WEBVTT - All Access: Clinton-Dix talks Bears play makers 0:00:01.400 --> 0:00:04.840 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:08.880 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:11.880 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:16.560 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:21.040 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.600 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:30.400 Miller Lite and Hulu. Creativing everybody and welcome out of 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.519 another edition of Bears to All Access. I'm Jeff Jonnyakodo 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:36.560 on with my broadcast partner on Bears games on news 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.200 Radio seven eighty and one oh five point at FMWBBM, 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:42.920 the Super Bowl Bear, Tom Fair, and the former Bears 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.640 quarterback who led the Bears to the two thousand won playoffs, 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.360 Jim Miller. Everybody tucked away in their locals and ready 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:50.880 to go. We're gonna have a good show tonight. We 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.120 got a couple of guests. We're gonna be joined by Haha, 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:56.720 Clinton Dix, the Bears new safety, a free agent signing 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.120 a one year deal, and he'll be joining that back 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.080 end with Eddie Jack and all Alabama back in. And 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.080 then we'll be joined as we look ahead to the 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.240 Bears one hundred celebration first weekend in June with the 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:09.920 Big Oh Otis Wilson. Tom, you reminded me last week 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.080 there's only one big O. We had Old and CRUITZI 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.600 last week. You know, you can't help but say big 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:16.600 oh to him too, But there's really only one big O. 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.000 He's Otis Wilson. Yeah, you know, Otis is that kind 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.800 of guy. He's got a huge personality and I think 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:26.000 he kind of, you know, fills that with the way 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:28.959 he played, the way he embraced Chicago, the way he 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.520 became one of the most favorite of all x fairs, 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.560 and it's it's you know, he's a he's a unique 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.319 guy because he's you know, we always hear that term 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.360 boy he looks like you could still play, But Otis 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:41.839 looks like he could still play. He's in great shape. 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:45.839 He's totally dedicated to the Bears and his whole lifestyle, 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:47.560 and I'm looking forward to talking to him. We'll be 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.280 talking to him closer to the bottom of the hour. 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:51.720 We'll have a segment here with Big Jim Miller and 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.680 Jim it's crazy to think after everything that's gone on 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.680 and there's a tough season, whether it be a free 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:02.160 agency draft, hirings, firings, quarterbacks getting moved around. There's only 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.440 five weeks left in the offseason for most teams, and 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.320 then they get about a month break and then training 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.079 camp starts. So we're coming down to wire here. Yeah, 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.639 it really moves fast. And you know, we talk about 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:15.240 it being three sixty five twenty four seven. Football really 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:17.760 is now. I mean, it's just everything comes to the 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.440 to the forefront from the season and their training camp, 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.320 then the season and postseason and then hey, you're onto 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.519 the Senior Bowl and the championship games, the Super Bowl 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.560 and then lo and behold the combines on you before 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:30.200 you know it, and then the draft, and you just 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.600 got this small window to work with where you really 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:35.720 get all these players, whether they're undrafted free agents or 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.959 the draftable players who you selected the free agent signings, 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.960 to really indoctrinate them and get it all set and 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:44.120 really a small amount of time for the team to 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.840 gel together and line up and do it again. And 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.840 so that'll be the challenge for coach Naggie and his staff. 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:52.840 And but at the same point, you got to be 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:56.360 excited about how the team performed last year. Areas of 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.240 focus where they did extremely well growth of young players 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.959 like Mitchell for Whisky and the players that were added 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:04.400 in free ag, and then you can you just keep 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.840 stacking them, keep stacking them because obviously a lot of 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.520 excitement about the Bears going until the twenty nineteen season, 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.400 and Jim and Tim I felt some real genuine excitement 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.560 at rookie mini caamp over the weekend too, from the 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.080 front office, from the coaches about the types of players 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:23.120 they brought in. No first or second round pick, obviously, 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.800 but running back David Montgomery feels like a first round 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:27.639 pick and he's getting a lot of love out there 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.880 nationally as well as maybe one of the impact backs 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.200 in his rookie season with the Bears. And I think 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:36.280 it goes beyond that. It's some of the undrafted players 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.320 are gonna get into tonight as well. But do you 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.640 guys feel the same way. I mean, these guys they 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.640 really like what they're going to bring to the table 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.600 intangibly and then what their skill sets are in traits 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:48.880 for their respective schemes on both sides of the ball. 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.200 You know, Jeff, running back is kind of unique position 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.720 and the fact that there's a lot of innatability that 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:58.480 you can recognize immediately. It's the vision, it's the power, 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:01.400 it's the lowering of the show. It's the quality of 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.880 feat you have with all the other positions. Offensive line, 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.600 you got to work in tandem with the other five guys. 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.119 If you're a defensive back, you have to make sure 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.000 you have communication with the front seven to help you 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.360 with the back four or five or six, depending upon 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:19.680 how many defensive backs you're playing. So uniquely enough, you 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:23.000 get a talented wide receiver, you get a talented running 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.720 back like Montgomery. You can go there and you can 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:29.080 be an a media contributed contributor, but you fill your 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.200 plate the better you understand the offense. And I thought 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.760 it was interesting because we've talked so many times that 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:38.159 the Bears probably wanted a bigger back with route running ability. 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.160 This guy's got great cutback ability. We look at David Montgomery. 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.880 He's elusive in his jump cuts, in his change of direction. 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.640 It probably doesn't have elite top end speed, but he's quick. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.680 He's extremely quick. I thought it was interesting. The head 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.720 coach of the Iowa State Cyclones, Matt Campbell, he said 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.680 he turned our program around was a quote about David Montgomery, 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.520 and he said, if we had to put him at receiver, 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:03.719 he'd be our best runner at our best route runner 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.720 at the position. So he comes highly regarded. All right, man, 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.080 heck of a catch last weekend and Mini camp down 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.240 the sidelines and stayed on his feet, which is what 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.880 he's all about. Guy's kind of unbelievable contract balance. And yes, 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:17.279 the quote from Matt Cabell. He's a culture changer. He 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.400 was at Iowa State's going to fit into this culture 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.680 in Chicago with the Bears. And he loves the idea 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.120 of running the football for the Bears. His love of 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.680 Walter Payton courtesy of his grandfather watching YouTube videos. You 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.560 can learn a lot from watching Walter Payton. We'll continue on. Well, 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.080 we joined by Haha, Clinton Dix, Bears new Safety, and 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.360 we come back here on Bears All Access is brought 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:39.320 to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:43.760 seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access brought 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:47.039 to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of Chicago Bears, 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.320 providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty products to over 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.479 one million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.200 Energy at igs dot com. Jeff Joni Act, Tom Thayer, 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.120 Jim Miller, and now we're gonna learn a little bit 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.560 more about the newest Bear and Bears defense at Outstanding 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.479 Defense Haha. Clinton Dix and name familiar to the fans 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:07.640 of the Bears because of his connection with the Packers 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.159 in the NFC North. We watched him play heck of 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.200 an athlete, heck of a safety and out How welcome 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:14.920 to the Chicago Bears. How you doing today? Hey, I'm 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.960 doing pretty good, man. I'm excited to be here. You know, 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.800 it's been I guess just about a month. Have you 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:22.920 Have you gotten a real good feel of what it's 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.279 like to mean to be a Bear and what the 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.600 culture is like at Hallis Hall? Well, it's definitely, it's 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.279 definitely a great culture here. I'm still a hundred a 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.120 season this year now, and um just been just been 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:35.720 around the team, have been around a lot of the guys, 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.080 and I'm familiar with with with how a team has 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:41.480 been set up and help an organization the vine. Man, 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.320 It's I'm just got to be a part of it, man, 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:47.040 and I'm just looking to continue going forward. Haha. This 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.599 is Tom there, the broadcaster with the Bears. Have I've 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.120 been doing games with Jeff for quite a while, and 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.440 it seems like every time we refer to you in 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.560 a game, we always said haha, Clinton Dix makes the play. 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.279 Is there a shorter version of your name and that 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.560 we can refer to you that everybody knows you? Wow? 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:09.640 The names and I've been callings I was a little kid, 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:15.440 so I think that's you know, it's it's like it's 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.320 like all the popular people that only need one first name, 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.360 and to me, if we say haha, then we got 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.520 everybody has to know who are referring to exactly, so 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.800 Hama has done. It's actually fine as well. So um, 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.760 I love my name man, and people joke about it 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.240 all the time, but it doesn't that everybody loves and 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.640 the grass on to it. Well, how about for it 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:38.360 for you? You know here you you indoctrinate yourself and 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.160 ingratiate yourself to the locker room in Green Bay, then 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:44.680 have to make the transition to the Washington Redskins and 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.800 you know, just doing having the same opportunity to do 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.880 that in Chicago. Just to acclimate to the environment. You know, 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:52.760 there's not too much to do up in Green Bay. 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.160 There's a lot to do in Chicago. But just I 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:56.920 don't want to say it's old hat for you now, 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:59.760 but you you've been through it before, and just what 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:02.080 it takes to get to know your teammates, be a 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.640 part of a new team and really be a part 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.760 of it, and really to jump right in, so to speak. Well, 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.120 the Bears know we have some special going on here 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:11.680 and in the locking room, and there's so many good 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.160 guys or more down the earth and funny and you know, 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.120 I have the same pass and also you know, want 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.360 to win ball games. And that's what it's about. The 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.080 first couple of days I came in, I was kind 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.920 of the cliet kids. You're trying to, you know, get comfortable, 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.360 and you know, see where I sit in that, And man, 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:29.760 everybody here is so humble, man, And what ethic is 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.040 unbelievable between the guys and uh Coast and Nag always 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:36.680 spoke on just being youth, you know, and um, that's 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.719 that's what I'm doing. But I'm just being me, man, 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.319 and um, you know, just having to positive energy and 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.559 having fun doing it. So um, I'm exciting about this opportunity. 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.000 Ha ha. Clinton Dick's our guest here on Bears All 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.280 Access how can you do us a huge favorite. We 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:51.679 have a really bad connection on the phone. Is there 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:53.640 any way you could call us right back? We'll continue 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.959 our conversation. That's true there, all right, give a handout, 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:58.520 give us a call back. We'll get you right back. 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.079 On Tom Fair, Jeff Johnny k and Jim Miller with us. 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:05.160 I hear on bears all Access is a likable guy, fellas, 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.480 he's going to fit in perfectly on this defense. I 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.960 know Eddie Jackson certainly had a big impact in bringing 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:13.280 him to Chicago, as we're gonna learn if when he 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.720 calls back. Mitch Trubiski also had a lot to do 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:17.760 with him coming in here. Gave him a sales pitch 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.760 to come in here. I like the fit. You know, 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.800 it's kind of funny you listen to his personality because 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.200 we're not exposed to a lot of his personality when 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:29.360 he is on the other side. So now you have 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:31.880 a chance to talk to him about the culture. The 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.640 bears the reason and is an attraction to Chicago, And 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:39.439 it's kind of nice to feel that you Adrian Amos 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.440 is not here anymore, but you're bringing a teammate that 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.720 has experience as an understanding of the division and hopefully 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.439 he'll be beneficial very quick for him. Well last year. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.280 I mean, this guy is productive now in terms of 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:54.960 his career fourteen interceptions, has a nose for the football, 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.120 and I think he's extremely productive. He's a willing tackler, 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:01.120 he's long and lean, all the things you're looking forward 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:05.360 for secondary players in modern day day football. And I think, 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:07.719 you know, for Eddie Jackson, just you know, Alabama in 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.880 the type of program that Nick Saban runs, you know, 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.560 for him to jump in, I don't think it's not 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.400 a big deal for him, you know. I think this 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:17.480 guy knows how to work, and I think he'll stick 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.200 his nose to the grindstone every single day, and definitely 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.240 we'll get turnovers for the Bears. All Right, let's see 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.439 if we have Clinton Dick's back on the line. How 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.320 are you there? Yeah, I'm here. Okay, that sounds much 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.160 better now we can hear you real well, all right, 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.080 thank you for doing that. I appreciate it. Hey, I 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.600 was just saying, you know, Eddie Jackson, obviously the connection 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:38.800 is undeniable, the Obama connection. He helped get you here. 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.480 But as I was told by Eddie and Tom there, 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:43.600 and I heard it on draft day. He was on 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.800 our show, Mitch Trubisky getting on the phone and trying 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.280 to get you here as well. Made an impact on you. 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.360 How rare is that for a quarterback to to go 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.480 on dip on the defensive side of the ball and 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.280 bring somebody in you know that he would like to 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.400 see and help out, you know with that recruiting process. Man, 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.199 he's the leader of the team. He's one of the 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.880 leaders of the team. And um, you know, I've had 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.400 the chance of playing against him. So we have a 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:10.760 quarterback that comes over and you know, he tells you 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:12.760 how much of a you know, a great player you 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:14.840 are because he's you know, he sees us on tape 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:16.599 a lot. And that just really meant a lot to me. 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:21.200 And it just shows that my playstyff doesn't go unnotice. Hey, hai, 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.720 when you have a chance to practice against a guy 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.520 like Aaron Rodgers and then you're removed from him and 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:31.640 now you're gonna play against him. Who recognizes tendencies better 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.680 defensive backs of a quarterback or a quarterback of a 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:38.520 defensive back. Well, they always say that the IQO quarterback 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:40.360 is a lot better than anybody else On the field. 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:42.679 But I'm just running from a rod and being able 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:44.240 to play with him and sit in on meet and 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.240 just get a better field from the game on how 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.959 he sees it, I think I'm pretty up there. I'm 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.240 pretty hot with him when it comes to seeing the 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.560 whole field. But you know, just being able to play 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.800 with him and and um, you know learning from him, Uh, 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:58.599 it just opened my eyes and I can see the 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.839 field more. Yeah. I would say last year too with 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.559 Alex Smith, who I think. I mean, that guy's outstanding 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.679 with what he's done in his career. But when you 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.120 look at your statistics, I mean, you're you're never afraid 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:10.880 to stick your nose in there. You've got a great 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:14.079 nose for the football. Just to your fourteen interceptions speak 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:16.520 to that, haha. But where what areas? Do you feel 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.880 you've gotten better since you've entered the the NFL because 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.240 you're you know, you're now a savvy vette is what 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.560 you're considered. Well, when I first came to the league, UM, 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:27.440 I always went for the big hits instead of just 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.160 wrapping up and just making the clean cut tackle. Um. 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:32.360 I think that that was one thing that I always 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.800 wanted to work on. It is my open field tackling 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.400 and be able to hop point the ball when it's 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:38.320 in the air. M There's a lot of things I 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:40.400 can continue to work on. I haven't reached my peak 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.719 yet and I'm just excited to get better. Ha ha. 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.000 Clinton Dick's our guest here on Bears All Access. It's 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.600 brought to you by IGS Energy, Jeff Jonny Act time there, 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.200 Jim Millier with you, ha ha. You're familiarity with the division. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.640 You know to me, it's not an underrated thing at all. 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.600 You know very much where all the bones are buried 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:02.160 in the division. Any unfinished business in the division for you? Um, well, 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.040 I can't really say that, no, No, just excited to 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.000 get things going. Um. The Bears off to a great 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.439 start last year, lost some first round in the playoffs 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.920 on the wind, I'll say, and um man, we got 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:16.319 unfitted spinners here and uh, you know, like coach and 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.439 Nike says, we're the hunt it now and uh we 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:20.280 gotta we gotta carry that tip on our shoulder and 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.400 know that, Um every team is gonna be after us 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:23.600 and we have to go out there with that same 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:25.520 mindset each and every week to get better when and 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.280 come out with the win each and every game. Hey ha, 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:30.360 are you talking about being a young guy and always 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.520 want to come up and make the big hit? You know, 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:36.079 tackling technique has changed in the NFL as recently as 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.800 the last two three four years. Has that changed anything 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:43.680 in terms of your job requirement? And is how tiki 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:45.800 tacky they are about some of the hits or even 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:49.400 the area that you can hit in the body? Almost definitely, 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.280 it definitely has changed a lot in the game. But 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:54.760 it's awesome for players safety. Um, I think that's most 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:56.760 important in this game. When you hear so much about 0:13:56.800 --> 0:14:00.840 CT and all the brain bruises as asy as SAK 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.320 and cussions. Um, I think it's for a good cause. Um. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.120 You just have to, you know, buy into the rule 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.200 and just figure out why it's not to get caught 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.440 up in the you know, in the wrong areas. Um. 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:12.920 Now going out, I mean you've been with a lot 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.280 of defensive coordinators now too, when you look at Dom 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:18.559 Capers and Mike Penton and then last year with Manusky 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.040 and now being able to work with with Chuck Pagano, 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:24.320 and you know, obviously coverage is coverage. Certainly everybody's got 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.560 man Man free and how they call it and all that, 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.480 but just maybe the different techniques you've been exposed to. 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.040 And even I'll say this for Nick Saban at Alabama 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:33.640 because I know we put a lot of guys, a 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.640 lot of on you guys to make a lot of 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.160 calls back there in the in the secondary, just in 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.320 terms of your football intelligence and how you marry it 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.440 all together to become the most complete player you want 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.280 to be. Well, I think you started with just choosing 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.120 to go play at the University of Alabama. Saban runs 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.840 NFL type defense, and um, I was just familiar with 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.960 everything when I came to the league. I believe su 0:14:56.080 --> 0:15:00.160 Pagando and Manusky and Dom Capers have been again there 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:01.920 at some point in time or they were on the 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.560 same defense. So when I switched teams those more so 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.920 of the terminology, I understood the game. I understood the 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.720 concepts and what to do to get lined up. So 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:12.600 just being able to play with Saban, man, I think 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.120 that that really took my game to the next level 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.600 with learning defenses and grasping on quit ha Ha Clinton Dix. 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.720 Our guests kind enough to join us here on Bears 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:24.400 All Access tonight as the offseason program continues, just about 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.240 five weeks left in it before break. Hey, you know, 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.040 we don't know a lot about the coaching of the 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:30.880 Shay Towns, and we know about him as a player. 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.240 Obviously he was an outstanding player. He's now the Bear 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.040 secondary coach. He got played one hundred ninety one games 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.080 in his NFL career and put up some big numbers. 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:40.400 You're tracking him down. You know, he's got he had 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.360 twenty one interceptions, so you got fourteen. You're on his heels. 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.920 But he's coached Patrick Peterson, He's coach Kevin Byard. He's 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.280 coached a number of people while he's been at Arizona 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.320 and Tennessee. What have you learned from him? What's he 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.520 like as a coach. He's a great coach. I've been 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.440 around him for a month and he's talk talking to 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.320 nothing but ball. Man. He's all about the ball and 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:00.920 making plays and just been in the right plays. Uh. 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:02.400 He speaks on the back game. Man. We have to 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.320 be the best at everything we do. And uh, he's 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.000 very sharp minded. Of course, he was an Alabema guy. 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.360 So I'm gonna take up farm on that behalf and 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:11.960 I I mean, I'm excited to work with him. Like 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:13.360 you said, he worked with a lot of great players, 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:15.520 so he knows what he's doing. And uh, I'm just 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.680 buying into the system and I'm excited to work with him. 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:19.840 I wish we can come up my picks in the 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:23.080 playoffs what we can't so uh, he he had twenty, 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.560 so I'm going to catch him where he got seventeen 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.800 with the playoffs, right, Yeah, but they don't count, So 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:33.080 it's okay. We've seen a lot of defensive players in 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:36.400 the offensive huddle. Are you gonna get in Coach Naggie's 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:41.200 here and kind of want to display your offensive skills too? Well, 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.040 me and Coach Nick you already have to talk about that, 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:46.800 so we'll see how that goes. But I'm excited about it. Man. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:48.760 I'm so excited to be a part of this team, 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.880 this culture here, and um I'm just ready to move forward, man, 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.120 and just keep this thing going. Well, I know where 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:56.800 you guys are at in the offseasons. Still got the 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.640 vetment or vetment veteran mini camp and whole team mini 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.160 camp to go through. But what do you do in 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.760 terms of your off time leading up to training camp? 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.520 Are you one of the guys that crank it up 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.800 in terms of your workouts to get ready just because 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:12.080 you feel new team, you know, new opportunity, those type 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.320 of things. What do you have scheduled for yourself as 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.639 you get ready for training camp? Well, I don't know 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.840 if you know, but coach Local has been has been 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:20.520 piped it up a lot on us in the weight 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.760 room now. So just about just taking care of the body, man, 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:25.560 and staying focus, and spending as much time with my 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.920 family as I can before the season goes on the way, 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:30.800 and just working out man, to make sure I stand shafe. 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:32.600 I think being as safe was the most important thing 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:36.320 for a player in this league. Well did you mind? 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:37.919 And we'll let you go after this, But you know 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.639 you mentioned time mansioned offense. You're a great running back 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.280 in high school, now, weren't you all American running back? 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.600 I was? I was, Okay, I was. I'm up like 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:48.600 these guys in the NFL now, but I can still 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:53.560 do something. All right. We'll enjoy I spending more time 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.520 with you throughout the off season and during the season especially, 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.520 But glad you're with the Bears and hope you're enjoying Chicago. 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.760 Thank you so much appreciated. Haha, Clinton Dicks Bears safety 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.200 joining us here on Bears All Access Back with Tom 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:09.119 and Jim after this on Chicago Sports Radio Sick seventy 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:15.040 to score. The Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.679 brought to you by Verizon. 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