WEBVTT - Breaking down Poles, Eberflus hires | All Access 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.640 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.040 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.040 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:29.880 Physical Therapy and CDW. But you once again, everybody, another 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:32.440 week of Bears All Access. I'm Jeff Joning Aclam a 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.080 broadcast partner Tom Payer from news Radio one oh five 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:38.520 nine WBBM and coming up shortly joined by Jim Miller 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:42.480 from Serious XMNFL Radios, moving the chains. He's down in Mobile, Alabama, 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.199 work in the Senior Bowl practices day two today. And 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.520 now we are some snippets from this week's introductory news 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:54.240 conferences introducing head coach Matt Iberflus and general manager Ryan Poles. 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:55.680 We'll get to the news of the day as well, 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.160 but welcome in Tom Thayre, Tom, how you how you 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:02.240 doing this week? Asking all the details of what we 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:05.360 said at the podium and the news conference early in 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:07.960 the week, and then the slow process, maybe not so 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.839 slow process because they're making some hay and filling out 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.240 those coaching assignments, and that's a big part of this 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.840 right now. You know. Initially, yeah, you listen to the 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.520 statements they make up at the podium, how they introduce 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:22.319 themselves to the media, the general public of the Chicago 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.600 Bears fans and you and I and you kind of 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.959 take in what they have to say a little bit 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:31.600 about the process of how they went about getting the job, 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.319 everything they've done up unto this point. And then you 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.320 start reading in the backgrounds of some of the teams 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.520 that they worked with, and you think about some of 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:43.920 the teams that the experiences they gain from there, and 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:45.840 then all of a sudden, you start reading about the 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.440 assistant coaches that are being hired, the years of experience 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.640 they have, the relationships they've already been able to develop, 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:57.560 because you need some of those obstacles already taken care of. 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.080 You know, Matt Eberflus doesn't need to walk into a 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.160 building and introduce himself to every single one of his 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.880 assistant coaches. I think when you try to put a 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.840 plan in place and you have already rubbed elbows and 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:12.800 some of the most difficult experiences of your coaching life 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.120 with some of these guys. I think it's ultimately beneficial 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.080 to what you're going to try to build here. And 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:21.359 today the defensive staff starting to fill out with defensive 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:25.720 coordinator Alan Williams, Tom so much familiarity with the system, 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.560 going back to two thousand and one entering the league 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:32.440 with Tampa Bay and at that time Tony Dungee Lovey Smith. 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.160 So it's a disciple of this. He's been coaching for 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.760 thirty years, he's been a defensive coordinator before, and he'll 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:41.040 be calling the place right. And I mean it's extreme trust. 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:44.200 Whenever Matt Eberflus is going to bring on these guys along, 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.600 and especially the guys in the coordinator positions, you have 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:50.840 to have trust because when you go from a coordinator 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.919 and you have a lot of responsibilities on your desk 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.440 and what you do in the game, how you get 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.079 them prepared and practice and what the reflection of how 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:04.120 they play is directly placed upon you. Now you're handing 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.760 that over. That baton is going to another group of 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:10.359 guys that you're expecting from what was expected out of 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.280 you at a defensive coordinator. Now, what do you expect 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:16.240 out of your new defensive coordinator. What do you expect 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:18.880 the process of your offensive coordinator a going to be 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.240 And just like all the other position coaches. So now 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.120 that Matt is in the position where he's the head coach, 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.640 he's making a lot more decisions on both all three 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.000 sides of the ball. When you think about you know 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.040 what he's going to try to do here with the 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.080 Bears organization and how he's going to turn these guys 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.600 into Division champs. Linebacker coach will be Dave borg Ganzi. 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.280 He's had a great deal of experience as well well. 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.960 Regarded his work with Darius Leonard there in Indianapolis a 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.760 significant piece to this puzzle, and he was also with 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.600 him with the Dallas Cowboys and then the offensive line coach. 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.840 I was waiting for my phone during today, didn't hear it? 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.680 You're busy shoveling snow today. Offensive line coaches Chris Morgan, 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:01.920 coming over from the Steelers where he was assistant offensive 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.040 line coach. Then when Adrian Clem left for Oregon, he 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.320 became the offensive line coach by himself for the final 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.240 three games of the season. They won games and went 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.000 to the playoffs. But his bigger resume is with the 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:16.720 Atlanta Falcons. Tom so that outside zone under Kyle Shanahan 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:18.920 the offensive coordinator when they go to the Super Bowl 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.159 in twenty sixteen, and that was enormously successful there, and 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.560 he was the run game coordinator there as well. Yeah, 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:26.680 I mean he's got plenty of experience. You know, you 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.320 talk about these guys with double digit years of service 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.120 in the NFL and then when you're the head offensive 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:33.839 line coach and then all of a sudden you go 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.839 to a different team like the Pittsburgh Steelers. In one 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:40.240 of the Pittsburgh Steelers foundations of success over the years 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.600 has been their defensive style of play and their offense 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.120 and their offensive running game. And when you look at 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.720 what the Pittsburgh Steelers had on the offensive line, he 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.520 was trying to get rookies ready to play at the 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:55.479 center position. You're trying to, you know, take injuries and 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:59.440 COVID into account. So I think all the experiences that 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:01.680 some of these assistant coaches have gone through in the 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:05.680 last couple of years are not only building blocks for 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.880 the future, but it also understands how do you coach 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.200 under some of the worst circumstances, and you know, how 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:16.640 do you persevere through all these trying times that we've 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:18.960 gone through in the last couple of years. Yeah, I'm 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.440 more concerned about, you know, what is their ability to 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:23.920 develop players, And that's really the key. Teaching them is 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.120 one thing, Developing is another. And I think a Luke 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:29.880 Getzi coming in, his offensive coordinator coming here, and that 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:33.440 will be an interesting situation with a young guy. Will 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.880 hear from Joe Moorehead, a coach of his back in 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.400 the day at the University of Akron where coach Moorehead 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.240 is at right now. Obviously a lot of great things 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.440 to say about this former quarterback. And you're hearing things 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.480 out of Green Bay from Aaron Jones what the Bears 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:53.279 are getting and there they believe they're getting somebody special. Hey, 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.760 you know, when Dick Stanfield was our offensive line coach, 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.120 you could take so much into account of what he 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:00.760 was teaching you because he was a former offensive lineman, 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.400 just like Luke. Here. If I'm a quarterback, I want 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:05.720 to hear from a former quarterback. I want to hear 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.400 from a guy that stood behind center and shot gunner 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:12.800 directly behind center. It made decisions according to the information 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:14.840 that was given to him, with the coverages and the 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.680 defensive front. So when you took you look at a 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.680 guy justin fields and where his ability can take this 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.440 football team, and Kate take him individually. I like that 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:29.000 message being delivered by a former quarterback. And there's a 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.600 report from NFL Media's Ian Rappaport the Bears maybe close 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:36.040 to hiring former Giants receivers coach Tyke Tolbert. He's been 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.640 around a long time time, been with five different NFL 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.800 teams since two thousand and three, and a very respected assistant. 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.159 That's not done yet, not official, but that says somebody 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.240 to keep an eye on as well. And coming up 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.600 next we'll be joined by Big Jim Millertown. We'll get 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.200 the show going. Our weekly guest here on Bears All 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:57.080 Access with our producer today, Brandon Fryer. I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.920 That's time there. I want to be time there one day. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.159 Thanks as well to Dan Burrelli and Jordan tredap This 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:07.920 is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.560 to Bears All Access or brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.480 Choose clean energy for your home at IGS dot com 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.600 because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:19.720 With top fare Jeff joniaka. This week's edition of Bears 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.280 All Access please to be joined by our special guest 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.280 each week. He's from Sirius XM's NFL Radio, the former 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:29.600 Bears quarterback Jim Miller joining the program from Mobile, Alabama 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:34.680 ign Umbrella today down there, Big Jim. Yeah, the Fawcet 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.800 was definitely open. It was often on and off rain 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.560 all day, so for both the American club in the 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.400 in the National club, you know, and it's something you 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.960 get the scout though. Can the guys play in the elements? 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.720 You know? There were some bad football thrown today. There 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.280 were a lot of drop balls today by the receivers 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.880 because the ball got a little slick. And then everybody's 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.920 getting a good intel that they need in inclement weather 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:59.280 down here in Mobile. Yeah, with the New York Jets 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.160 in Detroit and Line a run of the show for 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.640 their respective squads, and we'll talk about some of that 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:05.960 in detail coming up here later in the show, Jim. 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.760 But Tom and I just was we're just talking about 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.680 the assistance that have brought in. Get your overall reaction 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:14.080 on what you heard from Mattieberflus, the new head coach 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.520 of the Bears and Ryan Poles, the new general manager 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:19.560 early in the week. Yeah, well, you know, like anything, 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.200 it's it's important. You've got to get this staff in place, 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.640 and you know, because again, these are the guys that 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.480 are going to be delivering the message. And you know, 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.200 coach Ebert Fleus, he's been in the NFL for for 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.680 a long time. He's acquiring the guys that he wants, 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:36.000 that he believes will deliver that message. And they have 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.200 to have the buy in from him too, right, you know, 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.000 so these guys have to be the ones to sell it. 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:44.000 So I was actually down here I talked to Bears 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.280 analyst Tom Herman, so I talked to him quite a 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.400 bit today as he's getting to know this new staff 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.240 as well. So, you know, pretty exciting times. And again 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.880 there's still five teams that you know, don't even have 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.600 a head coach right now. So this is big when 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.920 you're able to acquire guys now and add them to 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.920 your staff before the cupboard is bear, so to speak, 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.440 because you know, you look at the Raiders in Jacksonville. 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.240 They've been the longest without their head coaches and they 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:13.000 still even you know, Raiders just got theirs in Josh McDaniels. 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.920 But you look at Jacksonville, they're still searching right now. 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.040 So this is a good thing that eber Flus is 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.640 really getting this all done pretty quickly, and two coordinators 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.160 are locked up. Luke getsy they get him from Green Bay. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.240 Allen Williams, what are your thoughts on that? Yeah, I 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:29.360 think for Luke he had a couple offers, obviously went 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.040 out there and interviewed for the Denver Broncos comes with 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:35.440 great resources and bringing along Aaron Rodgers, I think we 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.000 know how terrific he is. And then the other guys 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.560 certainly know the system of Eberflus when you look at 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.280 Alan Williams there for the Colts, and I believe you 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.400 just mentioned that the linebackers coaches is added as well, 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.760 So that system they're going to get up and running 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:52.679 pretty quickly, I would think defensively from that standpoint. So yeah, 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.240 I like the guys that they've fired so far. Okay, 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.839 Tom Fair, Jimmy Butter here on Bear's All Access will 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.160 break it down over the course of the evening. US 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.720 what this means for the Bears here in twenty twenty two, 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.320 how they hut the ground and running So boys, Tom 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.520 We'll start with you. We go to a four three defense, 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.040 that'll be the base defense. Anyway, we know Nichols played 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.959 significantly in this league. So how how does this begin 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:18.560 to affect certain players that may be on this roster. 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:22.040 Some guys may not be because of a switch to 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.800 a four to three. But I think of a guy 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.800 like Roe Kuant Smith playing that inside linebacker I'll buy 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:32.120 himself there and a true middle linebacker in this four three? 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.360 Is that an assumption or can he play outside in 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.640 this four three? Okay? Jim, I gotta ask a question 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.040 with a question, because I just want to clarify things, Jim, 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.520 when you're down there at the senior ball, do they 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:45.920 play a four three defense or they play a thirty 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.440 four defense? Or do they play a scheme? According to 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:52.080 the head coaches there, No, no, it'll be It'll be 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.160 a four three defense is what it was. There was 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.440 discussion to have one B a three four in one 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:00.320 B a four three, but that kind of fell through, 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.880 and so they strictly go through a four three defense 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.080 down here. Okay, so now you get a chance to 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.520 evaluate some players that could be key components to your 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:12.160 football team going forward. But when I look at the 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:16.400 Bears personnel and because of the Jeff you know and Jim, 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.960 these defenses morphed to every defensive front that you could 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.079 possibly face during the course of one a game, let 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:26.320 alone a season. So is there a position that I 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:30.000 don't think Roquan Smith will be comfortable with. No, It's 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.559 just that when you go from a three four defense 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:36.320 and you're always standing above an offensive lineman and you're unprotected, 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:40.360 So that offensive lineman is you're his responsibility. He can 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.839 fight directly at you, fire off the ball. But now 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:45.840 when you're Roquan Smith and you put him in the 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:49.040 middle of a defense and you have defensive tackles that 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.880 are there to protect you allow you to run with 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.160 a little bit of freedom. I think that even exposes 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:59.360 you to more opportunities in that type of defensive play. 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.079 And we've seen throughout the history of the Chicago Bears. 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.000 I think the key is, you know, are the Robert 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.760 Quinns and the Khalil Max do they have the ability 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:12.040 to fit into this defensive style and can they do 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:16.240 what's required of you and those positions. But a guy 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.120 like Roquan Smith, I think this is the type of 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:23.560 guy that has the talent that could play with intelligence, 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.600 with the physicality, with the athleticism that he's gifted with, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.160 and could be an asset in any defense you want 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:32.679 to put him in. Yeah, I think it's definitely going 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:35.200 to affect guys that you mentioned in terms of the 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.079 two outside backers, or even Trevis Gibson, right, he was 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.360 a defensive end in college now has learned to be 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.800 a stand up backer. Now will he go back to 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.760 defensive end? We would be the question I have for 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.240 Roquan Is it middle backer? Yeah? I think he's got 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.679 the speed of say Darius Leonard, and he's going to 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.400 be a tackling machine whether he's at mike or will 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.920 you know is or do they move him to say 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.920 the Lance Briggs weak side linebacker position, because he's a 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.640 running hit guy. He's a heat seeking missile. So I 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:06.760 think all those will will be determined, but clearly some 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.400 players will be affected in how they're going to be utilized. Typically, 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:12.120 when you look at this style of defense, you know, 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.360 I go back to even Robert Mathows and when everybody 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.960 thought he was too young or too small to play 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:20.200 defensive end. That's the style of defense that they're The 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.840 Bears are going to be utilizing now. So this is 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.800 a Colts defense. He better have on your track shoes, 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.960 is what I believe coach Eeberflu said. And there will 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:30.920 be no loafing. Let's just put it that way. There 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.320 will be no loafing. This is gonna be a legit, 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.920 speedy defense that he's gonna gonna be installing. How about Jim, 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:40.680 How does this affect the guy like Gettie Jackson? Um, No, 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:42.600 I think you know they're still gonna rock and roll 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:46.120 the safeties from that standpoint, So I think Eddie will 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:49.000 be a player that fits right in from that standpoint. Um, 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:52.679 most teams do it around the NFL because coverage is 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.959 coverage from that standpoint. But you know, you got to 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.160 be able to, like I said, fly to the football 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.959 and you know, make the do it. You know, that's 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.400 one thing that the Colts have done. They've gotten a 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.240 lot of turnovers over the past couple of years, and 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.440 so that's what the Bears want to get back to. 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.559 We go back to what was that twenty eighteen when 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.000 they had thirty four and it hasn't really happened. From 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:16.360 that standpoint, Eddie Jackson has to get more turnovers. From 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.040 that standpoint, that's really where they want the impact to be. 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:21.920 That in the secondary. You know, you gotta think, you know, 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.880 past guys that we've seen over their career of a 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:27.840 Mike Brown or a Tony Parrish and these types of guys. 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.200 I think there's a certain element of a physical style 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.520 play that when you talk about two safeties in this 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.560 four man front, they got to be able, like Jim 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.680 says roll, you know, frontward and backward during the course 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.960 of a canes. But they also have to be physical 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.120 when they approach the line of scrimmage. They got to 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.080 be physical in the defensive backfield, and they also have 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.920 to be reading, you know, good readers on what's going 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.640 up in front of them if they are gonna you know, 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.760 you know, kind of recapture the turnovers that the Bears 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.160 used to be able to produce. I think Chris Harris too, 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.480 who you know, went by the nickname of hit Man 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.080 hit Man, was a vital part of that as well. 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:10.040 And then I think about Lovey always talking about Jim 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:14.200 and tom about Tommy Harris and the three technique defensive 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.680 tackle being the engine of the defense. So who would 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:22.320 that engine be on the current roster? Bile Nichols. He's 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.160 a type of guy that has versatility on the inside. 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.520 He can play out of a right or left handed stance. 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.000 He can slide over from the left guard to the 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.720 right guard with equal balance. He knows how to play 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.800 on the interior. He has the experience of playing on 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:39.240 the interior when Eddie Goldman opted out two years ago. 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.480 So I think if you have to plug a guy 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.520 immediately in place, they do have a guy that can 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:49.080 fulfill that role. However, that's a unique position. You're looking 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.760 of traits of explosiveness at the line of scrimmage and 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:56.040 at the snap of the ball that sometimes offensive lineman 0:15:56.080 --> 0:16:00.560 have a hard time catching up to Big Jim. It's 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.240 going to affect I think, you know Eddie Goldman, I 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:07.040 think he you know, he's a big, run stuffing defensive tackle. 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.680 Not that you still don't want the girth. I do 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.800 believe that, ever, flu's gonna wap the girth. But I'm 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.240 with Tom. I think now you're looking for a penetrator. 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.880 Now you're looking for a guy like a Javon Hargrave 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.720 type of player, and they are in Donald type of player, 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:25.240 a three technique that is a penetrator that can really, 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.720 you know, get through, slide through those gaps and really 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:32.040 be disruptive from that standpoint. And who knows, may not 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.080 be on the roster right now, and that's why we're 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.240 down here in Mobile and we'll see what opens up 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.880 in free agency that potentially could be added to the mix. 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.160 All right, let's take a listen for a sit down 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.560 interview I did with general manager Ryan Poules this week 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:46.920 up in Hollis Hall. You know, starting in New York 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.280 playing high school football and then going to Boston College, 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:52.800 having a good career, and then the best thing is, 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.200 you know, the opportunity that I got was here in 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.640 Chicago with the Bears, and it's just really cool to 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:01.440 see how that went full circle to be back here 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:05.640 as a general manager. What resonated with you the process 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:09.800 with Chairman of the board George McCaskey and his crew. Yeah, 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.639 the first thing, I'll say, first impressions are important to me. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.359 And the fact that George went to the airport and 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:18.520 picked me up at baggage claim. I thought that was 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:24.160 special and I truly value people in relationships and when 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.800 that happened, and for him to spend extra time with 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:28.280 me in the car to get to know me on 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.639 a deeper level. I knew everything I needed to know 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.720 before I even walked in the building. So it's been 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:36.280 really good to get to know George well. Your exposure 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.200 to the Bears as a rookie is significant also because 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.320 I believe and he correct me if I'm wrong. But 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.480 Virginia McCaskey speaks to the rookies every year. Yeah. So 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.800 in two thousand and eight, you were in that room 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:50.440 when you heard from Virginia McCaskey, so you already had 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.200 a pretty good knowledge of what it means to her 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.840 and to their family. Do you remember that moment back 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:57.840 in two thousand and eight? I do. I do. I 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:01.199 remember how much pride she had about the Chicago Bears, 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.080 and I remember a lot of the stories just in 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:06.040 terms of how deep rooted the history is here. The 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:09.040 other thing that wasn't brought up is we went to 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:12.960 the Hall of Fame with Gall Sayers actually okay, and 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.080 to hear him speak as well was just a really 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:18.119 cool moment. Yeah, there's this place dripping with history, It's 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.239 no question about it. And you think about all these 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.760 big names. Was this always something that you wanted to do? 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:29.439 Personnel management in football, because if not football, was this 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.119 going to be the path for you? Or was this 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.800 just something that just came about. Yeah? No, When I 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.879 walked in as a scouting assistant back in two thousand 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.480 and nine, once I got my feet underneath me and 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:43.159 I started to understand the scope of really how the 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:45.840 front office works and how building a team works. I 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.280 wanted to be a general manager and put my hands 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:51.520 on an organization and lead them to a championship. You 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:54.680 have a mission statement for this team because you're used 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.840 to winning, I mean a lot in Kansas City. Yeah, 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.680 my mission statement really to get this thing kicked off 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:02.840 is to take over the North and never give it back. 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:05.879 Simple is that It's simple, hard to do. Simple is 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:07.919 that exactly? That's a great goal. There's a lot of 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:10.520 work to do. What's your philosophy and drafting. For the 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:15.520 draft philosophy, it's really to understand how to tie evaluation 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.879 with valuation, when and where to pick certain players on 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.520 the board and have that feel is important to me. 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:25.040 I believe in building the foundation with offensive lineman and 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:28.640 a defensive lineman, and obviously supporting our quarterback with giving 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:33.200 him the most weapons that we can possible offensively digging 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:37.720 in the trenches. Do you value growing your own say 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:42.119 versus free agency? Yeah, homegrown talent. That is critical to 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.920 have long term success, and I think that's important. There's 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.919 shortcuts at every turn in building a roster, so it 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.600 takes discipline to do it the right way. And if 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:52.200 you do it the right way and you keep those 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:55.840 homegrown talented players that you have drafted and sign them 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.960 the second contracts once they've deserved them, then you're cooking. 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:00.920 What kind of team you want want to see? Yeah, 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.359 I want to see a tough, violent and fast team. 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:07.800 Putting it in perspective very quick. I like it. Skill 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:10.840 sets and traits aside what type of person it will 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:13.800 be a bear moving forward? You know, it's critical. We're 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:17.600 gonna in the draft room. We're gonna label players with 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:21.640