WEBVTT - Gipson Sr talks 2021 defensive outlook | All Access 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.840 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:07.880 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:10.880 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:15.560 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:20.279 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:24.320 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:34.040 Physical Therapy and CDW. Bears All Access. Jim Miller, my colleagues, 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:37.159 Tom Thayer and Anthony Herren. There'll be my teammates for 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:40.120 the next fifty seven minutes as we get it right 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:42.640 close to training camp, just around the corner, as the 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.360 players are prepared to report the training camp. A lot 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:49.080 of excitement about the Chicago Bears football team. Eddie Goldman 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:51.920 willing the defunch playoff to snuff, so that's going to 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.680 be interesting there No Matt Naggie was in the news 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.320 this week talking about the number of carries they want 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.240 to give their star running back at David Monco Race. 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.320 We'll get into that plus as well as the show 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:05.200 rolls along, we're gonna be joined by Bears safety to 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:08.479 Shawn Gibson obviously resigned a one year deal for the Bears. 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.480 Thought he was a bright spot in that secondary sixteen game, 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:15.479 sixteen starts, two interceptions, seven passes, defense than sixty six 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:19.039 total tackle, so played with a lot of passion for 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.319 the Chicago Bears. Good to see him in the mix 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.600 for Chicago here in twenty twenty one. So what I'll 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.040 further Ado, I'm gonna welcome in my co host. We're 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.760 gonna talk all things Bears and we'll talk to Deshaun 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:33.000 Gibson about six thirty pm Eastern time. So let's welcome 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.000 in Anthony Heron and Tom Thayer get their thoughts on 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.000 Bears as they're about to report to training camp. Anthony, Tom, 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:40.840 good to talk to you guys. Anthony, I'll start with you. 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.959 It's been too long, buddy. I hope your summer is 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.320 going well and how you feel about this Bears club 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.800 as training camps about to kick off. Yeah, Jim, productive 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.160 summer so far, and I think a lot of folks 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.480 around the National Football League are hoping that their team 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.880 has done the right thing, and Bears fans hoping that 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.640 everything that's so exciting coming out of the draft will 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:03.160 now be showcase on the field. Really, just days away 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:05.520 from the opening of training camps, you kind of feel 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.360 that juice, that energy is starting to pick up with 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.919 folks really looking forward to seeing what not only justin fields, 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:12.840 but this entire bars squad is going to bring to 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:16.000 the table. Man, I can't wait, Jim Good to talk 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.799 to both of you guys. I think, you know, there's 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:22.399 a different plot in my mind also as the season approaches, 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:24.480 because you know, you have a lot of the elements 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:26.880 that you take into consideration from last year and then 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.359 you got to kind of fast forward and think about 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.040 this year. And I kind of have a thought that 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.119 I've been thinking about during the course of the week 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:35.760 that I'd like to bring up to both of you 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.120 guys and see how you feel about it, Jim and Anthony, 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:41.440 because when you start looking at the preseason and you 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:45.200 start to talk about the distribution of reps, I start 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:49.840 thinking about the three preseason games, and to me, I 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:53.840 would almost like to see all the players, including the veterans, 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:58.160 have a lot more reps in the preseason game, even 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.399 if that takes away some reps in the in the practices, 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.440 because I think the element of speed, you have to 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:06.440 be up and ready to go by the time the 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:10.320 first game gets here and now with only three preseason games. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:12.480 All right, if you want to pull back a little bit, 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:14.320 you want to give him a veteran day, then give 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.000 it during the course of the week of practice, because 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.520 you're really only going about seventy to eighty percent anyways. 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:23.440 And so I would like to think to have these 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:27.680 guys ready to go at a faster pace earlier. I 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:30.840 would like to see more reps, more game reps given 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.120 to these guys during the preseason games. And I'd like 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:35.920 to get both of your thoughts and see what you 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.560 think about that. Yeah, your thoughts, Anthony on his question there. 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.040 I was really excited, guys two years ago when coach 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:48.040 Nagy was going throughout the offseason program and as the 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.360 preseason was approaching, and you know, we were kind of thinking, 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:53.280 how's he going to handle things at this point, how's 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.560 he gonna split reps? And then we saw him use 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.440 a similar approach to what he did in his first 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.400 season coaching the Bears, when you really didn't get a 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.000 lot of work for the starters during that phase. And 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.840 then last offseason, you know, before everything had really truly 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.520 materialized with the pandemic and we were still anticipating some 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.120 preseason games being played early in the year he announced it. 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:15.040 He told everyone, the assembled media, everyone covering the Bears, 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.760 everyone looking forward to it, Guys like us who you know, 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.239 I'm confident all three of us were kind of hoping 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.400 that the starters were going to see more action, and 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:26.880 that was his plan going into last preseason, and of course, 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.400 for ab yeous reasons, wasn't able to materialize. So I'm 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.760 happy to hear that Matt Naggie has the same plan 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.880 for this coming preseason that he would have implemented last year, 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.440 where we'll see more work from the starters. I think, 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.000 to your point time, I'm curious how much is going 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.920 to be more, because you know what I mean, Andy Reid, 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:46.520 he's been at this for a long time, and of 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:49.159 course that's who Matt Naggie most notably studied under in 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.880 his time in the NFL before getting the big whistle 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.920 with the Bears here, and Andy Reid doesn't necessarily shy 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.159 away from letting guys get reps, letting guys get a 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:00.160 little contact out there. Obviously there's certain individuals who get 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.279 a little bubble wrapping there exempt for good reason, but 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:04.160 it's not like game. The reasons getting guys on and 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.240 off the field in ninety minutes every time they take 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.000 the practice field, and I think for coach Nagie that 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:10.919 that's gonna be. I would imagine a bit of the 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.919 wrestling match for him, because his sensibilities we've seen up 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.680 to this point have been to make sure that he 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:21.240 is prioritizing health, prioritizing safety, and that's great. But for 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:25.040 this team and especially this offense, to get as much 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:26.640 as they can out of each other, not I really 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:28.880 shouldn't shy away from including the defense in that. With 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.400 Sean Dasai coming over to that side of the ball 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.440 and running things as well. There's a lot of prominent 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.599 players who I think will be at their best if 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:39.120 they do get some work during the preseason, certainly more 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.039 than we've seen them getting years passed under coach Nagie. Well, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.200 I think that the nflpa's not going to be happy 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.559 about what I'm gonna say right now. I think teams 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:50.480 should should really schedule more of those inner squad scrimmages 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.920 for all the things that you guys both just mentioned 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.400 that because at least there you can script them as 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.440 a coach. So if you want to get time, you know, 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.680 if you want to do an active goal line period. 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.599 You know, in a preseason game, a goal line situation 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.400 may not arise, right, it may not even happen if 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.200 your team doesn't get down there. But in those inter 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.480 squads scrimmages, and for the Bears fans out there, the 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.760 Bears will be scrimmaging the Miami Dolphins prior to the 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:17.640 preseason game that will be August eleventh. In August twelve, 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.520 you know, think of coach flores from the Miami Dolphins 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.520 in Matt Naggi, Hey, these are the areas we need 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.239 to work on. We need to hit more red zone 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.920 or let's let's take this blitz period a little bit longer. Hey, 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.240 we want to hit more more two minute drives or 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.279 your or third down situations. What I like about there's 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.680 inter squad scrimmages is you can actually script a situation 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.240 that is going to be real in how it's going 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:43.240 to unfold in the game when a preseason game it 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:46.360 may not even happen. Tom, Yeah, I agree with you there, Jim. 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.920 I agree. If you need those specific type of periods 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:52.480 scripted so you can put the exact type of personnel 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.880 packages you want, then yeah, I do think you have 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.159 to take advantage of that. A couple of years ago 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.400 when the Bears went and practice against the pain Patriots, 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.240 when coach Flores was there, you know, they understand what 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.280 that tepo's gonna be about. And I think that's what 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.680 both teams have to understand. But to me, I just, 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.520 you know, as I was trying to take into consideration 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:16.400 the last few years about the veteran reps in preseason games, 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.560 and sometimes you know, there's a slow start to the 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.400 beginning of the season, and I, you know, I just 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.200 want to see these guys up and ready, you know, 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.760 So a guy like David Montgomery, you know, to me, 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.480 David Montgomery, he doesn't need a thousand in game reps 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.320 because there's other backs that need those reps more than 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:38.200 he does. However, I think when you look at the 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:43.200 elements of what puts a team together, getting cole Commet 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:47.080 ready from game one, getting Darnell Mooney up the speed 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.440 when the season starts, same thing on the defensive side 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.560 of the ball, with guys like Jalen Johnson and the 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:57.720 younger crew of guys over there, you can't you can't, 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.560 you know, kind of slowly step into the first game 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.680 of the year. You have to be up and running 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.480 with the mentality on the understanding the pace. And I 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.440 know it's got preseason games aren't going to equal the 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.400 regular season games, but if you have more reps and 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.720 maybe if you want to redooce during the course of 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:18.160 training camp practices, I just would like to see him 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.480 go about it that way a little bit more. Hey, guys, 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.800 I'm curious where where you think the approach will be 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.240 on either side of the ball, because they even kind 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.760 of caught myself a minute ago because the last couple 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.520 of years, as I've been just watching the way that 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.880 the Bears and coach that could go about their business 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:38.000 and the run up towards the regular season, I've been 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.120 I've been more urgent about wanting more work for the 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.720 offensive players because of obvious reasons where the offense has 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.240 sort of started behind the defense and obviously have had 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.120 the you know, the travails at quarterback and what's going 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.760 on there with development, and just feel like, you know what, 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.000 you've got a veteran defense, they've played at a high level. 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.360 I haven't found myself as concerned with the limited sort 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.320 of physical work that that side of the all had 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.439 gotten in years past. But even just as I was 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.480 kind of thinking out loud about this topic of a 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:08.080 moment ago while I was talking through it, because normally 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.280 I'm thinking, yeah, this offense, they need the work man. 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:12.840 The offense got to start fast. But it does feel 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.400 more important to me for the defense this year than 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.120 it has in years pasted. Also one because of the 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.120 new defensive coordinator, Sean Decide, and then also your factor 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.360 in frankly, the defense they haven't necessarily looked like that 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.600 same cohesive and explosive unit that we got a customed 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.800 to them looking like before. So you know that that 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:31.720 sort of sort of leads me to believe that maybe 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:33.920 the defense could even use a little more preseason work 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:35.760 than what I've kind of felt like they needed in 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.920 years past. Yeah, good thoughts, because to Sewan Decide will 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.360 be the new play caller caller, they're the continuity is 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:44.480 there pretty much everybody's back and in terms of the players, 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:48.120 but how you know, every play caller has their idiosyncrasies. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.920 You know he's gonna call things differently from whether it's 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.920 Vic Fangio or Chuck Pagano. Everybody's got their own twist 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.560 on things. And obviously the players will get have to 0:09:56.559 --> 0:10:00.240 get used to their new play caller. Guy's interesting day 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.040 in the NFL, because, as we know, the franchise tags, 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.000 teams had the ability to ink a long term deal 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.520 with the players that are under the tag. The big 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:12.640 deal done today was Taylor Moton down there for the 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:16.360 Carolina Panthers. That's a four year, seventy two million dollars deal. Tom. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.560 I never thought, right tackles in guards would be getting 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.600 what they're getting right now in the National Football League. 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.360 But out of all other players, I mean Brandon Sheriff 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.880 of the Washington football team, he's gonna be playing under 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.280 his second tag. You would think with all these deals 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:33.200 in especially with Tuney's deal down there for Kansas City, 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.320 right he signed the five year, eighty million dollars deal 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.080 for Kansas City, I thought Brandon Sheriff would have the 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.960 ability to sign. And then, of course, how it relates 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.240 to Alan Robinson in the Bears. It doesn't sound like 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.079 negotiations were really happening towards the end of the year 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.160 Bears placed the franchise tag on him. I think Allen 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.920 Robinson will handle himself like a professional like he always does. 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.640 But just thoughts on how it unfolded today. I'll start 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.600 with you, Anthony in no long term deal for Alan Robinson, 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.960 it's been, you know, fairly obvious throughout a Rob's career 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.600 here in Chicago that he's been the most consistent offensive 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.559 weapon the Bears have had. And you look at the 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.880 totality of his career where there's been uneven quarterback play, 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.559 and he's always been a guy who's been able to 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.400 find a way to make plays, to put up consistent numbers, 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.840 to be sort of the consummate professional in the locker 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.040 room and out of it and addressing the media and 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:26.000 the big complaints there, and that's got more and more 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.080 rare over the years. At the wide receiver position, as 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.360 you guys know, where a lot of times somebody might 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.440 spout off, because that just tends to be where those 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.080 personalities and how they kind of go about their business, 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.960 and that hasn't been Alan Robins. So so I respect 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.960 the way that the Bears, where the Ryan Pace, Matt Naggie, 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:44.400 everyone within the organization have paid Alan Robinson the proper 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.679 respects verbally in the media. Obviously, Robinson and his representation 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.240 doesn't necessarily think the deal that's been offered by the 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:53.960 ball club up to this point meets the standard they're 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.360 looking for, and organizations in a tough spot. But I 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.920 understand exactly where Alan Robinson's at also because this is 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.679 very likely to be his you know, one of, if 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.640 not his last opportunity in his late twenties now you know, 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.480 surgeries in his past and all that maybe his last 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:13.640 chance at a big, long, most lucrative contract that he 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.240 may have the opportunity to sign. So he's pushing hard 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.880 to get that. You know, the salary cap has come down, 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:20.720 so it's a it's a tricky spot for him with 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.679 the timing of it, But the Bears have cap difficulties 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:25.600 at the moment to try to put any deal like 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.440 this together. So I think that, you know, I'm not 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.360 surprised where both sides are at the moment. While at 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.200 the same time, you got a new rookie QB coming 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.559 in who knows a year from now. If you get 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.560 through another really productive season and Justin Fields takes off 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:42.040 at some point there, then maybe the Bears are in 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.640 a position like the you know, the Seahawks, for example, 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.719 where able to find themselves in under Russell Wilson with 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.040 him as the QB early in his career. Maybe you 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:51.679 get that where there's a window to maximize. A lot 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:53.880 of teams around the league are trying to maximize right now. 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.760 Where you've got that rookie deal on a QB, perhaps 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.640 they can still free up cap space after you get 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:02.160 through this year, and maybe a rob isn't going into 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.920 his final season with the Bears. But it doesn't surprise 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:08.960 me where things sit at the moment. Tom the simplest 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:10.560 answer I could give, because I don't think there's been 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.520 any secret how much I admire Alan Robinson, his work. 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.679 I think his dedication, what his leadership means of the 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.959 locker room, it's hard to ignore because you see the 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.839 productivity on the field. Would I like to sign Alan 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:27.920 Robinson to a long term contract? I would? Do I 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:31.200 want to sign Alan Robinson to the highest paid receiver 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.920 in the league. I don't, so. I mean there's got 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:37.360 to be a medium, a happy ground there between what 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:42.520 Alan Robinson is realistically looking for in what the Bears 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:46.360 are willing to pay him, because he's, you know, exhibited 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:51.080 every time that he's been challenged what a quality guy 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.480 he is. However, you do have to look at the 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:58.520 reality of the financial side of it, and whatever they 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.120 could come up with the deal, he can make him 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:05.280 financially secure for generations to come. However, is he gonna 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.280 walk out there as the highest paid wide receiver in 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.439 the National Football League. I don't think that's going to 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:15.080 happen for him as well. But to me, when I 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:19.040 signed him, I would, well, we got plenty more to 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.440 come here on Bears All Access when we come back. 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.240 Let's get into some of Matt Nagge's comments about the 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:29.560 offense that time is now dedicated carries to David Montgomery 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.560 wants to get a minimum of twenty touches a game 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:35.920 in running the football. Also had some comments on Eddie Goldman, 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.720 the big defensive tackles who hopefully will be there for 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.400 the Chicago Bears, because his defense could be special here 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:44.560 in twenty twenty one. So don't change it, Dial, keep 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:49.680 it right here on Bears All Access. The Chicago Bears 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:53.000 Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon, 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:55.560 Anthony Adams and Lauren Screen and cover the world of 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.520 Bears football, on and off the field, every Sunday night 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.800 at ten thirty five m on Fox thirty two. Chicago 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.840 or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot com or on 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.560 the Bears official app. Anthony, Herron, Tom Thayer, Jim Miller 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.520 should be joined by Bears of veterans safety to Sean 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.360 Gibson should be calling in here about six thirty pm 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.480 Eastern time, so it'll be interesting to talk to him. 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.960 He resigns the one year deal to come back to Chicago. Guys. 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:23.000 I thought he really meshed well with the Bears, played 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:24.880 with a lot of passion. I think he fed off 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.280 the fans. He kind of got it right away and 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.000 was a sixteen game starter, had the couple interceptions, and 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.840 was very active tackler for the Chicago Bears. But getting 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:38.080 that cohesiveness back at the safety spot Anthony gonna be 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:39.920 crucial for the Bears because this is a veteran group 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:43.040 that have really all played together defensively for quite some time. 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.000 It was gonna be the first time at the safety 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.360 position we've seen Eddie Jackson paired with the same safety 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.160 next to him in a few years now, and so 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:54.320 you would imagine that two things. One stylistically, I like 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.120 the fact that to Shaun Gibson Eddie Jackson, they're not 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.520 necessarily the same type of safety. Now thought that was 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.200 a little bit of what made things tricky the prior 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.800 season with how high Clinton Dix and how you know, 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.560 they're stylistically kind of a similar type of guy, where 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.560 Gibson can come in bring that thump a little more readily, 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:12.920 and so you can kind of id which guy feels 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:16.720 which role, not that either guy isn't incapable of doing 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.360 sort of the other responsibility. But I like the way 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:22.240 that they've messed together and then having another season playing 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.200 alongside each other. It's just enhance the way they communicate, 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.160 the way they're spatially aware of where the other will be, 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:30.760 the game situations they've been in where perhaps they can 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:34.040 even recognize without even having the verbally communicated, some of 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.960 those nonverbals that are going to be important with certain offenses, 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:40.040 certain tempos and formations and everything. The fact that they've 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.160 been in so many situations together going into the season 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:45.480 should just enhance the way they can play off of 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:48.000 each other time. You know, Anthony GM, I think it 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.040 was probably one of the most important signs of the 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.520 offseason because when you think of are you taking consideration 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:57.040 last year what he was not afforded in that shortened preseason, 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.720 and then you have a new starting core back, you 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:04.679 have a rotation at the slot corner, and you have 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.440 to develop the relationship of the rest of the guys. 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:11.040 So now you talk about the key ingredient as him 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:14.640 and Eddie Jackson being back together, But now he's gonna 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:16.960 have to break in a new slot corner. He's gonna 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.800 have to make sure Jalen Johnson comes along in his 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:22.200 second year, and then there's a little bit of uncertainty 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.800 who that next cornerback is going to be. So when 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:28.359 you have all of his veteran experiences in making sure 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.919 that everybody's lined up at the right position during the 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.000 cadence or some of the more complicated receiver groups, you're 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:38.639 gonna see. Shoot, I think getting to Sean signed was 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.960 as as important as anybody that you could have brought 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:46.440 back into the fold at this stage of his career. Well, 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:48.800 you look at Jalen Johnson. He was thrust into that 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.359 role and he lived up to the hype. I mean, 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:52.800 you got to give him a lot of credit with 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.800 how he played as a rookie. But going into this year, 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:58.639 you know Thomas Graham Junior, who's the sixth round corner 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:02.119 of the Chicago Bears chosen the draft. To me, Anton, 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:04.760 it's gonna be tough for any of these young guys 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.160 to really contribute this year, because that's what I mean 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.080 by the veteran leadership and what's on defense for the 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.720 Chicago Bears and why it could be a pretty special season. 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:14.880 Like you said, there are some question marks. Who will 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.200 fulfill those other corner roles when you bring in a 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.280 veteran like Desmond Truffont and Duke Shelley gonna win over 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:23.400 that nickel corner job. But I think overall, all these 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.080 guys have played and showed up, and they've been together 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.280 to mesha as a defense. And what I really hope, Jim, 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:33.800 is that the personality of the Bears defense shines through. 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.600 I hope that exactly what Sean decides looking for, not 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:40.679 only schematically, but just in the energy, in the approach, 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.440 in the passion they play the game with. I hope 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.200 that shines through and ends up being a key factor 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:48.680 and who ends up manning that at the corner position 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.000 and who ends up being the slot corner in those 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.520 nickel packages as well. Like I think a guy like 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:56.119 a Thomas Graham coming in through the draft. I loved 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:58.040 what I saw from him in college, called some of 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.720 his games in Oregon. He seems like a guy to 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.879 me whose personality should mesh well with what the Bears 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:07.399 will hope this defense can be going into this season. 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:09.639 And I think that's a big part of why I 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.200 love to Shaun Gibson as a football player, because that 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:14.399 sort of lunch pale aspect of a guy who was 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:16.960 an undrafted free agent and coming in and making such 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:19.440 a lengthy career in the NFL. He's one of those 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:22.760 success stories that didn't necessarily come in as someone who 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.000 everyone knew would make the squad or was, you know, 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:27.560 an immediate starter from day one, but has worked himself 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.760 into one of the better safeties in football. And I 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.399 think that type of mentality, that lunch pale aspect of 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:35.000 Gibson is something I hope sort of infiltrates the entire 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:39.480 secondary for this season. Yeah, you know about to Seawan. Also, 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:42.159 I think he's a good reflection on guys like Kendallville 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:45.439