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Speaker 1: the build up to the matchup. My partner Tip there
Speaker 1: ready to go. It's Packer week. He's got a grim
Speaker 1: look on his face, as he always does when the
Speaker 1: Green and Yellow come into calling. Yeah, I was thinking
Speaker 1: about that. You know, it's kind of weird because we
Speaker 1: should be in a great mood after the performance in
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. However, you start thinking about what's in front
Speaker 1: of you, and that's a unique thing about football, and
Speaker 1: not only is it the Green Bay Packers, but the
Speaker 1: importance of a division game. And you like the Bears
Speaker 1: to keep on rolling, keep on the keep the momentum
Speaker 1: that they've they've been able to build over the last
Speaker 1: couple weeks and carry it right through into Green Bay.
Speaker 1: Coming up next, we'll be hearing from Cody Whitehair, the
Speaker 1: Bears veteran left guard, and we'll also be joined by
Speaker 1: veteran Packers beat rider over the years, Bob McGinn, a
Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Famer. As we get you set
Speaker 1: for the kickoff, the angry way in which the Bears
Speaker 1: played certainly something you enjoyed watching on tape all over again.
Speaker 1: The offensive line, the blocking again by the tight ends,
Speaker 1: the running game, getting north and south and giving punishing
Speaker 1: blows over the course of the game. And it's what
Speaker 1: they needed to win in the games against the Lions
Speaker 1: and the Packers. Excuse me, Lions and the Raiders. Can
Speaker 1: they do that now against the Packers? The same type
Speaker 1: of game plan you know they have to, Jeff. But Jeff,
Speaker 1: think about your history over the NFL. When you think
Speaker 1: about the best teams throughout your broadcasting career, they all
Speaker 1: had that offensive defensive line identity, whether it was the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens, whoever you want to hand pick over the years.
Speaker 1: And so the Bears in the last couple of weeks
Speaker 1: have put on display that their front seven defensively in
Speaker 1: their offensive line has taken a different physical approach to
Speaker 1: their success. And if they can keep that up and
Speaker 1: continue to develop and even improve on that reputation. You
Speaker 1: don't know what the limits are for this team, so
Speaker 1: it's it's about, you know, having the two offensive defensive
Speaker 1: line played the most important role in the game this week.
Speaker 1: I think we both agree that Elijah Wilkinson, who expects
Speaker 1: to get the start at right tackle for Jermaine Effetti
Speaker 1: who goes down the short term ir list with a
Speaker 1: knee issue, played a very physical game. He was very
Speaker 1: physical up front, and that's exactly what you needed. He said.
Speaker 1: It's not easy for him going back and forth. He
Speaker 1: likes being settled in it right tackle. You know, that's
Speaker 1: one thing about you know, we didn't know what to
Speaker 1: expect that of Elijah Wilkinson when he came in the game,
Speaker 1: But when he came in the game, he kept on
Speaker 1: that brand of a physical style of play. He played
Speaker 1: to the whistle. There was no drop off, and I
Speaker 1: think that was really encouraging to Bill Laser, the play caller,
Speaker 1: knowing that he could still stick with what was successful
Speaker 1: for them, and that was running the ball well. Tom
Speaker 1: news of the day involving the Bears not good news
Speaker 1: for Damian Williams and the running game. Williams has been
Speaker 1: placed on the COVID nineteen reserve list, so he will
Speaker 1: not be able to play on Sunday. So that puts
Speaker 1: the onus on Khalil Herbert, the rookie who impressed with
Speaker 1: an eighteen carry performance against the Vegas Raiders. I think
Speaker 1: he's built for this. I think he's gonna be just fine.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, so, I you know, I think they're fortunate
Speaker 1: to have Ryan all waiting in the wings, and they
Speaker 1: signed our Tavis Paris and recently they're both familiar with
Speaker 1: the complete playbook. They were here the entire training camp.
Speaker 1: So yeah, a majority of the responsibility is going to
Speaker 1: fall onto the shoulders of Khalil Herbert first, second, and
Speaker 1: third down. But you know, Ryan has been in there
Speaker 1: as a fullback in the last couple of weeks and
Speaker 1: he has a really good understanding of this system. So
Speaker 1: I don't put any less expectations on the running game.
Speaker 1: It's just a matter that who's gonna be in that
Speaker 1: position to carry the load and the interesting aspect of it.
Speaker 1: Herbert is yet to catch a pass in the regular season,
Speaker 1: just thirty four in his systems in Kansas and Virginia Tech,
Speaker 1: but he showed in preseason that he can catch the football. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I have no doubt that Khalil Herbert is
Speaker 1: not capable of doing anything that's asked of them. The
Speaker 1: only advantage you really gives you is there's so little
Speaker 1: scouting information on Khalil and Ryan All for that matter,
Speaker 1: or our Tavis purist that the coaches from Green Bay
Speaker 1: are going to be scrambling a little bit also on
Speaker 1: how to best take advantage of the newness in the back. Now,
Speaker 1: given that's got a rookie quarterback and now you got
Speaker 1: a rookie sixth round back that got his feet wet
Speaker 1: last week with a big, big load and finish the job.
Speaker 1: He was the closer for the game. Do you feel
Speaker 1: that they'll stress? Try to stress them a little bit
Speaker 1: with blitzes and blitz pick up responsibilities. Put them in conflict,
Speaker 1: you know, if they do Jeff and the quarterback with
Speaker 1: his legs beats one of those blitzes, then all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, now you're apprehensive about blitzing. And if you're
Speaker 1: a running back and you have a good, experienced offensive
Speaker 1: line in front of you, and you take advantage of
Speaker 1: one of those out of position blitzers and turn it
Speaker 1: in a big run then you change their mind. So me,
Speaker 1: the most important position coming out of the locker room
Speaker 1: is going to be the off It's a defensive line
Speaker 1: in which we talked about earlier, and I think the
Speaker 1: complete assistance of the tight end position is a good
Speaker 1: game plan to go into in a running back situation
Speaker 1: that you're going to have. The other thing I like
Speaker 1: about Herbert is he runs north and south. Hey, you
Speaker 1: know what, that's the best compliment of any back you
Speaker 1: can talk about in the NFL, as a guy that
Speaker 1: has the willingness to run north and south. If you
Speaker 1: want to get the most positive the yards, commit to
Speaker 1: your point of attack and follow along according to plan.
Speaker 1: Allow the play to deliver you what ultimately it's going
Speaker 1: to get. Justin fields is the quarterback facing Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: for the first time. People are trying to ask him
Speaker 1: this week, Hey wow, it's Aaron Rodgers and on the
Speaker 1: other side of the field, and he he'll be asked
Speaker 1: again next week it's Tom Brady. But right now, even
Speaker 1: as a young player, he answered the question exactly the
Speaker 1: way he needed to answer it to be honest, Like,
Speaker 1: I don't look at it as a matchup between me
Speaker 1: and Aaron or you know, I didn't look at it.
Speaker 1: Matchup back then is between me and Trevor. I'm simply
Speaker 1: doing whatever I need to do to how my team win,
Speaker 1: and that's hand the ball off eighty times during a
Speaker 1: game or if that's you know, throw for however so
Speaker 1: many yards. I mean, that's what I'm gonna do. So
Speaker 1: I'm not worried about comparisons between touchdown stats. I'm just
Speaker 1: worried about winning. Yeah, you know, you listen, you're never
Speaker 1: gonna play against him. All it is is about justin fields.
Speaker 1: The fans should be focused on his improvement weekend and
Speaker 1: week out, and that's how the Bears are going to
Speaker 1: develop in the strongest team possible. Yeah, listen, you're never
Speaker 1: going to deny the greatness of Aaron Rodgers has been
Speaker 1: putting on display since he's taken over there. So I
Speaker 1: think it's a little bit unfair when you ask a
Speaker 1: question of a rookie quarterback playing against the Green Bay
Speaker 1: Packers for the first time about Aaron Rodgers, because the biggest,
Speaker 1: the bigger pitcher is winning a division game, all right.
Speaker 1: Coming up next, one of the guys it'll be blocking
Speaker 1: for Kalil Herbert and the rest of the Bears backfield
Speaker 1: is Cody white Here, the left guard joins us next,
Speaker 1: so ill coming up here on Bears All Access on
Speaker 1: Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to
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Speaker 1: Tom Thair Jeff Jonahak back on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy to Score, please to be joined by Bears veteran
Speaker 1: left guard Cody white Hair. Good to see a Cody.
Speaker 1: How are things going for you right now? Things are great, man.
Speaker 1: We're you know, getting this thing turned back around and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we're having a lot of fun doing it.
Speaker 1: So a big week this week with the Packers, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know we're gonna be be ready to roll for that.
Speaker 1: You know. I love what you had to say earlier
Speaker 1: in the week about after the Cleveland game. Everybody had
Speaker 1: a basically it was a look in the mirror moment
Speaker 1: for everybody and what came out of that is significant,
Speaker 1: isn't it. Yeah? Absolutely, you know, I mean, we know
Speaker 1: we're better than what we put on tape against against Cleveland.
Speaker 1: And you know, credit to this team to get this
Speaker 1: thing turned around and going in the right direction. So
Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna keep it going forward. Hey, you know, Cody,
Speaker 1: So I remember once we were playing a game and
Speaker 1: I remember reading the scoreboard in Minnesota and said, far
Speaker 1: in the season, the Bears have given up seven sacks.
Speaker 1: Tonight they've given up nine. So I've been in the
Speaker 1: same position that you were as an offensive lineman. And
Speaker 1: it was more of us just going back to our
Speaker 1: offensive line room kind of talking about and recommitting to
Speaker 1: each other. What was the kind of the message just
Speaker 1: set amongst you guys, not the team. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously you don't want to put yourself in those situations
Speaker 1: and have sacks and get your quarterback hit and all
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. Um, you know, and we take
Speaker 1: a lot of pride in protecting our quarterback and um,
Speaker 1: you know, making sure he has enough time to get
Speaker 1: the ball down the field or wherever wherever he's going
Speaker 1: to go with the ball. So you know, it was
Speaker 1: basically like, um, you know, we came in and we
Speaker 1: were like this ain't good enough, this isn't who we
Speaker 1: want to be, and um, you know, came out to
Speaker 1: practice with the different, different mentality to get the thing
Speaker 1: turned around. And that's that's kind of been the turning
Speaker 1: point of where we've where we've where we're at, and
Speaker 1: where we've been, you know, without a lot of time
Speaker 1: to develop. The relationship amongst offensive lineman is unique. How
Speaker 1: is the relationship developing between you and Jason P with
Speaker 1: your experience and all of his experience. Yeah, it's going well.
Speaker 1: Obviously each week we're gonna get a little bit better,
Speaker 1: you know, passing off games, being in the right situation
Speaker 1: at the right time. But you know, I like where
Speaker 1: we're at now and it's only going to get better
Speaker 1: moving forward. So I'm excited about that. You know, it's
Speaker 1: three times as many years in the game then you
Speaker 1: with Jason Peters. It's hard to imagine. Can you, Okay,
Speaker 1: what you've endured already in your time has been a lot.
Speaker 1: It's a roller coaster, right, success, failure, changing positions, whatnot.
Speaker 1: But as you think about going to work every day,
Speaker 1: do you just look at him and say, Wow, can
Speaker 1: I do this for eighteen years? I mean it's a
Speaker 1: fair question, right, Yeah, it's impressive, you know, the the
Speaker 1: energy he brings to the room, even being, you know,
Speaker 1: an eighteen year veteran. It's just it's amazing. It really
Speaker 1: is the energy, the vibe he brings to our room
Speaker 1: every morning, you know, and it carries over to practice.
Speaker 1: I mean, the things he sees, the things he sees
Speaker 1: on film, you know, all that kind of stuff. I'm
Speaker 1: picking his brain and trying to get as much information
Speaker 1: as I can, you know, and this, uh and Thom
Speaker 1: has taught me this many times. You never learn everything
Speaker 1: as an offensive lineman because of the guy next to
Speaker 1: you or the guy in front of you that you're
Speaker 1: trying to block. So are you even amazed at what
Speaker 1: you've digested from a guy like Jason Peters here just
Speaker 1: in this short time. And what specifically is he taught
Speaker 1: you that you really didn't know? Yeah? Absolutely, I mean
Speaker 1: I'm always picking his brain. Um, you know, there's little
Speaker 1: things that he sees on tape that are just you know,
Speaker 1: especially in the back end, seeing safeties and stuff, you know.
Speaker 1: So I've been able to pick his brain on his
Speaker 1: tactics on how to watch tape and and figuring out
Speaker 1: the little things that he sees, especially on the back end,
Speaker 1: not just in the in the box of the seven,
Speaker 1: but you know, with safety rotations and all this kind
Speaker 1: of stuff. It's pretty impressive. Hey, Cody, let's go to
Speaker 1: the opposite end of the spectrum that Jason Peters. Let's
Speaker 1: look at your quarterback. What type of energy does he
Speaker 1: bring into the huddle and how is that energy chaining
Speaker 1: week to week? You know, for a young guy, he's
Speaker 1: he's very you know, he's a good leader for being
Speaker 1: such a young guy. Um. You know, he comes in
Speaker 1: the huddle each and every week, um, you know, very poised, um,
Speaker 1: which is pretty cool to see because as a young guy,
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of emotion in the game.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of things that can happen, and he
Speaker 1: just keeps his poise, whether a good play a bad play,
Speaker 1: he's always you know, he's got that next play mentality
Speaker 1: already in place. And that's that's pretty cool to have
Speaker 1: as a young guy, because you know, I can remember
Speaker 1: when I was playing as a young guy. You know,
Speaker 1: if if a bad play happens, you tend to let
Speaker 1: it wear on your heart a little bit and you're like, dang, man,
Speaker 1: I wish I could have that play back, but uh,
Speaker 1: you know, in this league, you know you have to
Speaker 1: move to the next play because he can't let one
Speaker 1: play effect two, three, four plays. Um. You know, so
Speaker 1: I think that's really really cool to see as as
Speaker 1: a young guy, to see him be able to move
Speaker 1: on from play to play. You know, it was amazing
Speaker 1: to me, Cody, from this past Sunday in Las Vegas.
Speaker 1: Is before the first half ended, you guys had already
Speaker 1: earned the Vegas crowd out of it, and you and
Speaker 1: operated the Chicago Bears fans. Could you hear it and
Speaker 1: could you feel it? Because it seemed to me the
Speaker 1: last couple of snaps before the end of the first half,
Speaker 1: even though you're in shotgun, you were still able to
Speaker 1: use a vocal cadence. Yeah. Absolutely. You know, our fans
Speaker 1: are great. They traveled really well and you know, going
Speaker 1: clear across the country. To be able to have basically
Speaker 1: a home field advantage that whole second half was pretty special,
Speaker 1: you know, so credit to our fans. And then of course,
Speaker 1: you know later in the fourth quarter here and you know,
Speaker 1: go Bears and stuff like that. It's just unbelievable on
Speaker 1: the rug, Cody, I don't know if you saw it,
Speaker 1: and I don't know if you're on Twitter at all,
Speaker 1: but people have sent videos and in the corridors of
Speaker 1: Allegian Stadium it was they were singing the Bears fights on. Now.
Speaker 1: I don't think that would have happened in the old
Speaker 1: black Hole in Oakland, because somebody's getting beat up, if
Speaker 1: somebody's throwing punches. But they literally and in time even
Speaker 1: agrees that any team that goes in there, it's not
Speaker 1: like a vacation spot. I mean, people are going to Vegas.
Speaker 1: They're gonna go their team. But um, that's rare, that's unique, right, Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: And like I say, our fans are great. You know,
Speaker 1: they always travel well, it always you know, they always
Speaker 1: they always come with great passion. Um, you know, and
Speaker 1: you can and and and we can feel that on
Speaker 1: the field, you know, when when they're chanting go Bears
Speaker 1: or defense when our defense is out there and stuff
Speaker 1: like that. It's just it's unbelievable, unbelievable to see. And
Speaker 1: especially on the road for sure. Well you can also
Speaker 1: feel it when they turn turn ugly. Sometimes it sold
Speaker 1: your field, right, They're they're equal opportunity that way. Cody
Speaker 1: white Hair are our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio
Speaker 1: six seventy The score. Uh. Cody from the time you
Speaker 1: stepped in, you've been a starter. In twenty sixteen, a
Speaker 1: second round pick, the Bears moved back twice to get you.
Speaker 1: They clearly targeted you. And you're in huddle demeanor as
Speaker 1: it changed. Have you have you spoken up more maybe
Speaker 1: than you did as a rookie. I mean that's assumed
Speaker 1: in many regards, but you've always been a leader. So
Speaker 1: what could take us through that transition of the huddle?
Speaker 1: Because we're not in it and that's a cool place
Speaker 1: to be if you've never been in it. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: when I first came in, I had, you know, some
Speaker 1: pretty veteran offensive linement around me. Um. You know, and
Speaker 1: now it's transition six years later, and I'm kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, one of the older guys, especially before we
Speaker 1: got Jason Um. You know, so especially during that training camp,
Speaker 1: you know, you find yourself, you know, try trying to
Speaker 1: just talk a little bit more in the huddle, figure
Speaker 1: things out. You know, we only have a very short
Speaker 1: time to figure out our mistakes and you know, communicate,
Speaker 1: you know, forty seconds isn't isn't much to communicate, you know,
Speaker 1: So I find myself you know, doing that a little
Speaker 1: bit more and talking to Sam, and you know, Sam's
Speaker 1: done a great job filling that center position, and you
Speaker 1: know his communication has been great and Mike points and
Speaker 1: all that stuff. You know, he's just done a great job.
Speaker 1: But I do find myself has a little bit more
Speaker 1: veteran guy, you know, speaking up a little bit more
Speaker 1: in that huddle. Have you ever lost your temper in
Speaker 1: the huddle that you regret or just you know, or
Speaker 1: or have you ever said something really funny that cracked
Speaker 1: up the whole group? Um, I'm really not the funniest guy,
Speaker 1: you know. I'm more I'm more serious in business when
Speaker 1: when we're out there, and um, you know, you definitely
Speaker 1: do have some emotional time in that huddle where you
Speaker 1: do kind of have to get on some guys. Um
Speaker 1: you know, so yes I have. I have had some
Speaker 1: frustrating moments in the huddle, but uh, you know, at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's all love. We're just
Speaker 1: trying to figure out our mistakes and move on. Have
Speaker 1: you ever noticeably danced in Club dub Yeah, that's funny.
Speaker 1: We had a little we had a little dance. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously it was a big win for us
Speaker 1: in Vegas, and um, you know, Club dub was pretty
Speaker 1: pretty lit on Sunday, you know, so there's actually a
Speaker 1: few videos that did some of the offensive linemen have
Speaker 1: of of me dancing in there. So it's pretty cool. Wow,
Speaker 1: now it's on tape. Now it's there forever. Absolutely, that's
Speaker 1: that's just haunting. Is the Super Bowl Shuffle? Absolutely? Cody.
Speaker 1: So the mentality changed in the last couple of weeks
Speaker 1: because as much as you guys have run the ball,
Speaker 1: do you feel physically more exhausted after a heavy duty
Speaker 1: run effort or do you feel more physically exhausted when
Speaker 1: you got a you know, pass block, standing your feet
Speaker 1: maintain the protection for seconds? And where do you feel different?
Speaker 1: I mean, when you anytime you run the ball thirty
Speaker 1: times a game like we have the past couple of times,
Speaker 1: you know, plus thirty times, it's it's taxing on the
Speaker 1: body for sure. And as I've gotten a little bit older,
Speaker 1: I guess the soreness is kind of lingered a little
Speaker 1: bit more throughout the week than than if I was younger.
Speaker 1: But I definitely do feel a little bit more sore
Speaker 1: when we run the ball because you know, coming off
Speaker 1: the ball like that and creating double teams and creating
Speaker 1: movement for our running backs. You know, you you definitely
Speaker 1: are a little bit more sore, um, you know, but
Speaker 1: but the reward, you know, yeah, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty yards on the board at the
Speaker 1: end of the game, or you know, whatever it was,
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty rewarding as an offensive line, as an
Speaker 1: offensive line to open up those holes for our guys
Speaker 1: and you know, help them, help them get in the
Speaker 1: end zone for sure. Dude. You know, defenses aren't built
Speaker 1: for sixteen play drives. And when I was watching you
Speaker 1: guys go through that in that game, I was going
Speaker 1: not only was thinking about how good you guys looked
Speaker 1: in that whole process, but how fatigued the defense looked
Speaker 1: throughout that whole process. Yeah. Absolutely, And we talk about
Speaker 1: a run game and creating body blows on the defensive line,
Speaker 1: you know, and that's that's what the run game is.
Speaker 1: You know. You may you may only have a you
Speaker 1: may have a play here and there where you get
Speaker 1: two or three yards, but hey, you know you're giving
Speaker 1: them a body blow, and they're going to remember that
Speaker 1: come coming the end of the fourth quarter, for sure.
Speaker 1: Cody White here one more segment to go with the
Speaker 1: Bears veteran guard after a break here on Chicago Sports
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Speaker 1: after the Cleveland game and you and you guys decide, Okay,
Speaker 1: we're going to be as an offense. We're gonna we're
Speaker 1: gonna go smash mouth here. We're gonna get everybody involved
Speaker 1: in the blocking, the blocking, the tight ends and the
Speaker 1: receivers and the backs, everybody. It's been impressive. But did
Speaker 1: they literally go to you guys say we're gonna put
Speaker 1: this game on you. We're gonna put this offense on
Speaker 1: your shoulders, and you guys are gonna are gonna take
Speaker 1: the ball and round with it. Was that a literal
Speaker 1: explanation potentially of what went on here and or did
Speaker 1: you guys ask for it as an offensive line? No,
Speaker 1: it was it was a little bit of both. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously we um you know we hated the
Speaker 1: way we felt every time we came off of the field,
Speaker 1: you know, on third down or whatever it was. After
Speaker 1: the Cleveland game, we just hated it. There was such
Speaker 1: a bad taste in our mouth that you know, collectively,
Speaker 1: as an offense, we were like, we have to get
Speaker 1: this thing turned around. This this is not who we are.
Speaker 1: So I would say, you know, collectively as an offense,
Speaker 1: we you know, kind of knew that wasn't who we
Speaker 1: wanted to be or what our identity was, um, you know,
Speaker 1: And it just took the guys coming in every day
Speaker 1: having that mentality that we're gonna get this thing turned around, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's it's gonna be you know, short lived,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna watch this tape on Tuesday and we're
Speaker 1: gonna move on, um you know. And that was kind
Speaker 1: of our mentality. And you could really kind of tell
Speaker 1: how practice has changed the mentality throughout walking walking through
Speaker 1: the facility. Um, you know, just everybody's mentality just shifted
Speaker 1: after that game and um, you know, things things have
Speaker 1: gotten a lot better, that's for sure. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: the Green Bay game, man, because of the responsibility that's
Speaker 1: put on the shoulders of the offensive lineman for a
Speaker 1: sustained time of possession that result in scores. You have
Speaker 1: multiple running backs that are taking place. You got the
Speaker 1: tight end position as doing as good as job as
Speaker 1: blocking as I've seen here in quite a long time.
Speaker 1: Do you guys feel that it's it's not the responsibility
Speaker 1: of how the defense plays against Aaron Rodgers Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: It's how well you our offense can play against their
Speaker 1: defense in the time consumption aspect of it all. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: and anytime you're playing playing a guy like Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: the more you can keep them off the field, the better,
Speaker 1: you know. So we just have to be efficient, you know,
Speaker 1: on first and second down instead of third and long situations,
Speaker 1: and keep moving the sticks and scoring the red zone.
Speaker 1: You know, that's the biggest thing is we can't hurt
Speaker 1: ourselves once we get down to the red zone. We
Speaker 1: have to be efficient in that area and get six
Speaker 1: instead of three. Cordy Whitehair our guest here on Chicago
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six seventy to score. This is Bears All
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Speaker 1: the first real big story they did on you back
Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. The headline was old school Cody Whitehair
Speaker 1: brings farm work ethic to Bears. It was in the
Speaker 1: Chicago Tribune, and that has proven to be true. You
Speaker 1: haven't changed your colors despite success contracts, and you're the
Speaker 1: same guy as you were when you got aren't you. Yeah? Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I take a lot of pride in that, you know.
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, the more you can be
Speaker 1: the same guy every day, the more respect you get, um,
Speaker 1: throughout the league, throughout you know, this facility, um, you know,
Speaker 1: and throughout the locker room. Um, you know. So that's
Speaker 1: what I try and pride myself. I just try and
Speaker 1: be the same guy, to be consistent, um, you know,
Speaker 1: and everything I do, and be the same guy every day.
Speaker 1: Would you say you're different though in terms of the
Speaker 1: weight room, because you love that place and you've added
Speaker 1: a lot of armors since college. I mean I went
Speaker 1: back and soft still photo of you at Kansas State.
Speaker 1: Not to say you weren't a big guy then, but
Speaker 1: you're a much bigger guy now, you could tell. Yeah, yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: you know. And then and the thing about it is, too,
Speaker 1: once you get in the season, obviously you're gonna lose
Speaker 1: some strength. Um, you know, we know that that's part,
Speaker 1: you know, of of your body getting broke down. But
Speaker 1: what I really try and focus on is I want
Speaker 1: to be the last guy on the field to lose
Speaker 1: my strength. Um, you know, so I I take really,
Speaker 1: you know, a good amount of time in the weight
Speaker 1: room to try and keep my strength up throughout the season,
Speaker 1: because you know, as your body gets beat up, as
Speaker 1: you wear down, you're going to lose some of that strength.
Speaker 1: But I want to try and be the last one
Speaker 1: to lose as much as I can. You know, Cody
Speaker 1: our great friend, my great friend now for thirty something years,
Speaker 1: Clyde Emeric. He always says to me, hey, can you
Speaker 1: ask Cody ask him if he's crossing the line, because
Speaker 1: I guess it's an expression that he's invented that you
Speaker 1: want to take your strength beyond. You know, you set
Speaker 1: a goal, but you want to go beyond that. So,
Speaker 1: you know, I know Clyde, you know, gone through some
Speaker 1: tough times, but he's still want hell of a guy.
Speaker 1: How do you take that expression about you crossing the line? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Clde's a great guy. He still comes around
Speaker 1: when he can when he can, you know, and it's
Speaker 1: always good to see him in here and every time
Speaker 1: you know, I hit I hit a better lift, or
Speaker 1: you know, I crossed that line. I guess if you will,
Speaker 1: I gotta let him know because he's you know, he's
Speaker 1: you know, even if he's not here, I give McCall
Speaker 1: and you can tell behind the phone he's definitely smiling. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I went to see him last week. That's the first
Speaker 1: thing he said, have do you get a chance to
Speaker 1: run into Cody yet? And when you do, asking maybe
Speaker 1: he's crossing the line. It's an innocent expression, so don't
Speaker 1: anybody take it a wrong way. It's just way Clyde's
Speaker 1: way of encouraging everybody since he started, you know, the
Speaker 1: first strength coach in the NFL of encouragement in the
Speaker 1: weight room because you know, you're the same guy that
Speaker 1: you're achieved this veteran status that you have to encourage
Speaker 1: these young guys that you see of hey, work harder
Speaker 1: or work smarter, or whatever the case is, because the
Speaker 1: weight room plays such an important role in your overall success. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: And there's there's gonna be times after a game where
Speaker 1: you're a little bit more sore than others, obviously, but
Speaker 1: you know, being able to put that bar on your
Speaker 1: back and you know, work range of motion and you know,
Speaker 1: just work that lactic acid out of there and get
Speaker 1: ready for Wednesday so you can have a really good week.
Speaker 1: It's it's, it's it's very important, um you know. So
Speaker 1: I try and stress that to my guys as a
Speaker 1: veteran guy, to make sure that we're still standing strong
Speaker 1: in the weave room. And in addition to that, you
Speaker 1: got to have super strong hands. And I read a
Speaker 1: story back when you first started as well about using
Speaker 1: grip squeeze devices. Do you still do that? Absolutely? Yep?
Speaker 1: Every day. Um, you know that's kind of when I
Speaker 1: sit and sitting you know, the room and watch a
Speaker 1: little tape early in the morning. I get my grip
Speaker 1: work in a little bit, um, you know, every day
Speaker 1: as much as I can, um, you know, because because
Speaker 1: as offensive linemen, you know, your hands are really important
Speaker 1: as well, so you gotta keep those just as just
Speaker 1: as strong as your body for sure. Yeah, Tom, we
Speaker 1: got our five things here now ready, five things for Cody,
Speaker 1: fun stuff quick answers? All right, buddy, you're ready cool
Speaker 1: something other than football. You are surprisingly good at cookie too.
Speaker 1: You and Fair are twins. Love to a bucket list
Speaker 1: item you gotta get to, Um, go to Hawaii took
Speaker 1: place you guys are twins. Favorite athlete growing up, Um
Speaker 1: Walter Payton Town black form a moment you were left
Speaker 1: are struck by. Oh that's a tough one. Um, I
Speaker 1: don't know, Tom, you can answer that one. Maybe having
Speaker 1: dinner with Frank Sinatra. Yeah, well, we don't want to,
Speaker 1: we don't want to rehash that, but yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it was a great one of the greatest experiences of
Speaker 1: my life when you have a chance to sit at
Speaker 1: a table with a guy of that enormous world renowned
Speaker 1: recognition and get a chance to pick his brain. Amazing.
Speaker 1: All right, last one guilty pleasure. Oh that's a tough
Speaker 1: one too. You guys are stumping me here. Um, I
Speaker 1: don't know. I can go back to the one and
Speaker 1: talk about that too, the one you said before that. Um,
Speaker 1: I guess A cool moment for me was when I
Speaker 1: when I got drafted here, I went to Dick his
Speaker 1: restaurant and uh, I walked up the stairs and he
Speaker 1: was sitting up there. So that was pretty cool being
Speaker 1: you know, hearing all the stories about the Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: and then you know, being able to see see Dick
Speaker 1: was pretty cool. You could have played for him, that's
Speaker 1: for sure. That's a great compliment. Exactly right. All right, Cody,
Speaker 1: we're gonna let you go appreciate all the time. Good
Speaker 1: luck this week against the Packers, and keep this street rolling.
Speaker 1: Appreciate it better. Thanks guys. That's Bears guard Cody White here,
Speaker 1: Tom and I return will be joined by Bob McGinn,
Speaker 1: the veteran beat writer for the Green Bay Packers. It's
Speaker 1: all coming up next here on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy The Score. This segment of Bears All Access is
Speaker 1: brought to you by CDW people who get It. With
Speaker 1: Tom there and Jeff Joniac, Bob McGinn joins us now,
Speaker 1: the veteran beat writer for the Green Bay Packers, here
Speaker 1: on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Milwaukee Journal
Speaker 1: Sentinel for many years, then trying some different endeavors. What's
Speaker 1: your what's your latest, what's your newest? Stop? Bob morning, Jeff.
Speaker 1: I'm now with my former running mate in a Milwaukee
Speaker 1: at the Journal Sentinel, Tyler done at his website goallongtd
Speaker 1: dot com. Long form journalism. That's Tyler's specialty, and that's
Speaker 1: kind of what I'm doing still with rating the Packers,
Speaker 1: the McGinn files and my NFL D half coverage for
Speaker 1: a thirty eighth straight year. So in this thirty eighth
Speaker 1: year of existence with the Packers, what is the storyline
Speaker 1: right now? Because it didn't start great, but they've they've
Speaker 1: caught fire here a little bit. But just broad scope
Speaker 1: because there's a lot to break down and unpack about
Speaker 1: the Aaron Rodgers angles. A horrendous opener against the Saints,
Speaker 1: very solid football in the last four games. They're in
Speaker 1: position to kind of go wherever they want. First time
Speaker 1: in Matt Lafleur's tenure, they've had injuries to a large scale,
Speaker 1: and we're really seeing that this guy really can coach
Speaker 1: because he's overcome a lot of a lot of personnel losses.
Speaker 1: There are any concern about Mike Patton being a part
Speaker 1: of the Chicago Bears staff, I don't know that, Tom,
Speaker 1: but I would think so. I mean, he was a
Speaker 1: huge part of he was with Lafleur early with him late.
Speaker 1: I think he knows an awful lot about that offense,
Speaker 1: right you know, So question or two when you look
Speaker 1: at the offense and you look at the statistics that
Speaker 1: you know are mounting up, and you look at what
Speaker 1: Davante Adams is doing single handedly with the help of
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. So is there any concern that if anything
Speaker 1: would derail Davante Adams that this offense would have would
Speaker 1: struggle or are they just so happy to have the
Speaker 1: combo of Aaron and Davante And with an exclamation point
Speaker 1: around Aaron Jones. Well, if they had Veldi scantling back Tom,
Speaker 1: that would give him the deep threat and another legit receiver.
Speaker 1: But Alan Lazard has really shown almost nothing now and
Speaker 1: Rogers really ignores him. You know, they lost Adams for
Speaker 1: two or three games early last season, and they won
Speaker 1: games without him, but they weren't nearly as good. If
Speaker 1: they lost Adams, it would be a complete devastating blow.
Speaker 1: But they have a great back in Aaron Jones, and
Speaker 1: if they get Scantling back, they would have a deep threat.
Speaker 1: Bob Agin our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy to score top there, Jeff Joniac. Bob, you know,
Speaker 1: talk about Aaron Jones because I think he's an underrated back.
Speaker 1: I think he could be a guy that could be
Speaker 1: a thirty thirty carried guy. I know that doesn't exist
Speaker 1: anymore in the National Football League, But is he underrated
Speaker 1: in your view from a from a fifty thousand foot
Speaker 1: view of what he brings to the table by now,
Speaker 1: maybe not underrated, Jeff, You know a lot of people
Speaker 1: he's had three good, three really good years. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's a slasher, he runs with courage. Now, he had
Speaker 1: a lost fumble early in the season, and he had
Speaker 1: another one here Sunday against Cincinnati that he was avoided
Speaker 1: because of forward progress. But and he's a very good receiver.
Speaker 1: He can split wide and do all that stuff. Laflores
Speaker 1: stretched the field horizontally and McCarthy really didn't do that.
Speaker 1: All his checkdown stuff was in the middle of the field.
Speaker 1: And now but he sends Jones off to the sideline
Speaker 1: and you got to cover fifty three and a third
Speaker 1: handle Green Bay. So, Bob, you know, we have alec Ogletree,
Speaker 1: who happened to be on vacation visiting Robert Quinney comes
Speaker 1: aboard for a physical and now he he's one of
Speaker 1: the best linebackers we have. You guys have a guy
Speaker 1: that rubbed Elbow's rookie year with la Flora over in
Speaker 1: Atlanta Devandre Campbell and I hear all and read all
Speaker 1: these complimentary things from Aaron Rodgers. So how much as
Speaker 1: this guy come on board and without really knowing a
Speaker 1: lot about him throughout the offseason, not bailed out the
Speaker 1: linebacker position, but has really helped the defense. Still want
Speaker 1: to see more, Tom, but the guy has played pretty
Speaker 1: darn good football here he's wearing the green dot. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's far better. It's been a revolving door. They haven't
Speaker 1: spent any money at that position really since drafting aj Hawk.
Speaker 1: You know, Ty Summer is the guy from Minnesota. Last
Speaker 1: year Martin Chris Barnes is okay, but this is a
Speaker 1: step up. Campbell still can run. He came up from
Speaker 1: Minnesota and that's really the big thing. He can run,
Speaker 1: and he can cover backs, and he can do some
Speaker 1: stuff in zone drops and he's been a pretty physical
Speaker 1: guy on the hitting department. So it's been a huge edition.
Speaker 1: And now they have Jalen Smith and we'll have to
Speaker 1: see where they fit him in the offensive liner Jayil
Speaker 1: Alexander What injuries is the most interruptive to the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers? Um, you know, Tom, that's the most remarkable
Speaker 1: thing of these first five weeks, they've played without three
Speaker 1: starters in this last game on the old line, but
Speaker 1: you've got you've got nigeman now and two guards running,
Speaker 1: and newman and a young center Josh Myers. They got
Speaker 1: eight guys now who I think can play. And I
Speaker 1: don't ever recall that in Green Bay, where you've got
Speaker 1: eight old lineman running maybe at seven and a half
Speaker 1: with that guy he's a little but their offensive line
Speaker 1: coach is Adam Stanovich. They've developed people on their old line. Well,
Speaker 1: they got to protect that the gold the Golden Arm,
Speaker 1: I guess. And you know he helps them in as
Speaker 1: many ways as they help him. So I mean he's
Speaker 1: the most If you're an opponent of this, if this man,
Speaker 1: and you're a Navy Blue an Orange supporter, there's nothing
Speaker 1: more irritating to play Aaron Rodgers when it's third down
Speaker 1: in twenty and he can find a way to make
Speaker 1: a play, and it's happened repeatedly. That's why I say
Speaker 1: for this game, you know, no matter where the Packers
Speaker 1: are at or where the Bears are at, you you
Speaker 1: can't make a mistake. It almost has to be that
Speaker 1: way because he capitalizes on every single mistake you make. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he he was terrible on opening day, and you know
Speaker 1: he didn't have the off season and he's played not great,
Speaker 1: but he's played well here by his standards the last month.
Speaker 1: His connection with Adams. You know, Green Bay has had
Speaker 1: a lot of terrific receivers starting with Don Hudson, then
Speaker 1: Loft and then in the during their renaissance. Adams has
Speaker 1: been really incredible and his numbers on the road have
Speaker 1: been absolutely astonishing. Of his numbers on the road, ten
Speaker 1: catches are more on road games in NFL history. He
Speaker 1: has ten. The all time leaders Julio Jones with eleven.
Speaker 1: So he's going to be right at home against the
Speaker 1: young corners of the Bears at Soldier Field. Bob Againing
Speaker 1: our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to
Speaker 1: score in twoy eleven. The Bill Nunn Award used to
Speaker 1: be the Meccan Award elected into the Pro Football Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame for his many years reporting on Pro football
Speaker 1: and a guy that put together a book, The Ultimate
Speaker 1: super Bowl Book, which I found fascinating in every angle
Speaker 1: because Tommy, when we when we were allowed to cover
Speaker 1: super Bowls and go to the Super Bowl Bob is
Speaker 1: in there and just finding out every little detail, including
Speaker 1: the one nugget that I always in the back of
Speaker 1: my mind because you're putting together, you know, I'm putt
Speaker 1: him in my board every week, and I get the
Speaker 1: height and weight, and the height and weight for a guy,
Speaker 1: and in every league fifteen years ago, is the weight
Speaker 1: It's not going to be the same. The height is
Speaker 1: going to be the same. But Bob would ask, hey,
Speaker 1: you know you get the height and weight of every guy,
Speaker 1: every guy on Super Bowl Sunday because it did make
Speaker 1: a different prince, right, Bob. And sometimes guys were told
Speaker 1: not to even answer those questions. You can't even get
Speaker 1: guys now to say what their weight is coming out
Speaker 1: of training camp. Yeah, there's sometimes even the strength coaches
Speaker 1: that Super Bowls would be a little hesitant. But those
Speaker 1: assistant strength coaches, those are the guys that would give
Speaker 1: it up job. So you're a scouted heart, right because
Speaker 1: you love the draft, aren't you a scouted heart. I'm
Speaker 1: an information gather who tended to work scouts. I saw
Speaker 1: that as an all kind of an open area of information.
Speaker 1: I love my assistant coaches over the years in Green Bay,
Speaker 1: and I'm around the league. But the scouts are guys who, boy,
Speaker 1: if you get to know them, they can really help you.
Speaker 1: And they and they all know one hundred times more
Speaker 1: football than I'll ever know. What is the deficiency of
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers? Uh, let's see. The deficiency would
Speaker 1: be pass rush without Zadarius Smith, Rashaun Garry's really plateaued.
Speaker 1: I think Preston Smith's had a pretty good start to
Speaker 1: the season, but he's not a premier rusher. Joe Berry
Speaker 1: has not shown much in terms of blitz packages that
Speaker 1: are a real threat. Berry's inexperience as a D coordinator.
Speaker 1: The special teams have never been good here ever, for
Speaker 1: like ever in my thirty forty years covering the team.
Speaker 1: That's a problem. And I think you know Adrian Amos,
Speaker 1: Do you guys know him? Everybody's matching up on Adrian
Speaker 1: on a third and four, third and five. He's a
Speaker 1: stiff guy in coverage. That hurts him. And darniell Savage,
Speaker 1: the other safety, a talented guy, but he makes an
Speaker 1: awful lot of He's got i'd say poor eye discipline.
Speaker 1: He takes a lot of chances. So I think that's it.
Speaker 1: And if Kenny Clark goes down their D line. Their
Speaker 1: run defense is really shaky. Um. I had some is
Speaker 1: that Jeff brought it up at the beginning. I wanted
Speaker 1: to bring it up. Also, is so Aaron Rodgers is
Speaker 1: is it bygones be bygones? Or is there Green Bay
Speaker 1: concerned that at the end of the season they're gonna
Speaker 1: be hoping Jordan Lobby develops into what they drafted him
Speaker 1: to be. I think much of that, Jeff, depends on
Speaker 1: how the season turns out time. You know Rogers, I
Speaker 1: mean yeah, I think he's upset with the organization, the
Speaker 1: way it the way it treated him, and he's got
Speaker 1: a list of grievances whatever. But that can change now
Speaker 1: with a Super Bowl victory or a close loss in
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl something like that. You know, they're tight
Speaker 1: against the cap, and it's never really been like that
Speaker 1: for twenty years, since the cap really started ninety three,
Speaker 1: they've never had cap problems. But they got to resign Adams.
Speaker 1: They're gonna do something with Rogers deal. I would think
Speaker 1: so it could be his last season, There's no question
Speaker 1: about that. All Right, Bob, We're gonna let you go.
Speaker 1: I know you got thanks to today and We appreciate
Speaker 1: it very much. Bob McGinn now working for goallongtd dot
Speaker 1: com check it out, and some really good people over there,
Speaker 1: including Tyler Dunn, who's done some really good journalism over
Speaker 1: the years. Bob, appreciate it and good seeing you, my friend.
Speaker 1: Bears and Packers on Sunday never gets old in the NFL,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Great rivalry. Thanks a lot, guys, Bo
Speaker 1: mcgin with Tom I'm Jeff. Will be back after this
Speaker 1: break on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The score Sunday's
Speaker 1: game against the Green Bay Packers, brought to you by PNC,
Speaker 1: the official bank of the Chicago Bears with Tom Fair,
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joniak getting you set for Bears Packers. Just
Speaker 1: heard from Bob McGinn with his review of this team,
Speaker 1: the longtime veteran writer covering Packers football. So let's start
Speaker 1: breaking it down now from an Aaron Rodgers DeVante Adam standpoint,
Speaker 1: because really you have to begin there offensively because those
Speaker 1: two alone can inflict enough damage to beat you. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they can play a two man game against any down
Speaker 1: and distance. They have a great relationship that doesn't take
Speaker 1: any verbal signals to be on the same page. And
Speaker 1: then you know, when you talk about Devonte Adams and
Speaker 1: sometimes how open he is in the middle of a defense,
Speaker 1: he talks himself about his release at the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage plays a more important role than his size or
Speaker 1: his speed. And so I guess that's the challenge of
Speaker 1: the defensive backs. It's not necessarily you know, how they
Speaker 1: cover them, but when they're lined up against them at
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and press coverage, or they're lined
Speaker 1: up at a certain distance off the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: when he makes his transition into the break of his route,
Speaker 1: and that will dictate the fate of you know what
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers feels comfortably at doing with DeVante Adams, but
Speaker 1: what the guy does from the line of scrimmage plays
Speaker 1: the biggest role in his success, all right, And Sean
Speaker 1: decided the defensive coordinator of the first time against these
Speaker 1: packers speaks of the complication of playing them, and not
Speaker 1: just because of Aaron Rodgers and DeVante Adams good players.
Speaker 1: And so when they're good players and you've got a
Speaker 1: quarterback like that and a receiver like that, and the
Speaker 1: system allows them to create space for those guys, you
Speaker 1: know even on all the run plays, you know you've
Speaker 1: got to defend those backs now because they're they've got
Speaker 1: a good running game, and those backs are really good.
Speaker 1: But on all their run plays, there's any moment where
Speaker 1: any Aaron can get up and throw the ball and
Speaker 1: everybody's blocking run and you're fitting the run, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, there's DeVante catching one in the flat,
Speaker 1: or there's tany And catching one in the flat, or
Speaker 1: whoever it is. You know, somebody's catching one on a
Speaker 1: fadeball on a run play. So you know they're they're
Speaker 1: attacking all levels of the field and all parts of
Speaker 1: the field and using your eyes against you. And so
Speaker 1: that's where we got to be really disciplined and patient
Speaker 1: and just kind of keep straining through the game. All right,
Speaker 1: When he talks about using your eyes against you, that's peaking.
Speaker 1: That's not remaining discipline with your eyes on what your
Speaker 1: keys are. Correct. Yeah, and Jeff, don't overplay your responsibility.
Speaker 1: So if you go back and you watch all the
Speaker 1: most successful of the last thirty runs by Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: a majority of of them are cutback against the original
Speaker 1: point of attack. So now, if you're a defender, you're
Speaker 1: on the backside and you're playing an undisciplined style of defense,
Speaker 1: then you're going to open the open up the opportunities
Speaker 1: for Aaron Jones and Dylan for that matter. So just
Speaker 1: be responsible for your responsibility as you break the huddle.
Speaker 1: Don't try to guess, and don't try to do too much.
Speaker 1: I went looking back to the January third meeting against
Speaker 1: the Packers at Soldier Field. Bears dominated the clock. That
Speaker 1: was your plan, right, try to keep them off the field.
Speaker 1: He still threw four touchdown passes and they won the
Speaker 1: game despite you dominated the time of possession and because
Speaker 1: they were moving the ball, they only had seven third
Speaker 1: down in that game. Seven third downs. That's it. That
Speaker 1: speaks of tremendous efficiency. Yeah, you know, and it really
Speaker 1: is a huge chalice of your defense because when you're
Speaker 1: getting a hit for chunkyards repeatedly, you kind of really
Speaker 1: wave around the faith of the system and how you're
Speaker 1: calling the game. You're not challenging these guys to have
Speaker 1: a drive that turns into a double digit, time consuming
Speaker 1: me drive that results in three points. It's just like
Speaker 1: the Bears. If you're going to have that time and
Speaker 1: consumption of better resultants touchdowns every drive you have in
Speaker 1: You know, with Green Bay they hit you with chunk
Speaker 1: yards and they just keep going at you aggressively. Defensively,
Speaker 1: they're sixthen yards allowed. So the defense, despite their injuries
Speaker 1: and no j Alexander one of the best cornerbacks in
Speaker 1: the NFL and Zadarius Smith not able to go just
Speaker 1: yet for the Packers, they've been able to take the
Speaker 1: ball away. They haven't been good in the red zone though.
Speaker 1: They've given up one hundred percent of the red zone
Speaker 1: possessions for touchdowns. And that's that's where you speak of
Speaker 1: you got to cash in. This is the game where
Speaker 1: even a little crack you know I'm talking and you
Speaker 1: know this is true for any game, but against Aaron
Speaker 1: Heat has a unique way of making you pay for
Speaker 1: every single mistake you make. So you know, it's the
Speaker 1: first down false start to make you first and fifteen.
Speaker 1: It's the special team's penalty after a good return that
Speaker 1: now backs you up at your own ten and you
Speaker 1: can't convert on a third down and now you're giving
Speaker 1: him field position. It's the tip pass that happens to
Speaker 1: go in the wrong direction, or it's throwing it up
Speaker 1: to Davante or Randall Cobb in this case because he's
Speaker 1: back with his buddy. It's third and fifteen. You got
Speaker 1: him backed up of the south endis Soldier field. Crowd's
Speaker 1: going crazy and he throws it up there and draws
Speaker 1: a pass interference penalty for a first down. You know
Speaker 1: he does every time. Well, you know, the greatest luxury
Speaker 1: to a defensive coordinator is having a quarterback as great
Speaker 1: as Aaron Rodgers, because in between the twenties, you can
Speaker 1: be a lot more aggressive and then you know, in
Speaker 1: the red zone you talk about their vulnerabilities. There's not
Speaker 1: a lot of things that the court that Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: can help you with because you're close to the goal
Speaker 1: line and you and you were giving up these opportunities.
Speaker 1: But inside the field to play, you can have a
Speaker 1: chance to be a little bit more aggressive trying to
Speaker 1: make a play because if you miss it, Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: will bail you out. And that's always one of the
Speaker 1: luxuries that they've had since the you know, like I said,
Speaker 1: the Farven Roger his era has begnnen. All right, There's
Speaker 1: a bunch of matchups that we could break down, but
Speaker 1: one on particularly interesting. If if he travels with Davante
Speaker 1: Adams is Jalen Johnson, who's very proud to be covering
Speaker 1: everybody's best receiver. I want to follow the best receiver
Speaker 1: every game, so I mean he's the best receiver, so
Speaker 1: I mean, of course I'm looking forward to that matchup
Speaker 1: and we'll see what happens. He's allowing less than a
Speaker 1: forty percent catch rate so far, getting a lot of
Speaker 1: acclaim out there from the analytics version of analysis and reporting.
Speaker 1: But Jalen Johnson is certainly a riser and he's beloved
Speaker 1: by his teammates who see him in a very very
Speaker 1: bright light. Right now, well, it's gonna be two opposite
Speaker 1: ends of spectrum. If Jalen Johnson can cover him, Aaron
Speaker 1: may shy away from him. If Aaron recognizes early that
Speaker 1: Jalen cannot catch him, he will go to him repeatedly.
Speaker 1: So you know, Jalen, you play, you do well for yourself,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna give yourself a lot more comfortable of
Speaker 1: a game. Lastly, I'm digging Cairo Santos right now. He's rolling,
Speaker 1: So let's not jink some thirty four in a row
Speaker 1: in the regular season, thirty five in a row if
Speaker 1: you count the playoff loss to New Orleans, and I
Speaker 1: look at Mason Crosby, you can't tell me it didn't
Speaker 1: get into his head a little bit. He missed three
Speaker 1: and made a big one last week against the Bengals,
Speaker 1: and he's only thirteen to twenty at Soldier Field. So
Speaker 1: that's my thought. Well, there's a zero percent chance of
Speaker 1: rain on Sunday, so it's gonna be perfect natural grass,
Speaker 1: outdoor kicking conditions, good for both the kickers, but still
Speaker 1: always more difficult for the opponent. All Right, I hope
Speaker 1: it's fun. Tom. We'll talk to you on Sunday Audios.
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