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The 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:36.360 virtual offseason getting underway as the Bears and one of 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.040 a dozen teams to get rolled in today with their players, 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:43.080 and then the NFL had their virtual mock draft as 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.760 they hired out some kinks, I guess and hopefully no 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:50.640 technical problems when it starts on Thursday night, first round 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.280 of the NFL drafts. Good even everybody. I'm Jeff Johnny ACoM, 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.560 I'm my broadcast partner from WBBM, mister Tom Fair, the 0:00:56.600 --> 0:01:00.160 Super Bowl Bear, and former Bears quarterback Jim Mellow Or 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:04.560 from NFL Radio Serious XM's moving the chains with Pat 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:06.960 Kerwin as we get you set on Draft week. We 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:08.840 come to you tonight ten on Monday night with the 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:13.560 draft preparations get under Wait, how's everybody doing doing? Good, 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.240 you know, starting to talk to some people around the 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:20.440 league that have draft experiences unlike any other. So I 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:22.800 went to look to talk to some older guys and 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:26.240 talked about their draft day experience, but I was questioning 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.319 them about, you know, what led them up to the draft, 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.280 because I think there's a lot of uncertainty in the 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:33.759 minds of the college kids that are about to be drafted, 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.360 because really they don't know what's going to take place. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.360 Majority of these guys, just like Jim and I, probably 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.880 watched the last five drafts and anticipation of us getting 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:48.520 drafted ourselves. So with a new era of drafting coming in, 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:53.720 I think the anticipation of how it's all gonna look 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.680 is interested is as interesting to some people that have 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.880 been drafted before that that we're going to see for 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.200 the first time. So you're talking about you you talk 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:07.240 to ex players or scouts in the business, No ex players, 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.639 older players, more of my generation players because again I 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.480 keep referring to it because this is the draft that 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.760 we live through during our time, so it's not really 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.200 that big of a deal to a generation. But then 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.440 when they got to the modern era of drafting and 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:27.520 the one big combine at Indianapolis, multiple visits to their 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.320 pro team, just the exhaustive research that they did behind 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:35.160 the scene and through scouting. It's a different ballgame today 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.720 than it used to be. But it's kind of fun 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.760 that we're going back to it used to be. Yeah, 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:44.840 but Jim, Jim Miller evening Jim, nothing about this is 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:49.480 normal or in the past because of the television aspect 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.280 of it and what's going to happen and what's going 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.239 to be unfolding in the virtual reality as you take 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.480 the athlete out of it and you put on the show. 0:02:56.639 --> 0:03:00.560 The show is vastly different. Yeah, there's no it's gonna 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.920 be a different type of draft. And you know, had 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:06.079 some good conversations obviously last week on Bears All Access 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.480 and you know how virtually they're they're going to do it, 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.240 and they are. They're going to do some interesting things. 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:14.000 It'll probably be incorporated for future drafts to come. You know. 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.600 I think a lot of people are learning about different 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.520 ways to communicate, different ways to adapt, different ways to adjust, 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.240 and that's what football is. Football is that way, pretty 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.560 much on a weekly basis, how you've got to adjust 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.040 against your opponent that you're facing that week. And I 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.799 think the NFL is doing a good job of that. 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.000 How they're going to adjust, how they're going to incorporate 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.880 new technologies in order to pull off this virtual draft. 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.520 One thing I think what Tom's going off of is 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:44.400 you look at past drafts and how evaluators accumulated data. 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.520 It's going to be interesting for each team all thirty 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:51.800 two how they draft in this year's draft, because you're 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.800 going to find out how good some scouting programs are 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:56.840 around the NFL. There are going to be teams that 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.240 are going to be exposed. I've talked to a numerous 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.839 gms that here because you have no pro days where 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.880 scouts historically will go out and they're with each other, 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.360 and a lot of these pro days and they're sometimes 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:13.160 exchanging information, grabbing tidbits from from one another about a prospect. 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.000 That's not the case this year. So even the NFL 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:22.279 owners meeting that was a big absolutely. So now you, yeah, 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.680 you as a GM, Now you are counting on that 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:29.159 scouting staff and you're pro pro player personnel and everybody 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:32.120 in that building, and you are gonna witness there are 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.880 teams that are stronger than others in this capacity and 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.840 don't be shocked if after this draft you're gonna see 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:41.200 a lot of scouts fired or on the National Football League. Really, 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.000 you make that, you make that kind of a pain, Jim. 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.680 You can't evaluate a draft until three years from now. No, 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.920 I'm saying with selections, with where guys are rated in 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:55.120 things like that. Look at last year's draft class. I mean, yes, 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.520 we say you graded over three years, right, because you're 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:00.560 going to decide about the fifth year option. Right. But 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.880 look at the impact of players. There are teams like 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.280 the forty nine ers, Jeff, pretty much all their draft 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.560 played last year, players that were drafted. Look at the 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:11.919 Oakland Raiders draft that was a foundational draft by Mike Mayock. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.760 They had fourth round draft pick collect ten sacks last year. Yeah, 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.720 med Max Crosby. So yes, you will be able to 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:22.200 show how the impact of your draft class. And that's 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.679 why I do think it's it's beneficial to have less picks. 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.120 I think a team like Miami Miami, they traded away 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.880 all their great players. Now that they not only have 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.880 to replace those with starters, they got to replace him 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.040 with players that are better. I would hate to have 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:39.880 more picks this year. There will be teams that will 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:45.679 be exposed in this year's draft, Jim, do you think 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:51.160 and two A status would be different if the teams 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.440 that were seriously interested in drafting him had a hands 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.680 on evaluation. Do you think that he would rise in 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:01.040 some books in fall off of some Yeah? I do. 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.000 I think that's a big part of it. Is there 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.080 a lot of teams own medical doctors haven't been able 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:09.000 to get a hold of him, or say you personally, 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.480 say as a as a GM, say if you're a 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.320 Chris Greer of the Miami Dolphins, I would personally want 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.600 to go put him through my own workout with my 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.680 coaching staff, meaning Chan Gaily, the offensive cordiner. Chan put 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.080 him through a workout of what you need to see 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.160 him to be able to do for our football team, 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.320 you know, because let me interrupt you. Yeah, what so 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:33.040 put yourself in that guy's shoes as the coach, the 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:37.000 offensive coordinar, the quarterback coach. What do you if you 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.720 had to put to a through a workout right this minute, 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.200 You're gonna go out here at six out eight Central 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:43.800 time and put him on a workout. What do you 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:44.920 want to do? What do you want to do with 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:46.800 him to prove that he's healthy and good enough to 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.360 go well one. I want to test his endurance. Right, 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.760 everybody says his hip's good. He says himself he's one 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.640 hundred percent. I may put him through an hour workout, Jeff, 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.159 I want to see if that as that workout goes along, 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:01.000 after about fifty drops, if he's getting fittigued. Is there 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.440 a hitch in his gait? Is his hip starting to 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.960 get sore. I want to see him rotate and how 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.880 he throws a football with that hip. I'm gonna make 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.720 the most difficult throws to make it, to force his 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:15.000 hip to rotate, to put him through and then see 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.600 where he's at after the workout. You know, maybe there 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.400 is a little hitch in his giddy up as that 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.160 workout goes along and I stress him out more and 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.920 more is that workout goes on. There's a lot of 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.600 information that can be gained just putting a player through 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.160 a workout. So you know, if your medical staff that 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.800 almost right now, wouldn't you almost expect that with him 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.680 right now? Because it's you know, why would I expect it? 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.800 He said he's one hundred percent. Yeah, that's true, right, 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.320 both he does doctor say he's one hundred percent. So 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.200 I'm about to prove it. So that's all I'm doing. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:52.360 I'm getting information. So all right, so let's put two 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:54.960 in the rear view of mirror. What team in the 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.480 first round is the most dangerous with multiple picks that 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.880 could confuse the draft them most? Is it the Miami Dolphins. 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.280 Is there a team out there that could really throw 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.480 a you know, a wrench in this whole operation that 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:14.160 because because of the multiple picks, you know, maybe they're 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.920 looked at as a little bit of a danger. Yeah. Yeah, 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.239 you got Miami five, eighteen, and twenty six and fourteen 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.960 picks overall. You got the forty nine ers reportedly shopping 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.240 their thirteen and thirty one. But Jim, in these situations, 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:29.360 you look for the teams that have ammunition to move 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.960 up into the first round to go and snag somebody 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:34.280 and run away with them. I mean, you've seen it 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:39.520 over the years with multiple teams, Patriots, Chiefs, other teams 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.240 that have done. Is that Is that what Tom's referring to? Yeah, yeah, 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.920 you've got teams that have Amimo, there's no doubt about it. 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.000 I think forty nine ers, it is reported that they 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:49.920 want to trade out of the first round. Again, go 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.440 look at their last year's draft and the impact of players. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.360 They had a lot of picks, and they had an 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.240 impactful draft last year. And it sounds like because they're 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.839 earlier picks, they want to hover in the second to 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.960 third round. It sounds like for the forty nine ers 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.679 where they feel there's still first round value, which is 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:10.079 historically the case in the NFL, when you're hovering in 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:11.880 that and you can get more picks, so you're getting 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:15.800 technically more first round picks. For that say, if let's 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.560 say if forty nine ers are able to trade their 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.920 two first round picks and accumulate, you know, say seven 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.440 second to third round picks, they equated to we're getting 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:29.080 seven first round draft picks. Is the world they're living in? Okay, 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.600 So yeah, I think there's gonna be teams that are moving. 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.160 I think there are teams that have the AMMO that 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:38.520 you mentioned. Miami can pretty much do plenty that they 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.559 want with the AMMO that they have, but they may 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.280 not want to because they have so many holes to fill. 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:46.679 I would think, you know, for them, they would not 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.719 be trading up to lose more picks. They need everything 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.040 and they have to replace players that they lost. As 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.800 I mentioned, they trade away a Pro Bowl left tackle 0:09:56.080 --> 0:10:00.160 in Laramie Tunsel. They traded away Minca Fitzpatrick, who's All Pro. 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:05.199 That guy's in All Pro safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.600 Why did the Steelers know how to use Mica Fitzpatrick 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:12.079 and not the Miami Dolphins. They just traded away to 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.120 all pro players, Which is if I would be unnerved 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:18.319 if I'm a Miami Dolphins fan, so you know, but 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.679 you know, you look at Miami and Tim. Just getting 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.600 back to your question about Tah, you can probably justify 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.520 if Tah falls, say if he's in the teams or 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.400 maybe does fall to the twenties and a team takes him, 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.199 they just say, hey, you know, everybody else was concerned 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.360 about the medical. We like the value of where we're 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.760 taking Toah right now, and that could be the case. 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.440 That way, you can justify not only for the pick 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.880 but to the public why the pit player continued to fall, 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.960 but Nelly thought it was value to take a quarterback 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:52.000 who's coming off an injury. History Jim Miller, Tom There, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.320 Jeff Joniak and Bears All Access brought to you by 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.320 IGS Energy. A lot more coming up by tonight's program, 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.400 including a visit from the NFL's Vice President and enough 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:03.720 Community Relations Alexia Gallagher at the bottom of the hour, 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.800 and our old pal Andrew Siciliano, who once worked in 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.959 this very town and worked for me. As a matter 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:13.920 of fact, we'll have some talk about the last Dance 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.760 and his coverage of MJ back in those Dames. I've 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.800 seen pictures of him, Tom, I seen him. He's post 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.120 pictures of his bulls days. And then of course from 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:24.720 NFL Network, so getting ready for the draft himself. It's 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.040 all coming up as we break down things ending into 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.439 Thursday night start of the NFL Draft here on Bears 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.000 All Access brought to you by IGS Energy and Chicago 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:37.120 Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.480 All Access, brought to you by IG Energy, a proud 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:42.640 partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas at 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.880 home warranty products to over one million customers across the country. 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.679 We learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.599 Jeff Joniac, Tom Thare, Jim Miller with you as we 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.400 break down the NFL Draft coming up this weekend. Be 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.880 joined by NFL Vice President of Community Relations, Alexia Gallagher 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.679 at the bottom of the hour, Andrew Sicilian from NFL 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.160 Network to join us later out of the program, as 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:07.560 well m News of the Day guys. One nice job 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:12.319 by Khalil Khalil Mack donating three hundred and fifty thousand 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:16.080 dollars to the Emergency Relief Fund of a Better Chicago, 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:20.599 a nonprofit providing critical support to vulnerable communities during the 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.920 COVID nineteen pandemic. Another example, in addition to the one 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.520 point nine million dollars, the Bears are contributing in individual 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.199 players things we probably don't even know about, but around 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.720 the league, fellas, every team and big name stars are 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:38.079 are digging deep to help out. You know. I think 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.240 when you have a guy like Khalil Mack, and I 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.640 think all the other players on the under team, they 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:46.000 understand how much money he made, the bonus he got, 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:47.880 what he's gonna make in the future. But it's a 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:53.719 super super generous, you know, thing that Khalil Mack did, 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.240 and I think it also inspires the rest of the 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:58.839 guys on the team, and you know, take stock of 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:02.400 what you have, take stock of what you have the 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:06.079 good fortunes to be able to donate to these people, 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.440 to these front liners, to these people that need any 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:13.000 type of help and support from every avenue they get. 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:17.240 Because when these people they hear the name that has 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:21.080 been supportive and a guy like Khalil Mack, it doesn't 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:25.400 expand his brand, It just grows the appreciation they have 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:29.640 for his generosity. And so yeah, you hear of a salary, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.360 but then you hear how generous he is. You know, 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.080 I really, I really applaud these guys that are going 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:40.360 above and beyond to how they're trying to support the 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.680 less fortunate around the country. Yeah, I do too. I mean, 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.520 guy players continue to step up all around the league. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.560 And obviously with the fundraising that's going to happen during 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.760 the draft, we know about that for COVID nineteen, and 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.400 I do. I think players all across the league from 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.920 all thirty two cities have stepped up and just tremendous 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:04.240 ways and the league, I think, from ownership to players 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.439 to how the league is going to have this FLUS fundraiser, 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.720 it's unprecedented. Man, it really is to help out your 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:14.000 fellow man. So kudos to all those players, all the 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:18.000 organizations out there who continue to do just tremendous things. 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.720 They always have and they always will. The NFL has 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.480 always been that way, but man, this has really been 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.800 an eye opener. How big the what should I say, 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:30.080 the support, the generosity and everything that has done to 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.760 help out everybody in their community is truly tremendous. And today, 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:37.280 five years ago today, Doug Buffone, number fifty five, great 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.160 Chicago bear and a popular radio host right here on 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:44.120 six seventy to score. One of the nicest human beings, 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.000 one of the best and underrated linebackers, and at the 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:52.320 right time, he just makes you laugh. Everybody misses Doug Buffone. Boys, Yes, 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.840 that's true. You know it's It's interesting because you hear 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:59.000 people that have passed on and you eat it immediately, 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.200 have an expression to your face. And for some reason, 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.760 when I talk to people about Doug Buffone, I always 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.640 smile first, because I have a couple of jokes in 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.280 my head that I used to listen to Doug tal 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:14.240 on the air, and they make me. They still make 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.720 me laugh. I still tell the jokes, but I also 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:21.320 have a great appreciation for the man that Doug Buffone was. 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:25.360 He was a great football player. I hear stories of 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.760 Doug Buffone throughout his career from Clyde Emrick, who was 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.280 the strength coach at the time, and he tells you 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:35.080 stories of an admiration and appreciation for Doug Buffone. But 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.800 it's it is interesting to you know, when you hear 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:42.200 a person from the past, and what is your expression 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.560 as soon as their name comes up? And when I 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.600 hear the name of Doug Buffone, it's always a smile 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.640 because he makes me laugh when I when I think 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:53.680 about him. Yeah, that's the funny thing, Tom. I remember 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.400 after all the TV shows after the Bears games that 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:58.080 we do the post game and I'd hop in my 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.080 truck and I'm driving back to Michigan, and I and 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:03.480 on Big Ed O'bradovitch and Doug Buffone and I'd be 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.360 driving home listen to those two guys, and I it 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.280 always strikes me. I'm thinking about grump the movie Grumpy 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:13.240 Old Men with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon, and those 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:16.320 two were the two funniest guys I have ever heard, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.320 and just how they broke down the game and saw 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.080 football and hey, we need tough guys, and they did. 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.160 They always made you laugh, and uh, you know, God 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.720 bless Doug Buffone. He because he was truly hilarious. Now 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:29.960 I'll never forget the one I was driving home and 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.520 he brings up the show Ancient Aliens. He's like, you know, 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.960 I'm really getting caught on the show Ancient Aliens. I'm 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:39.080 really beginning to rethink how we are here on Serve. 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.680 And it was just off on a tangent from nowhere. 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:45.360 I'm like, this guy is unbelievable and so didn't know 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.000 him personally, but boy, he truly bought brought a lot 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.840 of joy in my life. I can tell you that. Yeah, 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:54.200 pure pure passion from both those guys. We didn't get 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.600 a chance. So this happened after our show last Thursday. 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.840 But the Trey Burton, it looks like was a failed 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:03.200 physical designation and his release from the Bears. Thoughts on 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:08.960 moving on from Trey Burton after just two seasons, I'm disappointed, 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.520 you know, because I kind of, I don't know, probably 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:13.840 led myself to believe that he was on the mend 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.040 and that he was going to be a contributor. And 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.320 I had visions of New England with two big tight 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:23.520 ends when they signed Jimmy Graham and they had Trey Burton, 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.920 and then you know the possibility of development of inside 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:31.719 tight end help and you know it's it's it's unfortunate 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:35.520 for Trey because he's a guy that had success in 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:38.000 Philly and he was in a long line of great 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.960 tight ends there came here to be an intricate part 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.040 of this offense at the U tight end position. Never 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:48.000 was able to a company. You know, twenty eighteen he 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.840 played eighty percent of the snaps and twenty nineteen he 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.800 played twenty six percent of the snaps. So you think 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:56.480 about a coach that goes with the drawing board, Okay, 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.520 eighty percent of the snaps Trey Burton, let's design our 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.680 game plan against these teams with a high inclusion of 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.440 Trey Burton in the passing game. Then you go to 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:08.200 the actual game and he's not in the lineup. It's 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:12.160 a really difficult obstacle for coaches to overcome when they're 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:14.680 losing a guy that played eight hundred and sixty snaps 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:17.920 in twenty eighteen down to two hundred and eighty three 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:21.000 and nineteen. Yeah, unfortunately, it's a part of the business. 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.600 We always talk about ability and its availability. It's a 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:27.040 big part of it, especially for that position. In the 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:31.399 style of offense that Bears run. So wish Trey Burton 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.639 the best. Hopefully he can heal up and continue to 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:38.879 play football, but unfortunately it became too much an insurmountable 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:42.320 to be with the Bears. This is Bears All Access, 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:44.720 brought to you by IGS Energy, Jeff thom and Jim 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:47.560 with you once again leading up to Thursday's NFL Draft. 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:49.960 You know, with that a lot of folks and friends 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:51.760 or people who just love the Bears. You know, they 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.120 texted me today, Oh, it's just mean automatically the Bears 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.520 are gonna dig in a round two for a tight end. 0:18:56.760 --> 0:19:00.320 And I say, no, that doesn't that doesn't necessarily mean 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:02.320 that whatsoever. Doesn't mean they're not going to get a 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:04.520 tight end at some point in this draft. But I 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.560 know after thinking about it, and I ask you guys 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:10.560 too too today to focus on what you would need 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:12.840 to see or you hope to see, and in a 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.359 group of players in Round two at forty three and fifty, 0:19:16.520 --> 0:19:18.760 should they stay at those spots that you feel you 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.320 need to come out of this draft? For me, the 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.920 number after totally thinking about it for the last two days, 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:31.480 three days and studying and just trying to pinpoint. I'm going, yeah, 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:32.960 one of these two picks, you've got to get a 0:19:33.000 --> 0:19:37.480 start in caliber cornerback because right now at that position, 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:40.119 there's a lot of bodies but not a lot of 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:43.120 experience playing, and a lot of guys you just don't 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:45.600 know yet. The new guys you're brought in, like Already 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:49.000 Burns and Trey Roberson, yes they have experience, but do 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:52.000 the you know, if something happens at the cornerback position, 0:19:52.040 --> 0:19:55.040 to Kyle Fuller, you know, now you're looking at needing 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:59.760 to you just need a really young, high end caliber cornerback. 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.240 That's my opinion. What do you guys feel? What do 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:05.320 you guys feel? Well? You know, to me, I'm looking 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.520 at what's what are two positions at the Bears have 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:11.800 been successful at drafting immediate starters and that's safety in guard. 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:15.120 So to me, there's a couple of safeties that I'm 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:18.800 interested in that they have size and they have speed 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:20.919 attached to it. Do they have the instincts? Are they 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:23.800 physical enough to play at this level? And then when 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:27.520 you look at some of the guys at the offensive 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:31.280 the interior offensive guard position, I do think there's guys 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:33.240 out there there may be. You know, Jeff, you just 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:36.440 look at Michigan. There may be three guys at Michigan 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:40.000 at different levels of this draft that you could bring 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:42.640 in and listen. One thing I know about Jim Harball 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:46.800 is his work mentality. So if you have a guy there, 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:49.680 there's a guard at all there that started all four 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:52.600 years at Michigan. So if you get a guy that's 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:56.480 been cultivating his talent at one position consistently on a 0:20:56.600 --> 0:20:59.480 big stage like Big ten football. And I know Jim 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:02.680 hasn't had great success in Michigan, but I know his 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:05.600 work ethic. So this is a guy that's gonna come 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:09.960 along and earn a position early in his career and 0:21:10.200 --> 0:21:12.600 keep it till the end of his career. I gotta 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:16.320 show some interest in that guy because it's almost a 0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:19.400 measurement of his desire and his competitiveness when you still 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:20.840 have the job at the end of the day. So 0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:25.080