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Speaker 1: week of Bears All Access. I'm Jeff Joning Aclam a
Speaker 1: broadcast partner Tom Payer from news Radio one oh five
Speaker 1: nine WBBM and coming up shortly joined by Jim Miller
Speaker 1: from Serious XMNFL Radios, moving the chains. He's down in Mobile, Alabama,
Speaker 1: work in the Senior Bowl practices day two today. And
Speaker 1: now we are some snippets from this week's introductory news
Speaker 1: conferences introducing head coach Matt Iberflus and general manager Ryan Poles.
Speaker 1: We'll get to the news of the day as well,
Speaker 1: but welcome in Tom Thayre, Tom, how you how you
Speaker 1: doing this week? Asking all the details of what we
Speaker 1: said at the podium and the news conference early in
Speaker 1: the week, and then the slow process, maybe not so
Speaker 1: slow process because they're making some hay and filling out
Speaker 1: those coaching assignments, and that's a big part of this
Speaker 1: right now. You know. Initially, yeah, you listen to the
Speaker 1: statements they make up at the podium, how they introduce
Speaker 1: themselves to the media, the general public of the Chicago
Speaker 1: Bears fans and you and I and you kind of
Speaker 1: take in what they have to say a little bit
Speaker 1: about the process of how they went about getting the job,
Speaker 1: everything they've done up unto this point. And then you
Speaker 1: start reading in the backgrounds of some of the teams
Speaker 1: that they worked with, and you think about some of
Speaker 1: the teams that the experiences they gain from there, and
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, you start reading about the
Speaker 1: assistant coaches that are being hired, the years of experience
Speaker 1: they have, the relationships they've already been able to develop,
Speaker 1: because you need some of those obstacles already taken care of.
Speaker 1: You know, Matt Eberflus doesn't need to walk into a
Speaker 1: building and introduce himself to every single one of his
Speaker 1: assistant coaches. I think when you try to put a
Speaker 1: plan in place and you have already rubbed elbows and
Speaker 1: some of the most difficult experiences of your coaching life
Speaker 1: with some of these guys. I think it's ultimately beneficial
Speaker 1: to what you're going to try to build here. And
Speaker 1: today the defensive staff starting to fill out with defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator Alan Williams, Tom so much familiarity with the system,
Speaker 1: going back to two thousand and one entering the league
Speaker 1: with Tampa Bay and at that time Tony Dungee Lovey Smith.
Speaker 1: So it's a disciple of this. He's been coaching for
Speaker 1: thirty years, he's been a defensive coordinator before, and he'll
Speaker 1: be calling the place right. And I mean it's extreme trust.
Speaker 1: Whenever Matt Eberflus is going to bring on these guys along,
Speaker 1: and especially the guys in the coordinator positions, you have
Speaker 1: to have trust because when you go from a coordinator
Speaker 1: and you have a lot of responsibilities on your desk
Speaker 1: and what you do in the game, how you get
Speaker 1: them prepared and practice and what the reflection of how
Speaker 1: they play is directly placed upon you. Now you're handing
Speaker 1: that over. That baton is going to another group of
Speaker 1: guys that you're expecting from what was expected out of
Speaker 1: you at a defensive coordinator. Now, what do you expect
Speaker 1: out of your new defensive coordinator. What do you expect
Speaker 1: the process of your offensive coordinator a going to be
Speaker 1: And just like all the other position coaches. So now
Speaker 1: that Matt is in the position where he's the head coach,
Speaker 1: he's making a lot more decisions on both all three
Speaker 1: sides of the ball. When you think about you know
Speaker 1: what he's going to try to do here with the
Speaker 1: Bears organization and how he's going to turn these guys
Speaker 1: into Division champs. Linebacker coach will be Dave borg Ganzi.
Speaker 1: He's had a great deal of experience as well well.
Speaker 1: Regarded his work with Darius Leonard there in Indianapolis a
Speaker 1: significant piece to this puzzle, and he was also with
Speaker 1: him with the Dallas Cowboys and then the offensive line coach.
Speaker 1: I was waiting for my phone during today, didn't hear it?
Speaker 1: You're busy shoveling snow today. Offensive line coaches Chris Morgan,
Speaker 1: coming over from the Steelers where he was assistant offensive
Speaker 1: line coach. Then when Adrian Clem left for Oregon, he
Speaker 1: became the offensive line coach by himself for the final
Speaker 1: three games of the season. They won games and went
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. But his bigger resume is with the
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons. Tom so that outside zone under Kyle Shanahan
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator when they go to the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, and that was enormously successful there, and
Speaker 1: he was the run game coordinator there as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean he's got plenty of experience. You know, you
Speaker 1: talk about these guys with double digit years of service
Speaker 1: in the NFL and then when you're the head offensive
Speaker 1: line coach and then all of a sudden you go
Speaker 1: to a different team like the Pittsburgh Steelers. In one
Speaker 1: of the Pittsburgh Steelers foundations of success over the years
Speaker 1: has been their defensive style of play and their offense
Speaker 1: and their offensive running game. And when you look at
Speaker 1: what the Pittsburgh Steelers had on the offensive line, he
Speaker 1: was trying to get rookies ready to play at the
Speaker 1: center position. You're trying to, you know, take injuries and
Speaker 1: COVID into account. So I think all the experiences that
Speaker 1: some of these assistant coaches have gone through in the
Speaker 1: last couple of years are not only building blocks for
Speaker 1: the future, but it also understands how do you coach
Speaker 1: under some of the worst circumstances, and you know, how
Speaker 1: do you persevere through all these trying times that we've
Speaker 1: gone through in the last couple of years. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: more concerned about, you know, what is their ability to
Speaker 1: develop players, And that's really the key. Teaching them is
Speaker 1: one thing, Developing is another. And I think a Luke
Speaker 1: Getzi coming in, his offensive coordinator coming here, and that
Speaker 1: will be an interesting situation with a young guy. Will
Speaker 1: hear from Joe Moorehead, a coach of his back in
Speaker 1: the day at the University of Akron where coach Moorehead
Speaker 1: is at right now. Obviously a lot of great things
Speaker 1: to say about this former quarterback. And you're hearing things
Speaker 1: out of Green Bay from Aaron Jones what the Bears
Speaker 1: are getting and there they believe they're getting somebody special. Hey,
Speaker 1: you know, when Dick Stanfield was our offensive line coach,
Speaker 1: you could take so much into account of what he
Speaker 1: was teaching you because he was a former offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: just like Luke. Here. If I'm a quarterback, I want
Speaker 1: to hear from a former quarterback. I want to hear
Speaker 1: from a guy that stood behind center and shot gunner
Speaker 1: directly behind center. It made decisions according to the information
Speaker 1: that was given to him, with the coverages and the
Speaker 1: defensive front. So when you took you look at a
Speaker 1: guy justin fields and where his ability can take this
Speaker 1: football team, and Kate take him individually. I like that
Speaker 1: message being delivered by a former quarterback. And there's a
Speaker 1: report from NFL Media's Ian Rappaport the Bears maybe close
Speaker 1: to hiring former Giants receivers coach Tyke Tolbert. He's been
Speaker 1: around a long time time, been with five different NFL
Speaker 1: teams since two thousand and three, and a very respected assistant.
Speaker 1: That's not done yet, not official, but that says somebody
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on as well. And coming up
Speaker 1: next we'll be joined by Big Jim Millertown. We'll get
Speaker 1: the show going. Our weekly guest here on Bears All
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Speaker 1: With top fare Jeff joniaka. This week's edition of Bears
Speaker 1: All Access please to be joined by our special guest
Speaker 1: each week. He's from Sirius XM's NFL Radio, the former
Speaker 1: Bears quarterback Jim Miller joining the program from Mobile, Alabama
Speaker 1: ign Umbrella today down there, Big Jim. Yeah, the Fawcet
Speaker 1: was definitely open. It was often on and off rain
Speaker 1: all day, so for both the American club in the
Speaker 1: in the National club, you know, and it's something you
Speaker 1: get the scout though. Can the guys play in the elements?
Speaker 1: You know? There were some bad football thrown today. There
Speaker 1: were a lot of drop balls today by the receivers
Speaker 1: because the ball got a little slick. And then everybody's
Speaker 1: getting a good intel that they need in inclement weather
Speaker 1: down here in Mobile. Yeah, with the New York Jets
Speaker 1: in Detroit and Line a run of the show for
Speaker 1: their respective squads, and we'll talk about some of that
Speaker 1: in detail coming up here later in the show, Jim.
Speaker 1: But Tom and I just was we're just talking about
Speaker 1: the assistance that have brought in. Get your overall reaction
Speaker 1: on what you heard from Mattieberflus, the new head coach
Speaker 1: of the Bears and Ryan Poles, the new general manager
Speaker 1: early in the week. Yeah, well, you know, like anything,
Speaker 1: it's it's important. You've got to get this staff in place,
Speaker 1: and you know, because again, these are the guys that
Speaker 1: are going to be delivering the message. And you know,
Speaker 1: coach Ebert Fleus, he's been in the NFL for for
Speaker 1: a long time. He's acquiring the guys that he wants,
Speaker 1: that he believes will deliver that message. And they have
Speaker 1: to have the buy in from him too, right, you know,
Speaker 1: so these guys have to be the ones to sell it.
Speaker 1: So I was actually down here I talked to Bears
Speaker 1: analyst Tom Herman, so I talked to him quite a
Speaker 1: bit today as he's getting to know this new staff
Speaker 1: as well. So, you know, pretty exciting times. And again
Speaker 1: there's still five teams that you know, don't even have
Speaker 1: a head coach right now. So this is big when
Speaker 1: you're able to acquire guys now and add them to
Speaker 1: your staff before the cupboard is bear, so to speak,
Speaker 1: because you know, you look at the Raiders in Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: They've been the longest without their head coaches and they
Speaker 1: still even you know, Raiders just got theirs in Josh McDaniels.
Speaker 1: But you look at Jacksonville, they're still searching right now.
Speaker 1: So this is a good thing that eber Flus is
Speaker 1: really getting this all done pretty quickly, and two coordinators
Speaker 1: are locked up. Luke getsy they get him from Green Bay.
Speaker 1: Allen Williams, what are your thoughts on that? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think for Luke he had a couple offers, obviously went
Speaker 1: out there and interviewed for the Denver Broncos comes with
Speaker 1: great resources and bringing along Aaron Rodgers, I think we
Speaker 1: know how terrific he is. And then the other guys
Speaker 1: certainly know the system of Eberflus when you look at
Speaker 1: Alan Williams there for the Colts, and I believe you
Speaker 1: just mentioned that the linebackers coaches is added as well,
Speaker 1: So that system they're going to get up and running
Speaker 1: pretty quickly, I would think defensively from that standpoint. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I like the guys that they've fired so far. Okay,
Speaker 1: Tom Fair, Jimmy Butter here on Bear's All Access will
Speaker 1: break it down over the course of the evening. US
Speaker 1: what this means for the Bears here in twenty twenty two,
Speaker 1: how they hut the ground and running So boys, Tom
Speaker 1: We'll start with you. We go to a four three defense,
Speaker 1: that'll be the base defense. Anyway, we know Nichols played
Speaker 1: significantly in this league. So how how does this begin
Speaker 1: to affect certain players that may be on this roster.
Speaker 1: Some guys may not be because of a switch to
Speaker 1: a four to three. But I think of a guy
Speaker 1: like Roe Kuant Smith playing that inside linebacker I'll buy
Speaker 1: himself there and a true middle linebacker in this four three?
Speaker 1: Is that an assumption or can he play outside in
Speaker 1: this four three? Okay? Jim, I gotta ask a question
Speaker 1: with a question, because I just want to clarify things, Jim,
Speaker 1: when you're down there at the senior ball, do they
Speaker 1: play a four three defense or they play a thirty
Speaker 1: four defense? Or do they play a scheme? According to
Speaker 1: the head coaches there, No, no, it'll be It'll be
Speaker 1: a four three defense is what it was. There was
Speaker 1: discussion to have one B a three four in one
Speaker 1: B a four three, but that kind of fell through,
Speaker 1: and so they strictly go through a four three defense
Speaker 1: down here. Okay, so now you get a chance to
Speaker 1: evaluate some players that could be key components to your
Speaker 1: football team going forward. But when I look at the
Speaker 1: Bears personnel and because of the Jeff you know and Jim,
Speaker 1: these defenses morphed to every defensive front that you could
Speaker 1: possibly face during the course of one a game, let
Speaker 1: alone a season. So is there a position that I
Speaker 1: don't think Roquan Smith will be comfortable with. No, It's
Speaker 1: just that when you go from a three four defense
Speaker 1: and you're always standing above an offensive lineman and you're unprotected,
Speaker 1: So that offensive lineman is you're his responsibility. He can
Speaker 1: fight directly at you, fire off the ball. But now
Speaker 1: when you're Roquan Smith and you put him in the
Speaker 1: middle of a defense and you have defensive tackles that
Speaker 1: are there to protect you allow you to run with
Speaker 1: a little bit of freedom. I think that even exposes
Speaker 1: you to more opportunities in that type of defensive play.
Speaker 1: And we've seen throughout the history of the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: I think the key is, you know, are the Robert
Speaker 1: Quinns and the Khalil Max do they have the ability
Speaker 1: to fit into this defensive style and can they do
Speaker 1: what's required of you and those positions. But a guy
Speaker 1: like Roquan Smith, I think this is the type of
Speaker 1: guy that has the talent that could play with intelligence,
Speaker 1: with the physicality, with the athleticism that he's gifted with,
Speaker 1: and could be an asset in any defense you want
Speaker 1: to put him in. Yeah, I think it's definitely going
Speaker 1: to affect guys that you mentioned in terms of the
Speaker 1: two outside backers, or even Trevis Gibson, right, he was
Speaker 1: a defensive end in college now has learned to be
Speaker 1: a stand up backer. Now will he go back to
Speaker 1: defensive end? We would be the question I have for
Speaker 1: Roquan Is it middle backer? Yeah? I think he's got
Speaker 1: the speed of say Darius Leonard, and he's going to
Speaker 1: be a tackling machine whether he's at mike or will
Speaker 1: you know is or do they move him to say
Speaker 1: the Lance Briggs weak side linebacker position, because he's a
Speaker 1: running hit guy. He's a heat seeking missile. So I
Speaker 1: think all those will will be determined, but clearly some
Speaker 1: players will be affected in how they're going to be utilized. Typically,
Speaker 1: when you look at this style of defense, you know,
Speaker 1: I go back to even Robert Mathows and when everybody
Speaker 1: thought he was too young or too small to play
Speaker 1: defensive end. That's the style of defense that they're The
Speaker 1: Bears are going to be utilizing now. So this is
Speaker 1: a Colts defense. He better have on your track shoes,
Speaker 1: is what I believe coach Eeberflu said. And there will
Speaker 1: be no loafing. Let's just put it that way. There
Speaker 1: will be no loafing. This is gonna be a legit,
Speaker 1: speedy defense that he's gonna gonna be installing. How about Jim,
Speaker 1: How does this affect the guy like Gettie Jackson? Um, No,
Speaker 1: I think you know they're still gonna rock and roll
Speaker 1: the safeties from that standpoint, So I think Eddie will
Speaker 1: be a player that fits right in from that standpoint. Um,
Speaker 1: most teams do it around the NFL because coverage is
Speaker 1: coverage from that standpoint. But you know, you got to
Speaker 1: be able to, like I said, fly to the football
Speaker 1: and you know, make the do it. You know, that's
Speaker 1: one thing that the Colts have done. They've gotten a
Speaker 1: lot of turnovers over the past couple of years, and
Speaker 1: so that's what the Bears want to get back to.
Speaker 1: We go back to what was that twenty eighteen when
Speaker 1: they had thirty four and it hasn't really happened. From
Speaker 1: that standpoint, Eddie Jackson has to get more turnovers. From
Speaker 1: that standpoint, that's really where they want the impact to be.
Speaker 1: That in the secondary. You know, you gotta think, you know,
Speaker 1: past guys that we've seen over their career of a
Speaker 1: Mike Brown or a Tony Parrish and these types of guys.
Speaker 1: I think there's a certain element of a physical style
Speaker 1: play that when you talk about two safeties in this
Speaker 1: four man front, they got to be able, like Jim
Speaker 1: says roll, you know, frontward and backward during the course
Speaker 1: of a canes. But they also have to be physical
Speaker 1: when they approach the line of scrimmage. They got to
Speaker 1: be physical in the defensive backfield, and they also have
Speaker 1: to be reading, you know, good readers on what's going
Speaker 1: up in front of them if they are gonna you know,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of recapture the turnovers that the Bears
Speaker 1: used to be able to produce. I think Chris Harris too,
Speaker 1: who you know, went by the nickname of hit Man
Speaker 1: hit Man, was a vital part of that as well.
Speaker 1: And then I think about Lovey always talking about Jim
Speaker 1: and tom about Tommy Harris and the three technique defensive
Speaker 1: tackle being the engine of the defense. So who would
Speaker 1: that engine be on the current roster? Bile Nichols. He's
Speaker 1: a type of guy that has versatility on the inside.
Speaker 1: He can play out of a right or left handed stance.
Speaker 1: He can slide over from the left guard to the
Speaker 1: right guard with equal balance. He knows how to play
Speaker 1: on the interior. He has the experience of playing on
Speaker 1: the interior when Eddie Goldman opted out two years ago.
Speaker 1: So I think if you have to plug a guy
Speaker 1: immediately in place, they do have a guy that can
Speaker 1: fulfill that role. However, that's a unique position. You're looking
Speaker 1: of traits of explosiveness at the line of scrimmage and
Speaker 1: at the snap of the ball that sometimes offensive lineman
Speaker 1: have a hard time catching up to Big Jim. It's
Speaker 1: going to affect I think, you know Eddie Goldman, I
Speaker 1: think he you know, he's a big, run stuffing defensive tackle.
Speaker 1: Not that you still don't want the girth. I do
Speaker 1: believe that, ever, flu's gonna wap the girth. But I'm
Speaker 1: with Tom. I think now you're looking for a penetrator.
Speaker 1: Now you're looking for a guy like a Javon Hargrave
Speaker 1: type of player, and they are in Donald type of player,
Speaker 1: a three technique that is a penetrator that can really,
Speaker 1: you know, get through, slide through those gaps and really
Speaker 1: be disruptive from that standpoint. And who knows, may not
Speaker 1: be on the roster right now, and that's why we're
Speaker 1: down here in Mobile and we'll see what opens up
Speaker 1: in free agency that potentially could be added to the mix.
Speaker 1: All right, let's take a listen for a sit down
Speaker 1: interview I did with general manager Ryan Poules this week
Speaker 1: up in Hollis Hall. You know, starting in New York
Speaker 1: playing high school football and then going to Boston College,
Speaker 1: having a good career, and then the best thing is,
Speaker 1: you know, the opportunity that I got was here in
Speaker 1: Chicago with the Bears, and it's just really cool to
Speaker 1: see how that went full circle to be back here
Speaker 1: as a general manager. What resonated with you the process
Speaker 1: with Chairman of the board George McCaskey and his crew. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the first thing, I'll say, first impressions are important to me.
Speaker 1: And the fact that George went to the airport and
Speaker 1: picked me up at baggage claim. I thought that was
Speaker 1: special and I truly value people in relationships and when
Speaker 1: that happened, and for him to spend extra time with
Speaker 1: me in the car to get to know me on
Speaker 1: a deeper level. I knew everything I needed to know
Speaker 1: before I even walked in the building. So it's been
Speaker 1: really good to get to know George well. Your exposure
Speaker 1: to the Bears as a rookie is significant also because
Speaker 1: I believe and he correct me if I'm wrong. But
Speaker 1: Virginia McCaskey speaks to the rookies every year. Yeah. So
Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight, you were in that room
Speaker 1: when you heard from Virginia McCaskey, so you already had
Speaker 1: a pretty good knowledge of what it means to her
Speaker 1: and to their family. Do you remember that moment back
Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight? I do. I do. I
Speaker 1: remember how much pride she had about the Chicago Bears,
Speaker 1: and I remember a lot of the stories just in
Speaker 1: terms of how deep rooted the history is here. The
Speaker 1: other thing that wasn't brought up is we went to
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame with Gall Sayers actually okay, and
Speaker 1: to hear him speak as well was just a really
Speaker 1: cool moment. Yeah, there's this place dripping with history, It's
Speaker 1: no question about it. And you think about all these
Speaker 1: big names. Was this always something that you wanted to do?
Speaker 1: Personnel management in football, because if not football, was this
Speaker 1: going to be the path for you? Or was this
Speaker 1: just something that just came about. Yeah? No, When I
Speaker 1: walked in as a scouting assistant back in two thousand
Speaker 1: and nine, once I got my feet underneath me and
Speaker 1: I started to understand the scope of really how the
Speaker 1: front office works and how building a team works. I
Speaker 1: wanted to be a general manager and put my hands
Speaker 1: on an organization and lead them to a championship. You
Speaker 1: have a mission statement for this team because you're used
Speaker 1: to winning, I mean a lot in Kansas City. Yeah,
Speaker 1: my mission statement really to get this thing kicked off
Speaker 1: is to take over the North and never give it back.
Speaker 1: Simple is that It's simple, hard to do. Simple is
Speaker 1: that exactly? That's a great goal. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: work to do. What's your philosophy and drafting. For the
Speaker 1: draft philosophy, it's really to understand how to tie evaluation
Speaker 1: with valuation, when and where to pick certain players on
Speaker 1: the board and have that feel is important to me.
Speaker 1: I believe in building the foundation with offensive lineman and
Speaker 1: a defensive lineman, and obviously supporting our quarterback with giving
Speaker 1: him the most weapons that we can possible offensively digging
Speaker 1: in the trenches. Do you value growing your own say
Speaker 1: versus free agency? Yeah, homegrown talent. That is critical to
Speaker 1: have long term success, and I think that's important. There's
Speaker 1: shortcuts at every turn in building a roster, so it
Speaker 1: takes discipline to do it the right way. And if
Speaker 1: you do it the right way and you keep those
Speaker 1: homegrown talented players that you have drafted and sign them
Speaker 1: the second contracts once they've deserved them, then you're cooking.
Speaker 1: What kind of team you want want to see? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I want to see a tough, violent and fast team.
Speaker 1: Putting it in perspective very quick. I like it. Skill
Speaker 1: sets and traits aside what type of person it will
Speaker 1: be a bear moving forward? You know, it's critical. We're
Speaker 1: gonna in the draft room. We're gonna label players with
Speaker 1: a bear logo to have toughness and passion for the game.
Speaker 1: I've found through history, if you have those two things
Speaker 1: plus the skill set, you're gonna go far. You're gonna
Speaker 1: make the team, and also you're gonna affect the culture.
Speaker 1: All right. Tell me about Mattieberflus and is there a
Speaker 1: relationship from the past that we may not be aware of. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So the big thing is I had a criteria of
Speaker 1: what the head coach needed to look like and what
Speaker 1: characteristics he needed to have, and the moment that Matt
Speaker 1: walked into the room, he was able to check all
Speaker 1: of those boxes. He was passionate about the game. He
Speaker 1: was a leader, he can motivate the team. He valued
Speaker 1: players more than anything. He wants to put players in
Speaker 1: a position to succeed as much as possible. And then
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is just having a detailed plan. Matt
Speaker 1: had a detailed plan that had multiple layers to it,
Speaker 1: and that's what got me excited, and I was convicted
Speaker 1: that he was the right person. Did you guys know
Speaker 1: each other before? We had bumped into each other before. Obviously,
Speaker 1: when you know, you watch other teams and you get
Speaker 1: a feel for you know, what units are playing. Really well,
Speaker 1: that's a reflection on who you are. So I made
Speaker 1: sure that I was able to mate him in the past.
Speaker 1: I think it was like a year ago we got
Speaker 1: a chance to bump into each other. So there's a
Speaker 1: little bit of history there and I'm excited to work
Speaker 1: with you. It sounds like they're hitting the ground running
Speaker 1: two from everything we hear up there and at the
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl as well. Start with Tom just on your
Speaker 1: overall reaction. Some of that we heard in the news
Speaker 1: conference as well, that was before the news conference. It's
Speaker 1: just amazing at two thousand and eight, when this journey
Speaker 1: began and where it is at this point in his
Speaker 1: young life. I just I hope all the success that
Speaker 1: you know that he can possibly have, because I think
Speaker 1: it's the first time in a long time that we've
Speaker 1: heard the foundation is the offensive defensive line, and it isn't.
Speaker 1: Again I always sound like a broken record, but it's
Speaker 1: the truth of the matter. If you do want to
Speaker 1: have a violent, physical, fast football team, your speed comes
Speaker 1: from the effectiveness of your offensive defensive line. If Rokuan
Speaker 1: Smith is going to run well as a middle linebacker
Speaker 1: or a will linebacker, it's because he's getting protected by
Speaker 1: big defensive lineman up front. And I have generations of
Speaker 1: watching historic Hall of Fame defensive lineman protect and help
Speaker 1: a guy like Mike Singletary have the type of career
Speaker 1: he has. If you want to be fast on offense,
Speaker 1: if you want to have explosiveness, you got to be
Speaker 1: able to block up front. You have to have the
Speaker 1: reputation of being a physical offensive lineman. That kind of
Speaker 1: sells the program to the rest of your offensive players.
Speaker 1: So when I hear a young guy like Ryan Poles
Speaker 1: talk for the first time to you again the journey
Speaker 1: from two thousand and eight to where we're at, but
Speaker 1: also the influence how the offense and defensive line has
Speaker 1: to have on the overall success of this organization. Jim,
Speaker 1: you know, like you said, you want the team to represent.
Speaker 1: If he's talking about a fast, physical team, we always
Speaker 1: talk about it. Say the Baltimore Ravens. They have a scene,
Speaker 1: right we play the Raven Way or the new the
Speaker 1: Patriot Way. So the Bears want to have that identity.
Speaker 1: So in order to identify that type of talent of
Speaker 1: what you're trying to represent, to be able to cultivate
Speaker 1: and develop that talent, whether it's in drafting, whether it's
Speaker 1: in free agency, and what those players represent, you know,
Speaker 1: and how they play. So there has to be an
Speaker 1: identity or identifier that those players fit what the Bears
Speaker 1: are trying to do and take pride from that standpoint
Speaker 1: and how they're doing it and what they're going to
Speaker 1: represent it. You know, I laugh even at the Raiders
Speaker 1: when you know Mike Mayock, who's no longer there as
Speaker 1: a general manager. When they were down here at the
Speaker 1: Resa Senior Bowl coaching it, they would put stickers, a
Speaker 1: Raiders sticker onas that they identified they wanted the Raiders
Speaker 1: to represent. So you'd get a Raiders sticker if you
Speaker 1: made a quote unquote a Raider play, and that's the
Speaker 1: type of player that you wanted. If you're gonna wear
Speaker 1: their colors, you need to represent in your style of
Speaker 1: play and how you identify with how they wanted to play.
Speaker 1: And that's what I think the Bears and obviously Ryan Poles,
Speaker 1: that's what he wants to identify and that's what he's
Speaker 1: going to go after. Tom and Jim both will get
Speaker 1: Bears Bears stickers, no question about it. We'll talk with
Speaker 1: Matt Eberflus coming up next my interview with him. This
Speaker 1: is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy
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Speaker 1: feeling better tomorrow. Jeff Jonny Act, Tom Bear, Jim Better
Speaker 1: from Sirius XM NFL Radio is moving the chains. He's
Speaker 1: in Mobile, Ababama. We'll talk to him about Senior Bowl
Speaker 1: practices and just a bit, but we'll continue our conversations
Speaker 1: with the new regime and this includes Matt Ebervolous, the
Speaker 1: head coach and former defensive coordinator of the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 1: All right, so you pull up the house all the
Speaker 1: first time and you see the big CF, but you
Speaker 1: see George Hollis. Yeah, okay, you're doing what he did? Right?
Speaker 1: How does that resonate with you? It's it's really surreal
Speaker 1: when you think about it. You know, a legendary coach
Speaker 1: like George and unbelievable the records that he is accomplished
Speaker 1: in the championships and to uphold the standards okay, in
Speaker 1: the habits of victory that he had. And I'm up
Speaker 1: for that challenge and excited to get to work with that.
Speaker 1: What moment in your career or even playing, did you
Speaker 1: think you know what, I am going to be a
Speaker 1: head coach? And then when you felt you were ready
Speaker 1: to be a head coach? Yeah, I've always said this
Speaker 1: that you know, became a defensive coordinator at twenty nine
Speaker 1: in the Big twelve, I was the youngest coordinator in
Speaker 1: the country. And you get put into that position and
Speaker 1: you just go. You just put your head down and work.
Speaker 1: You know, one action at a time, Just one action
Speaker 1: at a time. Now, you know you're talking to Now,
Speaker 1: I'm fifty one with more experience, you know, so I've
Speaker 1: been you know, waiting for this opportunity. Obviously have a
Speaker 1: plan in place to accomplish what we need to accomplish.
Speaker 1: But it comes back to the same thing. It's one
Speaker 1: action at a time, making wise decisions, one action at
Speaker 1: a time of what we're going to see on the
Speaker 1: football field. And that's what matters. Why was this an
Speaker 1: attractive job? Just a tradition of the historic franchise of
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. You know when you go through it,
Speaker 1: and you know, sure, I might have had a couple
Speaker 1: of choices here and there at the very end of it,
Speaker 1: and I chose this place because of the men and
Speaker 1: the franchise. You know, George McCaskey, Ryan Poles, and those
Speaker 1: are the guys you want to be in the foxel
Speaker 1: with because it's good. You're gonna have adversity, you're gonna
Speaker 1: have victories. Who do you want to be in with.
Speaker 1: Who do you want to be with in those moments?
Speaker 1: And those are the guys that I chose. What's job
Speaker 1: one in terms of what you address? Roster wise? Yeah,
Speaker 1: roster wise, just to evaluate, to evaluate and see where
Speaker 1: we are, you know, because you know we're making the
Speaker 1: shift from a three four to a four to three.
Speaker 1: That's one. You know, evaluate our offensive line, that's that's
Speaker 1: number two. You know where's our receivers, you know, quarterback,
Speaker 1: everybody really and just to evaluate it and see where
Speaker 1: we are and then you know where you are now
Speaker 1: you can know where you're going. So that's most important.
Speaker 1: What do you want players to know about you? That
Speaker 1: what they're about to get into is going to be
Speaker 1: the hardest thing they're ever going to do, but it's
Speaker 1: going to be worth it. Why will it be so hard?
Speaker 1: Because the work patterns that we're going to have on
Speaker 1: a day to day basis when we get onto the
Speaker 1: football field and the preparation leading up to that is
Speaker 1: something they've never done before. And it's going to be
Speaker 1: the hardest thing. And I always tell them that, I say,
Speaker 1: it's it's one year. I said, when I come back
Speaker 1: to you after one year, I want you to say,
Speaker 1: if what I said to you, it's the hardest thing
Speaker 1: you'll ever do, was it true? And every player that
Speaker 1: I've ever said it too, says, Coach, you weren't lying. True. Well,
Speaker 1: it's also in many respects, if you're not willing to
Speaker 1: do it, you won't be a part of it. So
Speaker 1: those that do stay and enjoy the process and find
Speaker 1: out that you have their best interests at heart. You
Speaker 1: want to put them in the best position to succeed,
Speaker 1: and that's all part of it. Does that come back
Speaker 1: to you as well? Yeah, non't doubt. This is a partnership.
Speaker 1: You know. You're you're working with NFL players, you know,
Speaker 1: So it's all about the players, you know. So to me,
Speaker 1: it's a partnership. So how can the coach serve the players?
Speaker 1: You know? So me is the head football coach serve
Speaker 1: the whole football team? Coach the coaches? And then how
Speaker 1: can each position coach really serve the guy he's working with.
Speaker 1: It's it's truly a partnership to be able to get
Speaker 1: to where we want to get. But Jim, you know,
Speaker 1: I hear that, and the hardest hardest thing you're ever
Speaker 1: gonna do. When I hear that about a football player,
Speaker 1: because a lot of these guys or wherever they came
Speaker 1: from around the country, parts unknown, from their high school
Speaker 1: level to their college days to the NFL, have their
Speaker 1: own definition of what's the hardest thing to do. But
Speaker 1: when you heard that, did it? Did it jog something
Speaker 1: in your memory of your hardest thing you ever had
Speaker 1: to do to get to get on a team. Well again, yeah,
Speaker 1: the buying factor, I think it needs to be there.
Speaker 1: I'll never forget when Dick Turon became the head coach
Speaker 1: of the Bears, and I remember there's very few coaches
Speaker 1: ever say this. If Dick turn says, hey, we chose
Speaker 1: everybody in this room, like when he has his mission
Speaker 1: statement meeting and we're all in the auditorium and we're
Speaker 1: about to, you know, we get done with our last
Speaker 1: you know, minicamp, and he said, Hey, everybody in this
Speaker 1: room is here for a reason. We chose you to
Speaker 1: be here and represent the Chicago Bears. If anybody in
Speaker 1: this room doesn't want to be here, just come to
Speaker 1: me and I will find a home for you somewhere else.
Speaker 1: Because that coach needs to know that you're all in
Speaker 1: and it is the hardest thing that you're ever going
Speaker 1: to do. But you've got to be all in from
Speaker 1: that standpoint, right, Why did Tom Brady just retire? He said,
Speaker 1: I couldn't be all in anymore, you know, he can't
Speaker 1: be half in, can't be a quarter of the way in.
Speaker 1: You've got to be all in in order to make
Speaker 1: the that commitment. And that's when I think coach Eberflus
Speaker 1: is really talking about there. You know, back in the
Speaker 1: old days when training camps used to be as hard
Speaker 1: as they could possibly be, and there was a new
Speaker 1: coach coming on board, everybody dretted it because they knew
Speaker 1: they were about to go through the most physical, exhaustive
Speaker 1: training camps or maybe of their career if you don't
Speaker 1: go through multiple coaching changes. But when you look at
Speaker 1: Matt Eberflus coming in here, the one thing that's going
Speaker 1: to make it so hard is because you're digesting new information.
Speaker 1: Not only do you have to play at a speed
Speaker 1: that they're expecting an NFL caliber player to play at,
Speaker 1: you're also trying to dissect new information and learn it
Speaker 1: so you can use it efficiently. And then there's gonna
Speaker 1: be guys that are gonna have position changes and that's
Speaker 1: as difficult as you can possibly try to, you know,
Speaker 1: perform at the level they expect, change positions, maybe balance
Speaker 1: in different things. And then it's their coaches. They got
Speaker 1: to weed out the guys that are the non competitors.
Speaker 1: And it's all there's a lot of factors that come
Speaker 1: into play. When Matt Eberflu says this is going to
Speaker 1: be the most difficult challenge all of their lives, and
Speaker 1: it is gonna be. But I think that's the process
Speaker 1: that every one of these guys have to try to
Speaker 1: put into place, is figure out the guys that you
Speaker 1: can count on in a weekly basis that are gonna
Speaker 1: give the effort that's expected from you. When you talk
Speaker 1: about these loafs and stuff, because the worst thing you
Speaker 1: want to do, Jeff, is going to a meeting after
Speaker 1: a game and they said, oh, so and so you
Speaker 1: had five loafs, so and so you had. That's humbling
Speaker 1: and embarrassing in front of your teammates. So when you
Speaker 1: are called out for those types of things, it's gonna
Speaker 1: challenge at what level that you can play, perform and
Speaker 1: practice at. You know, we often say that the game
Speaker 1: has changed, the people have changed in the game both
Speaker 1: the coaches and the players and how they've been raised,
Speaker 1: so to speak. In the college game, the rules changes,
Speaker 1: the minimization of padded practices, the time between practices changing, uh,
Speaker 1: lack of double days and all that. Jim, do you
Speaker 1: think that guy like Matt who's in you know, he's
Speaker 1: fifty one, but as he said, he's been coaching his
Speaker 1: whole life. He's played, he was a walk on uh Toledo,
Speaker 1: and had to earn his way to get onto that roster.
Speaker 1: And you know, it seemed like coaching was in his
Speaker 1: in his future, no matter what where it was going
Speaker 1: to be. And he's risen through that through the ranks
Speaker 1: in that fashion. Can you make those statements the same
Speaker 1: way with today's guys? Um? Yeah, I just think things
Speaker 1: are in reverse. You know, things used to trickle you know,
Speaker 1: trickle down like you know. I always bring up the
Speaker 1: example when I was at Michigan State, George Purlis was
Speaker 1: the coach there, right, he was the defensive coordinator of
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. We did everything like the Steelers did,
Speaker 1: from how we practiced, how our uniforms were made, Uh,
Speaker 1: even the block ass right, because Pittsburgh only headed on
Speaker 1: one side of the other helmet in terms of their
Speaker 1: So we did everything like them. Now it's almost reverse.
Speaker 1: There is a trickle up effect, right, look at the
Speaker 1: influence of the college game on the NFL game, and
Speaker 1: in college coaches would even say that about the high
Speaker 1: school level now and how players come out of high
Speaker 1: school because they're all running wide open offenses, and how
Speaker 1: that trickles up to college. So it's just somewhat in reverse,
Speaker 1: is what I'd say. What's happening now the trend in
Speaker 1: the NFL. All right, we're gonna take a break. We'll
Speaker 1: talk justin fields and how the Bears offense will look
Speaker 1: with new coordinator Luke Getsy, head coach Mattie Reflus and
Speaker 1: his staff. It's all ahead here on Bears All Access,
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Speaker 1: Harbaugh is telling University of Michigan he will stay there
Speaker 1: for as long as they want him. Jim. Well, that's
Speaker 1: a good thing. I think everybody was a little bit
Speaker 1: nervous because a doleful mensa the general managers spend some
Speaker 1: time in San Francisco and was there when Jim Harbaugh
Speaker 1: was there. So I wonder if Jim Harball got his
Speaker 1: raise back. He did to take a pay cut to
Speaker 1: stay there, so maybe that was a part of the
Speaker 1: deal for Jim Harball. You just wonder if that's the case.
Speaker 1: That's stuff that always happens behind closed doors. I think so,
Speaker 1: you know, I gotta tell you him getting his money back,
Speaker 1: if that was the reason why he went back to Michigan,
Speaker 1: then I really don't I don't respect that very much
Speaker 1: because Jim has made such an abundance of money. The
Speaker 1: little bit he's gonna make up. If Michigan decided to, hey,
Speaker 1: let's let's give you back what you know. You know
Speaker 1: that was taken away from you, I think you got
Speaker 1: to do a service to the kids that you're out
Speaker 1: there recruiting. If you're sitting out there recruiting all these
Speaker 1: kids and telling all these parents what a model citizen
Speaker 1: you are and what you're going to bring their kids
Speaker 1: to Michigan to be, you know, a board, and then
Speaker 1: you go out there and you say, okay, Minnesota, dangle
Speaker 1: a carrot in front of me so I can go
Speaker 1: out there and test the waters in there. You know,
Speaker 1: I think that, Well, he made no bones about it.
Speaker 1: He was telling the recruits. He was actively trying to
Speaker 1: get back in the NFL. So it's not like he
Speaker 1: was hiding it from that standpoint. But like I said,
Speaker 1: I don't think it sits well with a lot of
Speaker 1: parents out there. But you know, I think he was
Speaker 1: pretty open about it that he was interested in returning.
Speaker 1: But to me, I think that affects That affects the
Speaker 1: parents and the kids that you're out there recruiting. So
Speaker 1: if it's not going to happen this year, what's telling
Speaker 1: me that it's not going to happen in a year
Speaker 1: when somebody out there goes and make such Jim Harball,
Speaker 1: all right, instead of you having use of a private plane,
Speaker 1: we'll give you a private plane. Well he did say
Speaker 1: he's got He told Michigan that you know you're here
Speaker 1: as long as you want me. So he did say that,
Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. That's according to reports anyway.
Speaker 1: All Right, Joe Moorehead is the head coach chat Akron.
Speaker 1: He was once at Penn State as a coordinator and
Speaker 1: had a chance to visit with him about Luke Getsy
Speaker 1: because he was Luke Getzy's college coach. Yeah. I've done
Speaker 1: Luke for a long time since he was a player
Speaker 1: at Cia Rally High School in Pittsburgh, you know, through
Speaker 1: his time as a player of pitt and then came
Speaker 1: to play for US at Akron and then started his
Speaker 1: coaching career here as a graduate assistant. Tremendous success in
Speaker 1: the NFL a couple of different stops, and then with
Speaker 1: US at Mississippi State. So very well earned opportunity. And
Speaker 1: I know Luke will did a great job. What's he
Speaker 1: like as a coach? Very cerebral, always well prepared, a
Speaker 1: great communicator, a expert of fundamentals and technique, and a
Speaker 1: guy who understands offensive football protections, run James route concepts
Speaker 1: at an incredibly high level. Did you see coach in
Speaker 1: him as a player? I did. And you know, Luke
Speaker 1: was a fringe NFL guy, you know, got into camp
Speaker 1: with the matters and I think that was the extent
Speaker 1: of his experience. But it's it didn't take long to
Speaker 1: identify that if he wasn't playing, he would he would
Speaker 1: be involved in the sport and sold capacity and you
Speaker 1: know this sartainly, coaching was in his future at some point.
Speaker 1: It used to be that, you know, a guy your
Speaker 1: age would be considered a young coach in your forties,
Speaker 1: and I would look at, you know, sixties and fifty
Speaker 1: year old coaches as the as the standard. But now
Speaker 1: a bunch of thirty somethings are really starting to make
Speaker 1: an impact. Obviously you look at the Super Bowl and
Speaker 1: you can see that right there. What do you think
Speaker 1: of that as a coach, that these younger coaches have
Speaker 1: really started to make the rise into top positions in
Speaker 1: the National Football League, getting college football. Yeah, I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's great for those guys to get their
Speaker 1: opportunity and take advantage of it. Certainly at forty eight,
Speaker 1: I mean I'm a literal great beard, not a figure
Speaker 1: of great Beard, so I sold towards still have probably
Speaker 1: a little gas left in the tank. But yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that's just a you know, you know the nature
Speaker 1: of the game and the nature of the profession that
Speaker 1: guys are, you know, getting into organizations maybe in the
Speaker 1: quality control or uh you know, gradual assistant capacity. They're
Speaker 1: paying their dues, they're getting their opportunities, and you know
Speaker 1: they're doing a great job with them. And you know,
Speaker 1: you just see a bunch of as you mentioned, I
Speaker 1: think it is is a bit of a trend. You know, guys,
Speaker 1: guys in their thirties, uh, you know, rising to prominent
Speaker 1: roles within NFL organizations. What will you tell us about
Speaker 1: his personality as a coach and then what was his
Speaker 1: personality like as a player? Are they one of the same.
Speaker 1: He is incredibly competitive, possesses a ton of confidence, but
Speaker 1: he's very composed. Uh So when when you when you
Speaker 1: get to know Luke and you meet him for the
Speaker 1: first time, you think maybe he's a little quiet, you know,
Speaker 1: a little reticent, very analytical, But when it when it
Speaker 1: comes to the to the preparation part of it and
Speaker 1: the game part of it, you know you're you're not
Speaker 1: going to find a more competitive guy out there. Joey's
Speaker 1: going to be leaving Aaron Rodgers, yea our nemesis for
Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback who obviously has great potential in justin field.
Speaker 1: It's such a different contrast here as an offensive minded
Speaker 1: coach like Luke. How do you analyze that as a
Speaker 1: head coach yourself. Yeah, I mean Justin was committed to
Speaker 1: be a Penn State for almost a year. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: and I think my anticipated departure at Penn State, you know,
Speaker 1: led to his peak commitment eventually to Georgia then go
Speaker 1: to Ohio State. But Justin in his family and I've
Speaker 1: texted with Justin, is that you know, since Luke got
Speaker 1: hired just great people. Um, you know, Justin incredibly talented
Speaker 1: to beat you with his brain, his arms, and his legs.
Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, whether it's college
Speaker 1: or NFL football, it's a personnel driven game and Luke Luke,
Speaker 1: Luke will will do an excellent job identifying what the
Speaker 1: Bears have, what those guys can do well, and then
Speaker 1: then formulating a scheme around them. And certainly, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: Justin's the estralla stirs a drink. So it'd be easy
Speaker 1: for critics to say, well, you know, did Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: really need any coaching when you when you think about it, right,
Speaker 1: given his excellence, But we know that's not true. We
Speaker 1: know that coaches coach and players play and there is
Speaker 1: learning going on here? Do you think he will draw
Speaker 1: a lot from that experience of just the daily routine
Speaker 1: of a great quarterback or a great superstar athlete, regardless
Speaker 1: of sport, that Justin could learn a lot from from Luke. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean most critics don't know whether the balls inflated
Speaker 1: or stuff with feathers, so I would take everything they
Speaker 1: say with a great assault. But but yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: anytime that year, being that you're able to be around
Speaker 1: a guy like you know, Aaron Rodgers and you know,
Speaker 1: one of the all time best to do it, and
Speaker 1: you know, see his habits and how he prepares and
Speaker 1: the things he does on game day to be an
Speaker 1: incredibly high level guy, you'd be remiss to not carry
Speaker 1: over some of those experiences, you know, to your first
Speaker 1: coordinator opportunity in the NFL. And I know Luke will
Speaker 1: do that. Like I said, incredibly smart. I've been around
Speaker 1: a lot of great coaches with different and diverse philosophies,
Speaker 1: and he'll put together a great package and I think
Speaker 1: Justin will be the you know, the primary beneficiary of that.
Speaker 1: We were at Penn State. We were his second major
Speaker 1: college offer, so we had identified him very early in
Speaker 1: the process. We got him up to camp, got him offered,
Speaker 1: and then when he started he actually didn't play tough
Speaker 1: as an underclassman, but then when he started to get
Speaker 1: a bunch of great film, he blew up became a
Speaker 1: five star guy, you know, the lead eleven and one
Speaker 1: of the top players of not the top player in
Speaker 1: the country, but getting into Pablo and Gina and his
Speaker 1: parents and you know, great family system plays softball at Georgia.
Speaker 1: They are just you take the football part out of it.
Speaker 1: You know, Justin Fields and his family are just top flight,
Speaker 1: high character, awesome people. And to get to know them
Speaker 1: and even though it didn't work out, and you know,
Speaker 1: I didn't have an opportunity to coach him, I've stayed
Speaker 1: in touch with them, and you know, you just always
Speaker 1: have you for just a success. Joe moorehead head coach
Speaker 1: at Akron. So this begs the question, then Tom and Jim,
Speaker 1: do you build a system around Justin or you plug
Speaker 1: Justin into a system. Jim, you go first with the Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you build a system around Justin is what
Speaker 1: you do. You know, you take the stuff that he
Speaker 1: did at a house almost like what you know Carolina
Speaker 1: did with Cam Newton, right, there was a lockout year
Speaker 1: and they brought in the Auburn offense to really get
Speaker 1: him to feel comfortable. When you look at Cam Newton
Speaker 1: and I think that's what you're gonna do. You're gonna
Speaker 1: build around the strengths of Justin Field. So you know,
Speaker 1: it's you know, from the offensive line and what they
Speaker 1: want to do running, how they're gonna be mobile with
Speaker 1: him and take advantage of his legs, throwing on the run,
Speaker 1: all those type of things. So they're gonna build a
Speaker 1: system that suits his skill sets and what you know,
Speaker 1: accentuates his positives and minimizes any struggles that he has
Speaker 1: in other areas of his game. Oh you look at
Speaker 1: what the Buffalo Bills has done the last couple of
Speaker 1: years building a system around Josh Allen and his trades.
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of the you know, the template
Speaker 1: of success that you kind of want to formulate a
Speaker 1: plan like that. But when you talk about Luke In
Speaker 1: being with Aaron Rodgers, I would as a coach, I
Speaker 1: would try to absorb everything I possibly could in Aaron's
Speaker 1: preparation and then how does that transfer to Justin And
Speaker 1: you're not gonna say, hey, be like him, be like him. Hey,
Speaker 1: this is the way that we saw this play. This
Speaker 1: is the way that we broke down this type of formation.
Speaker 1: This is the opportunity that we presented to our quarterback
Speaker 1: in all those types of things that he was being
Speaker 1: able to learn from Aaron and may have been a
Speaker 1: player teaching a coach more than a coach was teaching
Speaker 1: a player. That's Tim Fair, Jim Miller, Jeff Jonny AAC.
Speaker 1: We'll look at today's Senior Bowl activities with Big Jim
Speaker 1: after this break on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score.
Speaker 1: Final segment here on Bears on Access with Tom Fair,
Speaker 1: Jeff Jonnyak and Jim Miller from Serious X NFL Radio
Speaker 1: is moving to change. He's down to Mobile, Alabama at
Speaker 1: the RECs Senior Bowl. What you're learning specifically a quarterback,
Speaker 1: because keep hearing that Malik Willis is showing everybody he's
Speaker 1: got a rocket arm. The kid out of Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker 1: can also move. But he's coming from a school lag Liberty.
Speaker 1: So how he how's he panting out with the other
Speaker 1: top talent from around the country. Yeah, he really had
Speaker 1: a good day today. He separated himself for the American squad.
Speaker 1: He could spin it. You know, I thought all the
Speaker 1: other quarterbacks somewhat struggled throwing in the rain today. From
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett, I do like Desmond Ritter. I think he
Speaker 1: is really impressed. From Cincinnati as well. He was spinning
Speaker 1: the ball really well also, And they've got Carson Strong
Speaker 1: from Nevada who's got a real strong arm. But Ritter
Speaker 1: from Cincinnati. And Malik willis one's he's a really good athlete.
Speaker 1: Made a couple of nice scrambles today, can throw on
Speaker 1: the run. But I thought he had a tremendous day
Speaker 1: this afternoon. And Western Kentucky's Bailey Zappi, you know, he
Speaker 1: he basically transferred up to Western Kentucky, brought all his
Speaker 1: receivers with him, put up a lot of yardage in production.
Speaker 1: But I thought Malik really stole the show today. Jim,
Speaker 1: is there any uh, you know, small school guys out there.
Speaker 1: They're gonna turn heads of some scouts and some developers
Speaker 1: out there. You think of the offensive guard that ended
Speaker 1: up starting for the Denver Broncos from the small school
Speaker 1: in Wisconsin year Yeah, yeah, Quinn Liners, is there any
Speaker 1: of those guys out there that you know, when you
Speaker 1: think about the Bears and where they're positioned into draft
Speaker 1: at you know you can get a starter and every
Speaker 1: one of those draft choices position. Is there a guy
Speaker 1: right now that's catching your eye? I like the cornerback
Speaker 1: from Fayetteville State, all right, he's six foot two and
Speaker 1: a half one hundred ninety three pounds, Joshua Williams. So
Speaker 1: I think he clocked the fastest yesterday. You know they
Speaker 1: do the next gen stats. I think he was at
Speaker 1: twenty one and a half miles an hour. But this
Speaker 1: is a very long corner who can put some weight
Speaker 1: on it and he can still fly. So Fayetteville State
Speaker 1: has got my vote right now. He really is looked good.
Speaker 1: And now the defensive side of the ball, Florida State's
Speaker 1: edge Jermaine Johnson. He has been singled at, Jim What
Speaker 1: have you heard about his play so far? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: think for him, I think there's a couple of big
Speaker 1: guys that have played pretty well, but him, he's got
Speaker 1: the speed. From from that standpoint, the defensive end for
Speaker 1: Florida State. If he's physical, fast and be the power
Speaker 1: I think is what I wrote next to him, where
Speaker 1: he's really exceller or really excelled down here in Mobile
Speaker 1: so far, and Tom, I gotta get you the clip.
Speaker 1: I saw Penn State's Jesse Luke Ketta. Because we talk
Speaker 1: about leverage all the time, all right. So he was
Speaker 1: up against at right tackle the six eight, three hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty seven pounder from Minnesota, Daniel Fila. And who
Speaker 1: do you think won that battle? It was something the
Speaker 1: kid from Pennce Jim did you see that play? I
Speaker 1: saw it and he bowl rushed him and pushed him back.
Speaker 1: He fell flat on his flat on his fanny. When
Speaker 1: you look at Daniel from Minnesota, that dude is a
Speaker 1: big dude, really great dude. But leverage to leverage, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean leverage ahead. Tom will love it because the
Speaker 1: best guy down here, in my opinion, on the old
Speaker 1: line is the kid from Boston College. That Zion Johnson
Speaker 1: is an absolute beast man, three hundred and fourteen pounds.
Speaker 1: That dude just doesn't move. He anchors Tom. He is impressive,
Speaker 1: very impression. That's what you gotta have. You have to
Speaker 1: have an anchor when you talk about the side of
Speaker 1: the Minnesota guy. If you're kind of loose on your
Speaker 1: feet and you take all that big size and just
Speaker 1: get it pushed backwards. No, but I listen. I like
Speaker 1: the development possibilities of the Minnesota guy. You said six
Speaker 1: eight and a half three hundred and eighty pounds, huge,
Speaker 1: huge man. And you'd also like the fact that BC's
Speaker 1: Zion Johnson stayed after in the rain because he was
Speaker 1: getting snapped at center and he was practicing in the
Speaker 1: rain his snaps at center. So that's a guy who
Speaker 1: wants it badly. That's going to wrap us up, big Jim,
Speaker 1: have a great call of the game on Saturday, and
Speaker 1: we will talk to you next week. Sounds good, guys,
Speaker 1: gonna be with you. That's Jim Miller, Tom Fair. Thanks
Speaker 1: to our producer tonight here at the Score, Brandon Friar,
Speaker 1: Jordan tread Up, and Den But really I'm Jeff Joniac.
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