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Speaker 1: Quick turnaround we had you last Thursday. Back with you
Speaker 1: here on at Tuesday with Tom and Jim Miller from
Speaker 1: Sirius XM NFL Radios, Moving the chains. The former Bears
Speaker 1: quarterback joining us tonight as well. A later out of
Speaker 1: the program will be joined by I don't know is
Speaker 1: he Kareem Biggins? Is he Anthony Adams as he doubled
Speaker 1: a is? And the Anthony Spice Adams. I will get
Speaker 1: an NBA All Star review. I guess we get that
Speaker 1: from Jim. I think you got a preface who you're
Speaker 1: talking to before you ask the question what you're going
Speaker 1: to ask, don't ask double a A question about the
Speaker 1: basketball game. That's a great point, and Jim could probably
Speaker 1: talk about All Star festivities as much as Uh. Well,
Speaker 1: I didn't get rejected like Anthony Adams in the celebrity game.
Speaker 1: I'll take that. But he's always a pleasure and hilarious
Speaker 1: to watch. My son follows on Twitter and he's like, Dad,
Speaker 1: look at this guy. Yeah it's Anthony Adams of the
Speaker 1: Chicago Paars. He's hilarious and so what's not to like
Speaker 1: about Anthony always makes it fun and entertaining. But yeah,
Speaker 1: it was really I thought well done. You know, the
Speaker 1: United Center was packed, a great tribute to Kobe Bryant,
Speaker 1: and just you know, to see those great athletes out
Speaker 1: there playing. It got extremely competitive in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: like the setup that they had to get to the
Speaker 1: projected score of one fifty seven, and they were getting
Speaker 1: after it. But just you know, I know, they're all
Speaker 1: All Stars and they're all tremendous players and athletes. But
Speaker 1: even when you watch guys like that up close and personal,
Speaker 1: and just for those guys as basketball players, just how
Speaker 1: well they move. Like Ben Simmons, that guy's athleticism of
Speaker 1: the seventy ecdude is off the charts off the charts.
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys time that we talked about
Speaker 1: ninety percent of the guys in the NFL have to
Speaker 1: work their ass off, and probably ten percent are just
Speaker 1: that physically gifted that Ben Simmons is athletically gifted man.
Speaker 1: To watch that guy move, it is just effortless for him.
Speaker 1: There what problem was, He's got to finish it? Probably
Speaker 1: it comes so easy for him. If he'd just worked
Speaker 1: on a shot a little bit more, he'd be tremendous.
Speaker 1: That's pretty important shooting. I was walking through Hollis Hall
Speaker 1: the other morning and I ran into coach Naggie and
Speaker 1: he said that he was at the All Star Game
Speaker 1: and he was left with the impression of the incredible
Speaker 1: size of all the players that you're surrounded by and
Speaker 1: not you know what I think when the All Star
Speaker 1: Game comes around Chicago, I think it's good for all
Speaker 1: Chicago sports teams because whether you have a chance to
Speaker 1: rub elbows with one of the All Stars or just
Speaker 1: see the emphasis of success for the weekend that you know,
Speaker 1: have the surrounding stories about all these guys, and it's
Speaker 1: just when you're a young athlete that you're living in
Speaker 1: the moment, and I was at the All Star Game
Speaker 1: in eighty eight and understood what that competition was with Jordan,
Speaker 1: and I think it's you hope that you leave the
Speaker 1: same reflection on all the sports teams here in Chicago.
Speaker 1: After that weekend, I get to speak for my thirteen
Speaker 1: year old Manny him and all of his friends. It's
Speaker 1: all NBA. Man, that's all they talk about. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: Zion and the draft picks and Taco fall and to
Speaker 1: see the dunk contest and all this. That's all they
Speaker 1: talk about. They are just they love NBA basketball. And
Speaker 1: you know I got suckered in as well, because you know,
Speaker 1: you pay for parking. And then we tried to go
Speaker 1: in and grab but by Kobe jersey of course, but
Speaker 1: they were sold out already in Monday prior to the game.
Speaker 1: Think about that that Kobe's jersey was just flying off
Speaker 1: the shelves because everything that was unfolded and the tribute,
Speaker 1: which was fantastic. So we settle for a Westbrook jersey.
Speaker 1: And then at halftime, my son's got the goal to say,
Speaker 1: you know, Dad, I really should get the shorts to
Speaker 1: make it an act. So you blew a few. I
Speaker 1: think you're good for it. I think you're good for it,
Speaker 1: Big Jim. He enjoyed it. You know when you mentioned
Speaker 1: Naggy Uh. You look at what teams in the NFL
Speaker 1: are trying to do offensively right now, and especially at
Speaker 1: receiver and all the different weapons. You're essentially trying to
Speaker 1: build a basketball team. You're you're building a whole group
Speaker 1: of different types of weapons, size, shape, speed to accentuate
Speaker 1: different aspects of your offense. I mean, that's pretty much
Speaker 1: what you're trying to do right now. Or in the
Speaker 1: case of the Chiefs, you're building a track team. But
Speaker 1: you are trying to get the guys who can you know,
Speaker 1: box out leap for those red zone touchdowns of the
Speaker 1: back shoulder phade. You're looking for the quickness and the
Speaker 1: speed out of the slot. You're looking for variety, aren't you.
Speaker 1: But you know, listening to a show today and they
Speaker 1: were the point of Ephesus. They were talking about is
Speaker 1: such a big group of receivers that trying to match
Speaker 1: them with the right defensive backs and like the topic
Speaker 1: that we talked about. They even brought it up in
Speaker 1: convert these wide receivers two defensive backs just trying to
Speaker 1: match that outside size to these offenses, and you're just
Speaker 1: not going to be able to do that because there
Speaker 1: is there isn't an abundance of six foot plus cornerbacks
Speaker 1: out there that are great at what they do and
Speaker 1: they can combat the NFL offenses of today. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: it's just the history of the draft. Over thirty receivers
Speaker 1: are normally drafted, I believe is the average, and that's
Speaker 1: going to mirror with wide receivers. Here. Let me just
Speaker 1: pull up the averages right now. Receivers, the average draft
Speaker 1: is thirty one receivers, so for cornerbacks it's thirty two.
Speaker 1: They kind of mirror each other. And just to emphasize
Speaker 1: Tom's point, you look at this receivers class and how
Speaker 1: many guys you know, look at DK Metcalf last year. Here,
Speaker 1: he's a second rounder and he looked like a season
Speaker 1: pro by the end of there's well over six foot.
Speaker 1: But in terms of over defensive backs over six foot,
Speaker 1: the top probably six guys are listed over six foot
Speaker 1: six one, six two, primarily about six foot after that
Speaker 1: five to eleven, five, ten, and it's just literally you,
Speaker 1: just like Tom said, you just don't find them. Trey
Speaker 1: Von Diggs, who who we talked to at Alabama. I mean,
Speaker 1: he was a former receiver that converted to defensive back
Speaker 1: and he's one of those guys that's probably gonna go
Speaker 1: high because he's got the size that Tom's talking about. Yeah,
Speaker 1: wide receiver depth in the draft, you're hearing now there
Speaker 1: could be thirty guys drafted by the third round easily,
Speaker 1: there may be forty guys draft und Yeah, forty guys
Speaker 1: are listed to be drafted in this wide receiver group.
Speaker 1: That's how talented of a group. You know. Then what
Speaker 1: position does that affect them and move them all the
Speaker 1: way to the free agency market. Is there gonna be
Speaker 1: a position that's going to affect or is it just
Speaker 1: going to be the back end of the guys that
Speaker 1: we're going to be picked in the seventh round regardless? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's definitely going to affect the free agent
Speaker 1: wide receiver market. You know, you look at the guys
Speaker 1: that are out there. AJ Green will probably get tagged,
Speaker 1: I would assume by the Cincinnati Bengals. But what team
Speaker 1: is in a rush to resign any of these agent
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Look at the success of wide receivers in
Speaker 1: the draft, last year, anybody from Hollywood Brown of the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. Look at a J Brown out there for Tennessee.
Speaker 1: We mentioned dk Metcalf. I mean, look at Deebo Samuel.
Speaker 1: Look at the two rookies in the Super Bowl. Deebo
Speaker 1: Samuel was awesome. And then look at Harden or Mikole
Speaker 1: Hardman for Kansas City. So if I'm a free agent
Speaker 1: wide receiver, I'm a little depressed because I think that
Speaker 1: market is going to be pretty stale here because a
Speaker 1: lot of teams will be looking at the draft and
Speaker 1: so therefore too, you know, this is the first year
Speaker 1: you can have transition and franchise tag and a player,
Speaker 1: so you know, you think that will be less of
Speaker 1: an impact on those positions on the scale positions because
Speaker 1: of that. Yeah, I think the positions you probably want
Speaker 1: to franchise is tight end because this is a weak draft.
Speaker 1: So I would think say like Hunter Henry, I would
Speaker 1: think he would chargers would probably want to think about
Speaker 1: tagging him, or say even Austin Hooper, that tight end
Speaker 1: could get a tab. You already saw Greg Olsen. He
Speaker 1: got signed today by Seattle, right, So there's a good
Speaker 1: tight end off the market. Eric Ebron, he's a free agent.
Speaker 1: But you know, I think those tight ends probably will
Speaker 1: will command a tag because this is not a good
Speaker 1: draft for tight ends. It really isn't. This is bears
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Speaker 1: you sell incline three one two sixty four sixty seven
Speaker 1: sixty seven. It's three one two six four four six
Speaker 1: seven sixty seven. You know, with the combine before free agency,
Speaker 1: which actually starts a month from today, the tampering period,
Speaker 1: the legal tampering starts sixteenth, the eighteenth free agency opens up,
Speaker 1: and you know, you try to spray to off fields
Speaker 1: at the combine. You look at everything, you want to
Speaker 1: get your ducks in a row, and then you fill
Speaker 1: some some needs in free agency, hopefully don't go crazy
Speaker 1: with the spending, at least that's my perspective on it.
Speaker 1: And then you go and fill fill the voids with
Speaker 1: the guys that you're going to grow with over the
Speaker 1: next you know, one to two to three years. Oh,
Speaker 1: you know, that's how I look at it. How do
Speaker 1: you guys, you know a lot of a lot of
Speaker 1: teams that follow that flow chart. It's more easily predictable
Speaker 1: because they have pick starting in the early ones all
Speaker 1: the way through. When you're trying to predetermine who could
Speaker 1: cost possibly be around, I think you have to put
Speaker 1: more emphasis in studying every player at the combine rather
Speaker 1: than just a select few. We'll get Jim's thoughts when
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Speaker 1: Jeff Joni Act, Tom There and Jim Miller with us
Speaker 1: from Serious XM NFL Radios. Moving the chains with a
Speaker 1: lot of information building up to the combine a week
Speaker 1: from today, will be up early in Adam, Big Jim
Speaker 1: at the Combine. Here in a lot of a lot
Speaker 1: of information being thrown about coaches and general managers on
Speaker 1: that day and also the first wave of players. So
Speaker 1: beginning of an extremely busy week for the Bears, and
Speaker 1: the rest of the other thirty one teams. And with
Speaker 1: that being said, let's take a minute to take a
Speaker 1: look at how you guys feel about this year's draft
Speaker 1: class in general. Will get more specific as we move
Speaker 1: closer to the draft. It's a couple of months away,
Speaker 1: but you know, the strength of the draft peers to
Speaker 1: be receiver, peers to be tackle, appears to be depth
Speaker 1: in certain positions. I don't know, do you do you
Speaker 1: put quarterback in that category in terms of depth or
Speaker 1: not as many as at the top. Obviously there's three guys,
Speaker 1: but what are you guys looking at that? Yeah, for
Speaker 1: meat quarterback, I mean, obviously the top two guys in
Speaker 1: cool two excuse me, out of Alabama. He's going to
Speaker 1: be the wild card because it's all about medical for him,
Speaker 1: and I don't even know if he's going to be
Speaker 1: able to throw before the draft. They're going to try
Speaker 1: to set I talked to him at the at the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl and he said he is going to try
Speaker 1: to arrange, you know, a work out for all thirty
Speaker 1: two teams in the NFL where he'll throw, But a
Speaker 1: lot of that will be determined by the doctor and
Speaker 1: if he gets cleared and all that, and then you'll
Speaker 1: have to go through the medical competitive advantage. But obviously
Speaker 1: the first two guys are interesting. When you look at
Speaker 1: Burrow and Herbert, to me, removed all doubt that guy
Speaker 1: can play. I saw him up close and personal at
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl, and he's not gonna fall far and
Speaker 1: if anything, he is going to move up. He went
Speaker 1: down there, he competed, and he removed all doubt and
Speaker 1: I think he you know, it's really to me. The
Speaker 1: draft is going to start at pick three with the
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions. So if Burrow goes one, I would think
Speaker 1: Chase Young, the pass rusher goes too to the Redskins.
Speaker 1: Now Detroit's in a quandary. They're gonna keep Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 1: I doubt they're in the quarterback market. They could potentially
Speaker 1: trade down, and I would think there is going to
Speaker 1: be whether it's the Chargers, whether it's Miami. Maybe they
Speaker 1: want to trade up and get to that three spot
Speaker 1: to take Justin Herbert out of Oregon. After Herbert Eason
Speaker 1: intrigues me a little bit. I liked Anthony Gordon and
Speaker 1: what I saw from the Washing State product. Other guys
Speaker 1: I think are just guys like Jake from I know
Speaker 1: he's comes highly regarded with his career and he's played
Speaker 1: in big games, and he's played in a lot of them,
Speaker 1: and here he declares as a junior to come out.
Speaker 1: I think he's just average. I think he's got average
Speaker 1: arm strength, the average ability to move. Love the kid
Speaker 1: out of Utah State. He's a very athletic and has
Speaker 1: a big arm. He's intriguing. I would think basically Love
Speaker 1: in Easton would be the two other guys, and Anthony
Speaker 1: Gordon I think is intriguing. He would be a later
Speaker 1: round draft pick, but I think those other two guys
Speaker 1: would be middle rounders when you look at Love in Easton,
Speaker 1: That's how I see it. You know, I like the
Speaker 1: draft as a whole. It's it's kind of a a tale,
Speaker 1: you know, two tales this year. Because you're paying attention
Speaker 1: to the bear's side of it. It's hard to really
Speaker 1: get the anticipation and too emotional about it because they're
Speaker 1: picking so far down the line and you really don't have,
Speaker 1: you know, anybody with the target on him that you
Speaker 1: keep hearing about, you know, throughout the airwaves here. But
Speaker 1: I like the talent that's going to go in the draft,
Speaker 1: and I'm two. He scares me just because of the
Speaker 1: health issues. If I'm looking at a team that's within
Speaker 1: the top five, I have to consider them having a
Speaker 1: poor offensive line and maybe not the ability to protect
Speaker 1: a guy that's coming off of injury. You know, do
Speaker 1: you want him to play right away or do you
Speaker 1: want to play him a year down the road? I
Speaker 1: you know, I like them burrows from LSU and the
Speaker 1: quarterback from Morgan. Those are the two guys that if
Speaker 1: I was a team that was looking for a quarterback
Speaker 1: up front, those are the guys I would be looking at.
Speaker 1: I'm interested to see where Chase Young goes because it
Speaker 1: seems like, man, he's he's got a high he's got
Speaker 1: a high grade, and people feel like he's going to
Speaker 1: have an immediate impact on a team that he goes to.
Speaker 1: And if you're either saying one or two right, but well,
Speaker 1: you know, but you know, if if he's put in
Speaker 1: the right place, is it is it a team that's
Speaker 1: hurting so bad defensively that one one immediate threat of
Speaker 1: a pass rusher can help three other defensive players be
Speaker 1: a better player. And it's just, you know, I'm interested
Speaker 1: to see where he goes from this point on, because
Speaker 1: I I undervalued Bosa who came out of there a
Speaker 1: year ago. What do you think about the overall edge
Speaker 1: and defensive end class, Jim, Yeah, I mean I like it.
Speaker 1: I think there's some some talented guys. Pat and I
Speaker 1: actually went through you know, some of the defensive ends
Speaker 1: went through defensive tackles today. But the edge rushers I
Speaker 1: think are pretty strong. You know, there are guys that
Speaker 1: can play up and down the defensive line, even some
Speaker 1: of these defensive tackles that are coming out. That Javon
Speaker 1: Kidlaw Kin Law out of South Carolina at dude's an
Speaker 1: absolute monster. You know at the I know he'll play inside,
Speaker 1: but he can line up as a defensive end too.
Speaker 1: And East three hundred and fifteen pounds and that guy
Speaker 1: lost forty pounds, lost forty pounds. That guy can absolutely
Speaker 1: do everything from the defensive line standpoint. He played so
Speaker 1: well he basically shut it down at the REESA Senior
Speaker 1: Bowl after Wednesday, and he moved all doubt obviously. Derek
Speaker 1: Brown by Derek Brown. Oh, that guy's amazing too. He's
Speaker 1: three checks those two guys for inside pass rushers and
Speaker 1: could play up and down the defensive. Why those two
Speaker 1: are definitely going in the first round. I'm intrigued by
Speaker 1: Raekwon Davis out of Alabama and Gallimore out of Oklahoma
Speaker 1: as well. They're getting a lot of interest as well
Speaker 1: as for the defensive end population. You know, Chase Young
Speaker 1: stands alone is how it sits right now. You've got
Speaker 1: epiniza or epinessa excuse me from Iowa. He's garnering a
Speaker 1: lot of attention. Grennard from Florida is another guy where
Speaker 1: he's extremely talented. The two interesting guys are from Alabama
Speaker 1: and its Terrell Lewis in his cohort, his teammate that
Speaker 1: have dealt with a lot of injuries. I think are
Speaker 1: gonna larger garner a lot of attention as well. One
Speaker 1: because they're from Alabama, but a lot of Alabama guys
Speaker 1: come out beat up. So you just got to do
Speaker 1: your medical history on those guys, and I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna fare very well also in terms of their NFL career.
Speaker 1: You know one thing about defensive lineman, there are no
Speaker 1: more one dimensional defensive lineman from the days at looking
Speaker 1: at a guy like Fred Washington, who you know is
Speaker 1: going to camp out for ten years over the center's head.
Speaker 1: That is no longer part of the picture. You have
Speaker 1: to have these guys that they grow as as time
Speaker 1: moves on. You know, you look at you Know Bears.
Speaker 1: The players at the Bears have brought in and they've
Speaker 1: been able to morph their defensive fronts because of the
Speaker 1: ability to move up and down the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: And so I do think that's one of the unique
Speaker 1: things when you're evaluating defensive line talent as a whole,
Speaker 1: because even if you're one of the fast outside guys,
Speaker 1: you're still going to be moved inside at times against
Speaker 1: different offenses and different personnel groupings. However, nowadays, what you're
Speaker 1: looking for out of defensive lineman as these guys they are,
Speaker 1: they're multitalented. They can play up and down the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage in a right handed stance or a left
Speaker 1: handed stance. I should have mentioned Caleb and Chasin also
Speaker 1: the linebacker from LSU. He's can be a defensive end
Speaker 1: as well. He's going first round as well. So probably
Speaker 1: here are the three pass rushers that'll go. Epanessa out
Speaker 1: of Iowa he'll go first round. Chase Young's going first round.
Speaker 1: Caleb and chase run or chasing out of LSU's going
Speaker 1: first round, and then then you probably turn to those
Speaker 1: defensive tackles that we just mentioned. Those guys have the
Speaker 1: ability to pass rush. They're both going first round, so Brown,
Speaker 1: excuse me. And then I mentioned kin Law as well.
Speaker 1: So there's probably five guys right there easily first rounders.
Speaker 1: This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy to score. Jeff and Tom and Jim Miller with
Speaker 1: you three one two sixty sixty seven, sixty seven. If
Speaker 1: you want to jump on and give us a call,
Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from Anthony Adams about six forty five tonight.
Speaker 1: The position that is very interesting right now in terms
Speaker 1: of what's going to be possibly available in free agency
Speaker 1: and then what it means to pushing guys down to
Speaker 1: the draft because of other positions and because of that
Speaker 1: free agency, and because you're hearing now that you know
Speaker 1: obviously it's it's kind of risky to put a ton
Speaker 1: of money on a running back, and Todd Gurley's feeling
Speaker 1: that Rath salary Caps can't handle it that running back group.
Speaker 1: There could be a bunch in the second round that
Speaker 1: there are still quality running backs, third round quality running backs.
Speaker 1: And that's something of an interesting angle to this draft.
Speaker 1: Do you think Derek Henry will set the scale? I mean,
Speaker 1: you're talking about a veteran, but is he going to
Speaker 1: be the guy that's going to tell every running back
Speaker 1: behind him what? You know what? You know what you're
Speaker 1: trying to build up to. So that's kind of interesting
Speaker 1: before the draft ever takes place. Yeah, Nolvid Gordon, it
Speaker 1: just didn't work out. You know, we think about him.
Speaker 1: He held out, he even recognized it was a mistake.
Speaker 1: And I think the market has somewhat corrected itself after
Speaker 1: the Levy on Bell situation. Here he sits out an
Speaker 1: entire year, comes back, actually gets less money. The Steelers
Speaker 1: had the better offer out on the table, and here
Speaker 1: he's has to settle for a deal with the New
Speaker 1: York Jets. Had his career low's last year for the
Speaker 1: New York Jets as well, So that the market is
Speaker 1: kind of in a correction right now. And as you mentioned, Jeff,
Speaker 1: plenty of running backs and think about other running backs
Speaker 1: that have just stepped in and played well and ben productive. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you got to think twice about blowing out
Speaker 1: your budget on a veteran running back. He really got
Speaker 1: to take a step back and look at that salary
Speaker 1: cap implications being what they are. This is Bears All
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Speaker 1: you a long three one, two, sixty four, sixty seven,
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Speaker 1: Anthony Adams, the former Bears defensive tackle, to join us
Speaker 1: on his All Star weekend festivities. News of the day
Speaker 1: Fellas Drew Brees coming back to the Saints. They haven't
Speaker 1: hammered out a deal yet, but doing at the New
Speaker 1: Age Way. Fellas Instagram letting everybody know he wants to
Speaker 1: take another bite at the apple. What's it all mean?
Speaker 1: You know? I mean, I think, what's I mean for
Speaker 1: New Orleans? You know? How are they gonna not justify
Speaker 1: paying him how much they're gonna have to How are
Speaker 1: they gonna move around the quarterback talent? They have to
Speaker 1: make sure that they can keep this position in semi
Speaker 1: intact because they had the experience of Drew getting hurt
Speaker 1: last year, and I knew it was kind of a freak,
Speaker 1: I know, as a freak injury with his hand. However,
Speaker 1: he is going to be forty He is forty one.
Speaker 1: So I think New Orleans they have to understand the
Speaker 1: position they're getting in and is it gonna be you know,
Speaker 1: you know, a one year deal, but who are you
Speaker 1: going to keep waiting in the wings to take over
Speaker 1: this franchise. I think it's gonna be Taysom Hill. Is
Speaker 1: you know Teddy. Probably his opportunity is going to be
Speaker 1: out there. They can't pay all three of them. Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill is probably going to get a first or second
Speaker 1: round tender. Nobody's going to give up a first round
Speaker 1: or for him. He thinks he can be a franchise quarterback.
Speaker 1: He's thirty years old, number one, and he's only had
Speaker 1: thirteen pass attempts. But I would think minimum to see
Speaker 1: the project through that. You know, Coach Payton is probably
Speaker 1: gonna put Taysom Hill at the number two spot behind
Speaker 1: Drew Brees. I think they'll work out a number with him,
Speaker 1: he gave kind of a hometown discount. The last time
Speaker 1: he signed there was a two year, twenty five million
Speaker 1: dollar deal. They may have to go a three year
Speaker 1: deal or more to spread out the money for Drew
Speaker 1: Brees because they have other needs that they need to sign.
Speaker 1: But by resigning Drew Brees, whatever number they come to,
Speaker 1: I think that that really sends a message that Teddy Bridgewater,
Speaker 1: who probably is going to go somewhere to be a
Speaker 1: compete to start type of guy. Well, you like a
Speaker 1: Tannehill from last year, Jim, are you gonna limit the
Speaker 1: role of Tyson Hill then Taysoon Hill? Are you going
Speaker 1: to take away his what he does on the offense,
Speaker 1: because not only do you have to protect him, you
Speaker 1: got to keep that backup quarterback, but he kind of
Speaker 1: fulfilled an important role there to make him the offense
Speaker 1: more exotic. No, I agree. I still think he'll They
Speaker 1: may want to take him off special teams, but I
Speaker 1: still think that he'll have gadget role type plays. Much
Speaker 1: like you know, even when we were with the Steeler
Speaker 1: I was with the Steelers, we use Cordell that, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was kind of our gadget guy. Was still in
Speaker 1: the quarterback rooms. At times he would go down to
Speaker 1: the wide receiver room but kept that gadget role even
Speaker 1: though he was he was a quarterback. And I would
Speaker 1: think that's, you know, because it just seems like Sean
Speaker 1: Payton is the one guy who believes he can be
Speaker 1: a quarterback. And I heard Mike Westoff, who's obviously was
Speaker 1: a coach down there in New Orleans, they feel that
Speaker 1: he can play quarterback. But I just think that's really
Speaker 1: risky for another team. If another team's going to sign
Speaker 1: Taysom Hills a quarterback one he's thirty. As I mentioned,
Speaker 1: he's only got thirteen passes attempts since he's been in
Speaker 1: the NFL, that would be extremely risky for any other
Speaker 1: team to think that it's one thing to manage a
Speaker 1: play a gadget play, it's another thing to manage an
Speaker 1: entire game at the quarterback spot. I just don't think
Speaker 1: a lot of teams see him that way. All right,
Speaker 1: So let's look at the quarterback situation. We touched on
Speaker 1: it last week. It could be crazy, could be a
Speaker 1: crazy thing, or maybe not so crazy, because guys are
Speaker 1: gonna just stick with where they're at for the most part.
Speaker 1: Who's most likely to leave the nest among the better
Speaker 1: in quarterbacks. Well, we already know one, and that's Philip Rivers.
Speaker 1: He's already out of the nest. So for him, I
Speaker 1: would think it'd be Tampa or Indianapolis because he's got
Speaker 1: connections there. Frank Reich actually Coham coached him out and
Speaker 1: at that point San Diego and so is Nick Siriani.
Speaker 1: Their offensive, so indeed is probably his best fit, but
Speaker 1: it could be Tampa would be his next best fit.
Speaker 1: I still believe Tom Brady returns to the New England Patriots.
Speaker 1: I think much like Drew Brees. Drew Brees knows his
Speaker 1: best opportunity to Winter World champions is in New Orleans.
Speaker 1: That's why he came out and made the decision. May
Speaker 1: not make his agent happy as the leverage is out
Speaker 1: for numbers, but I would think that ultimately is going
Speaker 1: to be the conclusion for Tom Brady because I think
Speaker 1: that all sounds nice. Oh, he's going to go to
Speaker 1: La and or excuse me, Vegas and learned the Raiders offense.
Speaker 1: It's just not that way. It's a totally different offense
Speaker 1: than what he's known for twenty years, and his best
Speaker 1: bet is through the AFC East that he's dominated for
Speaker 1: the last twenty seasons. So I see Tom Brady return
Speaker 1: into New England. You know, Jeff, I've kindly gotten away
Speaker 1: from the big three of Rivers and Brady and Drew Brees,
Speaker 1: and I'm starting to think of what teams need to
Speaker 1: fortify their quarterback position, because I think that's where some
Speaker 1: of the interesting moves and opportunities and in competition can
Speaker 1: be created with some of the other names that are
Speaker 1: around there, because you know, when you see the potential
Speaker 1: and some of these guys that are going to get
Speaker 1: second opportunities, they're still respected quarterbacks from their first opportunity.
Speaker 1: Maybe they just need a change of venue. But it's
Speaker 1: always an interesting dynamic when you start bringing in, you know,
Speaker 1: backups around the league to you know, start coming here
Speaker 1: and just get involved in OTAs and start competing in
Speaker 1: training camp, because then decisions have to be made. So
Speaker 1: I'm interested in that second tier of guys and how
Speaker 1: they're going to how the league's going to be adjusted
Speaker 1: with their movement. Yeah, because you know, obviously which j
Speaker 1: Daniel being unrestricted free agent and whatever the Bears are
Speaker 1: planning to do at that position, do you care how
Speaker 1: they go about getting that next guy to come in
Speaker 1: and help out that quarterback room in which fashion if
Speaker 1: you want to do it by standing, do you want
Speaker 1: to do by trade? Do you guys care how it
Speaker 1: all happens. I mean, I want a player that fits
Speaker 1: the room, that fits the offense, that fits the mentality
Speaker 1: of Matt Naggie, and how this offense is going to
Speaker 1: develop with this new coaching staff on the offensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. You know, I don't I don't think
Speaker 1: Mitch would ever shy away from competition because he's one
Speaker 1: of the most competitive guys in that building. But I
Speaker 1: do think when you go out there and you evaluate
Speaker 1: everything you do within this offense, you know, it can't
Speaker 1: be a square peg in around hall. It's got to
Speaker 1: be the right guy for the right system, that is
Speaker 1: the right athlete for this guy to for, you know,
Speaker 1: to come over here. Well, those second tier guys, I
Speaker 1: mean you're looking at guys like case Keenham. He's been
Speaker 1: around the block. Um Mary, I don't you know, because
Speaker 1: to me, the market isn't out there for Jamis Winston
Speaker 1: or Marcus Mariota right now. It's just not there. Um
Speaker 1: Is what the way I see it. Everybody's like, oh,
Speaker 1: they'll just franchise tag Jameis Winston to return to Tampa.
Speaker 1: What for why would they Franci Guise in four twenty?
Speaker 1: I got twenty million this year, exactly, league and picks, right, yeah,
Speaker 1: let me let me let me dwell on that for
Speaker 1: a second. Because for all the criticism of quarterback play
Speaker 1: that's out there, this guy through forty yards yards or yards, right,
Speaker 1: that's all great, but you don't I would rather a
Speaker 1: guy not have all these flashy numbers and still protect
Speaker 1: the football. I have to protect the football, and I
Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know where that's ever gonna change
Speaker 1: with Jamis. How are you gonna win when you're averaging
Speaker 1: two turnovers? Again? Exactly? Go look at his last game
Speaker 1: the last two years. He's number one by far. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and go look at his last decision. Go look at
Speaker 1: his first decision as a Tampa Bay buccaneer. In his
Speaker 1: last decision, they're both pick sixes. Okay. And for a
Speaker 1: fifth year quarterback to play like he played the last
Speaker 1: game this year in Bruce Arians offense, I would be very,
Speaker 1: very worried about bringing him back. So I don't see
Speaker 1: it happening, and you don't have to pay twenty seven
Speaker 1: million dollars to do it. You know, other guys, Hey,
Speaker 1: if it's if it's Andy Dalton, Bill Azer knows Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: he coached him. You know that guy fits for the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. You know, whether they're interested in trading for him.
Speaker 1: You know, we'll see where it goes for them. It's
Speaker 1: never a sure bet of what they're looking at. They
Speaker 1: can say Joe Burrow is going to be their pick,
Speaker 1: and so I was like, Burrow doesn't want to be there.
Speaker 1: They still have to work some things out, I would
Speaker 1: think for the Cincinnati Bengals, so they may not want
Speaker 1: to trade even though they're floating them out there, until
Speaker 1: you get Burrow signed. I would think you're gonna want
Speaker 1: to keep Andy Dalton on the roster, is what I think.
Speaker 1: Or if it's a draft day trade for Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: when you ensure that you have the sign ability of
Speaker 1: a quarterback that we all assume is going to get
Speaker 1: drafted into Sinsey. But there's not a lot of guys
Speaker 1: out there. I mean, we can throw out Jameis Winston,
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota because I mentioned at least those guys have
Speaker 1: played a lot of these other guys have or their
Speaker 1: aging veterans that haven't played in quite some time. Drew
Speaker 1: Stanton's of the world, Mike Lennon's of the world. We
Speaker 1: know that that's not happening. Um, there's just not a
Speaker 1: lot out there right now. Oh, it's interesting you mentioned
Speaker 1: Burrow because there's quotes all over from the Dallas Fort
Speaker 1: Worth Star Telegram. You know, he says he has leverage,
Speaker 1: and I don't know what that is exactly, but the
Speaker 1: Bengals have their process and I have my process. That
Speaker 1: was his quote. Is that just uh agent talk. No,
Speaker 1: I'd be worried if I was the Bengals, um, you know,
Speaker 1: and I know he's from Ohio, but his oc of
Speaker 1: LSU is now in Carolina, Joe Brady, If I'm Burrow,
Speaker 1: I'm going to try and get to Carolina. Is what
Speaker 1: I think that they're what they're thinking about. Other quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have muscled their their way out of the first pick.
Speaker 1: We know Eli Manning and the Philip Rivers trade swap. Now,
Speaker 1: whether that's in the mix, you know, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Or the Bengals just say put their heels in the
Speaker 1: ground and hey, we'll draft Hi, where are you gonna go?
Speaker 1: You're gonna sit out the whole year, That's my point.
Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, Eli did it, John Hallaway did it.
Speaker 1: But those are two distinct situations and it was a
Speaker 1: long time ago. Right, Life's changed the Hey, Jeff and Jim,
Speaker 1: let's let's not forget about Tyler Bray. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: let's talk about him for a second, because I've always
Speaker 1: been interested in him. I've always been interested in the
Speaker 1: way he practices in training camp and the way he's
Speaker 1: played throughout the preseason. I mean, you know, where where,
Speaker 1: What is his status and what can be his status
Speaker 1: going forward with the Bears. I think he's got a
Speaker 1: big arm. I think he's just you know, he hasn't played,
Speaker 1: he's been inconsistent, has knowledge in the offense. I think
Speaker 1: it's been up or down even in preseason play what
Speaker 1: I've witnessed the past couple of years. But yeah, he's
Speaker 1: definitely an option for the Chicago Bears. But I think
Speaker 1: they want to elevate the competition. Does Tyler Bray really
Speaker 1: push Mitch Drubisky? I think that's what you want to upgrade,
Speaker 1: because I don't think Chase Daniel there there wasn't a
Speaker 1: threat there. I mean if Mitch if for him unfortunately
Speaker 1: for the Bears, if he were to get hurt, or
Speaker 1: if he sours in terms of port play, you want
Speaker 1: a guy who's established, who have played, who can definitely
Speaker 1: step in and fulfill that role and still push Mitch
Speaker 1: to get better. Now, whether that's guys that we mentioned
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariotta, is it a guy like Andy? Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: has started games and taken the team multiple times to
Speaker 1: postseason play. So I think he's one guy that kind
Speaker 1: of has removed all doubt. Mariota really hasn't removed that
Speaker 1: yet and why he was supplanted last year by Ryan Tannehill.
Speaker 1: It is Bears All Access here in Chicago Sports Radio
Speaker 1: six seventy to score, Jeff, Jony actoum there, Jim Miller
Speaker 1: with you. Anthony Adams of the Bears will be joining
Speaker 1: us coming up at about sixty five, four sixty seven,
Speaker 1: sixty seven. If you got a thought a question Last night, fellas,
Speaker 1: I was at the National Football Foundation event to the
Speaker 1: annual event raising some scholarship money for some high school
Speaker 1: and some college kids headed off to their respective campuses
Speaker 1: and character awards. It's always a great event, But it
Speaker 1: was tom much to your uh uh, what's the word
Speaker 1: I'm looking for. You'll love the idea it was. It
Speaker 1: was offensive line driven. Had Jimbo Covert there flying in,
Speaker 1: had a good conversation with the Hall of Famer and
Speaker 1: uh Olan Crutz out there as well, a lot of
Speaker 1: good offensive linemen and young guys that played some high
Speaker 1: school and in college football. So a great event, uh,
Speaker 1: But it also underscores just how impactful this game is.
Speaker 1: And it's the It's the kids and what they've gone
Speaker 1: through in their personal lives and how football has pulled
Speaker 1: them through whatever whatever it is that they had to
Speaker 1: overcome to to get where they are, and the and
Speaker 1: the sacrifices and the commitments. I'll tell you, it's always
Speaker 1: a moving experience for me to sit there and listen
Speaker 1: to these stories. And that's the beauty of this game.
Speaker 1: You guys have experienced it in unique ways too, and
Speaker 1: I've done it, you know, from a different perspective being
Speaker 1: a play by play announcer in the NFL now for
Speaker 1: some twenty years. You know, they couldn't have any two
Speaker 1: more committed guys than Jimbo Cover and Olan Cruz and
Speaker 1: you look at their upbringing and what they were able
Speaker 1: to develop in to the influences, the positive influences they've
Speaker 1: had around him in their football life to keep their
Speaker 1: concentration pointed in the right direction. You know, it's a
Speaker 1: man I like I said, I knew of Jimbo when
Speaker 1: he was in high school. I saw him playing college.
Speaker 1: I played in an All Star game with him, and
Speaker 1: I knew what he was capable of in the early
Speaker 1: part of his career. I mean, he was going to
Speaker 1: be a first, a starter, and I think that's the
Speaker 1: same mentality that Olan came in with. And it's it's
Speaker 1: good for these kids to see that because both of
Speaker 1: these guys carry a lot of positive energy with them.
Speaker 1: And you know, whatever, you know, if you have an
Speaker 1: opportunity to you know, go to college to continue to
Speaker 1: play sports, you know, you just have to look forward
Speaker 1: to that opportun ttunity because it's the same opportunity that
Speaker 1: was gifted to me from a blue collar working family
Speaker 1: to get the opportunity to go to Notre Dame. And
Speaker 1: football teaches as so many life lessons, I mean, so
Speaker 1: many things carry over to what you do in life.
Speaker 1: And we know football you can come in all shapes
Speaker 1: and sizes, all different backgrounds, all walks of life and succeed,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's about being with the team and
Speaker 1: all those things that I do think this football take
Speaker 1: your places you don't think he can go, you know,
Speaker 1: and just how you push yourself and dedicate yourself and
Speaker 1: you kind of you be surprised of what you're capable of.
Speaker 1: And it provides that platform along with all the other
Speaker 1: great life life lessons that it teaches you. You know,
Speaker 1: I think anybody that played the game of football at
Speaker 1: the highest level will tell you that. And you know
Speaker 1: it's you know, I know over the past couple of
Speaker 1: years in terms of safety and all that. I mean,
Speaker 1: football is the greatest sport on this planet by far. Ye,
Speaker 1: by far, it's the greatest sport on this planet. I
Speaker 1: mentioned offensive line, and that leads me to one thing
Speaker 1: before we hit a break and join Anthony Adams. So
Speaker 1: when the Bears are looking at, you know, the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, which every team, in my opinion should it could,
Speaker 1: because that's where you win the games. At the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. They drafted Cody white Hair in a second round.
Speaker 1: In twenty sixteen, they drafted James Daniels on the interior
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. Could that be with two picks in
Speaker 1: the second round an area you guys would be comfortable
Speaker 1: with even though it's not a sexy position. I hate
Speaker 1: when I hate when you say that, bunch of you
Speaker 1: know what I mean? For the average they want an
Speaker 1: average fan, they hang on, hang on the average fan
Speaker 1: who loves fantasy football. They're thinking wide receivers, quarterbacks, running backs.
Speaker 1: You know that how that station goes. But I'm saying,
Speaker 1: would you be comfortable with a guard or an interior
Speaker 1: linement being selected in the twenty I want to see
Speaker 1: two starters drafted in the second round, and I don't
Speaker 1: care what position it is, And if it is an
Speaker 1: offensive lineman, so be it. Um. But there isn't sexy
Speaker 1: and football without quality offense and defensive line play. You
Speaker 1: don't have a Mahomes and you don't have a you know,
Speaker 1: pick that you know you don't pick and at read
Speaker 1: you don't have those guys if you don't have sexy
Speaker 1: up in front of him. Oh but we talk sexy,
Speaker 1: we talk double a Anthony. He's coming up next. Bears
Speaker 1: All access to Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio
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Speaker 1: and Jim Miller with you and our guest joining us
Speaker 1: now for our segment. Here from the NBA All Star
Speaker 1: Celebrity Game. And I don't know. All I know is
Speaker 1: I keep watching a little dipsy doodle between the leg dribble,
Speaker 1: a little hop and a skip and a jump, trying
Speaker 1: to make a move to the to the rack and
Speaker 1: uh completely swatted away flat footed by went Richardson Doubleday,
Speaker 1: Anthony Adams. What happened in the celebrity game? You know what?
Speaker 1: There was a file and there's there's no place for
Speaker 1: that in the game of basketball. It was probably a
Speaker 1: flagrant too. He should have been thrown out of the arena.
Speaker 1: Did you feel you got enough time to warm up?
Speaker 1: As I was watching warmups in the background, I kind
Speaker 1: of thought you were taking a little lack of days
Speaker 1: a call. Look at this there. Have you ever seen
Speaker 1: to see the stretch before they go out and that
Speaker 1: they pray never there's no difference to me. I'm a beast,
Speaker 1: all right, So I didn't need to stretch. I didn't
Speaker 1: need all of that stuff. I'm a thoroughbred. But you
Speaker 1: started the game, and what did you played the first
Speaker 1: six minutes or five minutes or something. I just do
Speaker 1: as i'm told. An obviously doesn't know what he's doing.
Speaker 1: But you know you played a hand you dealt Hey,
Speaker 1: I gotta give you a credit, Big Jim. He got
Speaker 1: the start. I said, Wow, Double Day got the start,
Speaker 1: got the start in this game. I'm a beast. Why
Speaker 1: are you surprised? I was surprised. There's only three pro
Speaker 1: There's only three pro athletes on the roster there. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a couple of x W, NBA and NBA players
Speaker 1: in double A. Yeah. People don't even know I actually
Speaker 1: played professional sports like this. The social media guy, well, Anthony,
Speaker 1: how have you successfully created this alter ego? My son
Speaker 1: even follows you on Twitter. He's like, Dad, this dude's hilarious.
Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, I know who he is. You know,
Speaker 1: you know, but how did you come up with this
Speaker 1: alter ego that has really become a megastar? Right now?
Speaker 1: I didn't even want to do it. It was just
Speaker 1: something that I taped in the garage and it was
Speaker 1: just stuck in my phone. Then one day I was
Speaker 1: bored and I said, but I should put this out.
Speaker 1: You know, it's the finals coming up. This was a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, and I think the Cavaliers are
Speaker 1: planning to go to Stay Warriors or something like that,
Speaker 1: and I should put this video up. And so I did,
Speaker 1: and I fall asleep and when I woke up, I
Speaker 1: woke up to my phone like bluzzom and like all
Speaker 1: these notifications and everything, and Kevin Lahart had posted on
Speaker 1: his page. And then once he did it, like all
Speaker 1: of these pages that had a million followers started to
Speaker 1: do it, and Jamie Fox and Snoop Dog and like
Speaker 1: all these famous people and it just it just took off.
Speaker 1: So then once I saw that, I had to create
Speaker 1: a page for him. So nobody was steal you know,
Speaker 1: my likeness and everything like that. And now he has
Speaker 1: like over three hundred thousand followers. Yeah, so crazy. But
Speaker 1: let me ask you, I'll come Cream Biggins in playing
Speaker 1: this game. What are you talking about? He did? It
Speaker 1: was just a typo. You know, you never seen Cream
Speaker 1: Bighams and Spice Adams in the room and think now,
Speaker 1: but all I know I saw Adams on the back
Speaker 1: of your jersey. So where was Biggins. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: Spice Adams is Cream Bigham's nephew. So you know a
Speaker 1: lot of people would get them confused. Anthony Adams bears
Speaker 1: defensive tackle back of the day and bears inside or
Speaker 1: host saloon with a staff of thousands? Was there a
Speaker 1: pregame locker room atmosphere, like, were you guys in there
Speaker 1: getting motivated speeches or anything? Oh there? Let me let
Speaker 1: me tell you this. It was a lot of people
Speaker 1: that were very serious about this game for some reason.
Speaker 1: I do not know. So Little Real the comedian, when
Speaker 1: I first saw him, I met him a while back.
Speaker 1: This was Jerry Azuma did some comedy show and Little
Speaker 1: Real was the host of it or whatever. So that's
Speaker 1: when I first met him. This was years ago, and
Speaker 1: so when I saw him, I said, Hey, what's up, Real,
Speaker 1: And he kind of just gave me one of those
Speaker 1: head nuts and just like kept walking. So I'm like what,
Speaker 1: I was like, Wow, okay, So then we're trying on
Speaker 1: our jerseys and everything like that. This was the day
Speaker 1: before the game, and because we had like a little
Speaker 1: practice or whatever. So I'm like, real, I'm like, man,
Speaker 1: you gotta give me more than that. Man like, what's up?
Speaker 1: So then he looks at me really serious, no smile
Speaker 1: something like that. He says, you can't do the character.
Speaker 1: You can't just be checking up threes and doing that.
Speaker 1: He said, I'm trying to win. I say, man, are
Speaker 1: you kidding me? Like this is you were mad at
Speaker 1: me because I do the cream Bigham's character. So people
Speaker 1: were serious about this game before we went out there.
Speaker 1: They had strategies and I'm like, oh my goodness, I
Speaker 1: know how these celebrity games go. Everybody's a point guard.
Speaker 1: Nobody passes to, especially if you're a big man in
Speaker 1: the post. If you're in the post, you will never
Speaker 1: get the ball. So my plan was if I got
Speaker 1: a rebound, which these rebounds were coming off the rims
Speaker 1: so hard it was crazy. If I got a rebound,
Speaker 1: I was gonna take it coast to coast and just
Speaker 1: do my thing. But Darius mouse O, I know, I
Speaker 1: met him a couple of times before he gave me
Speaker 1: the ball. When he took it out, he pretty much
Speaker 1: knew it was gonna happen. After that, Anthony, real quick,
Speaker 1: who is the most interesting person you met at All
Speaker 1: Star weekend? Or have you met pretty much everybody? The
Speaker 1: most interesting person? I finally got to meet Chance, Chance
Speaker 1: the Rapper. We had exchanged a couple of dms here
Speaker 1: and there, but we finally got a chance to meet
Speaker 1: and it was great, man. It was like instant chemistry.
Speaker 1: And he didn't pass the ball either. Well, Anthony, you
Speaker 1: were extremely athletic as a as a defensive lineman. Very
Speaker 1: impressive with what you could do. I mean, does it
Speaker 1: when I watched the game, and all those guys are
Speaker 1: just tremendous athletes, every one of those All Stars, But
Speaker 1: there were a couple that stood out above and beyond
Speaker 1: that I witnessed during the game. And I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1: I brought it up to Tom and Jeff about Ben Simmons.
Speaker 1: If that dude ever develops a shot, did you see
Speaker 1: the way that guy can run the court? My goodness,
Speaker 1: he's very fast. Yeah. I was noticing that too. He's
Speaker 1: like a gazelle, like a tall gazelle, and he's like
Speaker 1: the way he sees the court and the passes that
Speaker 1: he makes. He's awesome to watch. And I mean that
Speaker 1: was just an All Star game. Like I'm like, I'm
Speaker 1: excited to watch him to see what Philadelphia is gonna do.
Speaker 1: But I mean to be six ten and to be
Speaker 1: able to handle the ball and pass the ball like that.
Speaker 1: Like if he keeps developing his game, he's gonna be
Speaker 1: like he's gonna be on stop. It's gonna be like, um,
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant spices big hims where Eric Jordan's or what kind?
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got to have some quality converse, great converse.
Speaker 1: The old you you are so limited wearing those, Chuck Taylors,
Speaker 1: I mean the amount of defense you can't play when
Speaker 1: you wear those. I mean because one false move and
Speaker 1: the Planter fascitist is flaring up for sure. I mean,
Speaker 1: they need to get songs for flat footed gentleman like myself,
Speaker 1: three hundred pounds flat footers. He needs some some different
Speaker 1: type of checks. I got all the respect in the
Speaker 1: world for World Chamber, and I don't know how you
Speaker 1: score a hundred points three and those things they are amazing.
Speaker 1: Double A. Anthony Adams, our guest here on Chicago Sports
Speaker 1: Radio six seventy. The score I We'll see around hallisaw Anthony,
Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. Yes, sir, don't at anti social
Speaker 1: when I see you either, and never, never, just knock
Speaker 1: out my door. It's always open. Anthony Adams, former Chicago Bear. Here,
Speaker 1: one more segment to go before we wrap it up
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Speaker 1: Adams of Inside the Bears with his co host Laurence Screeden.
Speaker 1: They do a great job. It's always fun to talk
Speaker 1: to him. He's always got something crazy to say, that's
Speaker 1: for sure. But I really was cracked up by his
Speaker 1: all star festivities. It was really funny. Good stuff is
Speaker 1: always all right real quick. Before we wrap things up, Tom,
Speaker 1: you brought it up ot Rookie Mini Camp and the
Speaker 1: veteran mini caamp. You don't have a ton of practices
Speaker 1: to look at these guys. What do you expect to
Speaker 1: be accomplished with year three under Matt Nage? I, you know,
Speaker 1: I expect the offense to come out of the locker
Speaker 1: room running. I mean to be quick pace at the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, even though there's new coaches. So I
Speaker 1: think there's enough veterans on here is once they get
Speaker 1: on their feet, some of these veterans can help the
Speaker 1: coaches learn this system at probably a more rapid pace.
Speaker 1: But what if it's tweaked, Well, I mean it's it's
Speaker 1: gonna be tweaked. It's gonna be tweaked every year. There's
Speaker 1: never gonna be an exact offense from one year to
Speaker 1: the next. So I think with the you know, ability
Speaker 1: for Matt Nagge to tweak what he's got out there
Speaker 1: now that he knows David Montgomery better, he understands his
Speaker 1: limitations at some positions or access at some so I
Speaker 1: think it's um, you know, what I really want to
Speaker 1: do is you know we always say, oh yeah, the
Speaker 1: defense always plays fast. Initially, I want the Bears offense
Speaker 1: to play equally as fast. Paced as well. We will
Speaker 1: perceive the defense to be playing like Jim. Can this
Speaker 1: offense use a fullback and still be effective running the
Speaker 1: football or do they not need the fullback to run
Speaker 1: the football. Well, it doesn't seem to be a preference
Speaker 1: for coach Naggie, but I'm a big believer. I think
Speaker 1: you always want to be multiple. The more you can
Speaker 1: show and the more you can do. And at times
Speaker 1: they ran better when they utilize the fullback position. Last
Speaker 1: year at least showed as semblance of a twenty one personnel.
Speaker 1: Even Andy Reid has it with the Sherman as their fullback.
Speaker 1: So I've always been a proponent to be able to
Speaker 1: do that. Now it could change. You know, they got
Speaker 1: a new offensive line coach, Bill Laser's in there, You've
Speaker 1: got clancy at the tight end spot. I do think
Speaker 1: the run schemes will be different, and maybe that's something
Speaker 1: that will be discussed here this offseason, if it hasn't
Speaker 1: already been discussed. But I'm with Tom. I think it'll
Speaker 1: be a rapid pace. I think it'll be a sense
Speaker 1: of urgency by players, and I think that will be
Speaker 1: really you know, professed by the coaches and those players
Speaker 1: better be ready to go during the OTAs. All right, well,
Speaker 1: we're just about out of time for this week's Bears
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Speaker 1: have a great week, all right, all right, Kim see
Speaker 1: at the combine. Thanks to our producers tonight, Lulio Rosseo
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