WEBVTT - Insights from the Senior Bowl | All Access Podcast 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:04.519 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:08.560 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.560 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:16.239 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:20.959 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:24.960 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:29.240 Physical Therapy and CDW to be with you once again, 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.320 Happy Wednesday night, everybody. I'm Jeff Jonny Ac along my 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:35.879 broadcast partner from news radio one oh five nine WBBM. 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.680 The Chicago Bears Super Bowl winning guard Tom Fair, who 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.839 wants upon a time, would have loved to ben in Mobile, 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.639 Alabama this week, getting ready, getting reps, getting those one 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:50.479 on ones big time against those defensive linemen. Working your craft, 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.120 working your hands, working your technique. How you doing, man, 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:55.840 I'm doing good, you know. And I just think about 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.920 the big difference because we talked a little bit about 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.240 last week when I went to the Hula Ball. Hula 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.120 Bowl is an all star game and you really don't 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:06.000 have the preparation responsibilities that you do at the Senior Bowl. 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:09.479 And so as I was glued to my TV today 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:12.840 and I was watching the Senior Bowl practices. I was 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:15.880 kind of putting myself in the mind of these guys 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:19.400 in the seriousness of football at this time in their 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:22.040 life is bigger than any game they've ever played in 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:25.960 so far. College is behind them, bowl games are behind them. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.399 All the other stuff now that is leading up to 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:32.120 their future is meaningful in terms of the snaps and everything. 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:36.600 And you know, it's it's nice to sit there and 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.920 watch on TV, but you got to realize, this is 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.760 the first time in our football life that as a bear, 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:43.520 you could sit out here and you could say, we 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.160 can have any one of these guys, any one of 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.200 these guys we want, we can have. And it's kind 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.800 of funny because some of the superstars aren't there obviously, 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.120 but I saw a lot of players that I got 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.480 a lot of interest in. Right, we'll go down that 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.280 list throughout the course of the show, headed down there 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:03.880 on Saturday to call that game for Sirius XM NFL Radio. 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.080 We'll be joined by Jim Miller, will be one of 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.520 my partners on that day. In our next segment, we'll 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.640 also got on the mobile and talk with the athletics 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.040 Kevin fish Paine, who is kind enough to spend some 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.639 time with us as well as we take a look 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.360 at some of the guys, and you're projecting because because 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.120 you know the schemes now of the Bears, you know 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:23.600 the offense and defense. Nothing's changed, nothing's changed in terms 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:26.120 of coordinators, so the schemes are gonna be the same. 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.440 We know what they look for in a Bear. We 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.480 know what a Bear is supposed to look like. Now. 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:34.440 Matt Eberflus and Ryan Bull set that foundation, and so 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.400 now you're just trying to look at these guys, say, 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.200 but you know, I can't help myself, like you can't 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.080 have everybody, But boy, you want a lot of these guys, 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.400 you'd like them right now. And we haven't even you know, 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.120 started talking about free agency. And this is not a 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.760 group of first rounders. There will be something. They'll be 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.560 second rounders, they'll be third rounders. But there's gonna be 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.880 guys that are gonna go undrafted from this senior Bull 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:01.440 you'd like on your roster, you know. Funny Also outside 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:05.000 the personnel and looking at the different position players, I 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:08.400 feel I'm getting to know Luke Getsy better because I 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.600 haven't seen an isolation camera on him during the course 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.600 of any practice that we've ever seen him at the 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.600 Chicago Bears, and so now you get a little bit 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:21.359 of an insight of his coaching personality. And it's kind 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.600 of fun to watch that, because you know, I don't 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.320 think there will be another time that they'll have a 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:27.919 camera on him at a Bears practice, following him around 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.400 with an open mic. So I'm enjoying that part of 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:35.280 it too, But also I enjoy looking at all the 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.120 different personnel because I almost feel like one of the players. 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:40.760 Because when I was listening to the terminology of the 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.280 plays today that when they were calling an offense, I 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:46.200 again was thinking about these guys how difficult it is 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:49.200 to try to understand what they're saying in the huddle 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.240 within a couple day period of time. And you see 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.280 the mistakes, You see the adjustments of the quarterbacks need 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:57.880 to make and stuff. But then you want to see 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:01.440 those mental mistakes minimal eyes by the time the game 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.760 gets here, because that's one thing you can have of 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.960 evaluation of yourself as a bunch of mental errors. My 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.800 eyes are not moving very far from the line of scrimmage. 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.560 I just want to see what is available in the trenches. 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:16.960 Both sides of the ball. Looking at both of those 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.760 and the rest of it will fall into place. For me. 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.200 That's where my eyes are going. I'm certain the same 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.320 applies to you now. I'm looking at everything else too, 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:31.599 but my sincere, fierce focus is on the trenches. It's well, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.600 it's got to be if you really want to take 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:37.160 an example from this past weekend's football games. In no 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.200 matter how big the quarterback positions were for all of them, 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:42.320 it really came down to the play of the offense 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.359 and defensive line in the winning and the losing team. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.320 So you'd be a little naive to think that you 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:51.680 had everything set up for next year going forward, because 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.359 this is a team that you know you could you 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.599 would welcome as many as those offense and defensive lineman 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.040 as you could get here to get involved in the 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:04.400 competition and hopefully, you know, get a future position and 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.160 that we've seen what Braxon Jones was capable of doing. 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.040 That nobody's out of the competition once they get here. 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.040 That's Tom Fair. I'm Jeff Joniak, our producer tonight on 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.080 our Score Studios. Adams Didzinski is always thanks to Dan 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.760 Billy and Jordan drud Up as well, we're brought to 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.240 you by Igs Energy again, Jim Miller to join us 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.200 and also Kevin Fishbain from the Athletic Couple and news 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.640 items today, our old pal John Hulk coming back to 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:31.440 the Bears cornerback coach and passing game coordinator with James 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:35.040 Roe headed to South Florida, the University of South Florida 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:39.520 as a defensive coordinator down there. But love big John, 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:43.240 outstanding guy, tough coach, got a whole guy's accountable back 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.080 there in the secondary. That's the way he rolls. He 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:49.599 has the familiarity obviously in this scheme with with Lovey 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:53.360 Smith and the Tampa two and the different aspects of it. 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.279 But he was with Atlanta last season. He's been around 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.640 for forty one years in coaching, has been a long time, 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.400 and it's he still brings the fire. Oh you know, 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.840 I love John. I was really excited to see that 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:09.039 he's bringing brought back aboard. We did get to see 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.920 and talk to him in the Atlanta game. And it's 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.280 still a guy that I really think he loves the 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:17.000 time that he's spent here in Chicago in his past 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:21.040 coaching stops, and I think he's a real asset to 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.800 the defensive backfield of this team. A new quality control 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.479 coach on offense, Zach Cable comes Aboard has been spent 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:30.520 some time with the Raiders. Also was a player at Wyoming. 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.160 Omar Young, who's been on the Bear staff this past season, 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.800 is now assistant quarterback coach and receivers coach, helping out 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.280 in nav Regarding Carlos Suber does a great job up 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:41.920 there helping the players. Has been given the title of 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.599 Director of Wellness. There are some other positions as well, 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.360 including our man Pierre in the strength and conditioning department. 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.680 Time we love him. He's got a passion for this 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.479 organization as well. Yeah, well, you know, Pierre's coming back 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.080 to be an assisting part of the weight room staff 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.360 over there, and he believes in lifting heavy weights and 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:04.600 getting guy stronger. He's raised around plenty of influences around 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.159 the NFL, and no bigger than the weight room he'll 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:09.920 be working in in the Clyde Emrick weight Room. And 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.280 so I think it's exciting for all these guys to 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:16.360 get back involved in the new campus of Hollis Hall 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:18.640 and get a chance to see what the Bears have 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:22.360 grown into since the time the short time they've been gone, 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.800 and whilst also significant is there, there wasn't a massive 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:30.160 change even after one year. Oftentimes units get you know, 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.360 jumbled up, there's changes made, guys get taken away for 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.280 other jobs, and that did not happen this year, which 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.480 I think is important for the continued development and the 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.560 continued building of this team. For the one and most 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.880 important player of all is Justin Fields and I keep 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.280 saying a time and time again that the opportunity to 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:53.040 live and stay within the same terminology helps you improve 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.480 as a player more than anything that a coach can 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.680 kind of tell you or give you hints how to 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.480 get better at on the football field. So to me, 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.280 of all these coaches that are coming back, I'm glad 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:07.240 that the terminology terminology for Justin is in place. All right. 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:11.360 Tom Brady retired today, the passing of Bobby Bethard, one 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:15.800 of the best personnel. Men met him many times. Complete gentlemen. 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:20.360 Love the game, love surfing, love surfing. We'll get into 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.000 that a little bit as well, And Jim Miller will 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.080 join us when we come back with Tom Thayer. I'm 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.760 Jeff Joniac. This is Bears on Access. It's brought to 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.360 you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:40.440 The Score. Welcome back to Bears. All access is brought 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.120 to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:46.240 home at igs dot com because every good choice adds 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.760 up to a better world. Jeff Joniac, Tom Thayer here 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.160 on the score. And it's a better world when Jim 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.000 Miller's in it from sirius x M. NFL radio's moving 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.920 the change, getting his h He's getting his phil of 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.960 football right now covering conference championship game and now down 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:05.000 in Mobile, Alabama, after he just completed his work on 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.839 serious sex. M Jim, how you feeling, buddy, I'm doing great, Tom, Jeff, 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.080 good to be with you guys today. You had some 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.520 travel issues this week, right, you're all settled down now, 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:18.599 did you just you know down? Yeahs. Every flight in 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:23.320 America getting delayed right now, So delays were definitely. I 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.120 know some gms down here that at flew commercial and 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.480 they got delayed, like Scott Fitterer was late getting into today. 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.800 Obviously they were announcing Frank Roik as a new head 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.040 coach of the Carolina Panthers, but did interview Scott Fitterer today. 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.679 But even he said he was delayed, so it's not 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.120 just pertaining to just me, but yeah, it was rough 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:44.600 getting a mobile. All right. We start with this because 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.160 you were a teammate of his. Uh. The immaculate career 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.520 of Tom Brady comes to a close twenty three years, 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:55.600 seven titles, five Super Bowl MVPs, three regular season MVPs, 0:09:56.160 --> 0:10:00.120 records galore, including six hundred forty nine touchdowns, and he 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.880 retires after being the third highest passing yardage total in 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.800 the league this past season in twenty five touchdowns. I 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:11.080 mean amazing. And I guess it was going to end sometime. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:15.120 And the suspicion was that he might consider or other 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:18.839 teams would consider him elsewhere, but he pulled up in 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:22.600 earlier this morning. Any thoughts on that surprises We'll start 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.680 with you, Jim and go to town. Well, no, I'm 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.880 not surprised. I think it could have gone either way. 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.120 I think he's been fighting this decision for a long time. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.160 Certainly it took a personal toll on him last year, 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.600 as you know, their family and everything that they went 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.880 through there, and I think he's given all that he 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.319 can give. You know, it is such a big commitment. 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.920 The older you get, Um, he does have other opportunities 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.640 to do other things, and so he came to it 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.800 that it was it was the right time for him. 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:52.960 Do I think he can still play, Yes, I do 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:56.080 think he can still play. Now. Kenny positioned himself to 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:57.760 get on a team where he feels he could make 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.600 a championship run. I don't think that team is Tampa, 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:04.240 and that's probably where he turned to because they've got 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.520 some overhauling that they need to do. This was kind 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.719 of their window with Tom Brady here, and I think 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:13.160 that windows starting to close a little bit. So all 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.960 I can say for Tom is everything that all the 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.880 adulation that is thrown at him, and it is well deserved. 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:23.680 He is an extremely hard worker. How he prepares for games, 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:27.280 he is all in. I've never seen anybody prepared to 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:30.679 the standard that he prepares himself. And I think he's 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.400 genuine and I think he's authentic. So I just I 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.600 tip my cap to him. He will be a first 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.520 ballot Hall of Famer, and he has deserved everything that 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.640 he has accomplished just due to his work ethic. You 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:43.960 know one thing about players like Tom Brady, and you know, 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.280 I think of Michael Jordan, I think of Lebron James, 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:49.559 these guys that play well into their late thirties and 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.440 their forties. I don't think a lot about what they 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.360 do on game day because I think once the season 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:58.559 gets started, you kind of fall into a routine, in 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.319 a rhythm that starts the first game of the regular 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:04.240 season and last all the way to the last game 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.400 of the regular season. The most amazing thing about me 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.360 about his long term greatness is their commitment to the 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.360 off season. And if you understand what you have to 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.240 do in the off season in order to get your 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.920 body for the regular season, there is nothing fun about it. 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:20.800 Is you have to have the willingness to go to 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.480 a squat rack and take six hundred pounds off of 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.240 it and hope that your knees don't give away once 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:29.080 you unlock them. To start doing reps there, you got 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:32.680 to try to accomplish a five hundred pound bench. That 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:35.520 maybe be unrealistic, but that's what you have to try 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:39.240 to accomplish. So all these years of service that Tom 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:43.120 Brady is put into the off season that goes unaccounted for, 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:49.800 I think it's fatiguing and taxing and anything that he's 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.600 done on the football field as a football player. His 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.600 commitment to the off season is what impresses me the most. 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.560 All Right, Jimmy played quarterback, Tommy played offensive line. There 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:02.360 are things that these guys, the greats of the game, 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.880 can do that you can't despite the fact you want 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.520 to and your mind thinks you can. Both you guys, 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.280 h how do you what's the one thing about Tom 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:15.640 Brady that you, Jim have analyzed over the course of 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:17.760 the time being with him, being in those meeting rooms 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.960 and observing him as you have your entire football life 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.840 that still impressed you to this meant like, what specific 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.960 thing about the way he played the game? Well, for 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:32.199 what Tom touched on is the commitment, you know, in 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.120 in preparing yourself. And it can't just be all in 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.520 one area, you know, because you're trying to maximize your 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:42.240 areas of weakness and you're still trying to build your 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.120 strengths and things like that. But for me, it was preparation. 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:48.360 I'll go back to Super Bowl thirty nine. In the 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.679 week or the two weeks part to that. We we 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.880 went down and we beat h Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. We 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.160 had to go into three rivers and beat that team. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.120 Tom had a terrible flu all right. He had one 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.760 hundred and three degree temperature and was not feeling well. 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.480 It was even questionable that he was going to play 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:08.600 in the game. But I remember early in the morning 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.880 he calls me and Rohan Davy said, Hey, let's just 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.560 go down to the to the room and let's go 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:17.679 over all these plays one more time. Let's think of 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.880 all blitzes that could they could throw at us, and 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.280 I want to go through all the scenarios. And we 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:27.480 did that, and he was sweating profusely. He was getting, 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.160 you know, drinking as many fluids as he could. He 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.560 played the game with a basically a dry suit on 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.800 to keep all his heat in because it was so cold. 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.240 It was like minus thirteen degrees at that game. But 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:42.160 we did. He has the ability to focus when you're 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.240 not one hundred percent. And as Tom will tell you, 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.120 everybody knows you're not always going to feel good when 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.360 you play football. And here he was sick on top 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.880 of it. It's the day or it's the game prior 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.000 to the to the Super Bowl, and he knows he's 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.480 got to be at his best. But his commitment, even 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:02.000 fighting through a sick and what he wanted to do 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:05.560 to prepare to win that game, and he was. He 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.040 was brilliant in that game. Guys. I mean, I don't 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:11.360 think he made one mistake. We went over every single blitz. 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:15.040 Sure enough, Steelers ran every single blitz that they could 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.840 run at Tom that day, and he he was just masterful. 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.840 So I for me, that's what I'd take out of him. 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.920 His greatness one. His preparation and when you need to 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.760 be at your best for your team in any big 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:32.120 time situation, he was always prepared. And that's why he 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.840 makes it look easy. The good ones, the great players 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.920 make it look easy, and Tom made it look easy 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.280 that night. Tom, do you have an offensive lineman that 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:45.400 you could put on that same kind of Brady esque like, Wow, 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.920 I can't believe what this individual can do down in 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:53.960 and down out year after year. Um, I don't think so. 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:55.800 As long as I'd like to sit here and think 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.960 about guys that have recently played, you know, into their 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.920 seventeen the eighteenth year. It's so different than a quarterback, 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.880 and you think of Jim talking about his pregame preparation 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.080 and yeah, you're an offensive lineman. You have to know 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.160 your responsibility and protection and every run play but you 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.960 don't have to know the responsibility of every eleven all 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.560 the eleven defensive players that you're facing, and they can 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:21.040 make changes throughout the cadence. So from what Brady has 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:25.200 been able to accomplish, Listen, we're not talking about tons 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.320 of guys here. We're talking out a handful of guy 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:32.520 from spread out sports that have been able to accomplish 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:36.080 what Tom Brady has been able to accomplish. So, you know, 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.760 could I sit here and think of guys like Darryl Green, 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.960 who played cornerback for a long time with the Washington 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.400 Commanders Redskins at the time. No, it doesn't. It doesn't 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:49.120 compare to me because Brady was able to accomplish what 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.720 he's been able to accomplish for such a long period 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.040 of time. And then but two was also when he 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.680 got the notification about being a player. It's not something 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.840 you prepare for. Hey, Drew bledsoe just got jacked in 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.239 the chest. You're in so you know what, It's not 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:05.720 like you get to sit there and look at the 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:07.880 tablet for twenty minutes and then say, all right, coach, 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:09.919 I'm ready to go in. I think I got it. 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.399 That's where you and Tom are on the same page 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.840 because that happened to you in the eighty five season 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.040 in Minnesota, same thing, and you never left the lineup. Right, 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.199 there's the tieing again, you know it's not there is 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.800 no tie. And compared to what Brady was able to do, 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.919 the pressure that he was under, and then what he 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:31.000 did in the future of that opportunity, ZGM. I try 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.200 to give an offensive linement a compliment, they just can't 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.840 take it. They won't. They won't accept it. They never will. 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.239 And that's the way they're built. They're too humble, and 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.320 that's why they're the smartest guys on the team. All Right, 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.640 we gotta take a break, guys, we'll start getting into 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:48.240 the Bears and what is ahead as they get ready 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:53.000 for this offseason of significance. This is Bears All Access 0:17:53.280 --> 0:18:00.359 here in Chicago's Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back, 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.200 everybody to Bears All Access here in Chicago Sports Radio 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.480 six seventy the Score. Jeff Joni Act, Tom Fair, and 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.240 I guess from serious x M NFL radios, Moving the chains. 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:12.639 Jim Miller and our good friend and your teammate, Oland Cruz. 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:17.400 Jim just texted Bruce Matthews. We're talking about longevity, excellence, 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:21.280 things that Brady ish and he did play a sixteen 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:23.960 game season at the age of forty with the Tennessee Titans. 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:27.680 You know, one that's your classmate. He's my era man, 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:32.000 he's my my draft classmate. You know, USC guy, I'm 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:36.520 ashamed that I forgot that, and I you know, well, 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.840 I'm sure, yeah, I'm glad Oland's listening because, uh if 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:44.720 Oland will remember when we played Washington in Washington at 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.320 that point, they picked up Bruce Smith and he was 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:49.000 a problem for us that day. I think it was 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:52.240 his nineteenth year in the NFL, and that was the 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.359 game where bread mate who ran the fake punt right 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:56.440 and it hits the lacquer for a touchdown? Yeah, that's 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:59.240 old field or the fake Fiel goal and uh hit 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.920 the hit the the touchdown, and Bruce was a problem. Man. 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.080 I remember walking in a half to time. I said, man, Bruce, 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:08.399 you still have it. I mean he was really working 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.679 the guys up front. And as we know, Oland's tremendous 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:14.280 and Chris Phalerio and Tucker, I mean, those guys are 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:16.359 as strong as anybody, but they'll even tell you he 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:20.119 was a handful that day for Bruce Smith. I just 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:23.240 want to just go back in time because you're talking 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:26.359 about the last game after nineteen years. Well, a very 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:29.879 first game. We played him at Notre Dame Stadium in 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:33.520 a preseason game and he was like three hundred and 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:37.480 something pounds. He was a big, huge, rollie poly guy 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:40.160 that was so out of shape. The grass was so 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:44.240 long at Notre Dame Stadium he could barely pick his 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:47.280 feet up off the grass. I think he ended up 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:50.120 getting hurt or something. And then that's we're like going, 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:52.920 oh my god, this is Bruce Smith, no way. And 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:58.080 then he met Rusty Jones was introduced to the StairMaster. 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:03.040 In his career completely changed because of it. Great stuff. 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:05.919 This Segota Bears all access brought to you by Athletical 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:09.000 Physical Deraby. Visit Athletico dot com to request an employment 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.200 in clinic or virtually and start feeling better tomorrow. All right, 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:15.639 let's talk Bears because Luke Getsi, the head coach of 0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:19.600 the American team during Senior Bowl activities, the offensive coordinator 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:22.520 of the Bears. They had the breakfast meeting. Were you 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:25.159 at the breakfast meeting today? I did not go to 0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:28.840 the breakfast meeting today, but I was over here at 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:31.920 the stadium about ten o'clock is when the festivities get 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:33.919 started over here. Yeah, you don't need to give me 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:35.840 the time, you know. I know you slept into Tad 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:38.440 then apparently, but you know, I trust you. I trust 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:40.600 that you're doing the work. But the breakfast meeting was 0:20:40.600 --> 0:20:43.760 at eight thirty gym eight thirty and the media breakfast. 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:45.840 So what I'm driving at is he did get a 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:48.320 chance to talk to the Chicago media. I don't have 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:50.600 that audio right now, but jim a lot of it. 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:52.879 Everybody wants to know what the plan is now for 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:59.000 Justin Fields and the idea that people are on Internet 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:03.639 and Twitter going crazy about scenarios including would they move him, 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:06.400 would they keep them and bring somebody else into compete 0:21:06.400 --> 0:21:09.360