WEBVTT - Bush talks competition | All Access 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:04.519 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:08.560 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.560 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:16.239 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:20.959 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:25.000 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:30.360 Physical Therapy and CDW. Hey plus, gooday, everybody, Good to 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:32.760 be with you once again our weekly edition. Here along 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:35.440 with Tom Beare and Jim Miller of the former Chicago 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:39.600 Bears offensive lineman, super Bowl winner and starting quarterback of 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:43.000 the Bears in that fantastic two thousand and one playoff run. 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:45.680 Jim Miller from Serious x M NFL Radio, I'm Jeff 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.280 Johnny Act. Good to have you alongside everybody. Our producer tonight, 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.960 Sean Anderson. We got a full show schedule tonight coming up. 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.600 At six ten, we round out our rookie class cornerback 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:57.040 Kendallville Door out of Georgia Southern, one of the three 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.240 fifth round picks, will joined the program. And then at 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.520 six thirty or we know we're gonna have a great 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:05.959 conversation with Sam Acho, the former Bears linebacker a prominent 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:11.080 voice right now social justice issues and ties with George McCaskey, 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:12.920 the chairman of the board of Chicago Bears, will be 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:15.640 looking forward to that conversation as well, and felt it's 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.480 good to have you alongside. The offseason program is over, 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.919 at least from the meeting perspective for the Chicago Bears. 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.200 Today was it, and now they get ready for what 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.039 they hope will be a normal training camp. Tom and Jim. Yeah, 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.160 you know, Jeff, they've still done more than they used 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:31.240 to do in training camp. I mean they've had I 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:34.320 mean in the off season, they've had plenty of meetings. 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:37.000 They've had a chance to have at least eye contact 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.160 with these players, whether they're veterans or rookies, whether they're 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:43.039 free agents coming in to learn information for the first time. 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.040 So when you listen to Matt and Aggie's press conference, 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:49.480 it's nice to hear him walk away with confidence that 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.840 their team is in a good place. Because we're in 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:57.360 an era right now you're not only considering the production 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.760 as a football team on the field, you're also considering 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:05.400 how you make the team more a better working environment 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.680 than maybe it has in the past. But it's always 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.480 been a great working environment at Hollis Hall. Yeah, and 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.840 I just think, how much more install can you do 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:17.000 without really taking one rep of what you're installing? You know, 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.600 how deep can you go into into the playbook. I'm 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:23.119 sure with the veterans it is, you know, a good 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.280 place where you can go. But I think for the 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.679 first year players that are new on board, like say 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:31.639 a young Kendall Vildore will be joining us this evening 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.120 on the show. You know again, I think they can 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.880 say conceptually they have it, but until you see them 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.720 in a rep against a different look, whether it's say 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.600 maybe it's a man call versus a zone call versus 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:46.960 maybe a blitz call or a base defense alert automatic 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:50.239 blitz on certain plays, I think there's only so deep 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.760 you can go into the playbook where players can only 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.200 retain so much, where really the learning is going to 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.360 be on the field when they make a mistake and 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.960 you can physically get your hands on them and really 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.720 point out the mistakes via the tape of the rep 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.120 they just received during the practices. Now, now man Naggie 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.560 wants turn them loose, get himself physically right, get himself 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:13.040 mentally right. So you guys both played long careers. If 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.720 you were just in meetings all this time, when you 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:17.760 do show up for training camp, is it going to 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.760 be confusing? Oh my gosh, do I remember this? Do 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.600 I remember that? How do I retain all of this information? 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.680 I just sucked in over two months and then I 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:32.520 had this five six week delay. How you do it? Well? 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.679 To me? I think this will be the hardest year 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.680 the rookies have ever had going into training camp, because 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.200 you're gonna forget a lot of what you meant, but 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:45.000 what you learned. But you know, Jeff, you weren't introduced 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.680 to the speed of the game through OTAs, whether it's 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.320 in shorts and T shirts or full pads, there's a 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:54.160 certain introduction, there's a certain reality that you get of 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.600 making sure that you're on the field for the first time, 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.320 making sure that you understand the speed of the game. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:05.000 And so that's like the key ingredient here that they're missing. 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.760 They don't have an introduction to that speed yet, so 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:09.440 they're gonna have to catch up to the speed of 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.560 the game in full pads, in full speed events and 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.960 training camp. Jim, what advice would you give to everybody 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.479 that I would take the physical side of it out 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.640 of the equation, meaning I am going to show up 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.040 in the best shape of my life, all right, that 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:26.599 you know, were that transition from just being in good 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:30.480 shape into football shape is accelerated at a great place 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.160 because anything else I can learn mentally along the way. 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.839 If I'm physically up to the task now I'm just 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:39.040 mentally challenging myself. I'll be able to physically go out 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.520 or even stay after practice and get other reps that 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.479 I need to do physically, whether it's drops in coverage, 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.839 whether it's certain pass rush moves against maybe an offensive linement, 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:50.920 and maybe I'll ask them to come out, hey, stay 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.080 for a couple acts to reps, so I would literally 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.240 show up in the best shape of my life that 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:57.400 I ever have. I'll take care of the mental side 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:00.080 and any install that's there. But it allowed me to 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.360 stay after and get extra reps that I'll make sure 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.440 I'll be physically able to do to get caught up 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:07.240 to speed quickly. Well, it's a tight team, maybe a 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.520 tighter team after all what's going on here over the 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.240 last nine weeks ten weeks, and it's a hungry team 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:17.359 because of what happened last season. The unfulfilled expectations that 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.200 they all feel individually. But you got a bunch of guys. 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:27.120 Eddie Jackson, Robert Quinn, Roquan Smith, Jermaine Fettie. We're gonna 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.240 hear from all these guys tonight as we break down 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.920 the Bears for twenty twenty. Coming back, We'll have our 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:35.480 rookie selection tonight, Fifth round Kendallville Door out of Georgia 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:37.839 Southern the cornerback to join the program with Sean Adderson. 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.080 Top there, Jim Miller, I'm Jeff Jony Act. 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Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.480 Good to have you alongside as we break down here 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:09.960 on this June eleventh, the Bears of twenty twenty with 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.559 Tom There, Jim Miller joined now by rookie fifth rounder 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:16.080 Kendall l Door out of Georgia Southern, The five nine 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.640 and seven eight one ninety pounder out of College Park, Georgia. 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.240 Did I get all the math right on your kendall, Yes, sir, Yes, 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:27.080 sir man. I'd love to give you the six feet 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:31.560 right because I'm five seven and a half. I'm five 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.159 seven and a half on a good day, so I 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.400 feel you. I mean, I've seen guys come through the 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.560 doors at allis off for the last twenty four years 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.880 about your size and there. They can be nasty, they 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:45.480 can be physical, aggressive, and you know, pretty amazing. So 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:49.720 I think that's part of your makeup. You have that 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.919 aspect to your game. You're you're not backing down from anybody. 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.200 Are You're kind of fearless? Yes? They are? Well, definitely, 0:06:56.279 --> 0:07:00.440 most definitely. And where did that come from? Um? Just 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:03.320 I feel like just growing up from Atlanta, Georgia, Colors 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.560 part to be is that just growing up you know 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:07.960 what I mean, a hard environment and stuff like that. 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.920 Just always want to have that edge and just older 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:15.240 people around me installing that edge, having that edge mindset 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.320 and I just cant out alone throughout me when I 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.520 was just playing little league football, middle school, high school, 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:22.520 college and now to the poet. I'm gonna keep that 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:27.720 same mindset. Just want to go out there and dominate. Hey, Kendell, 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.440 you know when I watch your highlight tape, you know 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.200 you kind of gotta watch it carefully, but I like 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.360 to see what I say. You're really pesky around the football. 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.160 But one thing I noticed is when you see the 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.640 football coming out of the cornerbacks hands and you believe 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.400 that you have a better chance of catching it than 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:46.920 the wide receiver, you go after a football. Is that 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.520 a process that you have developed over the three years 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.160 that you were a starter or is that always that 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.680 you maintained. If the football is in the air and 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.200 you can get it, it might be well be yours. Yeah, 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.680 I say, just growing up being an overall athlete, playing 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.600 UM wide receiver a lot as well, So when I 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:09.160 transition to actually being the four time cornerback, I still 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.320 had that wide receiver mentally in my head. Where the 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.000 balls in the air, I'm gonna make a touchdown, Like 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.200 I'm playing wide receiver. Now I'm on defense, I'm gonna 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.880 gett that interception. Playing baseball, that's where I played centifield 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.040 my sophomore year through my senior high school. That kept 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.200 moving my ball skills as well, and the way that 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.680 I actually train when we train it every day with 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.360 our normal dbut drill we always using the ball, doing 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:32.920 low ball drills and different things like that. So all 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:36.640 of that, of course, you know, it's also you know, 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:39.480 you have three years as a starter and you kind of, 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.680 you know, earn and gain that mentality of I'm a starter. 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.520 So I don't I don't have any size concerns about you. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.679 But now you look at a team that needs a cornerback, 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.920 a starting cornerback. Is your mindset that you're going to 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:53.960 earn one of these jobs, because once you have the 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.360 mantle as a starter and you do it for three 0:08:56.440 --> 0:09:00.520 years in college, it's hard to give that up, right 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.200 exactly exactly. I mean, I know it's an opportunity for 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:08.360 me to come out for the Umbars organization and compete 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.360 for starting spot. I mean that's what they dropped it before. 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:13.560 I just want to be just gonna go out there 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:15.480 when I get there, just so what I can do 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:18.800 socase my challenge and my abilities for the coaching and 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.120 just that then't make decision. I want to contribute anywhere 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.319 I can special teams of course as a big part 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:24.920 of the game. So I just want to help contribute 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:28.079 anywhere I can early on. Well, Kendall, Jim Miller here, 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.800 welcome to Chicago. And you know it's got to be 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.439 exciting for Jenner your first training camp. And how was 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.240 the anxiety from that standpoint, because really you haven't been 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.480 on the field to get one rep. I know you're 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:42.040 probably doing stuff individually and doing some things on your own, 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.560 but how is it all sinking in and how you're 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:46.719 applying it in your workhouse to be ready for your 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:50.680 first NFL training camp. Yeah. Yeah, it's crazy times that 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:52.440 we have it right now because usually I would have 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.000 been up there for rookie mini camps and OTAs and 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:58.120 different things like that. So just really now just digging 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.080 in into the playbook, just making sure that I I 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.199 know my assignments, where IM supposed to be lined up, 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.640 where I'm supposed to be covering, different things like that. 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.439 So when I finally get there, it's sticking nation to 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:08.800 me and I can I'm able to go out there 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.760 play fans without any of any mistakes and everything like that. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.679 So it's something I'm adjusting to and everything, but I'll 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:16.679 be ready. Well, that's funny that you just said that 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.840 I didn't even think about this. I remember when I 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.480 got drafted. It wasn't until I put on my helmet 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.079 for the first time and my my uh shoulder pads 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.160 that I really felt, hey, this is about to happen, 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:29.079 that I'm going out for a p Have you Have 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.440 you been able to even put on your bearer's helmet 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.559 yet to feel part of it? No? I have. I 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:36.600 mean that they sent me some gear and everything like that, 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.600 so that kind of gave me a little feeling everything. 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.959 But I didn't even putting no helmet on the name yet, 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:43.959 So I know when I finally get there and putting 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.120 their helmet on and do that first predic is going 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.080 to be surreal. Yeah. Oh you're gonna love it, my friend. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.440 So good luck from that temper. Well when you when 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:52.800 you're looking at it in the gear that they have 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.480 sent you, have you been able to apply it in 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.080 every way possible to make sure you come up and 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.080 come into camp in the best part possible shape that 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:04.120 you can come in? Oh? Oh yeah, for sure. This 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.600 stream coach he's been sending this on workouts and everything 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.400 like that. So I've been following that plan, making sure 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:11.960 that I'm doing I supposed to do. So when I'm 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.160 gonna get up there, I'm in shaping everything like down 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.400 fast and I'm strong, and I'm detailing my techniques and stuff. 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.000 Kendall Vadar is our guest here on Bears All Access 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.720 with Tom Thare and Jimmer. I'm Jeff Joniac, the rookie 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:27.480 out of Georgia Southern, familiar school for Bears fans because 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.520 of Bears running back Adrian Peterson. We love that guy here. 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:36.160 His teammates really respected Adrian for what he had to 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.319 go through in his life and how he just went 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.080 about his daily work here and very beloved figure here 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.000 from the guys who played with him on the O 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.120 six Super Bowl team and whatnot. And you were influenced 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:48.720 by him a little bit. He's ding the director of 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:52.920 student athlete development there at Georgia Southern. What were conversations 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.720 like with him over the years and how did you 0:11:55.760 --> 0:12:00.280 guys connect? Oh? Yeah, Adrian Preson, He's a good person 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:02.880 to meet um just as him being the situation that 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.319 I was in coming out of college, having UM, getting 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:07.000 having ability to get ready to go to the pros 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.240 and everything like that. So he gave me a lot 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.120 of advice. I mean anything I needed. He was always 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.280 there for me. He was actually UM there for academics 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.079 part of UM enjoy something as well too. So he 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:19.800 hit me with all my class where if I had 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.520 any issues with any assigners that I needed and everything 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.440 like that, you would there to help. So yeah, and 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:28.200 he's been a big part of my arm career right now. 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.280 And it's easy to forget that. Georgia Southern, you know, 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.959 is a smaller school, but you played big schools. You 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:38.280 have faced Auburn, your faced, LSU, your face Minnesota. Yeah, 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:41.280 played big against Kelly Bryan and Clemson. That game has 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.439 always talked about because of your ball skills. I mean 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.760 we're talking some big time receivers from Tyler Johnson to 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:52.560 Justin Jefferson to Jamaar Chase Um. That's more than just 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.920 getting your feet feet wet against competition, because these guys 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:59.839 are all gonna be pros. They are pros. And did 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:02.880 he think the way you faced them and no matter 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.640 what the results were, that that put a lot of 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:08.040 confidence in you that you could do that at this level? 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.719 Oh yeah, for sure, man. Just in college, I mean 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.240 it's it's great receiver throughout even in our conference. We 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.439 have a lot of great receiver that I played against. 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.240 Everything like that, So and then I was able to 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.960 go to the Senior Bowl as well, showcase my abilities 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.240 that gains the top athlete senior athletes in the nation 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.640 as well. So just doing that, just seeing why I 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:30.000 stand and gets the top, it's preparing me to wirean today, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:33.920 and I'm just ready to go out there compete. Hey kill, 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.160 If they were talking to Buster's screen today and the 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.840 press conference and they asked him, what advice would you 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.640 give to a couple of the Bears corners the couple 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.959 of the rookies come in, he said, Number one, I 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.040 would tell them to be in better shape than they 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.720 possibly think they need to be in. And number two 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.840 is make sure you get into your tablet mentally stay sharp. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:55.920 So as a defensive back, yeah, you can get on 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.160 your feet and you can do footdrills, and you can 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.400 have access to a field where you can have running 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.960 in shape. How do you improve mentally just by looking 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:08.360 at a video screen playing a position as difficult as cornerback? 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.440 I say, it's all about having that mental visualization as well. 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.800 I know me for me myself personally, when I'm looking 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:20.560 that film, I'm visualizing myself being in that position and 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.040 making that play or playing that that unique playing that 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:26.440 coverage as well. And also when I'm training, I have 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:28.880 my trainer here probably called the defense out for me, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.320 and I'm imagining my head. Okay, I'm in and I'll 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.240 run through it and make a play like that as well. 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.160 So it's it's a lot of things that I'm doing 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.040 right now that's helped me to prepare for that. Well, 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.160 I'm glad you brought up the Senior Bowl from your standpoint, 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.120 kind though, because you went against some good receivers down there. 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.640 But you know, I know you'll be anxious come training 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.360 camp and everybody wants to earn their spot. But hey, 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.080 if time calls were you gotta go up against uh, 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:55.040 say Allen Robinson, Let's say you're first in line and 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.920 he's first up. You know, so bit, I mean, how 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:01.080 anxious will you be to jump in right away? Because 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.160 I think a lot of rookies they get intimidated by that. 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.960 But there's nothing wrong with that. I mean, players respect that. 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.320 I would think the veterans will respect if you jump 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.240 right into the fire come training camp time. Your thoughts, 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.640 Oh yeah, yeah? For me? I mean I love to compete. 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:17.400 I mean, I'm not going to back down from anyone, 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.240 just from while I'm farm how I was raising everything 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.720 like that. So there's me going out there going to 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:26.040 get a guy light all Ron's been in the league 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.040 most of the years. I mean, I'm want to embrace 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.480 the challenge because he's gonna make me better and everything 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.720 like that. So at that time, I'm really really looking 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.200 forward to they fight it for it well from that 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.920 aspect as well, And it doesn't sound like that's in 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:41.440 your personality, because I know everybody wants to be a 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.040 part of something and get to know everybody, but everybody's 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:47.040 apprehensive and shy. But getting to know the people you 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.000 still need to know. I know they've called and talked 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:51.560 to you personally and or had a zoom meeting, but 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:54.600 getting to know people that you'll be working with. You know, 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.480 you'll be working with all those people, whether it's the 0:15:56.520 --> 0:16:00.280 training staff, the equipment staff, your fellow teammates, everybody. You 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.520 gotta get to know overall and who you'll be working 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.000 with in order to achieve the common goal, which is 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:09.480 to win all season long, right right exactly? Y'all these 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.160 zoom meaning that we've been having it's been. It's a 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.880 good experience for me since we haven't been asked, been 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.600 it being in the building everything like that. So just 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.000 um talking to all the guys on the calls, um, 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.920 Eddie Jackson, Cow he reached out to me and everything 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:28.200 like that, and you, mister, but miss mentioned Buster as well. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.760 And me and Buster we're from the same hometown and 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.480 we had the same trainer day my training and Buster 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.760 grew up together. So actually want to meet up with 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:40.840 Buster soon this all season. Oh, You're gonna like him 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:43.600 because he's all about ball. He's all about staying fit 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.440 and uh, you know, just even talking to Jayleen Johnson, 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.600 you're your fellow rookie. Uh, I mean I asked him 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.640 a question. I said, Hey, anything on the side you 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.080 like doing outside of football. He goes, Nope, I'm all ball. 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:58.720 And I think can appreciate that. You know, there's a 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:02.600 roster full of guy is that they are all about ball? 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.959 Are you that guy? Oh? Yeah, for sure. I mean 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.479 that's all I do. Man. And I'm just chilling at 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.399 the house. I mean, I'm just they sitting up the 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.359 out pad and everything. I'm just coming on the film, 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.240 just going going through the film from last year and 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.720 just setting the guys that played in my position now 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:19.680 I'm going to be probably playing in just saying how 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.800 they played and staying there said lease and everything like that. 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:26.320 So I mean it's a foot a football, chuckey. That's 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:30.040 what got me to im right now out of College Park, Georgia. 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.360 Hometown of cam Newton and if I'm not mistaken, ludicrous, 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:37.760 am I right? Ah? Yes, sir, all right. Also the 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:40.399 hometown of Kendall Vidoor. Thank you, young man, appreciate it. 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.040 We're looking forward to seeing you up at Hollis Hall. Yes, 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:46.840 thank you, Kendallville Door. Our guests will continue on Bears 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:48.399 All Access coming up at the bottom of the hour. 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:51.920 Sam Acho with Jam Miller in time there. I'm Jeff Joniyak. 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.639 We're brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports 0:17:54.720 --> 0:18:04.560 Radio six seventy the Score. This segment of Bears All 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.800 Access is brought to you by CDW. People to get 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.440 it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Jonny Act 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.720 time there and Jim Miller as we bring you Bears 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.760 All Access. Coming up at six thirty or so. Sam Icho, 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:20.560 former Bear lionbacker, We'll be joining us. And yesterday we 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:24.600 heard some Bears players Roquan Smith, who I just feel 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:29.719 is about ready and actually is impactfully ready to have 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:33.760 a big season. Yesterday, he spoke with reporters and basically 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:35.639 told him the same thing, hoping to deliver on a 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:37.600 big year. This is about me. I got a huge 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:40.200 chip on my shoulder, just really excited. I don't want 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:42.560 much hype going into the year because I know my 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.240 mindset and what I plan to do this upcoming season. 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:47.960 If it's all in God willing I stay healthy, I 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:50.920 definitely feel like it's gonna be my best, my best 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:52.639 year to day, and I feel like I'm gonna do 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.399 some things, you know, and you know a lot of 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:56.400 people counting me out. So I'm just gonna get back. 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.320 I'm gonna get back to like who I really am 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.119 and do pretty much everything the way I want to 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.959 do it and make myself the best possible player I can. 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.920 And yeah, yeah, because he mentioned people counted him, I 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:10.240 don't know who those people were. But this former first 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:12.800 round pick who missed the last four games with the 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.000 torn peck now says he's one hundred percent. Four of 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:18.520 his final games had tenor plus tackles. He was starting 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:20.520 to hit his groove, had some personal things to take 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:23.440 care of. But Tom and Jim, if he's a star, 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:26.399 I keep saying this with a lot of guys, but 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:28.720 he's entering year at three. If he's the star that 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.679 we think he can develop into with everything else in 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:37.280 that front seven, everything else on that defense, that's huge, huge, 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.440 I tell you you know. To me, Roquan Smith is 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:44.359 a type of guy I put Luke keikley expectations on. 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:47.840 And I know that's high praise because Luke Keikley possibly 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:50.359 could be a future Hall of Famer. But when you 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:53.919 talk about skills, you talk about intelligence, the ability to 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.960