker 5: things that you can scout. Granted, they scouted these players
Speaker 5: enough to be on the Chicago Bears football team, but
Speaker 5: the scouting just starts right now as well. Every day
Speaker 5: that there is Chicago Bear, they're going to be scouted.
Speaker 5: Hey man, how did this player perform today? They're going
Speaker 5: to get great out on every single play from the
Speaker 5: first one to the last one in every single practice.
Speaker 5: Are you getting better? Are you getting worse? Does a
Speaker 5: player understand it? All those coaches after a day of practice,
Speaker 5: they're down in those meeting rooms saying, hey, how did
Speaker 5: so and so do today? You know what were you
Speaker 5: looking at? How did he perform? And they're discussing all
Speaker 5: these things, and then of course the next day the
Speaker 5: more is added, and then more is added, and more's
Speaker 5: headed so it's a foundation, and then you just continue
Speaker 5: to build that foundation every single day and more is
Speaker 5: going to be expected every single day, and so it
Speaker 5: will become routine and it will become rope. Memory is
Speaker 5: the goal, and for these players to all improve to
Speaker 5: what to win a championship. It starts now. It truly
Speaker 5: does start now. It already started with all the scouting
Speaker 5: that went on and knew who they drafted, but it
Speaker 5: truly this is the team and these players are going
Speaker 5: to have to compete from here on out, and there
Speaker 5: will still be players that come and go. I think
Speaker 5: everybody's aware of that as well. Make it as competitive
Speaker 5: as it can be for the Chicago Bears because they
Speaker 5: have work to do in order to be relevant in
Speaker 5: the division of the NFC.
Speaker 2: North, and they are already here tonight in meetings. I
Speaker 2: see them going to meeting, So getting the rundown right now.
Speaker 2: Tom's on the phone. Now, you know, I think about
Speaker 2: Ben Johnson, Tom and his mentality and what he wants
Speaker 2: to establish here, this competitive mindset, this competitive attitude. You know,
Speaker 2: I think he will vet a lot of things out
Speaker 2: on that practice field, no matter what they're doing, just
Speaker 2: just to find out, like what's the floor of each
Speaker 2: player where they got to go to to reach the
Speaker 2: level he expects in terms of effort and understanding, And
Speaker 2: then includes the tryout candidates who are going to be
Speaker 2: just wide eyed and bushy tailed because they don't have
Speaker 2: a contract yet. Some guys have been signed here today,
Speaker 2: undrafted guys sign will go through those in a minute,
Speaker 2: But I really get a kick out of watching the
Speaker 2: guys who got the invite to fill out what may
Speaker 2: you know? You basically have, you know, forty guys running
Speaker 2: around here to have drills properly having numbers. But some
Speaker 2: of those guys they might get an invitation to make
Speaker 2: this football team and go to training camp at a minimum.
Speaker 4: You know, Jeff, there's not one guy that's gonna walk
Speaker 4: in the building and you're gonna tell him he doesn't
Speaker 4: deserve to be here. Every one of these guys are
Speaker 4: just gonna start scratching the surface of maybe creating an
Speaker 4: opportunity for themselves here or even somewhere else. But you know,
Speaker 4: I always find it interesting for the guys that may
Speaker 4: have to play a little bit different of a position
Speaker 4: than they're gonna get honestly evaluated that from college, whether
Speaker 4: it's a guy pillow.
Speaker 6: They want to see it.
Speaker 3: He all right, Tom van Wyman, Okay, all right.
Speaker 2: We're having more technical problems with Tom, so we'll get
Speaker 2: back to him after the break. Numbers have been given
Speaker 2: to these players, Jim, so number eighty four will be
Speaker 2: your first round pick, Colston Loveland number sixty five, Luke
Speaker 2: Newman number twenty five, Kyle Manangai and Luther Burden. The
Speaker 2: third will be number eighty seven. You know this is
Speaker 2: at least for starters, Jim. Those numbers could change over
Speaker 2: the course of the season. Those gentlemen signing contracts with
Speaker 2: the Bears already also Ze Frasier number twenty and Reuben
Speaker 2: Hippolyte number forty seven. Schamar Turner and Ozzie Trapillo ninety
Speaker 2: five and seventy five each.
Speaker 3: They have yet to be signed.
Speaker 2: But and then they undrafted a couple of interesting You
Speaker 2: got another kicker in camp in Jonathan Kim out of
Speaker 2: Michigan State. You probably know all about him. You're a
Speaker 2: Michigan State guy. And then a long snapper also to
Speaker 2: help out. You need those guys. I know they have
Speaker 2: that position signed, but Luke Elkin from Iowa is highly
Speaker 2: respected long snapper and somebody that Troy Taylor. Tory Taylor
Speaker 2: knows from the punning game at Iowa.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think, well, you know, and that's why I said,
Speaker 5: guys are still going to be coming and going. I mean,
Speaker 5: this roster is not set, is going to be fluid.
Speaker 5: That's why you know, the coach talked about that everything's
Speaker 5: got to be your there's no depth chart, right, That's
Speaker 5: what Ben Johnson talked about, And there isn't a depth chart.
Speaker 5: I mean, they truly need to be competing. And like
Speaker 5: I said, players, from my standpoint, players will be coming
Speaker 5: and going pretty pretty fluidly in Chicago because it hasn't
Speaker 5: been good enough. So if players aren't keeping up with
Speaker 5: say their study habits or how they're performing even out
Speaker 5: there in the OTAs no different than Pete Carroll did.
Speaker 5: Like I said, his first two years out at Seattle,
Speaker 5: they had two hundred and thirty six roster changes. Okay,
Speaker 5: so Pete Carroll's like, all right, we need to fix
Speaker 5: say our edge rushers. Well, this guy's struggling. We need
Speaker 5: to get another guy in here. So to me, that
Speaker 5: roster is going to be very fluid for the Bears.
Speaker 5: There will be guys coming and going. Yes, these players
Speaker 5: are chosen initially, that we think you are good enough
Speaker 5: to be a part of the Chicago Bears organization in
Speaker 5: what we have planned moving forward, but that it's not
Speaker 5: with an exclamation point or a period like that's final
Speaker 5: right now, because it's not because the winning hasn't been there,
Speaker 5: so it is not complete yet and it will be
Speaker 5: fluid all the way up through training camp.
Speaker 2: All right, when we come back, we'll visit with one
Speaker 2: of the new Chicago Bears, a guy who's gonna get
Speaker 2: a lot of attention once training camp hits as well.
Speaker 2: Ozzie Trpido, the second round pick from Boston College. It's
Speaker 2: coming up next here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one
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Speaker 2: IGS Energy. Right after he was selected and the second
Speaker 2: round by the Chicago Bears and arrived at Halis, saw
Speaker 2: Ozzie Trpido kind enough to sit down to discuss the
Speaker 2: next phase of his football life.
Speaker 3: Because just because you.
Speaker 2: Go through the combine, have a great career at college
Speaker 2: at Boston College, the work now just getting underway. As
Speaker 2: he walked into hanlesaw admiring all the history in the building.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean it's easy to fall into that trap that,
Speaker 8: like you just said, I've been training for the combine,
Speaker 8: for the draft, getting ready. You know, in perspective, it
Speaker 8: seems like that's the end of Michael, the short term
Speaker 8: at least, but it's really the beginning. And you know,
Speaker 8: showing up here, seeing all the walls, seeing it, you know,
Speaker 8: everything that everyone's done in the history of this place
Speaker 8: is truly incredible, and it just kind of reminds me
Speaker 8: this is this is just the start.
Speaker 2: Being a top sixty four pick in a draft is significant.
Speaker 3: I know everybody wants to be a first round pick.
Speaker 2: But emotion wise, when you got the call from Ryan Poles,
Speaker 2: had a chance to visit with him on the phone,
Speaker 2: a BC guy himself, and then of course the head coach,
Speaker 2: Ben Johnson, how did you accept all of that conversation.
Speaker 3: What were you thinking in the moment.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean I was at a loss for words,
Speaker 8: to be honest, I still am. It doesn't feel real yet,
Speaker 8: you know, adrenaline pumping. I mean, like I mentioned, all
Speaker 8: of my dreams my whole life as long as I
Speaker 8: can remember, are coming true. You know, as we speak,
Speaker 8: it's all unfolding right in front of me. So it's
Speaker 8: really an amazing experience and I'm super fired up about it.
Speaker 2: And obviously it's not possible to bring up your late father,
Speaker 2: also a draft pick of the New Orleans Saints back
Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty seven draft out of BC pick ninety six.
Speaker 2: How does your family and yourself digest that and process that?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, I know for me personally, it's really
Speaker 8: cool to be able to accomplish the same goals that
Speaker 8: he did, you know, play in the NFL. That's always
Speaker 8: been my dream, So for him to do that sort
Speaker 8: of lead the way. And then obviously, you know, go
Speaker 8: through that tragedy when I was at a young age.
Speaker 8: To be able to live that same life is really amazing.
Speaker 8: I know, my mom, you know, is very proud of me.
Speaker 8: She lets me know all the time, and I'm super
Speaker 8: thankful for her. I have no doubt I wouldn't be
Speaker 8: here if it wasn't, you know, for her by my
Speaker 8: side throughout the whole process. So great family, unreal support system.
Speaker 8: I'm super lucky back home, and yeah, everyone's excited.
Speaker 3: You're probably eleven. What would you be thinking right now? Yeah, right, yeah, exactly. Yeah,
Speaker 3: that's the that's the part of it. That's cool. And
Speaker 3: how about it Ryan Pole's father played with him. I know,
Speaker 3: I know.
Speaker 8: I actually didn't even I had no idea until I
Speaker 8: got on that phone. And again I was at a
Speaker 8: loss for words, you know, heart pumping, everything's happening right
Speaker 8: in front of me. But when he said that, it
Speaker 8: was like it was it was very cool to hear that,
Speaker 8: you know, so super happy.
Speaker 2: How significant it is it in your opinion that you
Speaker 2: played for It turns out to be two head coaches,
Speaker 2: two significant coaches in the National Football League.
Speaker 3: One was Bill O'Brien.
Speaker 2: He was a head coach, but also Jeff Hafley up
Speaker 2: in Green Bay defensive coordinator was your head coach.
Speaker 3: For a while.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 8: No, they did a great job. I've been really lucky
Speaker 8: with coaches. BC has done a great job, you know,
Speaker 8: with coaching staff, and the coaching staff has done a
Speaker 8: great job with all the guys. So having coach Half
Speaker 8: and coach O'Brien, you know, through my time there was
Speaker 8: incredibly beneficial. The way they coached, the way they communicated
Speaker 8: with us, the way that things were scheduled. It really
Speaker 8: I think prepared me for this level and I'm thankful
Speaker 8: for it.
Speaker 2: And you get to see coach half twice a year
Speaker 2: now in the biggest rivalry in sports.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 3: How weird is that?
Speaker 8: Right?
Speaker 2: How do you see your traits and skills fitting the
Speaker 2: culture that you're hearing that Ben Jonson is building here?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean I pride myself on toughness and discipline.
Speaker 8: Those are two things that I think I really try
Speaker 8: to take to my game, take to every practice, every snap,
Speaker 8: you know, on and off the field. So having the
Speaker 8: ability to do that here, you know, I met with
Speaker 8: them earlier and he said those are two things that
Speaker 8: they're looking for in their alignement. So I'm really excited
Speaker 8: to just go out there and demonstrate that, you know,
Speaker 8: I could be a help to this team.
Speaker 2: What do you feel when you meet him for the
Speaker 2: first time, because he's a ball energy.
Speaker 8: Yeah, no, it was great. You know, again, the emotions
Speaker 8: are they're still floating around. I'm in a whirlwind. I'm
Speaker 8: trying to get my footing. But it's been an amazing
Speaker 8: visit so far, just meeting all the people, you know it,
Speaker 8: seeing what the future is going to hold it is
Speaker 8: really exciting.
Speaker 3: Smart, tough, dependable.
Speaker 2: I hear that from coach O'Brian and that's definitely what
Speaker 2: we're hearing here.
Speaker 3: You check all those boxes.
Speaker 2: How important is that to you to know that people
Speaker 2: look at you that way?
Speaker 8: Yeah, that it's it's you know, I'm very proud of that.
Speaker 8: I think, you know, going through BC. Having these people
Speaker 8: with the resumes that don't lie, like like you touched
Speaker 8: upon earlier and they say those things about me is
Speaker 8: really incredible. I'm super happy about it.
Speaker 2: And yeah, do you believe that you're a tone setter
Speaker 2: when you play?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think you know. I wouldn't say it's unique,
Speaker 8: but I definitely don't let my emotions get the best
Speaker 8: of me on you know, on the field. I try
Speaker 8: to play compose at all times. But doing so, you know,
Speaker 8: state disciplined, state technique oriented, and then you know, go
Speaker 8: out there and accomplish the goal.
Speaker 2: So I understan And you were being trained a little
Speaker 2: bit with Dante Scarnik. Yeah, his name is you know,
Speaker 2: a religion in the National Football League. Certainly after what
Speaker 2: was that like, would you would you learn from him
Speaker 2: in this process?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean he's you know, his resume doesn't lie.
Speaker 8: He's an incredible coach, always will be. He'll he'll never
Speaker 8: lose that that aspect of him. So being able to
Speaker 8: work with him and other guys, you know, specifically ones
Speaker 8: at BC over the years, it's it's been amazing seeing
Speaker 8: the way he coaches, you know, seeing the way he
Speaker 8: talks to his players, seeing him off the field, you know,
Speaker 8: when you're walking in the small talk conversation, great guy,
Speaker 8: and then he flips that switch and he's in coach
Speaker 8: mode and it's really incredible. So I'm super fortunate to
Speaker 8: have been able to work with him.
Speaker 2: And uh yeah, are you also taking a look at
Speaker 2: what else has been brought in here? Colston Lovelinth, the one,
Speaker 2: Luther Burden. I mean, these are big names, guys that
Speaker 2: had great careers, great prospects, yourself, Ozzie added to Roma Dounze,
Speaker 2: Caleb Williams last year. Do you feel the energy brewing
Speaker 2: in this building just from what they're bringing in?
Speaker 8: Absolutely, I think it's hard not to. You know, as
Speaker 8: soon as you walk in, you you see things like
Speaker 8: you just mentioned, the new you know the people coming
Speaker 8: in and you know, you can tell there's something special
Speaker 8: being built for the future of this place, and it's
Speaker 8: it's exciting.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: Uh, there's always challenges when you're a six to eight
Speaker 2: offensive lineman, right, and you know what they are. Tell
Speaker 2: me how you bridge that gap just because you can't
Speaker 2: help your six eight.
Speaker 8: Yeah right, yeah, exactly. I mean that is one of
Speaker 8: the tougher things of being taller. It has its pros
Speaker 8: and it has its cons. So doing my best to
Speaker 8: play in a good position for one hundred percent of
Speaker 8: the game, you know, good pad level, good footing, always
Speaker 8: under control, balanced, those are all things that if I lack,
Speaker 8: you know, people are gonna be able to take advantage
Speaker 8: of that more than a guy who's who's shorter than me,
Speaker 8: just because I don't have any of that natural leverage.
Speaker 8: You know, I have to maintain that through my my
Speaker 8: playing style.
Speaker 2: So but the traits you do have, what would you
Speaker 2: say people should know about you that you'll bears fans
Speaker 2: want to know it's as pillow.
Speaker 8: Like, yeah, I mean I'm six foot eight, so that
Speaker 8: that helps, you know, minus the cons that I just mentioned,
Speaker 8: it has, it's it's pros. Being you know, you're you're
Speaker 8: a longer guy, able to keep guys off you. You know,
Speaker 8: people always talk about the armleanth, so that is just
Speaker 8: you know, a natural benefit that I was, you know,
Speaker 8: given through genetics. So thanks to my family for that one.
Speaker 8: But now, yeah, and I think the athletic standpoint too.
Speaker 8: I think, you know, I'm a well rounded player. I
Speaker 8: don't really fit one scheme or the other. I think
Speaker 8: I can do a multitude of things. So I'm excited.
Speaker 2: All right, So everybody dreams big. Clearly you've been dreaming
Speaker 2: this for a long time. Are you open about your
Speaker 2: goals or you keep those close to the vest and
Speaker 2: just let them play out? Or are you a guy
Speaker 2: with the sticky notes on the mirror of the morning.
Speaker 2: What kind of kind of goal oriented person are you?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I'd say I keep them close. You know, they're
Speaker 8: for me. They're not for anybody else, you know what
Speaker 8: I mean. That's what drives me. So they're ever changing,
Speaker 8: you know, as this was obviously one of them. So
Speaker 8: now that this is accomplished, you know, we move on
Speaker 8: to the next ones, and it's really exciting, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Ozie Tripilo great young man to talk to Tom
Speaker 2: and Jim rejoining us. You know, Ryan Poles really likes
Speaker 2: the fact that what he sees on tape his play personality,
Speaker 2: his individual personality, his intelligence, his dependability, as we touched
Speaker 2: on all what is supposed to be based on how
Speaker 2: they analyzed him and scouted him, and he gets a
Speaker 2: really good vibe of just how big of a man
Speaker 2: he is.
Speaker 3: Filling up a doorway.
Speaker 2: So I also joked with him Tommy afterwards that he
Speaker 2: has a permanent smile on his face. So, you know,
Speaker 2: I don't know if it was just this moment, but
Speaker 2: he's just a delightful young man in the heck of
Speaker 2: a football player.
Speaker 6: It's definitely the moment because he's talked about that a
Speaker 6: couple of times. But he does sound mature beyond his years.
Speaker 6: He's the type of guy that gives thoughtful, creditable answers
Speaker 6: that you know when you went out and picked Ozzie Trapillo,
Speaker 6: that you had a well rounded football player. Like he's said,
Speaker 6: he can do multiple things on the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 6: You're not gonna have to worry about him not being
Speaker 6: on time or not doing the things that's asked of him.
Speaker 6: He's an intelligent kid. He's going to be able to
Speaker 6: absorb all the assignments and the terminology that's required of him.
Speaker 6: So I think, probably as much as anybody in the draft,
Speaker 6: I'm really excited to see what he can do and
Speaker 6: where he can compete on the offensive line. And that's
Speaker 6: what I was talking about the rookies. Some of these
Speaker 6: guys that are playing a couple different positions, and they
Speaker 6: got to have that judgment on how they, you know,
Speaker 6: can move around different stances, different balances and stuff, how
Speaker 6: it'll affect him. So I'm looking forward to watching them work.
Speaker 2: Jim very self aware, you know, just you know even
Speaker 2: that you know a lot of people answer that hight
Speaker 2: question in different ways.
Speaker 3: He handles it straight on. I really appreciated that answer.
Speaker 5: Yeah. One, he's a tough guy. He can be a
Speaker 5: swing tackle, can play both right and left. He is
Speaker 5: well coached. I believe Doug Moron was there with Bill O'Brien.
Speaker 5: He started out as the old line coach before now
Speaker 5: he moved on, I believe the New England with Mike Vrabel.
Speaker 5: But Doug Moron knows a thing or two about old
Speaker 5: line coach. But I talked to Bill O'Brien personally about Ozzie.
Speaker 5: He's a tough football player and a good football player,
Speaker 5: and so minimum I think the Bears fan should you
Speaker 5: know if he were called into duty to play week one,
Speaker 5: he is not going to embarrass himself at all. A
Speaker 5: highly competitive, big guy who can play and offer position flexibility.
Speaker 5: So he's going to be a good football player. I
Speaker 5: really believe that.
Speaker 2: And Tommy, he's going to get a chance to battle
Speaker 2: for that starting job at left tackle right out of
Speaker 2: the gate with Braxton Jones and whoever else will compete
Speaker 2: for that position.
Speaker 6: Yeah, you definitely have a different template size than Amagaji does,
Speaker 6: but I think they both offer their own types of assets,
Speaker 6: and like Jim said, his versatility is not exclusive to
Speaker 6: the tackle position. If you find yourself needing depth that
Speaker 6: both right and left guard, it gives you more value
Speaker 6: on game day activity. I think that he's going to
Speaker 6: be an experimental piece up and down the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 6: And I keep talking about them and our Ben Johnson
Speaker 6: and his use of multiple offensive linemen that he could
Speaker 6: fit into that role as well. So I'm excited to
Speaker 6: see where he's going. I'm excited to see the competitiveness
Speaker 6: that he's going to add to every offensive line position,
Speaker 6: and you know, I think we'll kind of get a
Speaker 6: feel of what his capabilities are after a rookie mini camp.
Speaker 2: Well, it's kind of an interesting story when they meet
Speaker 2: the Packers because he was Jeff Hatley's number one recruit
Speaker 2: in his twenty twenty class at Boston College. Now he
Speaker 2: gets to face that defense twice a year up in
Speaker 2: Green Bay. All right, well we return, we'll discuss more
Speaker 2: about the upcoming MINICHEMP, tell you who they signed in
Speaker 2: the undrafted world as well, and tackle some other issues
Speaker 2: around the National Football League with Jim Miller and Tom There.
Speaker 2: I'm Jeff Jonihek, and this is Bears Weekly on ESPN
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Speaker 2: we're breaking things down here for Bears Weekly this week,
Speaker 2: and we got the rookie mini camp getting out away
Speaker 2: officially tomorrow. Media you will get in here, so we'll
Speaker 2: start hearing from some of the rookies again. Guys like
Speaker 2: I alluded, only a ten member undrafted class, which speaks
Speaker 2: to the depth already of the roster that Ryan Poles
Speaker 2: has put together over the now four years. But a
Speaker 2: couple of names that could draw some attention to two
Speaker 2: wide receivers. I think I mentioned him last week, John
Speaker 2: Richardson out of TCU and wide receiver today Walker out
Speaker 2: of Texas A and M A couple of guys. And
Speaker 2: then Xavier Carlton. He's a transfer from Utah. He went
Speaker 2: to Cal nearly six', six so he played defensive end
Speaker 2: and defensive. Tackle jim knows, everybody so maybe he knows
Speaker 2: all about this. Guy but he ran a seventy. Three
Speaker 2: he's got thirty five inch arms in eighty five and
Speaker 2: an eighth inch. Wingspan uh, So, jimmy he's a, long long.
Speaker 2: Defender that's a guy to keep an eye.
Speaker 5: On, yeah and, well like you, said for all these
Speaker 5: guys that are getting an, opportunity you, know and you'd
Speaker 5: be shocked, at you, know, say a team like The.
Speaker 5: Rams some teams have had hot up to five undrafted
Speaker 5: free agents make their. Team and, again when you're not
Speaker 5: winning a. Lot AND i think if if you're a
Speaker 5: player that has an opportunity to choose your own place
Speaker 5: where you want to, sign to, Me chicago would be,
Speaker 5: attractive you, know and you'd want to sign because you're
Speaker 5: gonna try and put yourself in the best opportunity because
Speaker 5: you feel you can make the team because the winning
Speaker 5: hasn't been so. Good And Ben johnson's already opened up
Speaker 5: the door, about, hey depth charts. Here this will be highly,
Speaker 5: competitive so it doesn't matter if you're you, know the
Speaker 5: highest paid guy on the team or the last guy
Speaker 5: that just. Signed you feel like you're going to get
Speaker 5: a true evaluation and be judged honestly for coming in
Speaker 5: here to. Compete and you'd like to think that you
Speaker 5: would control that if you have that. Opportunity SO i
Speaker 5: would think the numbers are in your. Favor that's why
Speaker 5: guys would want to sign with a team Like chicago
Speaker 5: because they think they're going to get a legit on a,
Speaker 5: shot AND i think they, will and all those undrafted
Speaker 5: free agents they're going to have their. Reps maybe that's
Speaker 5: not as much as the other guys who were drafted
Speaker 5: or before them in this, class or other guys that
Speaker 5: have been signed via free agents due to their. Paycheck
Speaker 5: BUT i do think, this when their reps do, come
Speaker 5: they will be honestly evaluated and if they show their,
Speaker 5: wearers they will have a good opportunity to make the.
Speaker 5: TEAM i really.
Speaker 6: Believe you know it's going to Be i'm, Sorry, jim
Speaker 6: you know it's going to be cool. Too about the
Speaker 6: rookie minting. Camp they have a couple of unique body,
Speaker 6: styles and you have to look at guys that have
Speaker 6: the length at defensive, end have that length at defensive,
Speaker 6: backfield and if they can if they're able to switch
Speaker 6: those lengthy assets into really being a really good football.
Speaker 6: Player AND i, think what when we look At Ozzie,
Speaker 6: trapillo this free agent defensive end is a perfect guy
Speaker 6: to go against him when the pads are on in
Speaker 6: one on. One because you talk about length as an
Speaker 6: asset as an offensive, lineman there's always. Length there's also
Speaker 6: length as an asset as defensive lineman throughout the course of,
Speaker 6: history and so you can take and you have some
Speaker 6: instinctual get off from the line of scrimmage if you
Speaker 6: have the ability to rush with straight arms and separate
Speaker 6: yourself from any controlling offensive. LINEMAN i think that's kind
Speaker 6: of the neat thing every year in THE nfl is
Speaker 6: someone comes across the board that's always small and faster
Speaker 6: than you can catch or, big and you don't really
Speaker 6: take as measurables into account depending upon the position he's.
Speaker 2: Playing all, right one of the best. Names and we've
Speaker 2: had a major right on The. Bears we've Got major
Speaker 2: Burns now FROM lsu transfer From. Georgia, Yeah Mesh frank
Speaker 2: transfer From. Georgia but he's a, big strong safety six
Speaker 2: tow two o seven and thirty seven and a half
Speaker 2: vertical jump ran a four to five to, three and
Speaker 2: that's a position THAT i guess you can never have
Speaker 2: enough bodies either at the safety.
Speaker 3: POSITION i thought it was INTERESTING.
Speaker 2: I HEARD i read a quote from The Baltimore ravens
Speaker 2: general manager who does a great job, drafting and he
Speaker 2: he loads up on the secondary every year because he
Speaker 2: says that's the first place you get.
Speaker 3: Beat in a football.
Speaker 2: GAME i don't know if you share that same, philosophy
Speaker 2: because you can beat you can beat many. Ways but
Speaker 2: it caught my. Attention because they Drafted Malachi. Starks they
Speaker 2: course have that That Pro bowl player they had drafted
Speaker 2: a couple of years, ago and they've always drafted defensive
Speaker 2: Backs tom And.
Speaker 6: Jimmy you, know even though these guys are free, agents
Speaker 6: a lot of them still haven't had to play special
Speaker 6: teams over the last couple of years in their college
Speaker 6: programs because if they're getting an invitation to THE, nfl
Speaker 6: they still have star. Potential SO i bet you this
Speaker 6: weekend for coach High, tower the special teams, coordinator he's
Speaker 6: researching and searching for special team, talent unlike a lot
Speaker 6: of the position coaches out. There so if you have
Speaker 6: a guy that captures your eye because he's fielding punts
Speaker 6: easily in the open win, conditions or you have a
Speaker 6: guy that super fluid running downfield as a flyer on
Speaker 6: the punt return on kickoff, coverage those are the types
Speaker 6: of things that a lot of these free agents can
Speaker 6: open eyes about and then maybe make a career out
Speaker 6: of because of.
Speaker 2: It jim you were trying to beat DB's your whole.
Speaker 2: Career do you agree With Eric, Tacosta.
Speaker 5: WELL i think they're bringing an EXTRA dbs because they
Speaker 5: had the thirty first passing defense in THE. NFL i
Speaker 5: mean that. Too Zach orr took over as THEIR. Dc
Speaker 5: if you, remember they Brought Dean p's back mid year
Speaker 5: as to help out because their secondary was just so
Speaker 5: misaligned and how they were. Playing and part of the reason,
Speaker 5: too is you, know you got teams throwing the ball
Speaker 5: fifty fifty times a. Game when you go into, camp
Speaker 5: now you're you're gonna want to load up with extra
Speaker 5: receivers and extra extra defensive backs because what happens is
Speaker 5: just the sheer volume of what the passing game. Is
Speaker 5: guys are gonna pull a. Hamstring you're gonna need bodies,
Speaker 5: available which is gonna give other guys opportunities to make
Speaker 5: the team if you are able to get some extra
Speaker 5: reps or things like, that so you will get a
Speaker 5: legitimate look just with guys going, down just with the
Speaker 5: sheer volume of plays where maybe a hamstring here or
Speaker 5: a quad, There and it's unfortunate that guys get, hurt
Speaker 5: even in the, OTAs but that offers an opportunity for
Speaker 5: other guys that are signed to really come in and
Speaker 5: really fill those gaps and those. Voids when bodies start
Speaker 5: to become an, issue.
Speaker 2: All, Right so you're both the. Rookies you're both showing
Speaker 2: up for meetings, tomorrow bright and. Early you're gonna have
Speaker 2: some media, session you're gonna be on the practice, Field
Speaker 2: you're gonna be. Working then you're gonna GET nfl eyes on.
Speaker 2: You you got your peers trying to take your jobs,
Speaker 2: already the tryout, guys the workout.
Speaker 3: Guys the essentially the mindset of a walk on what
Speaker 3: would be for each of, you one or.
Speaker 2: Two things that you would work on as a rookie
Speaker 2: that you would concentrate on to get through just even this,
Speaker 2: weekend let, alone what's coming With OTA's in the, preseason
Speaker 2: so you're ready to go when the padded practices start
Speaker 2: TOM i would.
Speaker 6: Want to be mentally prepared walking out of the meeting,
Speaker 6: rooms because these coaches aren't going to install five or six.
Speaker 6: PLAYS i want to make sure that they know THAT
Speaker 6: i know their. Assignments they know THAT i can learn
Speaker 6: on the. Fly they know THAT i can learn and
Speaker 6: absorb things quickly and understand what it means specifically to
Speaker 6: me and my. Assignment and THEN i want to go
Speaker 6: out in the field and kind of feel the speed
Speaker 6: of the game and understand it's a whole new level
Speaker 6: of speed that everything you face in your back in your.
Speaker 6: Career but li like in college and liking the, pros
Speaker 6: when you come together as rookies and free, agents always, know,
Speaker 6: man that that next step is the first time a
Speaker 6: year in a meeting with all the, veterans because now
Speaker 6: that speed of the, game the physicality of the, game
Speaker 6: and everything is going to be amped up even. Higher
Speaker 6: so make sure that you can do what's required out
Speaker 6: of you in a rookie mini camp and then just
Speaker 6: set yourself up for the progression of the overall preseason
Speaker 6: OTAs in the training.
Speaker 5: Camp, Yeah i'm With. TOM i don't think you come
Speaker 5: in with the mindset is, Oh i'm just going to
Speaker 5: come in see you, Know they're going to introduce all
Speaker 5: this material And i'll just kind of go with the.
Speaker 5: FLOW i don't believe in. That that's not HOW i approached.
Speaker 5: IT i. WAS i was big on first impressions mean,
Speaker 5: everything meaning like what time, Said i'm going to come.
Speaker 5: Prepared i'm going to show them THAT i know what
Speaker 5: they're asking me to. Do i'm gonna do it. Correctly
Speaker 5: Granted i'll make my share of, mistakes But i'm going
Speaker 5: to do it full. Speed i'm going to take the
Speaker 5: talking points that they stress and really highlight those so
Speaker 5: that for the next Day i'm better prepared for the
Speaker 5: next day and have a great understanding of the really
Speaker 5: the feedback THAT i get and the awareness of what's
Speaker 5: around me and WHAT i need to do to succeed
Speaker 5: as a player and to get. Better BUT i would be,
Speaker 5: prepared like What tom, said especially on the coaching points
Speaker 5: of What i'm being asked to, do but make a good.
Speaker 2: Impression, So, JIM i have another question regarding you, know
Speaker 2: all these draft picks are, slotted so it's a relatively
Speaker 2: easy exercise to get. Signed some were, signed you, know
Speaker 2: right after the. Drafts everybody's almost signed here. Already but
Speaker 2: for the first time, ever a second round pick thirty
Speaker 2: fourth though ross, selection The iowa state wide receiver got
Speaker 2: a one hundred percent guaranteed deal as a second round.
Speaker 3: Pick it's first time. Ever is that a significant?
Speaker 5: Development, well, YEAH i think so because now other agents
Speaker 5: are going to ask for, it and is you know
Speaker 5: in that slot or the player that went before him
Speaker 5: or after, him that agent is going to ask for.
Speaker 5: That Uh so, yeah it does set a. Precedent you,
Speaker 5: know it's kind of, like you, know it's kind of
Speaker 5: like When Deshaun watson signed his contract With, cleveland all
Speaker 5: those owners grown Specifically Steve bashatti of The Baltimore, ravens
Speaker 5: because they all knew that that was an outlier. Contract
Speaker 5: they all knew, it the owners, did and it still
Speaker 5: is to this day an outlier. Contract but they don't
Speaker 5: want things to set precedent because now the other agents
Speaker 5: representing those other, players both before and after The Iowa state,
Speaker 5: player will be requesting that and where they hope that
Speaker 5: it now becomes precedent where all that will be. Guaranteed
Speaker 5: but typically it's only been the first rounders that it's
Speaker 5: been like, that and so, yeah that is an anomaly
Speaker 5: so to.
Speaker 2: Speak, Yeah Jaden, higgins so, hey great job by his
Speaker 2: agent to pull that.
Speaker 3: Off so how do you feel about?
Speaker 6: It he's gonna make more than brock Perty, Jeff, well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, WELL i, MEAN i, yeah coming into the. League,
Speaker 2: Anyway bro's gonna get his deal. Done i'm fully convinced.
Speaker 2: About All, right we'll discuss quarterbacks and all things quarterbacks
Speaker 2: as a matter of fact in our next segment as
Speaker 2: we bring you More Bears weekly With Jim elleran Top.
Speaker 2: There I'm Jeff joniak here ON aespn one thousand of
Speaker 2: The Bears Radio.
Speaker 1: Network, well welcome back To Bears weekly on The Bears Ringo.
Speaker 1: Network here's your, host the voice of The, Bears Jeff, joy.
Speaker 2: And this segment Of Bears weekly is brought to you
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Speaker 2: XM Nfl. Radio before we went to, BREAK i wanted
Speaker 2: to talk about. Quarterbacks cbssports Dot com ranks the quarterbacks
Speaker 2: post draft now And Caleb williams in at number, sixteen
Speaker 2: but with the caveat perhaps no young quarterback better equipped
Speaker 2: for a seismic.
Speaker 3: LEAP i think we'd, agree Right, Tom.
Speaker 6: YEAH i one hundred. Percent and you, KNOW i don't
Speaker 6: think it's not Only. CALEB i think It's ben has
Speaker 6: a lot to do with. It how he's going to
Speaker 6: change the philosophical approach to where the quarterback is going
Speaker 6: to line up the different receiving and running assets he
Speaker 6: has around. Him and Then ryan bringing in a whole
Speaker 6: new host of free agent offensive linemen that are not
Speaker 6: going to have to be taught how to play in THE.
Speaker 6: Nfl they already have the, experience they under understand how
Speaker 6: to play at an all pro, level and you, know
Speaker 6: you get the next, stepping the next step up By
Speaker 6: darnell and figure out this. Left, YEAH i Think caleb
Speaker 6: has the opportunity and the ability to emerge as one
Speaker 6: of the better quarterbacks in all of THE. Nfl but
Speaker 6: it's going to take a little bit of time when
Speaker 6: you're inserting a new, system terminology and what everything means. Together,
Speaker 6: YEAH i expect.
Speaker 5: Him make a huge jump for all the reasons That tom.
Speaker 5: MENTIONED i, mean, one he's insulated with a lot of
Speaker 5: good players around. Him, two no steps are going to
Speaker 5: be missed like what happened with the last Oc Ben.
Speaker 5: Johnson he's hearing it from the horse's mouth how he
Speaker 5: wants this offense, run and it will be run the
Speaker 5: Way Ben johnson wants, it wants it. Executed and SO
Speaker 5: i Think caleb will be very coachable from that standpoint
Speaker 5: because he is going to know what is exactly is
Speaker 5: expected of. Him there's not going to be any gray,
Speaker 5: area so to. Speak SO i think the coach is
Speaker 5: going to direct him with, honest uh terms of what
Speaker 5: he needs at the quarterback position and what is expected of.
Speaker 5: Him and SO i think for For caleb that's what
Speaker 5: he's got to focus on is every day just get getting.
Speaker 5: Better he knows what is expected of, him what he's
Speaker 5: got to, do what is job, entails and there will
Speaker 5: be no stone unturned BECAUSE i THINK i mentioned this
Speaker 5: About john Shop John shuope was one of the most
Speaker 5: detailed COACHES i have ever been with been, with AND
Speaker 5: i Think Ben johnson is very detailed much Like john
Speaker 5: shupe was he coached with, him AND i personally believe
Speaker 5: WHAT i know What Ben johnson is going to ask
Speaker 5: Of Caleb. Williams and it's not a big. Ask it's
Speaker 5: not a big, ask it's a it's an attention to
Speaker 5: detail and every how SHOULD i say, this every checked
Speaker 5: box before he approaches the line of, scrimmage he better
Speaker 5: go through that checklist because that checklist is going to
Speaker 5: tell him everything he needs to.
Speaker 2: Do, ALSO Cbs sports one reason for optimism for every
Speaker 2: team and The, bears it was the hiring Of Ben.
Speaker 2: Johnson you can feel his. Imprint AND i like that
Speaker 2: explanation because you can you can feel his imprint all
Speaker 2: over the building when you're in here LIKE i am,
Speaker 2: today you could just it's it's just a different feel around.
Speaker 2: Here but we know he's a tremendous architect of an
Speaker 2: offense and as a play, Caller so that's gonna. Help
Speaker 2: and the imprint also in getting that interior offensive line
Speaker 2: settled down with those three new, Additions drafting a slot
Speaker 2: Like Luther burden at a minimum slot can play outside as,
Speaker 2: well and then you're not Drafting Colston loveland knowing you
Speaker 2: Have Cole comet without having a plan for. Both, now
Speaker 2: that's one Thing Jerry angelo always talked About tom And
Speaker 2: jim is that you, know if you're drafted and, said
Speaker 2: what's the?
Speaker 3: Plan what's the?
Speaker 2: Plan you, know we could talk about floors and ceilings
Speaker 2: all day, long but.
Speaker 3: You gotta have a.
Speaker 2: Plan so there's a, plan and these are key pieces
Speaker 2: to that. Plan as all.
Speaker 6: Of us are familiar what was developed In, detroit and
Speaker 6: you can't ignore. That and you look at the pieces
Speaker 6: that they brought, aboard the pieces they had in, place
Speaker 6: and how he used them with such. Efficiency so when
Speaker 6: you when you talk about a guy Like i'm On Rosslain,
Speaker 6: brown you have those receivers that are his body. Type
Speaker 6: when you talk about multiple tight ends In, detroit you
Speaker 6: have them here In. Chicago when you talk about a
Speaker 6: backfield that's now going to be coached By eric The
Speaker 6: enemy of the, one it might be one of the
Speaker 6: most exciting coaches As Antoine, Randall Al harrison the rest
Speaker 6: of the. Guys but when you think about how important
Speaker 6: their role is that the overall success of the how
Speaker 6: the offense. Runs i'm really excited to see How eric
Speaker 6: The enemy is interjected into this offense and how he
Speaker 6: can help these running backs grow and do everything that's
Speaker 6: required out of them and this offense a.
Speaker 2: Night so Next wednesday we'll know the. Schedule it comes
Speaker 2: out officially seven. O'clock and just going through that list
Speaker 2: of the ranked, QUARTERBACKS i don't care about, that BUT
Speaker 2: i it's but it's an interesting. Exercise you rank them
Speaker 2: like teams, whatever blah blah. Blah but it did spark some.
Speaker 2: Thoughts so, again those top ten, quarterbacks there will be
Speaker 2: nine games by The bears against those top ten. Quarterbacks
Speaker 2: they Have Jared goffin, there they Have Jordan.
Speaker 3: Love whether you agree.
Speaker 2: Or disagree that their top ten quarterbacks on any quarterback
Speaker 2: list that you may have, Individually jim And.
Speaker 3: Tom but that's that's four games right.
Speaker 2: There but this is the angle That I'm i'm going
Speaker 2: with you, guys AND i want your. Reactions so you're
Speaker 2: gonna Play Lamar jackson In. Baltimore that's the first time
Speaker 2: he's ever gonna play The bears because the game against
Speaker 2: The bears In, chicago When matt nagu was, here he
Speaker 2: was unable to, play so he never faced The. Bears
Speaker 2: and that Was Tyler hunley that played that. Game The
Speaker 2: bears lost that, game not because Of Tyler, huntley but
Speaker 2: they did lose that. Game Joe burrow In, Cincinnati Jaden
Speaker 2: daniels In, Washington Jalen hurts In, philadelphia and they Have
Speaker 2: Rock purdy is.
Speaker 3: The number ten In San.
Speaker 2: Francisco so the impact of a road game versus a
Speaker 2: home game against those quarterbacks Against bears, defenses.
Speaker 3: That's how do you analyze.
Speaker 6: That, No, no that old game is. Ease no road
Speaker 6: game is easy because of the support of the crowd
Speaker 6: can almost make your offense look dysfunction a lot of.
Speaker 6: Times but then when you think about going To Las,
Speaker 6: vegas it's going to be A Chicago bear heavy. Crowd
Speaker 6: all those other quarterbacks you mentioned are great. Quarterbacks they're
Speaker 6: a good football, Team but you, know The bears have
Speaker 6: the opportunity that they should have bet they should have
Speaker 6: Beaten washington last time they played them In, washington and
Speaker 6: the other games Are, yeah it's going to be super.
Speaker 6: Competitive you AND i were having some fun the other
Speaker 6: day talking, About, okay when they release the, schedule who
Speaker 6: do you want to see that first game against with The?
Speaker 6: Bears AND i was, SAYING i would like to see
Speaker 6: one of their most difficult home opponents week, one because
Speaker 6: that's where the most uncertainty is about they how they
Speaker 6: have you evaluated and the team coming into that type
Speaker 6: of environment that's just going to be out of. Control
Speaker 6: so whether we're talking about quarterbacks on the road or
Speaker 6: who The bears will open up with, early it's going
Speaker 6: to be a, fun you, know a couple of weeks
Speaker 6: of topics here when they do release the. Schedule but
Speaker 6: like you, Said, jeff every one of those quarterbacks aren't,
Speaker 6: good but they have a good football. Team they're not
Speaker 6: just the.
Speaker 5: Quarterback, yeah it's those are all tough quarterbacks to. Face
Speaker 5: those are good teams to. Face but there is one
Speaker 5: anomaly and That's Lamar. Jackson Lamar jackson VERSUS nfc TEAMS
Speaker 5: nfc teams don't know how to face.
Speaker 3: Him all.
Speaker 5: Right his record is literally like third in four VERSUS nfc. Teams,
Speaker 5: okay so you, know teams in division of THE Afc,
Speaker 5: north they know how to Play Lamar. Jackson steelers have beat, them,
Speaker 5: Obviously bengals have beat, Them cleveland's beat. Them but outside
Speaker 5: of their, CONFERENCE nfc teams have never seen a guy
Speaker 5: Like Lamar, jackson and that's why his record is so.
Speaker 5: Good so to, me that's the one quarterback that really
Speaker 5: sticks out that if you think you're, prepared you better
Speaker 5: over prepared because he's a different. Cat he's a different
Speaker 5: cat as a.
Speaker 6: Quarterback you, KNOW i, KNOW i, know you guys like
Speaker 6: to talk about quarterbacks and stuff because that's the you,
Speaker 6: know the position that carries a Hot but do you
Speaker 6: think A Sakwan, barkley tell you think About Derrick Henry
Speaker 6: montgomery And Jamar, Gibbs.
Speaker 5: Josh.
Speaker 6: Jacobs you, know so whatever position you want to pick
Speaker 6: out during the course of the, season you're gonna have,
Speaker 6: these you, know teams that have some of the better
Speaker 6: talent in all THE. Nfl and and that's exactly What
Speaker 6: eric the enemy is going to do here with this
Speaker 6: running back position and how to turn a position into
Speaker 6: the biggest compliment of the quarterback and the offense that
Speaker 6: you can.
Speaker 3: Do jim's not.
Speaker 2: Wrong he's twenty four and four against THE nfc and
Speaker 2: he's won his last ten in a row against THE.
Speaker 2: Nfc so we'll pick that up on the other, side
Speaker 2: talking about divisions and. Whatnot, good good fun conversation with
Speaker 2: our Guy. Jim all, right, guys take a. Break final
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Speaker 2: Five we'll get the schedule at seven O'clock central time Next. Wednesday,
Speaker 2: lastly so many things to talk, about, obviously but THE
Speaker 2: nfl never. Disappoints and a tip of the. Cap AND
Speaker 2: i Know, tom WHEN i texted, you you went. Wow
Speaker 2: BUT i got to give it to THE LA rams
Speaker 2: organization because you always talk about you know how THE
Speaker 2: nfl maybe doesn't quite think About hawaii as much anymore
Speaker 2: without The Pro bowl. There, uh but they're taking their
Speaker 2: mini camp or veteran, camp excuse.
Speaker 3: Me On june. Sixteenth they're flying their families.
Speaker 2: To maui where you are right, now and then they're
Speaker 2: going to hold some, workouts but they're going to be
Speaker 2: in the. Community tip of the cat To Kevin, demoff their,
Speaker 2: president and all in the name of those twenty twenty
Speaker 2: Three malui, wildfires WHICH i know hits your heart.
Speaker 3: Hard At, leahina.
Speaker 6: Could you go to have the safest field for AN nfl?
Speaker 6: Team you, know you could go to a scott high
Speaker 6: school here Like Lehina. Luda they have a beautiful sports
Speaker 6: turf field they just put in last year and there's
Speaker 6: a field on the other. Side so do it, safely
Speaker 6: do it. Right salute To hawaii in THE.
Speaker 3: Nfl, jim did that surprise?
Speaker 2: You?
Speaker 5: Yeah it? Did you? KNOW i know on the what
Speaker 5: is the main island, there didn't they tear down the? Stadium?
Speaker 5: Tom are they trying to rebuild the stadium on the main.
Speaker 6: Aisle we got. Condemned, yeah basically, yes.
Speaker 5: AND i think Hopefully, YEAH i think it's a great
Speaker 5: job by By Kevin. Demoff that you. MENTIONED i mean
Speaker 5: those wildfires were. DEVASTATING i mean absolutely, devastating As tom
Speaker 5: can attest. To AND i just think THE nfl is
Speaker 5: very sensitive to those things and they reach out and
Speaker 5: do everything they.
Speaker 2: Can all, right, boys nicely. Done we'll talk to you next.
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