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Good to 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.360 have you alongside with my broadcast partner from News Radio 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.440 seven eighty Tom Fair, and coming up in our next 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:40.320 segment or two, we'll hear from Jim Miller from Serious 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.600 XMTFL Radio, the former Chicago Bears quarterback. And at the 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:46.360 bottom of the hour, we're gonna be joined by Roquan Smith, 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:49.720 the Ed Black Courage Award winner represented the Bears here 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.920 for twenty twenty and outstanding twenty twenty season, looking forward 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:54.560 to his return at twenty one and be looking forward 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.480 to that conversation. Good evening, Tom, rough day, though rough 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:59.960 day for all Bears fans the Bears family in general. 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:06.960 With news about Steve Mango McMichael, a diagnosis of als 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:09.840 and you have been aware of this and have been 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.880 visiting him and know intimately what the man's going through. 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.440 But first and foremost prayers to his family, his wife, Mindy, 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:21.119 his daughter, and everybody in that that circle, because it's 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:25.640 a unique individual. And yes, his football playing excellence is 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:27.759 something you often just go right to when you talk 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:30.039 about it, but he is much more than just a 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.560 football play here and a great friend and a great 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:37.200 guy he is. I love Steve McMichael and I always have, 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.679 and I love him as a teammate, and I appreciate 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.360 him as a friend what he did for me as 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:44.600 when I came to the Bears as a young man, 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.640 and we're so aware of the persona of the Bears defense. 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:50.920 I knew what hamp was all about. I know what 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.160 Mango is all about. I had four warnings of guys 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.800 I was playing with in the USFLA, how good these 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.440 guys are and how hard they practice in the day 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:03.680 I walked into Steve McMichael when I was became aware 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:07.440 that he was diagnosed with ALS. I still see the 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.000 Steve McMichael that I know at the first from the 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.280 first time we ever met. That's the Steve McMichael that's 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.799 in my mind. The Steve McMichael that I see nowadays, 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:21.040 the disease as accelerated, and he is he is a 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.520 different He is a a different shell of himself that 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.639 he was when when I got to know him. However, 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:33.000 my appreciation for him is not has not extinguished at all. Um. 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:38.320 I love his knowledge. I love the opportunity ability to 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:43.119 talk to him. Um. When I hug him goodbye, it 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:46.960 means a lot to me because I appreciate him so much. 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.840 His wife Missty and his daughter Macy are a great 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:55.240 support system for him where he lives. Inside that house, 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:58.600 you get to go in there and you try to 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:00.720 share a lot of memories and a lot of good 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.040 time conversation of what we all used to be, because, 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.079 believe me, I'm a lot different than what I used 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:10.080 to be as a twenty three year old man, twenty 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:14.359 three year old young guy meeting Steve McMichael. But the memories, 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.440 we talk about the instances that we've lived through, good 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:22.280 and bad. In terms of a football life, there's still 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.720 there are such a media recall. So I think when 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:29.080 the general public became aware of what Steve nickmichael is 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:39.000 fighting through right now, there's sympathy for Hipple that noutiate 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:44.760 the opportunity of the you understand what he was at 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:49.080 the height of Anna's Again, that's still what I see, 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.800 That's what I believe in, and that's the Steve Nickmichael 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.320 that I know and I'll always remember. Yeah, Dan Waiter 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:56.840 here the Chicago Tribune did an outstanding job in a 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.760 very difficult story to write, as Steve trusted in him. 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:06.000 Also to Jared Payton, obvious connections with Walter and the 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.560 fight that he had that Matt Suey was side by 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.640 side with him, and importance to that family. He basically 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:15.600 Jared called him his football playing uncle is Steve McMichael, 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.320 who's his coach for the Chicago team that he played 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.719 for his last assignment. I think back in twenty ten, 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.039 and you know it's it's family and the Bears organization 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.680 also stepping up the McCaskey family, if I'm not mistaken, 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:33.279 purchasing or help fund the wheelchair, which is hard to 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.640 say without tearing up and getting emotional about just to 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:40.640 think of that man and his persona. Like you mentioned, 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:44.560 his personality, the energy which he brought with him when 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.480 he came into her room. He total like it is 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:50.960 and still does, still does every single minute of his life. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.360 He puts things in perspective from his unique point of view. 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.240 And I laugh and want to cry too at the 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.720 same time, because you know he sit there and tell 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.800 you you go through life's challenges with you, not just football, 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.240 and he just put things in his unique way and 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.920 focus and he'll learned something from him every time. And 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.800 you know long ago when you started teaching me with 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.919 football is all about once you get to the inside 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.800 out of what this game is and breaking down tape 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:23.960 and everything about how significant intelligence is not just in 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.760 the trenches at every position. But Steve McMichael was one 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:32.800 smart football player. He was, and he hid behind it 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:37.920 sometimes because he had that Mongo persona that was that big, rough, 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:41.479 tough Texas guy and which he was. However, he was 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:45.680 super intelligent. If you would try to play him for 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.240 something or try to get something out of him, he 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.960 could see right through you. And that's what I loved 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:56.120 about Steve McMichael's is his effort is hard work, his 0:05:56.279 --> 0:06:00.680 dedication to every one of his teammates, his dedication to 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.239 Mike Ditka, to the mccaskeys and the Chicago Bears, throughout 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:08.520 his entire career. I remember going to a Chicago Slaughter 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:11.159 game when he was the head coach of that indoor team, 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.800 and I saw the way these kids gravitated towards him. 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.920 They wanted to hear what Steve had to say. They 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:23.919 wanted to watches his appearance on the sideline and the 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.160 way he treated them and the way he treated them 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.279 when they came off the field. It was kind of 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:32.440 like when I became a teammate of Ming. He was 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:37.359 such a gracious guy and such an interesting guy to 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:41.120 get to learn from because he was teaching me about 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:45.599 offensive line play as a defensive lineman. It was never 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:48.800 too big for him. He never He always had time 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:52.839 for those types of those reps, the tools that he took, 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.320 and he made you feel that the competition you were 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.279 playing against on Sunday was not as good as the 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.320 competition that I was facing throughout the week in a 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:06.599 practice every day against him. And you know, being there 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.960 last week, when you see the wheelchair and then you 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:13.360 see the van they got that has a wheelchair accessibility 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.800 for him so he can get out, he's you know, 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.920 he can Misty can drive him around and get to 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.480 the different appointments and stuff he needs to be at. 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:27.800 But it's just the hardest thing when you go see 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.960 Steve is when you hug him at the end of 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:34.760 the time spent with him, because you're not being embraced 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.640 by a two hundred and seventy five pound hercules of 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:41.080 a man. He can't raise his arms anymore, so he 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.760 puts his head on your shoulders and that's as meaningful 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:48.559 as anything you can go through. Oh gosh, yep. Well, 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.679 I'll tell you what. It's quite the family you eighty 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:52.960 five Bears had together, and a lot of you guys 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.800 are stepping up, guys like Dana Hampton and Otis Wilson 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:00.800 and Gary Fenzick, Dennis McKinnon, Otis Jay Hilden. I'm sure 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.360 many others are going to make that journey and be 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.040 there for Steve and the Bears organization. There is a 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.840 go fund me page check that out as well as 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:13.160 his supporters put that together because it's a costly, costly 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:18.120 journey they're about to embark on and have been embarking on. Okay, 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.240 we pray for Steve and his family, that's for sure. 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.880 We'll move on, take a break and were joined by 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.760 Jim Miller from Serious Sex MNFL Radio get his thoughts 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.440 on what is a less than a week away from 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.960 the first round of the NFL Draft. Will break down 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.680 some ideas what he's been hearing. I have a feeling 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.720 it's gonna be a roller coaster ride of a draft. 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.520 It's all just ahead. Along with Roquan Smith at six 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.880 thirty here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy score, Welcome 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.400 back to Bears all Access brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.840 Choose clean energy for your home at IGS dot com 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.280 because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.679 When broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty one oh 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:56.120 five point ATFM WBBM Town. There, I'm Jeff Joniac. We 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:59.280 welcome in our special guest each week at this time, 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.480 Big Jim Met our quarterbacks Chicago Bears two thousand and 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:05.600 one and Serious x M NFL radio host. I'm moving 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.439 to chains with Pat crowin good evening. Jim, how are 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.920 you doing and what's the latest word you're hearing as 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.440 it relates to the Chicago Bears for this week's NFL 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.400 Draft coming. Yeah, good to be with you guys. Yeah, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.560 pretty exciting obviously. The big trade today with the Orlando 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.920 Brown going to the Kansas City Chiefs Baltimore picking up 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.800 another first round pick. It we'll have other compensation, But 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.720 I think that's an indicator too. When they pick up 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.120 you know who they're going to play at left tackle. 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.480 There could be a run on tackles I think in 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.680 the first round. I think because it is a deep 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.520 draft with tackles, but they're all different kinds. You got 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:43.720 run blockers and at certain spots two right tackles that 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:45.880 I think are really good that could be right there 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.880 where the Bears are selecting with their first pick. Plus, 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:50.840 you got to think if any of those quarterbacks fall 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.959 through with that entice the Bears to trade up. If 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.920 they do, like who slips through and it's somebody that 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.320 maybe they could target from that standpoint, And I still 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.959 think there's some really good corners that'll be there as well. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.200 There's a lot of fighting right now. Who is truly 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.720 the best corner As you got Caleb Farley with the 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:10.320 back injury out of out of Virginia Tech. Pulsey's medical went, well, 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.840 you heard Dallas actually released all that tape on JC 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:17.480 Horn saying, hey, the Dallas asked him in a basically 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:21.679 a zoom call, Hey, j C, who do you think 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:23.920 is the better? And he said, hey, no disrespect to 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.520 Patrick Curtan, but I'm truly the best corner in this draft. 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.000 And then Kyle Pitts, the Florida tight end, he chimes 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.520 in and agrees with j C. Horns. So who knows. 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:36.200 Maybe Patrick Curtan could fall hopefully to the Bears, but 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.120 I think a couple of tackles will be there. Tevin 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:43.079 Jenkins obviously out for him for out of Oklahoma State. 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.120 That is a big, burly right tackle that I think 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.040 everybody thinks as a plug and play player. And with 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.000 Massey moving on, now, maybe that's a position that the 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.360 Bears were target and that guy definitely would be available 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.000 where they are at twenty, just sitting where they are. 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.000 You know, when you look at you think about the 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.080 Bears offensive life. I mean you think about what the 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.840 position they want to get themselves in the draft. I 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:07.040 think they have a guy like Jermaina Fetti who has 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.920 played a lot of snaps throughout the entirety of his career. Now, 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:16.280 if you're gonna draft a tackle and he has starting potential, 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.160 now what are you gonna do with Jermaina fetti, Are 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.680 you gonna put him into an already clogged middle of 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.080 the Bears offensive line and try to fit him into 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.439 a position that you already have players for there. So 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.040 I think the Bears, I mean, they really have to 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:34.000 have a variety of selections that they have in mind 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:38.440 just in case that plug and play tackle is not there, 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.640 And even if he is, again you're gonna have to 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:45.000 shift around guys. Maybe there's some movable pieces on the 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.800 day of the draft if they've shown enough to other 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:52.520 teams that they can get in there and compliment their lineup. So, man, 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:56.560 I think it's probably one of the most confusing drafts 0:11:57.520 --> 0:12:01.760 after five because there's a lot of teams that are 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.840 in desperate need. There's teams that are at the bottom 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.080 of the first round that desperately need cornerbacks. So I 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.240 think the maneuvering on the first day of the draft 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.120 and the second day of the draft for that matter, 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:14.360 is that there's gonna be a lot of movement, a 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.679 lot of phones ring in, and a lot of guys 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:20.400 that better be paying attention to their telephones. Well, who knows, 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:22.960 they may attack the offensive line a couple of times. 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.400 I just I liked Jermaine Effetti more as a right guard, 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:29.640 and just guys that I've talked to around the league 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.920 they feel the same way. When he was in Seattle, 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:33.679 that was somewhat of a struggle for him and he 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:35.800 had the penalty issues, and they just they believe he 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.400 plays better at the right guard spot than the right tackle. 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.760 And so we'll see what the Bears do. Certainly, he's 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.800 had the ability to do both, and that's that's good 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.079 for him. You like to have that versatility as you 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.560 can back up Tom. That's always nice to have on 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.040 your offensive line. But I'm thinking of a big right 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.439 tackle potentially could be in the wheelhouse for the Bears. 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.120 That's if it's not in the first round. At some 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.000 point in this draft, say you got you know, the 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.880 Jalen Marshall kid from from Michigan, and he may be there. 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:03.400 As the draft rolls along, he could slip out of 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.760 the first round. I think many have them going in 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.080 the second round in the middle part of it, and 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.080 we'll see what happens there. But there is tackles of 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.000 all kinds that could be had in this draft. I 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.760 think the most challenging aspect of it from the scouts 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.679 that I've spoken to and other people that have been 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.199 in this business a long time. Is that And this 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:27.600 was posted today too by Lewis Riddick of ESPN, that 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.760 there's so much missing info on these guys, especially the 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.920 medical because what one hundred and fifty guys went to Indianapolis. 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:37.920 Some of those are rechecks, some just because they needed 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:41.640 to get measured and stuff. I mean, it's a very 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:46.199 risky thing when you're talking about draft assets and how 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:48.880 much pressure there is on guys to make the right 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:53.080 choices without getting face to face with guys and it's 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.160 just different. And I know everybody's on the same path 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:01.200 as this, but the medical information and that's absolute lutely necessary, 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.440 and to really look in at guy's eyes and see, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.160 you know, what's he really all about. I think it's 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:07.959 gonna be That's why I think there's gonna be a 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:10.440 lot of trades, gonna be a lot of trades out 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.200 of this draft into twenty twenty two because they hope 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.559 to be back to normal and have a normal process. 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.120 And I think that could impact every team in the league, 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:23.280 including the Bears. Well, what about the receiver from Alabama 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.280 that weighed in at one hundred and sixty six pounds. Now, 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:30.160 is that like almost a medical concern because you know 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.400 how physical the game is football is here's a guy 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.600 that's healthy, but because he's one hundred and sixty six pounds, 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.680 you know there's question marks about what he can really 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.920 contribute to your team. Listen, what I've seen out of college, 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.560 this dude can play football. I think if he can 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:47.960 play and he keep he keeps his body safe. But 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.040 it's all I hear all week is one hundred and 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.640 sixty six pound way and what you know, what does 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.200 that mean for his future in the way he's looked 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:59.080 at by some of the scouts in the NFL. Jim 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.680 can help answer that. Yeah, well, I think for him 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.440 when you look at DeVante Smith won the Heisman, Like 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.160 you said, he was their kick returner and pump returner 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.160 as well. So Nick Saban felt comfortable. You know that's 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.320 you gotta be a pretty tough player to be a 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.200 return man. I think we all agree with that, and 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:16.680 I think a lot of people when you look at 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.800 his speed, I think his comparable as somebody like DeShawn Jackson. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:24.720 When Philadelphia drafted d jack so high, right, Everybody's like, oh, 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.480 look at how wire he is. But the biggest problems 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.520 with with DeShawn Jackson was that guy so fast he 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:34.000 lives in the future. He always had all the hamstring issues, um, 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.240 you know, and things like that, and obviously he's had 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.840 some issues from that standpoint, but he's a tremendous football player. 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.480 I don't I don't you know he's not the top receiver. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.360 I think we know Jamar Chase is. Everybody says is 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:50.800 the unanimous best receiver you know, since probably Calvin Johnson 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:54.120 came out. He is that special of a player. Then 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.720 you've got the other guys. His teammate Waddle probably gets 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.840 selected before Davonte Smith, but I think he's not cre 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:01.800 but out of the first round. And there there are 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:04.480 so many good receivers in this draft or Shot Baton 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.920 and Elijah Moore from Old Miss. I mean, it goes 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:11.480 on and on of all types xs z's slots. I mean, 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:14.600 it's it's easily double digits that you'll have a plethora 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.200 receivers to choose from as a draft road. And even 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.920 then that fourth fifth round range, there's a bunch of 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.960 guys that had some really good careers. And again, you 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.240 know when you go through as deep with the draft 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.400 at least that I'm going into these guys trying to 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.240 find out a little bit about everybody all the way 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:33.840 through seven rounds, Tom and Jim. Is that because of 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:36.600 the number of games played. A lot of these guys 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.480 played a quarter of a season or no season, or 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.760 you know, coming off an injured season they only played 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:46.160 five games. It's very difficult because you don't have the 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.600 sample size that you used to. So it would scare 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:52.960 me as a as a personnel man to you know, 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.440 go in there and and and jump on a table 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:57.960 for some of these guys, even in the later rounds. Well, 0:16:57.960 --> 0:16:59.560 it's I mean I was going through some of the 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.800 big ten receivers today. You know Bateman, Rashad Bateman is 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.280 you know, he's going up the draft board. Rondel Moore 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.320 is going up the draft board. You know, at least 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.200 those guys played and then you compare him and he's 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.800 a different player. But look at Nico Collins, who's typically 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.080 he's gonna be probably an ex receiver in the NFL. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.760 He's a six four wide receiver out of Michigan. He's 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:22.840 different than those guys, but he opted out. Like he said, 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:26.280 I think teams much to your point, Jeff, they're gonna 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:29.119 want the more known commodity. So even if their games 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.960 were limited like those previous players that I mentioned, whether 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:36.520 at Purdue or Minnesota or and the players that least 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.800 were able to participate in the Senior Bowl, you're probably 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.280 gonna want to select just to be on the safe side, 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.960 the more known commodity is probably the best way to 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.919 say it. All right, let's take a break before we 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:52.159 join Roquant Smith at the bottom of the hour. This 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:54.920 is Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.280 seventy eight Score with Tom There, Jim Daim, Jeff Jonning 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:06.639 AAC back in a few There's All Access here at 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.240 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score with our producer 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:12.119 Pelio Rosso, who, by the way, Tom and Jim was 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:15.119 the play by play man. He tells me the Chicago Slaughter, 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.760 so he too moved by the news. On Steve McMichael today, 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.400 that's pretty cool story. Steve was great to everybody, that's 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:25.840 for sure, whoever he ran into. If you get past 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:29.480 I mean, look at his face and maybe some salty language, 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:35.200 right guys, Oh gosh, you know the one thing about 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:37.879 Steve is is I and I tell a story a 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.200 lot of times because Ming was super encouraging in the 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:44.080 weight room and like the exterior things that you had 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:45.960 to be good at in order to be a professional 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.919 football player, and he was. He was complimentary, he was encouraging, 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.720 he made you feel good. But then he also brought 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.840 it out onto the football field when you needed a 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:58.000 most so you know, he was he was an ever 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.840 present guy from the weight room to the meeting room too, 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:03.919 on the field and he did. That's where his influence 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.879 is the biggest. Yeah, sad to hear that that news today. 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.560 I know you guys touched on it earlier. And I've 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.679 had cross paths with McMichael a few times of my 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:16.040 time in Chicago. Nothing but total respect and we just 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:20.359 had great exchanges back and forth. A very intelligent man 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.919 and everything that he was involved with. And uh, you know, 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:24.840 so thoughts and prayers out to his family, but I 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.520 think you get the genuine sense. And I heard Tom 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.640 talking earlier about his teammate, you know, and it's sad 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:32.320 where you get to this point in life. I've lost 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.760 some teammates like Ryan Wetnight, who was a former Chicago baron. 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:38.520 I think it all hurts, there's no doubt about that. 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:42.440 But you can generally see the true love of your 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:45.560 fellow teammates and obviously the reaching out from Tom and 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:48.520 all of his teammates. A truly special group, a very 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:51.200 tight knit group. And I think that that really shows 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:55.280 and really has been exemplified since the news broke earlier, 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.280 what I heard about it today, I think that's just 0:19:57.320 --> 0:20:00.400 a byproduct of those locker rooms. I don't care what year, 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:02.440 what team, If it was a tight locker room, those 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:04.440 guys are gonna be together for a long time. Jim, 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:06.919 your team oh one and your other teams in the 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.520 course of your career. You could feel it. You could 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:12.480 feel it from the O six team here, uh and 0:20:12.600 --> 0:20:15.360 that group of guys and Tom certainly you're You're eighty 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:20.720 five team that goes without saying they've they've despite despite 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.720 all of what it was offense, defense, it's still you 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:28.440 come together in times of need. So that's for sure. 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:30.719 Coming up here in moments, we're gonna be joined by 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:33.879 Roquan Smith, the Bears Ed Black Courage Award winner of 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:37.520 the Event Tomorrow Night National Event, the Award Foundation at 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:41.880 six o'clock. Virtually everything, virtually obviously right now, Hey, real quick, 0:20:41.920 --> 0:20:45.240 before we joined Roquan that before last week's show, we 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:47.000 didn't we didn't have the official ward. But to Sean 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:51.159 Gibson back with the Bears, uh Jim at safety? That 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:55.399 that relationship, you know. So there are some executives that 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:58.560 feel safeties. I hate to use this term, but they 0:20:58.640 --> 0:21:01.119 you know, Oh you can find them anywhere and the 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:04.040 draft and you can run through him. And certainly we 0:21:04.119 --> 0:21:07.280 have had many safeties here in Chicago over the years. 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:11.119 Lovey Smith's era, they kept drafting guys and playing him 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:13.080 and drafted him and sometimes they get a lot of 0:21:13.080 --> 0:21:15.560 playing time and then they'd be gone. But there's been 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:18.040 a rotation with Eddie Jackson. Does he benefit from having 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:21.840 the same guy back there? There's gonna be likely competition. 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.520 But assuming this is a starting role again for Toshan, 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:30.120 is that an important choreographed aspect of the secondary. Yeah. 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:32.840