WEBVTT - Whitehair previews Packers | All Access 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.200 I'll plus a get him everybody and welcome into whatever 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:04.840 the edition of Bears All Access. It's brought to you 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:08.039 by IGS Energy as we get you sent for Bears 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.160 Packers coming up here on Sunday our pregame coverage at 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:13.480 nine kickoff at noon from Soldier Field. Be sure to 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.079 listen to US Radio one h five nine WBBM and 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:17.919 all the great programming right here on the score and 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:20.279 the build up to the matchup. My partner Tip there 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:22.520 ready to go. It's Packer week. He's got a grim 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:25.079 look on his face, as he always does when the 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:27.680 Green and Yellow come into calling. Yeah, I was thinking 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:29.680 about that. You know, it's kind of weird because we 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.040 should be in a great mood after the performance in 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:35.840 Las Vegas. However, you start thinking about what's in front 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.199 of you, and that's a unique thing about football, and 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:40.519 not only is it the Green Bay Packers, but the 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:44.040 importance of a division game. And you like the Bears 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:47.320 to keep on rolling, keep on the keep the momentum 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:49.800 that they've they've been able to build over the last 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.240 couple weeks and carry it right through into Green Bay. 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:55.640 Coming up next, we'll be hearing from Cody Whitehair, the 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:57.800 Bears veteran left guard, and we'll also be joined by 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.800 veteran Packers beat rider over the years, Bob McGinn, a 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.720 Pro Football Hall of Famer. As we get you set 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:06.679 for the kickoff, the angry way in which the Bears 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:10.120 played certainly something you enjoyed watching on tape all over again. 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.480 The offensive line, the blocking again by the tight ends, 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.240 the running game, getting north and south and giving punishing 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.640 blows over the course of the game. And it's what 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.200 they needed to win in the games against the Lions 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.040 and the Packers. Excuse me, Lions and the Raiders. Can 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.160 they do that now against the Packers? The same type 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:29.920 of game plan you know they have to, Jeff. But Jeff, 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.000 think about your history over the NFL. When you think 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:36.520 about the best teams throughout your broadcasting career, they all 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.920 had that offensive defensive line identity, whether it was the 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:44.000 Baltimore Ravens, whoever you want to hand pick over the years. 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.119 And so the Bears in the last couple of weeks 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.840 have put on display that their front seven defensively in 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:52.840 their offensive line has taken a different physical approach to 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.680 their success. And if they can keep that up and 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:59.440 continue to develop and even improve on that reputation. You 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.680 don't know what the limits are for this team, so 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:05.560 it's it's about, you know, having the two offensive defensive 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.679 line played the most important role in the game this week. 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.800 I think we both agree that Elijah Wilkinson, who expects 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:13.880 to get the start at right tackle for Jermaine Effetti 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:15.720 who goes down the short term ir list with a 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:18.639 knee issue, played a very physical game. He was very 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.040 physical up front, and that's exactly what you needed. He said. 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.480 It's not easy for him going back and forth. He 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:26.880 likes being settled in it right tackle. You know, that's 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:29.160 one thing about you know, we didn't know what to 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:31.760 expect that of Elijah Wilkinson when he came in the game, 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.919 But when he came in the game, he kept on 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:39.000 that brand of a physical style of play. He played 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.840 to the whistle. There was no drop off, and I 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.960 think that was really encouraging to Bill Laser, the play caller, 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.399 knowing that he could still stick with what was successful 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.280 for them, and that was running the ball well. Tom 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.320 news of the day involving the Bears not good news 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.679 for Damian Williams and the running game. Williams has been 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:01.240 placed on the COVID nineteen reserve list, so he will 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:03.919 not be able to play on Sunday. So that puts 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:07.120 the onus on Khalil Herbert, the rookie who impressed with 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.840 an eighteen carry performance against the Vegas Raiders. I think 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:12.800 he's built for this. I think he's gonna be just fine. 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:14.760 Oh yeah, so, I you know, I think they're fortunate 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.400 to have Ryan all waiting in the wings, and they 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:21.120 signed our Tavis Paris and recently they're both familiar with 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.239 the complete playbook. They were here the entire training camp. 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.519 So yeah, a majority of the responsibility is going to 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.360 fall onto the shoulders of Khalil Herbert first, second, and 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:33.079 third down. But you know, Ryan has been in there 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.560 as a fullback in the last couple of weeks and 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.000 he has a really good understanding of this system. So 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.040 I don't put any less expectations on the running game. 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.360 It's just a matter that who's gonna be in that 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.680 position to carry the load and the interesting aspect of it. 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.400 Herbert is yet to catch a pass in the regular season, 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.200 just thirty four in his systems in Kansas and Virginia Tech, 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.720 but he showed in preseason that he can catch the football. Yeah, 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.600 I mean, I have no doubt that Khalil Herbert is 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.520 not capable of doing anything that's asked of them. The 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.000 only advantage you really gives you is there's so little 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:11.120 scouting information on Khalil and Ryan All for that matter, 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.480 or our Tavis purist that the coaches from Green Bay 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.040 are going to be scrambling a little bit also on 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.479 how to best take advantage of the newness in the back. Now, 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.840 given that's got a rookie quarterback and now you got 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:24.960 a rookie sixth round back that got his feet wet 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.320 last week with a big, big load and finish the job. 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.080 He was the closer for the game. Do you feel 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.560 that they'll stress? Try to stress them a little bit 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:36.240 with blitzes and blitz pick up responsibilities. Put them in conflict, 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.440 you know, if they do Jeff and the quarterback with 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:41.840 his legs beats one of those blitzes, then all of 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.360 a sudden, now you're apprehensive about blitzing. And if you're 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.400 a running back and you have a good, experienced offensive 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:50.839 line in front of you, and you take advantage of 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:53.400 one of those out of position blitzers and turn it 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.159 in a big run then you change their mind. So me, 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.039 the most important position coming out of the locker room 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.080 is going to be the off It's a defensive line 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.640 in which we talked about earlier, and I think the 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:07.400 complete assistance of the tight end position is a good 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:10.640 game plan to go into in a running back situation 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.080 that you're going to have. The other thing I like 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:14.960 about Herbert is he runs north and south. Hey, you 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.200 know what, that's the best compliment of any back you 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.560 can talk about in the NFL, as a guy that 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.640 has the willingness to run north and south. If you 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:24.800 want to get the most positive the yards, commit to 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:28.120 your point of attack and follow along according to plan. 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.560 Allow the play to deliver you what ultimately it's going 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:35.640 to get. Justin fields is the quarterback facing Aaron Rodgers 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:37.839 for the first time. People are trying to ask him 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.560 this week, Hey wow, it's Aaron Rodgers and on the 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.680 other side of the field, and he he'll be asked 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.520 again next week it's Tom Brady. But right now, even 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.280 as a young player, he answered the question exactly the 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:50.080 way he needed to answer it to be honest, Like, 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.080 I don't look at it as a matchup between me 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:53.880 and Aaron or you know, I didn't look at it. 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.760 Matchup back then is between me and Trevor. I'm simply 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:58.800 doing whatever I need to do to how my team win, 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.120 and that's hand the ball off eighty times during a 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.159 game or if that's you know, throw for however so 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:06.839 many yards. I mean, that's what I'm gonna do. So 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:10.160 I'm not worried about comparisons between touchdown stats. I'm just 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.839 worried about winning. Yeah, you know, you listen, you're never 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:17.719 gonna play against him. All it is is about justin fields. 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.599 The fans should be focused on his improvement weekend and 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:22.360 week out, and that's how the Bears are going to 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.680 develop in the strongest team possible. Yeah, listen, you're never 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.240 going to deny the greatness of Aaron Rodgers has been 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:31.719 putting on display since he's taken over there. So I 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.359 think it's a little bit unfair when you ask a 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.040 question of a rookie quarterback playing against the Green Bay 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.240 Packers for the first time about Aaron Rodgers, because the biggest, 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.360 the bigger pitcher is winning a division game, all right. 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:46.479 Coming up next, one of the guys it'll be blocking 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:48.720 for Kalil Herbert and the rest of the Bears backfield 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.080 is Cody white Here, the left guard joins us next, 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.360 so ill coming up here on Bears All Access on 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:56.640 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.599 Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.040 clean energy for your home at igs dot com because 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.120 every good choice adds up to a better world. With 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:07.200 Tom Thair Jeff Jonahak back on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:09.960 seventy to Score, please to be joined by Bears veteran 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.880 left guard Cody white Hair. Good to see a Cody. 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.720 How are things going for you right now? Things are great, man. 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.160 We're you know, getting this thing turned back around and uh, 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.200 you know, we're having a lot of fun doing it. 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:25.000 So a big week this week with the Packers, and uh, 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:27.640 you know we're gonna be be ready to roll for that. 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:29.280 You know. I love what you had to say earlier 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.680 in the week about after the Cleveland game. Everybody had 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:34.960 a basically it was a look in the mirror moment 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.360 for everybody and what came out of that is significant, 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.960 isn't it. Yeah? Absolutely, you know, I mean, we know 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.760 we're better than what we put on tape against against Cleveland. 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.320 And you know, credit to this team to get this 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.080 thing turned around and going in the right direction. So 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:53.960 you know, we're gonna keep it going forward. Hey, you know, Cody, 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.120 So I remember once we were playing a game and 0:07:56.200 --> 0:08:00.320 I remember reading the scoreboard in Minnesota and said, far 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.840 in the season, the Bears have given up seven sacks. 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.760 Tonight they've given up nine. So I've been in the 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.680 same position that you were as an offensive lineman. And 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.800 it was more of us just going back to our 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:14.400 offensive line room kind of talking about and recommitting to 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.040 each other. What was the kind of the message just 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:21.200 set amongst you guys, not the team. Yeah, you know, 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.480 obviously you don't want to put yourself in those situations 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:26.640 and have sacks and get your quarterback hit and all 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.760 that kind of stuff. Um, you know, and we take 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.480 a lot of pride in protecting our quarterback and um, 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:33.520 you know, making sure he has enough time to get 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:35.560 the ball down the field or wherever wherever he's going 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.360 to go with the ball. So you know, it was 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.800 basically like, um, you know, we came in and we 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:41.840 were like this ain't good enough, this isn't who we 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.040 want to be, and um, you know, came out to 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.320 practice with the different, different mentality to get the thing 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.640 turned around. And that's that's kind of been the turning 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.560 point of where we've where we've where we're at, and 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.960 where we've been, you know, without a lot of time 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.720 to develop. The relationship amongst offensive lineman is unique. How 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.560 is the relationship developing between you and Jason P with 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.360 your experience and all of his experience. Yeah, it's going well. 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.280 Obviously each week we're gonna get a little bit better, 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.960 you know, passing off games, being in the right situation 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.199 at the right time. But you know, I like where 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.560 we're at now and it's only going to get better 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.400 moving forward. So I'm excited about that. You know, it's 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.120 three times as many years in the game then you 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.320 with Jason Peters. It's hard to imagine. Can you, Okay, 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:26.960 what you've endured already in your time has been a lot. 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:31.640 It's a roller coaster, right, success, failure, changing positions, whatnot. 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.920 But as you think about going to work every day, 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:36.760 do you just look at him and say, Wow, can 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.360 I do this for eighteen years? I mean it's a 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:43.880 fair question, right, Yeah, it's impressive, you know, the the 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.480 energy he brings to the room, even being, you know, 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:49.600 an eighteen year veteran. It's just it's amazing. It really 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:52.320 is the energy, the vibe he brings to our room 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.520 every morning, you know, and it carries over to practice. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.080 I mean, the things he sees, the things he sees 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.679 on film, you know, all that kind of stuff. I'm 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.720 picking his brain and trying to get as much information 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.640 as I can, you know, and this, uh and Thom 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.160 has taught me this many times. You never learn everything 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.760 as an offensive lineman because of the guy next to 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.200 you or the guy in front of you that you're 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.120 trying to block. So are you even amazed at what 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.480 you've digested from a guy like Jason Peters here just 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.760 in this short time. And what specifically is he taught 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:24.640 you that you really didn't know? Yeah? Absolutely, I mean 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:28.000 I'm always picking his brain. Um, you know, there's little 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.760 things that he sees on tape that are just you know, 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.840 especially in the back end, seeing safeties and stuff, you know. 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.400 So I've been able to pick his brain on his 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.240 tactics on how to watch tape and and figuring out 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.640 the little things that he sees, especially on the back end, 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:44.520 not just in the in the box of the seven, 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.320 but you know, with safety rotations and all this kind 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.720 of stuff. It's pretty impressive. Hey, Cody, let's go to 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.280 the opposite end of the spectrum that Jason Peters. Let's 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:57.000 look at your quarterback. What type of energy does he 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.319 bring into the huddle and how is that energy chaining 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.960 week to week? You know, for a young guy, he's 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.000 he's very you know, he's a good leader for being 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.440 such a young guy. Um. You know, he comes in 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:12.360 the huddle each and every week, um, you know, very poised, um, 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.520 which is pretty cool to see because as a young guy, 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.240 you know, there's a lot of emotion in the game. 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.400 There's a lot of things that can happen, and he 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.680 just keeps his poise, whether a good play a bad play, 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.760 he's always you know, he's got that next play mentality 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.080 already in place. And that's that's pretty cool to have 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.319 as a young guy, because you know, I can remember 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:29.880 when I was playing as a young guy. You know, 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.120 if if a bad play happens, you tend to let 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.280 it wear on your heart a little bit and you're like, dang, man, 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:36.600 I wish I could have that play back, but uh, 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:38.640 you know, in this league, you know you have to 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.280 move to the next play because he can't let one 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:43.440 play effect two, three, four plays. Um. You know, so 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.640 I think that's really really cool to see as as 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.200 a young guy, to see him be able to move 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.600 on from play to play. You know, it was amazing 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.040 to me, Cody, from this past Sunday in Las Vegas. 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.439 Is before the first half ended, you guys had already 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.640 earned the Vegas crowd out of it, and you and 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:03.200 operated the Chicago Bears fans. Could you hear it and 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.400 could you feel it? Because it seemed to me the 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.640 last couple of snaps before the end of the first half, 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.240 even though you're in shotgun, you were still able to 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:14.360 use a vocal cadence. Yeah. Absolutely. You know, our fans 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.360 are great. They traveled really well and you know, going 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.720 clear across the country. To be able to have basically 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:22.560 a home field advantage that whole second half was pretty special, 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:25.880 you know, so credit to our fans. And then of course, 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.240 you know later in the fourth quarter here and you know, 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:30.960 go Bears and stuff like that. It's just unbelievable on 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:32.839 the rug, Cody, I don't know if you saw it, 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.040 and I don't know if you're on Twitter at all, 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:39.120 but people have sent videos and in the corridors of 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:43.079 Allegian Stadium it was they were singing the Bears fights on. Now. 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.040 I don't think that would have happened in the old 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.520 black Hole in Oakland, because somebody's getting beat up, if 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:51.400 somebody's throwing punches. But they literally and in time even 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.920 agrees that any team that goes in there, it's not 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.240 like a vacation spot. I mean, people are going to Vegas. 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:05.880 They're gonna go their team. But um, that's rare, that's unique, right, Yeah, absolutely, 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.120 And like I say, our fans are great. You know, 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.280 they always travel well, it always you know, they always 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.400 they always come with great passion. Um, you know, and 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:16.440 you can and and and we can feel that on 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.200 the field, you know, when when they're chanting go Bears 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.679 or defense when our defense is out there and stuff 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.640 like that. It's just it's unbelievable, unbelievable to see. And 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.080 especially on the road for sure. Well you can also 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.520 feel it when they turn turn ugly. Sometimes it sold 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:34.319 your field, right, They're they're equal opportunity that way. Cody 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.360 white Hair are our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.880 six seventy The score. Uh. Cody from the time you 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.839 stepped in, you've been a starter. In twenty sixteen, a 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:46.160 second round pick, the Bears moved back twice to get you. 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:51.600 They clearly targeted you. And you're in huddle demeanor as 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.839 it changed. Have you have you spoken up more maybe 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:56.720 than you did as a rookie. I mean that's assumed 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.800 in many regards, but you've always been a leader. So 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:03.160 what could take us through that transition of the huddle? 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.160 Because we're not in it and that's a cool place 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:08.280 to be if you've never been in it. Yeah, you know, 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.240 when I first came in, I had, you know, some 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.880 pretty veteran offensive linement around me. Um. You know, and 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.960 now it's transition six years later, and I'm kind of, 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.600 you know, one of the older guys, especially before we 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:23.280 got Jason Um. You know, so especially during that training camp, 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.720 you know, you find yourself, you know, try trying to 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:28.880 just talk a little bit more in the huddle, figure 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:31.640 things out. You know, we only have a very short 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.480 time to figure out our mistakes and you know, communicate, 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:38.640 you know, forty seconds isn't isn't much to communicate, you know, 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:41.080 So I find myself you know, doing that a little 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.800 bit more and talking to Sam, and you know, Sam's 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.560 done a great job filling that center position, and you 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.200 know his communication has been great and Mike points and 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.640 all that stuff. You know, he's just done a great job. 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:53.800 But I do find myself has a little bit more 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.280 veteran guy, you know, speaking up a little bit more 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.000 in that huddle. Have you ever lost your temper in 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:01.120 the huddle that you regret or just you know, or 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.840 or have you ever said something really funny that cracked 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:08.760 up the whole group? Um, I'm really not the funniest guy, 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:12.280 you know. I'm more I'm more serious in business when 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:15.360 when we're out there, and um, you know, you definitely 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.520 do have some emotional time in that huddle where you 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.960 do kind of have to get on some guys. Um 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.640 you know, so yes I have. I have had some 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.080 frustrating moments in the huddle, but uh, you know, at 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:27.440 the end of the day, it's all love. We're just 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.440 trying to figure out our mistakes and move on. Have 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:35.400 you ever noticeably danced in Club dub Yeah, that's funny. 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.360 We had a little we had a little dance. Um, 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.360 you know, obviously it was a big win for us 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:44.480 in Vegas, and um, you know, Club dub was pretty 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.640 pretty lit on Sunday, you know, so there's actually a 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.440 few videos that did some of the offensive linemen have 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.240 of of me dancing in there. So it's pretty cool. Wow, 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:59.560 now it's on tape. Now it's there forever. Absolutely, that's 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:03.600 that's just haunting. Is the Super Bowl Shuffle? Absolutely? Cody. 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.680 So the mentality changed in the last couple of weeks 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:08.760 because as much as you guys have run the ball, 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:13.400 do you feel physically more exhausted after a heavy duty 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:17.560 run effort or do you feel more physically exhausted when 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.320 you got a you know, pass block, standing your feet 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:24.560 maintain the protection for seconds? And where do you feel different? 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.640 I mean, when you anytime you run the ball thirty 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:29.760 times a game like we have the past couple of times, 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.400 you know, plus thirty times, it's it's taxing on the 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.040 body for sure. And as I've gotten a little bit older, 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.720 I guess the soreness is kind of lingered a little 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.280 bit more throughout the week than than if I was younger. 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.600 But I definitely do feel a little bit more sore 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.160 when we run the ball because you know, coming off 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.920 the ball like that and creating double teams and creating 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.400 movement for our running backs. You know, you you definitely 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.360 are a little bit more sore, um, you know, but 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.720 but the reward, you know, yeah, you know, you know, 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:58.960 one hundred and forty yards on the board at the 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.000 end of the game, or you know, whatever it was, 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.880 it's it's pretty rewarding as an offensive line, as an 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.320 offensive line to open up those holes for our guys 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:08.119 and you know, help them, help them get in the 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.960 end zone for sure. Dude. You know, defenses aren't built 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.879 for sixteen play drives. And when I was watching you 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.600 guys go through that in that game, I was going 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.480 not only was thinking about how good you guys looked 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.800 in that whole process, but how fatigued the defense looked 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:26.120 throughout that whole process. Yeah. Absolutely, And we talk about 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:29.600 a run game and creating body blows on the defensive line, 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:31.879 you know, and that's that's what the run game is. 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:33.600 You know. You may you may only have a you 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:35.120 may have a play here and there where you get 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.320 two or three yards, but hey, you know you're giving 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:38.960 them a body blow, and they're going to remember that 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:40.720 come coming the end of the fourth quarter, for sure. 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:42.639 Cody White here one more segment to go with the 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.359 Bears veteran guard after a break here on Chicago Sports 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.719 Radio six seventy the Score. This segment of Bears All 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:51.440 Access is brought to you by Athletico Physical Therapy. Visit 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.960 Athletico dot com to request an appointment in clinic or 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:57.320 virtually and start feeling better tomorrow with Tom There, Jeff Jonik, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.800 and Cody White. Here the Bears veteran guard Cody When 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:04.440 after the Cleveland game and you and you guys decide, Okay, 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.320 we're going to be as an offense. We're gonna we're 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.840 gonna go smash mouth here. We're gonna get everybody involved 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:10.840 in the blocking, the blocking, the tight ends and the 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:15.040 receivers and the backs, everybody. It's been impressive. But did 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.320 they literally go to you guys say we're gonna put 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:20.280 this game on you. We're gonna put this offense on 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.840 your shoulders, and you guys are gonna are gonna take 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.200 the ball and round with it. Was that a literal 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:30.080 explanation potentially of what went on here and or did 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.399 you guys ask for it as an offensive line? No, 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.560 it was it was a little bit of both. Um. 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:38.399 You know, obviously we um you know we hated the 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:42.119 way we felt every time we came off of the field, 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:44.720 you know, on third down or whatever it was. After 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:46.880 the Cleveland game, we just hated it. There was such 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:50.520 a bad taste in our mouth that you know, collectively, 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:52.640 as an offense, we were like, we have to get 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:55.000 this thing turned around. This this is not who we are. 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.760 So I would say, you know, collectively as an offense, 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.280 we you know, kind of knew that wasn't who we 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.600