WEBVTT - Andy Dalton on learning Bears Offense | All Access 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.920 Training camp underway here at hallis Haava ramp up to 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:06.640 full pad's next Monday morning, just helmets and shells. The 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:09.560 remainder this week player's day off on Sunday, and we're 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:11.920 here to cover it with my broadcast partner Tom There 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:14.440 from news Radio seven eighty and one or five point 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:16.640 at FM w BBM. I'm Jeff Joni AAC. Thanks to 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:18.840 our producers Jordan tread Up, Dan Brilly and our friends 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:21.600 here at the score coming up in our next segment, 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.040 we're joined by Bear starting quarterback Andy Dalton as we 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:26.840 look forward to his work. And this is eleventh NFL 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:30.000 training camp. I dare say, I think you got to 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:34.640 be approaching forty some training camps. I don't know, not 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.120 that many, but I mean it might be close. You know, 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.960 twenty five years in broadcasting and what eleven training camps 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.120 in the NFL, and then how many of the USFL 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:47.519 three three? Yeah, so fourteen plus twenty you're knocking on 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:50.840 forties door. Wit You know what is It's always what's next, 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:52.320 And it's kind of like you if you listen to 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.320 the approach of Matt Nagee after you conclude a practice, 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.680 that's about what can you improve, what do you have 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:00.240 to pay attention to in the new details at present 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.200 themselves every practice. So it's a lot like me. I 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.600 could be through forty training camps, but now I'm starting 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:09.600 to think about today's practice, tomorrow's practice, and next week's 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:11.560 events when they get into full pads. All right, let's 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.360 get you up to date on what we heard from 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:17.319 Matt Naggy this morning, because that's what he's doing before practice, 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:20.480 the news conferences this year at training camp. And so 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:24.520 it is some concern obviously when anybody's not on the field. 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.480 That's a starter. Eddie Jackson, the safety, he is on 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.280 the non football injury list with a hamstring a soft 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.920 tissue injury. And then you got right tackle Jermaineifetti on 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.640 the populist time of the hip flexer. But no real concern, 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.200 no major concern. He's just given these guys time to 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.800 heal up. There's a long camp. You okay with that? Yeah, 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.240 right now, I am. It's preventative medicine. You don't want 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.280 to have these injuries escalate into a bigger issue where 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.440 it prevents them from being on the field when the 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:54.360 regular season gets here. Listen, Jermaina Fetti he knows and 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.760 understands what is in front of him. He understands how 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.360 to get through a football season. So I would rather 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:02.200 have a player come up and say, hey, I'm less 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.400 than one hundred percent, get that issue ready. Give Larry 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:08.520 Boram some extra reps, and Tarik Cohen, daz K Newsom 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.880 there on the pup list will wait for their return 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.799 to some point. Newsom injuring his collar bone during a 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.400 rookie mini camp, and then Robert Quinn a little bit 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.639 of back tightness working on the side in this first day. 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.320 But you know, we heard from him this week about 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.079 his own expectations and owned up to what was a 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.560 rough year for him. In his opinion, given to the 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:33.400 output of over the course of his career about sacking quarterbacks, 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:35.120 he might have been just kind of hard on myself 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.600 because I got a high expectations. I might just beat 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.080 myself down mentally. But I mean, I guess that didn't 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:45.200 I Kenny raised twenty twenty because put it behind me, 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:46.840 because it's you know again, it's on and over with. 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.160 So now I'm gonna look forward to this year and 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:53.560 coming with a little more a better positive mindset, a 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:57.320 little more energetic you know happy mindset, and you know, 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.760 try to give you know, the Bears and my teammates 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:02.760 and you know, everyone the best version of myself as 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:06.320 a person and player, and hopefully I get what they're 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.800 looking for. You know, I believe what he's saying too. 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:10.919 And I think last year, you know, not having the 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.200 offseason for a guy that moved to another team playing 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.400 a different position. Frankly, he was a four three guy 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.960 this first time into three to four. He also intimated that, yes, 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:23.959 there must have been conversations about how he envisied himself 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:27.200 being used and what his strength is, which is clearly 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:29.959 handing the dirt, screaming off the edge and getting to 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.799 the quarterback even at his advancing age, and the Bears 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.160 appear to be open to doing that. Mattneggie says, yes, 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.000 we will use him to his strength, but he will 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.240 also be used the way we would like to use 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.480 him in the base of our scheme as well. Yeah, 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.400 I mean, listen, he's capable of doing everything that's required 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:47.080 of him. What I like out of the first couple 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.240 days of practice that he's in the hip pocket of 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.840 Khalil Mack because you think about the relationship that they've 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.280 been able to forge. You know, he didn't know a 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:58.240 lot about Khalil. They weren't teammates, and now he has 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.040 a year to spend around him. And when I see 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.400 the enthusiasm on which Khalil approaches practice, I want this 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.200 to be contagious to Robert Quinn because he has to 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:12.440 have that same positive mental attitude that's needed from every player, 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.800 especially Robert. I gotta talk about Matt Naggie this morning too, 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.600 and he mentioned it in the introductory news conference this 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:21.520 week on Tuesday with gentle manager Ryan Pace. But just 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:26.120 what he's learned, there is a lot of introspective moments 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.560 for a head coach. They sit in that office grinding 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:32.120 every single day. They never are able to turn it off. Yeah, 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.000 there's a summer break, they go on and do things 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.200 with their family, as he did this summer, but you're 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.680 always thinking. You're always in contact, likely in his case 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.240 with his quarterbacks Andy Dalton and Justin Fields. He's got 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.240 a very good relationship with David Montgomery, Cole Commetz in 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.040 his office breaking down tape, so it's always on. But 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.800 look at himself in the mirror and saying what I 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:54.880 didn't do right? What I need to work on as 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:58.640 a head coach, let alone play caller, an offensive designer. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.360 He'd take that stuff to heart. And he's always been 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.960 that way since we've known him, and he really took 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.760 it to heart this offseason. And the end result now 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:09.560 is what we'll start to see in training camp what 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:13.080 his expectations are. But what do you think when you 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.240 hear a first time head coach entering his fourth camp 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.960 looks himself in the mirror and basically dresses himself down 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.640 and oh yeah, in the midst of a pandemic, and 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.400 oh yeah, they're changing location of a training camp, and 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:28.520 oh yeah, there's another defensive coordinator that you got to 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.800 fit into the mix. I like the fact that he 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:34.560 talked about going outside the box when he needed some 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:38.200 advice not only his mentors inside the football business, but 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.440 outside that realm of life, because you know, they're faced 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.120 with a lot of issues that I think that can 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:48.040 benefit Matt Naggie. I think Naggie has handled everything very efficiently. 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.360 And when you can admit to yourself that you have 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.440 to get better at different aspects of what your role is, 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.080 I think it's beneficial for you in the long run. 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.280 So I'm always excited to see what the next up is. 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.159 The next decision is for Matt in how it benefits 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.799 the team and what he seeks from the twenty twenty 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.280 one Bears. He made clear this week, I want no 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.760 complacency is something that we've talked about. It's easy to 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.360 have these RaRo speeches on day one of training camp, 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.960 and but the focus is going to be on making 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:22.040 sure that we don't get complacent in any area. That 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.040 we're great teachers as coaches, and they've always tried to 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.160 be great teachers. He also says practice is going to 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.600 be one hundred miles an hour good. And I think 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:32.560 Matt n Aggie has a group of veterans here that 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:36.240 he can rely on those guys conveying that message from 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:39.039 the locker room to the practice field, because you don't 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.560 want to sit there and have your head coach tell 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.440 these guys every single day what he expects out of him. 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.320 The attitude and the effort level. That's got to be 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:51.159 something that's presented by his marquee guys on this football team, 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.360 and I think they all have the ability to be 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.680 thrust into that leadership role to bring along the other 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:01.159 players that not need to be in urged the practice harder, 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.800 but just show how they practice as hard as they 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.200 do to be an influence to the guys that are 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.960 fighting for reps. All right, you're in that room, first 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:12.760 team meeting of the season, training camp about to commence. 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:15.720 It's the ramp up period. But he stands before you 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:17.760 as a player, and this is what he says. You're 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:19.720 gonna see in field a team that practice is hard 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.520 and so that emphasis that we're talking about is gonna 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.360 be on a different level than what y'all have seen 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.520 in three years here with me. So the practices that 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.400 we have are going to be fast. There's gonna be 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.200 no walking around. They're gonna every rep is gonna count. 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:35.960 And you might see in ten reps. You might see 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.000 a starter get four reps, but those four reps are 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.200 gonna be one hundred miles an hour. And if they're not, 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.440 they won't be on the field. That's the kicker. If not, 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.720 they won't be on the field, no matter who it is. Okay, So, Matt, 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:48.560 you put it out there to the public. This is 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:50.480 on a radio station that a lot of people are 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:52.800 gonna listen to, and there's gonna be fans at practice. 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:55.560 So they're gonna want to see that effort displayed in 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.880 the practices out there. But Matt sounds to me like 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:01.520 a first year head coach, a guy that's trying to 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.320 change the environment to what he's expected of the guys 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:07.600 on the practice field. And Jeff, we're going to be 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.280 here every single day, so you know we'll be able 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.040 to evaluate those words as strong as they came out 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.760 of Coach Naggie while storms moved through the area last night, 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.680 nice morning leading the practice on fields one and two 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.880 here at HALLISAU today, a well designed layout for fans, 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:25.720 Tom and media, football operations players. The whole place looks great. 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.240 It sparkles, and now let's let's hope to see some 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.400 really good competition when they get the pads on, starting 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:35.760 on next Monday. Coming up next Bear starting quarterback Andy 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.320 Dalton Here on Bears All Access with Tom Thare. I'm 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.760 Jeff Joniac. We're brought to you by IGS Energy on 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.520 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. Come back to 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.440 Bears All Access. We're brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:49.920 Choose clean energy for your home at igs dot com 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.559 because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.719 With Tom thare Jeff Joniac and please to kick off 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:57.839 our training camp coverage for twenty twenty one here on 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.240 Bears All Access with starting quarterback of the Chicago Bears, 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.600 Andy dun Thanks for joining us, Thanks for taking out 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:05.760 some time. How you feeling doing good and glad to 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.560 be back and back to work? Was this Camp eleven 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:11.120 for you? Camp eleven? Camp eleven? They all have their 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:14.800 own little angle to them and for Bears fans whom 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.640 you've already seen on the field obviously with the first 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:21.679 practice today, I'll tell you they're passionate and you've been 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:24.360 in some great places in Cincinnati and Dallas, but first 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.000 time for them at Hollis Hall, it's a treat. I 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:28.920 bet they never thought they'd be able to be at 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:33.120 the Bears facility. But I think there's many adjectives to 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.319 describe each in every camp. What are yours right now? 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.480 By your feelings? If you got to come up with 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.360 some majectives on the start of this season with a 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:44.360 brand new franchise and in particular this franchise, Yeah, I 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:46.920 think there's a lot of excitement and I mean you 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.280 throw in training camp this year now with fans that 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.400 missed out on a year of football, not being able 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:54.760 to be there and all that kind of stuff. So 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.280 and to just understand the passion that this city has 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:03.000 for the Airs and that the fans have. So we're 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.480 looking forward to We're decided to be back to work 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:09.280 and back to playing some football again, you know, Andy. 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.079 So my first eight years I played for the Bears, 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:13.720 and then I went and played for the Miami Dolphins. 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.280 For an offensive guard going another team, all as I 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:18.000 do is look at the sheet and I see where 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:19.880 the guards go, and that's all I have to learn. 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:23.280 What did you learn last year from going from Cincinnati 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:25.800 to Dallas that can help you go from Dallas to 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.360 Chicago in terms of learning the system and everything that 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:33.200 is required from a quarterback, right, And I've I've been 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.520 in a lot of different systems in my eleven years. 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:37.959 I think this is my seventh or eighth offense that 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:41.559 I've been in that time. So learning a new new 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:45.240 playbook and learning new schemes like really isn't uh, you know, 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.280 It's kind of become second nature just because I've had 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:49.640 to do it so much. But I think it's really 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:54.040 more learning personalities, learning guys, learning how guys operate and Um, 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.839 you know, I get having some of the OTA's and 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:01.000 having a chance to get in and call, getting in 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:02.920 and out of the huddle, make sure the communications there. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:04.559 I think there's a lot of things that kind of 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.200 go into it. And you know, there's a new place 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.360 last year for me and being in Doubts, new place 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.079 this year for me being here in Chicago, and there's 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:13.679 a lot of experiences I can take from that. Well. 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.000 Days ago, general manager Ryan Pace and head coach Man 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:19.240 Naggie had their introductory news conference Andy Ryan expressed a 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.440 calmness and that comes from there four years together now 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:26.000 they work very well together. But I think they were 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.840 also alluding to you being here and that calms their 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.600 anxieties a little bit on the start of a season 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:38.439 because of your history and your intelligence about football, and 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.800 I think the team is feeding off of that already. 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:42.960 Do you get that vibe and if you always had 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.480 that vibe. I went back to your days of Texas 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:50.000 Christian and going back and reading about how coaches felt 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.760 about you and when the Bengals were scouting you, they 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:56.439 had that same impression eleven years ago. Yeah, I think 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.760 that comes with having a lot of confidence in what 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.680 I know I can do. And you know, I've been 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.000 a part of some really good teams just throughout my career, 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.400 from going back all the way from high school all 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:07.559 the I mean all the way down. I feel like 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.199 I've been on a part of winning programs and UM 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:15.319 state champion, right yeah or not? Well, Katie, Texas, I was. 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.079 I mean, there's a lot of history of you know, 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.559 state teams there. I unfortunately lost in the state game 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:23.960 my senior year. But you know, still bug you, yeah, 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:28.000 I still bugs me for forty two touchdowns your senior 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.600 year high school. I can't believe that it was big 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.559 the year before un I mean, just Katie, the high 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:37.920 school I went to is known for for running the ball, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.800 So to throw forty two touchdowns was it was cool? 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.000 I know you're still answering that question, but I gotta 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:46.200 bring my guy in here. Joliet Catholics southern suburbs here 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.760 of Chicago. Uh, they don't believe in throwing the ball. Basically, 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.360 we basically, you know, four or five passes a game 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.440 for us as a lot. We went to a game 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.560 many years ago and he goes, you gotta go around 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:01.880 the sidelines against riverside field right in the Western Suburbs 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.920 and Julia Cathol ran the ball every snap in Riverside Brookfield, 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:09.240 through it every snap. Who do you think won the game? Well? 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:14.480 Through it? No, the team, right, I guess I should 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:19.440 say who was the quarterback? Yeah? Fifty to last play 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.679 the game? Yeah? Yeah, Well, I mean there's a lot 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.040 of high school offenses and not a lot of different 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.480 ways of doing it. But you know, Matt, he was 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.280 paying you a compliment anticipatory And I had to say 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.719 it to myself a lot because it's not like so 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.520 the anticipated throws that you put it into the receivers. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.400 So is it you know in the system well enough 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.319 that you can put the ball into a spot where 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.599 you expect them to be and if there is a 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:48.080 you know, maybe a yard shot a yard deep or whatever, 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.480 can you go and have that conversation immediately with these 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.040 guys and say, Hey, this is what I expect out 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:58.000 of you on this certain anticipated throw. Yeah, you know, 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.719 I think Matt that's one of his words that he 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.760 loves to say, ditsicipatory throws and you know, that kind 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:07.439 of buzzword. But I think it's understanding. Okay, when the 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.920 ball snap, what coverage are they're playing where you going 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.319 the ball and putting it in the right spot and 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.360 making sure everybody's on the same page. And so I 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:19.040 think for me, just playing the game for so long, 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.400 I understand the timing of how it should look and 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:26.280 how it should feel and making sure our receivers and 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.160 our scipts and players understand that and know that. And 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:30.960 so you know, like you said, if there is a 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:32.880 guy that's a yard shorter or he's a little bit 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:36.280 deep on certain things, I understand that because I know 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:39.280 the rhythm and the timing of how it should look 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.720 and where it should be. And you know that all 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.640 comes down to anticipation. If you can get the ball 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.960 out of your hands quick and on time, it gives 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:50.640 your gives the offensive advantage of Bear starting quarterback Andy Dalton. 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.440 Here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. This 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.280 is Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.920 With Tim there, I'm Jeff Joni k. Let's go back 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.440 to your rookie or as talking about the anticipatory. A 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.000 New York Times story they did on you in November 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:08.840 of your rookie season, your second round pick, and at 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:11.000 the time it was written, the Bengals saw something they 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:15.320 badly needed at that time with a veteran defense, a young, 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:19.960 brand new offense, and they needed steadiness. Is that your 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:23.200 calling card? I think so. And I feel like that's 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.200 just kind of how I've been throughout my football career. 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:29.080 Is you know, never getting too high and never getting 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.040 too low. And there three times you let it a 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:32.880 little bit of frustration, but then you got to move on. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.440 You know, that's playing this position, you can't hold on 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.400 to anything. You got to move on, whether it's good 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.880 or bad. And I feel like I've that's just kind 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.200 of how I've played throughout my career. And so I 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.800 mean steadiness kind of what you're talking about earlier, what 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.600 Matt and Ryan were talking about, just uh, you know, 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:53.200 just kind of that steadiness of playing the game and 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.760 having you know, for me, I understand I've got full 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:59.200 control of this thing. And so to be able to 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.560 direct and make sure everybody's on the same page, hopefully 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.760 give them a confidence where they can, you know, understand 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:06.080 that they're going to get the most out of me. 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.520 When when you see some of you are developing experiences 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.680 with aj Green and then you'd go out on this 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:15.120 field and you see a guy like Alan Robinson. Can 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.240 you bring a selection of plays with you? Maybe he said, Okay, 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.600 I've always liked this throughout my career. This is a 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:23.040 position I can put these guys in. This is a 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.360 play that I like against the specific coverages. You've got 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:28.680 a lot of experience, and that's what they expect from 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.840 experienced quarterbacks. Do you feel that you can bring some 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.680 of those plays in your backpack and say, hey, Matt, 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.560 I like these absolutely. You know, that's one thing when 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.400 I when I signed here. You know, just talking with him, 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.840 we've talked through okay, the offense, that of what this 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.040 team has done, and also some things that I really like. 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.680 And yeah, I think there'll be some give and take 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:53.120 with everything. Make sure everybody's comfortable we're doing. But you said, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.440 you know, I had Aj for so long, so we 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.360 were really good at certain things and we knew I 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:01.440 knew exactly where he was going to be uncertain thing. 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:03.760 I'm here to build chemistry with all of our guys, 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:07.320 but uh Aj and Allen they're they're different receivers, So 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.200 I mean their skill sets are just are different and 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.360 certain things, Um, so I mean we'll find the things 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:15.159 that were that we're gonna get really good at and 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.480 and and definitely have those in any of the games 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.240 of chess match It always has been so over the years. 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:24.159 Have you noticed how defenses, uh, is there trends to 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.440 develop on what they want to take away from regardless 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.359 of all the different systems, and have you had to 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.399 morph into different aspects of your talents, tap into different 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:36.440 aspects of it, and maybe even recreate yourself a little 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.520 bit from time to time. Yeah? Yeah, I think you 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:43.680 try to find every year ways to just improve your game. 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:47.000 And you know, this year being in a new system 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.480 around new guys, Okay, it's it's really just building the 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.480 chemistry with our with our guys. And so I've said, 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.320 this is my eleventh year playing, i feel like there's nothing. 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.000 I feel like I've I've seen a lot of stuff 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:02.480 and I can pull from those experiences. You know, even 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:04.760 even being with Bill Lazer, It's like we can go 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.560 back and talk about, oh yeah, back in seventeen, they 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:09.600 did this in eighteen, and we'll remember that game this 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:11.359 one play all the kind of stuff we've already been 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:13.440 doing it. So that's just kind of how this works. 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.280 And I think it just comes with playing the game 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.000 more with Andy Dalton, Bear starting quarterback. Coming up after 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:20.320 a break. This is Bears All Access with Tom There 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.840 Jeff Joniac here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.080 The Chicago Bears, one of the teams on the Chicago 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:32.840 Sports Alliance, are supporting. Read Chicago's gun violence reduction efforts. 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:37.200 Learn more at Heartland Alliance dot org. Slash read Jeff 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:40.639 Joniac Tom There with Bear starting quarterback Andy Dalton. A 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:44.200 few more minutes with the Bear starting quarterback. Middle finger, 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:47.880 left hand. Tell me about it, middle finger, left hand, 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:52.920 going back to high school, the significance of it. Yeah, well, 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:57.080 unfortunately I've had some bad luck with fingers, you know, 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.800 middle finger, left hand. I broke it in the playoff game, 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:06.280 but finish the season affecting thing. It's it's the two 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:08.840 times I've broke my thumb and tour ligament my thumb 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:12.160 in the NFL that that affected where I wouldn't able 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:16.000 to play. Hey, how was the relationship developing with Sam? 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.680 Must differ the center here, because I think there's a 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:22.280 unique bond between quarterback and center, either the rhythm of 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:25.639 your cadence, how it fits along with all the offensive line, 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:29.080 or just you know, his snap trajectory. How how is 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:32.920 that young relationship developing? That's been great. You know, Sam, 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:36.480 he's he's a really smart player, and he's gonna do 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.119 everything you can to make sure we're communicating well. And 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:42.520 I think that's the biggest thing, is making sure that 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.520 we're on the same page just from a protection standpoint, 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:50.240 understanding when we need to change protections, you know, Reid 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:52.159 things and all that kind of stuff. So I think 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:53.960 that's one thing that we'll just continue to work together. 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.639