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Speaker 1: at the moment, anyway, it's been awhat since you've been
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Speaker 1: as well. We'll be able to preview tomorrow night's Bears
Speaker 1: Bucks game at Soldier Field time. You're excited, Oh, I
Speaker 1: can't wait. You know, I think when anytime you're a
Speaker 1: football team and you have an opportunity to rebound from
Speaker 1: a result that you had last Sunday, you couldn't look
Speaker 1: for a bigger stage. You couldn't look for a bigger opponent.
Speaker 1: So I think if this is a team that's starving
Speaker 1: to get away from what happened last Sunday, jeff Man,
Speaker 1: you're the only You're the only show in town. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's the case, no doubt. Thursday Night Football, we're gonna
Speaker 1: break it down as well with the radio color analyst
Speaker 1: Tom Thayres cornterpart in Tampa. The former NFL taden and
Speaker 1: long snapper Dave Morre will join us on our next seme,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna hear from Allen Robinson chunk of our
Speaker 1: interview with him that airs on Bears Game Day Live
Speaker 1: tomorrow night at six o'clock on Fox. And then an
Speaker 1: Old Bear we had a good time watching play here
Speaker 1: in Chicago. Roosevelt Colvin at the bottom of the hour
Speaker 1: will join us from Indianapolis as well. Hit the injury
Speaker 1: news real quick here, Tom down two dbs now, Dion
Speaker 1: Bush out with a hamstring, Shrik manis injured himself, and
Speaker 1: the special teams with a groin injury, so they're out
Speaker 1: in Darnell Mooney's questionable, the rookie ride receiver who's impressing
Speaker 1: everybody with his shoulder. Yeah, you know, it's unfortunate, and
Speaker 1: I hope Darnell Mooney is well enough to go. But
Speaker 1: if a guy like Javon Javon Wims gets though some
Speaker 1: more reps, I would be excited to see that. I
Speaker 1: think he and Nick develop a really good relationship in
Speaker 1: training camp. And then when you look at Sheriff mcmanuster
Speaker 1: really hurts the core special team. So that's where really fits.
Speaker 1: That's where he fits into this team best. And Deon Bush.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a challenge now to defensive coordinators
Speaker 1: because you don't have that extra package that you had
Speaker 1: that Deon Bush was being inserted maybe in place of
Speaker 1: a linebacker during passing downs. All right, it seemed to
Speaker 1: be very fruitful to have picked off a pass a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago as well. Tampa really hurting a receiver.
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin not gonna play again. He's been out now
Speaker 1: the last three games. Justin Watson another receiver out with
Speaker 1: the chest and degnotiating McCoy. Fournette is doubtful Tom with
Speaker 1: an ankle, so but they got a lot around him,
Speaker 1: and Mike Evans is questionable with an ankle. I'm certain
Speaker 1: he'll play. Scotty Miller, the Barrington High School product who's
Speaker 1: a very impressive player using that speed, perfect type of
Speaker 1: receiver for Tom Brady. Tom of that slot, picking up
Speaker 1: first downs, getting moving the chains on first downs with
Speaker 1: his speed. He's he's got a hip and grind injury
Speaker 1: as well. You know, he's probably fifth in line out
Speaker 1: of that position throughout Tom Brady's career. That has really
Speaker 1: left a mark in the league for himself. Scottie Miller
Speaker 1: five nine, one hundred and seventy four pounds, but he
Speaker 1: has a demonstration of quickness that it's it's difficult to cover.
Speaker 1: And if you give Tom Brady time behind the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, he's a guy that could go for significant
Speaker 1: yards and big big plays. Yes, and mister Brady likes
Speaker 1: to pick away at mismatches. He likes. Defensive coordinator Chuck
Speaker 1: Pugoto knows it very well. We've got to stop the room.
Speaker 1: We've got to get pressure on him somehow somewhere. They've
Speaker 1: done a great job of protecting him this year. They've
Speaker 1: only given up five sacks. So it's it's hard and
Speaker 1: the balls coming out and he knows where to go
Speaker 1: with it. It's always a huge challenge anytime, anytime you
Speaker 1: face him, and you kind of got to figure out
Speaker 1: what their plan is for the day, who's available, who
Speaker 1: they have available, you know, who's got the hot hand
Speaker 1: for him, who's his two guy. We have our ideas,
Speaker 1: but then you know, we'll see come game time what unfolds.
Speaker 1: And no O J. Howard he ripped up his achilles,
Speaker 1: ruptured his achilly, so he's out. So Gronk hasn't really
Speaker 1: been that involved in it, Cameron, Brad hasn't had many opportunities,
Speaker 1: so to be interesting what they do, well, I think
Speaker 1: we'll tell the story during your description during the game
Speaker 1: on Thursday night. Every single time they throw the ball,
Speaker 1: if you say Brady sets back, sets his feet, throws
Speaker 1: the ball, the Bears aren't gonna win. You got a
Speaker 1: forty three year old quarterback that you better put some
Speaker 1: type of uncomfortable pressure in his face and his mechanics. Now,
Speaker 1: if you're saying Brady drops back avoiding a rusher, Brady
Speaker 1: dropping back shuffles three feet to his right, three feet
Speaker 1: to his left, then the Bears are winning. If they
Speaker 1: moves the ball too, gets in the red zone, spraying
Speaker 1: it around nine different guys, it's called red zone passes
Speaker 1: and you take your pick. I mean it's backfield, it's
Speaker 1: tight end, it's wide receiver in six different guys with touchdowns.
Speaker 1: All right. Coming up next, we'll talk to the analyst
Speaker 1: for the Tampa Bay Bucks on radio from r NFL
Speaker 1: tight end, Dave Moore. It's coming up next on Chicago
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears
Speaker 1: All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score.
Speaker 1: Tom there, Jeff Joniak, and please to be joined by
Speaker 1: Dave Moore, the radio analyst for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Speaker 1: and a former Buccaneers player fifteen years in the National
Speaker 1: Football League also with Miami and Buffalo and a Pro
Speaker 1: Bowler in his final season. And Tom loves the idea
Speaker 1: that the more you can do big Dave, And I
Speaker 1: know you were a long snapper as well, but that
Speaker 1: turned out to be your final game in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Was the Pro Bowl, wasn't it? He was? And you
Speaker 1: know it's funny. I never was a long snapper at
Speaker 1: high school or college, but my senior year of college,
Speaker 1: Paul Hackett was a head coach and told me, hey,
Speaker 1: if you can figure out how to do this, you
Speaker 1: can prolong your career. Oh, I wish you get to
Speaker 1: the NFL. So I played tight end for twelve and
Speaker 1: I didn't really become a full time snapper until year thirteen.
Speaker 1: So it actually worked Exack Lee like he described, Hey Dave,
Speaker 1: So let's talk about the evolution of both positions, the
Speaker 1: tight end position and the long snapper. So if you
Speaker 1: would have had a fifteen year career exclusively at a
Speaker 1: long snapper, would your body have changed? But if you
Speaker 1: had an exclusive, you know, ten year at the tight
Speaker 1: end position, would your body have changed to My body
Speaker 1: feel a heck of a lot better if I did
Speaker 1: nothing but snap, especially with the rule these days where
Speaker 1: you can't line up on the center. You know, I
Speaker 1: did the long snap and when they put the three
Speaker 1: biggest defensive linemen in there with linebackers pushing up from behind.
Speaker 1: But even when I did snap full time, John Gruden
Speaker 1: would like to save that roster spot. So I still
Speaker 1: practice with the tight ends. I actually played in every
Speaker 1: ballgame at tight end. I just wasn't starting anymore, so
Speaker 1: I did get the full fifteen year effect on the body.
Speaker 1: Also played fullback a couple of years early in my career.
Speaker 1: So that didn't help my neck or my back or anything.
Speaker 1: So what do you think about the tight end position
Speaker 1: for Tampa Bay. You know, they bring in grond which
Speaker 1: really surprised me. I didn't I still don't know if
Speaker 1: he's going to have the influence on this football team
Speaker 1: that he did in New England. Obviously a lot younger,
Speaker 1: probably a little bit healthier. Well, when you think a
Speaker 1: Cameron Braid and you think of where OJ Howard wasn't
Speaker 1: his development even though he's injured. Is this a tight
Speaker 1: end position that it means a lot to Tom Brady
Speaker 1: or does it or does it mean a lot to
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians? Well, I think it was an opportunity to Kronkowski.
Speaker 1: You said that he still wanted to play, and there
Speaker 1: were some rumors throughout the offseason that the Bucks were
Speaker 1: going to trade OJ Howard, So with that uncertainty of
Speaker 1: what they were deciding to do with him, they had
Speaker 1: an opportunity to get Gronkowski, who obviously is a big guy,
Speaker 1: a big target a box. Well. OJ Howard is another
Speaker 1: big target. In this past week when they played the Chargers,
Speaker 1: you saw all three of those tight ends in the
Speaker 1: ball game, but in a spread formation, So when you're
Speaker 1: you know, trying to game plan defensively against the Bucks
Speaker 1: and you see three big tight ends coming in the
Speaker 1: ball game, you're thinking run, but then they wind up
Speaker 1: with empty backfield. They get them in a bunch of
Speaker 1: formation out wide and they're running routes like a wide
Speaker 1: receiver and they're all six five six six and create
Speaker 1: some significant mismatches, especially if you're going to leave your
Speaker 1: run stop personnel in the game. So gives them a
Speaker 1: lot of options offensively. They do have a very stacked position.
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're spending a lot of money at that
Speaker 1: position as well. But you know Gronkowski, he still makes plays.
Speaker 1: Him in a big catch and a key situation on
Speaker 1: a drive to take the lead this past week, coming
Speaker 1: from behind, and you know, he didn't run by anybody.
Speaker 1: He's just so big that he was just able to
Speaker 1: muscle the ball, get it in traffic and pick up
Speaker 1: a big first down. So they used him in the
Speaker 1: run game. He's starting to get more involved with the
Speaker 1: passing the game. Oj Howard just got a hurt and
Speaker 1: he has an achilles issue, so he probably won't be around.
Speaker 1: But the good news is they have multiple guys at
Speaker 1: that position. Like they do watch receiver, but um it is.
Speaker 1: It was a little surprising that they did it, but
Speaker 1: everybody was happy about it, and they've been happy about
Speaker 1: it all appreciation. Dave Moore, the former Dave Moore, the
Speaker 1: former Bucketeers tight end, now radio analyst for the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay Bucketeers joint. I guess here on Chicago Sports Radio
Speaker 1: six seventy to score with Jeff Jonyac and Tom There
Speaker 1: got to talk about our our local product in Apriville
Speaker 1: Central High School star Cameron Bright. And I don't know
Speaker 1: if this is good news or bad news, depends how
Speaker 1: you look, but he's caught you now in career touchdown
Speaker 1: passes each with twenty eight. But he's done it as
Speaker 1: an undrafted out of Harvard and it's been a great
Speaker 1: career for Cameron. Brake. Tell us how he's evolved over
Speaker 1: the years with the Bucks and now with a quarterback
Speaker 1: of this caliber, even at the age of forty three,
Speaker 1: his opportunities would seem to be continue to skyrocket. Well,
Speaker 1: he's made some big plagues and he was a guy
Speaker 1: third cutter liked them. He was an undrafted guy. He's
Speaker 1: on the practice spot and he signed with New Orleans
Speaker 1: for a game and then came back and due to
Speaker 1: some injuries, he had the opportunity to play and made
Speaker 1: some really big catches and key situations and earned himself
Speaker 1: starting spot and nice contract there. And you know that's
Speaker 1: one of the things his offseason, the question was going
Speaker 1: to be what were they going to do with Cameron
Speaker 1: Bray because you drafted Oj Howard in the first round.
Speaker 1: You're bringing crocusky, but he's playing more of an each
Speaker 1: back type role in this pticular group right now. But
Speaker 1: he caught his first touchdown at the season last week,
Speaker 1: and you know it kind of helped them get going.
Speaker 1: It was the first touchdown of the game when they
Speaker 1: were playing from behind. It's good. I mean, he's back
Speaker 1: of a player. He's a big guy, and he's worked extremely,
Speaker 1: extremely hard on his blocking because that initially was one
Speaker 1: of the question marks whether or not he was going
Speaker 1: to be able to be at all around tight end
Speaker 1: or one of those guys that you line them up
Speaker 1: and sitting down the field. I want, Hey, Dave, super
Speaker 1: impressed with your offensive line and their approach at the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. Who's complimented the most? Is it the
Speaker 1: old line complimenting Brady or is it Tom Brady complimenting
Speaker 1: the offensive line. Well, you know, the offensive line they
Speaker 1: started out the first game wasn't their best, but they've improved,
Speaker 1: you know, significantly, and they probably far played their best
Speaker 1: game against the Chargers. And they answer your question, I
Speaker 1: think when you have a quarterback like Tom Brady behind you,
Speaker 1: you are not going to be the guy that the
Speaker 1: cameras on they gave up a sack to let the
Speaker 1: guy get hit and potentially hurt at forty three. So
Speaker 1: I think the fact is Tom Brady down there or
Speaker 1: back behind these guys, I really has elevated all of
Speaker 1: their play in their sense of urgency to make sure
Speaker 1: he has been telling he needs Tom can't. He's got,
Speaker 1: you know, a love affair obviously with the offensive line
Speaker 1: being a decade long guard and a very good one
Speaker 1: at that, But he can't probably as he called me
Speaker 1: three times yesterday, Dave and said, Hey, this offensive line,
Speaker 1: this offensive line, So I know we're in for a tussle.
Speaker 1: We had a tussle with the Colts and it was
Speaker 1: a trench war, and I think this will be the same.
Speaker 1: And I keep looking at your defense because it's a
Speaker 1: it's a whole on the defense as well, because you
Speaker 1: got three sturdy guys in the front for the three four,
Speaker 1: and then you got a couple of pass rushers of
Speaker 1: note and two really active linebackers. D David is put
Speaker 1: together quite the career and is still making plays and
Speaker 1: in an interesting young secondary with my guy Antoine Winfield Junior,
Speaker 1: because you know, I always call his dad the toughest
Speaker 1: pound for pound player in the NFL, and maybe a
Speaker 1: ton is on that pill us in, but he is.
Speaker 1: I got for him to come in and you think
Speaker 1: about it, drafted and no rookie minicamp, no okas. He's
Speaker 1: doing stuff by zoom and learning the playbook from a distance,
Speaker 1: and then he's able to come in and started safety.
Speaker 1: And then two weeks ago there was an injury at
Speaker 1: corner with Murphy Bunting and he stepped down and played
Speaker 1: the flock corner. So his kids really come in and
Speaker 1: been extremely impressive. He talked to his dad every day.
Speaker 1: They kind of break down film together on FaceTime. Antoine
Speaker 1: Winfield Senior was a teammate of mine when I played
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, and he was a true professional exact from
Speaker 1: a football player, but really just impressive the group in general.
Speaker 1: One of the big things they wanted to do in
Speaker 1: the offseason was keep that interior line together and that
Speaker 1: front seven. You know, the dbs are young. About halfway
Speaker 1: through the year last year, things started to click and
Speaker 1: they played very well. And then with the addition of
Speaker 1: Winfield coming in, it's kind of completed that defensive backfield
Speaker 1: and super young group of guys. But they're playing well.
Speaker 1: But up front, there was a bunch of free agents.
Speaker 1: They went out and got to Sue Back at Vita
Speaker 1: vea draft in the first round, who does a really
Speaker 1: good job. And then Shack Barrett where they got from Denver,
Speaker 1: went out and obviously led the league in sacks. And
Speaker 1: then Jpp missed a bunch of games at the beginning
Speaker 1: last year with a broken neck, and he came in
Speaker 1: and then his first game got a sack. And that's
Speaker 1: a pretty good force there with two very active linebackers.
Speaker 1: Devin White in his second year. He's the compliment guy
Speaker 1: to Vante David and he had a fifteen tackle game
Speaker 1: the first game of the year, and he's doing nothing
Speaker 1: but getting better. So they're exciting to watch. They do
Speaker 1: take some chances and they get that feast or famine
Speaker 1: file defense when they do the all out blitz. They
Speaker 1: got beat a couple of times this past week on
Speaker 1: some big plays, but when they can get to the quarterback,
Speaker 1: when they choose to pressure them, they're tough to stop
Speaker 1: and then they cause a lot of turnels. Dave, let's
Speaker 1: talk about the other side of the ball, because the
Speaker 1: Bears fans are starving for sacks. And you think of
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack, you think of a Chem Hicks, and I
Speaker 1: won't mention Robert Quinn yet, but I want to talk
Speaker 1: about your your right tackle. Who's a rookie. Is this
Speaker 1: a guy that needs to be protected at he's facing
Speaker 1: an enemy like a Cheam Hicks and clil Mack or
Speaker 1: do they feel confident that they can put him on
Speaker 1: an island and then maybe focus a little attention on
Speaker 1: the other side when Robert Quinn is in the game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what. We haven't mentioned his name
Speaker 1: very much, and that's very good for our offensive line.
Speaker 1: But he did a great job getting out in the
Speaker 1: edge on the run blocker last week, but his past
Speaker 1: protection solid. All of the other offensive roneman Tom Brady
Speaker 1: as well, do nothing but compliment them being able to
Speaker 1: again as a rookie first round pick, not a whole
Speaker 1: lot of reps come in. He's extremely athletic because he's
Speaker 1: done a great job. So I'm gonna believe they're gonna
Speaker 1: let him be out there. Initially, he might line up
Speaker 1: a tight end over there just to you know, slow
Speaker 1: the rusher down a hair, just getting max space before
Speaker 1: they getting their route. But I don't see them spending
Speaker 1: a lot of time leaving put ins in to help
Speaker 1: him unless they absolutely have to. So far, he hasn't
Speaker 1: had any issues protecting the quarterback, and he can't say
Speaker 1: that about too many rookies on their first year at
Speaker 1: offensive on against bad the rushers that you know he's
Speaker 1: seeing and is going to see. I remaining moments with
Speaker 1: Dave Moore, the radio analyst for the Tampa Bay Bucketeers,
Speaker 1: here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score, Jeff
Speaker 1: and Town with you on Bears All Access Real Quick.
Speaker 1: We always ask the opposing view as you do your
Speaker 1: preparation and research on the Bears, what are your key
Speaker 1: points that you are interested in seeing and determining how
Speaker 1: the Bears match up against the Bucks? Well, lad, this
Speaker 1: past week. The offensive Dine and you guys were talking
Speaker 1: about the offensivevine at the box really did a good
Speaker 1: job and played a complete game both a run and pass.
Speaker 1: Where the Bucks get in trouble is when they can't
Speaker 1: run the football. They're giving those third and long situations
Speaker 1: you get behind in the down and distance. So I'm
Speaker 1: really looking to see how the offensive line does against
Speaker 1: the front seven of the Bears and see if they
Speaker 1: can control the line of scrimmage. And you know, the
Speaker 1: Bears traditionally are pretty dring good up front, and you
Speaker 1: know it's going to be a physical game. But if
Speaker 1: the Bucks want to be able to move the ball,
Speaker 1: they're going to have to open some holes for Ronald
Speaker 1: Jones and at Fournett's back him as well. So h
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about Tom Brady, all the receivers,
Speaker 1: all the weapons that they have offensively here in Tampa,
Speaker 1: but and ultimately the success of the offense revolves abound
Speaker 1: around being able to run the football, and that's where
Speaker 1: we're going to see early how they can hit that
Speaker 1: first seven of your Bears. You know, Dave Wee, I
Speaker 1: know Tom Brady throughout the course of his career, he
Speaker 1: had the opportunity to work with Randy Moss in the
Speaker 1: later parts of his career. But as Tom Brady ever
Speaker 1: seen or been around a wide receiver like Mike Evans, hey,
Speaker 1: Randy Moss is pretty daring a good one. But Mike
Speaker 1: Evans is a guy that doesn't matter if he's covered
Speaker 1: or not. And we're seeing it as this season progresses
Speaker 1: a little bit that he just is learning to trust
Speaker 1: them and he just throws a ball if he's covered,
Speaker 1: if he has a spot to throw behind Mike Evans
Speaker 1: and get him to stop, or he'll throw r in
Speaker 1: the back of the corner's head and give him an
Speaker 1: opportunity to go and make him play, you know, those
Speaker 1: fifty fifty jump ball type things. But his range is exceptional,
Speaker 1: his hands are exceptional, and it doesn't matter if he's
Speaker 1: covered or not. It just comes a point a game
Speaker 1: where he's just gonna let it rip. And that's that
Speaker 1: comes with trust and communication and they're gaining that, so
Speaker 1: they're getting better and better every week. But Mike Evans
Speaker 1: is certainly something special out on the field just because
Speaker 1: of the visibility to come up with that football with
Speaker 1: guys hanging on him and everything else. Heck, of a
Speaker 1: batcheup against Kyle Fuller and rookie Jill and Johnson at cornerback.
Speaker 1: All right, before we let you go, we always go
Speaker 1: on the way back machine a little bit. So you went,
Speaker 1: Tom have a few things in common. One, you both
Speaker 1: played for Dan Marie and with Dan Marino. I'm thinking
Speaker 1: short on both of you guys. And you both tried
Speaker 1: to block Reggie White. How successful were both? You give
Speaker 1: us a story. Funny some stories, Dave. I'll tell you
Speaker 1: that that's hilarious. You say that because everybody's like, you know,
Speaker 1: did you ever block Reggie Way? I said, I attempted
Speaker 1: to many times, now, wasn't there? They were in our
Speaker 1: division and we played him place a year and I
Speaker 1: would go in motion trying to block them. Might be
Speaker 1: on honor sperm is trying to block them. A lot
Speaker 1: of the fullbacks trying to back him. I got into
Speaker 1: his body one time. I felt him give a little bit,
Speaker 1: and then he reset his hands and just walked me backwards.
Speaker 1: So the one thing you definitely didn't want to do
Speaker 1: is get him mad. So you would try to block
Speaker 1: him the best you could. But if you, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of caught him or tried to cut him. Forget it,
Speaker 1: he'd have three sacks and block a punt. But he uh,
Speaker 1: he did that. Some of our offensive and one of
Speaker 1: our offensive tackles got him mad. And as I was
Speaker 1: walking back to the huddle, he's a reciting scripture from
Speaker 1: the Bible. And I got back to the to the
Speaker 1: huddle and I sent to the offensive lineman. I said,
Speaker 1: what did you do to him? He goes man, I
Speaker 1: tried to cut him, and I I kissed him off,
Speaker 1: and he did. He had a stock on second down,
Speaker 1: a second, third down, and he blocked the punt and
Speaker 1: defense safe. So we learned quickly that you know, you
Speaker 1: do the best you can. But when he wanted to come,
Speaker 1: he didn't care who you where you were going to
Speaker 1: stop him. Yeah, you know, I remember that. That was
Speaker 1: one of the priests points of our offensive lineman is
Speaker 1: don't make Reggie mad. He's gonna make his plays, but
Speaker 1: if he tack him off, he's gonna make everybody right.
Speaker 1: And that's the thing about it is just don't make
Speaker 1: Reggie mad. Do everything legal within the rules. Gets your
Speaker 1: body in front of him and let him walk you
Speaker 1: back to the quarterback, but don't make him mad. Luck
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. You two guys, Dave Moore,
Speaker 1: the radio isatists of the Tampa b By Buccaneers, will
Speaker 1: take a break here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy
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Speaker 1: baron Bears All Access will be joined shortly by former
Speaker 1: Chicago Bear outside linebacker and a really good pass rusher
Speaker 1: in his NFL career, Roosevelt Colvin. We'll go back in
Speaker 1: the way back machine a little bit, and uh, you
Speaker 1: know Tommy, he want two Super Bowls with the Patriots,
Speaker 1: so he knows Tom Brady some insight for his arrival
Speaker 1: at Soldier Field. Not that we need any at this
Speaker 1: point seeing twenty one years of greatness. Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: what I tell you, Roosevelt Colvin kind of burst on
Speaker 1: the sea and showed an inatability to get to the
Speaker 1: quarterback as a pass rusher, and then you start developing
Speaker 1: your skills and then you develop a repertoire of moves,
Speaker 1: and you know he was able to morph along with
Speaker 1: the game and as responsibilities when he went to New
Speaker 1: England and interesting talking to Dave Mark as he wants
Speaker 1: to see, you know, how his offensive line is going
Speaker 1: to stack up and if our line is going to
Speaker 1: be able to stop their running game, that'll be an
Speaker 1: interesting dynamic. And the Bears running game certainly a big
Speaker 1: topic of conversation Matt Naggy this week. There's some change
Speaker 1: there schematically and what we're doing, and again that's part
Speaker 1: of the patients that we got to have versus some
Speaker 1: of the defenses that we're going to see, the fronts,
Speaker 1: the personnel that these teams have. What you have to
Speaker 1: do is you have to make sure that us coaches
Speaker 1: that you guys as players all know that we just
Speaker 1: we got to stick together. And when you have a
Speaker 1: game like that where you're just not producing a lot
Speaker 1: of production in the run game, you can abandon. And
Speaker 1: I've said it all along that you need to be
Speaker 1: able to to run the football and there's gonna be
Speaker 1: some games where you have a lot more rushes than others.
Speaker 1: That happened to be a game there where we just
Speaker 1: were struggling to get it going. I have a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence and our guys I know our guys that
Speaker 1: offensive line, tight ends and running backs are excited to
Speaker 1: get back out there. And again we're facing a pretty
Speaker 1: formidable defense here against the run in Tampa Bay. These
Speaker 1: guys are pretty salty, so we're gonna have our handsful
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a great challenge. But we play
Speaker 1: this game to play against the best and to be
Speaker 1: challenged in the hand of adversity. And there's Matt Naggy, tough,
Speaker 1: tough front for the Bears to deal with tomorrow, and
Speaker 1: they do not allow a lot of yards in the
Speaker 1: run game, just like the Indianapolis coachs the year before.
Speaker 1: Into the Indianapolis we go, and we reconnect with one
Speaker 1: of our old pals here from Chicago, outstanding Bears player
Speaker 1: of fourth round pickback in ninety nine. They Purdue grad
Speaker 1: Rosie Covid join the program. Thanks for taking some time, man.
Speaker 1: We were thinking about you, and I said, you know,
Speaker 1: give him a call. Maybe he'll chat a little bit
Speaker 1: about Bears football, pass president future, and a little Tom
Speaker 1: Brady tuk. How are you doing, Rosie, I'm good man.
Speaker 1: Good to hear from you, guys. Yeah, it's been a bit,
Speaker 1: it's been a bit. Your days included some terrific seasons
Speaker 1: rushing the pastor for the Bears. And you know, you
Speaker 1: and Tom Brady are the same age. You know that, right,
Speaker 1: forty three years old? How come you're not playing? Dude?
Speaker 1: You can't put you can't put people's ages out on
Speaker 1: NAZ the radio like that. Yeah, I find Wikipedia. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: Wikipedia like like he didn't nobody can enter that. But anyway,
Speaker 1: um uh yeah, Tom is the same age as me.
Speaker 1: And I presume that I'm I'm not playing because he
Speaker 1: probably was a little bit better than I was at
Speaker 1: the age of thirty thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
Speaker 1: thirty four, thirty five, allway up to forty three. So uh,
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying myself as as a fan right now. So
Speaker 1: I'm doing okay, but realizing that and how you wake
Speaker 1: up every morning, I don't know what you're doing, you know,
Speaker 1: in terms of your athletic endeavors at the moment. I
Speaker 1: know you got four kids, you're doing a lot with them.
Speaker 1: But to think about that body rolling out there every
Speaker 1: Sunday at the age of forty three, could you put
Speaker 1: that in context for what how do you feel now
Speaker 1: as a retired player? Yeah? I think about, you know,
Speaker 1: just waking up from my daily naps, how I feel,
Speaker 1: and um to have to continue to go to practice
Speaker 1: and uh and to lift and do all those things
Speaker 1: that that you know, older guys and how to do
Speaker 1: the maintain and keep up with these young guys, it's
Speaker 1: pretty amazing. Um. Tom's on that, you know, the TB
Speaker 1: twelve program that he started a few years back, that um,
Speaker 1: it's been really really beneficial for him. And uh, I
Speaker 1: saw it on a day to day basis when I
Speaker 1: was in Foxboro with him in with the Patriots. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a it's a grind and we call it being
Speaker 1: an edger. You know, he's he's always you know, trying
Speaker 1: to get the edge, and uh, it's a it's a
Speaker 1: tremendous salute to you know, his career and what he's
Speaker 1: done thus are Hey, Rosie, it's good to talk to you.
Speaker 1: This is Tom there. Um. You know one thing I
Speaker 1: really wanted to ask you because I don't think we've
Speaker 1: ever had a chance to ask anybody who's been in
Speaker 1: a relate there has been as close to the Patriots
Speaker 1: as you have. So Belichick and Brady when they separated,
Speaker 1: who's most responsible for the success of the New England Patriots. Man.
Speaker 1: You know, you know a lot of people ask me
Speaker 1: that specifically hear Indian Oupots because they hate Josh because
Speaker 1: he backed out on and uh, you know they feel
Speaker 1: like they feel slighted. But um, they asked me that because,
Speaker 1: you know, because of the separation this year with Tom
Speaker 1: going to Tamplin. They said, you know, everybody was interested
Speaker 1: to see who was going to be more successful without
Speaker 1: the other. I think, you know, they have definitely grown
Speaker 1: together over the years. I would say, uh, Tom has
Speaker 1: really benefited from you know, Bill's you know, encyclopedia esque,
Speaker 1: you know knowledge when it comes to football and defenses,
Speaker 1: being that he's a quarterback and that I would say,
Speaker 1: Bill has been you know been, you know, has benefited
Speaker 1: from Tom playing at a high level and want to
Speaker 1: play at a high level. But I think what a
Speaker 1: lot of people don't see, don't credit are those that
Speaker 1: are outside of Tom and Bill and I know, you know,
Speaker 1: firsthand knowledge of a long list of coaches, a long
Speaker 1: list of players that have contributed to that Patriots way,
Speaker 1: that that that mantra of you know, we have a caller,
Speaker 1: this is how we're gonna do it. And I think
Speaker 1: you know, Tom is you know, you know, I would
Speaker 1: say grown enough to stand on his own two feet
Speaker 1: and take you know, bits and pieces of that, you
Speaker 1: know to where he's gone obviously in Tampa, and obviously
Speaker 1: Bill is going to continue to do his thing there
Speaker 1: in New England. I think they're you know, they both
Speaker 1: have you know, moved to a point in their careers where, um,
Speaker 1: they respect each other. But I can't really say which one.
Speaker 1: Uh it would would be more you know more uh,
Speaker 1: you know, without the other, just because I think they
Speaker 1: both put in a ton of work on a daily
Speaker 1: basis to be as good as they can be in
Speaker 1: the positions that they're in. All right, Rosie, then I'm
Speaker 1: gonna put you in the shoes of a defensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: What's your philosophy on how to handle Tom Brady? Uh,
Speaker 1: you're playing against Tom. You know obviously he's one of
Speaker 1: those you know those uh statue of liberty quarterbacks. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be in the pocket, so you know where he's
Speaker 1: gonna be. The key to him has moved him off
Speaker 1: the spot. You know, you can't let him stand in
Speaker 1: the pocket. You gotta get pressure up the middle. You
Speaker 1: can't let him step up, slide up, or slide around
Speaker 1: to you know, find you know, open receivers. You know,
Speaker 1: he's different to playing a mobile quarter and playing mobile quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: You you know, you can have an average group of
Speaker 1: receivers because you know, mobile quarterback is gonna move around
Speaker 1: in the pocket, creates space and time for his receivers
Speaker 1: to get open and he can just drop it to
Speaker 1: him a soft pass. You know, pocket quarterbacks, you gotta
Speaker 1: have route runners, and you gotta have guys that are
Speaker 1: gonna catch balls that are in tight spaces. And if
Speaker 1: Tom doesn't have that, you know, it's frustrated for him.
Speaker 1: And that's what you saw last year. Um you know
Speaker 1: obviously going to table, I think he's upgraded his wide
Speaker 1: receiver corps. But you know, if he gets protection, it's
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a long day and you gotta cover.
Speaker 1: So I would say getting him off the spot you
Speaker 1: gotta put. You know, if you can rush four and
Speaker 1: cover over your rush three, But getting him off that
Speaker 1: spot is gonna be key if you can get it.
Speaker 1: You know, if you can make a move, get a
Speaker 1: little pressure on him, get him routed early, it'll benefits
Speaker 1: you well down a stretch. Former Chicago Bears linebacker Rosie Colvin,
Speaker 1: a fourth round pick in ninety nine with the Bears.
Speaker 1: Are guest. This segment of Bears Alt Access brought to
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Speaker 1: learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Joni Act, Tom Fair,
Speaker 1: and Rosie who had some great seasons with the Bears,
Speaker 1: those double digit sack years consecutive years. Believe it or not,
Speaker 1: There's only been a few in Bears history, and you
Speaker 1: were one of them. Richard Dent, Yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: it's you know, you grew up a Bears fan, if
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, so to put on the uniform, come
Speaker 1: out of Indie, and then have a career that included
Speaker 1: a couple of rings with the Patriots. I mean, do
Speaker 1: you feel your entire resume and experience as an NFL
Speaker 1: player maybe even surpassed your own expectations. I would say
Speaker 1: I would agree with that, not because I didn't have
Speaker 1: high expectations on myself, but just because I never yearned
Speaker 1: to be a professional football player. You know, I was
Speaker 1: in high school. I snuck out for the football team.
Speaker 1: On junior high I stuck out for the football team.
Speaker 1: I played in high school just because it was fun.
Speaker 1: Got a scholarship to Purdue, and I was okay with that,
Speaker 1: and I was cool with just trying, you know, getting
Speaker 1: four years in, getting going in my career, a career
Speaker 1: ahead without any debt, got drafted, got to Chicago and
Speaker 1: saw how rough it was for Barry Mentor and Sean
Speaker 1: Harris and those guys. Dale Lindsay was our our our
Speaker 1: position coach, and it was like boot camp. And I
Speaker 1: was like me, Ward Holming, car Sammon all came in
Speaker 1: that year. Uh, and we all said, man, we're gonna
Speaker 1: play three years and we're done. And um, it worked
Speaker 1: out a little bit differently, you know. Uh that that
Speaker 1: second year, they kind of lit a fire under me,
Speaker 1: you know, drafting that one guy you know that's in
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Um, you know that I think
Speaker 1: it was. I think his name is Brian Urlacker, and
Speaker 1: so you know, his his situation resolved and me, you know,
Speaker 1: playing a little bit better my second year, third and
Speaker 1: fourth year, Like you said, those two double digit sack seasons,
Speaker 1: the infamous you know, unchecked box situation awards contract presented
Speaker 1: me an opportunity, um, you know, to hit the free
Speaker 1: agent market and I would have loved to stay in Chicago. Man,
Speaker 1: I love my sister still lives in the area. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, every time I come into the city, there
Speaker 1: was one there's one person that always says, man, are
Speaker 1: you Roosevelt Covid? And I say myself, how in the
Speaker 1: world if my name is still relevant in the city?
Speaker 1: And uh, I liked the pictures on Instagram that they
Speaker 1: take of the city, so I'm still connected in a
Speaker 1: lot of ways. My my, my, um, um, my, my
Speaker 1: family loves the trip up there. So it's Chicago was
Speaker 1: really good to me. I wish I could have played
Speaker 1: more years and been able to experience and lovey years.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I had a
Speaker 1: great opportunity to go in New England, and uh it
Speaker 1: did it did well for me. You know, Rosie, when
Speaker 1: you think of guys like yourself or Rob Nickovic or
Speaker 1: some of the Sack or the guys that had double
Speaker 1: digit sacks along the way in New England, what is
Speaker 1: it about that system that allows you guys to flourish
Speaker 1: from that position? And you know, do you guys that
Speaker 1: have multiple Sack years? Well, I think the number one
Speaker 1: thing you gotta recognize time is that we're Produe guys.
Speaker 1: I mean, anybody that goes to Perdue is going to
Speaker 1: excel at rushing the pastor. But I think Bill, you
Speaker 1: know again, does a tremendous job in finding guys that
Speaker 1: fit his system, that fit the mold, the thought process.
Speaker 1: And you know, when I went out there in New England, man,
Speaker 1: it was man. When we played the Bears in preseason,
Speaker 1: that was that was the year they had Cordef Stewart
Speaker 1: had transferred over to that came in uh and we
Speaker 1: played the Bears the preseason. I was living. I was like, man,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give these guys. I'm to have fifteen sacks
Speaker 1: in the preseason games. Um, and and it's just and
Speaker 1: I was, you know, for me, Bill was like, Man,
Speaker 1: you know I'm looking at you like the next LT.
Speaker 1: I'm like, really, Lawrence Taylor, Okay, let's go get it.
Speaker 1: And then you know, I break my hip and all
Speaker 1: that stuff. But at the end of that, I think
Speaker 1: Bill does a great job and recruiting guys, signing guys
Speaker 1: that fit the system and fit what he's looking for.
Speaker 1: He you know, he like I told you, like I said,
Speaker 1: he's an encyclopedia of football and he's just really just
Speaker 1: reinventing the game, not necessarily doing different things, but you know,
Speaker 1: he's bringing stuff from the past back that people aren't doing.
Speaker 1: He's you know, shuffling rosters and shuffling types of you
Speaker 1: know players. I'm this year, I was, I'm really interested
Speaker 1: to see how you know, he would do with this
Speaker 1: COVID situation. Everybody is you know, is um is on
Speaker 1: edge with that, but I think it has a lot
Speaker 1: to do with, you know, the player that he brings in.
Speaker 1: Not to brag about myself, I feel pretty good about myself,
Speaker 1: but there are a lot of guys that go out
Speaker 1: there that buy into the system. I understand the dynamics.
Speaker 1: You learn football out there, and you learn the difference
Speaker 1: between the organization you came from or the school you
Speaker 1: came from, and you learn why the Patriots have been
Speaker 1: so good for so long. The former teenage concession stand
Speaker 1: member at Indianapolis then became an NFL player with fifty
Speaker 1: two and a half sax and a couple of rings.
Speaker 1: Roosevelt Colvin I remaining moments with you, Uh that that
Speaker 1: is something that a lot of kids. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: a message in there, right. I mean, if you I mean,
Speaker 1: you were eight years old when the Bears won the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl from my mats, right, and you were a
Speaker 1: big fan of Walter and Jim McMahon and Will have
Speaker 1: gone and assuredly, Tom Thare you had to be right.
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, but yeah, it's it's it's a
Speaker 1: cool story. And now you know you're a great dad.
Speaker 1: He was very busy with kids that are developing athletes.
Speaker 1: You got a daughter playing volleyball at Purdue if I'm
Speaker 1: not mistaken, right, and uh, your son, Miles, what's his story? Yeah,
Speaker 1: so Raven, that's why I was coming from. Raven is
Speaker 1: a senior HARRYS. Christ In here in Ananapolis. She will
Speaker 1: be at Purdue next year for a volleyball scholarship. Um.
Speaker 1: And then my youngest is his h we calling young Miles.
Speaker 1: He's he's a fifteen year old sophomore Phenim. The kid
Speaker 1: is Uh, he's growing and developing into something that I just,
Speaker 1: you know, I could only fathom as a as a
Speaker 1: fifteen year old kid. He's doing stuff that I just
Speaker 1: I can't see myself doing at that age. But he's
Speaker 1: you know, really really humble. He's getting attention from some
Speaker 1: major universities. He's got a huge letter the other day,
Speaker 1: recruiting letter from a couple of couple of schools. I'll
Speaker 1: keep those anonymous. But at the end of the day, man, Um,
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying being a dad. As you mentioned, I was,
Speaker 1: I was young, young when the Bears won the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: The coach didn't come to town for a while, so
Speaker 1: you know, I remember the fog Bowl and I remember, um,
Speaker 1: I would have to call him mister Thayre at that time,
Speaker 1: you know, watching the Super Bowl and those those situations
Speaker 1: and the fridge, um, just because you know, we didn't
Speaker 1: have I mean w Channel nine, which is which is?
Speaker 1: I asked that. I was like, how to Channel nine?
Speaker 1: How are they broadcast across the country? Like why didn't
Speaker 1: every state have a Channel nine? So I was able
Speaker 1: to see all those games, um, you know, um the
Speaker 1: home run King. I was a huge Cubs fan, although
Speaker 1: they didn't they never they never showed the White Soxes.
Speaker 1: They showed the Cubs the time. And so Chicago and
Speaker 1: the state of Illinois has been a huge, you know,
Speaker 1: part of my childhood and where I am today. And
Speaker 1: you know, like and like you meant him and I'm
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying life being being a dad. So I'm very blessed,
Speaker 1: appreciate your time, Napa. I'm correct, Miles as a hooper, right,
Speaker 1: so this is we're talking basketball. Yeah, he played back
Speaker 1: by report him from football apporter from football. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: good luck with that, good luck with everything. I know
Speaker 1: you've got a lot of business interests as well in
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis area. Your wife's sweet shop going well, i'd
Speaker 1: imagine send some cupcakes our way. Well, yeah, good to
Speaker 1: talk to you, Rosie, and they're on the way, sir.
Speaker 1: You guys, I'm good eating Roosevelt Covid coming back. We'll
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Speaker 1: All the bright lights in the big city. Real quick
Speaker 1: on Rosie Colvin. It was great of him to pick
Speaker 1: up the phone and join us tonight. Buddy. Every time
Speaker 1: somebody mentions Dale Lindsay, I chuckle because they called him
Speaker 1: Sergeant Slaughter. He was. He was a bad man, and
Speaker 1: I say that in a great way because he was
Speaker 1: rough on those guys. And when he brought up all
Speaker 1: those linebacker names, I remember every one of them, and
Speaker 1: those guys after practice, I mean, they felt they felt
Speaker 1: like they weren't good at anything by the time he
Speaker 1: got done with them. But it was to coach him
Speaker 1: up so hard. You had to be able to take
Speaker 1: hard coaching from Dale Lindsay, who was an outstanding linebacker
Speaker 1: in his own right. For in the NFL. Anybody that
Speaker 1: says in the locker room, you better have thick skin,
Speaker 1: and Dale Lindsay only wanted the best for those guys.
Speaker 1: He was able to turn him into all pros and
Speaker 1: Hall of famers across the board. And you see some
Speaker 1: of the output that these linebackers had that there wasn't
Speaker 1: a lot expected of him. Hey, I have a lot
Speaker 1: of respect for Dale Lindsay and it's it's the personality
Speaker 1: of coaches that I grew through the NFL with. So
Speaker 1: we got to Alan Robinson going up against the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay defense that has a very young secondary time, but
Speaker 1: a heck of a front seven before we get a
Speaker 1: little piece of an interview we did with him for
Speaker 1: our Fox show tomorrow Game Day Live at six o'clock
Speaker 1: on Fox. Just that matchup, because now he's had a
Speaker 1: couple of games a game and a half with Nick
Speaker 1: Foles to develop more of that chemistry, and he's got
Speaker 1: a hundred plus in each of these games. I know
Speaker 1: some of it was and what would be referred to
Speaker 1: as as catchup time or whatnot, but it all is
Speaker 1: important right now. Every bit of it matters. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: I think one of the unique thing about having two
Speaker 1: veterans like Nick and like Alan Robinson, they can improve
Speaker 1: during a conversation practice week like this week. They can
Speaker 1: get a better understanding of what Allen expect when he
Speaker 1: gets in a certain position against the defensive back, or
Speaker 1: where he's willing to throw it on certain types of routes.
Speaker 1: Look at their tallest defensive back is six one. Alan
Speaker 1: Robinson is going to be able to catch and go
Speaker 1: up to their height with any one of them. So
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson should be a weapon that Nick Foles should
Speaker 1: throw do as many times per game as he feels
Speaker 1: the need. All right now, number three in the league
Speaker 1: and targeted passes with forty one. Here's a portion of
Speaker 1: my interview with Alan Robinson for Game Day Live tomorrow
Speaker 1: on Fox. How do you envision the next three quarters
Speaker 1: of the season going for the Chicago Bears. M I
Speaker 1: first seeing going very well for us, you know. Again,
Speaker 1: I tell everybody I think the toughest time of a
Speaker 1: season is the first quarter. And I believe that because
Speaker 1: you're coming out of training camp typically for this year,
Speaker 1: especially being a little bit different, not really being able
Speaker 1: to get as many reps and things like that as
Speaker 1: you want to. But as a team, in that first quarter,
Speaker 1: you're still trying to figure yourself out. You know, you're
Speaker 1: trying to figure yourself out, You're still trying to figure
Speaker 1: other teams out and things like that. So whenever you
Speaker 1: can go three and one in the first quarter of
Speaker 1: a season, I think that you put yourselves in a
Speaker 1: very good position, you know. Again, I mean for us, obviously,
Speaker 1: we wanted to go four and oh, but you know,
Speaker 1: going three and one, you know, putting ourselves in a
Speaker 1: good spot going into the second quarter of the season,
Speaker 1: I think is big for us. You know. Again, we
Speaker 1: figured out and starting to find our identity, and we
Speaker 1: got to just continue to build off of that. We
Speaker 1: talked about catch rate in the past with you, and
Speaker 1: I know it's something Mike Furious talked about with you
Speaker 1: as well. First couple of weeks, slow to rise, but
Speaker 1: now the next two weeks, Man, you're killing it in
Speaker 1: the in the seventies something percent range, and the numbers
Speaker 1: are starting to pop. You're starting to hit your groove
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, yeah, Again, I try not to
Speaker 1: look at that too much, you know. I know that's
Speaker 1: something that that I actually was looking at today. But
Speaker 1: am I trying not to look at that too much?
Speaker 1: You know? Again for myself, you know, trying to not
Speaker 1: to get too caught up in in certain numbers and
Speaker 1: stuff like that, and just to go out there and
Speaker 1: play and try to impact the game as much as
Speaker 1: I can, you know. But again for me, forcing over
Speaker 1: these past couple of weeks, I've been able to have
Speaker 1: a very high, high completion percentage, being able to make
Speaker 1: some plays, being able to score some touchdowns over the
Speaker 1: past weeks, you know, and I'm trying to continue to
Speaker 1: have that you know, trend outwork. You're within Reach Foundation,
Speaker 1: your third annual event coming up on Monday, October nineteenth.
Speaker 1: It's gotta be COVID proof, right, So a little different
Speaker 1: this year, but that connection to Chicago kids and what
Speaker 1: you've done over the years about education and how meaningful
Speaker 1: it is, especially in this time to get these folks
Speaker 1: as much help as necessary as a big part of
Speaker 1: what you're doing. It hits you right here, doesn't it. Definitely?
Speaker 1: You know, again, this year has been very different, you know,
Speaker 1: as this as this event is a little bit different.
Speaker 1: You know, normally it's a it's a more intimate event,
Speaker 1: you know, where we have people buy tickets and have
Speaker 1: people come. You know, we have items auctioned off. We
Speaker 1: have my teammates there as well. So this year will
Speaker 1: be a little bit different. But I will say, you know, again,
Speaker 1: throughout the year of twenty twenty, you know, and COVID
Speaker 1: and things like that, we've had a ton of support
Speaker 1: around the city of Chicago, being able to link with
Speaker 1: food depositories, you know, giving food to some of the
Speaker 1: public schools into some of the public school students, being
Speaker 1: able to donate masks and things like that, you know.
Speaker 1: So again, I mean, we've been able to try to
Speaker 1: try to do as much as we can in this year,
Speaker 1: you know, like I said before, even being able to
Speaker 1: branch out on some things that we normally don't do
Speaker 1: as far as you know, being able to deliver food
Speaker 1: and mask and some of that on a regular basis.
Speaker 1: Typically we focus on back to school and Christmas events
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, but we were able to branch
Speaker 1: out this year and that was awesome being able to
Speaker 1: have the support that we had. You're trying to be
Speaker 1: one of the greats of the game, and one of
Speaker 1: the greats of the game, it's going to be on
Speaker 1: the other side of the field on Thursday night, and
Speaker 1: his name is Tom Brady wearing a different uniform. It's
Speaker 1: something that's special, you know. Again, I had a chance
Speaker 1: to have a couple of conversations with Tom Brady's offseason,
Speaker 1: you know, and I think that just speaking to him,
Speaker 1: you know, you get what makes him so special. You know,
Speaker 1: his competitive nature, you know, just kind of how he
Speaker 1: sees the game and things like that, you know, and
Speaker 1: and when you grow up watching Tom Brady and watching
Speaker 1: you know, those championship in New England teams and stuff
Speaker 1: like that. You know, to be able to still share
Speaker 1: the field with him, For me in year or seven,
Speaker 1: you know, it was I think, you know, special for
Speaker 1: not only me but him, you know, being able to
Speaker 1: see him still play at a high level at the
Speaker 1: age of forty three. Um, just kind of here and
Speaker 1: do joke around in the league. It probably will be
Speaker 1: a little bit different seeing him in a Buccaneers uniform,
Speaker 1: but again it'll still be fun and still be specially
Speaker 1: you know, being able to go against someone on Thursday night. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would think you have felt the same way when
Speaker 1: you played it, when you knew there was a Hall
Speaker 1: of Famer on the other side of the field. It
Speaker 1: kind of it's a it's an important moment for you'd
Speaker 1: be on the same field Tommy or it is it is,
Speaker 1: but you know, no, it is, it really is. But
Speaker 1: the thing about it is is I was trying to
Speaker 1: impress the Hall of Famers on our team when I
Speaker 1: would want to be so so that's that was a
Speaker 1: key ingredient. And you know, and you knew that happ
Speaker 1: was going to develop into Hall of Famer, that Richard
Speaker 1: had that possibility, that Mick Michael should be there, that
Speaker 1: Mike Singletary was going to be a Hall of Famer.
Speaker 1: You know. So it was about impressing your guys. But
Speaker 1: when you look at Alan Robinson, you know, we often
Speaker 1: look at rosters, Jeff, and we always say, tell me
Speaker 1: a guy. Point out a guy or two that could
Speaker 1: play twenty five years ago, or that could play back
Speaker 1: in the seventies when things and rules were different. Alan
Speaker 1: Robinson is one of those guys. I don't care what
Speaker 1: his forty time is. I care that every game he
Speaker 1: goes out there, whether it's hot weather, cold weather, early season,
Speaker 1: mid season, he's ready to play and perform at a
Speaker 1: high level at a big one form Tomorrow night Bears
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Speaker 1: Bears official app. Jeff and Tom previewing Tomorrow's matchup with
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. Tim First things first, a run game. Are
Speaker 1: you confident Tampa ten consecutive opponents under one hundred yards
Speaker 1: dating back to twenty nineteen. You gotta go back to
Speaker 1: Detroit the last time to eleven straight games, that was
Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen, So this is prominent right now. They
Speaker 1: held both the Chargers and one other team under fifty
Speaker 1: yards rushing. They don't give up much well, rhythm, respond, recovery,
Speaker 1: all these our words. How about redemption? And I think
Speaker 1: that's what the offensive line has got approved to everybody
Speaker 1: around the NFL landscape, that they are deserving of the
Speaker 1: reputation that they've been striving for since the season begin began,
Speaker 1: and that's being more physical than their opponent. What are
Speaker 1: you looking to exploit on that defense given the strength
Speaker 1: of that front seven, and who are you staying away from? Oh,
Speaker 1: I'm not staying away from anybody. I'm not trying to
Speaker 1: avoid anybody out there. I'm going to have a wide,
Speaker 1: expansive game plan. My whole thought this week, Jeff, is
Speaker 1: I want the passing game completely vertical. Like I said,
Speaker 1: if you want to send David Montgomery out of the
Speaker 1: backfield for a nice release route, fine out into the flats.
Speaker 1: But if I'm going to Darnell, if I'm going to
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson, if Darnell plays or not, if I'm going
Speaker 1: to Javon Wims, if I'm going to Anthony Miller, I'm
Speaker 1: having these guys go vertical. And I would allow the
Speaker 1: quarterback the creator to put the ball in a position
Speaker 1: like Darnell Mooney did the other day, tracking with the
Speaker 1: defensive back with his back to the football, went up,
Speaker 1: made the catch. That's when I'm the opportunity I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give my offensive players. Right now. You heard about it,
Speaker 1: the points explosion. It's a record fifty one plus a
Speaker 1: game on average this year Motions nineteen seventy Merger. There
Speaker 1: are eight teams averaging thirty points a game or more,
Speaker 1: including the Buccaneers. Do they have do the Bears have
Speaker 1: to score that many points to win to night not
Speaker 1: if not, if the defense holds in the nineteen you know,
Speaker 1: I think about it. You know, just that whole effort
Speaker 1: by the defense against Indianapolis has forgotten about because they
Speaker 1: had the two interceptions that were dropped by Khalil and
Speaker 1: roque On. If you get those, it might be a
Speaker 1: different story. However, if Tom Brady walks out of Soldier
Speaker 1: Field only scoring nineteen points and you don't win, then
Speaker 1: we got issues that we need to talk about going
Speaker 1: in to next week's game. So nineteen would be an
Speaker 1: unbelievable performance by this by this defense. Where do you
Speaker 1: think the Bucks will go at fuller screen or Jalen
Speaker 1: Johnson with Mike Evans. I mean, obviously he's an outside guy,
Speaker 1: but you know they can move him around too. What
Speaker 1: are they what are they going to test here? Twenty fourteen,
Speaker 1: Brandon LaFell lined up on the left hand side of
Speaker 1: the offense and Tom Brady threw him the ball eleven
Speaker 1: times for eleven completions. Jalen Johnson is going to be
Speaker 1: the quarterback to his left hand side. If he feels
Speaker 1: that he can dominate an opponent, he will be relentless
Speaker 1: and he will not fall, He will not take it away.
Speaker 1: He will just keep going there. So I look at
Speaker 1: old positioning and I think of a new game. Tom.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow night. Thank you crucial catch
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