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Speaker 1: seven eighty Tom Fair, and coming up in our next
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Speaker 1: the Ed Black Courage Award winner represented the Bears here
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty and outstanding twenty twenty season, looking forward
Speaker 1: to his return at twenty one and be looking forward
Speaker 1: to that conversation. Good evening, Tom, rough day, though rough
Speaker 1: day for all Bears fans the Bears family in general.
Speaker 1: With news about Steve Mango McMichael, a diagnosis of als
Speaker 1: and you have been aware of this and have been
Speaker 1: visiting him and know intimately what the man's going through.
Speaker 1: But first and foremost prayers to his family, his wife, Mindy,
Speaker 1: his daughter, and everybody in that that circle, because it's
Speaker 1: a unique individual. And yes, his football playing excellence is
Speaker 1: something you often just go right to when you talk
Speaker 1: about it, but he is much more than just a
Speaker 1: football play here and a great friend and a great
Speaker 1: guy he is. I love Steve McMichael and I always have,
Speaker 1: and I love him as a teammate, and I appreciate
Speaker 1: him as a friend what he did for me as
Speaker 1: when I came to the Bears as a young man,
Speaker 1: and we're so aware of the persona of the Bears defense.
Speaker 1: I knew what hamp was all about. I know what
Speaker 1: Mango is all about. I had four warnings of guys
Speaker 1: I was playing with in the USFLA, how good these
Speaker 1: guys are and how hard they practice in the day
Speaker 1: I walked into Steve McMichael when I was became aware
Speaker 1: that he was diagnosed with ALS. I still see the
Speaker 1: Steve McMichael that I know at the first from the
Speaker 1: first time we ever met. That's the Steve McMichael that's
Speaker 1: in my mind. The Steve McMichael that I see nowadays,
Speaker 1: the disease as accelerated, and he is he is a
Speaker 1: different He is a a different shell of himself that
Speaker 1: he was when when I got to know him. However,
Speaker 1: my appreciation for him is not has not extinguished at all. Um.
Speaker 1: I love his knowledge. I love the opportunity ability to
Speaker 1: talk to him. Um. When I hug him goodbye, it
Speaker 1: means a lot to me because I appreciate him so much.
Speaker 1: His wife Missty and his daughter Macy are a great
Speaker 1: support system for him where he lives. Inside that house,
Speaker 1: you get to go in there and you try to
Speaker 1: share a lot of memories and a lot of good
Speaker 1: time conversation of what we all used to be, because,
Speaker 1: believe me, I'm a lot different than what I used
Speaker 1: to be as a twenty three year old man, twenty
Speaker 1: three year old young guy meeting Steve McMichael. But the memories,
Speaker 1: we talk about the instances that we've lived through, good
Speaker 1: and bad. In terms of a football life, there's still
Speaker 1: there are such a media recall. So I think when
Speaker 1: the general public became aware of what Steve nickmichael is
Speaker 1: fighting through right now, there's sympathy for Hipple that noutiate
Speaker 1: the opportunity of the you understand what he was at
Speaker 1: the height of Anna's Again, that's still what I see,
Speaker 1: That's what I believe in, and that's the Steve Nickmichael
Speaker 1: that I know and I'll always remember. Yeah, Dan Waiter
Speaker 1: here the Chicago Tribune did an outstanding job in a
Speaker 1: very difficult story to write, as Steve trusted in him.
Speaker 1: Also to Jared Payton, obvious connections with Walter and the
Speaker 1: fight that he had that Matt Suey was side by
Speaker 1: side with him, and importance to that family. He basically
Speaker 1: Jared called him his football playing uncle is Steve McMichael,
Speaker 1: who's his coach for the Chicago team that he played
Speaker 1: for his last assignment. I think back in twenty ten,
Speaker 1: and you know it's it's family and the Bears organization
Speaker 1: also stepping up the McCaskey family, if I'm not mistaken,
Speaker 1: purchasing or help fund the wheelchair, which is hard to
Speaker 1: say without tearing up and getting emotional about just to
Speaker 1: think of that man and his persona. Like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: his personality, the energy which he brought with him when
Speaker 1: he came into her room. He total like it is
Speaker 1: and still does, still does every single minute of his life.
Speaker 1: He puts things in perspective from his unique point of view.
Speaker 1: And I laugh and want to cry too at the
Speaker 1: same time, because you know he sit there and tell
Speaker 1: you you go through life's challenges with you, not just football,
Speaker 1: and he just put things in his unique way and
Speaker 1: focus and he'll learned something from him every time. And
Speaker 1: you know long ago when you started teaching me with
Speaker 1: football is all about once you get to the inside
Speaker 1: out of what this game is and breaking down tape
Speaker 1: and everything about how significant intelligence is not just in
Speaker 1: the trenches at every position. But Steve McMichael was one
Speaker 1: smart football player. He was, and he hid behind it
Speaker 1: sometimes because he had that Mongo persona that was that big, rough,
Speaker 1: tough Texas guy and which he was. However, he was
Speaker 1: super intelligent. If you would try to play him for
Speaker 1: something or try to get something out of him, he
Speaker 1: could see right through you. And that's what I loved
Speaker 1: about Steve McMichael's is his effort is hard work, his
Speaker 1: dedication to every one of his teammates, his dedication to
Speaker 1: Mike Ditka, to the mccaskeys and the Chicago Bears, throughout
Speaker 1: his entire career. I remember going to a Chicago Slaughter
Speaker 1: game when he was the head coach of that indoor team,
Speaker 1: and I saw the way these kids gravitated towards him.
Speaker 1: They wanted to hear what Steve had to say. They
Speaker 1: wanted to watches his appearance on the sideline and the
Speaker 1: way he treated them and the way he treated them
Speaker 1: when they came off the field. It was kind of
Speaker 1: like when I became a teammate of Ming. He was
Speaker 1: such a gracious guy and such an interesting guy to
Speaker 1: get to learn from because he was teaching me about
Speaker 1: offensive line play as a defensive lineman. It was never
Speaker 1: too big for him. He never He always had time
Speaker 1: for those types of those reps, the tools that he took,
Speaker 1: and he made you feel that the competition you were
Speaker 1: playing against on Sunday was not as good as the
Speaker 1: competition that I was facing throughout the week in a
Speaker 1: practice every day against him. And you know, being there
Speaker 1: last week, when you see the wheelchair and then you
Speaker 1: see the van they got that has a wheelchair accessibility
Speaker 1: for him so he can get out, he's you know,
Speaker 1: he can Misty can drive him around and get to
Speaker 1: the different appointments and stuff he needs to be at.
Speaker 1: But it's just the hardest thing when you go see
Speaker 1: Steve is when you hug him at the end of
Speaker 1: the time spent with him, because you're not being embraced
Speaker 1: by a two hundred and seventy five pound hercules of
Speaker 1: a man. He can't raise his arms anymore, so he
Speaker 1: puts his head on your shoulders and that's as meaningful
Speaker 1: as anything you can go through. Oh gosh, yep. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. It's quite the family you eighty
Speaker 1: five Bears had together, and a lot of you guys
Speaker 1: are stepping up, guys like Dana Hampton and Otis Wilson
Speaker 1: and Gary Fenzick, Dennis McKinnon, Otis Jay Hilden. I'm sure
Speaker 1: many others are going to make that journey and be
Speaker 1: there for Steve and the Bears organization. There is a
Speaker 1: go fund me page check that out as well as
Speaker 1: his supporters put that together because it's a costly, costly
Speaker 1: journey they're about to embark on and have been embarking on. Okay,
Speaker 1: we pray for Steve and his family, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: We'll move on, take a break and were joined by
Speaker 1: Jim Miller from Serious Sex MNFL Radio get his thoughts
Speaker 1: on what is a less than a week away from
Speaker 1: the first round of the NFL Draft. Will break down
Speaker 1: some ideas what he's been hearing. I have a feeling
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a roller coaster ride of a draft.
Speaker 1: It's all just ahead. Along with Roquan Smith at six
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Speaker 1: welcome in our special guest each week at this time,
Speaker 1: Big Jim Met our quarterbacks Chicago Bears two thousand and
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Speaker 1: to chains with Pat crowin good evening. Jim, how are
Speaker 1: you doing and what's the latest word you're hearing as
Speaker 1: it relates to the Chicago Bears for this week's NFL
Speaker 1: Draft coming. Yeah, good to be with you guys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: pretty exciting obviously. The big trade today with the Orlando
Speaker 1: Brown going to the Kansas City Chiefs Baltimore picking up
Speaker 1: another first round pick. It we'll have other compensation, But
Speaker 1: I think that's an indicator too. When they pick up
Speaker 1: you know who they're going to play at left tackle.
Speaker 1: There could be a run on tackles I think in
Speaker 1: the first round. I think because it is a deep
Speaker 1: draft with tackles, but they're all different kinds. You got
Speaker 1: run blockers and at certain spots two right tackles that
Speaker 1: I think are really good that could be right there
Speaker 1: where the Bears are selecting with their first pick. Plus,
Speaker 1: you got to think if any of those quarterbacks fall
Speaker 1: through with that entice the Bears to trade up. If
Speaker 1: they do, like who slips through and it's somebody that
Speaker 1: maybe they could target from that standpoint, And I still
Speaker 1: think there's some really good corners that'll be there as well.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of fighting right now. Who is truly
Speaker 1: the best corner As you got Caleb Farley with the
Speaker 1: back injury out of out of Virginia Tech. Pulsey's medical went, well,
Speaker 1: you heard Dallas actually released all that tape on JC
Speaker 1: Horn saying, hey, the Dallas asked him in a basically
Speaker 1: a zoom call, Hey, j C, who do you think
Speaker 1: is the better? And he said, hey, no disrespect to
Speaker 1: Patrick Curtan, but I'm truly the best corner in this draft.
Speaker 1: And then Kyle Pitts, the Florida tight end, he chimes
Speaker 1: in and agrees with j C. Horns. So who knows.
Speaker 1: Maybe Patrick Curtan could fall hopefully to the Bears, but
Speaker 1: I think a couple of tackles will be there. Tevin
Speaker 1: Jenkins obviously out for him for out of Oklahoma State.
Speaker 1: That is a big, burly right tackle that I think
Speaker 1: everybody thinks as a plug and play player. And with
Speaker 1: Massey moving on, now, maybe that's a position that the
Speaker 1: Bears were target and that guy definitely would be available
Speaker 1: where they are at twenty, just sitting where they are.
Speaker 1: You know, when you look at you think about the
Speaker 1: Bears offensive life. I mean you think about what the
Speaker 1: position they want to get themselves in the draft. I
Speaker 1: think they have a guy like Jermaina Fetti who has
Speaker 1: played a lot of snaps throughout the entirety of his career. Now,
Speaker 1: if you're gonna draft a tackle and he has starting potential,
Speaker 1: now what are you gonna do with Jermaina fetti, Are
Speaker 1: you gonna put him into an already clogged middle of
Speaker 1: the Bears offensive line and try to fit him into
Speaker 1: a position that you already have players for there. So
Speaker 1: I think the Bears, I mean, they really have to
Speaker 1: have a variety of selections that they have in mind
Speaker 1: just in case that plug and play tackle is not there,
Speaker 1: And even if he is, again you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: shift around guys. Maybe there's some movable pieces on the
Speaker 1: day of the draft if they've shown enough to other
Speaker 1: teams that they can get in there and compliment their lineup. So, man,
Speaker 1: I think it's probably one of the most confusing drafts
Speaker 1: after five because there's a lot of teams that are
Speaker 1: in desperate need. There's teams that are at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the first round that desperately need cornerbacks. So I
Speaker 1: think the maneuvering on the first day of the draft
Speaker 1: and the second day of the draft for that matter,
Speaker 1: is that there's gonna be a lot of movement, a
Speaker 1: lot of phones ring in, and a lot of guys
Speaker 1: that better be paying attention to their telephones. Well, who knows,
Speaker 1: they may attack the offensive line a couple of times.
Speaker 1: I just I liked Jermaine Effetti more as a right guard,
Speaker 1: and just guys that I've talked to around the league
Speaker 1: they feel the same way. When he was in Seattle,
Speaker 1: that was somewhat of a struggle for him and he
Speaker 1: had the penalty issues, and they just they believe he
Speaker 1: plays better at the right guard spot than the right tackle.
Speaker 1: And so we'll see what the Bears do. Certainly, he's
Speaker 1: had the ability to do both, and that's that's good
Speaker 1: for him. You like to have that versatility as you
Speaker 1: can back up Tom. That's always nice to have on
Speaker 1: your offensive line. But I'm thinking of a big right
Speaker 1: tackle potentially could be in the wheelhouse for the Bears.
Speaker 1: That's if it's not in the first round. At some
Speaker 1: point in this draft, say you got you know, the
Speaker 1: Jalen Marshall kid from from Michigan, and he may be there.
Speaker 1: As the draft rolls along, he could slip out of
Speaker 1: the first round. I think many have them going in
Speaker 1: the second round in the middle part of it, and
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens there. But there is tackles of
Speaker 1: all kinds that could be had in this draft. I
Speaker 1: think the most challenging aspect of it from the scouts
Speaker 1: that I've spoken to and other people that have been
Speaker 1: in this business a long time. Is that And this
Speaker 1: was posted today too by Lewis Riddick of ESPN, that
Speaker 1: there's so much missing info on these guys, especially the
Speaker 1: medical because what one hundred and fifty guys went to Indianapolis.
Speaker 1: Some of those are rechecks, some just because they needed
Speaker 1: to get measured and stuff. I mean, it's a very
Speaker 1: risky thing when you're talking about draft assets and how
Speaker 1: much pressure there is on guys to make the right
Speaker 1: choices without getting face to face with guys and it's
Speaker 1: just different. And I know everybody's on the same path
Speaker 1: as this, but the medical information and that's absolute lutely necessary,
Speaker 1: and to really look in at guy's eyes and see,
Speaker 1: you know, what's he really all about. I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be That's why I think there's gonna be a
Speaker 1: lot of trades, gonna be a lot of trades out
Speaker 1: of this draft into twenty twenty two because they hope
Speaker 1: to be back to normal and have a normal process.
Speaker 1: And I think that could impact every team in the league,
Speaker 1: including the Bears. Well, what about the receiver from Alabama
Speaker 1: that weighed in at one hundred and sixty six pounds. Now,
Speaker 1: is that like almost a medical concern because you know
Speaker 1: how physical the game is football is here's a guy
Speaker 1: that's healthy, but because he's one hundred and sixty six pounds,
Speaker 1: you know there's question marks about what he can really
Speaker 1: contribute to your team. Listen, what I've seen out of college,
Speaker 1: this dude can play football. I think if he can
Speaker 1: play and he keep he keeps his body safe. But
Speaker 1: it's all I hear all week is one hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty six pound way and what you know, what does
Speaker 1: that mean for his future in the way he's looked
Speaker 1: at by some of the scouts in the NFL. Jim
Speaker 1: can help answer that. Yeah, well, I think for him
Speaker 1: when you look at DeVante Smith won the Heisman, Like
Speaker 1: you said, he was their kick returner and pump returner
Speaker 1: as well. So Nick Saban felt comfortable. You know that's
Speaker 1: you gotta be a pretty tough player to be a
Speaker 1: return man. I think we all agree with that, and
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people when you look at
Speaker 1: his speed, I think his comparable as somebody like DeShawn Jackson.
Speaker 1: When Philadelphia drafted d jack so high, right, Everybody's like, oh,
Speaker 1: look at how wire he is. But the biggest problems
Speaker 1: with with DeShawn Jackson was that guy so fast he
Speaker 1: lives in the future. He always had all the hamstring issues, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and things like that, and obviously he's had
Speaker 1: some issues from that standpoint, but he's a tremendous football player.
Speaker 1: I don't I don't you know he's not the top receiver.
Speaker 1: I think we know Jamar Chase is. Everybody says is
Speaker 1: the unanimous best receiver you know, since probably Calvin Johnson
Speaker 1: came out. He is that special of a player. Then
Speaker 1: you've got the other guys. His teammate Waddle probably gets
Speaker 1: selected before Davonte Smith, but I think he's not cre
Speaker 1: but out of the first round. And there there are
Speaker 1: so many good receivers in this draft or Shot Baton
Speaker 1: and Elijah Moore from Old Miss. I mean, it goes
Speaker 1: on and on of all types xs z's slots. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's easily double digits that you'll have a plethora
Speaker 1: receivers to choose from as a draft road. And even
Speaker 1: then that fourth fifth round range, there's a bunch of
Speaker 1: guys that had some really good careers. And again, you
Speaker 1: know when you go through as deep with the draft
Speaker 1: at least that I'm going into these guys trying to
Speaker 1: find out a little bit about everybody all the way
Speaker 1: through seven rounds, Tom and Jim. Is that because of
Speaker 1: the number of games played. A lot of these guys
Speaker 1: played a quarter of a season or no season, or
Speaker 1: you know, coming off an injured season they only played
Speaker 1: five games. It's very difficult because you don't have the
Speaker 1: sample size that you used to. So it would scare
Speaker 1: me as a as a personnel man to you know,
Speaker 1: go in there and and and jump on a table
Speaker 1: for some of these guys, even in the later rounds. Well,
Speaker 1: it's I mean I was going through some of the
Speaker 1: big ten receivers today. You know Bateman, Rashad Bateman is
Speaker 1: you know, he's going up the draft board. Rondel Moore
Speaker 1: is going up the draft board. You know, at least
Speaker 1: those guys played and then you compare him and he's
Speaker 1: a different player. But look at Nico Collins, who's typically
Speaker 1: he's gonna be probably an ex receiver in the NFL.
Speaker 1: He's a six four wide receiver out of Michigan. He's
Speaker 1: different than those guys, but he opted out. Like he said,
Speaker 1: I think teams much to your point, Jeff, they're gonna
Speaker 1: want the more known commodity. So even if their games
Speaker 1: were limited like those previous players that I mentioned, whether
Speaker 1: at Purdue or Minnesota or and the players that least
Speaker 1: were able to participate in the Senior Bowl, you're probably
Speaker 1: gonna want to select just to be on the safe side,
Speaker 1: the more known commodity is probably the best way to
Speaker 1: say it. All right, let's take a break before we
Speaker 1: join Roquant Smith at the bottom of the hour. This
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Speaker 1: Pelio Rosso, who, by the way, Tom and Jim was
Speaker 1: the play by play man. He tells me the Chicago Slaughter,
Speaker 1: so he too moved by the news. On Steve McMichael today,
Speaker 1: that's pretty cool story. Steve was great to everybody, that's
Speaker 1: for sure, whoever he ran into. If you get past
Speaker 1: I mean, look at his face and maybe some salty language,
Speaker 1: right guys, Oh gosh, you know the one thing about
Speaker 1: Steve is is I and I tell a story a
Speaker 1: lot of times because Ming was super encouraging in the
Speaker 1: weight room and like the exterior things that you had
Speaker 1: to be good at in order to be a professional
Speaker 1: football player, and he was. He was complimentary, he was encouraging,
Speaker 1: he made you feel good. But then he also brought
Speaker 1: it out onto the football field when you needed a
Speaker 1: most so you know, he was he was an ever
Speaker 1: present guy from the weight room to the meeting room too,
Speaker 1: on the field and he did. That's where his influence
Speaker 1: is the biggest. Yeah, sad to hear that that news today.
Speaker 1: I know you guys touched on it earlier. And I've
Speaker 1: had cross paths with McMichael a few times of my
Speaker 1: time in Chicago. Nothing but total respect and we just
Speaker 1: had great exchanges back and forth. A very intelligent man
Speaker 1: and everything that he was involved with. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: so thoughts and prayers out to his family, but I
Speaker 1: think you get the genuine sense. And I heard Tom
Speaker 1: talking earlier about his teammate, you know, and it's sad
Speaker 1: where you get to this point in life. I've lost
Speaker 1: some teammates like Ryan Wetnight, who was a former Chicago baron.
Speaker 1: I think it all hurts, there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 1: But you can generally see the true love of your
Speaker 1: fellow teammates and obviously the reaching out from Tom and
Speaker 1: all of his teammates. A truly special group, a very
Speaker 1: tight knit group. And I think that that really shows
Speaker 1: and really has been exemplified since the news broke earlier,
Speaker 1: what I heard about it today, I think that's just
Speaker 1: a byproduct of those locker rooms. I don't care what year,
Speaker 1: what team, If it was a tight locker room, those
Speaker 1: guys are gonna be together for a long time. Jim,
Speaker 1: your team oh one and your other teams in the
Speaker 1: course of your career. You could feel it. You could
Speaker 1: feel it from the O six team here, uh and
Speaker 1: that group of guys and Tom certainly you're You're eighty
Speaker 1: five team that goes without saying they've they've despite despite
Speaker 1: all of what it was offense, defense, it's still you
Speaker 1: come together in times of need. So that's for sure.
Speaker 1: Coming up here in moments, we're gonna be joined by
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith, the Bears Ed Black Courage Award winner of
Speaker 1: the Event Tomorrow Night National Event, the Award Foundation at
Speaker 1: six o'clock. Virtually everything, virtually obviously right now, Hey, real quick,
Speaker 1: before we joined Roquan that before last week's show, we
Speaker 1: didn't we didn't have the official ward. But to Sean
Speaker 1: Gibson back with the Bears, uh Jim at safety? That
Speaker 1: that relationship, you know. So there are some executives that
Speaker 1: feel safeties. I hate to use this term, but they
Speaker 1: you know, Oh you can find them anywhere and the
Speaker 1: draft and you can run through him. And certainly we
Speaker 1: have had many safeties here in Chicago over the years.
Speaker 1: Lovey Smith's era, they kept drafting guys and playing him
Speaker 1: and drafted him and sometimes they get a lot of
Speaker 1: playing time and then they'd be gone. But there's been
Speaker 1: a rotation with Eddie Jackson. Does he benefit from having
Speaker 1: the same guy back there? There's gonna be likely competition.
Speaker 1: But assuming this is a starting role again for Toshan,
Speaker 1: is that an important choreographed aspect of the secondary. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I like the resigning to Sean. I thought he displayed
Speaker 1: a lot of leadership last year. I think you certainly
Speaker 1: could see his energy and enthusiasm. He plays with a
Speaker 1: lot of heart. Thought he was very productive, sixty five tackles,
Speaker 1: had seven pass defense too interceptions. As a love for
Speaker 1: the game. And you know, I just I'd like the resigning.
Speaker 1: I really thought he played well on the back end
Speaker 1: of that secondary, and well, you know, we'll see Eddie Jackson.
Speaker 1: I thought Eddie had a down year. We'll see if
Speaker 1: he's motivated to come back, bounce back and have a
Speaker 1: bounce back year from that standpoint, but yeah, I think
Speaker 1: that continuity always helps, and we'll see if he's able
Speaker 1: to hold and solidify that spot again, because I do
Speaker 1: think there'll be competition there at the safety spot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm happy too. It completely changes all of my mock drafts.
Speaker 1: I was considering the Bears take and saying, however, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that the safety has really become a difficult
Speaker 1: position in the NFL. I think when you talk about, oh,
Speaker 1: you know, running backs are a dime a dozen, or
Speaker 1: you can get a guard anywhere to come into play,
Speaker 1: or centers aren't that valuable to me? I think safety
Speaker 1: is as increased in value over the last ten years
Speaker 1: in the NFL because of the difficulty of the offenses
Speaker 1: they're facing. It's not a predetermined run offense on first
Speaker 1: down and then we'll see how many yards we get.
Speaker 1: Maybe we'll run it again or we'll throw it for
Speaker 1: the first time. You got to be ready to be
Speaker 1: challenged on any down and distance, if you're a defensive back,
Speaker 1: if you have any coverage responsibility. So I'm really happy
Speaker 1: that Sean Gibson is back with the Bears, and I
Speaker 1: think it also can changes where they can go in
Speaker 1: the draft because there isn't such a vulnerability in the
Speaker 1: center of that defense without him here. Well after our
Speaker 1: interview with Roqueine coming up here in moments, I asked
Speaker 1: my partners here to pick twenty fifty two and eighty
Speaker 1: three to come up with the right scheme fits for
Speaker 1: the Bears what we think they're gonna run at whatever
Speaker 1: position they deem appropriate. So you guys still have some
Speaker 1: time to think that through. We're gonna wait till after
Speaker 1: roque one. I got some ideas too. You know, I
Speaker 1: always fall in love with guys. Last year, my guy
Speaker 1: was Antoine Winfield, guy wins a Super Bowl back there
Speaker 1: with his boy Tom Brady. I love that, But I
Speaker 1: got another one. I got another one this year after
Speaker 1: weeks of research. I just I can't get him out
Speaker 1: of my head. But I'll tell you about him later.
Speaker 1: You guys laugh at that all the time. It's Joe
Speaker 1: usually the smallest guy in the field. Well, yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I know the more the kid from a purdew
Speaker 1: that you fell in love with because he had like
Speaker 1: a sixty inch vertical jow, I backed off a little bit.
Speaker 1: Are you talking about Ryandell? Yeah? Yes, Jim overall your
Speaker 1: favorite player in the draft, regardless of position, in round
Speaker 1: got one. Now you just can't get out of your head.
Speaker 1: Well the guy bears or nobody, I don't care, whoho
Speaker 1: is it. Well, we brought him up and kind of
Speaker 1: Jim Naggy put me on his radar screen down at
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl. That Richie Grant, and it's a safety position.
Speaker 1: That guy's a heck of a player. You know. I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be interesting to see which guy goes
Speaker 1: first when you look at Trey von ma Rig or
Speaker 1: Richie Grant or Richie Grant's just a fun player to watch,
Speaker 1: how he practices. He's just you know, he's kind of
Speaker 1: an old schools player, but he's versatile, he does it
Speaker 1: all and extremely productive. And there's there's a lot of
Speaker 1: favorite players in this draft. There's some good players and
Speaker 1: we'll see what diamonds in the rough the Bears can
Speaker 1: uncover Tom Do you got one? You know it's gotta
Speaker 1: be given? No, Well, I it is it? Costume? Is
Speaker 1: that how you say offensive tackle? From Texas? You know?
Speaker 1: Thirty four stars, six seven, three ten. He's been there. Man,
Speaker 1: he's had his hand in. You know, he's got a
Speaker 1: lot of starts, he's got a lot of confidence, he's
Speaker 1: got a lot of experience. So it's not a big
Speaker 1: transition asking him to come in and play immediately because
Speaker 1: that's what he's used to. And I think when you're
Speaker 1: a guy, you know, Jim, you know that, when you're
Speaker 1: dedicated and you want to be a starter every down
Speaker 1: you play a football from Pop Warner to the end
Speaker 1: of your career. He just seems like one of those
Speaker 1: guys that wants to be on the field. And you know,
Speaker 1: kind of similar what we've learned about Jermaina Fetti. I
Speaker 1: know he's had his ups and downs and he's had
Speaker 1: some issues throughout it this time, but man, he shows
Speaker 1: up every Sunday, he's in his uniform and he's playing football.
Speaker 1: So when I think about the Bears and the need
Speaker 1: for an offensive tackle, I look at this guy in
Speaker 1: thirty four starts in college. He's got a lot, he's
Speaker 1: got a long track record of success, and he's gotten
Speaker 1: better every year he's improved. And it's just like Kellen Mahon,
Speaker 1: the quarterback from A and M. He's a four year starter.
Speaker 1: His his UM stats have improved every year he's on
Speaker 1: the fields. He's gotten to be a better football player
Speaker 1: that's going to be able to transfer to the NFL level.
Speaker 1: So uh, but you know that I think his name
Speaker 1: is Pity the defensive end, the pass rushing from Michigan. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So when I look at his frame, I look at
Speaker 1: his body, he reminds me of He's got a built
Speaker 1: like a Khalil. And when I think of the two high,
Speaker 1: high profile pass rushers at Miami, I'm not as excited
Speaker 1: about those guys that maybe where they're they're falling into
Speaker 1: the draft right now. I like the framework of some
Speaker 1: of these pass rushers that earn leverage throughout their rush.
Speaker 1: They don't have to falsely bend their knees all right.
Speaker 1: Time to switch gears and get on board with our
Speaker 1: friend Roquan Smith. The twenty twenty Bears representation for the
Speaker 1: Ed Black Courage Award is voted on by teammates kind
Speaker 1: enough to spend some time us here on Chicago Sports
Speaker 1: Radio six seventy to score Roquin. You're with Tom Thare,
Speaker 1: Jim Miller, and yours truly, Jeff Joni at good to
Speaker 1: talk to your congratulations on the honor. I know every
Speaker 1: time a player gets this award, and it means a
Speaker 1: heck of a lot because it's your brother in in
Speaker 1: the locker room that say, hey, you know, this is
Speaker 1: the guy that's that's really earned this right to represent
Speaker 1: the Bears in this fashion. And I'm certain that's that's
Speaker 1: how you feel about it, Isn't It absolutely lists a
Speaker 1: tremendous honor for me. It's good to be on here
Speaker 1: as well. Thank you guys for having me. But yes,
Speaker 1: a tremendous honor to be voted on by my teammates
Speaker 1: means a lot to me and man, yeah, speak Tom. Obviously,
Speaker 1: a lot of this has to do usually with somebody
Speaker 1: overcoming something significant, whether it be physical or off the
Speaker 1: field or something like that. But there is an emphasis
Speaker 1: on sportsmanship and the courage to to lead and beat
Speaker 1: an inspirational locker room. So that that's on your that's
Speaker 1: on your resume right now. And you know, you came
Speaker 1: into this sport at Georgia and emerging as a leader
Speaker 1: of that program, and you're you're leaning in that direction
Speaker 1: now with the Bears as well. Do you feel that
Speaker 1: now as you enter year four? Absolutely? I feel it
Speaker 1: like even going into last year, I was a bit
Speaker 1: more comfortable and felt like it was going to be
Speaker 1: a really good year, and then with this year here
Speaker 1: coming with year four, I feel like year three, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, was an appetizer to what I like have
Speaker 1: on my radar for this year. So so a lot
Speaker 1: more comfortable and I'm very excited to get get back going. Roquan, congratulations,
Speaker 1: were super happy for you, and we're glad you're a
Speaker 1: Chicago Bear. I don't know if you had any defensive
Speaker 1: coaching changes throughout your college career, but in your short
Speaker 1: time here in the NFL, you're on your third defensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: What is that transfer like from going from one voice
Speaker 1: in the room to the next to the next. It's
Speaker 1: a that's an adjustment for sure, because everyone's philosophy is
Speaker 1: a little is a little different than what they believe in.
Speaker 1: But the end of the day, I just look at
Speaker 1: it as if as if ball is ball, and there's
Speaker 1: only so many things you can call and only so
Speaker 1: many things you can run, and it's just about when
Speaker 1: you run them. And I feel like that's the that's
Speaker 1: what's the difference in like each and every defensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: So I'm like, I'm excited for what coach decide and
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be great, and yeah, I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to it. Real Miller getting talk to you, I
Speaker 1: hope you're having a great offseason. And let me just
Speaker 1: ask this, what areas of focus for you? I know
Speaker 1: from your standpoint, I thought you had an all Pro
Speaker 1: year last year and just how you perform, but you know,
Speaker 1: areas where you want to get better here this offseason? Oh? Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: there's always room for improvement, and I'm looking at a
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of different things. I want to
Speaker 1: even get better at my past coverage. I want to
Speaker 1: get better at my block protection. That's definitely a thing
Speaker 1: that I want to emphasize. Not saying that I'm like
Speaker 1: horrible or anything like that, but I just want to
Speaker 1: improve at a lot of those things and different things
Speaker 1: in the run game as well. So I feel like
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things I can do to my
Speaker 1: overall game to help me improve and not just like
Speaker 1: one one thing in particular. Roquan, how do you feel
Speaker 1: about the seventeen games? Hey, it is what it is,
Speaker 1: seventeen games. I'll be ready. I'll be ready for each
Speaker 1: and everyone. That's what I like to hear as well.
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith, our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy of the Score. I always find it interesting come
Speaker 1: draft time, ro Quan, because you start reading all the
Speaker 1: different profiles on guys watching tape, and everybody keeps saying
Speaker 1: how the game's change in And you know, the prototypical
Speaker 1: linebacker size has changed over the years, even in the
Speaker 1: three four bigger backers. When you think of the Steelers
Speaker 1: three four, now those guys are kind of getting phased
Speaker 1: out to the smaller guys to keep up with the
Speaker 1: different nickel packages offensively, and you know they're even getting
Speaker 1: smaller than than than you are now. I mean, when
Speaker 1: you came into the league, the faster the guys that
Speaker 1: almost play safety, do you feel that change? And if
Speaker 1: you don't, how critical right now? Beyond your athleticism are
Speaker 1: your eyes as a defensive player. In the current way
Speaker 1: teams are running offenses. Oh, your eyes are everything, and
Speaker 1: like the way they're running, the way offenses are attacking
Speaker 1: guys now, and they're more so just attacking guys with
Speaker 1: eyes and it's just testing your odd discipline. So that's
Speaker 1: a big thing. And if I was an offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: I would try the same thing, do the same thing.
Speaker 1: But I think it's it's big that like so many
Speaker 1: guys linebackers. You look at linebackers from you know, in
Speaker 1: the nineties, early two thousand and how they was two fifty,
Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty pound backers, Like, Yeah, it's not
Speaker 1: really that place that place anymore, man, because it's like
Speaker 1: it's running hit and then they're just forcing a lot
Speaker 1: of linebackers in the coverage situation. So the better you
Speaker 1: can be at covering and running hitting, I think that's
Speaker 1: the longer you're last in this league because that's definitely
Speaker 1: where the league is going, and it's just about who's
Speaker 1: gonna make those In my opinion, where will you be
Speaker 1: watching the draft? Do you want to participate in the
Speaker 1: draft to pay attention to all the picks that fall
Speaker 1: off the board as you were just in that situation
Speaker 1: a couple of seasons ago. Yeah, absolutely. I absolutely pay
Speaker 1: attention on a lot of guys from Georgia and stuff.
Speaker 1: I like to keep up with those guys, seeing what
Speaker 1: they're up to as well the guys from Georgia and Dan.
Speaker 1: Also just seeing my new teammates, seeing who we get
Speaker 1: excited to welcome those guys in. So I'll be looking
Speaker 1: forward to that. Hey, Roquan, when you talk about improving
Speaker 1: your eyes, and you talk about all the responsibilities you have,
Speaker 1: when you talk about improving your past coverage responsibility, is
Speaker 1: that a conditioning thing or is that having better knowledge
Speaker 1: of the offenses that you're seeing in front of you,
Speaker 1: Depending game by game, I definitely think it's something to
Speaker 1: do with the offenses that are in front of you,
Speaker 1: and like what you're seeing in your route route recognition
Speaker 1: that helps you out a lot because if he knows
Speaker 1: what a guy can do, you can let him run
Speaker 1: his route whatever, and you'll just be sitting or waiting
Speaker 1: on him. So I think that's big. And also I
Speaker 1: think it's just about actually focusing on yourself and stand
Speaker 1: true to your technique and when you don't know what
Speaker 1: the route may be, because you're not going to know
Speaker 1: the route every single place, so it's about just sticking
Speaker 1: through to your technique and glued in on your guy
Speaker 1: that you're covering. Roquan Smith, our guest here in Chicago
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six seventies, score one more round of questions
Speaker 1: with the three of us, Roquon will let you go
Speaker 1: enjoy your weekend. Exactly what is your impression of what
Speaker 1: Sean Desai has up as leeve, Because you know he's
Speaker 1: been here a while, you've worked with him indirectly over
Speaker 1: the years here as a Chicago Baron entering your fourth season,
Speaker 1: it sounds like he wants it to be a pretty
Speaker 1: aggressive attacking defense. Okay, might have lost Rokuan there. Okay,
Speaker 1: we lost ro Quan there on our phone call, so
Speaker 1: I will probably not be able to get back at
Speaker 1: this point in the show. But very insightful stuff from
Speaker 1: ro Kwan Smith and fellas he talks about those Georgia
Speaker 1: guys as he's ogel Are Monty Rice, Eric Stokes, Tyson Campbell,
Speaker 1: that that's just the defensive guys, Jim. There's so many
Speaker 1: Georgia guys out of that great program right now. So
Speaker 1: his guys that he's came in with, probably those guys
Speaker 1: came in with him and he is. He's very intrigued
Speaker 1: by some of that. The Bears have drafted several Georgia guys.
Speaker 1: Obviously they may very well do it again while we
Speaker 1: have a chance. Let's take a break. We come back.
Speaker 1: Jim and Tom give us their best possible fits for
Speaker 1: picks twenty fifty two and eighty three should the Bears
Speaker 1: stay there Thursday and Friday of the NFL Draft. This
Speaker 1: is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back
Speaker 1: to Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy the Score. Jeff Jony Act, Tom Fair, and Jim
Speaker 1: Miller with you. Rokwan offers his apology at a bad
Speaker 1: line that dropped out, so we'll let him enjoy his weekend.
Speaker 1: Good to talk to him though. It sounds very fired up.
Speaker 1: Fellas again, another important season, impactful season. Hopefully you can
Speaker 1: stay healthy after stuffing that injury in the Packer game.
Speaker 1: Missed the playoff game, but a very big part of
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Speaker 1: virtually and start feeling better tomorrow. Okay, pick twenty round
Speaker 1: one Thursday night. Should they stay there? Start with Jim Miller,
Speaker 1: who might be the best fit no matter of position
Speaker 1: for the Chicago Bears. In your opinion, I think those
Speaker 1: corners are off the board. I don't think those quarterbacks
Speaker 1: are going to fall through unless the Bears trade up
Speaker 1: to get a couple of spots. You know how I
Speaker 1: feel about JC Horne. That's a press man corner down
Speaker 1: to South Carolina. Love him, but I think that's where
Speaker 1: some tackles start to come off the board. If Da
Speaker 1: Saw is gone out of Virginia Tech, I think then
Speaker 1: you start to turn to the guys we just talked
Speaker 1: about Tevin Jenkins out of Oklahoma State. You look at him,
Speaker 1: six five three seventeen. He's got thirty three and a
Speaker 1: half inch arms a ten. He can move as well.
Speaker 1: But I think you're looking at a strong starting right
Speaker 1: tackle right there. I think Tom made a good call
Speaker 1: on Sam Cosmi. If tackles do start to run and
Speaker 1: the Bears have a shot at him, his numbers are incredible.
Speaker 1: Six foot six out of Texas, three hundred and fourteen pounds,
Speaker 1: ran a four eighty seven at that size. Everybody thinks
Speaker 1: he's a can't miss player. So he's got strong hands,
Speaker 1: tremendous work ethic. An offensive line coach for thirty years, said,
Speaker 1: he's got an athleticism in the determination and he loves
Speaker 1: him from them from that standpoint, so if the corner's
Speaker 1: not there, I will definitely take one of those offensive
Speaker 1: tackles that I just mentioned. Well, and Tom Herman's on
Speaker 1: the Bears staff, so he knows very well what they're
Speaker 1: dealing with with these players. Tom who who at twenty four? You?
Speaker 1: I like? I said, I'm going with the big offensive
Speaker 1: tackle from Texas again. I like the fact that he's
Speaker 1: got thirty four starts. Jim talked about all of his measurables.
Speaker 1: He's proved that he is. Uh, he's in it to
Speaker 1: win it, he's in it for a lifetime, and um,
Speaker 1: that's what I want. I don't want to have to
Speaker 1: feed the sport to a guy. I want him to
Speaker 1: already be at the buffet table. Like that line. I
Speaker 1: am intrigued by Tevin Jenkins for what it's worth from me,
Speaker 1: if if that's the route they're gonna go with tackle
Speaker 1: the quote that I just can't stop thinking about that
Speaker 1: he just keeps talking about his quote. I'm I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be one of those guys who will finish people in
Speaker 1: the dirt. And that's the kind of mentality I wanted
Speaker 1: my offensive lineman certainly, and the outside there. Um, oh,
Speaker 1: go ahead, go ahead. Be careful what the player says
Speaker 1: about themselves. If you recall when we drafted that offensive
Speaker 1: tackle in the first round from Wisconsin, before the draft,
Speaker 1: he said that he is the best offensive tackle in
Speaker 1: the draft. We're talking about Yes, you know, you hear it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: don't fall. Don't fall for the self promotion, fall for
Speaker 1: what they've proved on tape. All right, I got you.
Speaker 1: And in terms of pick number fifty two, Jim Miller
Speaker 1: second round. Yeah, so if they're unable to get the
Speaker 1: corner first round, let's say that they elect to tackle
Speaker 1: war Say, if they do get a corner first round,
Speaker 1: then you still have tackles left that in the second round.
Speaker 1: I mentioned Jalen Mayfield potential out of Michigan could be
Speaker 1: a guy target. Plus there's other tackles that are going
Speaker 1: to be there as well. But for me, it's kind
Speaker 1: of those two corners that you mentioned out of Georgia.
Speaker 1: Both come in over six foot. When you look at
Speaker 1: Tyson Campbell and Eric Stokes, all right, ran a blazing
Speaker 1: Stokes ran a four What do I have met? Four?
Speaker 1: Two nine was his forty yard dash. Tyson Campbell he's
Speaker 1: kind of rising up the board as well. He ran
Speaker 1: a four to three to six. I actually think Tyson
Speaker 1: will be gone at that point, but Stokes could still
Speaker 1: be there. But numerous Campbells are going to be there. Kelvin,
Speaker 1: Joseph and Kentucky will be there. I would think Aaron
Speaker 1: Robinson from UCF would also be there. That would fit
Speaker 1: the bill. These are bigger corners that can run. But
Speaker 1: I'm thinking trying to target one of those one of
Speaker 1: those corners out of Georgia that are two press Man corners. Tom.
Speaker 1: You know, will Bateman still be around in the second round?
Speaker 1: Hor has he gone? For sure? I need size at
Speaker 1: the receiver position. I love Darnell Mooney. There's so much
Speaker 1: uncertainty about Javon Wims and Anthony Miller that I don't
Speaker 1: know what where to consider them. I love Alan Robinson,
Speaker 1: but I need some size at receiver. And you know,
Speaker 1: Jim brought up Collins from Michigan. There's a six four guy.
Speaker 1: And what I like about Collins is he played for
Speaker 1: a coach that has a really tough guy attitude and
Speaker 1: sometimes you bring that to the next level. You were
Speaker 1: raised by Jim Harball in the college ranks, and if
Speaker 1: I if you can give me a significantly sized receiver,
Speaker 1: and then when you think about Jimmy Graham and Cole Comet,
Speaker 1: you're talking about pretty big receivers to help the quarterback position. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the slop position is something I'm looking at too. I
Speaker 1: would consider if he does not get in the first round,
Speaker 1: maybe it's too late for a guy like Elijah Moore.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of speed, there are size receivers. There's
Speaker 1: a whole buffet, as Jim has mentioned. Now just throwing
Speaker 1: this out of the table because of the back injury.
Speaker 1: And I know we're probably running along on your gym.
Speaker 1: But if for some reason, Caleb Farley is there at
Speaker 1: twenty and then you go to Saint Dylan Raddin's the
Speaker 1: offensive linement from North Dakota State in round two, would
Speaker 1: that be a scenario that could work for the Bears. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt. I think that's just the medical competitive advantage.
Speaker 1: You know, supposedly his re check at Indianapolis went well,
Speaker 1: I guess there was nothing here. But again, team's personal
Speaker 1: doctors are gonna have to look at it make that decision.
Speaker 1: You know. I think the Bears have, you know, made
Speaker 1: their share of mistakes. I think self admittedly, when they've
Speaker 1: you know, basically selected a player that coming off an
Speaker 1: injury and it didn't work well. So that's all going
Speaker 1: to be from the medical and the doctors in order
Speaker 1: to make that decision. But I will say this about
Speaker 1: that for you in a tech corner. That dude can
Speaker 1: absolutely run. He can flat out run all over the field.
Speaker 1: So we'll see. I think people got him falling due
Speaker 1: to that that medical but we'll see who's willing to
Speaker 1: take the chance on him. All right, So here here's
Speaker 1: my guy, my little guy for the year. It's Elijah
Speaker 1: Molden out of Washington. I really love this guy's play. Now,
Speaker 1: he's pure slot, but you know he's got some feistiness.
Speaker 1: At five nine and a half one ninety two, there's
Speaker 1: a lot to like about this guy. We don't have
Speaker 1: enough time to break him down, but I'm just throwing
Speaker 1: out a dot there and table. Now. We can't go
Speaker 1: through a buffet of players here at eighty three because
Speaker 1: of time. So, Jim, you gotta give me one player
Speaker 1: third round. Who's it gonna be going quarterback? I knew
Speaker 1: you would. There's gonna be three guys there. You gotta
Speaker 1: give me one. Trask is probably too heavy footed, so
Speaker 1: I will go with Davis Mills. I love that he
Speaker 1: throws the football and he's athletic enough to do all
Speaker 1: the things the Bears are looking for. That dude can
Speaker 1: sling it. Dom Cam buying him quarterback cornerback Calix Ryan
Speaker 1: Pace did a nice job of picking Jalen Johnson in
Speaker 1: the second round, got play out of him. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: see if he can do it in the third round.
Speaker 1: So you're going quarterback free for the first three rounds.
Speaker 1: Quarterback quarterback free. I know I'm saying you're going. I
Speaker 1: said you're going quarterback free. Yeah. The Stanford wants to
Speaker 1: add another golden dover, he'll go block the next round. Oh,
Speaker 1: then he wants Jeremiah Wis to Karamawa or Karma that
Speaker 1: guy something else. Now that's a chess piece. Can they
Speaker 1: afford something like that? I think they'd have to trade
Speaker 1: up to get him. Okay, do he's such a versatile player. Hey,
Speaker 1: looking forward to this draft. I think it's all over
Speaker 1: the map. There's so many guys that you gotta say, Man,
Speaker 1: he look good in the Bear's uniform, and you hope
Speaker 1: that would be the case. But who knows how it's
Speaker 1: gonna work. I think there's gonna be a lot of trades.
Speaker 1: I know you'll be breaking it down on Serious Sex
Speaker 1: M NFL Radio, and we're not gonna have a show
Speaker 1: next week for the draft, so we'll be reviewing the
Speaker 1: draft the following week. Jim and so have a great,
Speaker 1: great week next week. I know it's right in your wheelhouse.
Speaker 1: You guys do a ton of work and enjoy it.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be fun a lot of it, and I
Speaker 1: know you guys will be all over it as well
Speaker 1: seeing who the Bear select. So yeah, let's all enjoy.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be great. Exactly. We'll be on WBBM on
Speaker 1: Thursday night and then Friday Saturday the score of a
Speaker 1: ton of draft coverage as well. We're gonna take a break.
Speaker 1: Tom there returns with me in a moment on Chicago
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Speaker 1: be talking NFL as well as a big another big
Speaker 1: explosion of runs by the Cubs today as they wipe
Speaker 1: out their opponents with a fifteen run seventeen hit attack today.
Speaker 1: So thirty eight runs in their four game winning streak.
Speaker 1: All right, Tom, So we always talk about what everybody needs,
Speaker 1: what don't the Bears need in this draft? High on
Speaker 1: the draft, though, I don't want a tight end, you know.
Speaker 1: So at last year, at the first nine games, m
Speaker 1: Jimmy Grahant played six hundred and thirty six snaps in
Speaker 1: the first nine weeks. In the next nine weeks, Cole
Speaker 1: played more than him at six hundred and three snaps.
Speaker 1: So I like how they compliment each other, and they
Speaker 1: have a couple of other tight ends that are very playable.
Speaker 1: So if you find a guy in the free agent
Speaker 1: Marketer down the road, Yeah, take you know, take a
Speaker 1: chance on him, depending upon what type of look he has.
Speaker 1: And I would go interior offensive line because there it's
Speaker 1: a it's a log jam, there's there's a lot of
Speaker 1: guys there that can play start. The competition is gonna
Speaker 1: be good. I would say, if you're gonna go on
Speaker 1: the offensive line, I would like I would prefer anyway
Speaker 1: that you get another tackle into the mix. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's funny because if you got a guy like the
Speaker 1: USC kid Elijah Vera, if he, you know, could he
Speaker 1: play tackle, looks like he can, but maybe he is
Speaker 1: a guard at a pro Bowl level. That's the way
Speaker 1: the thinking process is. But do you pass on somebody
Speaker 1: like that? No, you don't. If if that's somebody you
Speaker 1: have highly graded, so you go best player available. I
Speaker 1: really don't think that's cliche, and I think that's that's
Speaker 1: something the Bears are going to have to look at
Speaker 1: everything else on the table for this Bears team in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. Looking forward to it. Tom good job,
Speaker 1: we'll talk to you in a couple of weeks. Draft
Speaker 1: coverage all week long on WBBMN six seventy The score
Speaker 1: thanks to our crew, including Jim Miller for Tom Thayer,
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joniac. Thanks to Jordan Trutup, Dan Billy, Julio Rosso,
Speaker 1: Anthony Herron. Next on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score.
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