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Speaker 1: Bears super Bowl winner Tom Thayer. I'm Jeff Jonia Training
Speaker 1: Camp twenty twenty one rolls on coming up in the show.
Speaker 1: We got second year tight end Cole Commet, and we
Speaker 1: also thank our producers Dan Brilliant, Jordan trud Folks at
Speaker 1: the score and we'll bring that game to you Sunday.
Speaker 1: Make that I keep saying Sunday, Tom, I keep saying
Speaker 1: Sunday noon, Saturday. Josh Allen will not play as the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills arrive in town. Complete coverage on WBBM starting
Speaker 1: at eleven AM with a pregame show and lots of
Speaker 1: conversation right here on the score. First of all, how
Speaker 1: are you doing? And the Bears offensive line getting healthier
Speaker 1: even though we learn it Tevin Jenkins did need back
Speaker 1: surgery this week. It went well, according to head coach
Speaker 1: Matt Negge. No timetable yet, so now you know it's
Speaker 1: get healthy, come back when you're ready. And now it's
Speaker 1: onto the competition at left tackle, which will include Jason
Speaker 1: Peters rolling into the actors mix as the week goes on.
Speaker 1: Don't expect him to play obviously on Saturday, but he'll
Speaker 1: be there for week three. Larry Boram is back from
Speaker 1: his concussion protocol. He'll compete Lajah Wilkinson and maybe even
Speaker 1: Arlington Hambright. There's a lot to unpack at the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Go at it, but I'm encouraged by what I'm hearing
Speaker 1: what I'm seeing because first of all, Larry Borne, he's
Speaker 1: got to come back on board, and he's got to
Speaker 1: elevate himself to the point that we first evaluated his
Speaker 1: talents as being a guy that can come in here
Speaker 1: and compete to be a starter. I really like what
Speaker 1: you see out of him, size, athleticism, his mental ability.
Speaker 1: I like what we've seen out of Lachavias Simmons and
Speaker 1: Arlington Hambright. Both of these guys are willing participants. They're
Speaker 1: out here every single day and they're asked to play
Speaker 1: any position that's asked of them. Elijah Wilkinson, you know
Speaker 1: a guy that I really wasn't impressed by early, but
Speaker 1: I've become more impressed by every one of his working
Speaker 1: days out there. I like to see the effort that
Speaker 1: he gives. He's really encouraging about being out there every day.
Speaker 1: And I'm glad to see James Daniels back in the mix.
Speaker 1: He really has an important role on this football team.
Speaker 1: And when you look at the interior between Sam musterper
Speaker 1: Cody white Hair, it's could be one of the best
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And then you know, eventually jermainea Fetti
Speaker 1: will get back on the field, and I think when
Speaker 1: all these moving parts are back in the mix, you're
Speaker 1: gonna see a much more competitive atmosphere at offensive line.
Speaker 1: A lot of these guys got a taste of playing,
Speaker 1: and once you get that taste of playing, it's like
Speaker 1: you don't want to give it everyone. You never wanted
Speaker 1: to say, you never want to get it out of
Speaker 1: your mouth. Well, hopefully that's the case for the rookie
Speaker 1: out of Missoo Larry Borham this morning head coach Matt
Speaker 1: Neye and his return. We see him still at the
Speaker 1: left side and competing for that left left spot, and
Speaker 1: unfortunately he did have that one day and then was out.
Speaker 1: So now he's got a cash back up and he'll
Speaker 1: get opportunities with reps in practice and then with these
Speaker 1: these preseason games. But that's that's real. You know, he's
Speaker 1: in a I think he's in a great, great place,
Speaker 1: I mentally, physically, like everything. Now, he just needs reps.
Speaker 1: But those guys are competing and we've made out loud
Speaker 1: and clear, and I think that that he's in a
Speaker 1: great spot. Especially you know, with Tevin's situation, this is
Speaker 1: a good opportunity for a guy like Larry to step
Speaker 1: up and his skill set. He has proved the fact
Speaker 1: that he is very comfortable at right tackle, but even
Speaker 1: better that he's comfortable at left tackle. And I think
Speaker 1: when you have that type of versatility, you can be
Speaker 1: thought of as a game day activation because you can
Speaker 1: play multiple spots. But when you look at the future
Speaker 1: of the Chicago Bears, five, six, eight, ten years down
Speaker 1: the road, if Larry Borham can come in here and
Speaker 1: be really productive, strong, mentally and physically a left tackle,
Speaker 1: that really does a lot for the Bears offensive line
Speaker 1: because then you can move Tevin Jenkins around after he
Speaker 1: gets back, and maybe Tevin Jenkins can come out here
Speaker 1: and be best competitive at right tackle. Encouragement is certainly
Speaker 1: a key for an injured player, certainly a rookie who
Speaker 1: hasn't experienced a lot of injuries and now a surgery.
Speaker 1: He's no doubt feeling like he's leaving his teammates, letting
Speaker 1: him down a little bit. But James Daniels has been there,
Speaker 1: missing last season, feeling the same thing after Week five
Speaker 1: and a pectoral injury. I told him, like the same
Speaker 1: thing that people last year like told me, like the
Speaker 1: good news for Tevin. I mean, he's young, and he
Speaker 1: still has so much time to develop and grow into
Speaker 1: a very great player. And I mean I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know like the details of his surgery, but
Speaker 1: I mean the good I mean, if he misses the
Speaker 1: full season or not, the good news is he has
Speaker 1: a full offseason this like next year. You know. The
Speaker 1: thing about is Jeff, I have my back operated on
Speaker 1: May first. By the start of the regular season, after
Speaker 1: twenty one days on pup, I was ready to go.
Speaker 1: So I think Tevin Jenkins will be back in a
Speaker 1: competitive situation during the course of this season. I don't
Speaker 1: know about his surgery. I just know from my own
Speaker 1: and I know the time it took me to recover
Speaker 1: because once you start recovering the strength, the muscle and
Speaker 1: the confidence back in yourself. It's really he has sped up,
Speaker 1: and like James said, when he missed, he wanted to
Speaker 1: get back on the field. I bet you that's the
Speaker 1: same for Tevin. It'll be a slow ramp up for
Speaker 1: Jason Peters. They got to see where he's at physically. Obviously,
Speaker 1: get him adjusted to new teammates, new system. He's been
Speaker 1: in the same place his whole career. That sounds like
Speaker 1: a decent plan. All's I need to do with Jason
Speaker 1: is get him in condition, allow him to get on
Speaker 1: this feed, make sure that he's doing a lot of
Speaker 1: real constructive offensive tackle movement. I don't need him to
Speaker 1: do unrealistic thing. I don't need to see him run
Speaker 1: one hundred yard dashes or forties. I just need to
Speaker 1: him to see it, see him work in that tackle box.
Speaker 1: But do it repetitively enough where you're getting condition along
Speaker 1: with the tackle movement. Tom Matt Nagie this morning and
Speaker 1: says Andy Dalton will get almost a whole half and
Speaker 1: maybe a half, one and a half quarters, whatever the
Speaker 1: case may be, and then he's going to turn it
Speaker 1: over to justin fields. But you know, the work that
Speaker 1: Dalton has done to understand the offense gives him great
Speaker 1: comfort that if again the season started the day, he
Speaker 1: could handle everything, which gives him more opportunity to give
Speaker 1: fields a little more. So there's some strategy there. But
Speaker 1: this week Andy Dunton discussing everything that's going on and
Speaker 1: there's a lot of obviously fields media going on. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's the thing. You get into these games
Speaker 1: and now okay, now there's fans in the stands and
Speaker 1: you know, everybody reacts different to it, especially this time
Speaker 1: of year. There's still a ton of like competition out
Speaker 1: there during training camp and still a ton of guys
Speaker 1: fighting for spots and you want to see guys to
Speaker 1: be able rise to the occasion, and especially for the
Speaker 1: young guys on this team. And so I think that's
Speaker 1: the that's the biggest thing. It's all right, now, this
Speaker 1: is what it's what it's like to be playing some
Speaker 1: real football fans in the stands. There's some emotion involved
Speaker 1: and you still got to be able to be at
Speaker 1: your best well because people will give their opinion when
Speaker 1: they're paying for the tickets to come and watch games
Speaker 1: played and this is a little bit more from the
Speaker 1: thing is, there's so much excitement with Justin, and I
Speaker 1: mean it's deservely so. I mean, he's a first round
Speaker 1: pick and just with everything that's gone on here, I
Speaker 1: mean there's a lot of excitement with it. But I
Speaker 1: didn't feel like there was an excitement for me either,
Speaker 1: you know, And so it's like, yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: think for us, if we just go out and operate
Speaker 1: how we know we can do, I think the fans
Speaker 1: will be excited when we score lots of touchdowns this year. Remember,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton was that drafted quarterback at one time with
Speaker 1: an organization that everybody wanted to see him play, and
Speaker 1: he was really productive for a ten year period out there,
Speaker 1: and so he knows what Justin's going through. However, he's
Speaker 1: got a lot of self confidence and I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna be able to put it on display this week
Speaker 1: when he gets a longer period of time. Because you're
Speaker 1: able to set up defensive backs, you're able to get
Speaker 1: more into a rhythm, you have more conversations with the
Speaker 1: play caller on the sidelines to see what type of formations,
Speaker 1: what type of passes you want to run. So We're
Speaker 1: going to see a bigger display of Andy Dalton this week,
Speaker 1: and then you're going to see the second can display
Speaker 1: of Justin Fields, and we're gonna see more of David
Speaker 1: Montgomery one touch last week, and Andy Dalton will make
Speaker 1: it clear to you what we've been talking about the
Speaker 1: importance of this man and the importance of that backfield
Speaker 1: in general. But Montgomery is really making a lot of
Speaker 1: fans in that locker room. He's such a passionate player.
Speaker 1: I think just how much he cares, and I think
Speaker 1: that's one of his biggest traits. You know, you gotten
Speaker 1: to some of these competition drills where some live periods
Speaker 1: and stuff, and he's found ways to everybody thinks he stopped,
Speaker 1: and he's broken out of some big runs and stuff.
Speaker 1: So just the way that he competes in just his
Speaker 1: passion for being the best player that he can be,
Speaker 1: has been a lot of fun for me to watch. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: David Montgomery has earned everybody's respect inside the locker room.
Speaker 1: His approach to the game, the way he approaches the
Speaker 1: offseason and doing things that will help him help him
Speaker 1: be a better football player. And he's a physical running back.
Speaker 1: He's an elusive running back. He's a good pass catcher
Speaker 1: and he's a good blocker. So Andy Dalton's got to
Speaker 1: be encouraged when you see what Dave Montgomery is doing
Speaker 1: to the backfield. But again, don't forget about Damon Williams
Speaker 1: and the rest of this running back room, because I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of similarities and the traits that
Speaker 1: they all have together. And then we switched to the defense.
Speaker 1: Matt Naggie getting Lask a lot of questions over the
Speaker 1: course of camp about Sean Decide because there is a
Speaker 1: mystery to it because he's not called an NFL play
Speaker 1: in a regular season game. We don't know exactly how
Speaker 1: the defense is going to look. We're seeing some encouraging snippets,
Speaker 1: indeed for a guy who's been here for nine years
Speaker 1: and getting a lot of applause, Yeah, I see it.
Speaker 1: I feel it again. They know who he is, so
Speaker 1: that makes a little bit easier for the guys that
Speaker 1: have been here. But at the same time, then probably
Speaker 1: through the players that know him, if there's new players,
Speaker 1: they're telling him, hey, man, listen, man, this guy knows
Speaker 1: he's talking about He's gonna put us in great spots
Speaker 1: to make plays. And here's the other thing too, is
Speaker 1: I think what's neat about Sean and the way he
Speaker 1: believed what he believes in is defensively, Um, it's not
Speaker 1: about one person that has to wreck a game. I
Speaker 1: mean it's a it's he talks about playing with eleven guys, right,
Speaker 1: and you have to have all eleven guys and you
Speaker 1: got to play within the system. And if you do that,
Speaker 1: you'll get your plays. And I love that about where
Speaker 1: he's at. Hey, I saw a micd Up segment with
Speaker 1: Sean Decay. He's a very infectious, enthusiastic coach and I
Speaker 1: think that's what players on the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: We digitals. Yes, and he holds him accountable. Now he's
Speaker 1: going from a position coach to the boss of the defense.
Speaker 1: But the change. But I think because his youth serves
Speaker 1: him well. Not that he's a super young guy, but
Speaker 1: he's been around. He can relate to these players and
Speaker 1: he can talk to him like man. But he knows
Speaker 1: what every position is supposed to accomplish. He's not asking
Speaker 1: somebody to do something that they're not taught to do.
Speaker 1: So again, it's about his encouragement that he has for
Speaker 1: every single position out there. All right, we're gonna step away.
Speaker 1: Coming up next Bears tight End, Cole Comme at the
Speaker 1: Pride of Saint High School and Notre Dame. He'll join
Speaker 1: the program for a couple of segments. For Tom there,
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joniyak. You're listening to Bears All Access brought
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Speaker 1: up to a better world. Jeff Joniac Tom fare back
Speaker 1: with Cole commet Bears tight End, looking good and probably
Speaker 1: feeling good too, getting ready for the Buffalo Bills that
Speaker 1: Soldier field on Sunday. You know, when you were a
Speaker 1: kid growing up, I said Sunday. I keep seeing Sunday. Tom,
Speaker 1: It's Saturday, Saturday at noon, which I love, by the way,
Speaker 1: don't you love it knowing it's great? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it's great. Saturday at noon feels like Sunday at noon. Yees.
Speaker 1: But as a kid growing up, you know, were you
Speaker 1: into the preseason at all? You just like the regular season.
Speaker 1: And now that you're playing it. You need the reps
Speaker 1: to get ready for the regular season. Yeah. I mean,
Speaker 1: being as a kid, probably didn't pay too much attention
Speaker 1: to the preseason games. Um, you know, I will actually
Speaker 1: want to a couple m but you know, it's all
Speaker 1: about the season. But yeah, and now it's it's been
Speaker 1: kind of good just to you know, get the game feel.
Speaker 1: And you know, we had fans last week, which was
Speaker 1: you know, really awesome, just to kind of have that
Speaker 1: atmosphere back. Jesus, how about that front I I opened
Speaker 1: it right for guys. I mean it felt bad because
Speaker 1: you know, even Tom and I we we just it's
Speaker 1: not the same. You put the headset on and there's nothing,
Speaker 1: you know, there's fake noise in our ears. Put the
Speaker 1: headsets off and you're like, this is a bunch of
Speaker 1: kids playing football in the park. But you know, where
Speaker 1: do you draw your energy from? If you can't submerge
Speaker 1: yourself mentally in the moment. Yeah, you know, it's it's tough.
Speaker 1: I mean you really had to just draw your energy
Speaker 1: from from your teammates, you know, I was the only
Speaker 1: way you can do it. And then it was kind
Speaker 1: of funny. People probably didn't know just watching the games
Speaker 1: on television, but you can hear the smack talk in between.
Speaker 1: Guys are yelling at each other from sideline to sideline,
Speaker 1: which is kind of funny. But did you get any
Speaker 1: out there? Of course you got something a little bit,
Speaker 1: but you know, but yeah, it was. It was funny
Speaker 1: for sure. You know, kind of like ah, like you said,
Speaker 1: like in the park type of type of feel to it.
Speaker 1: So kind of different, cool in a way, but also
Speaker 1: really bizarre at the same time. So, you know, Saturday
Speaker 1: at noon, it kind of seemed like a Notre Dame game.
Speaker 1: That's when they started. You know, Brian Kelly, what kind
Speaker 1: of you know, he's got a really serious approach to
Speaker 1: a sideline demeanor. Did his um personality on the sideline
Speaker 1: gets you more prepared for the professional gamer? What type
Speaker 1: of impression did he leave on you? Yeah? He was awesome.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, coach Kelly very CEO like in
Speaker 1: his role at Notre Dame, and uh, you know in
Speaker 1: that in his approach towards games, everything was on time,
Speaker 1: everything was very organized, and I think that really helped
Speaker 1: helped me in a lot of other guys, you know,
Speaker 1: at this level, um, you know, just the way he
Speaker 1: went about the week and everything was very detailed and
Speaker 1: all that stuff. So, um, you know, I think he
Speaker 1: did a great job of preparing guys, you know, for
Speaker 1: the NFL game, for the preseason preparation that you went
Speaker 1: through at Notre Dame. Was it more similar to last
Speaker 1: year's camp when you only had a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: to get ready for the season kind of what you
Speaker 1: have in a in a college program. Yeah, it was
Speaker 1: kind of funny. You know, for me, it felt no
Speaker 1: different than a in a college you know, preseason type deal.
Speaker 1: And all these older guys were complaining that sucks, We're
Speaker 1: going six days in a row, you know, all that stuff.
Speaker 1: But I was like, oh, this is what we do
Speaker 1: at you know, at college. So um yeah, kind of
Speaker 1: the same type of feel with that, you know, going
Speaker 1: four or five six days and having a day off
Speaker 1: and going back at it and then you're just playing
Speaker 1: your first game. Now that you have this preseason as
Speaker 1: opposed last season, do you feel more prepared right now?
Speaker 1: I know, you're you're a year older, you're a year wiser,
Speaker 1: you have the experience and stuff. So if you would
Speaker 1: have had a five week training camp last year like
Speaker 1: you have this year. Do you think things would have
Speaker 1: been a little different for the kickoff of the regular season,
Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. And then you also got to including
Speaker 1: the OTA period as well, so you didn't have those
Speaker 1: as well. So, um, yeah, I think having the five
Speaker 1: weeks it's been nice. You know, you really get to
Speaker 1: work on you know, technique stuff, and you know, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff you can work on with in
Speaker 1: the five weeks where you know, college and even last
Speaker 1: year just it's really sped up of getting plays in,
Speaker 1: you know, all that stuff, where now you can just
Speaker 1: kind of focus more on technique and executing all that
Speaker 1: good stuff. Game Bears tight End. Cole come at our
Speaker 1: guest here on Bears All Access, Tim and Jeff with you.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, everybody. We'll be here with Cole for
Speaker 1: a couple of segments in tonight's show. Are you a
Speaker 1: patient young man? I'd say so, I'm pretty patient. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Does that include foot learning the football that you have
Speaker 1: to learn now at this stage of your career, Yeah
Speaker 1: for sure. I mean I think a lot last year,
Speaker 1: you know, I did have to be patient in a
Speaker 1: sense in terms of kind of waiting and um, you know,
Speaker 1: just learning ball and you know, learning terminology and all
Speaker 1: that stuff at the pro level. So yeah, I'd say
Speaker 1: I'm pretty patient in that sense. And uh, it's just
Speaker 1: kind of something you have to be at this level.
Speaker 1: You know, there's a there's a lot of older guys
Speaker 1: in sleeve that I've played this game for a long
Speaker 1: time and you know, all all these guys started, you know,
Speaker 1: where I was as a rookie, and you know, you
Speaker 1: just kind of build up from there. So just kind
Speaker 1: of trusting the process and you know, really really cleaning
Speaker 1: on the guys that you know have been around and
Speaker 1: that know the game really well. But waiting in the
Speaker 1: line at DMV or waiting in line at us as
Speaker 1: a football player, that's two different kind of patients we're
Speaker 1: talking about now, that is two different kinds of patients.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we do get some person here
Speaker 1: in there at the DMV. Now for the for the
Speaker 1: bit with the card made you go there, you're looking
Speaker 1: at a man that has zero patients one hundred percent
Speaker 1: of the time, well three hundred and sixty five days
Speaker 1: a year. When I was listening at look looking at
Speaker 1: Cole answer this. I think there's a difference, you know,
Speaker 1: with patience in line somewhere patience football, Yeah for sure. Yeah, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I totally feel the same way. Yeah, you're you're a
Speaker 1: type a personality just like yeah, you know, a second
Speaker 1: half of last season also saw like the animal come
Speaker 1: out a little bit and Cole commet, would you agree,
Speaker 1: Like the physicality with the ball in your hand and
Speaker 1: finishing your runs with the ball in your hand, and
Speaker 1: the blocks at the line of scrimmage, and then you know,
Speaker 1: you're not you're not shy about getting a little you know,
Speaker 1: face to face and too. I love that because I'm
Speaker 1: an old school guy like that. Um, did you feel
Speaker 1: that at that point? You know, you kind of have
Speaker 1: to do that a little bit, let them know you're here.
Speaker 1: I think for sure. I think you know, for me,
Speaker 1: that came from just being more comfortable my teammates. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, um over zoom calls. It was nice getting
Speaker 1: to know guys, but like it's not real until you're
Speaker 1: you know, the day in and day out type of stuff.
Speaker 1: And uh, I think as the year progressed in the
Speaker 1: more time I spent with the guys in the locker room,
Speaker 1: you just feel more comfortable with everybody and and then
Speaker 1: you kind of let yourself show out more in the
Speaker 1: field and who you are as a person. Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's kind of how I felt, you know, going towards
Speaker 1: the end of the year. And then you kind of
Speaker 1: just start playing more confident, more freely, and you gotta
Speaker 1: get it's it's helping mentor you who's just exactly like
Speaker 1: that who shows all of his emotions in Jimmy Graham
Speaker 1: right down to the you know, the slam dunk in
Speaker 1: the end zone when he catches the touchdowns that he
Speaker 1: will again this season so remarkable career. Uh, Are you're
Speaker 1: picking up some of that too, or you know, and
Speaker 1: then you know you're chiseling out your own personality on
Speaker 1: the game field. Yeah, for sure. You know it's kind
Speaker 1: of mentioned those those two things, you know, my own
Speaker 1: personality and picking up on some things that Jimmy does,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, we kind of make it a
Speaker 1: point in practice and in games like to bring that energy,
Speaker 1: like we make a good block. You know, maybe people
Speaker 1: aren't know us to be like we're gonna go crazy
Speaker 1: on the field because we made a good block and
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to do no. Um, so things like that,
Speaker 1: you know, and everyone else sees that, you know, David
Speaker 1: sees that. The line sees that and that gets them
Speaker 1: fired up. So you know you can you can bring
Speaker 1: everybody along with us. I think that's a good thing.
Speaker 1: You know, different displays of power. So the first day
Speaker 1: in pads of this year's training camp, you caught a
Speaker 1: crossing route. The defensive bat came up and you stiff
Speaker 1: armed him powerfully, and I was said to myself, this
Speaker 1: is something. But then the first pass you catch the
Speaker 1: other day, you try to hurdle a guy. What what
Speaker 1: are you doing, dude? This is the first preseason hurt guy.
Speaker 1: There might have been some money on the line for
Speaker 1: a hurdle. Yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely gonna stick to my guns.
Speaker 1: Put that in your pocket till the regular season. Please,
Speaker 1: I love you know, the stiff arm. It leaves an
Speaker 1: impression on the whole defense. And even then, I'll tell
Speaker 1: you what, it leaves an impression on everybody in the building,
Speaker 1: especially in this town. The stiff arm, whether it's a
Speaker 1: running back or you at the ball in your hand.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's like hitting a Grand Slam
Speaker 1: in baseball. The whole bench gets up on their feet,
Speaker 1: and I think that's replayed. Then on ESPN for perpetuity.
Speaker 1: I mean those are those are significant blue collar plays
Speaker 1: right there, that kind of ingrain you with the fan
Speaker 1: base and your teammates. Yeah, no, yeah, I definitely h
Speaker 1: definitely fires up some guys. You know, they love it
Speaker 1: for sure, and you know the line love seeing that.
Speaker 1: And you'll see you guys run after you when you
Speaker 1: do stuff like that, So the line world loves. So
Speaker 1: you know, I got one other thing because and correct
Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong, because you know Tom listens and
Speaker 1: I listen to everything you guys say at the podium
Speaker 1: as well. We may not be up there asking the questions,
Speaker 1: but when they talk about what they ask you about
Speaker 1: your in line blocking, and I sense that you know
Speaker 1: that you don't think people realize that you are good
Speaker 1: at that? Do you get that impression sometimes by the
Speaker 1: line of questioning that they may doubt that aspect of
Speaker 1: your game and only look at you as not the
Speaker 1: why but the guy going down the field, you know,
Speaker 1: working the seam and owning the middle of the field. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I get that. I mean, um,
Speaker 1: if I'm being honest, I don't know if some repros
Speaker 1: are as like educated in that field, like really looking
Speaker 1: for that. You know, they just want to see the
Speaker 1: ball in the hands and stuff. So then you know
Speaker 1: they see you do that, so they may just assume, oh,
Speaker 1: he's not a you know, he can't do the in
Speaker 1: line stuff as well, or you know, things like that.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, you take pride. You know, I'm
Speaker 1: always getting with the line, and um, those are the
Speaker 1: guys that I really gravitate towards in terms of friendship wise,
Speaker 1: you know, and you know they love they love seeing
Speaker 1: that stuff. You know, they love when I catch the
Speaker 1: ball down the field or I'm with them, you know
Speaker 1: on a triple block things like that, and um, you
Speaker 1: know it's definitely something I take a lot of pard in.
Speaker 1: You know, Kittle brought you along for the tight End
Speaker 1: University program this offseason, which I think is really cool.
Speaker 1: Neat way to have some conversation. Do you guys talk
Speaker 1: about blocking as much as you talk about like route
Speaker 1: rules or route combinations or and stuff like that. Is
Speaker 1: it a discuss topic amongst you guys, Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1: George actually took that topic. Um on one of the days.
Speaker 1: It was about an hour and a half long deal
Speaker 1: we did on just run blocking watching tape um, kind
Speaker 1: of the stuff that he does and Mercedes Lewis does
Speaker 1: with within Green Bay and over his career, and UM, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's something that you got to be good at, you know,
Speaker 1: and that keeps in the league. You know, that's something
Speaker 1: that Mercedes was talking about. Um, you know he came in.
Speaker 1: He talked about him coming in as a he's a
Speaker 1: pass catcher type dude. And uh, he's like, the reason
Speaker 1: I'm around, you know for seventeen years is because I
Speaker 1: can block in line. You know, That's how you stick
Speaker 1: around in the league. So if you don't block, you
Speaker 1: don't play. You don't play. You know, you don't play.
Speaker 1: You know, you're only uh, you only you're a gadget.
Speaker 1: You only him to use some of the times. Whereas
Speaker 1: if you're blocking, you're in it all the time. And
Speaker 1: that's uh, you know, those are hard hard to find.
Speaker 1: I guarantee you, at least I think I should guarantee you.
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen when he was here, he was always big
Speaker 1: on teaching everybody the shake rout. Did he bring up
Speaker 1: the shake routing? Yeah, he did. I mean he loves
Speaker 1: the shake routing. For those who don't know what it is,
Speaker 1: you can explain it to him. Well, Greg. Greg was
Speaker 1: funny because Greg was, Uh, we were like, you're gonna
Speaker 1: be a coach at some point He's like, no, no,
Speaker 1: I'm not. I can't do it. I'm like, did you
Speaker 1: love this way too much? With us out here? So
Speaker 1: you know, he was We were working seem route Shaker,
Speaker 1: I mean all that type of stuff. So, um, you know,
Speaker 1: Greg was great, you know he was. He was really funny.
Speaker 1: Greg was actually the first person I linked up with
Speaker 1: for the tight End you thing ended a podcast with
Speaker 1: him that he did kind of starting with with I
Speaker 1: think with Dick and working all the way up to me, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, last year after the draft, so he hit
Speaker 1: me up with that and uh, you know, it was
Speaker 1: an awesome time. And you know, Greg Greg. I can
Speaker 1: definitely see Greg coaching over these next couple of years.
Speaker 1: He's got a particular way he wants that shake route
Speaker 1: run and it made sense, that's for sure. Cole comme
Speaker 1: at our guest. One more segment to go with the
Speaker 1: Bears tight End after this break here on Chicago Sports
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Speaker 1: Comme at our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy score were brought to you by IGS Energy. You're
Speaker 1: a prime candidate for a huge breakout year based on
Speaker 1: your performance and more targets at the end of last year.
Speaker 1: But you're not the only one on that offense. Are
Speaker 1: you starting to get a feel for what that unit
Speaker 1: is capable of? Let's put the quarterbacks aside for a minute.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the skill position players. What's been added.
Speaker 1: David Montgom, where you Darnell Mooney. I mean, there's a
Speaker 1: lot that can grow together here and become explosive. I
Speaker 1: think that's why Matt Nagy, he was just asked this
Speaker 1: the other day, and I've talked to him about two
Speaker 1: He is very optimistic. He is, and it's not just
Speaker 1: lip service. Are you feeling it? Oh? Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, obviously, like starting with Alan who's
Speaker 1: been the number one dude here for a while. He's
Speaker 1: just a great leader for everybody on the field. You know,
Speaker 1: how he goes about practice, the way he comes in
Speaker 1: shape to camp and things like that. You know, Darnell
Speaker 1: was working with him the last couple of weeks leaning
Speaker 1: up to the lean up to training camp and that dude,
Speaker 1: that dude's put in work and he's been fun to
Speaker 1: play with. And you know, obviously me and him came together,
Speaker 1: came in together last year and we've created a great friendship.
Speaker 1: Um Mark, he's Goodwin. I mean that guy can fly,
Speaker 1: so he's got he's got some speed there. Demere Bird
Speaker 1: has been awesome. You know, he's been running around and
Speaker 1: um so, I mean, you know, we got we got
Speaker 1: a lot of talent out there, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's coming together for sure, and we're starting to
Speaker 1: click more. And you know, guys are kind of figuring,
Speaker 1: you know, carving out their roles and how how we're
Speaker 1: gonna do this offense and things like that. So I
Speaker 1: think it's you know, not just like you said, not
Speaker 1: lift service. I think this is really exciting for everybody,
Speaker 1: and you know we're excited to get going here. Is
Speaker 1: it cool to have a tight end room with a
Speaker 1: grand puba. When you look at Jimmy Graham, I mean
Speaker 1: he is gonna be the elder statesman of your room.
Speaker 1: And I think he plays an important role only I
Speaker 1: mean for your development. For what Jesse James can bring in,
Speaker 1: what jessper Horse that can bring in, what PJ. Holtz
Speaker 1: can bring in, you know, all all these guys. Is
Speaker 1: it is it cool to have that mentor that leadership
Speaker 1: guy in your room. Yeah, he's great, you know he Uh,
Speaker 1: he's actually a really funny dude when she gets to
Speaker 1: know him, and uh, you know he's the alpha. He's
Speaker 1: the alpha, not only an arm him just in general
Speaker 1: on the offense, he's gonna put people in place, make
Speaker 1: sure everyone's doing the right things and things like that.
Speaker 1: But uh, you know, he's been around, he's seen a
Speaker 1: lot of talent, seeing a lot of ball, and he's
Speaker 1: just a great guy to have around. And you know,
Speaker 1: obviously it doesn't hurt to have him in the red
Speaker 1: zone either. Hey have you ever punted it or kicked
Speaker 1: off in high school? No, never punted or kicked off
Speaker 1: Because Jimmy Graham, you know, he's got their reputation where
Speaker 1: he makes a big catch, gets in you know, and
Speaker 1: all of sut you do as you see the ball punted. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we kind of started taking after that so I think
Speaker 1: Jimmy did it, then I did it, and then David
Speaker 1: did it. So we were pretty happy with how this
Speaker 1: is going. So hopefully the receivers can pick up on
Speaker 1: it and start getting some punts ourn red Zone. Cole
Speaker 1: Commetto guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy scored
Speaker 1: us his Bear all access with Tom there, I'm Jeff Joniak.
Speaker 1: All right, So as it settled in yet, are you
Speaker 1: able to wear it well that you're no longer Cole
Speaker 1: Commetto grew up here, played at Saint Viater, went to
Speaker 1: Notre Dame, started drafted by the Bears, his childhood team
Speaker 1: with his favorite player on the team, Jimmy Graham. And
Speaker 1: now you're walking around as number eighty five Chicago go
Speaker 1: Bear in his second season with expectations. Does it feel
Speaker 1: like it now? Does it actually feel like you're not
Speaker 1: that kid anymore? Yeah? No, for sure. Now I'm just
Speaker 1: part of it. You know, um, you know ingraining this
Speaker 1: and you know obviously crazy how everything you know you
Speaker 1: stay that and you know, if you were reflecting on it,
Speaker 1: really crazy how all that stuff works out. We talked
Speaker 1: about it really a lot believable. Yeah, it's really unbelievable. Um,
Speaker 1: but you know, yeah, now it's time to you know,
Speaker 1: to do what I need to do. You know, we
Speaker 1: need to go out here win games and you know,
Speaker 1: going a super Bowl for the city. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: been a while now, so we need to go. We
Speaker 1: need to go do that. Yeah, Tom, it's been a while. Yes,
Speaker 1: eineteen eighty five, ever play against Jolie Catholic in high school?
Speaker 1: I did? We We got run by. They had tie
Speaker 1: Isaac there, if any remembers, Ti, Yeah, and he I
Speaker 1: think he put up like three hundred yards rushing. I
Speaker 1: still see Tie around Joliet. But you know, it's kind
Speaker 1: of cool because you and I have a similar upbringing.
Speaker 1: Both went to high school here in the area, then
Speaker 1: went to Notre Dame, and then to have luckily, luckily
Speaker 1: enough to come back to play for the Bears. I
Speaker 1: remember listening to your house on draft night, and it
Speaker 1: reminded me a lot of my family because I'm the
Speaker 1: youngest of my family. But the excitement in the room.
Speaker 1: You know, it's got to be a great thing for
Speaker 1: you to be able to have that sharing with your family,
Speaker 1: especially the more years that you grow into your career
Speaker 1: and how much a support it is for your family. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's really special. I mean, you know last week was
Speaker 1: the first time they got to come in the state
Speaker 1: right when I was playing, and you know, that was
Speaker 1: really cool for them, you know, just be able to
Speaker 1: experience that. You know, for me, it was for them
Speaker 1: it was their first time. I mean, like wow, like
Speaker 1: today was the first day we were like play for
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, you know, I mean they watched on TV.
Speaker 1: But like until they you know, came to Soldier and
Speaker 1: went through the whole thing, it was you know, everybody
Speaker 1: in eighty five jerseys, eighty fives all around. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I you know, I I think it's a fantastic story.
Speaker 1: And you know, just knowing my high school buddies from
Speaker 1: Hersey High School, just what they think about what I'm
Speaker 1: doing and what we're doing together here, and just to think,
Speaker 1: you know, they're a bunch of knuckleheads, right right, you
Speaker 1: got some knuckleheads in your group. Tom has him too,
Speaker 1: you know, A question about it? All right, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: ask you guys both some quick hitter questions. Okay, both
Speaker 1: NFL players, all right, this would be a little fun um,
Speaker 1: all right, And I don't know if you can answer
Speaker 1: a lot of these time, But first jersey owned, regardless
Speaker 1: of sport you got one time? Did you collect any jerseys? Um?
Speaker 1: I mean I really didn't. Your brothers, how about you?
Speaker 1: Mine was Ladany and Tomlinson. Why. I loved watching them
Speaker 1: run and I thought I could be a running back
Speaker 1: until I became six or five. That's not happening. But
Speaker 1: Lyndia and not a bad one to get though, So
Speaker 1: much respect for that for that player. Uh no, no
Speaker 1: question about it, all right. Uh first job lifeguard Oakwood
Speaker 1: swimming Pool, carrying picnic tables and being a lifeguard. My
Speaker 1: first job was here. I've never had a job. I
Speaker 1: was playing football and baseball my whole life. I love it,
Speaker 1: thanks thanks to Mom to everyone me do that right,
Speaker 1: not even cutting the neighbor's lawn. You know nothing, Jeff
Speaker 1: chores chores. I mean yeah, yes, yelled at by mom,
Speaker 1: but you know that's yeah, this is still ye skill.
Speaker 1: You would like to learn play the ukulele, ah, I
Speaker 1: have Edie veteran. I've been too lazy to pick it
Speaker 1: up and play it. Just call Eddie Vetteri'll help you
Speaker 1: out right. I'd like to be like a black belt
Speaker 1: or something, you know, and something like karate or I
Speaker 1: think that'd just be kind of cool. Uh, biggest pet peeve.
Speaker 1: I already know what is is going to be. But
Speaker 1: it's my slow walkers, slow walkers, Tom Waiting. Yeah, don't
Speaker 1: be late, Do not be late. I've seen grown men
Speaker 1: cry because that would be the most fine professional athlete
Speaker 1: you've ever played against if he had the same fine system. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't think so, buddy. Uh yeah, so that that
Speaker 1: there's my little snack pack of nuggets there. Uh, you're
Speaker 1: a baseball and you're a Cubs fan. Thoughts. It's been tough,
Speaker 1: you know, it is what I understand. You know, they
Speaker 1: gotta at some point, I gotta, you know, do what
Speaker 1: they had to do, what had to do. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: tough seeing Bryant rizz owned bias go. Those are guys
Speaker 1: that as he brought the brought the championship over and UM,
Speaker 1: it's tough, but you know, all good things come to
Speaker 1: an end and new new traditions begin, new new style
Speaker 1: to the other side. I can't I can't do it.
Speaker 1: I can't do it all right. Lastly, it should be
Speaker 1: also knowing that David Montgomery's on this team. You love
Speaker 1: the way he runs, representing my Iowa State Cyclones, currently
Speaker 1: preseason number seven in the nation, ahead of Cincinnati at
Speaker 1: number eight and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at number nine.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at two domers right here, eyeballing me now
Speaker 1: with a little seriousness. How we feel about we play
Speaker 1: a real schedule? Really do yeah? We do? You know
Speaker 1: people people get mad about the conference stuff. We manufactured
Speaker 1: the schedule and it's a good schedule. It is a
Speaker 1: good schedule to play major market the team. All right, enjoy,
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for taking the time. Have a great season, Cole.
Speaker 1: We'll see you back here, I'm sure throughout the course
Speaker 1: of the season. We'll continue on here with Bears All
Speaker 1: Access with Tom There Jeff Jonich on Chicago Sports Radio
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Speaker 1: Bears All Access. So Bears meet the Bills on Saturday
Speaker 1: afternoon noon kickoff eleven AM pregame show. A lot really
Speaker 1: to get involved with when we're talking about the Buffalo Bills. Tom,
Speaker 1: certainly we don't know exactly what their plan is as
Speaker 1: of this show. In terms of starters, they only played
Speaker 1: about half of those guys last week. But overall, it's
Speaker 1: a very good roster. And you know, they made the
Speaker 1: FC title game last year and they were beaten by
Speaker 1: Kansas City. They won two playoff games with Josh Allen
Speaker 1: made his stock rise, but it's everything else. That roster
Speaker 1: is built top to bottom, very very very well to
Speaker 1: fit a Sean McDermott culture and a Sean McDermott system. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's so you to again talk about Sean mcdermot's system,
Speaker 1: because that's what you're getting ready for, Jeff, is you're
Speaker 1: getting ready for the Buffalo Bills. It's about understanding what
Speaker 1: you've learned in practice this past week, what improvements you've
Speaker 1: been able to make in your own game, and how
Speaker 1: they're going to affect you going forward against the Buffalo Bills. Now,
Speaker 1: you're not going to have any notification like you did
Speaker 1: last week after practicing against the Dolphins for a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. These guys are gonna just come in a
Speaker 1: soldier field and you're gonna kick this game off, and
Speaker 1: now you're gonna have to grow up a little bit,
Speaker 1: whether you're a seasoned veteran or a young guy trying
Speaker 1: to learn the ropes. In the NFL, this is a
Speaker 1: good program. They have Super Bowl playoff aspirations, So you
Speaker 1: have to realize the mentality of this team that's coming
Speaker 1: in getting ready to play the Bears, and your ol
Speaker 1: Buddy less Fraser, your teammate on the eighty five Super
Speaker 1: Bowl champion Bears, the corner for the Bears now a
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, assistant head coach. We're going to run a
Speaker 1: four to three. So the Bears have been practiced again
Speaker 1: against three four, played against the three four in practice
Speaker 1: last week against Miami. They get a four to three.
Speaker 1: I know it doesn't make a load of difference, but
Speaker 1: in terms of blocking assignments and how the offensive line
Speaker 1: sees things, it'll make it a touch different and I
Speaker 1: think that's good for the preseason. It's a really versatile
Speaker 1: defense because Leslie Frasier is not only using players where
Speaker 1: you expect them to be he'll take a defensive end
Speaker 1: and he'll play him at defensive tackle, and he'll put
Speaker 1: these guys in a variety of roles trying to expose
Speaker 1: their talents. Are you a pass rusher against a guard?
Speaker 1: Are you a run stopper against an offensive tackle or
Speaker 1: possibly a tight end. So again, it's a positive reinforcement
Speaker 1: of what you've been learning over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: Understand your assignment coming out of the huddle, and just
Speaker 1: block your assignment and use the fundamentals and the techniques
Speaker 1: that you've been using. Because I do think Leslie is
Speaker 1: a little bit more predictable than some defensive coordinators, especially
Speaker 1: in the preseason, because he likes to experiment with the
Speaker 1: talent group that he can put on the field. Tell him,
Speaker 1: look at the Bills offense. Josh Allen not going to
Speaker 1: play in this game, nor did he play last week
Speaker 1: against Detroit. But what a season a year ago. Forty
Speaker 1: five hundred plush yards, thirty seven touchdown passes, just ten interceptions,
Speaker 1: four hundred twenty one yards on the ground, eight touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Was a real star. In the playoffs, they beat got
Speaker 1: beat by Kansas City in the AFC title game. Otherwise,
Speaker 1: they would be representing the AFC in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: And now he's got his big contract. I would love
Speaker 1: to see him because what a unique player, physically, as
Speaker 1: strong as anybody in the NFL at that position, athletically gifted. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's developed now the reputation of one of the star
Speaker 1: studded quarterbacks in the league. That they're not going to
Speaker 1: get any playing time in the preseason. They're gonna be
Speaker 1: thrust upon you once the regular season gets here. But again,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's future is what the Buffalo Bills need to
Speaker 1: keep healthy. The quarterbacks will likely see Mitchell t Bisky
Speaker 1: back in a Buffalo uniform in Chicago wearing number ten.
Speaker 1: Got a few snaps last week, then Jake from Davis Webb.
Speaker 1: Both of those quarterbacks led some big scoring drives. It'll
Speaker 1: be interesting to see all three of these quarterbacks a
Speaker 1: little something different from each and of course, you know
Speaker 1: Mitche Trubisky back in town. It'll be a story. But
Speaker 1: in the bigger picture, everybody's moved on. He was a
Speaker 1: pro here one hundred percent of the time. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: you have to understand, you know, Mitchell Trubisky is still
Speaker 1: learning this system. I don't think it's you know, it's
Speaker 1: kind of unfair to think, Okay, this guy's gonna go
Speaker 1: to a new team and all of sudden he's going
Speaker 1: to become a veteran quarterback that knows the system inside.
Speaker 1: Now that's not the case. They let him throw two
Speaker 1: passes last week. He completed one of them. So do
Speaker 1: where do they feel. Do they feel he's farther along
Speaker 1: than last week where maybe they can give him ten
Speaker 1: pass attempts. I think it's all wait and see, and
Speaker 1: the Bears fans will be interested to see Trubisky. I
Speaker 1: will take a look at the Bear's perspective on some
Speaker 1: very interesting topics I want time to pick out, and
Speaker 1: I will to five guys that you want to see
Speaker 1: take it from the practice field to Saturday. We did
Speaker 1: this in the last week's show as well, So five
Speaker 1: guys to take it from the practice field to Saturday afternoon,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna break down what I think are the
Speaker 1: two most interesting battles, the wide receiver group and the
Speaker 1: entire secondary. It's all just ahead here on Bears All
Speaker 1: Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. This
Speaker 1: segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by
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Speaker 1: were brought to you by IGS Energy. Our final segment tonight,
Speaker 1: we kick it off with a little Robert Quinn, the
Speaker 1: veteran outside linebacker try to work through a back and
Speaker 1: then an ankle. He's back on the field this week,
Speaker 1: and he's really focusing a lot of his answers Tom
Speaker 1: this week when asked about where he's at is, what's
Speaker 1: going on mentally and how he's handling all of that.
Speaker 1: We all know he can no change the pass. So
Speaker 1: I mean, as much as I hate looking at last
Speaker 1: year is something that happened, but more use, as he guess,
Speaker 1: not motivation. But you know, I'm basically in a sense,
Speaker 1: you know, trying to not repeat a year like that
Speaker 1: because that's not my standards. So I didn't. I just
Speaker 1: kind of it's just weird to say. I kind of
Speaker 1: watched it, had just moved on from him because again
Speaker 1: it was last year just wasn't a good year for me.
Speaker 1: So I can definitely change the perception this year. But
Speaker 1: it starts on game day, so we got no time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: a little time to get there is true, and expecting
Speaker 1: big things out of himself, let alone from a franchise perspective.
Speaker 1: He does talk that he's in a much better mental
Speaker 1: state of mind than he was a year ago or
Speaker 1: whatever reason. You know, because you come to a new team,
Speaker 1: you don't know anybody, you're not familiar with the locker room,
Speaker 1: you're going through the whole pandemic issues, and then you're
Speaker 1: trying to live up to the expectations that every member
Speaker 1: of the defense has for you. I think when I
Speaker 1: we look out on the field and we see obviously
Speaker 1: relationship developed between he and Khalil Mack. You know, they
Speaker 1: spend a lot of it looks like a lot of
Speaker 1: time him and a lot of it has probably you know,
Speaker 1: tends to go through football conversation as much as it
Speaker 1: does personal conversation. And once you feel more comfortable in
Speaker 1: your existence, I think you can be a more positive player.
Speaker 1: I don't want Robert Quinn to dwell on what happened
Speaker 1: last year. I want Robert Quinn to show up and
Speaker 1: be what's expected of him and the pressure the fans
Speaker 1: have put on him. But it sounds like he's putting
Speaker 1: as much pressure on himself to perform one. He's made
Speaker 1: that very clear defense last week three secs. Let's bring
Speaker 1: us to guard. James Daniels back this week after a
Speaker 1: long absence for a quad on the recovery as well
Speaker 1: from a peck tear last year limited in just five games,
Speaker 1: and now that he's back and talking for the first
Speaker 1: time really since that surgery way back after Week five
Speaker 1: last year, Daniel's talking about where he's at, Like, right
Speaker 1: when I got hurt, Like I mean, I thought I
Speaker 1: was hurt, and so I went to the locker room.
Speaker 1: Then you know, I went to like pawn like a
Speaker 1: shoulder brace and and come back out and play. But
Speaker 1: then the doctor's like you toryer peck, And I mean
Speaker 1: I was sad. I was sad for probably I was
Speaker 1: sad probably for like a week had my surgery. I
Speaker 1: was in pain the entire time I was in my
Speaker 1: sling that I was awful. But I mean when I
Speaker 1: was hurt, I mean started I started realizing, like appreciating,
Speaker 1: like the situation I had, Like I so I live alone.
Speaker 1: So my mom came here to live with me during
Speaker 1: like because I couldn't drive, I can't do anything. I
Speaker 1: couldn't and so she lived with me, which was very nice.
Speaker 1: I gotta spend time with my mom. I gotta spend
Speaker 1: time with my cat, with my girlfriend, and so it
Speaker 1: made me realize, like really appreciate like the game. And
Speaker 1: also it was also nice scene that there was that
Speaker 1: stretch in the middle of season where the team was struggling,
Speaker 1: but at the end of the season, like they picked
Speaker 1: it up, and it was nice to see like the
Speaker 1: offensive line was playing really well at the end of
Speaker 1: last year. It really was. And a lot of the
Speaker 1: credit goes to Sam Musterfer and Alex bars on that.
Speaker 1: But was we transition time into five guys that I
Speaker 1: want to see take it in the practice field of Saturday.
Speaker 1: He's one of them, James Daniels because you know, I
Speaker 1: didn't realize this, but Tevin Jenkins, unfortunately having back surges
Speaker 1: we discussed earlier in the show, is twenty three years
Speaker 1: old in a rookie. James Daniels is twenty three years
Speaker 1: old and entering his fourth season. He'll be twenty four
Speaker 1: in September. The sky's the limit still for this guy.
Speaker 1: He had a sixteen game season in nineteen unfortunately down
Speaker 1: to five last year. But just look at him. You
Speaker 1: see the body type, the body frame, the big old
Speaker 1: rear end for power and you know the talent. I
Speaker 1: really this is a takeoff year. It has to be. Yeah,
Speaker 1: But you know one thing about James is he's come
Speaker 1: to the realization that the game is really important to him.
Speaker 1: And it's you realize the importance of the game to
Speaker 1: you when it's taken away from you from our period
Speaker 1: of time. So he's got to re emerge in a
Speaker 1: captain type role because if you think if with Cody
Speaker 1: Whitehair and James Daniels, you could have two of the
Speaker 1: premier offensive guards in the league. And with what Sam
Speaker 1: Mustifer has been able to do to stabilize the offense
Speaker 1: some line and really help the quarterback a lot more
Speaker 1: than you know, because that role of center and the
Speaker 1: quarterback is an interesting relationship. But I when you're trying
Speaker 1: to develop the offensive tackle position, you got Jermain Effetti
Speaker 1: that's eventually going to come back, and then you have
Speaker 1: a competition at the left tackle, possibly Jason Peters. So
Speaker 1: I think that the role of Cody and James I'm
Speaker 1: looking at real I'm looking at captains of this team,
Speaker 1: not just good football players. And I like listening to
Speaker 1: that interview by James because I want the game to
Speaker 1: be important to him. All right, he's one of my five.
Speaker 1: I'll give you first first DIBs on the number two five.
Speaker 1: The number two five I'm gonna go with. It's kind
Speaker 1: of a combination of Dion Bush and DeAndre Houston Carson
Speaker 1: because they've been around here a while. They could be
Speaker 1: the new captains of the special teams. But I think
Speaker 1: it gives versatility in the defensive backfield to Sean Desai.
Speaker 1: Both of these guys have really good catching ability. They
Speaker 1: have good knowledge and good coverage ability. So I think
Speaker 1: the combination of the willingness to come to the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and tackle from the safety position, the ability
Speaker 1: to cover, and they're bigger body guys that they can
Speaker 1: make the transition from linebacker depth defensive back depth. I
Speaker 1: know they've been around here for a while, but I
Speaker 1: still like their role, their developing role on this team.
Speaker 1: They're football players. Now. I'm gonna throw on at you,
Speaker 1: and it's the right tackle. The Chavia Simmons. He played
Speaker 1: almost the entire game, if not the whole game last week.
Speaker 1: He's showing well in practice. I think he's getting familiar
Speaker 1: with playing right tackle. There's there's something going on in
Speaker 1: a positive way here without Jermaine Affetti. We don't know
Speaker 1: when Jermainafetti's coming back. I thought he would be back
Speaker 1: by now, but this this hip flix or issue is
Speaker 1: still lingering and there's no timetable there, so you may
Speaker 1: have to count on les Chavia Simmons. So he's been practicing, well,
Speaker 1: take it to the field. How did you think he played?
Speaker 1: I thought he did well. You know, I'm glad that
Speaker 1: you know. Lachevia Simmons left the practice field last week.
Speaker 1: We had a concussion protocol issue. Rebounded from it quickly
Speaker 1: and came back and was inserted back in the lineup.
Speaker 1: And that's what I'm looking for out of offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: I want guys that it's important to be there, and
Speaker 1: Lachavia Simmons has showed it. But so is Arlington Hambright,
Speaker 1: both of these guys that were drafted last year. And
Speaker 1: Arlington Hambright is developing a bigger role because he's moving
Speaker 1: from left guard to left tackle. All right, give me
Speaker 1: a third one. I'm gonna go. Dad's Newsome. This is
Speaker 1: a guy that really caught my eye in OTAs before
Speaker 1: he got injured, and I think he's a type of
Speaker 1: guy that could have a slot impact that Darnell Mooney
Speaker 1: did last year on the outside. And if you could
Speaker 1: get a couple of young receivers that developed good relationships
Speaker 1: with all of the quarterbacks, I think it can open
Speaker 1: your downfield opportunity. So I like what I've seen out
Speaker 1: of down I'm going to two receivers. They're going to
Speaker 1: count as one though, because Rodney Adams and John V.
Speaker 1: Johnson are doing a lot of good things, they still
Speaker 1: have a long heel declimb. They have to keep proving
Speaker 1: it each and every snap, let alone, each and every day.
Speaker 1: And I think because of the way the quarterbacks have
Speaker 1: been playing and how familiar they've become with justin fields
Speaker 1: who will play on Saturday, I just I just want
Speaker 1: to see more. So I want my eyes to be confirmed.
Speaker 1: And now you got the last one. All right, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with two Cultro and Johnson, two linebackers because
Speaker 1: these guys are young guys. And I when I think
Speaker 1: of the linebacker position and see what's Austin Calitro on
Speaker 1: Caleb Johnson y and but I see the way they've
Speaker 1: played football. If they can come in here and contribute
Speaker 1: in a big way on special teams. You're talking about
Speaker 1: a couple of guys that could unseat veterans, and I listen,
Speaker 1: Josh Woods, Joe, Eliya Booney Way, you gotta show me
Speaker 1: something because I'm not because just gonna hand guys jobs
Speaker 1: because they were here on the roster last year. If
Speaker 1: Johnson and Clitro continue to show this development, a good
Speaker 1: understanding of reading the run up front but having pass
Speaker 1: coverage responsibility, you know, may maybe their future is here.
Speaker 1: Tom We're gonna talk Tojan the radio Saturday, eleven AM pregame,
Speaker 1: noon kickoff. You're gonna be there. I'll be there early.
Speaker 1: Bears and Bills. You'll probably get there at the crack
Speaker 1: of dawn, the sun coming up. Put the coffee on.
Speaker 1: We got we got a coffee pot in the booth now,
Speaker 1: so get that. We get get that thing going. That's
Speaker 1: gonna do it for tonight's show. Appreciate you listening, everybody.
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