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I'm Jeff Joniak and 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.040 we'll be cranking it up on wb another home game Sunday, 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:45.240 Big Tom Bears, Colts three and our Jeff. Every time 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.280 I'm introduced in doing some type of piece like this 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.960 on the radio or something, they always say the three 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.960 and ol Chicago Bears. It's nice to hear. Yeah, it 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:55.840 is for a change. Indeed, they'll try to go four 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.640 and over the first time since two thousand and six. 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.440 Our producers Jordan trut Up Dan really time. We got 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.720 conversations coming up with coach, analyst and veteran NFL coach 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.559 Rick ben Cherry, Roquan Smith, a chunk of our feature 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:09.039 interview and our Bears player profile that airs on Bears 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.080 Game Day Live Saunday morning, ten thirty am on Fox, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.880 and we'll be joined by Bolingbrook native Anthony Herron, a 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:18.720 staple on Bears Postgame Live on Fox thirty two, and Tom. 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:21.840 It was great to hear starting left guard James Daniels 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.479 on Zoom on Friday meeting the media. We don't hear 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.640 from him very often, but it sounds like he's very 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.320 glad he'd be rid of talking about the move from 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.400 center to guard. First, I mean, the best question has 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:37.280 been not answering like the center of guard questions. I mean, 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.080 every time I interviewed the media, I always got those 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:42.640 type of questions and it was just it's just annoying 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.480 to constantly have to explain myself and answer the questions constantly. 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.200 So the first that's the first thing that I like 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.200 playing one position the same thing is I mean, yes, 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.400 it was. This was my first camp like running with 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:59.840 like the first team offense with like at guard. So 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:02.160 it was nice to be able to like with like 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:05.480 during camp, to get combos with Cody and combos with Leno, 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.160 like throughout the entire camp. When I listen to that, 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.840 when I hear James at this stage of his career 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:13.600 doing an interview like that, I hear everything I want 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.600 to hear, and that's attitude. That's the attitude of an 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:20.200 offensive lineman. And that's about keeping it in between the 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.919 white lines. It's not taking it outside and having that 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:27.399 type of attitude as he walks around. But when he's 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.960 on the field and I heard you say something he's 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:34.200 putting an extra credit or doing work or you know 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:38.920 this is a scouting I said it, up said I said, 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:42.080 I said it when Money and Hall on Friday morning 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:47.040 and my eight am hit scouts say about nasty offensive lineman. 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.799 He's looking for work, meaning he has his assignment, he 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.640 wins his assignment. When that's over with or if it 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.320 doesn't present itself, he's going to hit somebody. And right 0:02:56.360 --> 0:03:00.359 now James Daniels from a scouting terminology, is looking for work. 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.519 He's hitting guys, he's helping out Charles Leno, He's going 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.440 after guys. He's extremely physical getting him down to the ground. Beth. 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.360 The key ingredient to a successful running game is the offense. 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.360 The uncovered offensive A lineman getting to the second level 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.720 on being able to make an efficient block and when 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:18.200 he talks about working with Cody or Charles Leno Jr. 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:20.760 Most of the times of that the details of that 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.840 job is getting up to the second level at linebacker level. 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.720 All right, We're gonna also hear from offensive coordinator Bill Laser. 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.359 He's gonna be talking about Nick Foles. Knows him from 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.120 seven years ago, getting to know him now with a 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.120 coaching step that knows him very well. As he makes 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.520 his Bears debut as a starter, his forty nine career 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:40.240 start your man offensive line coach want cast deal with 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:43.880 lots of conversation about what he wants out of the tackles, 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:46.400 Bobby Massy on the right side, Charles Leno on the 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:48.960 left side. How would you evaluate their performance so far? 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.640 Because really I hate doing that because it's about the 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.360 five guys. It's the dancing troop right there, the guys 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.680 altogether working in sync. But the tackles, how do you 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.560 think they've looked? You know, you look at the amount 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.040 of safety they've shown in their game, A really limited 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:06.920 amount of penalties associated to either the snap count, no 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:10.640 crowd noise holdings and those types of things, So I 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.960 think that's a key ingredient there. And then when James 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.760 talks about how he has the ability to go and 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:20.320 work with Cody, Cody's working with James Daniels, but he's 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:23.479 also trying to break in five new tight ends in 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:28.200 you know, that require their element in helping to do 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.320 his job. Bobby Massie, I think they're both playing well. 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.200 I think it's because there's a lot of attitude and 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.719 expectation that one brought along with them, so he wasn't 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:39.960 going to be satisfied for what they did on the 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.960 line of scrimmage. It's what they do from the line 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:46.279 of scrimmage and beyond. Coming up next from a NFL linebacker, 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:49.080 Anthony Harrin joins the program. This is Bears All Access, 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.800 brought to you by IGS Energy, how Chicago Sports Radio 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:59.400 six seventy. The score this second of Bears All Access 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.480 is bruss you by Microsoft Surface and CDW. People to 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.360 get it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Joni 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.919 Actium there and our special guests for the very first 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.440 time on Bears All Access right here on six seventy 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.840 to score No Stranger to six seventy to score its 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:18.800 former NFL linebacker, former University of Iowa Hawkeye and all 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:22.440 around media guy Anthony Herron, otherwise known as Aunt. How 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.200 you doing, brother, I'm doing great, Jeff. Yeah, good to 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.040 be with you in town, man. It's always good to 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.640 cross paths over there in Fox thirty two and of 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.040 course listening to you guys all the time, excited to 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.760 get this discussion rolling. Here Is that a Hawkeye blanket 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.359 sitting on your You know, I'm an Iowa Staters, so 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:39.320 I gotta give you the business a little bit. I 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:43.160 gotta give you the business a little bit. Hey is this? Uh? 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.479 So you're doing just about everything, so you got a 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.479 finger on the pulse of PAC twelve, Big ten college 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:52.360 football NFL. Are you enjoying this experience now a post 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:56.080 post playing career. I am very much so, and especially 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.080 getting to do it back here in my home sweet Hope, 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.320 Chicago now like I have for a little while, because 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.880 for a minute, the weird thing was, guys, we were 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.480 actually we moved back here. Why I'm saying back, I'm 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:07.520 from here, my wife's from the East coast, but we 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:12.920 moved here downtown in twenty eleven, and it was actually 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:14.719 right at the time I'd been with the Big Ten 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:18.400 Network the first three years of BTN prior to moving 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:20.240 here to Chicago. We were living down south at that 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.160 time when I was coaching arena football down there, when 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.320 I was first getting into the media business. And actually 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.279 it was the same year where NBC Sports took over 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.360 versus turning into the NBC Sports Network. Got a nice 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:33.679 little offer from them to start calling games out west. 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.400 So we moved to Chicago and I stopped working with 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.880 the Big Ten Network. And then from that point most 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.919 of my content was calling college football games during the fall, 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:46.160 calling arena football games during the spring and summer. And 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.880 so I was living here in downtown Chicago for years, 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:53.120 doing absolutely nothing here with the city's sports team for 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:55.680 a long time. And then just as things continue to 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.720 evolve now here for the last few years, like your 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.480 reference being able to do some radios TV in town. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.840 And it's been fun. Is a kid growing up watching 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.360 time play with the Bears, and you know, seeing everything 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.840 going on in this city, consuming it on the various outlets, 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:09.240 and I'm getting to work for it now. So it's 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.040 been really great, all right. I got a couple of 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.680 quick questions for you. Did you play for Johnny Ivlow 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:17.160 at Bollingberth High School. I did not. I played for 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.440 a guy, the Silver Fox, Phil Actis. So I do 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.360 know John Ivlow really well, but I predated him. I'm 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.840 old enough for that. All right. Did you played a 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:28.080 couple of years in the in the Arena League? Correct? Yeah? 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:32.680 Did you play both ways? Did you play? Ye'd you play? So? 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.800 I played. The position I played was known as tight 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.560 end on offense, I was a tight end and a 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.520 defensive end, but for arena football, the tight end was 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.160 essentially just another offensive lineman. I did have one career 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.320 catch for one career touchdown, so I went one for one. 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:48.800 But it was it was a different sport. Like you, 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:50.520 I'm sure at least seen a little bit of it, 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:52.920 where you got three guys up front on offense and 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.720 on defense, and even the fullback in the backfield. It 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.280 takes on like what they called the mac linebacker. It's 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:02.440 just another pass protect the essentially, so the ball wasn't 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:04.120 throwing a lot to anyone else. But I did have 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.640 one catch, all right. Last question about the Arena League is, so, 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.520 when you look at that league, what position do you 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:14.680 think is realistically most transferable to the NFL. Is it 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:18.280 the modern day fast thinking of quarterback or could it 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:24.000 even be cornerback. I think for the quarterback position, especially 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.840 with the way the game is evolved at the NFL level, 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.360 I really think there are a lot of mental traits, 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.480 and my mental I suppose I would include even just 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:38.640 the muscle memory of quick reaction anticipatory throws that have 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.800 become an even broader part of the passing attacks in 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.680 the National Football League now. Like obviously Kurt Warner is 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.000 the most famous story of a guy who who had 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.640 success in the arena league before transitioning to success. He 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.760 had been in the NFL before, but hadn't hadn't really 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.720 had a shot or had any success at that level. 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:59.200 But to have to throw the ball with such rapid pace, 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.880 with such ten bo and to be able to take 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.640 that trade where obviously in the arena league it's more confined, 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:06.400 but then to take that outdoors to the big field 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:08.320 if you have the arm talent for it. There have 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.480 been guys beyond Kurt Warner that have been able to 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.559 make it at least you know, varying degrees of success 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.280 in that transition. So I think quarterback is kind of 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:19.480 the chief position that it seems most applicable for. But 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.839 the dbs are on an island. Man. So when you're 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.120 a defensive back in the Arena League and you you 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:26.600 got a receiver coming in high motion screaming at you 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.600 and you're one on one, I mean to be a 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.400 defensive back in the Arena League. You see a lot 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.400 of carry over there too. Bolding Brooks very own. Anthony 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.160 Haron our guest here on Bears All Access on Chicago's 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.600 Sports Radio six seventy The Score. You can catch Anthony 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.120 Herron with Luke Canelos on Bears post game Live on 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.960 Fox thirty two Chicago. Anthony, as you analyze the Bears 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.880 so far through three weeks, from your perspective, what are 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.839 you seeing the good, the bad, and the ugly? Because 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.760 it literally is a team meeting staple on Tuesdays and 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.600 it's literally called the Good, the Bad, and the ugly. 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.439 What we've seen from the team so far, the encouraging 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.960 thing is that they're able to sit here at three, 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.680 you know, while knowing there's still a whole lot of 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.160 meat on the bone for where they can improve at 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.920 and I think, you know, up front on the offensive line, 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:11.240 I've been really encouraged by how the old lines played 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.320 for the most part this season. I would say the 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.920 third game was probably the least effective that they were 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.240 upfront on offense, and overall there were still a lot 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:21.920 of good things they did there, but because of the matchup, 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.760 you didn't necessarily see the commitment to the run game 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.400 from a play a game plan perspective. I think overall 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.840 that ends up affecting, as time knows really well, the 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.280 way you end up blocking, the consistency, the rhythm you 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.959 get in with the run game upfront. But my my 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.200 big I suppose I'll use the term challenge that I 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.680 sort of had over the offseason to Matt Nagee was 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:45.959 to evaluate what he felt like could best suit his personnel. 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.440 It felt to me at times like coach Naggi was 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.400 calling the offense for what he felt like could be 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:55.720 the best version of his quarterback, of his offensive line, 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.040 what his system could really be. And it didn't necessarily 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.160 seem like you know, we've all talked about Mitch ter 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.120 Biscuit at nauseum. Here, it didn't seem like Mitch was 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.240 at that point in his development yet where he could 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:07.160 really handle it that way. And it didn't seem to 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.720 me to always suit the old line best. And I 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.080 think the most important thing I've seen earlier this season 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:15.160 is to me the continued growth and development of Matt 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:19.560 Nagge in game play calling, the schematics of how he 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:23.040 sort of operates the offensive game plan in game against 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.679 the opponents they've had so far. I've been really impressed 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.360 with that. And I think the you know, to use 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:29.720 sort of a blanket term, the balance that we've seen 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:33.199 from the Bears offense this season suits either quarterback and 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.199 now that it'll be Nick Foles, you don't need to 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.079 see Nick Foles out there try to throw forty five 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.280 or fifty times a game either. I think it suits 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.600 the quarterback position. It has certainly benefited the offensive line immensely, 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.680 and I believe week by week we see a Bears 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:50.520 defense where they're conditioning is improving. I think we've seen 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.960 a Keem Hicks played better in every single game. We 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.760 see Khalil Mack being more of a force and an 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:59.200 impact and a dominant player game by game. I even 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.280 thought I thought last week, while Danny Trevathan to me 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.320 still didn't look like his old self, I thought he 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.880 was moving better on the field, and we'll see if 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:07.880 that ends up leading to more and more splash plays. 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.600 Probably the star the stand out to me, and I'm 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.480 not surprised by it, but I'm really pleased to see it. 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.439 As Roquan Smith. I think he's playing at a pro 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:19.240 bowl level. Every single game he stepped onto the field. 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.240 I've been just so encouraged by what he's been doing. 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.360 You had to just go away to the linebackers. I 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.600 get it, that's your that's your game. I know Tom 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.720 and I have talked about this too, about the condition 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.600 that you bring up a great point, because I'm hearing 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.400 more and more from around the league coaches starting to say, Okay, 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.920 this is really entering now the fourth week of the preseason, 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.520 where you know, the starters didn't play much in the preseason. 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:45.160 But I get the thinking because of the reduced off season, 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.440 everything condensed, you know that was going to be a 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:51.240 likely scenario, and they're seeing, and Tom can agree, a 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.320 lot more veteran days off for guys to keep their 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.360 legs and get them built up for the long haul 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.240 this season, because honestly, guys, we don't know what's going 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:03.680 to happen AKA Tennessee. You know this could be a 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:08.800 much longer season than we think. Agreed, and from a 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.280 league wide perspective, one thing I hope is that we 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:15.000 see the NFL going to daily or not not just daily, 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.760 but testing on game day. I think that was something 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:21.160 I didn't even realize testing six out of seven days. 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:22.760 When I hear the term daily testing, I thought the 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:26.000 NFL was testing everyone seven days a week to learning 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.839 they weren't testing players on game days. I thought, Okay, 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:30.960 that seems to be a hole in the system that's 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.360 now been exposed by what happened with the Titans. That 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.839 I hope that's something the league ends up shoring up, 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.400 because not only you know, could have potentially put I 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.520 suppose losing players on game day at risk. Sure it can, 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.600 but I think then you won't have the scenario we 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:46.480 see playing out between Tennessee and Pittsburgh where now the 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.040 following game is at risk because of not only players 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:53.240 testing positive, staff testing positive, but the contact tracing associated 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:56.520 with that. Well. Overall, I love the approach Matt Naggie 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.400 has taken with it. He's taken it extremely seriously. He 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.320 has urged everyone within the Bears organization, not just players, 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.480 not just coaches, but everyone on the support staff, as 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:06.960 you guys know better than me, he's been ringing that 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:10.160 bell almost on a daily basis to make sure that folks. 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.600 I love the way he phrases it. Don't just don't 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.400 just act like someone you're in contact with has COVID. 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.840 Act like you have COVID, and always have that mask 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.000 on to take it seriously. And seems like the Bears 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:21.520 have been doing as well as they can with that. 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:25.000 So last week I said, Keen Hicks plays over eighty 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:29.120 percent of the snaps. Robert Quinn considerably less from what 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.240 you watch the football the last eight or nine years 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.480 to the present of Robert Quinn, What do you want 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.320 to see out of him that will affect the defense 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:42.040 to be a consistent impact in the pass rush is 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.520 to me, the least to ask of Robert Quinn's. He's 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.160 at a point in his career where you know, through 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.240 my lens, I think we kind of know what he is, 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:53.840 who he is as a run defender, and I think 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:57.280 that's where the combination of he and Barkibious Mingo at 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:01.360 the opposing outside linebacker from Khalil Mack, how that's implemented, 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.600 how those reps are split I think will be key 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.200 because Mingo he's I think he's played better every week 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.320 as well. But he's obviously not going to be Robert 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.000 Quinn as a pass rusher. But what he can be, 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:12.840 and what I think he's showing a willingness to be, 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.200 is a guy who will attempt to be more stout 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.640 against the run than perhaps he was at previous stops. 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:21.600 My expectations aren't frankly as high of Robert Quinn in 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.720 that regard, So maybe it is a thing where certain 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.200 downs and distances you make sure Robert Quinn is either 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:29.080 in a certain part of the formation where that's not 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.440 exposed as much, but certainly on passing downs, you don't 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.840 want to see a situation where perhaps he's petered out 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:36.800 by the fourth quarter a little bit. And I think 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.560 that should continue each week, because as you guys know, 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.480 he wasn't necessarily able to be on the field that 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.320 much during the preseason. As he gets in shape, I 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.040 think you're going to see a really ferocious combo continue 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.520 to emerge off the edge with Mac and Quinn well 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:54.840 gets more touches Cordarrel Patterson or David Montgomery. With the 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.160 loss of Trique right it's it's going to be David Montgomery. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:01.400 But I think we're going to see Cordero Patterson's role 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:05.120 expand even more in the offense because he has that 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:09.600 Swiss Army knife ability similar to tarikon where You're not. 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:11.760 I'd always sure he's a better at receivers, he better 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.240 at running back. He's obviously the best kick returner in 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.120 the National Football League. And I've been really accouraged, really 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.640 impressed by the growth he's shown as a back, getting 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:21.720 his pad level down, running through the hole and things 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.440 of that sort. So I think they're going to continue 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.440 to find ways to utilize him to make the defense 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.560 have to account for Cordero Patterson. But overall, I think 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.000 we're going to continue to see as long as he 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.160 can stay healthy, n gone would David Montgommer is gonna 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.640 get a lot of touches. And Cordero does run viciously. 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.960 That's what I love about it. I ain't know messing around, 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.400 he's getting trying to get anyway north and south. He'll 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:42.280 get in that. Jean you as well, All right, final 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:44.120 question before I let you go, Anthony, and so I 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.680 appreciate it here on bears all Access on Chicago Sports 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:48.800 Radio six seventy. The score were brought to you by 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:51.640 IGS Energy. Let's take a sneak peek at these colts. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.880 So what's your indications in terms of what they're doing? 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.560 Because the defense looks good and we know they play 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.360 physical on the offensive line, and that's good enough for 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.360 me right there to be. You know, I aware of 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:06.440 what's going on with the Indianapolis Colts right big time 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.080 threat there. It's you know, I've talked to some Colts 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.320 fans here and there here from them on occasion. I 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.439 understand the frustration they have with seeing the way the 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:18.679 organization set itself up with the the personnel infrastructure to 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.200 build around Andrew Luck and then you know, he made 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.480 the decision that was best for he and for his family. 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:26.479 But you know, Philip Rivers is not a bad consolation prize, 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:28.399 a guy who who will potentially end up in the 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:30.680 Hall of Fame at some point. I think Philip rivers 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.440 best days are behind him personally. I have seen him, 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.080 I believe, play with more efficiency weekend and week out 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.400 as they haven't had to ask him to do as much. 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.879 Against Jacksonville, they asked him to do a lot. He 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.240 threw a couple of interceptions and kind of looked like 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.080 who Philip Rivers has looked like the last couple of 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:49.840 years of his career, with key turnovers at really awful 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.720 moments for his football team. Last couple of weeks, they've 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:54.919 been able to control things with the ground attack, with 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:58.919 that mammoth offensive line with Jonathan Taylor a really excellent 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.760 running back out of what's kind And if that's going 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.760 to be the formula that leads to success against the Bears, 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.400 then they're gonna be golden. But the Bears against i'd 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.000 say the best offensive line they've faced so far this season, 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:14.000 we need to see them control that in some phases. 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.520 I think if they get them into predictable downs and distances, 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.720 dominate that. You know, one of the issues that Trubisky 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.000 had at times was holding the ball making quick reads. 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.439 That won't be a problem for Philip Rivers, and I 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:26.000 think that he'll get the ball out of his hands 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.640 quickly like we saw last season. So the pass rush 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:32.200 needs to affect the pocket, condense the pocket, make him 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.840 sort of throw out of a vacuum, and if they can, 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:37.440 then they'll have a great shot at some takeaways, I think, 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.600 and don't let that big ten product get going Jonathan Taylor, 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.359 as we know he can. Anthony, We're gonna let you 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:46.600 go appreciate it. We'll see you on Fox Bears Post 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.720 Game Live, and we'll be running into you here down 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:51.400 the road quite a bit. You're doing some great work 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:53.200 out there. Should keep it up in good to talk 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:56.560 to you. Really appreciate it, fellas talk against all right, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.080 A lot more coming up as the Bears meet the 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.600 Colts Sunday at noon. It sold your feel for about 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.120 to commence. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:12.120 Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back to Bears All 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.520 Access with Tom Thayra. I'm Jeff Joniac will bring you 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:17.000 the Bears in cold starting at nine am on WBBM 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.159 with Ron, Jim and Ja in the pregame show and 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:23.919 then kickoff at noon at Soldier Field Rokuan Smith. Tom, Really, 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:25.679 we all think that this is going to be a 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:27.680