Speaker 1: Training camp underway here at hallis Haava ramp up to
Speaker 1: full pad's next Monday morning, just helmets and shells. The
Speaker 1: remainder this week player's day off on Sunday, and we're
Speaker 1: here to cover it with my broadcast partner Tom There
Speaker 1: from news Radio seven eighty and one or five point
Speaker 1: at FM w BBM. I'm Jeff Joni AAC. Thanks to
Speaker 1: our producers Jordan tread Up, Dan Brilly and our friends
Speaker 1: here at the score coming up in our next segment,
Speaker 1: we're joined by Bear starting quarterback Andy Dalton as we
Speaker 1: look forward to his work. And this is eleventh NFL
Speaker 1: training camp. I dare say, I think you got to
Speaker 1: be approaching forty some training camps. I don't know, not
Speaker 1: that many, but I mean it might be close. You know,
Speaker 1: twenty five years in broadcasting and what eleven training camps
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and then how many of the USFL
Speaker 1: three three? Yeah, so fourteen plus twenty you're knocking on
Speaker 1: forties door. Wit You know what is It's always what's next,
Speaker 1: And it's kind of like you if you listen to
Speaker 1: the approach of Matt Nagee after you conclude a practice,
Speaker 1: that's about what can you improve, what do you have
Speaker 1: to pay attention to in the new details at present
Speaker 1: themselves every practice. So it's a lot like me. I
Speaker 1: could be through forty training camps, but now I'm starting
Speaker 1: to think about today's practice, tomorrow's practice, and next week's
Speaker 1: events when they get into full pads. All right, let's
Speaker 1: get you up to date on what we heard from
Speaker 1: Matt Naggy this morning, because that's what he's doing before practice,
Speaker 1: the news conferences this year at training camp. And so
Speaker 1: it is some concern obviously when anybody's not on the field.
Speaker 1: That's a starter. Eddie Jackson, the safety, he is on
Speaker 1: the non football injury list with a hamstring a soft
Speaker 1: tissue injury. And then you got right tackle Jermaineifetti on
Speaker 1: the populist time of the hip flexer. But no real concern,
Speaker 1: no major concern. He's just given these guys time to
Speaker 1: heal up. There's a long camp. You okay with that? Yeah,
Speaker 1: right now, I am. It's preventative medicine. You don't want
Speaker 1: to have these injuries escalate into a bigger issue where
Speaker 1: it prevents them from being on the field when the
Speaker 1: regular season gets here. Listen, Jermaina Fetti he knows and
Speaker 1: understands what is in front of him. He understands how
Speaker 1: to get through a football season. So I would rather
Speaker 1: have a player come up and say, hey, I'm less
Speaker 1: than one hundred percent, get that issue ready. Give Larry
Speaker 1: Boram some extra reps, and Tarik Cohen, daz K Newsom
Speaker 1: there on the pup list will wait for their return
Speaker 1: to some point. Newsom injuring his collar bone during a
Speaker 1: rookie mini camp, and then Robert Quinn a little bit
Speaker 1: of back tightness working on the side in this first day.
Speaker 1: But you know, we heard from him this week about
Speaker 1: his own expectations and owned up to what was a
Speaker 1: rough year for him. In his opinion, given to the
Speaker 1: output of over the course of his career about sacking quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: he might have been just kind of hard on myself
Speaker 1: because I got a high expectations. I might just beat
Speaker 1: myself down mentally. But I mean, I guess that didn't
Speaker 1: I Kenny raised twenty twenty because put it behind me,
Speaker 1: because it's you know again, it's on and over with.
Speaker 1: So now I'm gonna look forward to this year and
Speaker 1: coming with a little more a better positive mindset, a
Speaker 1: little more energetic you know happy mindset, and you know,
Speaker 1: try to give you know, the Bears and my teammates
Speaker 1: and you know, everyone the best version of myself as
Speaker 1: a person and player, and hopefully I get what they're
Speaker 1: looking for. You know, I believe what he's saying too.
Speaker 1: And I think last year, you know, not having the
Speaker 1: offseason for a guy that moved to another team playing
Speaker 1: a different position. Frankly, he was a four three guy
Speaker 1: this first time into three to four. He also intimated that, yes,
Speaker 1: there must have been conversations about how he envisied himself
Speaker 1: being used and what his strength is, which is clearly
Speaker 1: handing the dirt, screaming off the edge and getting to
Speaker 1: the quarterback even at his advancing age, and the Bears
Speaker 1: appear to be open to doing that. Mattneggie says, yes,
Speaker 1: we will use him to his strength, but he will
Speaker 1: also be used the way we would like to use
Speaker 1: him in the base of our scheme as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, he's capable of doing everything that's required
Speaker 1: of him. What I like out of the first couple
Speaker 1: days of practice that he's in the hip pocket of
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack because you think about the relationship that they've
Speaker 1: been able to forge. You know, he didn't know a
Speaker 1: lot about Khalil. They weren't teammates, and now he has
Speaker 1: a year to spend around him. And when I see
Speaker 1: the enthusiasm on which Khalil approaches practice, I want this
Speaker 1: to be contagious to Robert Quinn because he has to
Speaker 1: have that same positive mental attitude that's needed from every player,
Speaker 1: especially Robert. I gotta talk about Matt Naggie this morning too,
Speaker 1: and he mentioned it in the introductory news conference this
Speaker 1: week on Tuesday with gentle manager Ryan Pace. But just
Speaker 1: what he's learned, there is a lot of introspective moments
Speaker 1: for a head coach. They sit in that office grinding
Speaker 1: every single day. They never are able to turn it off. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's a summer break, they go on and do things
Speaker 1: with their family, as he did this summer, but you're
Speaker 1: always thinking. You're always in contact, likely in his case
Speaker 1: with his quarterbacks Andy Dalton and Justin Fields. He's got
Speaker 1: a very good relationship with David Montgomery, Cole Commetz in
Speaker 1: his office breaking down tape, so it's always on. But
Speaker 1: look at himself in the mirror and saying what I
Speaker 1: didn't do right? What I need to work on as
Speaker 1: a head coach, let alone play caller, an offensive designer.
Speaker 1: He'd take that stuff to heart. And he's always been
Speaker 1: that way since we've known him, and he really took
Speaker 1: it to heart this offseason. And the end result now
Speaker 1: is what we'll start to see in training camp what
Speaker 1: his expectations are. But what do you think when you
Speaker 1: hear a first time head coach entering his fourth camp
Speaker 1: looks himself in the mirror and basically dresses himself down
Speaker 1: and oh yeah, in the midst of a pandemic, and
Speaker 1: oh yeah, they're changing location of a training camp, and
Speaker 1: oh yeah, there's another defensive coordinator that you got to
Speaker 1: fit into the mix. I like the fact that he
Speaker 1: talked about going outside the box when he needed some
Speaker 1: advice not only his mentors inside the football business, but
Speaker 1: outside that realm of life, because you know, they're faced
Speaker 1: with a lot of issues that I think that can
Speaker 1: benefit Matt Naggie. I think Naggie has handled everything very efficiently.
Speaker 1: And when you can admit to yourself that you have
Speaker 1: to get better at different aspects of what your role is,
Speaker 1: I think it's beneficial for you in the long run.
Speaker 1: So I'm always excited to see what the next up is.
Speaker 1: The next decision is for Matt in how it benefits
Speaker 1: the team and what he seeks from the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one Bears. He made clear this week, I want no
Speaker 1: complacency is something that we've talked about. It's easy to
Speaker 1: have these RaRo speeches on day one of training camp,
Speaker 1: and but the focus is going to be on making
Speaker 1: sure that we don't get complacent in any area. That
Speaker 1: we're great teachers as coaches, and they've always tried to
Speaker 1: be great teachers. He also says practice is going to
Speaker 1: be one hundred miles an hour good. And I think
Speaker 1: Matt n Aggie has a group of veterans here that
Speaker 1: he can rely on those guys conveying that message from
Speaker 1: the locker room to the practice field, because you don't
Speaker 1: want to sit there and have your head coach tell
Speaker 1: these guys every single day what he expects out of him.
Speaker 1: The attitude and the effort level. That's got to be
Speaker 1: something that's presented by his marquee guys on this football team,
Speaker 1: and I think they all have the ability to be
Speaker 1: thrust into that leadership role to bring along the other
Speaker 1: players that not need to be in urged the practice harder,
Speaker 1: but just show how they practice as hard as they
Speaker 1: do to be an influence to the guys that are
Speaker 1: fighting for reps. All right, you're in that room, first
Speaker 1: team meeting of the season, training camp about to commence.
Speaker 1: It's the ramp up period. But he stands before you
Speaker 1: as a player, and this is what he says. You're
Speaker 1: gonna see in field a team that practice is hard
Speaker 1: and so that emphasis that we're talking about is gonna
Speaker 1: be on a different level than what y'all have seen
Speaker 1: in three years here with me. So the practices that
Speaker 1: we have are going to be fast. There's gonna be
Speaker 1: no walking around. They're gonna every rep is gonna count.
Speaker 1: And you might see in ten reps. You might see
Speaker 1: a starter get four reps, but those four reps are
Speaker 1: gonna be one hundred miles an hour. And if they're not,
Speaker 1: they won't be on the field. That's the kicker. If not,
Speaker 1: they won't be on the field, no matter who it is. Okay, So, Matt,
Speaker 1: you put it out there to the public. This is
Speaker 1: on a radio station that a lot of people are
Speaker 1: gonna listen to, and there's gonna be fans at practice.
Speaker 1: So they're gonna want to see that effort displayed in
Speaker 1: the practices out there. But Matt sounds to me like
Speaker 1: a first year head coach, a guy that's trying to
Speaker 1: change the environment to what he's expected of the guys
Speaker 1: on the practice field. And Jeff, we're going to be
Speaker 1: here every single day, so you know we'll be able
Speaker 1: to evaluate those words as strong as they came out
Speaker 1: of Coach Naggie while storms moved through the area last night,
Speaker 1: nice morning leading the practice on fields one and two
Speaker 1: here at HALLISAU today, a well designed layout for fans,
Speaker 1: Tom and media, football operations players. The whole place looks great.
Speaker 1: It sparkles, and now let's let's hope to see some
Speaker 1: really good competition when they get the pads on, starting
Speaker 1: on next Monday. Coming up next Bear starting quarterback Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton Here on Bears All Access with Tom Thare. I'm
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Speaker 1: With Tom thare Jeff Joniac and please to kick off
Speaker 1: our training camp coverage for twenty twenty one here on
Speaker 1: Bears All Access with starting quarterback of the Chicago Bears,
Speaker 1: Andy dun Thanks for joining us, Thanks for taking out
Speaker 1: some time. How you feeling doing good and glad to
Speaker 1: be back and back to work? Was this Camp eleven
Speaker 1: for you? Camp eleven? Camp eleven? They all have their
Speaker 1: own little angle to them and for Bears fans whom
Speaker 1: you've already seen on the field obviously with the first
Speaker 1: practice today, I'll tell you they're passionate and you've been
Speaker 1: in some great places in Cincinnati and Dallas, but first
Speaker 1: time for them at Hollis Hall, it's a treat. I
Speaker 1: bet they never thought they'd be able to be at
Speaker 1: the Bears facility. But I think there's many adjectives to
Speaker 1: describe each in every camp. What are yours right now?
Speaker 1: By your feelings? If you got to come up with
Speaker 1: some majectives on the start of this season with a
Speaker 1: brand new franchise and in particular this franchise, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of excitement and I mean you
Speaker 1: throw in training camp this year now with fans that
Speaker 1: missed out on a year of football, not being able
Speaker 1: to be there and all that kind of stuff. So
Speaker 1: and to just understand the passion that this city has
Speaker 1: for the Airs and that the fans have. So we're
Speaker 1: looking forward to We're decided to be back to work
Speaker 1: and back to playing some football again, you know, Andy.
Speaker 1: So my first eight years I played for the Bears,
Speaker 1: and then I went and played for the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: For an offensive guard going another team, all as I
Speaker 1: do is look at the sheet and I see where
Speaker 1: the guards go, and that's all I have to learn.
Speaker 1: What did you learn last year from going from Cincinnati
Speaker 1: to Dallas that can help you go from Dallas to
Speaker 1: Chicago in terms of learning the system and everything that
Speaker 1: is required from a quarterback, right, And I've I've been
Speaker 1: in a lot of different systems in my eleven years.
Speaker 1: I think this is my seventh or eighth offense that
Speaker 1: I've been in that time. So learning a new new
Speaker 1: playbook and learning new schemes like really isn't uh, you know,
Speaker 1: It's kind of become second nature just because I've had
Speaker 1: to do it so much. But I think it's really
Speaker 1: more learning personalities, learning guys, learning how guys operate and Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I get having some of the OTA's and
Speaker 1: having a chance to get in and call, getting in
Speaker 1: and out of the huddle, make sure the communications there.
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of things that kind of
Speaker 1: go into it. And you know, there's a new place
Speaker 1: last year for me and being in Doubts, new place
Speaker 1: this year for me being here in Chicago, and there's
Speaker 1: a lot of experiences I can take from that. Well.
Speaker 1: Days ago, general manager Ryan Pace and head coach Man
Speaker 1: Naggie had their introductory news conference Andy Ryan expressed a
Speaker 1: calmness and that comes from there four years together now
Speaker 1: they work very well together. But I think they were
Speaker 1: also alluding to you being here and that calms their
Speaker 1: anxieties a little bit on the start of a season
Speaker 1: because of your history and your intelligence about football, and
Speaker 1: I think the team is feeding off of that already.
Speaker 1: Do you get that vibe and if you always had
Speaker 1: that vibe. I went back to your days of Texas
Speaker 1: Christian and going back and reading about how coaches felt
Speaker 1: about you and when the Bengals were scouting you, they
Speaker 1: had that same impression eleven years ago. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: that comes with having a lot of confidence in what
Speaker 1: I know I can do. And you know, I've been
Speaker 1: a part of some really good teams just throughout my career,
Speaker 1: from going back all the way from high school all
Speaker 1: the I mean all the way down. I feel like
Speaker 1: I've been on a part of winning programs and UM
Speaker 1: state champion, right yeah or not? Well, Katie, Texas, I was.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of history of you know,
Speaker 1: state teams there. I unfortunately lost in the state game
Speaker 1: my senior year. But you know, still bug you, yeah,
Speaker 1: I still bugs me for forty two touchdowns your senior
Speaker 1: year high school. I can't believe that it was big
Speaker 1: the year before un I mean, just Katie, the high
Speaker 1: school I went to is known for for running the ball,
Speaker 1: So to throw forty two touchdowns was it was cool?
Speaker 1: I know you're still answering that question, but I gotta
Speaker 1: bring my guy in here. Joliet Catholics southern suburbs here
Speaker 1: of Chicago. Uh, they don't believe in throwing the ball. Basically,
Speaker 1: we basically, you know, four or five passes a game
Speaker 1: for us as a lot. We went to a game
Speaker 1: many years ago and he goes, you gotta go around
Speaker 1: the sidelines against riverside field right in the Western Suburbs
Speaker 1: and Julia Cathol ran the ball every snap in Riverside Brookfield,
Speaker 1: through it every snap. Who do you think won the game? Well?
Speaker 1: Through it? No, the team, right, I guess I should
Speaker 1: say who was the quarterback? Yeah? Fifty to last play
Speaker 1: the game? Yeah? Yeah, Well, I mean there's a lot
Speaker 1: of high school offenses and not a lot of different
Speaker 1: ways of doing it. But you know, Matt, he was
Speaker 1: paying you a compliment anticipatory And I had to say
Speaker 1: it to myself a lot because it's not like so
Speaker 1: the anticipated throws that you put it into the receivers.
Speaker 1: So is it you know in the system well enough
Speaker 1: that you can put the ball into a spot where
Speaker 1: you expect them to be and if there is a
Speaker 1: you know, maybe a yard shot a yard deep or whatever,
Speaker 1: can you go and have that conversation immediately with these
Speaker 1: guys and say, Hey, this is what I expect out
Speaker 1: of you on this certain anticipated throw. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I think Matt that's one of his words that he
Speaker 1: loves to say, ditsicipatory throws and you know, that kind
Speaker 1: of buzzword. But I think it's understanding. Okay, when the
Speaker 1: ball snap, what coverage are they're playing where you going
Speaker 1: the ball and putting it in the right spot and
Speaker 1: making sure everybody's on the same page. And so I
Speaker 1: think for me, just playing the game for so long,
Speaker 1: I understand the timing of how it should look and
Speaker 1: how it should feel and making sure our receivers and
Speaker 1: our scipts and players understand that and know that. And
Speaker 1: so you know, like you said, if there is a
Speaker 1: guy that's a yard shorter or he's a little bit
Speaker 1: deep on certain things, I understand that because I know
Speaker 1: the rhythm and the timing of how it should look
Speaker 1: and where it should be. And you know that all
Speaker 1: comes down to anticipation. If you can get the ball
Speaker 1: out of your hands quick and on time, it gives
Speaker 1: your gives the offensive advantage of Bear starting quarterback Andy Dalton.
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Speaker 1: With Tim there, I'm Jeff Joni k. Let's go back
Speaker 1: to your rookie or as talking about the anticipatory. A
Speaker 1: New York Times story they did on you in November
Speaker 1: of your rookie season, your second round pick, and at
Speaker 1: the time it was written, the Bengals saw something they
Speaker 1: badly needed at that time with a veteran defense, a young,
Speaker 1: brand new offense, and they needed steadiness. Is that your
Speaker 1: calling card? I think so. And I feel like that's
Speaker 1: just kind of how I've been throughout my football career.
Speaker 1: Is you know, never getting too high and never getting
Speaker 1: too low. And there three times you let it a
Speaker 1: little bit of frustration, but then you got to move on.
Speaker 1: You know, that's playing this position, you can't hold on
Speaker 1: to anything. You got to move on, whether it's good
Speaker 1: or bad. And I feel like I've that's just kind
Speaker 1: of how I've played throughout my career. And so I
Speaker 1: mean steadiness kind of what you're talking about earlier, what
Speaker 1: Matt and Ryan were talking about, just uh, you know,
Speaker 1: just kind of that steadiness of playing the game and
Speaker 1: having you know, for me, I understand I've got full
Speaker 1: control of this thing. And so to be able to
Speaker 1: direct and make sure everybody's on the same page, hopefully
Speaker 1: give them a confidence where they can, you know, understand
Speaker 1: that they're going to get the most out of me.
Speaker 1: When when you see some of you are developing experiences
Speaker 1: with aj Green and then you'd go out on this
Speaker 1: field and you see a guy like Alan Robinson. Can
Speaker 1: you bring a selection of plays with you? Maybe he said, Okay,
Speaker 1: I've always liked this throughout my career. This is a
Speaker 1: position I can put these guys in. This is a
Speaker 1: play that I like against the specific coverages. You've got
Speaker 1: a lot of experience, and that's what they expect from
Speaker 1: experienced quarterbacks. Do you feel that you can bring some
Speaker 1: of those plays in your backpack and say, hey, Matt,
Speaker 1: I like these absolutely. You know, that's one thing when
Speaker 1: I when I signed here. You know, just talking with him,
Speaker 1: we've talked through okay, the offense, that of what this
Speaker 1: team has done, and also some things that I really like.
Speaker 1: And yeah, I think there'll be some give and take
Speaker 1: with everything. Make sure everybody's comfortable we're doing. But you said,
Speaker 1: you know, I had Aj for so long, so we
Speaker 1: were really good at certain things and we knew I
Speaker 1: knew exactly where he was going to be uncertain thing.
Speaker 1: I'm here to build chemistry with all of our guys,
Speaker 1: but uh Aj and Allen they're they're different receivers, So
Speaker 1: I mean their skill sets are just are different and
Speaker 1: certain things, Um, so I mean we'll find the things
Speaker 1: that were that we're gonna get really good at and
Speaker 1: and and definitely have those in any of the games
Speaker 1: of chess match It always has been so over the years.
Speaker 1: Have you noticed how defenses, uh, is there trends to
Speaker 1: develop on what they want to take away from regardless
Speaker 1: of all the different systems, and have you had to
Speaker 1: morph into different aspects of your talents, tap into different
Speaker 1: aspects of it, and maybe even recreate yourself a little
Speaker 1: bit from time to time. Yeah? Yeah, I think you
Speaker 1: try to find every year ways to just improve your game.
Speaker 1: And you know, this year being in a new system
Speaker 1: around new guys, Okay, it's it's really just building the
Speaker 1: chemistry with our with our guys. And so I've said,
Speaker 1: this is my eleventh year playing, i feel like there's nothing.
Speaker 1: I feel like I've I've seen a lot of stuff
Speaker 1: and I can pull from those experiences. You know, even
Speaker 1: even being with Bill Lazer, It's like we can go
Speaker 1: back and talk about, oh yeah, back in seventeen, they
Speaker 1: did this in eighteen, and we'll remember that game this
Speaker 1: one play all the kind of stuff we've already been
Speaker 1: doing it. So that's just kind of how this works.
Speaker 1: And I think it just comes with playing the game
Speaker 1: more with Andy Dalton, Bear starting quarterback. Coming up after
Speaker 1: a break. This is Bears All Access with Tom There
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Speaker 1: Joniac Tom There with Bear starting quarterback Andy Dalton. A
Speaker 1: few more minutes with the Bear starting quarterback. Middle finger,
Speaker 1: left hand. Tell me about it, middle finger, left hand,
Speaker 1: going back to high school, the significance of it. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: unfortunately I've had some bad luck with fingers, you know,
Speaker 1: middle finger, left hand. I broke it in the playoff game,
Speaker 1: but finish the season affecting thing. It's it's the two
Speaker 1: times I've broke my thumb and tour ligament my thumb
Speaker 1: in the NFL that that affected where I wouldn't able
Speaker 1: to play. Hey, how was the relationship developing with Sam?
Speaker 1: Must differ the center here, because I think there's a
Speaker 1: unique bond between quarterback and center, either the rhythm of
Speaker 1: your cadence, how it fits along with all the offensive line,
Speaker 1: or just you know, his snap trajectory. How how is
Speaker 1: that young relationship developing? That's been great. You know, Sam,
Speaker 1: he's he's a really smart player, and he's gonna do
Speaker 1: everything you can to make sure we're communicating well. And
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing, is making sure that
Speaker 1: we're on the same page just from a protection standpoint,
Speaker 1: understanding when we need to change protections, you know, Reid
Speaker 1: things and all that kind of stuff. So I think
Speaker 1: that's one thing that we'll just continue to work together.
Speaker 1: But it's been fun to be around him and just
Speaker 1: to see how he not only directs that offensive line
Speaker 1: kind of gets everybody on the same pig. How did
Speaker 1: you like football atmosphere last year? Because we talked about
Speaker 1: no crowds in the stadium where as broadcasters of Jeff
Speaker 1: and I were in the stadium as an ex as
Speaker 1: an ex offensive lineman. Man, you can hear so much.
Speaker 1: Was there anything that you had like toned down your
Speaker 1: tempo or was it you know, still full go? No,
Speaker 1: I feel like it was it was full go. You know.
Speaker 1: The thing that was nice you never had to worry
Speaker 1: about going on a silent cadence and having to having
Speaker 1: to deal with that. But you know, we were fortunate
Speaker 1: in Dallas last year that we were still able to
Speaker 1: have some fans, so you had a little bit of,
Speaker 1: you know, sense of normalcy. But every time we played
Speaker 1: on the road, we didn't have any fans last year
Speaker 1: in Dallas. And I know you mentioned this about competitiveness
Speaker 1: you felt even being das back up to start the
Speaker 1: year until his injury. Was that something you had to
Speaker 1: feel and to just because it's not simple going leaving
Speaker 1: a franchise where you started and had so much success
Speaker 1: and then tackling a new one, knowing you got a
Speaker 1: young player there in front of you. Was that important
Speaker 1: that you felt that fire burning and you knew it
Speaker 1: when you weren't able to get into games until he
Speaker 1: got hurt. For sure. I think for me, you know,
Speaker 1: we didn't have preseason games either, so I had to
Speaker 1: like really find myself and find my like way once
Speaker 1: the season started because it's like I've always been the
Speaker 1: guy out there, and then those first couple of games
Speaker 1: standing on the sideline, okay, you know, trying to help
Speaker 1: out as much as I can, but just kind of
Speaker 1: find my role and where I fit into all that,
Speaker 1: but also realizing that I want to be the guy
Speaker 1: in the field. I want to be the guy that's
Speaker 1: helping this team win, and so I think there is
Speaker 1: a little extra fuel that they came from that was
Speaker 1: there any transition time at all? Because when Dak got hurt, man, Andy,
Speaker 1: you're the starter, You're gonna be there for the rest
Speaker 1: of the season. And I know when you are a
Speaker 1: starter and then you kind of take that backup role
Speaker 1: for as long as it happens. Then all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: you don't get a lot of notification. It's this guy's hurt.
Speaker 1: You're in, right, Yeah. I think the good thing that
Speaker 1: I went in is like I prepared the same way
Speaker 1: as if I was the guy, like the being playing
Speaker 1: for so long. It's like I have a good routine
Speaker 1: of how I'm going into these games, understanding the game plan,
Speaker 1: understanding of film study and all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1: So once it happened, it was like, all right, give
Speaker 1: me my real protector, let's get my helmet, and let's
Speaker 1: get this thing going. Andy Dalton our guest here on
Speaker 1: Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. This is Bears
Speaker 1: All Access training camp underway here at Hall. I saw
Speaker 1: with Tom there, Jeff Joniac Tell us about the quarterback room.
Speaker 1: What's it like. It's going to be a question obviously
Speaker 1: that's going to continue all season long. The prying eyes
Speaker 1: and in the writers and the broadcasters in this town.
Speaker 1: With quarterbacks, it's it's an everyday discussion, even in the offseason.
Speaker 1: So Andy Dalton, Justin Fields and Nick Foles, we've got
Speaker 1: a great room, you know, for me. One before we
Speaker 1: drafted Justin and it was me and Nick. Nick's a
Speaker 1: guy that I've known since high school, have followed since
Speaker 1: high school, just being Texas guys. As you see, Year
Speaker 1: is a year younger than me, like and we've been
Speaker 1: around each other a little bit, but have never really
Speaker 1: spent an extending amount of time around each other. So
Speaker 1: just building that relationship. And it's been really cool because
Speaker 1: I followed his whole career and then we add adjusted
Speaker 1: into the mix, a young talented player. I think Nick
Speaker 1: and I are both are just trying to help him
Speaker 1: out as as as much as we can, kind of
Speaker 1: just you know, first steps into the NFL. And we've
Speaker 1: got a really good room. And then you throw all
Speaker 1: the coaches in the mix too that we've got in there.
Speaker 1: It's it's a fun room to be In. You know,
Speaker 1: you have talented running stats. So the development from going
Speaker 1: from West Coast offense to an RPO offense, has that
Speaker 1: helped your career? Has that been beneficial to you because
Speaker 1: of the talents and the traits you have. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think for me, one of the biggest things like I
Speaker 1: get the ball in my hands quick, make quick decisions
Speaker 1: and u and get the ball out. And so now
Speaker 1: you throw in West Coast offense down, you throw in
Speaker 1: some of the RPO stuff where you have some advantage
Speaker 1: throws and different things like that. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: all that stuff fits me. You had a lot of
Speaker 1: experience over the years, obviously doing standing at the podiums
Speaker 1: and doing news conferences and getting that barage of questions
Speaker 1: even on the national level because of your playoff passed
Speaker 1: and then in the Cowboys it's it's such a big
Speaker 1: market and such as this one as well. How do
Speaker 1: you handle what will be questions every week about Justin
Speaker 1: and how he's doing because they're gonna care about what
Speaker 1: you do, but they're also are going to care about
Speaker 1: what he does. Yeah, there's a lot of excitement I
Speaker 1: think just around because of the quarterback position is such
Speaker 1: an important position, especially here in Chicago, and you know,
Speaker 1: Justin had a great college career and there's there's that
Speaker 1: buzz and excitement around him. But I'm not worried about Justin.
Speaker 1: I'm worried about what I'm doing, what I'm going to
Speaker 1: do to help this team win, and hopefully people will
Speaker 1: see that and hopefully if people will feel that, and uh,
Speaker 1: when Justin gets his time, I'm sure he's gonna do great.
Speaker 1: But right now I'm focused on what I'm going to
Speaker 1: do to helpless team. You were day one starter in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. Sorry I cut you off Day
Speaker 1: one starter. Did you have you ever even just for kicks?
Speaker 1: Gone back and said, huh, I wonder if we redrafted
Speaker 1: where I'd be, you know, as opposed to a second
Speaker 1: round pick. Look at the career, man. I mean, you
Speaker 1: can go back and think about that, but I'm still
Speaker 1: thankful I went went when I did and where I
Speaker 1: did because I think it set me up to have
Speaker 1: the career that I've had. I think I got around
Speaker 1: the right staff, I was on the right team at
Speaker 1: the right time, and it kind of, you know, set
Speaker 1: the foundation for me to get into the NFL. So
Speaker 1: it's not always how high you get drafted, it's kind
Speaker 1: of going to the right situation. And I felt like
Speaker 1: out of that draft, I went to a good spot.
Speaker 1: He's still mad. Yeah, yeah, fourth rounder. I got screwed. Well.
Speaker 1: They passed over a couple more times. Second round pick,
Speaker 1: so I didn't have to wait around too. When you
Speaker 1: were at the combine, were you looking at the other
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and saying, Hey, I fit in this quarterback draft
Speaker 1: and I fit in this room, and you know, I'm
Speaker 1: you know, I just had to appreciate your talents that
Speaker 1: you are putting on display. Yeah. I think you go
Speaker 1: to those combines, you go to the thing where you're
Speaker 1: around to the guys, and you're gonna be looking like, Okay,
Speaker 1: you know who's the guy out here? All right? I
Speaker 1: feel like I'm better than him. I feel like I'm
Speaker 1: better than him. I feel like I can do some
Speaker 1: some good things. And uh, you know how it is.
Speaker 1: Some guys get hyped up and then they get taken
Speaker 1: high and it may not work out as well. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, there's all different ways of going about it.
Speaker 1: Two questions to wrap us up, I read, I believe
Speaker 1: this is right. You're a guitar player and you did it.
Speaker 1: You know you like playing certain certain guys. So what
Speaker 1: are you playing these days or are you you know,
Speaker 1: that's one thing I'm mad at myself for not bringing
Speaker 1: my guitar up Peter Chicago, still sitting at my house
Speaker 1: back in Dallas. But I play a lot of Christian
Speaker 1: music and country music. So um, I'm okay. I'm a
Speaker 1: good campfire guitar player. I was that left middle finger works,
Speaker 1: It works just fine. I got it fixed. Well, you
Speaker 1: know you got a couple of country guys on this
Speaker 1: team that love Roe quant Smith love his country Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I love his country music. And see if you can sing.
Speaker 1: I'll get the guitar out and see Cody white hair
Speaker 1: as well. So all right, lastly, what are your expectations
Speaker 1: for this twenty twenty one ball club? And we certainly
Speaker 1: appreciate you being here here today in our final minute
Speaker 1: with you, because there's there's a lot of sleeping giants
Speaker 1: I think we both agree on both sides of the
Speaker 1: ball for that matter, and a good core of veteran
Speaker 1: players that have earned their marks in this league already,
Speaker 1: and now you know, if they played to their potential,
Speaker 1: there could be a lot of great news with the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. What's your perspective. Yeah, you know, we've got
Speaker 1: high expectations for ourselves. I think there's a lot of
Speaker 1: players that are hungry and ready to get to work,
Speaker 1: and so I'm looking forward to this year. I think
Speaker 1: everybody's excited to be back playing football again. And m
Speaker 1: you know, there's there's a lot of potential on this team.
Speaker 1: We've got to go out there improve it each week. Well,
Speaker 1: when the Bengals brought him in the league, they were
Speaker 1: looking for a guy with character, mental toughness, work ethic,
Speaker 1: and of course talent. They picked Dandy Dutton, now Chicago
Speaker 1: Bear starting quarterback. Thanks so much, appreciate it. More of
Speaker 1: the show coming up next, we'll hear from Bears head
Speaker 1: coach Matteneggie and gentlemanager Ryan Pace. With Tom There, I'm
Speaker 1: Jeff Jonik here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The
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Speaker 1: Back with Tom There, Jeff joniec here. It had us
Speaker 1: all We heard Andy Dalton for twenty minutes, Tom, and
Speaker 1: I'd have to say very enjoyable. Young man. Knew he
Speaker 1: would be. That was our first face to face with him.
Speaker 1: Loves the game. But the overriding feeling I got out
Speaker 1: of those twenty minutes is that they'll mess with him.
Speaker 1: He's confident and he's competitive. Right. I'm glad you said
Speaker 1: that because I liked the confidence that he displayed and
Speaker 1: he realizes this is his job and this is not
Speaker 1: a job that it was handed to him. This is
Speaker 1: a job that he's earned over the last ten years.
Speaker 1: So it's going to be exciting to watch the put
Speaker 1: this offensive motion. And from the press conference a couple
Speaker 1: of days ago, and we talked about it here, anticipatory throws,
Speaker 1: and I think that puts a lot of pressure on
Speaker 1: the receivers because don't look for the ball to be
Speaker 1: there during your route. You look for the ball to
Speaker 1: be there as soon as you conclude your route. And
Speaker 1: that's one of the things that Matt likes about Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: And so here it is gonna be on display. You're
Speaker 1: gonna have some marquee receivers to throw the ball to
Speaker 1: get them in a position to succeed through the hands
Speaker 1: of the quarterback. And here's what Alan Robinson thinks of
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. And he's a pro, you know. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's played a lot of ball, you know, He's played
Speaker 1: in different offenses, played played with some pretty high profile receivers,
Speaker 1: you know. So I'm definitely excited to be able to
Speaker 1: continue to work more and more with them, you know,
Speaker 1: just from the conversations and stuff that I've had with
Speaker 1: him and some of the reps that we got in
Speaker 1: mandatory mini camp. You know, I'm definitely excited, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. Like I said before, Um, he's a
Speaker 1: guy who knows the game, you know, and he knows
Speaker 1: different schemes, he knows defenses, you know. So even being
Speaker 1: able for myself to learn from a guy like him
Speaker 1: based on some of his prior experiences and some of
Speaker 1: the things that he's been through in this league. All
Speaker 1: this while Justin Fields learns on the job, tries to
Speaker 1: get his best foot forward as soon as possible and
Speaker 1: let the chips fall where they made. When we wind
Speaker 1: up at the end of training camp and seeing just
Speaker 1: how far he's developed. But with Robinson, the idea of
Speaker 1: timing and anticipation, who's an outstanding right runner, a route runner.
Speaker 1: This is probably music to his ears. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: earlier this year we heard Alan Robinson at the press
Speaker 1: conference saying that he's trying to work on speed, that
Speaker 1: he can turn an eight yard gain into a twelve
Speaker 1: yard gain. And that's part of the anticipatory throws by
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. If he puts Alan Robinson in a position
Speaker 1: where he's catching the ball in front of the defender,
Speaker 1: you're gonna see those plays that. Yeah, if he wants
Speaker 1: twelve yards, they're going to become twenty yarders. And that's
Speaker 1: what could be so exciting for Alan Robinson, just like
Speaker 1: he told us this week. No, we focus on a
Speaker 1: lot of you know, speed and durrance, you know, and
Speaker 1: and a Muslim and durrance being able to not only
Speaker 1: you know, get faster from the standpoint where you're just
Speaker 1: running faster, but you know, being able to hold that
Speaker 1: top speed for longer, you know, being able to run
Speaker 1: at the highest speed, you know, for longer distances, being
Speaker 1: able to get that get to that top speed quicker,
Speaker 1: you know, being able to get you know, to the
Speaker 1: top speed you know, stop, change direction and get back
Speaker 1: to it, you know, as fast as possible. So being
Speaker 1: able to do all those little things and focus on
Speaker 1: all those little nuances in my game, you know, along
Speaker 1: with adding some of the you know, technicalities and technical
Speaker 1: things when it comes to route running. Well, I like
Speaker 1: that he worked on those things. Everybody's got to work
Speaker 1: on something. In the season. We heard about David Montgomery
Speaker 1: doing the same with his speed, and speed is is
Speaker 1: a big deal. Speed get you paid also, right, but
Speaker 1: you know, let's not unrealistically look for eighty yard touchdowns
Speaker 1: by Alan Robbinson. Every time he touches the ball to me,
Speaker 1: can he add fifteen more first downs to the catches
Speaker 1: that he's you know that the numbers that he'll put
Speaker 1: up there on third down, first down, catches down, third down,
Speaker 1: just give me, just give me first downs. Mounting up
Speaker 1: because I think when you keep offense on the field,
Speaker 1: you're gonna keep your defense fresh. You're gonna give all
Speaker 1: these guys an opportunity to succeed. Because if you turn
Speaker 1: that eight yard catch into a first down opportunity, it's
Speaker 1: gonna have explosive opportunities for your offense. Would you think
Speaker 1: about moving on from Anthony Miller? We banged the table
Speaker 1: for the game after a few years and just never
Speaker 1: realized these potential. Listen, man, I hope Anthony Miller goes
Speaker 1: to Houston and has a great future to his career.
Speaker 1: But I think the Bears got into a position where
Speaker 1: you know, Riley Ridley, Javon Wims, a Bird, a, Marquis Goodwin,
Speaker 1: all these guys are going to have an opportunity to
Speaker 1: succeed in his place. And you know, Jeff, every time
Speaker 1: a guy moves on from a football team, there's ten
Speaker 1: guys waiting in the wings for their opportunities because there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a guy in this receiver room that man,
Speaker 1: we may not know a lot about right now, but
Speaker 1: because of a player moving on, and now you're maybe
Speaker 1: gifted a couple more reps during practice or in preseason games,
Speaker 1: someone you know, that cream may rise at the top.
Speaker 1: Well always asthis in training camp, but I personally always
Speaker 1: fall in love with some receivers, So somebody's gonna grab
Speaker 1: my attention. Of course, you did not mention Darnell Mooney,
Speaker 1: and without the benefit of an off season a year
Speaker 1: ago and normal progress for a rookie, he still had
Speaker 1: a very solid season for a fifth round pick, And
Speaker 1: I think the most excitement outside of the new speed
Speaker 1: added to that mix is just where his development comes from. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm already thinking of Darnell Mooney and Alan Robinson being
Speaker 1: on this one or two unit. Now we need to
Speaker 1: see who that guy is going to take the next
Speaker 1: step and listen, man, as much as that you are
Speaker 1: holding out for Anthony Miller, I'm still holding out for
Speaker 1: Riley Ridley because I still see a guy that is
Speaker 1: a talented receiver and maybe with a quarterback that has
Speaker 1: better anticipation to his throws or a little bit more
Speaker 1: foot versatility of justin fields, maybe it'll exploit what his
Speaker 1: skills are. All Right, you had to love what Matt
Speaker 1: Naggie had to say about the running game and the
Speaker 1: desire of giving David Montgomery his share twenty plus carries
Speaker 1: a game if it works out, and the addition of
Speaker 1: of what Damian Williams can bring from his days of
Speaker 1: Kansas City. No, it's I think it's it's very doable.
Speaker 1: And I know, um, you know, when I was asked
Speaker 1: that question. You start getting into the analytics and you
Speaker 1: start talking numbers, and when you look at where David
Speaker 1: has been the last couple of years, he's getting him
Speaker 1: The football is a good thing, and he can make
Speaker 1: a lot of people miss that that aren't blocked. He
Speaker 1: can make guys miss that are blocked. And for us,
Speaker 1: when you're able to get in that fourth quarter and
Speaker 1: you have the lead and you can hand the ball
Speaker 1: off to David Montgomery, that's a good thing. Unfortunately, we
Speaker 1: haven't been in that situation enough in the past two years,
Speaker 1: so it's limited him a little bit. With carries, a
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of these big backs. Are these
Speaker 1: guys that get these heavier carries are getting them in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, and it's jumping their numbers up a little.
Speaker 1: So that twenty number was a part of that when
Speaker 1: you're winning in the fourth But Tom, that is always
Speaker 1: the case about carries and attempts. If you're trying to
Speaker 1: finish the job in the fourth quarter, when you put
Speaker 1: your offensive line, dig in the ground and start clearing
Speaker 1: the path, work that clock and finish the job, that
Speaker 1: is when carries go up. How would you like to
Speaker 1: see its structure? You know what, I don't care about
Speaker 1: analytics when you're talking about the running game because it's
Speaker 1: about a commitment and that's when you're only and I'm
Speaker 1: also frustrated by just hearing fourth quarter, because if you're
Speaker 1: going to have David Montgomery of carries in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: it's because you gave them carries in the first and
Speaker 1: second quarter. So that's where the numbers are going to
Speaker 1: have to increase, is the opportunity to capitalize down a
Speaker 1: fatigue defense in the fourth quarter because you've already beat
Speaker 1: them up in the first and second quarter. All right,
Speaker 1: offensive line, let's talk about it. Sam Mustafer at center,
Speaker 1: flanked by Cody white Hair on the left and James
Speaker 1: Daniels on the right, a healthy German Effetti on the
Speaker 1: right tackle spot, and then the battle for left tackle
Speaker 1: with Tevin Jenkins getting that opportunity so far, not able
Speaker 1: to practice in the first couple of days because of
Speaker 1: back tightness. And then a big list of players. There's
Speaker 1: fifteen over offensive linement. So I'm with experience, not a
Speaker 1: lot of left tackle experience obviously on this roster, but
Speaker 1: guys that are versatile that out fill those swing roles
Speaker 1: at guard and tackle. Where do you see the offensive
Speaker 1: line position at this point of training camp? You know,
Speaker 1: powerful with depth on the inside, and when you think
Speaker 1: of guys like Alex Bars, he's got versatility where he
Speaker 1: can go from center to guard to probably left tackle.
Speaker 1: To me, a guy like Larry Boram a rookie, you
Speaker 1: got to prove to me he can't play left tackle
Speaker 1: because when I watch the fluidity of his feet and
Speaker 1: his ability to bounce around, I think that you can
Speaker 1: construct his balance to work over there. I know Tevin
Speaker 1: Jenkins is the guy that's been annointed to be the
Speaker 1: starting left tackle on this team, but I need to
Speaker 1: see the guy on the field. And do I have
Speaker 1: concern when you talk about a back issue this early
Speaker 1: in camp. Yes, However, if it's just an obstacle that
Speaker 1: he's going to overcome within a week's time and he's
Speaker 1: in and there getting positive reps, I'm okay with it.
Speaker 1: You know, when you're reading the tea leaves on injuries
Speaker 1: and you think see things like, okay, if Fetti's got
Speaker 1: a hip flexer, you ever have one? No? Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know what kind of length of time is that is?
Speaker 1: And when it's back stiffness, you know that's just precaution. Yeah, yeah, listen,
Speaker 1: back stiffness. I came in I had back surgery, so
Speaker 1: I know it. Back stiffness is all about, and it's
Speaker 1: something that you can work through again this early in
Speaker 1: the season. I'm okay with him maybe taking an extra
Speaker 1: week to get his back loosened up and then come
Speaker 1: out here fresh and ready to go. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's I've always liked the attitude that Tevin Jenkins has
Speaker 1: presented that he is a tough guy and he's a
Speaker 1: guy that's willing to play at less than one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: So as the preseason games approached, let's hopefully, let's hopefully
Speaker 1: he gets on the field and training camp twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one with Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniac here on Chicago
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six seventy to score. See You're twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one Chicago Bears it Soldier Field for the first time
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Speaker 1: Joniac getting you ready for training camp. If you are
Speaker 1: so fortunate to have picked up one of those lottery
Speaker 1: spots and are able to check things out, I think
Speaker 1: you're gonna lave what you see here at have us.
Speaker 1: Hopefully mother nature cooperates every day and we'll have some
Speaker 1: fun and get the fans in front of the players
Speaker 1: once again. They're still protocols, so it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: little bit different, you know, getting autographs and things like that,
Speaker 1: a little bit of adjustment, but it's just as good
Speaker 1: to see the fans this morning. Hey, Matt talked about
Speaker 1: in this press conference the emotional impact that they have
Speaker 1: in practices and at games, and we talked about it
Speaker 1: with Andy Dalton the first time in his career, you know,
Speaker 1: preparing and playing games without fans. They play an important role.
Speaker 1: They play an important role in the end adrenaline they
Speaker 1: supply for you to get ready, their emotional support, and
Speaker 1: their commitment to the football team. So for me, I'm
Speaker 1: excited to see the fans surrounding the practice field. All right.
Speaker 1: One of the big news Adams was the return of
Speaker 1: Eddie Goldman. Eddie saying it was tough that he was
Speaker 1: watching games frustrated, had some regrets, but he did opt
Speaker 1: out last year, but he came back in great shape,
Speaker 1: spent the year in California. And every player that has
Speaker 1: that we've interviewed and run into and had nothing of
Speaker 1: the great things to say and are happy to see
Speaker 1: Eddie Goldman. So now it's just back and get into
Speaker 1: a football shape, get on the field and start making places.
Speaker 1: You know, we always talk about the eye test, and
Speaker 1: I was impressed by what I saw out of Eddie
Speaker 1: Goldman throughout the practices is thus far, he looks like
Speaker 1: he's in shape, he looks powerful, He's got a good
Speaker 1: relationship with the defensive lineman, so he fits right back
Speaker 1: in the group immediately. I know that Matt has always
Speaker 1: talked about how introverted he is. I would rather see
Speaker 1: him be more of an extrovert, to show more enthusiasm
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage and within the defense, within
Speaker 1: the huddle, and then I think that it's not going
Speaker 1: to lead to him making plays, but at least that
Speaker 1: outward sign him enthusiasm is important for other players to see.
Speaker 1: You know, when you're an introvert, you're an introvert. You
Speaker 1: know you got, as Matt says, be you. I just
Speaker 1: think it's more of you know, he keeps to himself
Speaker 1: off the field too, But I do think he likes
Speaker 1: the game. He loves the game, and he loves his teammates.
Speaker 1: I think guys in the locker room are a lot
Speaker 1: more extroverted than maybe you see on the practice field itself.
Speaker 1: So behind the scenes Eddie Goldman. You know, he's a
Speaker 1: teammate that these guys really enjoy being around. But Eddie Goldman,
Speaker 1: you also have skill where you were rewarded a big
Speaker 1: time contract as a reflection of what the Bears expect
Speaker 1: you to be. A Pro Bowl AlterNet a few years ago,
Speaker 1: here's Khalil Mack. You gotta knows that can take on
Speaker 1: double teams that's a thousand pounds and make it look
Speaker 1: easy and share blocks and make it hard for those
Speaker 1: running backs to get out of the backfield up is
Speaker 1: hell for those guards and those centers. And so just
Speaker 1: understanding his strengths, he brings all the different type of
Speaker 1: tested with as well. You know what I'm saying, not
Speaker 1: only stopping the run, but he can he can pass
Speaker 1: rest as well. So just having a guy like that
Speaker 1: back is a huge and same thing real quant Smith said,
Speaker 1: if you talk to Danny t travethan he'll say the
Speaker 1: same thing as well. For the inside linebackers. Well, you
Speaker 1: know the one thing about Eddie Goldman, he's not one
Speaker 1: dimensional like Khalil says. He's got versatility where he can
Speaker 1: move up and down the line of scrimmage and he
Speaker 1: can be a pass rusher if the offensive formation their
Speaker 1: faces needs it. So Eddie Goldman, I think with the
Speaker 1: more experience he gets, he can become a pass rusher
Speaker 1: as well as a run stopper. All right, let's talk
Speaker 1: kalil Mack. Spent some considerable time talking about him because
Speaker 1: I really enjoyed what he had to say. Also looking
Speaker 1: the mirror type of guy and he's never gonna make excuses,
Speaker 1: that's not his deal. He had a shoulder last year.
Speaker 1: He was on the injury report a lot. Never said
Speaker 1: it was the reason why his pass rush wasn't what
Speaker 1: he felt it could be and what it will be
Speaker 1: in the future. Still was one of the best pressure
Speaker 1: guys in the NFL, but there is big expectations for
Speaker 1: clil Mack and he draws attention from the opposition no
Speaker 1: matter what, no matter where he lines up, and with
Speaker 1: the guy on the other side trying to rebound as well,
Speaker 1: Robert Quinny feels these two can be a lethal pair. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, say what we can do? Get to the
Speaker 1: damn quarterback? You know what I'm saying. That's what that's
Speaker 1: what we got paid to do. Come in fair the
Speaker 1: game by getting to the quarterback and create turnovers in
Speaker 1: short fields for his offense, and ultimately that's the goal,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. And of course we not
Speaker 1: satisfied with the result last year, so his work to
Speaker 1: be done and enough talking, Yeah, enough talking, time for action.
Speaker 1: He made that clear, right, you know so far the
Speaker 1: early signs when you see Khalil on the practice field.
Speaker 1: One thing I admire about him most is he doesn't
Speaker 1: have to be invited to be in shape. He's always
Speaker 1: in great shape. He always pushes himself during the course
Speaker 1: of practice. And if he does stay healthy and he
Speaker 1: can be influenced on that defense with the other players
Speaker 1: around him, then you're gonna see Khalil mack. Like he said,
Speaker 1: what he got paid here to do is come and
Speaker 1: put pressure on the quarterback. We see evidence of it
Speaker 1: all the time, but if you got to see more
Speaker 1: destruction out of it and getting to the quarterback, dislodging
Speaker 1: the football, getting the striped sacks and then being complimented
Speaker 1: by Robert winning the rest of the defense. So everybody
Speaker 1: takes part in Khalil's skill and the prominent trait Matt
Speaker 1: Naggie wants to see from the Bears defense is quite clear.
Speaker 1: Everywhere you look, I want that ball coming out. I
Speaker 1: want fumbles, interceptions, hit passes. I mean, like, well they
Speaker 1: go to bed and I just think about intercepting the football,
Speaker 1: you know, stripping that football, be like crazy about it everywhere,
Speaker 1: you like, we have to get takeaways this year. I
Speaker 1: can remember going to training camp and going against the
Speaker 1: best defense in the NFL for five years at training camp,
Speaker 1: and it made the games easier. It made the games
Speaker 1: faster and more physical for the offense. And but it's
Speaker 1: because that we are practicing every day against the defense
Speaker 1: that has the traits that Matt Naggie's talking about. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go to genlemanager Ryan Pace as we break down
Speaker 1: the cornerback job because Jalen Johnson on one side, and
Speaker 1: then a battle on the inside and other outside position.
Speaker 1: Desmond Truffont first up in the conversation with Pace, feeling
Speaker 1: that he can compete for that starting job and a
Speaker 1: player to keep an eye on. We've studied him a
Speaker 1: lot over the years from Atlanta to Detroit, and I
Speaker 1: think unfortunately last year there was some soft tissue stuff
Speaker 1: that came up with hamstrings. So you know, we're getting
Speaker 1: ahead of that right now with our staff you know,
Speaker 1: trying to say that the head of the curve on that.
Speaker 1: But true Fund we still feel has the stickiness to
Speaker 1: play man covered, the suddenness, all those things. So it'll
Speaker 1: be good to see it all play out this camp
Speaker 1: and it will be good competition there. I know we
Speaker 1: talked about Bill Doore. Yeah, we'll talk about Bill Doore
Speaker 1: in the next but you have the floor on true Fund, Truefond.
Speaker 1: He's always had the skill. He's always displayed it that
Speaker 1: he's got the ability to play cornerback in the NFL
Speaker 1: and the different types of coverages that's required out of them.
Speaker 1: It's just a matter you stay healthy, you will be
Speaker 1: on the field. Now. Bill Doore had been one of
Speaker 1: the big topic points so far in the off season.
Speaker 1: They'll see how he does in camp. In year two,
Speaker 1: got a lot of valuable play time down the stretch,
Speaker 1: and he definitely can push for the starting job. You know,
Speaker 1: he has that kind of ability. He looked really good
Speaker 1: this offseason. When I think about these young merging players
Speaker 1: on our team, he's definitely one of them, and he's
Speaker 1: such a pro theay the way he prepares and with
Speaker 1: what he goes about his daily plan, and he's a
Speaker 1: talented player that we were really excited to get in
Speaker 1: that area the draft. In this guy's limits, and just
Speaker 1: like Jalen Johnson, the expectations for Jalen Johnson are through
Speaker 1: the roof. Now. If you can connect on a guy
Speaker 1: like Kendallville Door that is pushed by truefon or is
Speaker 1: able to push trufon, I think that's that's where the
Speaker 1: Bears defensive backfield can capital. All Right, it's gonna wrap
Speaker 1: up our show for Tom Thayer. I'm Jeff Joniac. Thanks
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