WEBVTT - Lucas Patrick on joining the offensive line | All Access 0:00:01.200 --> 0:00:04.640 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:08.680 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:11.680 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:16.320 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:21.079 Access passing to Chicago Bears Football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:25.079 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:30.760 Physical Therapy and cd W. Great even everybody, and welcome 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:33.120 in as we marched through the business season. I'm Jeff 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:35.720 Johnny Acclock, my broadcast partner from news Radio one oh 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.760 five nine WBBM. The Great Time fair, Oh no day 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.800 is peaceful into business season, not anymore anyway. If this 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.760 is the future of the National Football League these last 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.920 two weeks, Tom, I'm hauling because it's so much fun. 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:52.280 You just don't know what's going to happen next. Big 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.160 trade today involving one of the best receivers in the 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:58.800 NFL is certainly arguably the fastest in Tyrekio going over 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.680 from Kansas City, Tom for five draft picks, and that 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:05.040 he gets paid a bundle. That's just scratching the service 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:06.680 of our night. Coming up, We're going to be joined 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:10.400 by our good friend and weekly Guest Jim Series x 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:12.520 M NFL Radio, and then coming up at the bottom 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.679 of the hour, the newest Bear and starting center Lucas 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:18.360 Patrick will join the program. One of the bears early 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:20.920 free agent soundings, Tom bid me, how you doing well. 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:23.560 You know, a couple commercials right before we came on 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:27.280 the air, they used the word unprecedented, And this offseason 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.280 is unprecedented. And the amount of money that some of 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.200 these guys are getting, the movement of the quarterback position, 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:37.039 what they're doing in the AFC, the coaching changes, in 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:41.760 the personnel movement, even with our Chicago Bears, it's just unbelievable. 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:46.760 In Tariq Hill, he's the fastest receiver in the league. 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:48.840 He's not one of the best receivers in the league. 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:52.080 This is a guy that they paid for. You know 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.040 what he is as a weapon When you look at 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:58.720 the best receivers in the National Football League, I would 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.880 you know, Vante Adams and so on and so forth 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.760 come to mind. And if he was the best receiver 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.240 in the league and he was playing with Patrick Mahomes 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.800 as he was the last couple of years, then I 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.600 think that he would be even more explosive than he 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.800 has the capability of being so there's a fine line 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:20.440 between fast and the best receiver in the league. The 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:24.160 thing I got to debate you on though, honestly, it's 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.520 the fear factor that he instills in a defense. You 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.880 can't there's no such thing as deepest in the deep 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:34.040 with that guy. And granted, Kelsey opens up the field, 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.919 and you know, everybody's searching for this stuff. Everybody's searching 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:38.960 for speet. Bears wants be they want speed on both 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.919 sides of the ball. And so that's what Miami paid 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.400 for there, and to stretch the field and give to 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.480 us something deep. And boy, I just that one I 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:49.639 didn't see coming. But I didn't see a lot of 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:54.280 things coming this offseason, but the quarterback carousel and what's 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.000 been going on and the load up in the AFC overall. 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.519 But this week, I mean, we all respect Matt Ryan. 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:03.160 Tom great respect for Matt Ryan, and Atlanta did him right, 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:04.960 sent him to where the team he wanted to go. 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:07.400 If he's not gonna be in Atlanta, and I think 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.240 he was probably put off a bit on what happened 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:13.160 there and their dalliance with Deshaun Watson, who could have 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.680 wound up there, but Cleveland just opened up the vault 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:19.200 and he goes to the Indianapolis Colts. And I think 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.679 that's a nice situation for a guy in the back 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:23.799 end of his career, fourteen years in and still a 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:25.200 guy who can get the ball up and down the 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.560 field right. And the pressure is enormous because they brought 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:30.760 him here to win the Super Bowl. They didn't bring 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:32.799 him here on a couple of year deal to come 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.520 and get settled in your first year and let's make 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.440 a run for it by next year, because you never 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.160 know what's going to be happening next year on the board. 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.160 And so you know, you go back to the eighties 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.160 when the Bears had Willie Gauld. The reason they had 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.680 Willie Gald is because the first couple plays of each 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.720 game they sent him down field and they got they 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.120 exposed his speed. So now all the defensive backs were 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.080 on high alert. Just two a doubt in Miami have 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.520 the arm to throw it to Tariq Hill if he 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:04.280 opens it up and he is has no hesitation from 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.880 the line of scrimmage. So there's gonna be so many 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:10.640 question marks going into the season. You know, still where 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.600 what's the landing spot for a couple of guys out there, 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.159 and uh, you know, but this is Bears all access. 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:23.200 So yes, Bears play the Dolphins this year, so you 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.960 know it'll be in a regular season the Bears will 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:29.080 be facing the Miami Dolphins. In fact that the quarterbacks 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:30.839 that day will face. I think Brad Biggs and the 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.559 Tribune put this all together this year. Obviously you've got 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.240 the guys in the division, Goff Rogers, Cousins, and you 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:40.440 got Dak you got Daniel Jones, Jalen Hurts, Carson Wentz, 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:44.080 Jared Allen, Tooa, Mac Jones, Zach Wilson of the Jets, 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.120 Davis Mills from the time being in Houston, Trey Lanson, 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.640 I guess Marcus Mariota now in Atlanta. So those are 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:54.840 the quarterbacks. And I always, whenever the schedule comes out 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.240 of teams you're gonna play, not necessarily when you're gonna play, 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.720 always start with the quarterbacks you're gonna face, and then 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:03.640 I look at the pass rushers you gotta stop, and 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.880 that's what I That's where I begin the process, because again, 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.560 you don't know who's gonna be where or if they're 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.200 gonna be healthy enough to play the week they play. 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.560 But that's rice start. Where do you start when you 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.760 look at a schedule with the Bears? You know me, Jeff, 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.000 first of all, yeah, I look at temperature. Is there 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:22.560 any extreme either on the front end or the back end? 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.000 When when do they do they play Miami in Miami? 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.559 When will that be? Because those are game changers, Jeff, 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.479 You and I have sat on the sideline of that 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.880 Miami Dolphin Stadium where it has been over one hundred 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.440 degrees and I'm sweating profusely while I'm standing there with 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.720 a microphone in my hand. And it's the same thing 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.760 I thought about as a player because the extreme heat 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.039 made me uncomfortable. But now it's almost you're gonna have 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.480 to Okay, let's let's wait and think about the teams 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:53.720 until the regular season roster comes out, because that's what 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.320 we'll know a lot more about these guys when you 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.800 look at these incomplete rosters. The draft is yet to 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:04.480 tell place. Free agency is still going on, honestly, unless 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.400 you're a veteran team that has all the pieces in place, 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.200 most like Indianapolis Colts, where they just bring in a 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:13.800 fresh quarterback. There's so many chains is you know, tell 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.800 me the four receivers. They're going to line up in 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:19.200 the first four wide receiver package for the Green Bay Packers. 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.000 You know things like that. So there's so much uncertainty 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.760 right now. It's fun to speculate and it's fun to 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.360 talk about. Well, you'll be having to know. The Dolphins 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.840 are at Soldier Field this year, and as I look 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:34.600 at it, Dallas is indoors. Uh, you know you got 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:37.200 you got cold weather games. Atlanta's indoors. There's not gonna 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.120 be You're not gonna have to worry about sweating this year, Tom, 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:43.080 unless it's an extraordinarily warm day somewhere in the NFC 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.080 North coming up in moments, we'll be joined by Jim Miller. 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.320 But Tom, some business of the Bears took care of 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.640 this this week, adding more options on the offensive line. 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:55.919 Dakota Dojer, a veteran, added this week the fullback Curry 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.760 blasting game from from Tennessee. And to me, that's an importance. 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.919 Twenty six ft two thirty three So time. Is that 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.640 another signal that this is going to be because this 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.280 is the first true fullback on the roster since twenty 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:12.400 eighteen Michael Burton, But a true fullback is this going 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.320 to instill the idea that you are going to be physical, 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:19.040 mashing football team. Well, Jeff, last year at fourth and one, 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.240 the Bears were nine to fifteen for sixty percent. Their 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:25.119 opponents were ten of fourteen. I'm third and two or less. 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.160 The Bears a twenty five or forty one. So every 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.440 time I saw them get into a formation that didn't 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.240 help win a third and one and a fourth and one, 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:38.120 whether it's the quarterback in shotgun with no leadback, all 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.560 those types of things, it just screams fullback to me. 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:43.960 And if you have a guy that's willing to put 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:47.600 his head down in charge at that oncoming linebacker and 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.440 create that two to three yards, they need to continue 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.040 to drive to keep their offense on the field. I'm 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.840 all forward because I know those are small, small sample 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.480 sizes of fourth and one and third and two or less. 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:02.840 You gotta be successful. If you're gonna be an offense, 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.720 it's gonna stay on the field. This is Bears All 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.200 Access were brought to you by IGS Energy tonight. Glad 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.520 you're with us here on this Wednesday night with Tom Thayer, 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.080 Jeff Joni Coming up next, Jim Miller from Sirius XM 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:16.200 NFL Radio at Lucas Patrick, the newest Bears offensive Lindman 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.240 coming up at the bottom of the hour. Again, this 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.040 is Bears All Access. Glad you're here on Chicago Sports 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:30.680 Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.680 It's brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.320 for your home at IGS dot com because every good 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.120 choice adds up to a better world. When the broadcast 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:43.640 partner Tom Thare and now our weekly guests, Big Bad 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.440 Jim Miller, former Chicago Bears quarterback leading at two thousand 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:51.079 and one playoff run, and now the man at Sirius 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.720 XM NFL Radio's moving the chains with Pat Kirwin enjoying 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:57.520 the business season as we touched down last week, Jim, 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.960 it keeps getting better and better and more aren't more interesting? 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:04.160 How do you put this in our perspective? It really is. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:09.559 It's fine. Remember how teams, I mean now draft picks 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.199 are like like a Halloween candies. You just pass them 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:16.360 out right. You remember how you used to this? You know, hey, man, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:20.600 we believe in building our team through the draft, resigning 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.960 that rown all those type of things. But it's kind 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.880 of a now league now I think these general managers 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:28.120 they feel the pressure. They know what's not going to 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.680 be a decade or longer job like it used to be, 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.240 and so they're wheeling and dealing. Man, they're making moves. 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.720 And that move today, I mean Miami basically resigned their 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:42.200 whole defense. They you know, signed Terrell or Toronto Armstead. 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.320 They brought in Connor Williams to play left guard. That 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.800 now you've already got Wattle, who's the number one. They 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.280 signed Cedric Wilson, who's a true number three, and then 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:54.600 you trade for for Tyreek Hill. I mean, they're kind 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:56.880 of a now team. They got Jesseki at the at 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.440 the franchise tag at the tight end position. They brought 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:02.160 into run backs, so they're kind of a now team 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:04.880 right now. And I think even signing Teddy Bridgewater, who 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.240 was kind of koy on well, you know, we'll leave 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.640 that discussion with the coach and myself about what my 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:13.319 role is here, but basically saying have two of falters, 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.160 Teddy's gonna play. They're they're kind of a now team. 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.120 So you know, we saw last year the Bengals flipped 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:20.960 the switch and they went from worst to first, and 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.040 Miami's kind of all in right now, but here right man, 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.319 it's fireworks every single day. It's been fireworks since even 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:30.960 before the Tamperine window. What the trades that have gone 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.720 down this year so pretty amazing. Jim, do you think 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:37.680 that Tua has the arm for hell that he if 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.720 you're going to really open him up, giving him an 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.600 opportunity to leave the line of scrimmage straight down field, 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:46.080 do you believe he has the arm for him? And? Uh, 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.720 you know, because I know that he's blessed with you know, 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.960 the best speed in the NFL, but you have to 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.080 have an arm that matches up with that. Yeah, he 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.600 can get it out there. You know. He He's made 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.680 some big throws in Alabama, but he's just he's not 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.800 overpowering with this rows. I don't think that offense it's 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.240 really built on run after the catch. Think all the 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.360 slant routes Jimmy Garoppolo through last year. They run a 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.600 lot of X shallow cross Z drives, things like that. 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.240 But if you're asking to it to like drive sixteen 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:18.080 yard incuts or drive eighteen yard comebacks, that's not his forte. 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.880 He can't really throw the fastball. He can get it 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.080 out there probably about seventy yards at tops for but 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.760 it's it's a soft ball, is what he throws, you know, 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:29.840 and it's really about the timing of it. They're going 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:32.840 to run a lot of wide receiver screens, slant routes, 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:36.240 intermediate passes, focus on the run game, a lot of bootlegs. 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:38.959 They're going to run a boatloaded jet sweeps with wattle 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.480 and tyree kill, you know, and just get him in space. 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.720 That's where where his where he's so dangerous. And you're right, 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:47.520 they'll mix in some go routes here and they're in 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.400 to say hey too and take a shot just to 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.559 keep them honest defensively. Bottom line is they won seven 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.440 games at the end of the year last year. They 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.160 did it with defense, and they're they're putting all their 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.719 money in the offense. And if TA fails, this is 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.480 kind hit for him, you know, it would be my take. 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:06.920 You know, it's kind of incomplete in terms of his grade. Right, 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:08.959 he came in, he had the injury with the hip, 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:12.239 and he admitted he didn't get in the playbook, admitted 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.920 he didn't work hard enough. Then they change offensive coordinators. 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:20.120 Last year was better, you know, it wasn't great, but 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.800 it was better. And now you know, Mike McDaniel didn't 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.320 draft him, right, He's a coach that was there prior 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.920 to ta He says he's all in with them, but 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.160 if he fails, they're gonna go to Teddy Bridgewater. That's 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:34.040 basically what it is. So as they feel that they've 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:38.080 invested a lot in around that quarterback, Tom Fair, Jim Miller, 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.520 Jeff jonnyac here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.840 This is Bears All Access with Brian Callahan, our producer. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.560 Thanks to Dan Brudy as well. This week. All right, 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:49.360 so let's look at what the Bears have done. A 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.080 modest trip through free agency at the moment, and many 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.960 more options will present themselves all the way up and 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.880 through training camp. With cuts, I think this team will 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.840 continue to look for for deals that will fill the 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:05.160 roster with the type of people they'd like to have here, 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.680 either to kind of set a foundation or guys that 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.360 they are going to hook their wagon too with longer 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:15.360 term opportunities or approve it deals as has been the case. Jim, 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.080 We'll continue with you real quick here on just what 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.240 they've added this week. Couple of receivers Byron Pringle and 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:24.080 Mark has valdiscaming. We're gonna hear from Lucas Patrick here 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:25.840 at the bottom of the hour. You got on defense, 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:30.040 Al Quadine, Mohammed, Nicholas Morrow, Justin Jones, Joe Thomas. Earlier 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.000 in the offseason. You got uh Dakota Dozier on the 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.079 offensive line as well. They took a look at former 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.559 Northwestern quarterback Trevor simeon U the other day, according to 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:43.680 multiple reports on the NFL wire. So in in hole'll 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.760 start with Jim head to Tom and what's your what's 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.320 your look at this so far? Yeah, I mean it's 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:53.000 unfortunate what happened with Ogun Joeb you know, I think 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.040 that was the guy that they wanted to sign, but 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.839 quickly changed and you always got to have one or 0:13:57.840 --> 0:13:59.920 two guys you're going after, and they signed Justin Joe 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.840 and so now I still think three technique needs to 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:05.200 be a priority in the draft. And now if they're 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:08.640 able to uh to move up and position themselves to 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:12.240 get a three technique I think is critical. You know, 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.360 I like even today's signing, I mean, there's no harm 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.679 in fold in Dakota Dozier and their practice quite all 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.720 last year for Minnesota. He's he's a guy who's played, 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.560 he started twenty seven games, and he'll, you know if 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.000 he has uh, you know, if he has an opportunity 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:28.320 to get in there and play. But I think he's 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:32.680 more depth from that standpoint. And again, I think for 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.320 the for the Bears, it's not like they can be 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:38.600 huge spenders in free agency, you know, the you know 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.280 I mentioned I would have liked to Ron Armstead, but 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.160 five years, seventy five million dollars, So I think that's, uh, 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.040 that's pretty pricey, you know, but that's what the big 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.960 guys are gonna Next year I think will be where 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:53.320 the Bears do that. So I think they're being fiscally responsible. 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:55.800 Next year is probably the year they dive in. But 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.920 they're getting good quality players in a buyer's market that 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.920 can play like Nicholas that's a good linebacker, man, that 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.320 guy is very good in coverage like that. Signing from 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.560 that standpoint, and bringing in guys offensively as we mentioned 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.240 that know the offense, whether it's Lucas Patrick or Saint Brown. 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:15.520 In the receivers as I mentioned, that have familiarity. Byron Pringle, 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:17.400 I've got no issue with at all. I mean, that's 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.720 an up and coming player. He kind of carved out 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:23.080 more opportunities for the Kansas City Chiefs. He's in that 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.120 young window of free agency. Do want to sign it? 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.400 It's just a one year, four million dollar deal, So 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.480 there's no harm, no foul there from that standpoint. Look 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:33.960 at Juju Smith Schuster. I mean that was a one 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.320 year I think three point two five. Yes, he's gott 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.400 incentives to make big money, but for him, it was 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.960 about going to play with Patrick Mahomes and be with 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.120 the Kansas City Chiefs. But I mean it's kind of 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.080 a buyer's market right now, and there's still a lot 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:50.560 of good players out there that Ryan Poles can tap into. Well, 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.360 you know, one thing makes me nervous when you talk 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.760 about the arm set contract and what he got to 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:58.680 move over to the Dolphins. If next year we're doing 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.520 the same show at this time time of the year 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.760 and we're talking about how can you go out there 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.600 and tap into the NFL offensive line free agent market, 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:10.000 then that either means the two young guys they drafted 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:13.680 are not going to be successful in the NFL. And 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.920 I think that's a big setback because if you can 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.360 get success out of Larry Boram. You got a deal 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.280 there because where you were drafted him and he showed 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:25.120 he has the ability to be a starter. Now if 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:29.320 he matures this offseason and comes in and I like 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.920 I said, I like Larry, and he comes in with 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.800 that attitude and the mentality of being a dedicated seventeen 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:38.640 game a year starter. And then we also have to 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.160 look at their body differences because when you look at 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.240 Dozier and Patrick, two guys are bringing in, they are 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:47.120 that six three six four, three hundred and ten pound 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:51.360 template that Ryan Poles is talking about. So I'm really 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:55.280 interested to see the transformation because I don't think you 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.680 can ask justin Fields to go out there and attempt 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.840 to be a good quarterback according to his athleticism and 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:06.520 be unprotected at times. So, you know, going into this offseason, 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.080 I like the fact that they're going out there and 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:13.080 trying to bring in offensive linemen with versatility and experience 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:19.000 to try to make the training camp more competitive. All right, 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:20.960 Time to step away for another break. Coming up at 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.280 bottom of the hour, Lucas Patrick Bears offensive lineman joining 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:26.760 the program. This is Bears All Access Tonight with Jim 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.080 Miller and Tom There. I'm Jeff Joni Yac on Chicago 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:35.040 Sports Radio six seventy the Score. 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We'll touch on that 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.960 with Jim on just what might transpire of the week. 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.440 We'll hear from general manager Ryan Poles, will hear from 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:05.600 head coach Matt Eberflus as well next week, and so 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.679 that'll be the first time Poles addresses, other than the 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:12.320 statements that have been released through the organization, his take 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.680 on free agency and how things have gone so far. 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:20.200 Tom overall, you like to you always bring up things 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.920 like pressure. Who's going to be dealing with the most 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:25.119 pressure at any given time, at any juncture in the 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.680 season leading into the season, and let's take a look 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:31.000 at the NFC North because you would like to know 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.600 which quarterback is under the most pressure. And there's many 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:41.119 different contexts to that because you often think, well, Aaron 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:44.760 Rodgers doesn't have any pressure, right, He's got the money, 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:50.080 he's back in Green Bay. He thinks he's always going 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.199 to be in charge of everything that goes on in 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:55.200 terms of the win loss record, and they have had 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.760 that with him. Then you got the uncertainty, will Detroit 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:00.240 go for a young quarterback? You got Minnesota given Kirk 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:04.280 Cousins or restructure, and then you got justin fields. So 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:06.600 break it off down or where you think the most 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.480 pressure lies, because I think it's always ever present. Well, yeah, 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:12.160 to me that you know, there's a lot of pressure 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.520 on Aaron Rodgers because with the amount of money he took. 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:16.720 You know, we said, if you can tell me the 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:19.600 four receivers that are gonna line up there day one 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:22.199 of the season, you know you'd win sub type of 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:24.960 award because I think there's so much certainty. And when 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.399 you go and you sign Aaron Rodgers to that much money, 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:31.080 it's super Bowl or bust. There is no continue to 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:35.560 develop learn with your new your new coaching staff over 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:39.399 there try to supply enough to this football team of 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:43.399 a positive messages during the offseason that everybody's excited to 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:46.240 see you and not you know, shine away from you. 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:48.560 And then you look at Jared Goff when he went 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:50.919 through that big trade and what Matthew Stafford went and 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:54.360 did with the team that you know that what they 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:57.119 switched teams and Stafford goes and wins a Super Bowl. 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:01.200 Kirk Cousins, here's a guy that's been, you know, taking 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:03.159 a lot of money each and every one of the 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.720 years of these benwidth Washington and now Minnesota, and so 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:10.520 what they seem to be ready to offer him another year. 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:13.320 And then you look at Justin Fields, because this is 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:16.680 the guy is just at the tip of the iceberg. 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.440 I mean, his whole career, his whole future is ahead 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:22.199 of him. And when you look at his athleticism and 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:26.119 his development coming in with a new coaching staff, you know, 0:20:26.200 --> 0:20:28.960 he's the tight He's the guy that can come in 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:31.560 here and have a second year that a lot of 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:34.160 these you know, great quarterbacks end up having. He could 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.640 change the whole culture of your football team. Green Bay 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:40.240