WEBVTT - Robinson, O'Donnell talk Charities | All Access 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:04.320 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:08.360 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:11.360 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:16.000 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:20.759 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:24.759 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:30.040 Physical Therapy and CDW. Good to be with you once again, everybody. 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:32.760 I'm Jeff Jonnyak and welcome into Bears All Access, brought 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.879 to you by IGS Energy and a beautiful day in 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.760 Chicago and hopefully get your mind off things talking little 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.639 football here for an hour PAC show. Alan Robinson will 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.520 join the program to talk about is within Reach Foundation. 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:48.320 Later out of the program, Patrick O'Donnell, the veteran putter, 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.000 will talk about what he's doing with Cameo to raise 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:55.000 money for I Grow, another important organization the Bears are 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.480 working with. And then later in the final segment of 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.720 the show, former Bears deep of Tackle and UH former 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:03.920 first round pick a pro bowler back with the Bears, 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:08.040 Tommy Harris on an incredible song he has written, help 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.760 write and sing that we'll explain in great detail later 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.240 out of the program. But before we get to all 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:17.840 of that, we talk Bears football with broadcast partner from WYBBM, 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.800 Tom Fair Good Evening, Tom Big Jeff, anybody gets you 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.720 with an April Fools joke yesterday just to kind of 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.679 lighten the mood in such a serious world. No, I 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:29.760 think it's not the right day for all that, Not 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:32.959 right now anyway. No, No, did not get suckered, although 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.200 I think you may have Jim Miller joining us from 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:38.600 Serious Sex M NFL Radio, former Bears starting quarterback with 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:40.800 that two thousand and one playoff team and working it 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:44.679 for a serious Sexim on moving the chains with Pat Kirwin. Jim, 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:48.040 how about you? Anything gets you in April Fools? No, No, 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:50.880 nobody got me on the April Fools and uh, like 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.440 you said, hope everybody's doing well. It's good to talk 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.440 some football, like I said, just trying to get bring 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:57.920 some normalcy. We know when the lots going on out there, 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:01.040 and hopefully we'll take everybody minds off some things for 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:04.320 the next hour. Absolutely got a lot in the program. 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:07.000 Business of Football rolls on, guys, and the Bears announcing 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.640 more and more of their acquisitions after getting contracts signed 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:13.400 and players getting their physicals. Tom and Jim, We're gonna 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.560 hear tomorrow from gentlemanager Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Naggie, 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:18.760 and Nick Foles and Robert Quinn. So it's gonna be 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.359 a full pack day with reporters talking to them by teleconference, 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:23.840 so we'll learn a little bit more. What do you 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.440 guys want to hear? Well, you know what, Jeff, in 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.440 the football world, everything has done so far in advanced 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:33.120 kind of regardless of what's going on, because those are 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:36.120 the types of decisions you have to make. So you know, 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:41.040 I'm just like, I'm just interested to hear where their 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.120 mind is at this point. Ryan in regards to maybe 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:48.160 the investigative road that he's taken for the draft, the 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.720 draftable guys, Matt Naggie trying to get his new staff 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.519 acclimated to each other, but also to a new quarterback 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.440 in the room and try to introduce themselves even to Mitchell, 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:02.280 Trubisky and Tyler. So I think there's a lot of information, 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.480 a lot of you know, that's any thing about Matt Nagie. 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:08.760 He's so informative at the podium. I think when he 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:10.839 gets out there from the both of them will learn 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.760 a lot. Yeah, I've been able to navigate through Freed 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:16.680 andcy Hey teams there conducting business differently, you know, And 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:18.480 I think it's going to be a different type of 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:22.000 draft with the constraints and the restrictions that the teams 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.880 will have to do in order to make informed decisions. 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.079 And then, you know, I just want to hear from 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.160 coach Nagie. I think this is really paramount because it's 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.079 going to be a different type of offseason. I think 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.400 is what everybody thinks about is how the coaches are 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:38.200 going to be able to present the information via players 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.720 via teleconference things like that. It really is going to 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:44.320 separate some coaching staffs and who is a good teacher 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.920 and how they're able to communicate with their players to 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:50.360 get their points across on installs and things of that nature. Well, 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.040 thank goodness for Zoom. I guess right now, right or 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.119 whoever they're planning to do it, it's happening in college football. 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.440 On a conference call last week, Lovey Smith outlining what 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.400 they've been doing for a couple of hours, three days 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.800 a week down in Champagne, having normal team meetings, but 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.400 anything but normal, certainly in national football in the draft 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.320 in three weeks will be anything about normal as well. 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.600 Coming up next, Alan Robinson doing some great work as 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:15.920 always here in Chicago, will tell you all about it. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:17.880 Coming up next with the Bears receiver. This is Bears 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.039 All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.000 Welcome back everybody to Bears All Access, brought to you 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:29.000 by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.600 providing electricity, natural gas, and homewarranty products to over one 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.599 million customers across the country. Little more about IDs Energy 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.840 at igs dot com. Jeff Joning aclog with Tom Bear 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.920 and Jim Miller, joint of the program. We're here once 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.359 a week throughout the off season getting ready for what 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.320 is going to be an interesting and diverse plan of 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.760 attack for all teams with the NFL Draft coming up 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.080 on April twenty third to the twenty fifth. We'll start 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.200 with Jim. Jim, what are you hearing? I saw some 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.640 writing today about a couple of options they're having contingency 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.559 plans about in facilities or out of facilities, and trying 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:04.720 to level the playing field, making sure everybody is working 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.559 off the same slate, so to speak. Obviously everyone would 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.599 love to be on site, but even if that happens, 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.120 there's gonna be limited number of personnel allowed in each 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.840 in situations, yeah, I mean again, the numbers will be down. 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.360 And you know, I think you know, the essential guys 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.000 that need to be in say the draft room or 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:25.440 what everybody calls the war room for you know, for 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.480 a draft, and the essential guys are going to be 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:31.120 your pro player personnel guys. Certainly your scollege scouting director, 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.080 your head coach is going to be there, probably your 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.680 offensive corner, defensive corner as the draft goes along. Probably 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:38.920 your special team's coach is going to need to be 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.360 in there as it goes gone because special teams coach, 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.880 as everybody knows, they got to know everybody. They gotta 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:45.600 know everybody that's gonna be brought on the team and 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.120 what type of input that they are impact they can have. 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:50.200 Your cap guy is probably gonna have to be in 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.279 that room. So the NFL is kind of not far 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.200 off in terms of how many numbers need to be 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.200 in there. Ten But you gotta remember too, can that 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:01.159 be shuffling because let's say a defense quinners is talking. 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.680 You know, they're talking about drafting a defensive lineman. You're 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.800 gonna want to shuffle in the defensive line coach, Hey, 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.520 we're looking at these two guys. You know which guy 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.440 did you like? What was your take when you watch 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.880 the tape? And then the defensive line coach say he's 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.840 going to have his input that could sway the decision 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:20.880 of what player is selected over another. I think, you know, 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:23.880 certainly you're going to have other guys on call, doctors, 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.039 the trainers, things of that nature for any guy that 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.080 you're tom out in terms of the medical if you 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.560 need to, you know, even get any more information. But 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.760 normally those guys are on call. But I just know 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:36.920 my partner it serious. He talked to like three or 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.159 four gms yesterday about the essential guys that need to 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:41.840 be in the room, and there does have to be 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.919 somewhat of a shuffling to get some other guys in there, 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:48.560 because you're gonna need the input owners. Some owners are 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.040 in there, some owners are not. Obviously Jerry Jones as 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.840 the owner and still really thought of as the general 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.200 manager of the Cowboys, but over the years, you know, 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:57.960 I don't think a lot of owners will be in 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.960 the in the NFL draft rooms this year. I really don't. 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:03.080 But I think Tom don't have to have a coordinated plan, 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:06.640 that's for sure. Tom. From a player perspective, you're you're 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.840 not able to conduct businesses as you might. You just 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.440 got to stay in shape. No pro days, the visits 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.640 are down. If you're doing a pro day, guys are 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.000 trying to put stuff on tape any manner they can. 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.320 So as a player, how do you improve your value? 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.680 How do you convince a team other than some of 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.880 these meetings by way of virtual reality that they are 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.840 doing it, you know, with zoom and other different formats. 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.200 But how do they convince teams that I'm the right 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.160 guy for your football program? You know, Jeff, I really 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.960 do believe that most of these players already have their 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.600 draftable grade on them. So, now is there a matter 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.880 of some of these guys, A couple of these guys, 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.280 a guy that's interested you that that guy that has 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.880 first round talent, but they're probably going to take them 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.560 in their third round because there's some issue, you know, personally, 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.800 mentally or physically. So I do think that they already 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:59.160 have the grades on these guys. Now, if there's a 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:03.200 guy out there, it's really piquing the curiosity because he's 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.760 that special talent that you can't overlook. Maybe you need 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.760 a little bit more investigative work on him. It would 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:12.840 be really interesting to see if you put Brian Urlacker 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.960 in this draft and you don't really have a chance 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:20.320 to investigate this guy where he is, and you really 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.040 don't know where his talent fits best. He's just a 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.480 super talented guy. So you know who is going to 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:29.280 be that Brian Urlacher of this draft where you're talented, 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.480 but you just don't know how talented you are or 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.920 where you're going to fit best. Well, today, Jim, we 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:39.480 heard that Ta Tanga Lalla had his recheck voluntarily and 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.319 everything appears to be good to go. He would call 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.079 himself one hundred percent if it was game time. Our 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.480 team's still going to be hesitant, despite the fact all 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.760 thirty two teams had the opportunity to weigh in and 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.400 ask for specific medical information. Yeah, luckily for him, and 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.000 you know, he's had a couple of good reviews, like 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.520 when we were down at the combine, Jeff came back 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.520 in terms it was very positive about his MRIs. So 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:07.160 teams already know about that. This second medical recheck where 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:10.120 he's cleared to do whatever. I don't I don't know. 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.240 If you're if you're a team, you're gonna want your 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.560 personal doctors to take a look at him. You know, 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:17.360 you can't just trust the word. And plus teams are 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:21.000 gonna want to put him through a workout, or teams 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:24.319 would say, hey, he's still on our board, we'll draft him. 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.360 We don't plan on playing him right away. We're going 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.640 to give him more time to heal, you know, because 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:30.400 even today when he comes out and said, hey, I'm 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:33.080 one hundred percent clear and I'm doing everything, it's just 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.920 general soreness, general soreness. What what do you mean by that? 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:38.960 You know what I mean? So I think you know 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.800 they're everybody's doing their due diligence and what they can. 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:43.760 They're trying to get all the information they can. But 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.560 I think for players that are dealing with medical and 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.959 medical rechecks, you're just not going to get all the 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:53.080 information you need. So it truly is a risk reward pick, 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:56.040 and you're going to rely and count that your doctors 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.959 believe that, hey, all the tests have been positive that 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.679 we know of have and positive so far, and when 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:03.960 we get him here, we don't plan on playing right away. 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:05.920 We're gonna bring him along slow, which I think was 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.560 the plan to begin with other guys out there, like 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:12.559 Ashton Davis, the kid from California is a safety safety. Yeah. Yeah, 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.320 he hasn't been able to do anything. I mean, you can't. 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.360 You haven't been able to watch this guy run, haven't 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:20.319 been able to watch him play. He's had surgery. I mean, 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.040 you know, there's a lot of guys out there that 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.719 truly are hey, you're you're taking it. It's a crapshoot, 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.480 and how you're drafting because you don't have anything on 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.480 that particular player. So I think those are difficult, and 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.800 I think those are the hardest ones. The medical rechecks, 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:38.240 guys that are dealing with medical issues, and probably character 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:40.400 guys where maybe you're trying to follow up and get 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:43.040 more information on a young man. This is Bears Out 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.559 Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score on 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:49.559 producer Tonight Adam Stazinski winning some guests on the program 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.280 tonight as we break down the Bears preparations for the 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:56.480 NFL Draft were brought to you by IGS Energy. Tom 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.640 are you where are you at? On how you approached 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:03.400 this draft? From a Bears perspective, and frankly this would 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:09.000 apply to most teams. Do you reduce your curve of 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:13.840 potential risk in this draft? And when I say play 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.320 it's safe, do you go with what you know with 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:20.080 your and trust your eyes and trust your resources that 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.760 have investigated all these guys up to this point and 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.960 roll with it. Yeah? You know what players have you 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.560 gone and had success on? You know? To me, Jeff, 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.320 this draft has kind of taken a turn for me 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.920 right now. After what I've seen the Bears go after 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:38.040 in free agents, I become positions specific and for me, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.920 I want a starting safety out of this draft. And 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:44.240 Ryan has done a nice job of evaluating the talent 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.760 of Adrian Amos, picked him in the fifth round and 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.840 came in as an immediate starter. Look at what he 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:54.480 was able to look through in the evaluation of Eddie Jackson. Yeah, 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:56.680 there are some injury issues, but you really had to 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.600 look at what the player was offering to you before 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.840 that injury, and he was able to go out and 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:05.680 make the proper decision there. So you know, Jeff, Eddie 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.040 Jackson out of Alabama, He's a Safety's seen best competition 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.760 every day in practice and throughout his conference and is 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.720 able to come in and play number one. So you 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.320 know this is the given because of the Corona issue, 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:22.520 because of where the Bears are in the draft order, 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:26.920 it's so hard to target somebody specifically. But now for me, 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:30.920 this this draft has just taken the position the position 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:35.480 interest for me. Yeah, well, I just think for the Bears, yeah, 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.160 I mean it'd be nice. You know, Bears have done 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:39.600 it before where they've had fourth round picks like Eddie 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.760 Jackson come in and become a starter. And I think 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:45.320 when you look at if you can hit on players 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.240 like that that are later in the draft, that can 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.880 come in and contribute for their team. And you got 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.719 to believe that undrafted free agents are going to be 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:54.640 a big part of it. Nobody's talking about that, but 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:58.440 typically undrafted free agents start in the latter part of 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.920 the rounds, believe or not. Like even in ninety four 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.800 when I got selected by the Steelers, I was already 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.800 getting calls in the fifth round by say the New 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.920 England Patriots, A Jim, would you consider being undrafted free 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.280 agent of the New England Patriots? And I think that 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:14.880 is where a lot of teams can make a lot 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:16.840 of Hey, I'll give you an example. How about the 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.960 Oakland Raider or now are the Las Vegas Raiders. Look 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.320 who they selected as an undrafted free agent, alec Ingold. 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:27.040 Alec Ingold was a fullback at Wisconsin. He was a 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:31.079 starter for the Oakland Raiders a year ago as a rookie. 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.600 So I think that is going to be critical because 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.559 when you don't have a lot of draft picks, specifically 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.280 high draft picks, if you can get the diamonds in 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.480 the rough some undrafted free agents to come in and 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.280 contribute for your team. One obviously try to hit on 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:46.640 your draft picks, but I think undrafted free agents are 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.840 going to be big as well also. And Tom and 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.360 I have talked about this, and I have a pretty 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:55.320 strong opinion about this and especially this draft. There are 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.560 going to be a lot of players from smaller schools 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.320 that teams fall in love with and they think they 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:04.040 could grow them and teach them within the system. And 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:06.400 there are plenty of examples of it working in some 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.120 examples of it not. So you think of the Power 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.720 five Conference, as you think of the competition, you think 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.560 of the big games that all these guys have played 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.240 in those conferences, and that is the bulk of your 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:22.040 draft classes every year? Is this sec all the big schools. 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.320 How do you feel about that being a priority this 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.880 year versus say, taking a flyer on somebody from from 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.600 a smaller school that has uber talented in terms of 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.080 athletic gifts, but may have not played against the same 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:39.160 type of competition that some of these other guys are 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.920 playing against. Yeah, you know, I'm with you. I you know, 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.080 it's kind of hard to draft potential this year. I 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.640 think you have to go out there and throughout your 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:52.000 scouting process that didn't start two months ago. This started 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.760 two years ago with some of these guys that were 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.160 in the scouting radar. So you could be in the 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:01.920 offices of these bigger conferences another player, but you always 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:03.960 keep an eye on that guy that you know is 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.200 coming down the line. So I'm with you, Jeff, I 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:10.800 would like to have interest in the bigger, more powerful 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.680 schools and the way these guys were raised in their 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.720 two three or four years through their college program, because 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.440 I do think you get a lot better understanding of 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.680 what they are at this point rather than what they 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.760 could be in two years. Yeah, the smaller school guys 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.200 that probably played in some Bowl games, whether it's the 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:31.000 East West Shrine or say the Senior Bowl. Say the 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:35.080 safety from Lenore Ryan Kyle Dugger, that guy's already removed 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.960 all doubt. He went down to Mobile and showed he 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:41.640 can play against big time players. Or say the receiver 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.480 from Liberty Vandy Golden who that is and he's a 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:49.280 good player. I think teams like Tom is saying they 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:51.320 got to see it to believe it. Those two players 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:54.600 did it, Okay, I think it'd be very risky when 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.200 you don't have a lot of tape on a guy 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.800 is smaller school players, and I don't think they'll get drafted, 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.160 you know, because that there's a lot of unknowns about them. 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.680 Those other guys have removed it. And I'd also say this, 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.040 think about last year there were thirty three guys drafted 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.520 who did not participate in the Combine. Okay, they didn't 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:16.240 get an invite, but yet thirty three guys were drafted. Okay, 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.960 watch that number plummet this year. Teams aren't going to 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.160 take interesting all right, Jim, We're going to step away 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.040 from the draft conversation, switched gears and welcome in our 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.520 good friend Alan Robinson, the veteran Bears wide receiver, off 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:32.440 fantastic season and now doing some fantastic work in the city. 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.400 He now calls home, Alan, good evening, Thanks for joining us. 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.160 How you feeling, man, I'll really good. Thanks for having me. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.040 All Right, we're gonna talk about what you're doing within reach. 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:44.000 That is your foundation. We've talked about it in this 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:47.440 show many times and really out there on all the 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:51.640 social media platforms listening to it and reading about it again, 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.760 doing some great work answering the call to try and 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:57.200 relieve hunger through the Chicago Public school system, the Greatest 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:02.040 Chicago Food Depository, which is a u a place that 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.520 is very dear to our folks at WBBM here in 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:07.680 the intercom family every year. Um, how did this get 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:09.399 started or how did you get the ball rolling and 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:11.760 switch gears a little bit and deal with what is 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:14.520 a massive need for the meals for for the kids 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:16.600 who can't go to school right now to get an 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:20.160 education but still can be helped out to be fed. Yeah, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:21.680 you know the biggest thing for us was just trying 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.439 to figure out, you know, the best way for us 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.720 to be able to make an impact, you know, with 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:29.600 but everything that's that's that's going on right now. You 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.320 know a lot of people like forget that. You know, 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:33.880 there are kids and stuff like that that that rely 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:36.200 on going to school not only for their education, but 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:38.680 because meals are provided to them as well, you know, 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.560 so for them being able to to not get meals 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:43.600 and things like that with everything that's going on, you know, 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:46.000 we figured that, you know, next to education, that was 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.960 a that was the next best thing that we could 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:52.800 try to you know, help out with Alan. You know, 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.520 it's kind of interesting for me because you see on 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.920 the social platform of these players of professional athletes and 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.800 every sport, every way, shape or life, they kind of 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:06.040 support UM, you know, different areas. But now you've decided 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.200 to come and help. And for every kid in Chicago 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:12.000 that you're helping smile today, we thank you. But why 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:15.560 Chicago a rob Because I wherever your roots are from, 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:19.159 people in Chicago have gained such a respect for you 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.760 for what you've overcome on the field. So why are 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:26.040 you supporting Chicago now? Yeah, you know, I think the 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:28.760 biggest thing for us is UM. You know, when we 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.800 first we took the foundation from Jacksonville, you know, and 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:35.480 for us, we've we've found that you know, again with 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:37.600 just the city that I'm playing as well. You know, 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.720 we have a great deal of support. But you know, 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.760 it's it's pretty ironic that Jacksonville and now Chicago is 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:44.920 very similar to Detroit, you know, and with me being 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.560 there majority of the time and majority of the year, 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:49.760 you know, that's that's the biggest way that I can't 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:52.240 help out and end up making impact to any city, 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:54.200 you know. So so for us, the biggest thing was 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.120 looking at we're looking at Chicago. You know, again it's 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.480 very similar to Detroit, you know, same kind of same 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:01.920 kind of eat and things like that. You know, so 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:04.639 just being able to have the community rally behind me, 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:06.639 you know, that's that's been the biggest success for what 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:08.920 we're doing, is just having the support of the community. 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:11.879 You know, um um. To have a great foundation and 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.159 to be able to do a lot of things, you know, 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:16.359 you have to have support, you know. So so the 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:20.359 city of Chicago has has always given that from day one. Well, 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.560 it's easy to be cynical prior to what this country 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.720 is dealing with right now, Alan, but to receive the 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.520 support that you've had, you know, look at all the 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:33.560 humanitarian efforts going on around you know, I'd say, not 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.080 only in the NFL, but outside of the NFL. Here 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:39.760 the Patriots, they get a million masks today to donate 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:43.080 for a lot of needs that are there for Massachusetts 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:45.359 or all the things you're doing in Chicago. Just how 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:48.639 does that feel to you when you see the outpouring 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:51.680 and how it's received in what you're doing, Because it 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:55.280 just seems like everybody is rallying to help their fellow 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:59.680