WEBVTT - All Access: Burton, Kreutz talk 2019 season 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:04.520 Here. The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:08.639 Network and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.560 official mobile app for up to the minute Bears content 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:16.360 every day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:20.959 all excess passing to Chicago Bears Football. Bears All Access 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:25.760 is brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:30.200 Miller Lite and Hulu. Ally with you again, everybody. I'm 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.400 Jeff Joniak and welcome in. We are at Hallis Hall 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:37.400 where I'm across the table from a Bear's alumni, gree 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:41.080 Tom Tar. Tom, How are you doing it? Is? You 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.080 know what I mean? Because you have a sticker on 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:47.320 your chest, says ambass Ambassador. Well, it's really nice because 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:50.600 the Bears have invited a group of ex players to 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.199 come up here and be introduced to the new class 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.360 of rookies that are getting ready to start Rookie Minicamp tomorrow. 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:59.360 And there's over seventy guys in the room and that's 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:03.640 tryout eyes, draft choices, free agents, and we kind of 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.480 give about a minute or two of what our experiences 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.399 are and throughout our career, what it's our experiences of 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.440 living in Chicago and what are our experiences with the 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:16.959 Chicago Bears. And it's just a great opportunity to get 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.560 a chance to shake hands, meet him and let these 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.679 guys know they belong. And it's not excuse me, it's 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.479 not first round draft choice. Jay Hilgenberg, seven time Pro 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:29.279 Bowl free agent, Big Kat Williams free agent, a twelve 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.640 year player. So it's a group of guys from all 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.880 areas of the draft and free agency just to welcome 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:37.919 this young group of guys. It's just how they welcome 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:40.440 Jim Miller when he entered the NFL, right, you guys 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.440 that kind of welcome. Yeah, but a funny as six 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.319 round pick for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I'll tell you, 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.360 let's intimidating the locker room to go into. You had 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:51.760 some good players like Greg Lloyd and Rod Woodson and 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.080 all the players, and you knew, you know the same thing, 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.360 that toughness part of it. You had to live up 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:58.720 to it because it's kind of what the Bears players 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.880 at Tom's mentioned in those great defenses that the Bears 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.280 had in the eighty five and just the toughness that 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.680 they showed. It is kind of similar with the steel curtains. 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.880 So you better show up and you better be tough, 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.359 is what you had to represent. Well, these guys all 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:14.320 come in, and especially the tryout guys. In some cases 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.160 it may be the only tryout they have to get 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.000 on an NFL roster, and there have been plenty of 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.639 success stories by way of tryouts. Guys get on the field, 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.600 they make it the training camp, they impressed just enough 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:26.600 to get on the practice squad or maybe be on 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.200 the active roster, and then they work their way up 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.400 and eventually in a couple of years become something of 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:36.520 an impact player in their respective units. So it's not 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.280 an impossibility, and that's why it's it's always fun to 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:40.720 see these guys come in and give it a shot. 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:42.760 But there's also a little bit of a change in mentality. 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.000 And you know this, Jim, because these guys are they're 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:48.440 superstars of their college football teams. So they haven't been 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.520 in the back of the line, they haven't been having 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:54.480 to participate in the special teams of their college football 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:58.240 team because they were an impact player at their position. Well, 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.280 everything is reversed, and that was my message to the guys. 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:03.560 Is from the first game in my career to the 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.160 very last game in my career, I played on kickoff 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.480 return and I wasn't too humble for it. I was 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:11.840 I was glad to be a part of it, because 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:15.080 playing special teams is just as important as any position 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.600 out there. Yeah, well, you're gonna have to earn it. 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.680 It starts all over. It doesn't matter what you did 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.919 in college. Shoot, I mean tomorrow, look at all the 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.040 players that aren't even getting the fifth year options right now. 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.120 I mean those are first round draft picks that teams 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.120 are still somewhat undecided on, but four team players teams 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.440 have elected not to place the fifth year option for 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:37.240 whatever the reason. The way, uh, you know, I think 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.120 it's some of it's happenstance. You know. You look at 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.080 Jack Conklin and I follow him because he's out of 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.160 Michigan State. He was an eighth overall pick. This guy 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.560 was all Pro as a rookie, you know, for him 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.040 in the Tennessee Titans, I think it's more about injury 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.480 for him. You know, he tears his ACL and then 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:54.800 he comes back. Last year he only makes it in 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:58.200 nine games, So we'll see, you know, obviously this year 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.440 there's a lot on the line for him, So he's 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:02.160 a guy I thought, man, I would have thought they 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.600 would have placed the fifth year option, especially at top 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:07.280 ten pick when you look at him. But the other 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:11.680 guys and there's new coaching staffs. Those players weren't selected 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.400 for those coaches. There's new coaches around the league. Player 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.320 now doesn't fit the system that they're in. And some 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.200 it's just flat out poor play. Don't get me wrong there. 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.240 I mean they haven't lived up to the billing when 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:24.760 you look at some of the guys and why they 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.760 didn't put the fifth year option on those players. Bears 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:28.800 did do that though with Leonard Floyd. Tom, Yeah, and 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.640 I agree with that because I do think the influences 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.080 around Leonard Floyd is much more positive in terms of football. 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:37.880 How do you prepare on the practice field in order 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.400 to play up to your ability on game day? And 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.839 Leonard Floyd, I still believe he has a really bright 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.839 future about him if he could stay fully healthy. One 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.360 thing that impressed me was the way he attacked his 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:54.160 rehab last offseason to get prepared after a knee injury 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.400 and to be able to make it onto the field. 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.160 And it is the reward of hard work from last year. 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:01.520 But they know he's got play better than he's played 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:03.600 in the past, and he's going to get a whole offseason, 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.839 whole training camp with Kettle Mack on the other side. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.839 Can't help it pick up things that help you in 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.520 your game. And I still have high hopes for Leonard 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.919 Floyd to become an impact pass rusher for the Chicago 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.360 Bears in this great defense. All right, when we come back, 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.240 Trey Burton, veteran tight end, we'll join the program. We're 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:20.640 also going to be joined at the bottom of the 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:25.120 hour by Olden Creutz. A great conversation as always with 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.720 a big oh as we bring you Bears All Access 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.440 brought to you by IGS Energy, Tom There, Jeff Joniak, 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.480 and Jim Miller on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.680 Welcome back to Bears All Access brought to you by 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:42.840 IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.440 natural gas, and home warranty products to over one million 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.600 customers across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.279 igs dot com. Jeff joni Ac, Tom There, Jim Miller, 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:53.919 We hope here from Trey Burton shortly and Olden Crutes 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.000 will join the program. As well. We're bringing this to 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.640 you from hallis Hall. Good to have you on board 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:02.280 as it becomes more real now for everybody. You had 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.960 the vets obviously been working here for a couple of 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.479 weeks of the offseason program already. They have different phases. 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.159 They start in the weight room, they go to the field. 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.560 They're not throwing on pads or anything weird like that 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:15.240 just yet. But the rookies now will get the Bears way, 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.480 starting tonight with a team meeting, then Friday, Saturday, Sunday 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:22.159 workouts drills, and then they'll dovetail that with the OTAs 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.160 with the veterans, so it becomes very real. Saw many 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:27.719 of them today and you can see some just wide eyed. 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:29.840 You know, they're walking around looking at the at the 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.640 at the building which is still under construction. So there's 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.240 a lot of that going on, Tom and Jim. But 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.480 you know, they walked into the charter franchise in the 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.279 National Football today. You know, when I think about what 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.919 position you play and how well you got to know 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.560 so they're going to do any evaluation of your athleticism 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.800 on the field, see how you move your feet, how 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:50.080 what you adjust in motion and things like that. But 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.240 I tell you, it's about understanding your assignments. And I 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:55.400 was telling these young guys, I'm going, look, you can 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:57.719 leave a meeting and then you can get involved in 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.159 social media, but you got to take that time to 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:04.120 invest in your own intelligence. I can't even imagine what 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.720 it would be like for a quarterback like Jim going 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.520 in your rookie year. Your head had to be scrambling 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:11.920 more than any other position out there. Yeah, it was. 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.160 It was tough because we had a veteran team. You know, 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:17.680 when I arrived for the Steelers, Neil O'Donnell was there. 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.600 He was the starter, had been there for a few 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.720 years already, so they were far along in the offense. 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.160 Mike tom Zack was the backup at that point. At 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.440 that point, he was starting to go on double digit 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.800 years in the NFL. So those guys. Our offense was 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:35.080 advanced because it was such a veteran team. And that's 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:36.600 what it felt like for me. I felt like I 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.680 was swimming because when they installed everything, because back then 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.880 you just had you had your rookie mini caamp, your 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:46.320 veteran mini caamp, and then we reported to training camp. 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.200 That's all we did back back then. So when we 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.120 came in for the Veteran Miniicamp. They gave you everything. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.360 I mean, it was basically one hundred percent of the 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.040 install was in and I was just like, whoa, you know, 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:00.200 this was nothing like the rookie Mini caamp. And you know, 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.760 they they you know, and I thought I was struggling 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:05.000 even in the rookie minicamp because it was just, you know, 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.360 if the volume of offense was just so much more 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:09.640 than college, and then when the Vets got there, it 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.160 was even double tie. Yeah, and they don't wait for anybody. 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.240 Trey Burton knows that Trey Burton and walking down memory 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.320 Land a little bit, the veteran tat end kind enough 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:19.880 to join Bears All Access Tonight, Good evening, Tray. You 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:22.679 remember your opening days as being a rookie with the Eagles. 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:27.160 Oh yeah, I remember. I'll never forget it. What what 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.720 stood out about it? What resonates about those first few 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.280 days when you're joining your fellow rookies and you're you're 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:38.280 going into Philadelphia during you know, right after the draft. Oh, 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.400 you just created a brotherhood. You know, some some of 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:42.439 my best friends or some of the guys that came 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.079 into in the Philadelphia with or came into this league 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.240 with and um, you kind of bonds. You know, you're 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.800 just get thrown into a big group of people and 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.200 facing your dream and um, you don't really understand the 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.440 ins and outs and how everything goes, but it's an 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.640 exciting time. Tray, you play a variety of positions on 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.720 the field. When you come in as a tight end, 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.800 do they try to like escort you into one position 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.680 and then expand your role as it goes along, or 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.160 do they feed you everything all at once because you 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.080 guys are all over the field. I think it just 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.400 kind of depends on what system you go into. UM. 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.520 I think a lot of times, especially with the system 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.079 that we're in now, they will try to figure out 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.080 what your strengths are and figure out, you know, where 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:26.400 that will fit on this team and kind of trying 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:28.480 to maximize your strength and then work on some of 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.760 your weaknesses as well well. From your standpoint, because you 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.200 are so versatile and you know, it just it just 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.400 seemed like a seamless transition from Philadelphia and it coming 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.000 to Chicago and how you were utilized and just like 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.280 to get your overall assessment trade because it looked like 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.640 a perfect fit from from your standpoint. Yeah, yeah, I 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.559 mean was there was. There wasn't much of a learning 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:52.000 curve in the sense of UM football knowledge. You know, 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.520 you we run a very similar offense, a lot of 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:57.600 similar terminology. So that wasn't you know, that much of 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.679 a difficult for me. But it was, you know, A 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:03.760 lot more difficult was just the amount of snaps. You know, 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.839 I come in and I play probably six hundred I 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.000 think it was like six hundred and fifty total offensive 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.560 snaps in four years in Philadelphia, and then last year 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.800 I played eight hundreds, you know, And so just that 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:17.800 physical wear and tear is what UM was something that 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:20.160 you know, that was that was the biggest challenge for me. 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.280 And it's exactly what you know, I signed up for 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.400 and exactly what I wanted, you know, and so um 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:26.800 it was it was a lot of fun. Well how 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:28.880 did you how did you hold up from that? Like 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.280 obviously you could tell the difference, you know, like you said, 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.720 in terms of the snap total totals totals, But what 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.200 about the wear and tear that you're talking about what 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.040 you were asking to because like you said, you signed 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.760 for more and you got more. Yeah, no, I think 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:43.040 and I think it was great. I mean I was 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.920 able to play sixteen games and I have to um 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:49.080 miss any until the very end, and so um, I think, 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:50.839 you know, I think it went really well. I think, 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.760 you know, week by week there's just so many things 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.480 that go into not just me but everybody. We thought 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.720 we could take so much stuff to get your body 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:03.000 physically ready to play again, and so UM definitely enjoyed. 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.640 You know, my first year, you know, Trey, when you're 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.920 trying to learn the tendencies or the thinking of a 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.880 young quarterback, quarterback like Mitchell Trubisky, is it something that 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:16.920 you would have a conversation daily or was there conversations 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.240 after plays when you had the time, And you know, 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.959 how well will you know him this year from just 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.160 getting to meet him last year? Yeah, I think I 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.679 think I know him really well. Um this year going 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:32.679 into this year, you know, really excited to get back 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:36.120 out there, especially in OCAs and training camp when we're 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.920 able to have a defense across from us. UM. But no, 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:42.400 I think you know, it's a mixture of um this 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.760 running routes, you know, getting the ball is thrown to you, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.680 thrown to meet from him, and then also watching film 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.600 as well with him and seeing kind of kind of 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:54.160 getting his eyes on coverages and plays and where he 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:55.719 what he what he wants you to do, and where 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:57.240 he sees you at, you know, when he's ready to 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.480 throw the ball. In timing, you know, you know how 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.679 that man timing is probably the most important thing in 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:06.360 this game from the offense of quarterbacks, receivers or tight ends. 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:08.920 Trey Burton our guest here on Bears All Access on 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.720 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score with Herb Lawrence 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.000 and Adams Dozinski helping us out in the Score studios 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:17.240 Jeff Joni Actim there, Jim Miller, and Trey Burton. As 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.400 he enters his second year of the Bears. What's your 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.280 offseason been like? How did you approach it? What did 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:24.440 you hope to get out of it as you enter 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:28.000 into this new phase of the preseason. Off the ones 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:29.600 great man. Got to spend a lot of time with 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.760 my kids, um and kind of investing them and to 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.559 be around them as much as possible. And I got 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:38.720 some really good training in u in March and some 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:40.680 a little bit of February and all of March, and 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:42.520 got to go onto couple trips, you know, with the 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.440 family and just hang out with them. And so I'm 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.040 excited to excited to get back, you know, two or 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.560 three weeks ago and get back to with the team 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:51.240 with the guys and working out and all those types 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:54.080 of things and looking forward to OCAs and training camp. 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:56.240 You know, Trey spending the afternoon what the rookie is 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.960 here at the new Hollis Hall. You can see it 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.880 in their faces and you can listen to hear him 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:05.840 talk about the the enormous facility that they're being introduced to. Yeah, 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.960 I think Philadelphia has got a pretty solid facility, I believe. 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.880 And now what do you think about the new facility here? 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:16.800 And is is it too big? Or is it everything 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:20.760 that's required for a football team in this era? Man, 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.679 it's amazing. You know, you have you hear about what's 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.400 going on. You hear about how much they're spending, and um, 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.720 you know how the ownership and the coaching staff and 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.480 everybody's seeing eye to eye and this training staff and 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.520 the wait staff, like everybody's seeing eye to eye, which 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.600 is extremely hard and it barely happens. And you hear about, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:39.120 you know, how cool it's going to be and all 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.400 everything that's gonna be put inside of it and you 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.839 kind of visualize yourself about what's going on and how cool, 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:46.839 how cool it is, it's gonna be, it gonna look, 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:49.800 and then you actually show up you see the how 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:54.240 massive it is and how unbelievable and just the deep 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.559 attention to detail that they took and they put into it. 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.400 It's it's just truly amazing. You can't even really put 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.280 it in the word. And so I don't know necessarily 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.000 about too big or too small, or too nice or 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.240 anything like that. I just I think it's exactly what 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.080 it needed, and it's obviously there was a lot of 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.280 planning going on and they did a great job with it. Well, Trey, 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.080 I want to go back to talk about growth of 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.200 a player, because you even talked about it yourself in 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.160 terms of the snap totals and how you grew as 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.280 a player from from that standpoint, because I think, you know, 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:25.200 everybody has the doubts about themselves, but I want to 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.440 talk about Mitchell in his growth as a player. I 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.760 thought it was pretty defining in the Jets game the 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.840 second half, or the last game of the season against Minnesota, 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.680 or even in the playoff game. You know, to drive 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.600 the team down, they have the opportunity for a field goal. 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:43.760 How just talk about the growth of Mitchell and what 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:47.200 you witnessed during the year last year. Yeah, yeah, I 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:50.160 just think any the longer you're in the system, the 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:52.520 longer you're getting coached, especially with the coaches that we have, 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.560 you know up here in Chicago, and the longer you're 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.640 around the new guys, I think, the better you're going 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.240 to be in more you understand things. And I mean, 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.680 obviously we all knew Mitch is a really good quarterback, 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.640 and so you just kind of see over the weeks 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:11.160 as weeks go on, just him progressing and him taking charge, 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.080 and him knowing what to do and where to go 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.960 with the ball and just really just taking control of 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.960 the offense. And so it was just fun to be 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.800 a part of fun to see, fun to watch his development. 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.280 And I mean, if he can if he can get 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.800 back to get back to what he did the last 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:28.600 or the second half of the playoff games, I mean, 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:31.480 I think we're all really excited about that. Bears Tata 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:33.320 and Trey Burton joined I guess you're on Bears All 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.800 Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Jeff 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:39.440 Tam and Jim with Tray for a few more moments. Trey, 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:43.600 since you knew very much the system coming from Philadelphia 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:47.560 and its similarities and nuances. When you hear Matt tell 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:49.680 the media and the fans throughout the course of the 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.520 year the Bears were in a one on one stage 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.560 with Mitch and the offense learning the system, and he 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.240 hopes to be in two oh one this year, and 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:59.400 you keep graduating to different levels. Do you know what 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.240 that feels like and looks like from your perspective because 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.360 you've been in it longer than these guys, And if so, 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:08.720 what will it look like? Oh? Yeah, definitely. Uh. I 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.400 think the biggest thing in the two o one system 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:15.240 is you can never you can never call a bad play, 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:18.200 you know, for so for example, like Naggie might call 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:21.000 play and they might give us a defense that's not 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.920 good for that play, and that's when you know, Mitch 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.800 takes over and checks the play to something else or 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.200 something that we've gone through throughout the week in film study, 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:31.520 and like, hey, if they give us this look, we 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:34.160 want to run this. And so m just basically putting 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:38.880 us as my offense in the best position possible. But 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:40.680 you know, you're still going to do a lot of 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:42.560 the one on one stuff, you know, like you're gonna 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.480 the majority of the week. The week I'm sure game 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.560 plan will be a lot of the one on one stuff, 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:49.680 and so that's just kind of, you know a little 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.240 bit what it looks like to do to two oh one. 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.240 But it'll be exciting to see. And you got a 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.800 bunch of new offensive weapons too, So a lot of 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:59.720 different choices is a buffet, isn't it for Mitch? Oh yeah, yeah, 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.120 he's should be really excited. Very good, Trey, thank you 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.720 so much for your time. Thanks Tray Tredy Burton, Bears 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.440 tight End, joining us here on Bears All Access. When 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.399 we return, we will discuss the Bears draft, and at 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.640 the bottom of the hour, we'll be joined by Olden Creutz, 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:17.280 one of the great Bears in this team's great history, 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:19.760 as we look forward to the one hundred year celebration 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:22.560 of this franchise on the first weekend in June seventh 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.840 through the ninth. This is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:34.919 the Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access here on 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.840 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Join us for 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:41.200 Bears one hundred celebration weekend in Rosemond, June seventh through 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:44.480 the ninth. Enjoy player autographs, photo ops, football panels, and 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.760 activities for all ages. Get tickets today at Chicago Bears 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.840 dot com. We strongly encourage you to do so, because 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.240 it's a heck of a lineup of panels that Tom 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.040 and I will be very much a part of during 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:58.560 that weekend on Saturday and Sunday, and the opening ceremonies 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.240 should be memorable because gonna have the largest collection of 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:05.560 current former Bears players and coaches that you've ever seen before. Well, 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:07.359 you know what the fun thing about it is, rarely 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.600 do you get that the enormity of a group like 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.520 that that are in relaxed moments where they have a 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.280 chance to be really congenial with the fans and with 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:20.000 each other. And there's so many stories outside just the 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:25.080 football game itself about relationship development, player development, about the 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.200 expansion of your role with the team, and there's gonna 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.560 be so many fun legendary players to talk to when 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.800 you get the chance to meet and like it's this 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.560 charter franchise at the NFL, it's gonna be a once 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.480 in a lifetime opportunity unless you live to be two 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:46.439 hundred and all the living Hall of Famers expected to 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.600 attend as well. Jim, I'm sure you'll be making some 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.879 time to come on down as well. It's going to 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:54.359 be a really fun weekend for Bears fans and at 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:57.719 a great time to Jim in. The franchise is current 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:01.160 place right now, coming off a very strong season, certainly 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.880 with high expectations, but nobody taking anything for granted. That's 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:08.040 coming from the top of the organization down and he's 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:10.639