WEBVTT - Robinson II excited for Training Camp | All Access 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:04.480 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:08.479 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:11.480 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:16.160 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:20.919 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:24.919 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:30.440 Physical Therapy and CDW. But doing everybody, and welcome to 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:33.560 another edition of Bears All Access. This one we're excited about. 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.959 With my broadcast partner from WBBM, Tom Thay, I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.159 We're brought to you by IGS Energy here on Chicago 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.680 Sports Radio six seventy to score as we get you 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.640 set for what is now officially training camp practice with 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.240 pads coming up on Monday. And Tom, when you think 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.680 back to the impact of COVID back in March, shutting 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:55.240 every sport down and the constant tug a war with 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:59.240 the experts, the doctors, the fans, the media, everybody, all 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.240 these opinions whether football was going to play, we still 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:05.280 got hurdles to clear. But now less than a month 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.440 before the season opener and true Blue training camp practices, 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:11.440 it feels like this is going to happen. Well, I think, Jeff, 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:16.160 you officially started the countdown to the first regular season game. However, 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:19.000 when you talk about all those plans we talked about 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.760 throughout the corpse of the off season, how is it 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:25.600 going to affect the facility to make the safest place possible? 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:28.679 And I think the Bears went to every extent to 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.959 get the safest environment the players could possibly walk into. 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.240 All right, and that has to happen because you know, 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.800 and I know, you can't play football with something else 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.039 on your mind thinking about ball. You got to be 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.720 thinking about your assignments. You can't have missed assignments. You 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.560 can't have mental errors because the evaluation is strict as 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.040 it always is, but I think it'll be stricter this year, 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.000 if that's even possible. There's a small timeframe to get 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.880 this team ready the first game September thirteenth against the 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.440 Detroit Lions. Can't be thinking about something else because that's 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.120 how injuries happen. Up all the time you leave the 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:03.880 facility in full pads, you can think about whatever you 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.600 want to. But once you get in the huddle, once 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.240 you get in your stance, once the cadence is going. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.680 You better only be thinking about football, your assignment, your goal, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.960 your fundamentals, and that's the quickest way to improve as 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.560 a football team. And I'm not trying to minimize anything time, 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.320 and I don't think you are either. We know there 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:25.000 are serious concerns. Each player has families that may or 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.160 may not have some issues that could cause a problem 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:31.040 with COVID if they were to unfortunately get it. If 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.799 something was going on in your life that really had 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.960 you down or really was weighing on your mind, how 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:40.679 were you able to compartmentalize that for three and a 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.079 half hours or even longer, because it takes longer to 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:46.359 get yourself ready on game day to actually just play bond, 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:48.959 think about bond, not about that. Well. I do think 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:53.200 that's one of the positive escape areas for these football players, 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.200 for these coaches. Again, I talk about when you're inside 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.400 the building, when you have personal time, you can think 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:01.399 about any issue that you need to think about. When 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.560 you get on the practice field and you get in 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.880 terms of trying to get better as a football team, 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.560 that's a release for a lot of these guys. That's 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:12.680 a relief for a lot of these guys Jeff, Finally 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:17.919 their mind can be occupied by something other than world 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:21.400 concerns and the health issues. Well, how did it impact you. 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.480 Did you ever have a situation in your playing career 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:26.760 was hard to play on game day because of what 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:28.799 was going on in your head? Yeah, you know, there 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.040 was different health issues with my mom and dad along 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.000 the way that it would occupy a majority your free time. 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.920 But again, when I did get on the practice field, 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.120 when I got in the football field, I realized the 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:44.320 importance of my occupation of what was helping me, you know, 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:46.920 decide my fate in life. So I had to pay 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.480 attention to football. And then soon as I got off 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.960 the field, I had we could have other concerns. Okay, 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:56.120 so what should we expect on Monday? Enthusiasm at some 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.760 of the highest level that we've seen in quite a while. 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.440 Because you think, Jeff, when we're out there in the 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.800 first day of training camp and they're looking at a 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:08.120 four week stretch of just hard, a grind of training 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:11.200 camp with four preseason games, it is a grind, and 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.640 it is a state of mind. This is not this 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.240 is getting prepared for the regular season. All that preseason 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:21.480 stuff is behind us. This is now regular season preparation 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:25.760 in every way, shape or form you started it, countdown 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:30.280 is on, and you know, it's that nervousness I would 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.720 imagine for a player mentally, even on Sunday night, it 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.080 might be a little sleepless. Oh I know if it 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.200 was me, I would not be sleeping Sunday night. I 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.159 would have so much I would be concerned, I would 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.760 be excited. I'd be nervous. I'd be anticipating what the 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:48.160 future is gonna hold. But you know, Jeff, there's nothing 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:52.080 like putting on cleats for real inside the locker room. 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:55.200 There's nothing like taping your fingers in your risk because 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.040 you know you're gonna have contact. There's nothing like Colin 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.719 Tony Medlin the head equipment manager, and say, hey, fill 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.120 my helmet up with air. I need a little bit 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:06.599 more padding. Every one of those little elements add to 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:10.520 the excitement of what you're actually gonna do Monday morning, 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.919 starting at about nine thirty. This coaching staff, obviously with 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.920 four new offensive coaches, there's still a ramp up there 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.000 for them and to get to know these guys. When 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.920 they start running at full speed on the practice field 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:24.680 with pads, it's a whole different ballgame versus routes on 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.280 air and walkthroughs and whatnot. Are there any risks from 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:31.680 Matt Naggy through artist coaching staff of trying to do 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:35.919 too much in a short period of time to get ready? 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.320 You know, if I think for the assistant coaches and 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.320 for the head coach, I think it's all about eye 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:44.200 adjustment during practice, Jeff, because a lot of times we see, okay, 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.880 there's a course of four or five weeks, thirty or 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:50.279 forty seven on seven plays. During the course of a practice, 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:54.160 sometimes an assistant coach can have an off, off the 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.559 side conversation with the player that you need to correct 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.880 a mistake. I don't think you have that luxury. I 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.440 think you have to watch the next play being run 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.080 and make those corrections inside the meeting room in front 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:09.560 of the video. So it is about eye contact on 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.159 the play on the drill you're doing. Any concerns on 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:17.840 your part, given no off season, within the framework of 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:22.160 the building, OTAs, whatnot, and enough ramp up to avoid 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.640 serious injuries, I do not have that concern. To me. Again, 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.280 I mentioned it several times throughout the off season. This 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.680 is like old school NFL that you weren't obligated to 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.560 be at the facility for any OTAs or anything other 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:38.400 than a two day mini camp, same restriction, same type 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.120 of protocol. Now it's going to be about what did 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.880 you do? What did Jeff Joniac, the wide receiver for 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.520 the Bears, dedicate himself to the offseason to be prepared 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.760 day one? And you're gonna see that reflection of it 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:54.800 in every one of these guys, attitude's effort, conditioning in 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:56.760 status at the end of the day. Right, I have 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.640 my forty down to seven point zero to play wide receiver, 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:01.560 and I thought you'd thrown me a bone, let me 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:05.520 be a growling linebacker or something. You put me at receiver. Well, 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:11.040 that's poor evaluer, that's poor evaluation from you, Tom. Jeff 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.440 Joni X sounds better as a wide receiver than it 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:15.560 does a lot. It doesn't have that bite to it 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.080 like R. Lacker and L Boogie, Lance Briggs and Danny 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.840 Trevathan and Rokwin Smith. All right, coming up, we're gonna 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.560 visit with Bears receiver Allen Robinson. We're gonna hear from 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:28.480 feeder receiver Anthony Miller from his Zoom meeting, and also 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:30.760 some comments from Robinson from the Zoom meeting on Friday 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.160 with Bears reporters that there was some insightful stuff there. 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.800 Head coach Matt Naggie from the week and we're getting 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.080 you set for padded practices Monday morning at Hallishaw. Jordan 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.480 trud Up, Dan Bailly our producers for Tom there, I'm 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.640 Jeff Joning Act. This is Bears All Access, brought to 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.640 you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:55.280 the Score. This segment of Bears All Access is brought 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.840 to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:01.280 Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural asking home warranty products to 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.160 over one million customers across the country. Learn more about 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.240 IGS Energy at igs dot com. With Tom Fair, Jeff 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.600 Joniac and our special guests on this week's show, Bears 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.720 Wide receiver Alan Robinson. Robinson, good to talk to you. 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.840 You gotta be as excited as anybody and just being 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.760 with your teammates and everybody together. Now it's starting to 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.240 get real and starting on Monday, you throw the pads 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.520 on and it's gonna it's gonna appear to us as 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.520 it's real football. No, I'm definitely it's exciting to be back. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.360 You know. Again, we spend a lot of time doing 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.280 doing the leagues and kind of learning different things virtually, 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:35.040 you know. But for most athletes, you know, the best 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.560 way for them to learn, Our best way for them 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.480 to prepare is by doing the physical stuff and getting 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.959 the muscle memory. So being out heart with the quarterbacks, 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.679 then it put to run route, they pretense balls and 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.319 kind of go through our offenseests and the fun Hey, Alan, 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:50.760 we always talk about quarterbacks learning and receivers. How long 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:54.439 does it take for receivers to learn quarterbacks? For me personally, 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.319 you know, I'm a person who I don't think it 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:57.960 takes that long, you know, I think at the end 0:08:57.960 --> 0:08:59.120 of the day, you know, it may be a few 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.000 routes that that you may have to get adjusted to, 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.400 or maybe some ball trajectory or something like that. But 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.040 for the most part, you know, being a being a receiver, 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:09.600 you know, you want to be that that like security 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:13.160 blanket or that you know, uh sense of comfort for 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.120 the quarterback, you know, so you want to make sure 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.880 that you know that there isn't a learning curve or 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.559 that you can adapt to almost thinking. I think that's 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.040 what makes a lot of great receivers greatness that they're 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:27.920 able to to kind of minimize that uh adjustment curve 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.120 you know, to a quarterback or to a different philosophy, 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.320 you know. So, I mean again, it may take some 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:35.240 some specific routes, you know what may take a little 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.200 bit of extra work with extra time, but for the 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.360 most part, you know, being a receiver, you want to 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:41.079 make sure that you know that you're in a spot 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:43.040 where you need to being that you can, you know, 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.360 be able to be there for the quarterback and for 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.440 the quarterback to feel comfortable with you, you know, right 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:49.240 out of the game. You know. The other day, Matt 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.160 Naggie said, there's value to every rep this year and 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.640 the in practices. So will you do anything different in 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.360 practice because you don't have preseason games? For me personally, 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.960 you know, you know again, Um, I felt pretty good 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.760 last year. Uh I didn't play in the preseason me 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.800 or but for myself personally, you know, I felt really good. 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.040 I felt prepared, you know, I felt sharp, you know. 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:13.600 So for me, um, taking um the same approach as 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.880 I did, you know, especially you know with just then 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:17.360 on top of taking care of my body, you know, 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.280 doing what I need to do on the field and practice, 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.800 you know, making sure that um that I'm locked in, 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:23.920 and meetings and walker or you know, I think that's 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:25.880 the biggest thing, you know, for for me, you know, 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:27.600 I take so much out of a out of a 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.480 walk through, you know, it's to me, it's literally another practice, 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.200 you know, just not going that fashion. So so so 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:36.000 for myself, I'm able to to kind of you know, 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.320 get in the groove pretty quickly and to kind of 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:40.640 stay in the groove, you know, even even with no 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.640 preceson Alan Rominson, our guests joining us here on Bears 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.240 all access. You know, I read something up in Detroit 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.640 about Kenny Galla Day and his his coaches say, you know, 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.520 the best receivers are those receivers that dictate to the 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.760 defense how they have to cover him. Does that make 0:10:56.840 --> 0:11:00.160 sense to you? And are you that receiver right now too? 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:03.240 Oh yeah, definitely. You know, for me, even my approach 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.000 to the game as a receiver, you now, I want 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.240 to dictate the temple. I want to dictate the pace 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:10.040 of everything, ninth line of scrimmage. You know, I never 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:12.440 want to be reactive, you know, to what the dB 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:14.360 is doing. You know, for me and my game is 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.000 always proactive. I'm trying to make the dB react to 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.720 what I'm doing, you know, So I think that's that's 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:23.240 a definitely truth. You never want to might be playing, 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.280 you know, a little bit slower because they're more more 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:28.800 playoff of reaction and stuff like that. You want the 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.960 receiver to be able to dictate coverage, you know, whether 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.559 that's covered two backside, whether that's you know, making them 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.600 shade the safety over or whatever the case will be. 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:41.520 But you want that receiver to be able to dictate 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.760 a lot to the defense. It's a tight team. I've 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:46.480 always felt that way what Matt Naggie has done, and 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:48.360 your coaching staff and you as one of the leaders 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.800 and the rest of the leaders, are you looking around 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:54.080 the landscape when sports returned and seeing what's going on NBA? 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.760 The Phoenix Suns unbeaten during their time there together, the 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:00.680 cub's best record in baseball. They're together, They're sited, no 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.040 matter if they're fans are not. The Blackhawks had their run. 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.680 Do you see that type of structure for the Bears 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.000 as they hit the ground running basically? You know, I think, 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:10.600 like I said before, you know you have a close 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.400 knit group. You know, you bring guys together, you know, 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:15.360 especially with everything that's going on right now. This is 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.200 kind of like the safe haven of everything, you know, 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.760 being able to just come into the facility, being able 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:21.680 to just play ball, being able to take your mind 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.640 off on everything else, you know, especially we have a 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.440 close group. You know, guys have enjoyed and I think 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.000 it's tail from being back that gods haven't have enjoyed 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.280 being around each other, you know, and just you know, 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.120 um getting that enjoyment you know again. I mean we 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.360 went I believe about eight months you know before we 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:39.480 actually were able to come together as a team, you know, 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.280 so being able to be back in the facility and 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:45.520 around my teammates and stuff like that. Not only me personally, 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.480 but a lot of other guys told that as well. Hey, 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:50.520 you know, Alan, I think it's gonna be really interesting 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.600 because your value carries to the other side of the ball. Well. 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.679 You have during when time has a lot of conversations 0:12:56.720 --> 0:13:00.280 with Jalen Johnson, maybe about his habits or what he's seeing, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.280 how the NFL receivers. Yeah, for sure, you know him, 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.480 him and him and Fuller and Eddie. You know, I 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.680 think that's a big thing for us as you know, 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.840 being able to communicate as far as what we're seeing 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.720 and what we're getting and what people are trying to accomplish, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.440 you know what I mean. Even before we even got back, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.320 you know, Fuller was telling me that there was there 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.520 was some stuff that he had been you know, just practicing, 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:22.760 you know, as far as his side. You know. So 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.840 for me, I'm very interesting and very curious to see that, 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:27.480 you know, just see how that plays out. And I 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:29.600 had the same time from for me, you know, there's 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:30.959 same thing that I want to act tim you know, 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:32.280 what is he seeing when I did this? Or what 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:33.760 do you feel when I this? Just so I can 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.320 try to get an edge on the defense, you know, 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.240 when it comes time to playing games. You know what 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:42.000 I'm saying. You know how how they'll be, um, how 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.160 they'll feel about certain routes or you know how I 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.240 can kind of you know, conquer certain leverages and stuff 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.439 like that. All right, Man, A momentary with Anna Robinson 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.439 Bears receiver. A couple of quickies one. I just more 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.520 of a statement than anything. But you know, you've you've 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:57.320 been exemplary and your constant and consistent professionalism when you 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.600 you've come to this team in this city, and even 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.959 when you're asked questions about contracts and stuff, your focus 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:06.760 is on being a pro. Other guys, whatever their situations are, 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.160 they may sound off a bit, so you know, just 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.640 your reaction to that. And also who won your Madden League? 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:14.680 I know you and your buddies put one together to 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.720 pass the time. Yeah, yeah, the one over the summer. Um, 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:22.120 I wasn't the Madden League, you know, until and to 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.400 the until your first question, you know. Um. Again, I 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.000 mean there's so many things that can that can happen, 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.760 you know, and really, um, in this business and in 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:32.400 this league. You know, all you can really do is 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.080 control what you can control, you know, um. And I 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:36.880 think for me that's something that I was able to 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:39.880 run pretty quickly in this league, you know. So again, 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.120 I mean I can control what I do and how 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.680 I quality each and every day, you know, how I compete, 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.760 how I prepare myself and stuff like that, you know, 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.160 And that's my main focus, you know, because again, when 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.080 you start to focus on things that you can't control, 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.640 you know, it can it can become a bit frustrated, 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.440 you know. So for me again, I mean I I 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.080 let I let certain things outside of me play out, 0:14:58.080 --> 0:14:59.760 how they play out, you know, but everything that I 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.840 can control, from a from a preparation standpoint to a 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.440 teammate standpoint to performer standpoint. You know, I try. I 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.440 try to control that, you know, and I'm and I'm 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:11.600 comfortable at the end of the day, you know, knowing 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.640 that that's that That's what I did, and I gave 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.520 him a haul into that. Alan, great to talk to you. 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.000 We'll look forward to seeing you next week. Thank you. 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.960 Sam Here. Alan Robinson our guest here on Bears All 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.480 Access with Tom Thare. I'm Jeff jony Ak. Let's take 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.040 a break here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.280 This segment of Bears All Access is brought to you 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.960 by CDW Pelet will get it. Learn more at CDW 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.600 dot com With Tom Thare Jeff jony Akin this week's 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.320 edition of Bears All Access. Tom, what'd you think of 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.640 a rob in our interview? The thing that pops into 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.800 my mind is just pure problem, you know, Jeff. I 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.640 gotta say I wish Matt Naggie would designate captains for 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.280 the entire season. Alan Robinson would be number one above 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.080 all these other quality guys we talk about so what 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.040 I hear him saying. You know, first of all, he 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:03.600 own us all by example of what football means to him, 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:07.120 recovering from an injury, being the most high profile receiver 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:10.160 on a team that's having quarterback issues. And now when 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:13.160 you listen to him talk in front of the media, 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.640 he says everything you want to hear out of a captain. 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.560 He's an influence on the young guys, he's an influence 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:22.480 on the defensive players, and he shows that preparedness is 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:25.080 the result while he's so good on the field. Also, 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.200 he doesn't give you a bunch of blah blah blah. 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.080 He just speaks the truth and he doesn't get sucked 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.560 into Okay, this is what I need from somebody else. No, 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.120 this is what I'm going to give to you as 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:39.840 your offensive MVP. He was a year ago. I would 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.040 assume that he remains that here in twenty twenty. Yeah. 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:46.440 Leader by example. I think that's the greatest attribute you 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:48.520 could put on display once you get in front of 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.400 your teammates, and that carries from the meeting room to 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:55.120 the practice field onto the game field. Alan Robinson is 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.000 a guy that deserves touches. He doesn't necessarily have to 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:01.080 go out and earn touches. These other guys that we 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.720 talk about that have the capabilities of touching the ball 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.840 on offense, they have to go out and reintroduce themselves 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:08.840 to the coaches, and they have to go out and 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:12.920 earn their touches. Alan Robinson deserves touches, so it can 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:16.640 help him considerably get some attention off him from defense 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:21.240 is if a guy like Anthony Miller plays to his potential, 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.919 he believes he can be a very big impact player 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:28.520 and can be special. He was talking with reporters this 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:30.879 week and one of the big things we keep hearing 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.040 about from Mike Furer, he shows them a lot of 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:36.359 tough love as an assistant coach and an outstanding receivers coach, 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:41.400 and from Mattneggie and maybe Anthony really bristles sometimes at 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.560 the notion, but he does understand what they're trying to say. 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.959 To be a true pro it means in the classroom, 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:52.040 on the field, at practice, and on game day. There's 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.080 nuances of being an NFL receiver and it is a 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:57.359 learned behavior because a lot of guys don't come from 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.840 the college game right to the NFL. Here's a clip 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:05.000 when I was drafted. I I was just thinking of 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:09.200 the game is you know, just going out there and playing, um, 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:12.679 you know, not really paying attention to, um, the depth 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:17.080 of my route or um, you know, the small details 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:20.800 of you know, this game. And UM, I was really 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:23.760 just going out there and running and playing, you know 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.119 what I mean. But when you really understand the game 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:30.120 and you know the concepts of the play and uh 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:34.240 what kind of defense is back there? Um, then it 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:37.960 puts you on another level. And I think this year, UM, 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:41.000 you know, I've gained a lot of knowledge, UM, and 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:43.679 I've been working pretty hard, so I can't wait to 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:49.119 see the result, you know, learning how to operate, you know, 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:53.440 like within the meeting room, the weight room, um, just 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:58.840 around the whole building. Just being a complete pro. And UM, 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:02.480 I think this this is the year that I'd be 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:05.679 that I want to be perfect out there. I'm gonna field. 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:09.200 I want to do each and every play right into 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:12.399 the best of my ability. So I just want to 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:15.880 have a smooth year as far as you know, normal 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:17.760 what I'm supposed to do. You know, I just never 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:23.800 stopped working. Eventually the opportunities came our way, so hopefully 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:26.359 I get even more of those this year. Hopefully I 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:30.240 start off the year like those last few games of 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:34.240 the season last year, So I'm ready for everything that 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.520 comes with you. You know, you can't blame receivers from 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:41.360 the college game, because yes, if you're really star potential 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:43.320 to be an NFL player, be a high draft pick, 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:45.560 you're burning a lot of people in the college game. 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:48.680 And I think you can get lulled into thinking, yak, 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:51.080 I just rely on my skill set and that it 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:53.119