WEBVTT - Doug Plank helps preview Bears vs. Cardinals | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.679 Right justin middle of the field forty five to fifteen, 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:05.720 bring Russ in front of a leading Lions in this way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:12.039 I am Jeff joniyancklitz is on don go r What 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:14.360 was like playing for Coachy boddom Ah. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.000 I don't want to answer any questions like that. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:17.439 Sixty one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:19.160 What's Sunday stroll. 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:20.040 For justin Field? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.400 Ye Bears, et cetera with the voices of the Chicago 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:34.800 Bears Jeff Joniac who challenge waits the Bears this Sunday. 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.560 It is Christmas Even A three twenty five kickoff into 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:40.159 the Bears and the Arizona Cardinals. Kyler Murray coming to 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:41.839 town and Jonathan Gannon, the new head coach of the 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:44.680 Arizona Cardinals, brings a three win outfit to Soldier Field. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.000 We'll have it for you starting at three twenty five 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:49.280 on ESPN one thousand of the Bears Radio Network with 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.680 Tom Thayra. I'm Jeff Joniak and this is episode forty 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:54.520 four of Our Bears et Cetera podcast coming up. We'll 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:58.520 be joined by Doug Flank, the ferocious Bears safety. The 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:03.480 forty six defense invented by Buddy Ryan because of the 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:05.200 blonde bombshell, and we'll talk to him. 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:06.280 We always love talking to Doug. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.160 He's still doing national work on radio and has keen 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.839 insight on the Arizona Cardinals and your Chicago Bears. 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:12.160 Tom. 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.240 I know the Bears suffered that defeat and it sucked 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.679 the wind out of everybody in Cleveland. But I'm certainly 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.559 very excited about Sunday. I know it's a holiday. People 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.160 are gonna be listening, people are gonna be watching if 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:25.240 you're on the road, going to family or whatever. I 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:29.040 love talking to our fans on the holiday because holiday 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.760 and football goes together. In recent years, we've had some 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:35.600 Christmas Day games, some Christmas Eve games, and whoever shows 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:37.320 up at Sojier Field on Sunday, I think they'll be 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:40.600 entertained with two mobile quarterbacks like Kyler Murray and Justin Fields. 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:41.679 Yeah, you know. 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:46.080 Kyler Murray is interesting to watch on tape because although 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.920 I've never been a huge fan of his, just because 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.960 I didn't know if that his size was gonna be 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:57.360 usable and his escapability was gonna be an asset. 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:58.120 At the NFL level. 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.800 But I gotta say, when I watch him on tape, 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:07.120 I see a player with his assets, plays with extreme confidence. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.720 He's got great escapability. He's willing to throw across his body. 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.920 He's willing to throw across the field. He's willing to 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:18.440 extend pockets to for one of his receivers to get open. 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:22.480 But also he's willing to drop if he feels pressure 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:24.840 rather than taking a hard hitting sack. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.280 He'll go to the ground and go to the next play. 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:32.280 And sometimes that acceptability is you know, keeps them healthy 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.680 and on the field. So I'm really interested to watch 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:42.160 two dynamic, young developing quarterbacks this Christmas Eve. 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:43.280 Coming off that Aco. 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.720 He hasn't played a lot obviously this year from from 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.480 last season and the Cliff Kingsbury experiment didn't work out 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.360 there in Arizona. That led to Jonathan Gannon. But you 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.320 know they've signed him to a big contract. But is 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.440 this home for him? Is this gonna be Kyler Murray's 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.560 football team moving forward? This is a three win team 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.560 that's going to a high draft pick and could be 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.240 interested maybe in one of those quarterbacks that are coming out. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:06.679 Yeah, they could also be interested in the big time 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.520 receiver because if you look at Kyler Murray, you know 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:13.360 he's got an explosive arm, he's got great confidence and 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:17.000 he's got great you know wherewithal in terms of the 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:20.120 passing game and how to extend the time behind the 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:22.440 line of scrimmage to make sure one of those receivers 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.000 get open. So if you have a contract that you've 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.920 already signed Kyler Murray to, and you have a high 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.359 draft choice where maybe you can get one of those 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:34.680 top two or three receivers that have an immediate impact 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:38.560 on your offense, you know, maybe that's the route to go. 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.640 You bring in a head coach. Kyler Murray is understanding 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.560 of the terminology and the development of the system. He 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:47.800 had time to wait until he actually had to play because, 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.680 as you mentioned, the recovery of the knee injury. 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.680 So it is the fastest route to success. 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:55.400 Because it seemed like they have a tight end in 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:59.760 place who's a real weapon on this offense. James Connor 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:02.760 is a really good running back. So just think if 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:06.840 you add another receiver to this football team that can 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.520 kind of play off of the other you know assets 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:11.760 they already have on this team. 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:13.800 Yeah, and they do have an excellent second year tight 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:15.760 end and Trey McBride, somebody the Bears are gonna have 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.400 to be keenly interested in given what David and Joku 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.320 did a we could go to the Bears with ten 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.680 catches and over one hundred yards and the lost to Cleveland. 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:23.840 Murray is the guy. 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.200 Obviously, he will steal yards outside the pocket because of 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.400 his mobility. He does not take a lot of hits. 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.880 Tom He will slide out or get away without getting touched. 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.240 He is maneuverable in that pocket. And I call him 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:37.039 tiny but mighty. 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:38.760 I agree one hundred percent. 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.560 Again, you know, I'm kind of old school in the 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:46.320 way that I've looked at you know, height and as 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.560 an importance for the quarterback position. You know, when Doug 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.440 Flutie really proved a lot of us wrong in terms of, 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:56.039 you know, longevity at the position and how good you 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.600 could possibly be. And I didn't know what to think 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.719 God Kyler, But like I said said at the beginning 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.960 of the program, I really admire his confidence and he's 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.520 willing to do a lot of things. But can you 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:10.400 block passes? Can you surround him in the pocket? Can 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:14.440 you try to keep him from really seeing the receivers downfield? 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:14.839 Yes? 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:18.120 However, like you said, if he gets outside the pocket, 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:22.600 he's got incredible sliding ability because of his baseball background, 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.719 but he also can convert pressure into a first down 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:28.880 by when he does get outside the pocket. 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:32.240 Cardinals made some noise with Murray during the early portion 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:34.200 of his career, but just seven and twenty four the 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.560 last two seasons, obviously missing the end of last season 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.760 and the early portion of this year, so they got 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:40.400 a lot of work. 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:41.279 To do to make it happen. 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:44.280 But they feel they got one of their franchise cornerstones 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.200 at one of the tackle positions in Paris Johnson. He's 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.200 had his ups and downs this season, a fair amount 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.600 of penalties, I think tied for second in offensive penalties 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:56.120 this year, but a really good left tackle from Florida 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:59.840 DJ Humphries and so pieces Will Hernandez the guard is 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.400 an nasty blocker. He will root you out in the 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.159 run game. What's your look at their offense overall? Hollywood 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.599 Brown to the outside at receivers, got some speed as well. 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:11.200 So the offense not scoring a ton, but a dangerous 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:11.960 outfit indeed. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.320 Yeah, but I think the offensive line, when you're talking 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:18.720 about having all those five pieces in place for a 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.680 period of time, they have to learn the quarterback and 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.400 how to play with the quarterback they have, because when 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.280 you talk about a protection, there's an exact there's a 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:32.000 real specific how you want to make sure that you 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.360 have your hands in place as an offensive lineman and 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.080 where you try to get to. But also if you 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:42.919 have the uncertainty of Kyler Murray and maybe if you 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.400 think the protection strength is to the right but he 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.640 takes off of the left, that kind of makes you 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:52.080 vulnerable to penalties at time. So I think it's a 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.479 process where you have to have a head coach that 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.520 understands the willingness of the quarterback and then how to 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.680 work with an offensive line if you can keep them 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:00.839 in play for a while. 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:03.520 So I'm still trying to figure out how the forty 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.359 nine ers gave up over two hundred yards of the 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:08.280 Cardinals the number one rushing defense in the NFL. Is 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.480 this put you on alert for the Bears defensive front seven. 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.760 Oh one hundred percent? But I think you so if 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.640 you're a defensive coordinator. 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.240 Jeff, you've been around the NFL long enough and then 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:21.960 you're getting ready to play against the Arizona Cardinals. So 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:25.440 where do you start with when you're talking about limiting 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.240 the success of their offense. Do you start with the 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:33.880 arm of Kyler Murray, the escapability of Kyler Murray, or 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.960 the running ability of their running backs? Because they have 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.760 a couple of good running backs that run hard, they 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:41.640 have explosiveness, and they get outside. 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.280 So what's your first goal? 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.560 And I think whether you're a play by play guy 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:49.760 evaluating how you look at the Arizona Cardinals or you're 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.480 a defensive coordinator, what is your first goal? So I 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.600 think that's what you kind of have to look at 0:07:55.640 --> 0:08:00.240 when you're looking at the Arizona Cardinals and limiting their success. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.000 Up the run period. Michael Carter also a jitterbug back. 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:05.960 He was a waiver claim from the Jets not just 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.760 a few months ago, in the early portion of November, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.640 and he can do some damage as well. We're brought 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.400 to you by PNC Official Bank of the Bears with 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.760 Tom Thayer Jeff Joniak. All right, let's take a look 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.120 at that defense, and it is a little bit of 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.160 an interesting adjustment for the Bears to take a look 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:23.640 at because they throw a lot of different personnel packages. 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:27.480 Jonathan Gannon worked for Matt Eberfluss as a defensive back 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.920 coach for the Colts. For several years, so they know 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.280 each other very well, but operates a slightly different kind 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.679 of defense, doesn't he he does. 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.280 You know, I was interesting watching the tape of them 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.120 because it's almost like a. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:46.360 Five one five approach when because you know. 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.640 There's an interesting because you're gonna have five men against 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.439 the across the defensive line of scrimmage, but they're all 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.880 up at the line of scrimmage. So that means when 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.760 you call a pass protection, the offensive lineman are you're 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:01.040 you're responsible for everybody up front, and then you'll have 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.160 a linebacker that runs really well kind of that in 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.959 the middle position, and then all of a sudden, you're 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.400 going to have a lineup defensive backs. They may line 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:14.880 up straight across a line that's about twelve yards behind 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:19.120 the offensive lineup scrimmage, and now the quarterback has to 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:20.920 figure out who they're going to cover, how they're going 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.240 to cover. Is it going to be man coverage, is 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.720 it going to be zone coverage, or are they going 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:27.600 to bring one of those bodies up to the line 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:31.440 of scrimmage to provide an extra personnel of pressure. And 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.920 it's going to be interesting to see how they do 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.680 go about attacking this defense, and you know, the one 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.560 thing about it, if you get a defensive coordinator that 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.839 plays an unconventional style and a defense and they have 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.720 success with it, they're going to stay with it. It's 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:50.600 not like if you don't have success against it, they 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.679 won't change. So that's one thing that the Bears are 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.440 going to have to do is they're going to have 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.200 to have some explosive plays both in the running game 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.439 Justin's escapability and downfield passing. 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.560 Visy heart Seltzer, the official heart Seltzer of the Chicago Bears. 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.920 That defensive line for Arizona, they will do some damage. 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.000 They've got a variety of different guys, all shapes, all 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:16.360 kinds of speed. Bj Aujulry, their young outside linebacker, is 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:18.800 talent that he's got rush ability and is very slippery. 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:23.280 Dennis Gardek, who went to Crystal Lake South, really was 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:28.680 not recruited very heavily, went into colleges and including Division 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:33.440 two West Virginia State, wound up at Sioux Falls College undrafted, 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.360 and he's got forty five tackles in five sacks this 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:39.280 year and a really great resume as a veteran on 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:42.960 special teams with over fifty special teams tackles. Boy, you 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.360 talk about getting there the hard way for a local guy, 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:46.640 that's the hard way right there. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:50.520 I listen, man, I love guys like that because the 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:52.240 game is important to them. 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.400 If they're not going to Division I school and they. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.559 Got to be coddled through three or four years of 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.440 college and tell them every day how great they are 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.080 and how important they are to the program and what. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:04.640 They're going to do at the next level. 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:09.800 I like these guys that show how important getting through 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:15.120 the ranks so they can get a professional evaluation, and 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.280 then when they get their helmet and a professional team, 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:19.840 they do the most to keep. 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:21.239 It and have success. 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.800 I mean there's guys from the Bears and every team 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:28.200 across the NFL that have had that type of success. 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:30.760 You look at Big Cat Williams going to Cheney State. 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.920 You know how he turns into the one of the 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.559 best offensive tackles in the history of the Bears. So 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.960 it's when it's important to you, it tells me a 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.520 lot about what you're able to accomplish. 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.960 Look at Richard Dent, You're a good friend. I mean, right, 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.640 same store, right, same story. 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:52.319 Right, I mean exactly. But you know some of these schools. 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.600 You know, it's always interesting to look at a roster 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:56.559 and you look at some of the schools that I've 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.719 still and have never heard of, that these guys are 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.360 on an NFL roster and they're having a successful career. 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:08.200 You know, listen, man, I really I admire them because 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.360 you know, I went to Notre Dame and I set 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.120 my sights on the NFL, and I had the opportunity 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.880 because we are on national TV every week. When you 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.640 have these guys that they have the size, the ability, 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.720 and the gifts that you need physically to get to 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:25.200 this level and then they're able to accomplish that, I 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.280 have all the admiration in the world for them. 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:30.320 Take a chance download the bet Rivers app. Today we 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.439 also got to talk about Buddha Baker. He is their 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.040 kind of their tempo setter, I would guess, not unlike 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.600 in many respects and who he's growing into, Jakwan Brisker, 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.640 but Buddha Baker been around a bit, just twenty seven 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.960 years old, but a highly instinctive player with an urgency 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.479 to his game. He packs a punch, don't he, Tommy. 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.280 Yeah, he does. He's always been good. You know, this 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.839 is not a guy that's you know, waited his time. 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.600 He's been good since he came into the NFL, And yeah, 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:00.439 you know, he's the type of guy that you can 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:04.080 build a defensive backfield around, and you can have him 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.040 like Chakwan Brisker, line up at a lot of different 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:11.400 levels and take advantage of personnel groupings that the offense 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.679 is putting out there and sometimes put him at as 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.599 an advantage. Is he quicker than a tight end? Is 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:21.040 he stronger than a wide receiver blocker? How do you 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.600 deploy him? Is you know, you're always going to get 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:24.520 value from him? 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:28.480 And Josh Woods, the former Bear three years special teams, 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.760 a guy who always believed himself, went to Detroit Lands 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.760 in Arizona. He's a starter Tommy with sixty one tackles 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.080 and he's getting the calls and making the calls for 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.880 the defense at that linebacker position. The one thing you 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.880 know to expect from Josh is high energy and he 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.199 had a lot of belief in himself. 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:46.120 He plays urgently. 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:51.000 Congratulations to him because I kind of lost track of 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:52.720 him and I said, I don't know if this guy's 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:56.400 really a legitimate NFL player. You know, he can dance 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.480 a lot at practice. But he made a couple of 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.640 special teams early in his career, and he ran as 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:07.800 well as anybody on the field. I'm including fast cornerbacks, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:11.200 big time receivers. And I said, Okay, if this guy 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.920 can ever take his God given gifts and turn him 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:18.559 into a football player, no matter what position they put 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.760 him at, he's got the ability to play. But it's 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:26.920 someone really taking not necessarily a chance at him, but 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.400 finding out where and how he fits best. And obviously 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.320 he's shown these coaches where it is. 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.840 Another player I like on the Arizona Cardinals from just 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.520 watching tape is the box safety Jalen Thompson. Another player 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.200 who plays near the line of scrimmage with an attitude. 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.200 That's the one thing that I've noticed on this group. 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.800 There's a lot of high motor guys that played through 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.040 the whistle and they do punch him many. They're an 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.800 aggressive bunch and they play with their hair on fire. 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.320 Despite their record of just three wins, the Bears are 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.600 going to have to match that intensity on Christmas Eve 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:58.320 at Soldier Field. 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:02.040 In my opinion, listen, you know they fired Cliff Kingsbury, 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.960 who was an offensive minded head coach, came from a 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.880 high profile program in college and they didn't have success. 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.040 So they go, Okay, we're going to go out. We're 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.080 going to find a head coach that has a defense background, 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.280 and what type of players do you have already there, 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.600 and what type of new players do I need? And 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.040 I think that's really the thing about this defense and 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:26.760 why they're playing so well is because you have a young, creative, 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.360 defensive minded coach that goes, Okay, I think I have 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.440 a group of personnel here that I can develop that 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.960 are really good at their position, or you know, maybe 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:38.160 I can change a little bit about their style of 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.160 play and get better play out of them. 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:43.560 Game day snacking calls for good foods. Chucky guacamodi made 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.760 with has avocados, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, and a squeeze of 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.160 lime juice. It's the perfect snack to watch while the 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.560 Bears win. Score some today at your local grocery store. 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:55.400 Game Day is guac Day. Time out to switch gears 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.600 and bring in our old friend and former Chicago Bear 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.280 is Great, one of the top one hundred history. Tom 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.960 and I are tickled right now. We miss seeing him 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.960 around Chicago. We see him every now and again. 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:07.320 The unbelievable. 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:11.160 Chicago Bears safety still looks like he can play. There's 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.080 not a wrinkle on his face, and he's still got 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:16.440 the blonde hair. Are you dying your hair, Doug Plank, No. 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.160 I wish I wish I was. Though. It's you know, 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:23.600 it's it's amazing how how we look it matters in 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:25.400 what we say, don't you think, Jeff. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.000 I mean, it's like, the better you will, the more 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:28.840 credibility you have. 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:35.280 And it's just like I frequently speak to younger people athletes, and. 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.080 It's important for me to look like I could tackle somebody. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.120 I could throw football, I could catch it football. 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.720 If I come rolling down there at two hundred and 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.080 eighty nine pounds or whatever, and I can. 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.880 Barely walk, I got my knees are shot, they're already shot. 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.560 But I have to look like, hey, listen, this guy 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.600 could at least play for a couple of plays. 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:56.760 And you know, Doug clide Emeric used to say that 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:59.960 all the time. He always used to say, you know, Tom, 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.800 he got to think about the big picture. He goes, 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.359 when you meet people and you meet kids twenty thirty 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:10.200 years after you're done playing, you want them to recognize 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:15.200 that you were a football player at one time, instead. 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:20.159 Of instead of somebody saying, what happened to you? Where 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.439 is Dug Plank at? Somewhere inside that two hundred and 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:29.440 eighty pound body, Dug Plank is hiding out. So I'll 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:31.680 give this for the surgeries I've had. Though I've had 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:35.200 the poor joint replacements, the knees and the shoulders, it's 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:40.080 been a blessing because it's reduced my ability to have 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.879 to deal with pain every single day, you know, so 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:49.080 it allows you maybe I'm wearing it out though I'm 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.720 still bench pressing. And last time I went to the doctor, 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.800 he goes, what have you been doing, Doug, And I said, well, 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:57.800 I've been bench pressing. He goes how much. I said, 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:00.320 four hundred pounds. He goes, if you want to come 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:03.600 in for another surgery. Keep doing what you're doing, He said, 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:05.640 you are wearing your joints out. 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:08.040 So, guys, I will stand here. 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:11.879 I'm trying to look ten years down the road and say, Okay, 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:14.760 I'm gonna need this joint for another ten years, so 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:16.280 I need to wise up. 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.600 You know what Tom told me. Tom told me abs 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:20.879 and calves are the hardest things to develop. You do 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:21.800 you have abs and cabs? 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:23.400 Are you? Are you sporting a six pack? 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:28.520 Yes, I am, I am. You know what you know 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:32.480 with muscle is more dense than fat, And I think 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:37.440 I can say the word fat, So you maybe don't 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:39.840 look like it, but you know you're you're denser and 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:44.760 you're heavier. And but you know I enjoy lifting weights. 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.200 You know, I call it a walk through workout. Every 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.960 room in my house has weights. So as I walk 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:52.880 through my house from my kitchen to my bedroom, I'm 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:57.560 lifting weights, doing sit ups, doing pushups, uh, doing band 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.639 I've got bands. Every room is different, so it's not 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:03.719 like I get bored doing something. No, I can do everything. 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:05.520 I like to go jump in my pool later on 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:06.080 in the day. 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:08.639 I'll tell you right now before Tom jumps in, I 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:10.920 got to jump in because you're making me look bad 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.840 as a sixty one year old. I mean, Tom, I 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:17.000 mean I got people tell me, Hey, you gotta do X, 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.640 Y and Z. Yeah, I'll do it after the season, Doug, 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.920 I have no excuse after what you just laid out, 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:23.080 I have zero. 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:26.399 Excuses from this day forward. You are an inspiration. 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:29.040 You know what, if you want to really make yourself 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:29.680 feel guilty. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.760 Make sure you get a log like this, and you 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.840 log and you dictate everything you do every single day, 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:38.879 and you go wait till Sunday and go back and 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:39.280 look at. 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.760 Your past seven days. Are you proud of what you did? 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:43.919 Or is it a lot like this? 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.600 I woke up, I ate three meeals a day. I 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:48.560