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Here are your hosts, Jeff Chiloniac aka the 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:39.559 Mayor of Bearsville and his sidekicked Tom the Surfask there, a. 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:40.640 New day is done. 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.959 We've got some perspective and where the off season will 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.800 begin and where the off season will end. A lot 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.720 will transpire from now until the start of the regular 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:51.080 season in twenty twenty. 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:52.920 Four, but we'll try and capture it all. Here you 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:53.880 on Bears Weekly. 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.560 I'm Jeff Joniack, Longway broadcast partner on the radio. Super 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.080 Bowl Bear winning guard Tom Fair. Jim will rejoin the 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.400 festivities now here in the offseason from Serious Sex MNFL 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.400 Radios moving the chains thanks to our producers. Jordan tread Up, 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:09.480 Dan Burrilly from the Bears tonight to the ESPN one 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:10.320 thousand studios. 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:12.560 We have Jack McGrath and Sean Greeney. 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.200 Executive producer of the Bears Radio Network is Eric Ostrowski, 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.200 and we're all batting down the hatches, getting ready for 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.760 the biggest snow in three years in Chicago. We welcome 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:25.280 in my partners Tom and Jim Thayer. How are you feeling, Buddy. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.480 Big Jeff, I'm a weather worrier. 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.640 I always have been my whole life. I always have concerns. 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:35.319 My dad worked for Kamweal Medison for forty three years, 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:37.240 and the worst the weather got, the more he got 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.160 called out the work. So still kind of pay attention 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.560 to it, just like I pay attention to everything that's 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:46.360 going around in the NFL, and you take everything into consideration, 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.640 what's happened in the last couple days, who's coming, and 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.800 who's going. The Bears will still be the most talked 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:58.720 about franchise throughout the offseason because of their draft position 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:02.520 and players. 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.920 Right and the assets to do it financially as well. 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.360 Jim, good to talk to you once again. Thanks for 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:07.480 being here. You'll be here the. 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.560 Rest of the offseason with us, So a lot to 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:11.720 dive into and you're the man to do it. You 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.400 talk about it on the radio on Serious XMNFL Radio's 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.400 Move the Chains every single day. Your perspective on what 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:22.520 you heard at Havishaw yesterday from the big three at 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.359 the podium, that would be Kevin Warren, Ryan Poles, and 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:26.120 Matty Reerflues. 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.880 Yeah, I think you know strides were made in twenty 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.760 twenty three. Their record reflects it. Maybe could have had 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.080 one or two more that maybe lets slip away. But 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:38.600 I do think you see improvement and why coachib Reflues 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:42.000 will be back. You never saw any finger pointing whatsoever 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.320 from the players on the field. I think the players 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.799 played with a lot of effort, played with a lot 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:52.919 of toughness, certainly did improve, especially defensively in the second 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.160 half of the season, and really like that secondary and 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.919 how those young players are really coming along and they've 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.120 done a nice job developed be these players. And so 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:04.880 I think Ryan Poles laid it out perfect. You know, 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:08.440 they have everything in front of them. You know, the 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.400 improvement that he's looking to see is out there. As 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.280 Tom mentioned, they'll be at the epicenter of the NFL 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.480 draft and have decisions to make and they'll go continue 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.440 their evaluations on this team that will decide what direction 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.760 they're going to go in at many different positions. 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.560 And a big thing is support. You got to have 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.919 it in order to move forward. And Ryan Poles, as 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:32.240 he reiterated yesterday, has it from Kevin Warren and Chairman 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.200 George Hallis McCaskey. 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:38.200 One of the things that I'll never forget is reflecting 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:39.840 in the middle of the year on a trade that 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:41.960 didn't go well for me. I was bummed about it, 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:44.880 took ownership of it. I always have a decision log 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.800 that I go through and talk about, you know what 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:51.040 I can do better, and we met on that and 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:54.280 they both supported me in terms of saying, keep shooting 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:54.680 your shot. 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:54.920 Man. 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:58.520 If you if you put your your log together, you're 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:01.200 hitting those boxes that it feels right and it's gonna 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:01.720 help our team. 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:02.800 Keep shooting your shot. 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.400 And for a decision maker to have that type of 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:06.480 support is incredible. 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:08.160 Well, you have to Tom and Jim. 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.320 You have to Tommy, And that shot then became Montest sweat. 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.840 Yeah, you know, I'm glad he's got the support of 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:19.000 the higher ups behind him, because you got to have that. 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.479 You have to have the confidence that the work you're 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:25.560 doing behind the scenes it can pay off. And if 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.520 you have the support of the front office and all 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.840 the guys in charge, it makes all your work worth it. 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.400 And then it also takes all the scouts that you 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:38.039 take into account that are doing the investigated work on 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.960 their behalf, that those guys are complimented by some of 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.280 the effort that they put into it and the results 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:44.960 they see. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:47.200 Jim, the worst thing you can do is tie the 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:49.320 hands of a GM. He's got to he's got to 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:50.400 trust his instincts and you. 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:51.960 Got to give him that. You got to give him 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:53.680 that wiggle room man a little rope to do it. 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.080 Yeah, And obviously pulling off that trade for Montes Swat 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.640 is a huge get. That is a blue chip player, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.200 and I think nobody can deny the impact he had 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.920 for the Chicago Bears. And I just think yesterday's press coverence, 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.919 you know, speaking highly of Jalen Johnson, and you know, 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:11.839 I happened to be a voter for the All Pro. 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.279 I voted Jalen Johnson in All Pro. You know, I 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:17.279 thought he played that well. And he certainly doesn't want 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.480 blue chip players out of the building. So whether that's 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.080 a franchise tag. Whether they can come to an agreement 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.240 on a long term contract, it sounds like that's going 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.560 to be something that's in the work. So I think overall, 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.640 like we said, they are improved football team that are 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.799 going to continue looking to improve moving forward. 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.559 Johnson Pro Football focus is best coverage defender this year 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.720 at the cornerback position thirty three point three quarterback rating 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.599 one hundred ninety five yards. It got better as the 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.880 season went on. Tommy and that ball production, which is critical. 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:51.640 And yes, Ryan was pretty affirmative, and yes, we will 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.440 work something out. The price definitely went up, but we'll 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:55.159 work something out. 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:55.640 You know. 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:57.560 I think when you look at all the defensive players, 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:00.599 it's kind of a tail of two seasons. Before Montes 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:02.880 Sweat got here, they weren't putting a lot of pressure 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:04.200 on the opponent's quarterback. 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.359 They were getting development out of TJ. 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:10.240 Edwards and Tremaine Edmonds that really helped the overall performance 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.640 of the back end of the defense. But when you 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:17.080 got the evolution and the continuous development of Javon Dexter 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:21.200 Senior and Zach Pickens to mix with the veteran group 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.839 they had, and then you got Montest Sweat. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:25.560 Everything came together. 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:28.680 And so when you talk about a cornerback and their 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:32.040 performance and they're great and everything. When you go from 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.080 little pressure on the opponent's quarterback and you're still playing 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.039 a good brand of football to pressure on the quarterback 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:43.400 and now you start converting that into interceptions, turnovers all 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.360 around the back end of the defense, I think it's 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:48.120 complementary to their performance. 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.640 Yeah, plus twelve at late in the season, turnerover differential, 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:53.200 here's polls on sweat yesterday. 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.080 A multiplayer like a multiplayer on the field. 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.479 But you know, again, we were doing extit interviews and 0:06:58.480 --> 0:06:59.640 talking to our guys throughout the year. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.120 He helped that entire defense. 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:05.600 I think when you add players like that, all of 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.239 a sudden, I think you could kind of see everyone 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:08.080 had a little bit more. 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.640 Swagger to him, and I think it affected the back end. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.760 You saw the interceptions go up. He saw us one 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:14.400 more games. 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:20.040 So really good of the test effect there, So really 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.120 proud of that one. And great human being too. 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.040 Yeah, you know, getting to know him a little bit, 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.160 he is excited to be here. He felt comfortable, and 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.000 I do think that this team in part because of 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:34.040 that trade Jim, this team stayed together and got really 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.360 motivated together to. 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.200 Get this thing going in the right direction. 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:38.800 Uh. 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:40.120 That made a huge difference. 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.760 Still near the bottom of the league overall in sack 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.400 for pass play, that kind of production, but guys such 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:50.080 as Justin Jones had a best year tackles for loss. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:54.080 It started a zoom, DeMarcus Walker had a very nice 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:58.120 solid season. His numbers zoomed, and Gervon Dexter Senior also 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:02.240 benefited from Monte Sweats presence in the locker room and 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:03.160 presence on the field. 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:03.360 Jim. 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.600 Yeah, I like the fact that, you know, most teams 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:10.240 they won't negotiate with players during the year, like the Steelers, 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:13.040 they just won't do it. But you look at you know, 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.480 re signing Andrew Billings, who was a key component, you know, 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.920 in their ability to stop the run. So getting an 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:22.400 extension done there. I just think that the development of 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:26.440 young players is huge. Tyrek Stevenson, I know you probably 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.320 got the numbers, Cheff. I guarantee you he was up 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.200 there in his PFF numbers and how he performed. 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.720 Oh, it came on strong, and you know he finished 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.280 sixteen pass breakups, tied for fifth in the NFL and 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:40.120 that granted he would listen, let's not get ourselves. 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.680 They targeted him and we knew they would, and every 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:43.440 team tried it. 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.360 But as the season war on, he started making plays 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:49.839 on the ball, taking the ball away. Ferocious tackler Tom 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.640 We talked about them from the time training camp started. Jim, 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.240 you were at training camp. You saw flashes of it 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:57.800 very early in the start of training camp. I never 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:01.400 thought that the guy is confident, I mean super confident. 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.480 Put up some really good numbers fellas. 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.840 Yeah, I mean I think he's the most physical defensive 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.120 back that the Bears have if you look at his 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:14.920 tackling ability, his fundamental approach, how physical he is and 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.959 when he has the contact. I like everything that I've 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:22.959 seen about Tyreek Stevenson. He's got a great attitude. And again, 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.920 I think when you look at the cornerback position, it's 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.040 one of the most difficult positions to find talented guys. 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.200 And for Ryan Poles to go out and find two 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:35.040 of them in the same draft, it's you know, high compliments. 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.800 To Ryan, right, that would be Terrell Smith as well 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:40.040 Cader Gordon the year before. And Jim, you heard coach 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.720 yesterday say you can't have enough corners, you can't have 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.320 enough defensive lineman, you can't have enough corners, And he 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:46.480 is exactly right on it. 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.200 Yeah, I think I think it's money in the bank. 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.280 They've invested solidly in the in the defensive side of 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.520 the ball, and they want to keep that group together. 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.600 I mean, look at how they jumped this year and 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.240 where it can go. I just saw a confident team 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.360 out there. It just seemed like after a while second, 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.800 you know, once you start making big plays, they come 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:08.440 in bunches because it's like, you know, it's infectious. Everybody 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:10.560 wants to get in on the party, right, and that 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.480 seemed to be the case for the Bears defensively, where 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:17.000 they really you know, form themselves an identity. I think 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.600 it improved every single week. Probably not the best tackling 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.240 game the final week of the season against Green Bay, 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.079 but you know, they still only gave up seventeen points 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.160 and gave him a puncher's chance defensively, But that is 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.120 really the face of this team that they probably want 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:34.960 to bring back and now focus on the offensive side 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.000 of the ball and get that up to snuff and 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.120 on par with where they want to be offensively. 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.720 Heck, we made it through the first segment of the show. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.080 We haven't even touched the quarterback position. You would think 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.200 that is always going to be first and foremost. We 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.320 have plenty of time to dive into that big gym 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:49.719 and Tom, thanks. 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.520 For being with us, everybody here on Bears Weekly. 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.040 Coming up next, we will dip into Matt Eberflus's thoughts 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.640 along with Ryan Poles later in the program, Kevin Warren 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.679 on key topics from stadium to the first round, pick 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.840 the number one overall pick, the future of Justin Fields, 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.720 and who might be the Bears offensive coordinator moving forward? 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:08.400 So all coming up. 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.720 Next here on Bears Weekly on the ESPN one thousand 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:13.000 and the Bears Radio Network. 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.040 This is Bears Weekly with a voice of the Bears 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:26.640 for twenty three years, Jeff Jonyak on the Bears Radio Network. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:28.920 And this second of Bears Weekly is brought to you 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.560 by Igs Energy, Jeff Joning acton Beaher, and Jim Miller 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.360 all the sweet sounds of a Jim Miller, the Formber 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.280 Bears starting quarterback in that two thousand and one season. 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.280 I know you played everywhere, but I got to give 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.319 you your props. Buddy, you get in the car, you 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.040 drive to Chicago every week of the season, and you. 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.720 Go on Marquee, you do the three and post game 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.120 and you help us out and we appreciate you. Buddy. 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.080 Well, hey, I enjoy it. I love covering the Bears 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.880 near and dear to my heart and then desperately want 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.640 them to do well. So you know, keep an everfluce 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.839 on board. Again. I just I like how the team 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:05.439 doesn't quit. I like the effort the team shows. So 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:07.360 when we'll see where it goes. And they've got this 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.240 plan laid out, and I think they're gonna see this 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:09.800 plan through. 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:10.560 All right. 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:14.520 Let's talk offensive coordinator, and people are throwing names out 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.160 there at whom they could be interested in. That doesn't 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.080 mean they are. You're gonna read a lot, you're gonna 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:24.040 hear a lot. One of those individuals. Shane Waldron, Seattle's 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:28.199 offensive coordinator, is somebody they may be ready to interview, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.120 according to report. So, Jim, you're the man who played 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.840 the position. You're the man who took the signals and 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:37.680 the play coffs from coordinators your entire career. What might 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.520 fit best with the Bears, regardless of who plays quarterback? 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:43.640 You have to consider the fact that Justin is. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.760 Here, could stay here, they could look and get a 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:50.000 quarterback in the draft, or they could have both here. 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:53.200 Everything's on the table, is indicated yesterday by Ryan Poles. 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.960 Yeah and yeah, I do like that. The style of offense. Obviously, 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:01.480 Shane Waldron comes from the background of Sean So obviously 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.120 when you look at Kyle Shanahan and that style of offense, 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.920 it's a run, play action offense. Obviously, Pete Carroll want 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.880 to focus on running the football, so why they drafted 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:14.920 the Zach Charbonney and of course Kenneth Walker a year prior. 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.640 So Shane comes highly regarded. I think you'll hear a 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:22.280 lot about Slowick from the Houston Texans. Obviously, the job 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:26.199 he did with the young quarterback down there in CJ. Stroud, 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.160 Frank Smith, A lot of people have thrown his name 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:33.640 out there. He's under Mike McDaniel down there for the 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:38.160 Miami Dolphins tonight. I know people have talked about Greg Roman, obviously, 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.440 the style of offense with to incorporate Justin's ability to 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.400 run the football. He's had a ton of success in Baltimore. 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:48.280 Think about they fired Greg Roman and in his offense, 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:52.280 Lamar Jackson was forty six and seventeen, Okay, a lot 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.920 of wins. So yeah, there's names out there, and you know, 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.840 I know Ryan Poles and they're going to continue to 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.319 go through and a value everything on Justin. And I 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:06.040 do agree with with Ryan. I think everything was much 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.720 better from Justin fields, but I think it's got to 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:09.720 be more consistent. 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:10.240 Now. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.160 Is that that consistency is it adding more players around him, 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:17.000 whether it's offensive lineman, you got talents, receivers coming out 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.800 of Ohio State. We'll get into all that and see 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.560 where it goes. But I just don't get from the 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:27.280 fan aspect of it, you can have both worlds. You 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:31.600 can keep Justin and still draft another quarterback. I just 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.480 it just seems like it's got to be either or 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.240 you know, like Justin's got to be gone and trade 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:40.040 him and draft a guy or you know, but just 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.440 doesn't seem you know, that seems to be the case. 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:44.120 And how it has to be that way go back 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.440 to if you look at the LA Charters, they had 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:51.920 Drew Brees, They drafted Philip Rivers and Drew Brees played 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:55.880 two years. They actually franchised him, franchise tag Drew Brees 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.040 why they had Philip Rivers. So it's not out of 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:02.400 the stretch of the imagination that both can happen. And 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.880 we'll see where the evotuation's go and where it takes them. 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:08.520 Tom My perspective for my two cents forth. But you 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.080 guys played the game, you know it a heck of 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.520 a lot better than I like. I would like something 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.120 that can continues to be no matter who plays quarterbacks, 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.840 something that builds off the run game and still has 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.680 that value of the run game. And so yes, Waldron 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.440 is that type of guy for sure, like to run 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:26.560 after the catch guys in his offense. 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:28.080 A really smart guy. 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.600 He's worked with even Bill Belichick, so he's had a 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:31.760 lot to work with. 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:33.280 But I'm not I'm not. 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.800 I want somebody with experience calm plays because some of 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:43.040 the new bloods that come in or have a tie 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.080 to some of these really successful they don't call plays. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.440 You know, they may be a past game coordinator or 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:51.800 run game coordinator or and who maybe I just I 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:53.600 just hope it's somebody would experience. 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.640 Yeah, I mean, there's so many things that I'm thinking about. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:01.320 It's the difficulty of learning an entire new language for 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:04.600 Justin for maybe the fifth or sixth time in his career. 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:08.680 Just the whole idea of how long that takes when 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:12.800 you're talking about teaching it to thirty something guys, when 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.760 you have all the guys from the offensive side of 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:17.360 the ball, including the new coaches that are going to 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.760 come aboard, and then more consistency from. 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.200 The passing game out of Justine Listen. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:24.800 I think the running game is always going to be 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:28.280 a staple in Chicago no matter who's comes in who 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.800 brings in the system, because they're not hiring Mouse Davis 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.160 to come in and bring in the run and shoot. 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.800 They're going to bring into something how to compliment the 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:41.000 conditions that they play in in the division and in 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:42.920 soldier fields specifically. 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:44.640 So I think. 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:47.880 There's a lot on the table, and you know you 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.920 have to when you think about the quarterback position, I 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.880 think you have to take into account the development of 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:57.280 the quarterback position in Green Bay over the last thirty years. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.800 Are they showing the template of quarter back success when 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.600 they have a quarterback of board who they really like, 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:08.240 is a Hall of Famer All Pro and they still 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:10.800 draft a quarterback that they know they're not going to 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:15.320 put in the put him in immediately and allow him 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.440 to grow and develop and sprout his wings in the. 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.080 NFL and have that type of development. 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.919 So, like Jim says, it's not a foregone conclusion that 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.639 everybody's got to go. I mean, they could bring in 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.600 new bodies and create a competitive atmosphere. And don't forget 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:35.560 about Tyson Bagen because I think he's also a guy 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:38.800 that is a good compliment to the quarterback position and 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.360 I think he'll work well. But you know, you got 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:46.480 to try to develop a quarterback that's playoff ready from 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.960 the first time they step on the field, and with 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.760 a new offensive coordinator and justin stepping on the field, 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:55.160 it would be a first time opportunity for him. 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:59.240 Again here here's how Poles looked at it when he 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:00.000 was asked yesterday. 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.400 I was looking at fields and that first overall pick. 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.560 Obviously, you want to have somebody that's a great teacher. 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:05.320 This is Matt oh. 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:07.679 I think that's important because you know he has to 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:09.320 coach the coaches to coach the position. 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:11.720 I think that's the number one trait of any great coach. 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:14.320 You know, you have to be able to have the 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:18.560 innovation to really look at the players that you have 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:22.000 and be able to help enhance and put those guys 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:25.320 in position to succeed and to get explosives and to 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:26.320 move the ball down the field. 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.120 So that right there, I think is the most important thing. 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:32.040 The teacher part of it, and then the innovation part 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:33.960 of it, and the creativity I think is. 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:34.760 Going to be the biggest part. 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:35.040 All right. 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.800 So, Jim, that's talking about about the OC and what 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.040 he was looking for, and that can apply also to 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:42.560 a defensive coach. That's going to help him if he 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:47.080 chooses to continue calling plays and and everybody wants a teacher, Jim, 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:48.160 everybody does, right. 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:51.120 Well, yeah, I think as a player, that's that's how 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:54.000 you judge a coach. Are they making me better? You know, 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.200 I don't think a player he doesn't care about whether 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.960 he's been a former player or never played the game. 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.199 Are they making me a better player? It's interesting. I 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.560 was talking about that to Dante Scarnekia today as it 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.520 relates to to Bill Belichick, and you do feel that, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:12.640