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Speaker 1: virtual offseason getting underway as the Bears and one of
Speaker 1: a dozen teams to get rolled in today with their players,
Speaker 1: and then the NFL had their virtual mock draft as
Speaker 1: they hired out some kinks, I guess and hopefully no
Speaker 1: technical problems when it starts on Thursday night, first round
Speaker 1: of the NFL drafts. Good even everybody. I'm Jeff Johnny ACoM,
Speaker 1: I'm my broadcast partner from WBBM, mister Tom Fair, the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl Bear, and former Bears quarterback Jim Mellow Or
Speaker 1: from NFL Radio Serious XM's moving the chains with Pat
Speaker 1: Kerwin as we get you set on Draft week. We
Speaker 1: come to you tonight ten on Monday night with the
Speaker 1: draft preparations get under Wait, how's everybody doing doing? Good,
Speaker 1: you know, starting to talk to some people around the
Speaker 1: league that have draft experiences unlike any other. So I
Speaker 1: went to look to talk to some older guys and
Speaker 1: talked about their draft day experience, but I was questioning
Speaker 1: them about, you know, what led them up to the draft,
Speaker 1: because I think there's a lot of uncertainty in the
Speaker 1: minds of the college kids that are about to be drafted,
Speaker 1: because really they don't know what's going to take place.
Speaker 1: Majority of these guys, just like Jim and I, probably
Speaker 1: watched the last five drafts and anticipation of us getting
Speaker 1: drafted ourselves. So with a new era of drafting coming in,
Speaker 1: I think the anticipation of how it's all gonna look
Speaker 1: is interested is as interesting to some people that have
Speaker 1: been drafted before that that we're going to see for
Speaker 1: the first time. So you're talking about you you talk
Speaker 1: to ex players or scouts in the business, No ex players,
Speaker 1: older players, more of my generation players because again I
Speaker 1: keep referring to it because this is the draft that
Speaker 1: we live through during our time, so it's not really
Speaker 1: that big of a deal to a generation. But then
Speaker 1: when they got to the modern era of drafting and
Speaker 1: the one big combine at Indianapolis, multiple visits to their
Speaker 1: pro team, just the exhaustive research that they did behind
Speaker 1: the scene and through scouting. It's a different ballgame today
Speaker 1: than it used to be. But it's kind of fun
Speaker 1: that we're going back to it used to be. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but Jim, Jim Miller evening Jim, nothing about this is
Speaker 1: normal or in the past because of the television aspect
Speaker 1: of it and what's going to happen and what's going
Speaker 1: to be unfolding in the virtual reality as you take
Speaker 1: the athlete out of it and you put on the show.
Speaker 1: The show is vastly different. Yeah, there's no it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a different type of draft. And you know, had
Speaker 1: some good conversations obviously last week on Bears All Access
Speaker 1: and you know how virtually they're they're going to do it,
Speaker 1: and they are. They're going to do some interesting things.
Speaker 1: It'll probably be incorporated for future drafts to come. You know.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are learning about different
Speaker 1: ways to communicate, different ways to adapt, different ways to adjust,
Speaker 1: and that's what football is. Football is that way, pretty
Speaker 1: much on a weekly basis, how you've got to adjust
Speaker 1: against your opponent that you're facing that week. And I
Speaker 1: think the NFL is doing a good job of that.
Speaker 1: How they're going to adjust, how they're going to incorporate
Speaker 1: new technologies in order to pull off this virtual draft.
Speaker 1: One thing I think what Tom's going off of is
Speaker 1: you look at past drafts and how evaluators accumulated data.
Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting for each team all thirty
Speaker 1: two how they draft in this year's draft, because you're
Speaker 1: going to find out how good some scouting programs are
Speaker 1: around the NFL. There are going to be teams that
Speaker 1: are going to be exposed. I've talked to a numerous
Speaker 1: gms that here because you have no pro days where
Speaker 1: scouts historically will go out and they're with each other,
Speaker 1: and a lot of these pro days and they're sometimes
Speaker 1: exchanging information, grabbing tidbits from from one another about a prospect.
Speaker 1: That's not the case this year. So even the NFL
Speaker 1: owners meeting that was a big absolutely. So now you, yeah,
Speaker 1: you as a GM, Now you are counting on that
Speaker 1: scouting staff and you're pro pro player personnel and everybody
Speaker 1: in that building, and you are gonna witness there are
Speaker 1: teams that are stronger than others in this capacity and
Speaker 1: don't be shocked if after this draft you're gonna see
Speaker 1: a lot of scouts fired or on the National Football League. Really,
Speaker 1: you make that, you make that kind of a pain, Jim.
Speaker 1: You can't evaluate a draft until three years from now. No,
Speaker 1: I'm saying with selections, with where guys are rated in
Speaker 1: things like that. Look at last year's draft class. I mean, yes,
Speaker 1: we say you graded over three years, right, because you're
Speaker 1: going to decide about the fifth year option. Right. But
Speaker 1: look at the impact of players. There are teams like
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, Jeff, pretty much all their draft
Speaker 1: played last year, players that were drafted. Look at the
Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders draft that was a foundational draft by Mike Mayock.
Speaker 1: They had fourth round draft pick collect ten sacks last year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: med Max Crosby. So yes, you will be able to
Speaker 1: show how the impact of your draft class. And that's
Speaker 1: why I do think it's it's beneficial to have less picks.
Speaker 1: I think a team like Miami Miami, they traded away
Speaker 1: all their great players. Now that they not only have
Speaker 1: to replace those with starters, they got to replace him
Speaker 1: with players that are better. I would hate to have
Speaker 1: more picks this year. There will be teams that will
Speaker 1: be exposed in this year's draft, Jim, do you think
Speaker 1: and two A status would be different if the teams
Speaker 1: that were seriously interested in drafting him had a hands
Speaker 1: on evaluation. Do you think that he would rise in
Speaker 1: some books in fall off of some Yeah? I do.
Speaker 1: I think that's a big part of it. Is there
Speaker 1: a lot of teams own medical doctors haven't been able
Speaker 1: to get a hold of him, or say you personally,
Speaker 1: say as a as a GM, say if you're a
Speaker 1: Chris Greer of the Miami Dolphins, I would personally want
Speaker 1: to go put him through my own workout with my
Speaker 1: coaching staff, meaning Chan Gaily, the offensive cordiner. Chan put
Speaker 1: him through a workout of what you need to see
Speaker 1: him to be able to do for our football team,
Speaker 1: you know, because let me interrupt you. Yeah, what so
Speaker 1: put yourself in that guy's shoes as the coach, the
Speaker 1: offensive coordinar, the quarterback coach. What do you if you
Speaker 1: had to put to a through a workout right this minute,
Speaker 1: You're gonna go out here at six out eight Central
Speaker 1: time and put him on a workout. What do you
Speaker 1: want to do? What do you want to do with
Speaker 1: him to prove that he's healthy and good enough to
Speaker 1: go well one. I want to test his endurance. Right,
Speaker 1: everybody says his hip's good. He says himself he's one
Speaker 1: hundred percent. I may put him through an hour workout, Jeff,
Speaker 1: I want to see if that as that workout goes along,
Speaker 1: after about fifty drops, if he's getting fittigued. Is there
Speaker 1: a hitch in his gait? Is his hip starting to
Speaker 1: get sore. I want to see him rotate and how
Speaker 1: he throws a football with that hip. I'm gonna make
Speaker 1: the most difficult throws to make it, to force his
Speaker 1: hip to rotate, to put him through and then see
Speaker 1: where he's at after the workout. You know, maybe there
Speaker 1: is a little hitch in his giddy up as that
Speaker 1: workout goes along and I stress him out more and
Speaker 1: more is that workout goes on. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: information that can be gained just putting a player through
Speaker 1: a workout. So you know, if your medical staff that
Speaker 1: almost right now, wouldn't you almost expect that with him
Speaker 1: right now? Because it's you know, why would I expect it?
Speaker 1: He said he's one hundred percent. Yeah, that's true, right,
Speaker 1: both he does doctor say he's one hundred percent. So
Speaker 1: I'm about to prove it. So that's all I'm doing.
Speaker 1: I'm getting information. So all right, so let's put two
Speaker 1: in the rear view of mirror. What team in the
Speaker 1: first round is the most dangerous with multiple picks that
Speaker 1: could confuse the draft them most? Is it the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Is there a team out there that could really throw
Speaker 1: a you know, a wrench in this whole operation that
Speaker 1: because because of the multiple picks, you know, maybe they're
Speaker 1: looked at as a little bit of a danger. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you got Miami five, eighteen, and twenty six and fourteen
Speaker 1: picks overall. You got the forty nine ers reportedly shopping
Speaker 1: their thirteen and thirty one. But Jim, in these situations,
Speaker 1: you look for the teams that have ammunition to move
Speaker 1: up into the first round to go and snag somebody
Speaker 1: and run away with them. I mean, you've seen it
Speaker 1: over the years with multiple teams, Patriots, Chiefs, other teams
Speaker 1: that have done. Is that Is that what Tom's referring to? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you've got teams that have Amimo, there's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: I think forty nine ers, it is reported that they
Speaker 1: want to trade out of the first round. Again, go
Speaker 1: look at their last year's draft and the impact of players.
Speaker 1: They had a lot of picks, and they had an
Speaker 1: impactful draft last year. And it sounds like because they're
Speaker 1: earlier picks, they want to hover in the second to
Speaker 1: third round. It sounds like for the forty nine ers
Speaker 1: where they feel there's still first round value, which is
Speaker 1: historically the case in the NFL, when you're hovering in
Speaker 1: that and you can get more picks, so you're getting
Speaker 1: technically more first round picks. For that say, if let's
Speaker 1: say if forty nine ers are able to trade their
Speaker 1: two first round picks and accumulate, you know, say seven
Speaker 1: second to third round picks, they equated to we're getting
Speaker 1: seven first round draft picks. Is the world they're living in? Okay,
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think there's gonna be teams that are moving.
Speaker 1: I think there are teams that have the AMMO that
Speaker 1: you mentioned. Miami can pretty much do plenty that they
Speaker 1: want with the AMMO that they have, but they may
Speaker 1: not want to because they have so many holes to fill.
Speaker 1: I would think, you know, for them, they would not
Speaker 1: be trading up to lose more picks. They need everything
Speaker 1: and they have to replace players that they lost. As
Speaker 1: I mentioned, they trade away a Pro Bowl left tackle
Speaker 1: in Laramie Tunsel. They traded away Minca Fitzpatrick, who's All Pro.
Speaker 1: That guy's in All Pro safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 1: Why did the Steelers know how to use Mica Fitzpatrick
Speaker 1: and not the Miami Dolphins. They just traded away to
Speaker 1: all pro players, Which is if I would be unnerved
Speaker 1: if I'm a Miami Dolphins fan, so you know, but
Speaker 1: you know, you look at Miami and Tim. Just getting
Speaker 1: back to your question about Tah, you can probably justify
Speaker 1: if Tah falls, say if he's in the teams or
Speaker 1: maybe does fall to the twenties and a team takes him,
Speaker 1: they just say, hey, you know, everybody else was concerned
Speaker 1: about the medical. We like the value of where we're
Speaker 1: taking Toah right now, and that could be the case.
Speaker 1: That way, you can justify not only for the pick
Speaker 1: but to the public why the pit player continued to fall,
Speaker 1: but Nelly thought it was value to take a quarterback
Speaker 1: who's coming off an injury. History Jim Miller, Tom There,
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Speaker 1: and our old pal Andrew Siciliano, who once worked in
Speaker 1: this very town and worked for me. As a matter
Speaker 1: of fact, we'll have some talk about the last Dance
Speaker 1: and his coverage of MJ back in those Dames. I've
Speaker 1: seen pictures of him, Tom, I seen him. He's post
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Speaker 1: NFL Network, so getting ready for the draft himself. It's
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Speaker 1: well m News of the Day guys. One nice job
Speaker 1: by Khalil Khalil Mack donating three hundred and fifty thousand
Speaker 1: dollars to the Emergency Relief Fund of a Better Chicago,
Speaker 1: a nonprofit providing critical support to vulnerable communities during the
Speaker 1: COVID nineteen pandemic. Another example, in addition to the one
Speaker 1: point nine million dollars, the Bears are contributing in individual
Speaker 1: players things we probably don't even know about, but around
Speaker 1: the league, fellas, every team and big name stars are
Speaker 1: are digging deep to help out. You know. I think
Speaker 1: when you have a guy like Khalil Mack, and I
Speaker 1: think all the other players on the under team, they
Speaker 1: understand how much money he made, the bonus he got,
Speaker 1: what he's gonna make in the future. But it's a
Speaker 1: super super generous, you know, thing that Khalil Mack did,
Speaker 1: and I think it also inspires the rest of the
Speaker 1: guys on the team, and you know, take stock of
Speaker 1: what you have, take stock of what you have the
Speaker 1: good fortunes to be able to donate to these people,
Speaker 1: to these front liners, to these people that need any
Speaker 1: type of help and support from every avenue they get.
Speaker 1: Because when these people they hear the name that has
Speaker 1: been supportive and a guy like Khalil Mack, it doesn't
Speaker 1: expand his brand, It just grows the appreciation they have
Speaker 1: for his generosity. And so yeah, you hear of a salary,
Speaker 1: but then you hear how generous he is. You know,
Speaker 1: I really, I really applaud these guys that are going
Speaker 1: above and beyond to how they're trying to support the
Speaker 1: less fortunate around the country. Yeah, I do too. I mean,
Speaker 1: guy players continue to step up all around the league.
Speaker 1: And obviously with the fundraising that's going to happen during
Speaker 1: the draft, we know about that for COVID nineteen, and
Speaker 1: I do. I think players all across the league from
Speaker 1: all thirty two cities have stepped up and just tremendous
Speaker 1: ways and the league, I think, from ownership to players
Speaker 1: to how the league is going to have this FLUS fundraiser,
Speaker 1: it's unprecedented. Man, it really is to help out your
Speaker 1: fellow man. So kudos to all those players, all the
Speaker 1: organizations out there who continue to do just tremendous things.
Speaker 1: They always have and they always will. The NFL has
Speaker 1: always been that way, but man, this has really been
Speaker 1: an eye opener. How big the what should I say,
Speaker 1: the support, the generosity and everything that has done to
Speaker 1: help out everybody in their community is truly tremendous. And today,
Speaker 1: five years ago today, Doug Buffone, number fifty five, great
Speaker 1: Chicago bear and a popular radio host right here on
Speaker 1: six seventy to score. One of the nicest human beings,
Speaker 1: one of the best and underrated linebackers, and at the
Speaker 1: right time, he just makes you laugh. Everybody misses Doug Buffone. Boys, Yes,
Speaker 1: that's true. You know it's It's interesting because you hear
Speaker 1: people that have passed on and you eat it immediately,
Speaker 1: have an expression to your face. And for some reason,
Speaker 1: when I talk to people about Doug Buffone, I always
Speaker 1: smile first, because I have a couple of jokes in
Speaker 1: my head that I used to listen to Doug tal
Speaker 1: on the air, and they make me. They still make
Speaker 1: me laugh. I still tell the jokes, but I also
Speaker 1: have a great appreciation for the man that Doug Buffone was.
Speaker 1: He was a great football player. I hear stories of
Speaker 1: Doug Buffone throughout his career from Clyde Emrick, who was
Speaker 1: the strength coach at the time, and he tells you
Speaker 1: stories of an admiration and appreciation for Doug Buffone. But
Speaker 1: it's it is interesting to you know, when you hear
Speaker 1: a person from the past, and what is your expression
Speaker 1: as soon as their name comes up? And when I
Speaker 1: hear the name of Doug Buffone, it's always a smile
Speaker 1: because he makes me laugh when I when I think
Speaker 1: about him. Yeah, that's the funny thing, Tom. I remember
Speaker 1: after all the TV shows after the Bears games that
Speaker 1: we do the post game and I'd hop in my
Speaker 1: truck and I'm driving back to Michigan, and I and
Speaker 1: on Big Ed O'bradovitch and Doug Buffone and I'd be
Speaker 1: driving home listen to those two guys, and I it
Speaker 1: always strikes me. I'm thinking about grump the movie Grumpy
Speaker 1: Old Men with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon, and those
Speaker 1: two were the two funniest guys I have ever heard,
Speaker 1: and just how they broke down the game and saw
Speaker 1: football and hey, we need tough guys, and they did.
Speaker 1: They always made you laugh, and uh, you know, God
Speaker 1: bless Doug Buffone. He because he was truly hilarious. Now
Speaker 1: I'll never forget the one I was driving home and
Speaker 1: he brings up the show Ancient Aliens. He's like, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm really getting caught on the show Ancient Aliens. I'm
Speaker 1: really beginning to rethink how we are here on Serve.
Speaker 1: And it was just off on a tangent from nowhere.
Speaker 1: I'm like, this guy is unbelievable and so didn't know
Speaker 1: him personally, but boy, he truly bought brought a lot
Speaker 1: of joy in my life. I can tell you that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: pure pure passion from both those guys. We didn't get
Speaker 1: a chance. So this happened after our show last Thursday.
Speaker 1: But the Trey Burton, it looks like was a failed
Speaker 1: physical designation and his release from the Bears. Thoughts on
Speaker 1: moving on from Trey Burton after just two seasons, I'm disappointed,
Speaker 1: you know, because I kind of, I don't know, probably
Speaker 1: led myself to believe that he was on the mend
Speaker 1: and that he was going to be a contributor. And
Speaker 1: I had visions of New England with two big tight
Speaker 1: ends when they signed Jimmy Graham and they had Trey Burton,
Speaker 1: and then you know the possibility of development of inside
Speaker 1: tight end help and you know it's it's it's unfortunate
Speaker 1: for Trey because he's a guy that had success in
Speaker 1: Philly and he was in a long line of great
Speaker 1: tight ends there came here to be an intricate part
Speaker 1: of this offense at the U tight end position. Never
Speaker 1: was able to a company. You know, twenty eighteen he
Speaker 1: played eighty percent of the snaps and twenty nineteen he
Speaker 1: played twenty six percent of the snaps. So you think
Speaker 1: about a coach that goes with the drawing board, Okay,
Speaker 1: eighty percent of the snaps Trey Burton, let's design our
Speaker 1: game plan against these teams with a high inclusion of
Speaker 1: Trey Burton in the passing game. Then you go to
Speaker 1: the actual game and he's not in the lineup. It's
Speaker 1: a really difficult obstacle for coaches to overcome when they're
Speaker 1: losing a guy that played eight hundred and sixty snaps
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen down to two hundred and eighty three
Speaker 1: and nineteen. Yeah, unfortunately, it's a part of the business.
Speaker 1: We always talk about ability and its availability. It's a
Speaker 1: big part of it, especially for that position. In the
Speaker 1: style of offense that Bears run. So wish Trey Burton
Speaker 1: the best. Hopefully he can heal up and continue to
Speaker 1: play football, but unfortunately it became too much an insurmountable
Speaker 1: to be with the Bears. This is Bears All Access,
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Speaker 1: with you once again leading up to Thursday's NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: You know, with that a lot of folks and friends
Speaker 1: or people who just love the Bears. You know, they
Speaker 1: texted me today, Oh, it's just mean automatically the Bears
Speaker 1: are gonna dig in a round two for a tight end.
Speaker 1: And I say, no, that doesn't that doesn't necessarily mean
Speaker 1: that whatsoever. Doesn't mean they're not going to get a
Speaker 1: tight end at some point in this draft. But I
Speaker 1: know after thinking about it, and I ask you guys
Speaker 1: too too today to focus on what you would need
Speaker 1: to see or you hope to see, and in a
Speaker 1: group of players in Round two at forty three and fifty,
Speaker 1: should they stay at those spots that you feel you
Speaker 1: need to come out of this draft? For me, the
Speaker 1: number after totally thinking about it for the last two days,
Speaker 1: three days and studying and just trying to pinpoint. I'm going, yeah,
Speaker 1: one of these two picks, you've got to get a
Speaker 1: start in caliber cornerback because right now at that position,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of bodies but not a lot of
Speaker 1: experience playing, and a lot of guys you just don't
Speaker 1: know yet. The new guys you're brought in, like Already
Speaker 1: Burns and Trey Roberson, yes they have experience, but do
Speaker 1: the you know, if something happens at the cornerback position,
Speaker 1: to Kyle Fuller, you know, now you're looking at needing
Speaker 1: to you just need a really young, high end caliber cornerback.
Speaker 1: That's my opinion. What do you guys feel? What do
Speaker 1: you guys feel? Well? You know, to me, I'm looking
Speaker 1: at what's what are two positions at the Bears have
Speaker 1: been successful at drafting immediate starters and that's safety in guard.
Speaker 1: So to me, there's a couple of safeties that I'm
Speaker 1: interested in that they have size and they have speed
Speaker 1: attached to it. Do they have the instincts? Are they
Speaker 1: physical enough to play at this level? And then when
Speaker 1: you look at some of the guys at the offensive
Speaker 1: the interior offensive guard position, I do think there's guys
Speaker 1: out there there may be. You know, Jeff, you just
Speaker 1: look at Michigan. There may be three guys at Michigan
Speaker 1: at different levels of this draft that you could bring
Speaker 1: in and listen. One thing I know about Jim Harball
Speaker 1: is his work mentality. So if you have a guy there,
Speaker 1: there's a guard at all there that started all four
Speaker 1: years at Michigan. So if you get a guy that's
Speaker 1: been cultivating his talent at one position consistently on a
Speaker 1: big stage like Big ten football. And I know Jim
Speaker 1: hasn't had great success in Michigan, but I know his
Speaker 1: work ethic. So this is a guy that's gonna come
Speaker 1: along and earn a position early in his career and
Speaker 1: keep it till the end of his career. I gotta
Speaker 1: show some interest in that guy because it's almost a
Speaker 1: measurement of his desire and his competitiveness when you still
Speaker 1: have the job at the end of the day. So
Speaker 1: safety and offensive guards are two positions. The Bears showed
Speaker 1: me that they can draft starters. Yeah, and well, I'm
Speaker 1: with you, Jeff. I mean there's a clump of players
Speaker 1: in all those positions that could be available where the
Speaker 1: Bears pick. I think wide receivers, you got t Higgins
Speaker 1: from Clemson, Michael Pittman USC Denzel Mims out of Baylor.
Speaker 1: He's gaining a lot of steam corners that you mentioned.
Speaker 1: I think Jeff Gladney is a player that a lot
Speaker 1: of people are liking right now. I know he's recovering
Speaker 1: from a meniscus tarret. That guy played the whole year
Speaker 1: with a torn meniscus and was awesome. That guy shut
Speaker 1: down Cede Lamb and he shut down other receivers as well.
Speaker 1: But Jeff Gladney out of TCU is a player at
Speaker 1: the cornerback position. Jalen Johnson is another corner out of Utah,
Speaker 1: very fluid athlete who's a player. But you've got offensive
Speaker 1: lineman that Tom just talked about, Ben Brotison out of Michigan.
Speaker 1: There are some other guards that are scheduled to go
Speaker 1: in the second round. In the safety position is solid
Speaker 1: Ashton Davis out of California, Antoine Winfield safety out of Minnesota,
Speaker 1: and how about Jeremy Chin out of Southern Illinois. A
Speaker 1: lot of people got a buzz around him with what
Speaker 1: he can do. There will be good players there for
Speaker 1: the Bears at their two second round picks, and have
Speaker 1: both Chin and Antoine Winfield four for five forties and
Speaker 1: interesting players one big one, not so big, but boy feisty,
Speaker 1: a mighty mite. I'm sticking with it. I love Antoine Winfield,
Speaker 1: but I'm also intrigued by Jeremy Channets and Mothers. Coming
Speaker 1: up here at the bottom of the hour. If we
Speaker 1: come out of the break, we're gonna be joined by
Speaker 1: NFL Vice President of Community Relations, Alexia Gallagher. This is
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Speaker 1: and Tom thare the Bears broadcast crew, with Jim Miller
Speaker 1: from sirius XMFL Radio and now joined by Alexia Gallagher,
Speaker 1: the vice President of Community Relations at the NFL. Good evening, Alexa,
Speaker 1: thank you for joining us, and thank you for taking
Speaker 1: the time. What a week. This is groundbreaking really when
Speaker 1: you think about it, with the draft and how it's
Speaker 1: going to be unfolding. We talked to Peter last week
Speaker 1: about it. But there's a component of this that is
Speaker 1: extremely important and it's extremely beneficial to everyone involved, and
Speaker 1: that is the draft, the Thon portion of it, and
Speaker 1: the fan participation, and where all the good work being
Speaker 1: involved with all the different social and digital platforms will
Speaker 1: come together starting on Thursday night. Tell us more about it. Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: thank you for having me so. Really, when the decision
Speaker 1: was made to cancel a love of events and Las Vegas,
Speaker 1: including all of our community outreach events, it was clear
Speaker 1: to us that we had to do something different. We
Speaker 1: couldn't proceed with business as usual, and we really wanted
Speaker 1: to ensure that the draft had a philanthropic tie to
Speaker 1: it to help bring people together and find a way
Speaker 1: to help people on communities, those who are really hurting
Speaker 1: right now, and just felt like these are unprecedented times
Speaker 1: and such times call for unity and huddling for good.
Speaker 1: The NFL has a big platform and we want to
Speaker 1: be able to use that platform too good for good
Speaker 1: and to raise awareness and give back and help those
Speaker 1: people who need it most right now. And that's really
Speaker 1: how Draft it is On came to be. Lexie. You know,
Speaker 1: when you look at the Bears one point nine two
Speaker 1: one million, nine hundred twenty thousand or two hundred thousand,
Speaker 1: one hundred thousand Bears care. How important is it for
Speaker 1: the team's de spear had their giving effort to show
Speaker 1: the fans, show the support, show the first responders how
Speaker 1: important they are to them. Yeah, it's incredibly important. And
Speaker 1: the Bears really have been philanthropic leaders. Uh, you know
Speaker 1: really since the beginning. We're really proud that the NFL
Speaker 1: family at this point, we're over fifty million dollars and
Speaker 1: contributions made by NFL owners and clubs and players, uh
Speaker 1: and and the NFL family as a whole. And I
Speaker 1: think it really speaks volumes to everyone who is part
Speaker 1: of the league. And again that you know, the Bears
Speaker 1: are really leading the charge and uh, you know, we're
Speaker 1: really really proud to be partnering with them on this.
Speaker 1: And you know that with drafted on, we're going to
Speaker 1: be supporting six national charities and their local chapters. Um.
Speaker 1: And with that, you know, each club they were um
Speaker 1: asked to take a look at the national partners and
Speaker 1: see which ones they wanted to sup port on a
Speaker 1: local level. And UM, you know it's great that that
Speaker 1: the Bears are doing that with Meals on Wheels and
Speaker 1: the Salvation Army and uh, you know, the funds that
Speaker 1: are raised are really going to go a long way
Speaker 1: in the in the Chicago community. Well, Alexia, jim Miller here,
Speaker 1: thanks for joining us tonight. How I mean, how is
Speaker 1: it going to look at much like when I was
Speaker 1: growing up as a kid, I used to watch Jerry
Speaker 1: Lewis and the telethons that he ran for muscular dystrophy,
Speaker 1: and you know, well it have that type of feel
Speaker 1: to it. Will you have guests that you'll be going
Speaker 1: to and all those type of things. What can we
Speaker 1: expect as viewers in what we're going to watch in
Speaker 1: order for us to help out. Absolutely, it's it's going
Speaker 1: to be a lot of fun. Um. You know, we're
Speaker 1: we're going to have um and again this will be
Speaker 1: streaming on all of our different NFL social media platforms.
Speaker 1: But you know, Rich Eyesen and Deon Standers will be
Speaker 1: co hosting. Kevin Hart will be hosting with them as well.
Speaker 1: There will be different players and legends and celebrities popping out,
Speaker 1: popping in and out over the course of those three days.
Speaker 1: There's going to be musical performances as well. Jennifer Hudson
Speaker 1: on Thursday night, she'll be part of the pre show, Luke,
Speaker 1: Bryan Kelly Clarkson. You know, we're really really excited, you
Speaker 1: know the fact that we will have all of these players,
Speaker 1: legends and celebrities again popping in and out and talking
Speaker 1: about how these organizations are making such an impact in
Speaker 1: communities nationwide and the importance of giving back. So it's
Speaker 1: it's going to be a lot of fun and fans
Speaker 1: will be able to contribute as well, and you know,
Speaker 1: whatever whatever it is, however you want to engage. You know,
Speaker 1: this is a way to um, you know, also help
Speaker 1: recognize first responders and other charities that are doing in
Speaker 1: credible work across the country. You know, in addition to
Speaker 1: these six national nonprofit organizations, and uh, you know, fans
Speaker 1: can go to NFL dot com, Backslash Relief and make
Speaker 1: some contributions. Um. Honestly, you know, whatever you can donate
Speaker 1: is fine. You know, we know that people are really
Speaker 1: hurting at this point, um economically as well, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, just to be able to engage fans and
Speaker 1: know that we're all in this together. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's just that's that's really important to us. This is
Speaker 1: Alexia Gallagher or the NFL Office Vice President of Community Relations. Uh.
Speaker 1: Those six nonprofit American Red Cross CDC foundations, all of
Speaker 1: US Meals on Wheels, COVID nineteen Response Fund, Salvation Army,
Speaker 1: and United Way are the are the big six that
Speaker 1: you're working with, and the Bears directing their funds also
Speaker 1: to Salvation Army, Meals on Wheels and Bears care of
Speaker 1: the team's charitable I'm going to match the first one
Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars in donations. You can start donating today
Speaker 1: at NFL dot com, slash Relief or text to donate
Speaker 1: option during the live stream that will take place. So
Speaker 1: when these teams that did you guys work with each
Speaker 1: team individually, did everybody get on a conference call like
Speaker 1: they did today in a mock draft and say, hey,
Speaker 1: how are we going to do this? What are your
Speaker 1: ideas or how did it all start? Um? If you know? So,
Speaker 1: we really had been carefully considering a lot of different
Speaker 1: national nonprofits and there are so many serving medical, many
Speaker 1: critical needs during this time, and it was important that
Speaker 1: we considered organizations that had a national footprint that have
Speaker 1: the ability and the capacity to do the work on
Speaker 1: the ground and support those who need it most in
Speaker 1: the communities nationwide, and you know, we narrowed that list
Speaker 1: down to six of the largest nonprofits who are focusing
Speaker 1: on providing food, shelter supplies, medical research UM and you know,
Speaker 1: with that, we really had been tracking what NFL clubs
Speaker 1: and owners and players had been doing and the types
Speaker 1: of organizations that they were supporting as well on the
Speaker 1: local level. And that's really, uh, you know that a
Speaker 1: lot of different organizations, but that that's had a lot
Speaker 1: to do with the six that we chose, And you know,
Speaker 1: we really wanted to ensure that we're meeting the needs
Speaker 1: of you know, the most vulnerable populations out there, students
Speaker 1: on sprand reduced lunch and proverished communities, the homeless, at risk,
Speaker 1: elderly population, first responders, and the clubs had a lot
Speaker 1: to do with that UM. So we've really been very
Speaker 1: careful about all of the decisions that we've made to
Speaker 1: do this UM and and again, the clubs played a big,
Speaker 1: big part in that. Alexia. We've seen a lot of
Speaker 1: celebrities around the world show their concern for the people
Speaker 1: around the world. So when you try to attach a
Speaker 1: celebrity to this draft of thought in an event as
Speaker 1: big as the NFL draft. Were they excited? Were they
Speaker 1: chopping at the bit to uh for an appreciation to
Speaker 1: show to the to the NFL fans, the people all
Speaker 1: around the world, and the first responders their appreciation. Was
Speaker 1: this an easy gift for some of your celebrities, is
Speaker 1: what I'm asking? Yes? Absolutely, And I think that that
Speaker 1: speaks to the crisis bets at hand. This is something
Speaker 1: that is touching absolutely everyone UM. And you know the
Speaker 1: fact that we have NFL players and legends and celebrities
Speaker 1: who really are chomping at the bit to help here
Speaker 1: UM and you know, speak on behalf of the nonprofit
Speaker 1: organizations that they do work with UM or just really
Speaker 1: help UH, you know, sort of elevate the awareness of
Speaker 1: what's going on here and how others can help, how
Speaker 1: they've been helping. UH. It really has been an e
Speaker 1: The ask for me, Alexei last one is just you know,
Speaker 1: how challenging has this been. We always know the NFL
Speaker 1: is very creative and how they go about things, they adapt,
Speaker 1: they adjust, and much like we talked to Peter last week,
Speaker 1: how has this been challenging for you? Granted you're you're
Speaker 1: doing always still doing the community relations, the great stuff
Speaker 1: you've always done, but it's been in a challenging way.
Speaker 1: And all the logistics that it takes to pull an
Speaker 1: event like this off. How how has this challenged you
Speaker 1: and your staff to complete this project? Um, it's it's
Speaker 1: a pretty incredible challenge. We have been working day and
Speaker 1: night on this, um not getting much sleep, uh you know,
Speaker 1: and obviously trying to balance that with working from home
Speaker 1: and raising kids and that sort of thing. But you know,
Speaker 1: the cause is just something that you know, to say it.
Speaker 1: I don't think that that there are words to really
Speaker 1: describe the importance of all of this and how committed
Speaker 1: and passionate we in the office are and the clubs
Speaker 1: as well, UM, making sure that this that this works,
Speaker 1: so yes, a lot of logistics and building platforms and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, making sure that the technology works and working
Speaker 1: with all of these incredible nonprofit organizations. UM, it's it's
Speaker 1: definitely challenging. But again we're up to the task, and
Speaker 1: uh it's something that we're passionate about, something that we're
Speaker 1: excited about. Uh, and we really can't wait for for
Speaker 1: Thursdays to see this all uh go live and uh
Speaker 1: you know, really see how the country is going to
Speaker 1: come together and um, you know again, help those that
Speaker 1: meet it most because we really are all in this together.
Speaker 1: We'll actually we do appreciate you coming on tonight. One
Speaker 1: last thing, so the drafted than portion of this, so
Speaker 1: it'll be a live stream done your social and digital platforms,
Speaker 1: featured on the live draft coverage on ABC, ESPN, NFL
Speaker 1: Network and ESPN book deportees. How easy will it be
Speaker 1: for people to donate? Very easy, Just go to NFL
Speaker 1: dot com backslash release and you can make your contributions there.
Speaker 1: We'll have a text to give number as we get
Speaker 1: a little bit closer to the draft as well. But
Speaker 1: easy to do, easy to engage, and we really just
Speaker 1: thank everyone support. All right, well, we thank you and
Speaker 1: keep up the great work. Alexia and how often do
Speaker 1: you get this because my Alexa it keeps going off
Speaker 1: when I say your name, so I get it all
Speaker 1: the time. I mean, we got to come up with
Speaker 1: something different for you in your home with all this
Speaker 1: smart stuff. Anyway, we really appreciate it. Good luck with everything.
Speaker 1: Bears are also doing a great job committing one point
Speaker 1: nine two million dollars to COVID nineteen relief. Is Tom
Speaker 1: pointed out and join it forces with the mayor that
Speaker 1: we're not playing a PSA with players and alumni and
Speaker 1: coaches and encouraging fans to follow your health guidlins and
Speaker 1: keeping us all safe out there. You've been hearing players
Speaker 1: on WBBM and here on the score from the Bears
Speaker 1: head coach Matt Nagee, and of course the appreciation Twitter
Speaker 1: that featuring community partners, sponsors and other community members doing
Speaker 1: great work during this time. Coming up next, we'll be
Speaker 1: joined by Andrew Siciliano from NFL Network. This is Bears
Speaker 1: All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Hey,
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Speaker 1: As were welcome back on Bears All Access with producer
Speaker 1: Adams Didinski tonight and our Score studios Jeff and Tom
Speaker 1: and Jim Miller. Andrew, how you doing, my friend? Getting ready? Yeah? No,
Speaker 1: I don't think I'm ready whatsoever. But it's a lot
Speaker 1: it's allowed to go through. It's a lot to go through,
Speaker 1: isn't it. I mean, I think this year everyone I
Speaker 1: don't know. I can only speak for myself. I think
Speaker 1: the draft kind of almost caught, kind of snuck up
Speaker 1: on us like the quarantine hit, and we all kind
Speaker 1: of paused for a couple of weeks to try to
Speaker 1: get hold of our lives and adjust to this new world.
Speaker 1: And then you walk up and I know you had
Speaker 1: the drafts about to happen. So that's where I am.
Speaker 1: And you know, you sit in a building at the
Speaker 1: NFL and Network, and you have probably more information given
Speaker 1: to you than a lot of other people in the business.
Speaker 1: Scouts included, how do you filter rumor through facts? You know,
Speaker 1: it's Tom, It's a great question. And this year is
Speaker 1: a little bit different. I mean our building, so a
Speaker 1: little backstory here. Our building for NFL Network has been
Speaker 1: closed since March nineteenth, or no March twentieth. So Tom
Speaker 1: Brady agreed to terms of the Buccaneers on Wednesday morning,
Speaker 1: that was the first day of the new league year,
Speaker 1: and by Friday we were out of our building and
Speaker 1: we have not been back since. So everything on the air.
Speaker 1: We've kind of been, like everyone in any other of
Speaker 1: the thirty two NFL buildings, kind of trying to piece
Speaker 1: our lives back together. And I actually think that this year.
Speaker 1: I think that this year there are more smokescreens than
Speaker 1: maybe in year's past, because I think everyone's spending so
Speaker 1: much time on their phones and facetiming and zooming and
Speaker 1: whatever this new world is we're living in that I
Speaker 1: think there is so much gossip that I don't know
Speaker 1: what to believe. And I also think that because no
Speaker 1: one's hanging out at pro days that there's they're going
Speaker 1: to be just divergent opinions on so many players. And
Speaker 1: I think you're going to see guys sneak into the
Speaker 1: first round that not a lot of people saw it coming.
Speaker 1: And I also think that you're going to see I
Speaker 1: don't know, maybe safer picks, like a guy like take
Speaker 1: Kenneth Murray for example, Right, He's probably a lower third
Speaker 1: of the first round guy, but maybe he goes higher
Speaker 1: just because you know what he is. He's a high
Speaker 1: character player, he's a productive player, he has no blemishes,
Speaker 1: and maybe I take him higher than I would have
Speaker 1: taken him in drafts past, because I know he's safe. Andrew,
Speaker 1: Jim Miller here, always good to talk to you. I
Speaker 1: love watching you on the Red Zone when I get
Speaker 1: to tune in, my friend, nobody more versaile of you
Speaker 1: because you can just roll with the punches. So that's
Speaker 1: why I think this draft is gonna be perfect for you,
Speaker 1: my friend, because it's gonna be produced differently than it
Speaker 1: ever has and just maybe talk about your adjustments and
Speaker 1: how you prepare and kind of just gotta go with
Speaker 1: it sometimes is what it's going to be. Well, Jim,
Speaker 1: you're way too pine. Number one, Number two. I think
Speaker 1: it's it's different for everyone. I mean they sent they
Speaker 1: sent fifty eight care packages to would be draftees with
Speaker 1: two iPhones, a light power like, I mean, all this
Speaker 1: stuff for everyone to just set up. That doesn't even
Speaker 1: count the fact that every coach and every GM has
Speaker 1: a similar package and now a camera set up for
Speaker 1: them in their homes. I mean, we just did a
Speaker 1: two hour show. I'll pull the curtain back, a two
Speaker 1: hour show on NFL network. I was in my house,
Speaker 1: Mooch was in his house, Steve Smith was in his
Speaker 1: house in Charlotte. Charles Davis was in his house in Orlando,
Speaker 1: and multiple times during that two hour live broadcast, which was,
Speaker 1: by the way, the first two hour live show like
Speaker 1: truly live, Live Live that our network has put on
Speaker 1: in a month. Comms broke down, but we just kept
Speaker 1: on Roland, And I think that's kind of what everyone
Speaker 1: is looking at for Thursday. There may be bumps in
Speaker 1: the road, but you know, went in doubt, pick up
Speaker 1: the phone and call Ken Fiori and sending your pick
Speaker 1: to New York. And and you know, if if a
Speaker 1: bunch of kids in the basement can do a fantasy
Speaker 1: draft in instant message windows, then the league can figure
Speaker 1: this out, all right. Andrew Ceciliano from NFL Network in
Speaker 1: the Red Zone as well as Jim, pointed out, good
Speaker 1: to be with you. And the thing about this it
Speaker 1: is unique in that, yes, there are makeshift offices going
Speaker 1: on right now in basements, bedrooms, kitchens for crying out
Speaker 1: loud home offices. So some of that mock and stuff
Speaker 1: was taken care of today. They hope, maybe a little bumpy,
Speaker 1: but you're you're also you can't predict what's going to
Speaker 1: happen because you got thirty two teams in thirty two
Speaker 1: different cities with a multitude of different homes suburban or city,
Speaker 1: and whether could play a factor. Who knows what if
Speaker 1: the lights go out. I mean, there's so much that
Speaker 1: we're not even considering that. This is why this is
Speaker 1: such an intriguing endeavor. And while teams have experienced this
Speaker 1: in the XFL, they did it. WNBA just did it.
Speaker 1: This is this is the National Football League. What you
Speaker 1: hear about today, both you and Jim, you know, you
Speaker 1: guys doing your shows. What'd you hear today about the
Speaker 1: dress rehearsal. I've heard that it did not go as
Speaker 1: you know, as poorly as had initially been reported. From
Speaker 1: what I understand, the league tried to go through a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of trade scenarios early. So you know, this
Speaker 1: this idea that it was chaos. It was kind of
Speaker 1: organized chaos from what I understand, because they wanted to
Speaker 1: see how trades would work. I honestly think it'll be
Speaker 1: okay because you know, you guys know that you pull
Speaker 1: back the curtain a little bit. It's not as if
Speaker 1: Roger is handed a card and nobody knows and during
Speaker 1: a normal draft he walks up there and reads it
Speaker 1: aloud for the very first time. I mean, that's just
Speaker 1: the final stage where the pick has already been called
Speaker 1: in usually be a like hardcore telephone, old school telephone
Speaker 1: to New York and then transmitted back behind stage. I
Speaker 1: think they're going to be okay. But like Chris Ballard
Speaker 1: went out and bought a generator for his house, he
Speaker 1: has a thinking. I think Eric's accosted to the same
Speaker 1: thing this morning on the Titans zoom for the media
Speaker 1: where they had Rabel and John Robinson on. About three
Speaker 1: minutes in Mike Rabel's zoom went down and he just
Speaker 1: tapped out for five to six minutes, and John Robinson
Speaker 1: took the whole thing. So that kind of stuff is
Speaker 1: going to happen. But most teams are using Microsoft Teams
Speaker 1: and they're working internally just fine. I think they'll be
Speaker 1: fine because there's going to be a failsafe, Like most
Speaker 1: teams will have three people who have the go ahead
Speaker 1: to make the pick. It'll be GM maybe team president
Speaker 1: and coach, and the idea that all three of them
Speaker 1: would be down and unable to communicate with New York
Speaker 1: I think is a long shot. Hey, Andrew, when you
Speaker 1: go through that mock run through. I was asking Jim
Speaker 1: and Jeff a little earlier in the first round, with
Speaker 1: these teams that have multiple picks, who's the biggest unknown
Speaker 1: right now? So when you had these fabricated trades going on,
Speaker 1: were you approaching a team that you really feel could
Speaker 1: make a trade in the first round or at some time?
Speaker 1: So I wasn't on it, Tom, we were on the air,
Speaker 1: but I think, you know, I've heard from a few
Speaker 1: gms that the one thing with trades this year, you
Speaker 1: guys know this. Usually the groundwork is laid down before
Speaker 1: you get on the clock Thursday, especially those trades in
Speaker 1: the first half of the first round. I mean, rarely
Speaker 1: is it. We're on the clock, pick up the phone,
Speaker 1: let's move those seeds had been planted. I think this year,
Speaker 1: more than ever, those trades early will be trades that
Speaker 1: are well down the road towards getting done if they're
Speaker 1: actually going to be done when a team is on
Speaker 1: the clock. And John Robinson back to him today, he
Speaker 1: would say, listen, most of these trades, I'm texting with
Speaker 1: the other gms anyway to get the ball rolling, and
Speaker 1: then once we figure it out, other people can get
Speaker 1: on the phone and do all that legwork. I think
Speaker 1: that's going to be the same this year as opposed
Speaker 1: by like, who do I think it's actually gonna move.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be funned if the Niners not only moved
Speaker 1: out of thirty one, but moved out of thirteen as well.
Speaker 1: Depends on if that run happens with wide receivers. I
Speaker 1: wish we could have add more time with the NA
Speaker 1: Jim had another question for you, but we're out of time,
Speaker 1: my friend, and we could even walk down memory lane
Speaker 1: from the last dance. Were you looking at night Wind?
Speaker 1: I'm lost, and yet it's amazing last night and I'm
Speaker 1: sorry it was. It was amazing. Well, Hevyan again, Andrew,
Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. Final segment with Tom and Jim
Speaker 1: coming up after this on Sports Radio six seventy to score.
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Speaker 1: Tom and Jim Miller. Jim, we couldn't get you in
Speaker 1: asking Andrew a little bit more. But as we move
Speaker 1: forward here with the draft, what do you need to
Speaker 1: see the Bears get out of it, even in the
Speaker 1: later rounds that will make you feel good about filling
Speaker 1: whatever holes there are left in the roster. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: do think this is more of a veteran year. I
Speaker 1: feel very comfortable that the Bears have less picks. I
Speaker 1: think that's a good thing in this year's draft because
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a veteran year. A
Speaker 1: lot of coaches and gms have already said that. So
Speaker 1: you know, obviously you want if they stick with their
Speaker 1: second round picks, you do want players that are impactful
Speaker 1: that you know, if they are called upon, that can
Speaker 1: come in and contribute. I think those are still first
Speaker 1: round talented players from that standpoint. So whether it's the
Speaker 1: positions we talked about, whether it's a corner or secondary
Speaker 1: or safety or whatever area they target, you know, I
Speaker 1: do think those can be contributors minimum on special teams.
Speaker 1: I mean, Pat and I went through every division. You
Speaker 1: had some teams that had over players that were drafted
Speaker 1: last year for the season, over a thousand plays they
Speaker 1: contributed on special teams alone a thousand plays. So I
Speaker 1: do think you can still get a minimum of a
Speaker 1: couple of starters potentially with those second round picks. And
Speaker 1: then I think the later picks are going to be
Speaker 1: developmental players, you know that I don't think are going
Speaker 1: to be asked to be contributors this year, but you
Speaker 1: feel that they can be players down the road, guys
Speaker 1: that can come in and you know, and be a
Speaker 1: backup so to speak, and you know, and contribute on
Speaker 1: special teams, but they'll be developmental players that you're not
Speaker 1: expecting to have a huge impact this year. When I
Speaker 1: saw a David Montgomery so far, I'd like to see
Speaker 1: a big power back to back him up. Get that
Speaker 1: third and one, that fourth and one type of carry,
Speaker 1: because Aba Montgomery, he's as talented as back as you
Speaker 1: can have. He's ball, he can beacon block, he can catch,
Speaker 1: he can run. Give him a little bit of assistance.
Speaker 1: All Right, we're gonna have fun week, guys, have fun
Speaker 1: with the draft, Jim and your coverage on Sirius sex M.
Speaker 1: We got a big show planned on Thursday, Friday and
Speaker 1: Saturday right here on Stick seventy the score. We got Tom,
Speaker 1: we got Hub Arkish, we got Damn Pompey, Pat Man Only,
Speaker 1: David ha Olden, Cruz, Mark, Rody, Chris Emma. Cast of
Speaker 1: thousands all gonna bring you all the news this week.
Speaker 1: Alexia Gallagher, NFL VP of Community Relations, join us tonight.
Speaker 1: Andrew Siciliano from NFL Network. Thank you, Adam Stadzinski. That'll
Speaker 1: do it for us. Enjoy your Draft week, everybody, and
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