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Well, it's a good evening, everybody, 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:33.280 and welcome in a heavy, heavy top one hundred celebration. 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.720 The centennial scrapbook coming out in June by the Bears 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:38.840 and written by Damn Pomp paying Down Pearson is certainly 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:42.400 a big topic around town, around watercoolers, around the city 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:44.120 and in your own home. If you're a Bears fan, 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:45.760 you're talking about it, that's for sure. We're going to 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.479 dip into that a little bit tonight. I'm Jeff, Jonny Acolong, 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:52.360 my broadcast partner, Tom there Down and Maui soaking up 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.240 some su before he heads back home here in short 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.320 order to get ready for the one hundred celebration and 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.720 the summer in Chicago. Now that we actually have one 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.000 big town. It is actually warm and nice out there, 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.080 kind of looking forward to coming home. I know there's 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.800 been a weather change over and that's what everybody looks 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.440 forward to in the summertime. But you know, you mentioned 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:13.920 that top one hundred of the Chicago Bears. It's unbelievable 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.680 to look at some of the historical pictures of the 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.880 players that have come and gone through the Bears organization, 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.600 and a lot of times you're rereminded of the greatness 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.240 that the Chicago Bears fans have been privileged to over 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:30.080 the last hundred years. And it's gonna be a blast 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.880 to talk about and it's it's just gonna be a 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:35.959 lot of fun. Jim Miller joining us as well from 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.399 his home in Michigan after his day on Sirius x 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.600 MNFL radio. I keep looking, you know, I've seen Anthony 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.440 Adams on Twitter having some fun with not being in 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.840 the one hundred. I'm looking for Jim Miller. No, it's 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.720 not there. Congratulations to Tom by the way, and it 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:52.320 is a great list. I was looking at some of 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.720 those names today, just scrolling through because I say, you see, 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.280 it's made news and obviously all the great players in 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.760 the history of the tradition, and you're right coming up 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.920 a celebrating the hundredth anniversary. It's going to be a 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.400 great weekend the seventh through the ninth, and you know, 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.799 just to catch up with a lot of guys and 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.040 is Tom age. You know, it just brings up great memories. 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.560 You know, it's something special that you're a part of. 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.640 And obviously for Tom to make that that top hundred, 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.840 that says quite a bit about Tom. So congratulations Tom, Yeah, 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:23.519 Tom is congratulations. And Jay Hilgenberg, You're a good friend. 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:26.520 Was in the top twenty as of today and I 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.880 spoke to him at length today and what it does, 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.760 it takes you back to your childhood. It really does 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.040 about why you play the game, how you started, how 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:38.960 you were connected to the game spiritually, professionally, physically, whatever 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.359 the case may be. The love of the game is prevalent. 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:43.920 And now you know, Tom and Jim when we do 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.400 all these interviews with players, we always talk about today 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:49.320 and how we often say, hey, listen, you're gonna appreciate 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:51.960 this one day, and it's when it's in your review mirror. 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.240 This is really big time review mirror material, and it 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.240 makes you think about all those great moments. And Jay 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.480 talks about going to Rigley Field nineteen se I to 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.519 see his uncle Wally play against the Bears, and he 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:05.320 sees George Hollis, and then in his first practice there's 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:08.760 George Hallis on the practice field and watching Jay go 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:12.200 to work. It's just And talking to to Steve McMichael 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.400 today about being in the room negotiating his first contract 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.280 with mister Hollis, it's just, it's great stuff. These stories 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.880 are going to be unbelievable that we keep hearing. You know, Jeff, 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.119 I had an opportunity. I know Stan Jones was one 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.400 above Jay, but Stan Jones had a great career and 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.440 the first time I was exposed to him was out 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:36.520 of and having an opportunity to meet the greatness of 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.320 Stan Jones. But after I met him, to read about 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.960 him and learn about the type of career he had, 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.840 you know, switching offensive line the defensive line, making multiple 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.400 Pro Bowls and both being one of the guys that 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:52.560 introduced offseason conditioning and weightlifting to the NFL. When you 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:56.120 think about those ex Bears in the footprint that they've 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.920 left on the NFL a lot like Charles Tillman has 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.600 talked about today, with the peanut punch, you get to 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.760 meet some of these great guys that again you get 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.840 to learn about because of the history of the game. 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:09.640 And now we're gonna see him. A lot of these 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.240 guys in the same area, and you know some of 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.240 the young guys that have left their mark on the 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:18.000 Hall of Fame, Guys as young as her Locker and stuff. 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.760 Jim Walter Payton number one on the list. There is 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:26.320 no debate, right Um, I would say this, how does 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:30.760 George Ellis not coming number one? But Walter say he's 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:32.520 the one we all think about. Like I said, I 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.320 just know how we impacted me as a kid. I 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.880 always bring that story up that I wore those high 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.720 top kangaroos. That's gonna warm because of Walter. That's where 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:43.440 we wore in My brother and I. I must have 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.160 broke so many bedsprings because my brother would be playing 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.680 defense and I'd have to hurdle over him onto the 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.760 bed for a touchdown. We probably went through about fifteen bedspree. 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:54.360 We all did that as kids. That's what you wanted 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:55.800 to do if you're playing in the park. If you 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.480 weren't good enough playing regular football like me, you played 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.640 at the park after school, and you'd want that handoff 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:03.839 and try to go over the top with no pads, 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.679 no helmet, could say a lot about me right now. Anyway, 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.960 coming up, we're gonna be joined by a team Hicks, 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.600 another member of the Top one hundred four Bears currently 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.880 in that list put together by Dan Pompey and Don Pearson. 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.040 Will talk about that and the twenty nineteen Bears of 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.760 the Keeymicks and coming up later in the program, another 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:24.640 Top one hundred Bear, Tom's draft classmate wide receiver will 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:26.919 he got to talk Coming up next on Chicago Sports 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:35.120 Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.679 Access brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.960 of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and home 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.800 warranty products to over one million customers across the country. 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.400 Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.520 joning Ac along with Tom Thair and Jim Miller breaking 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:54.040 things down the week that is and was Top one 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.000 hundred major conversation, but also Ota is getting out away 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:58.920 guys and have an opportunity to be out there yesterday 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:04.120 talking to the great expectation and anticipation for twenty nineteen. 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.240 Everybody is buying in and ready to roll. Great attendance 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.559 so far during the offseason program, and I expected nothing less, 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:17.800 he said, expectations And what other word did he use? Anticipation? Anticipation? 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.840 So let me so, when you think about the pieces 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.080 being in place at the start of OTAs, because last 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.400 year this defense was kind of piecemeal together at last moments, 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:32.839 just what contract holdouts and injuries and young guys coming aboard. 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:37.080 Are the expectations for this defense to be as good 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.440 as they were at the conclusion of the season or 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:43.640 is they? Are they going to have some growing pains? Yeah, well, 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:45.880 you know again, I still go back. You know, you 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.520 got the wrinkles with Chuck Paganos, So you know, I 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.560 think the players got to get a feel for him. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.280 How he's gonna call a game. Is he going to 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.760 be as aggressive as say what Vic Fangiel was. You know, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.800 he's going to have certain uh what I want to say, 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.960 things that he believes in in certain situations that he's 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.200 probably gonna call. So I think those players still have 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.360 to get a fuel for him from that standpoint. But expectations, 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.960 I would think they expect that they're going to be better, 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.000 And why shouldn't they younger players have gotten older here. 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:17.240 We've talked to Balal Nichols this offseason. I gotta believe 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.200 Khalil Max's gonna feel more comfortable not only in his 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:23.080 leadership role, but what's expected of him. I would think 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:27.160 Leonard Floyd, he's expected to, you know, take the next 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.760 step forward. And I think for a Roquan Smith, you know, 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:31.679 how much is he going to grow? Your most growth 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.840 is between your first and second year. How's that relationship 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.280 come along between the Safeties. Now when you look at 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:41.040 Eddie Jackson working with his old teammate from Alabama, Haha, 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.480 Clinton Dick. So, I mean there's a lot of things that, 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.840 certainly I think need to unfold, But I think the 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.720 expectations overall is they should be better. Well, you believe 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:51.680 they believe they should be. Yes, they definitely believe, and 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.040 that's really most important. They do believe. They believe in 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.760 this coach. They believe in Matt Naggie. They already have 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.400 said the same about Chuck mcganna. They have his respect, 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:03.680 Eddie Jack's words, Prince of Mukamara's words. And you just 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:07.160 mentioned a bunch of guys that really had great years 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.280 a year ago and then you mentioned a bunch of 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.840 guys that you are expecting to continue to grow, and 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:14.160 I go back to this word. I'm gonna say it 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:16.480 in nauseum all the way through preseason and the regular 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.800 season until we get to December. Growth. Where's it coming from? 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:21.880 Where's the biggest growth? Where does it need to come from? 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:23.880 Because the team still has to grow, but some of 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.840 these guys can develop into big time stars like Roquan 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:31.000 and Mitch Drabiski. Yeah, you know where I think it 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.160 didn't get reported a lot last year where I think 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:37.160 Matt Daggie really showed I don't want to say maturity, 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:40.000 but just experience that he coming from a first year 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.000 head coach, you know, because I think a lot of 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.120 coaches and I certainly would love to get your take 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.160 on this time, there are a lot of coaches when 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.160 a guy's banged up, Oh I can go, I can go, 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.760 I can play. And think about those two games that 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.960 Khalil Mack missed. I think those were some of the 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.560 smartest decisions by Matt Naggie lest year said you wonder 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.600 what he's not a hard percent, Well, this is a marathon. 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.840 Let's get him healthy because I know a lot of 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.240 guys say, you be guys got to tweak tamstring, Hey, 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:08.839 I can go. They go out there, they end up, 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.280 you know, tweaking it even more and the guy misses 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.000 another four weeks. You know. A couple of times with 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.280 certain a couple of players, he was patient with that 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.520 player to let's just get him healthy and we'll be 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:24.160 better off and be a better formidable team if we 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:25.920 just get the player healthy. And I think that was 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.600 a smart decision in the long haul, just by sitting 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.680 Khalil those two games. It's unfortunately tweaked his ankle, but 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.520 ultimately it benefited the team in the long run, and 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:37.160 I think that's a maturity of the coach. Tom. I 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.880 agree one hundred percent, Yim. You know what also it does, 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:43.080 it makes sure the guys that are in a backup 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.480 roles that there is important to the success of the 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.640 team as the guy in front of him, and even 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.280 if as he's a big name starter. So they say, Okay, 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.800 we have enough confidence in you whomever it may be, 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.679 that we're gonna sit Khalil Mack or we're gonna sit 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.640 in a guy that we need to get through a 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.600 couple of weeks before he's healthy, but we we count 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.040 on you. We know you can come in, and so 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.679 I think, you know, it's you know, even looking at 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.680 Chase Daniels when he came in for Mitchell Trubisky, it's 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.880 kind of this similarity there as they have faith in Chase, 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:15.000 they had faith and the guys that we're going to 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:16.959 come in and play for these guys that they were 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.200 willing to rest. All right about Eddie Jackson in the 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:22.280 playoff game, you know, he was dressed and we thought 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:26.199 he might play. But again, they do really appreciate airing 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.559 on the side of caution for the long term benefit 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:30.560 of each player on the team, and that worked in 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.120 twenty eighteen. Will they be able to do that and 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.280 it worked that way in twenty nineteen. This is Bears 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.439 All Access. It's brought to you by IGS Energy. A 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:40.920 couple of nuggets. Over the course of the OTA, the 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.640 roster came out for the first time in the off season, 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:47.280 and you had some numerical changes based on position changes. 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.079 So Bradley Swell and that's how his name is going 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.959 to be pronounced from now on, like Powell, It's Swell. 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.400 Mark Rody tipped me off to that Bradley saying fellas 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.760 his stage name was Soul. Everybody was calling him Soul, 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:01.880 but it actually is sal. But he's now a tight end, 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.120 a why tight end, and he's gonna work at that 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.480 all the way through training cap and see where it falls. 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:10.240 He's a super talented athlete. They would not even consider 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.720 this change because he's a really good long snapper. He's 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.640 a really good balanced offensive lineman that can play up 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.360 and down the line. But when you're making a position chat, 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.720 that's kind of a fantasy of every offensive lineman that's 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:25.679 played in the National Football League. Just think if I 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:27.760 was good enough to score a touchdown, to catch a 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.920 couple passes, to block some outside linebackers and DB's downfield, 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:36.000 it's gonna be fun to watch. And I hope Bradley, 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.920 I hope he flourishes at it. Hey, I can't believe 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.760 he wouldn't go with so well as because he caught 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:45.040 that touchdown so well. Yea, Hey, and Jim, you know, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.120 if you had the opportunity to watch him in pregame, 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.839 he throws one of the prettier balls you'll ever see. 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.360 This guy was a great pitcher back in the day. 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.400 He's got a great arm. Yeah. I knew a couple 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.600 of teams that he was on prior and they said 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.000 they would have a really good athlete he is. You know, 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:00.640 we've seen a lot of teams. You know, who's the 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.920 young manner just got cut for Buffalo Fisher who was 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.600 drafted as a tackle out of organ by Cincinnati. He 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.880 was trying to make the full blown transition to tight end. 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.440 But Bradley is one He's really gifted, and I think 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.960 if you want an inline blocking tight end, he definitely 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:18.480 can be brought in in those situations, especially goal line situations, 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.400 and it would benefit the Bears from that standpoint to 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:23.880 really hammer it in there. But he impressed me with 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:25.800 how good of an athlete he is, so it doesn't 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:27.480 shock me at all that they're making that move. But 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.280 I'd still consider more of a six offensive lineman so 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.800 to speak, coming in and those types of sitis. The 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:34.800 big question is, would you know, can a three hundred 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.720 and twelve pounds that's what he's listened anyway players shift 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.199 to tight end at that weight. I'm certain that he's 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:41.880 probably going to have to shed a few pounds but 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.040 still be in that range where you can still fill 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.480 in because I was a valuable very much. Yeah, I 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.560 wouldn't want him to shed too much because you know, 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.760 push comes to shoves. We've seen it where tight ends 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:53.920 have had to come into play tackle. It actually happened 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:57.280 in Minnesota last year where they lost so many offensive lineman. 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:58.920 That is not a situation you want to be in. 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.600 And a guy like is really could be counted on 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.040 if you know, we've called upon in a pitch to 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:07.360 play that role if need be, and then taking could 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:10.000 It could change terminology a little bit too, because when 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.959 all you know, Jeff, when you're broadcasting a game, he said, okay, 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.200 that got a big package in. That means that there 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.880 are six offensive linemen out there. Now you could call 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.400 it a mobile big package because you have a guy 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.960 that's as big as an offensive tackle, but he's good 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.439 on his feet, and I think defenses are going to 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.960 have to have different terminology for it with his size 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.400 and his ability. That's Tom there, Jim Miller, I'm Jeff 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.600 joni Ac and this is Bears All Access with Adams 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:37.240 Zinsky turning his dials here for us helping us out 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.599 along with Shane Ridden and the fellas. They do a 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.240 great job here at the Score. This is Chicago Sports 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:51.520 Radio six seventy The Score. The Chicago Bears Network presents 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.160 Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon. Anthony Adams 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.360 and Lauren Screeden cover the world of Bears football on 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:58.400 and off the field every Sunday night at ten thirty 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.400 five pm on Fox thirty two Sago, or watch anytime 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.760 at Chicago Bears dot Com or on the Bears official app. 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:06.960 Jeff Joni acc along with Tom Thare Jim Met are 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:10.320 good enough to be joined by a Keem Hicks, the 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.120 Bears Pro Bowl defensive lineman number seventy five of the 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:16.120 Bears Top one hundred. I think it's pretty cool, Keen. 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:19.480 We talked yesterday briefly at the OTA, and thanks for 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:23.040 taking the time tonight. Just how crazy it is to 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.560 be on that list when you consider how many players 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:30.200 have come through this Bears organization in a century. Yeah, man, 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.360 it's it's an extreme honor. It's an extreme honor to 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.280 even be considered as one of the best Bears that 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.520 have been here in this long history. When I saw it, 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:39.480 I didn't I saw it coming out and I didn't 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:41.280 think that I would be on the list. But when 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.400 it came up. Man, there was nothing but smiles over here. 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:47.160 I'll called my mom, told her about it. But you 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:48.680 know what, Kim, you got to look at the mark 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.800 that you've left on the Chicago Bears in the process 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.520 of maker getting this team from where it was to 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:58.160 how good it is now. So it's it's it's the 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:00.760 significance of what you've been able to do with your 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.800 teammates and for your teammates. The reason that you're on 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.800 that list. It was amazing, man. And you know what, 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:09.520 we got a couple of guys and I'm sure will 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:11.400 be on that list in the coming years. Right. You 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.640 think about guys like Danny Trevathan, you know, somebody that's 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:16.080 been here just as long as I have, and it's 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.880 been you know, contributing a lot throughout the time here. 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:21.280 So you know, look forward to seeing that. Yeah, now, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.480 keep congratulations Jim Miller. And you know, I always it 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.520 strikes me going back you say I signed with the 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:28.360 Bears to build something here. I wanted to be a 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.040 part of building something and you know it is being 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.760 built right now as we speak, but it's not quite done. 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.200 I think it's got to be your assessment. I mean, 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.720 just talk about that because you have been instrumental in 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:42.960 starting to build something for the Chicago Bears. Isn't that 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.440 beautiful though? Man, to like be a part of something 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:48.360 and watch it go grow from the ground up. You know, 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.320 we had two tough seasons three and thirteen, five and eleven, 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.320 and then we come out and we have a twelve 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:56.160 win season. You know, something that a lot of players 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.680 that come in the NFL and leave before they ever 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.240 get a chance to see as season like that, you know, 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.120 and so it's a blessing. And what I say is this, 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.680 you're completely right and saying that we're not done yet. 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.320 You know, once you get a taste of success, if 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.400 you're a real competitor, you're gonna want more. And I 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.240 think with the performance that we had last year, I 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.200 feel like a lot of guys feel like we're chomping 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.880 at the bid and we're right there and we're one 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.280 we're one play away from being in that big game. 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:24.760 A Kim Hicks oar guest here on Bears All Access 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.560 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score, and I 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.160 gotta give this to you because even when things appeared 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.360 to not be going well or in the end, the 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.480 record wasn't what you thought it should be. This team 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.360 was still trying to build. You were always you were in. 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:43.360 You were all in about what was being built, even 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:47.600 with past administration with John Fox here. You you were 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:49.920 very positive and you do speak your mind. You're not 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.840 one to just throw smoke out there. What was it 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.440 about what was starting? I mean, maybe you just looked 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:57.360 in the mirror yourself say hey, I'm a big piece 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.560 of this, so I know where we're going. I don't know. 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:01.480 That may be it, but why did you feel so 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:05.439 strongly about it even before last year. I'm gonna give 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.320 a lot of credit to Pace. I just have a 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.000 lot of relief that he's going to bring the right 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.439 type of guys in because I watched him do it 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:15.400 when he added pieces like myself, Darell Freeman, Danny Travaisan, 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:18.520 you know guys that were, you know, really good players 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.280 around the league and needed to be together in order 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:22.919 to have the type of success that we wanted to have. 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.480 And just watching him build a roster or something that's 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.800 it's really special. And I know it's my GM and 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:31.439 I know like I'm sounds like I'm brown noses, But 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:34.040 if you really see the culture that we have in 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.000 our locker room, there's just a it's a great group 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.239 of guys, and it goes past our locker room when 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.880 it goes to you know, upstairs, in the scouting department 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.920 and in the cafeteria. We have so many people in 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.520 our building that just want the best from this organization 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:54.720 that I think that that's what makes us successful, Hey Kim. 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.800 In nineteen eighty four, the Bears lose the NFC championship 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.400 game in San Francisco, and there's a lot of talk 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.320 about the legendary speeches that Dan Hampton gave to his 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:06.000 teammates on the ride home about what they were going 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:09.720 to accomplish next year. Going back to the end of 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.360 that the last game this last season, was there any 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.359 messages that you took away from the locker room that 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.239 maybe you and your teammates share together about what the 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.080 future is gonna bring as far as the end of 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:25.760 this year. Yeah, at the end of this year, like 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:29.760 maybe a conversation from that that losing locker room that 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.919 guys talked about what you guys are going to accomplish 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:36.159 going forward. It was painful, man, it was painful. It 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:40.239 hurt a lot. It was You really can't explain that 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:43.320 feeling unless you're in it, you know, and you see 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:48.040 that we have um what we wanted out of the 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.760 season and what we were prepared for. And then we 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:54.639 find ourselves sitting in the locker room after a misfield 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:56.959 goal a wall, looking at each other like what happened? 0:18:57.400 --> 0:18:59.359 You know? And this is this is not a blame 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:01.919 towards any one, but it's it's a heck of a 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:06.200 way to walk off the fields and that pay that 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.560 feeling and that hurt. You really look at each other 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.639 and you say, man, we want better for ourselves. We 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:14.919 want to we know what type of talent we have 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:16.840 and we know what type of team we can be, 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:18.680 and there's no reason that we should have to lose 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.560 the game that way. So I think that we just 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.880 use that as motivation. There wasn't a specific conversation. It 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:28.159