WEBVTT - All Access: Ridley here to compete 0:00:01.480 --> 0:00:04.920 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:08.960 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:11.960 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:16.639 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:21.119 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:25.640 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.600 Miller Lite and Hulu. It's gonna be with you, everybody. 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.440 Jeff Joniac along my broadcast partner Tom there from news 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.720 Radio seven eighty and one oh five point nine FM WVMN, 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.080 Jim Miller of the former Bears quarterback and a member 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:42.760 of that sirius XM NFL radio staff. Good to have 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:44.760 you back with us as well as you listen in 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.240 tonight for the next hour. Got a good show tonight, boys. 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:50.639 We got Riley Ridley, the outstanding looking rookie receiver out 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.400 at Georgia, joining us at about six h eight tonight. 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.240 And then at the bottom of the hour, we're gonna 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:59.040 be joined for a good couple of segments with Tom, 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.000 your teammate jimbo Over tonight, the outstanding left tackle for 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.960 your Super Bowl champion Bears. Good show today, Yeah, I 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:06.560 can't wait. You know, I had a chance to catch 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:08.600 up with him a little bit in this weekend. And 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:10.560 you know, Jimbo and I go back a long way. 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.200 We were seniors in college at the same time. When 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:15.600 I was there, Notre Dame played Pitt and Pitt was 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:17.880 number one in the country. Notre Dame played him Att 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:21.040 Pitt and we kind of stolled one from him back then. 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.280 And then we played in the Hula Bawl together out 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.360 in Hawaii and had a chance to spend some time. 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:27.880 And the day I met Jimbo, and the day I 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:31.560 watched him practice all or played throughout a senior year 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.880 and practice throughout that that All Star game, I knew 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:36.959 that he was a day one starter, one of the 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:39.360 one of the best in the history of the Bears. Yeah, 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.160 you just wanted obviously with a great slate like Jim 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:45.319 Bow And here we're celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Bears. 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.440 It was great to catch up with you guys a 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.120 week ago. And then you know, guys like Riley Ridley, 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.120 how can he make his impact? So I was like, 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.880 he's an impressing early and here we're on the you know, 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.720 the heels of training camp, which is just around the corner. 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.840 Players have five weeks. Hopefully everybody's days out of trouble 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:02.720 and does what they're supposed to do as they get 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.040 focused on the season. But you know, there's still some 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.800 outliers here. You know, we still have yet to really 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.359 understand what's going to happen with the new replay rule 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.120 and how that's going to go down, how coaches it's 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:16.079 going to affect their coaching during the game. So there's 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:18.320 still some things to really clear up as we head 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.480 into the twenty nineteen NFL season. Jim, what are you 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.080 hearing on that front, Well, it sounds like they're going 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.000 to put it to the replay official. It sounds like 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.120 the coaches do not want a part of it where 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.120 you know, they would have to throw a challenge flag 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.680 or have a challenge flag late in the game or 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:35.480 a timeout in order to initiate the process. And that's 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.359 how I thought originally, the coaches thought this process is 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:39.640 going to go that it was just going to be 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.560 initiated by the replay official. And I think it just 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:45.480 if you just stick to the standard of that NFC 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:49.840 Championship game between the Saints in the Rams where the 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.359 replay official up in the booth. To me, it has 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.600 to be so obvious and so egregious that you're going 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.600 to initiate the review right in that game between the 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:02.120 Rams and Nickel Roby Coben and the past interference call 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.280 that wasn't called. Everybody in the stadium knew it was 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:08.440 a penalty. Everybody watching at home knew it was the penalty. 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.920 I even had Kyle Shannon, he said he was down 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.440 in Mexico City, and a lot of the people that 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:16.840 don't even understand the game, a lot of the Hispanics 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.000 that were in the bar, they looked at Kyle Shanon 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:20.959 and they knew it was a penalty, and they don't 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.840 even know American rules of football. So I just think 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.480 if you keep it within that standard, you know, I 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:28.880 think that would be the level of where the replay 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.840 official would initiate it where you're trying to write or wrong. 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.400 Moving forward, I just hope they don't continue to overthink everything. 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:38.000 You know, all this replay stuff. Oh catch, I mean, 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.280 think about it's the most basic playing football, and we 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:43.760 bastardized it for literally five to six years, where nobody 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.080 knew what the hell of catch was and nothing aggravates 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.800 time more than a wasted time going over this stuff. Right. 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.760 You know, it seems like every coaching staff now has 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.520 so many coaches. I mean, could you really designate one 0:03:55.600 --> 0:04:00.240 experienced guy and put him on the staff and be 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.080 able to make a judgment yes, let throw the flag 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.280 or no, don't throw the flag and be made within 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.880 a matter of you know time, like you know, similar 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:12.160 to the time that baseball managers and stuff have their 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.480 chance to use the replay or not. Yeah, well, I 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.920 hate I hate replay, so I wish it would never 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.359 I never wish even showed up in the National Football League. 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.679 So I've talked about that plenty of times. Hey, shout 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:28.200 out to Josh McCollum. Fellas, he was nothing but a 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.080 gentleman and a leader with the Chicago Bears and proved 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:33.160 to be that way over the course of his sixteen 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.800 year career. Announced his retirement today. He's going to become 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:39.160 an analyst as well on ESPN and their football coverage. 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.760 But gonna tend to his boys, you know, guy, his 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.200 boys are high school quarterbacks. Now. He'll be forty around 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.479 the fourth of July here, so next week, next couple 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.839 of weeks, rather and after ten different teams putting it away. 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.600 You know, whatever you want to say about Mark Trustman. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.440 Mark Trustman did a lot for that guy because he 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.520 was on the cusp of his career ending and he 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.799 was already a teacher. I believe in the comeback and 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:06.120 not necessarily reinvent himself, but be taught of football in 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.159 a kind of a different style that was able to 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.120 carry through to the different systems he was able to 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.880 play in towards the end of his career. I definitely 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.560 think a class guy. And just how he represented himself, 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.560 how he treated his teammates, I think was important and 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.880 just you know, you just you need guys like that 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.039 that said can fill all those type of roles. He 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.120 could fill the role as a starter, he could fill 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.200 the role as a backup, He could fill the role 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.280 as a mentor. So I think what Thomas bringing out. 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.920 I think if he wanted to embark on a coaching career, 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:36.640 he could probably do pretty well. But it sounds like 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.240 you're right, Jeff, he's happy teaching his boys how to 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.600 play the position of quarterback. Yeah, and now I saw 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.880 highlights of his game as a slot receiver for Detroit 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.320 against the Patriots, in two thousand and six. I believe 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:53.680 look very good. Catch him passes and great athlete. Underrated athlete, 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.280 that's for sure. Coming up next a guy who's not 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.760 an underrated athlete at all, Riley Ridley, outstanding rook. He 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.120 come to the Bears and he'll join the program. Here. 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.880 This is Bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy, 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.839 with Mike Chen and Adam Stezinski helping us out tonight. 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:12.600 This is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Hey, 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:14.720 welcome back to Bears All Access brought to you by 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:18.400 IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.680 natural gas, and home warranty products over one million customers 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.920 across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:28.160 dot com. Jeff Joni Actomp there, Jim Miller. Another Bears 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.160 All Access show. As we traveled through the offseason now 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:35.520 and summer vacation for everybody, and it's still a great 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:39.000 time though to reflect on what's transpired and also look 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.680 ahead to what these teams heading into training camp here 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.119 in just about four weeks, four and a half weeks 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.880 or so, we'll look like and where everybody's looking at. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.520 And I know NFL dot Com work down the Bears today, 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.080 and a lot of folks have them as one of 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:56.240 the top playoff contenders out of the NFC and just 0:06:56.279 --> 0:07:00.480 out of the NFL picture period. And as you break 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:03.479 it down, what are some things that really stick out 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.880 to you guys about what we've seen so far. I 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.240 got a question for you, Big Jeff. You said now 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:13.320 that the players are on vacation, or now that they're 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:18.600 on vacation, you didn't say players. I think in the 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.400 player's best interest if they look at this next five 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.760 weeks as a vacation, right, it really brought that many 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:26.920 many times I do, and and it kind of it 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:30.000 kind of bothers me just because this is when they 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.840 should be working their hardest. I know there was a 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:36.160 player in the Detroit or in the Baltimore Ravens camp 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.240 who didn't go to the OTAs, didn't go to any 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.840 of the conditioning sessions, and then they didn't allow him 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.840 to practice because he was not in shape. I think 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.360 if you look at this as a vacation or time off, yeah, 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.360 you got to go out there and free your mind 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.000 and you don't have to have the daily grind of 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:57.120 sitting in meetings for three hours, but you got to 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.800 stay into your information and you still have to stay 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:02.440 in try to gain strength and condition your body. So 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.480 I'm I'm sorry to harp on it and sound like 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:09.000 an old geezer, but this is probably the time then 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:12.400 most guys in in the early era of football started 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:16.360 or not didn't start, continue to work out their hardest 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:20.000 leading up to the beginning events of You'll be happy 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.760 to know. And Jimmy kim Hicks, you know, I talked 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:24.600 to him the other day before they got out of here, 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:26.400 and what are you what are you gonna be working on? 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:27.720 What are you gonna do? And he goes, this is 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:31.960 where I sharpened my tools. This is where I defined 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:36.040 my body and my strength for the rest of the season. So, yeah, 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.800 the veterans, they're going to go back to work. Hopefully 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.720 the young guys do the same gym. Yeah, and well, 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.840 we say it every year, and I'm with Tom on this. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.400 I mean, this is not training camps, not some test 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.480 you can just cram for. You know, I say that 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.520 every single year, And Michael Pierce is who you're thinking of. 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.760 Tom and the Steelers have done it before. Remember the 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.800 big nose tackle Casey Hampton couple a couple of years 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.400 he came back, he was out of shaping. Mike Tomlin said, uh, 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.080 you're on the side, big boy, because you're you're physically 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.160 unable to perform. And they would let the player get 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.480 himself in shape before they would leave him, allow him 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.480 to practice, because why he's putting other players at risk. 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.720 And that's what John Harbaugh said about Michael Pierce. You 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.120 come in overweight, you're out of shape, You're putting other 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.720 players at risk. We can't have that. So it's not 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.240 something you can cram for. You gotta stay on top 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:23.960 of it. And I would think if you know, if 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.400 you're serious about your craft, and you're serious about your 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.040 love of football, and you're serious about your accountability with 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.360 your teammates, I don't think the Bears should have any problem. 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.920 And you're serious about your commitment to your coach and organization, 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.840 should that add that as well, because it really is 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:41.280 part of your responsibility and you shouldn't need somebody there 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.040 to babysit you. You're all grown men. Now take care 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:45.920 of business and do what you gotta do. You know, 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:47.800 you know too, Jim and Jeff and throughout the entire 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.440 ty of OTAs with the exception of maybe a couple 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.520 of days there was no hot weather. This isn't something 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.520 that they got kind of fed a little bit of 0:09:55.920 --> 0:10:00.000 eighty five degree practices and understood the challenge to them. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.439 So if they go to bourbon A at the end 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.240 of July and all of a sudden they open up 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.720 camp and it's eighties plus with full pads on, with 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:11.080 that blue helmet, it's a completely different monster out there. 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.439 And the less you are prepared, the less effective you're 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.319 going to be on the field, and more likely it 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.800 is going to affect the way they evaluate you. And 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.880 you know, and so I am a yeah, So you're 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:25.440 not on your feet on a daily on a you know, 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.080 as much as you are throughout practices, but you've got 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.360 to be conditioning and you've got to be in the 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.160 weight room and continue that strength goal. Well, this is 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.640 different definition of professionalism. It also defines who really loves 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.079 the game and who is just looking at this as 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:42.719 a way to, you know, just get a paycheck. So 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.360 you do. It does sift its way through these guys 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:47.560 then are not in that kind of condition and they 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:49.680 all take you know, most teams any way have conditioning 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:51.920 tests to find the where they're at after the five weeks. 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.280 It'll be a rough training camp if it's not the case. 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.640 Awaiting Riley. Ridley, the Bears rookie receiver out of Georgia, 0:10:57.720 --> 0:10:59.959 joining the program tonight. Also at the bottom of the hour, 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.880 Jim Covert the Bears outstanding left tack oh best offensive 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.000 lineman as you could possibly find, number thirteen and the 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.640 Bears one hundred is put together by Dan POMPEII and 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.080 Don Pierce until join us as well. You can also 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:15.079 take your phone calls three one, two sixty seven, sixty 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.040 seven if you got anything on your mind in terms 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.760 of how so you never did answer the question because 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:24.400 you know I use the word vacation, Sorry and so, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.960 but you know where the Bears are position right now? 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:31.240 How do you guys feel after everything that's happened during 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.000 this offseason now to take a deep breath for a minute, 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.320 recalibrate where they position in your opinion, it's gonna start 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.760 with Tom Well, you know, first of all, I can't 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.880 be more impressed with the job that Ryan Pace did 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.480 and the draft choices that I've seen go out there. 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:48.439 They're gonna be able to compete at a really high level, 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:52.480 and they're gonna compete for playing time instantly. This isn't 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:54.319 a group of rookies that are going to come in 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.760 here and they're gonna be waiting in the wings. Oh, 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.040 I'm gonna go through a rookie season and just sit 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.720 in the background and kind of observe and learn. No, 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.120 when you look at these guys, they're going to be 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.400 expected to go out there within the first couple of 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:08.240 weeks of training camp, and they're going to get their 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:11.240 time in the preseason games to come out here and 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:16.560 push veterans and make this team better immediately. And you know, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.840 just you know, for my examples and when I had 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:20.720 a chance to come in here after the Bears got 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.040 beat in the NFC Championship game, there wasn't going to 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.280 be a lot of roster movement. But I think that 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:27.160 has to motivate the guys that are going to have 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.240 an opportunity to come in here and earn a position 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.640 in a roster that you know is set for the 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:35.760 most part, but you're still going to be able to 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.200 come in here and have an opportunity to accomplish some 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.679 big goals for yourself. If you're diligent about the effort 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.800 you're going to put in, Um, I'll categories and just 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.560 how it reflects with the whole division. Because I'm with Tom. 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:48.959 I think the Bears should be able to hit the 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.440 ground running. I think they're much better team in a 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.400 lot of areas, you know, even deeper in terms of 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.760 their roster and what they'll be able to do and present. 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:03.000 But as it reflex to the division, Minnesota I think 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.240 can be a bounced back team with the moves that 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.760 that that they did in the coaches that they acquired, 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:14.439 Gary Kubiak, Rick Dennison, etc. Um. Detroit is a better team, 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:17.440 but they've got a new offensive coordinator. How does that 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.079 all mix in? Will they should be able to hit 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:23.439 the round running faster than say what the Bears did 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.400 last year with a young quarterback where the Bears kind 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.839 of turned the corner Week eight in Week nine offensively. 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.560 I think Detroit will be able to do it, but 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.000 it will have to come a lot quicker than the 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.760 Bears turned their second half of the season around. And 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.280 I would say the same for Green Bay because you've 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.120 got a new coach trying to lay the foundation, so 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.080 to speak. Gentlemen, I don't know if you saw that 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.720 article today. That's a big hiccup in terms of audibles. 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:49.760 Here you've got a coach. I was gonna bring that 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.040 later in the program, but it's it's worth talking about. 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.319 Oh yeah, here you've got a coach at Matt Lafleur 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.440 who believes in his system. Right. He believes that's the 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.640 same system Kyle Shanahan was running down are in Houston 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.760 under Gary Kubiak and all that they believe a lot 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.439 of that is the system. And it's either check with me, 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.400 is whether hey, you got play A or play B 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.440 in order to what the defense presented. And Aaron Rodgers 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.160 kind of wants the ability to go off the cuff 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.520 and be able to audible into anything. And that was 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.680 one of the issues that Green Bay had under Mike McCarthy. 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.200 So that I think is an issue for the football team. Yeah, well, 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.680 we'll pick that up later in the program. Time enough, 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.760 kind enough, Rather to join the program. The fourth round 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.560 pick of the Bears, Riley Ridley joining us on Bears 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.800 All Access brought to you by IGS Energy, Jeff, Tim 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:37.640 and Jim with you, Riley, thanks for checking in. How 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:42.440 you doing? My men are doing okay, doing okay. In 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.720 the final analysis. What'd you take away from the offseason 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.760 program as you get ready now to dial up, refocus 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.560 and get ready for training camp. Oh, right now, I'm 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.200 just trying to focus on getting better. I know we 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:58.240 got some big conditioning days coming up, and I just 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:00.640 want to be in tiptop shaped just to put my 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.440 best foot forward. I'd like to hear that, Riley, hey, 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:04.800 now that you had a chance to sit in the 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:07.600 meetings and take it to the practice field. Is this 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:11.400 system is there any similarities to your college system or 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.440 is this completely different what you've learned thus far in 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:18.320 your college? In college? Well, here the Bears, it's like 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.360 a West Coast type of offense. But uh, you know, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.760 the concepts and the route running and then things like 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:28.400 that are more similar, uh, pertaining to the concepts like 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:31.560 I said, and uh, you know, just being just being 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:33.680 a young guy, just trying to learn it all for 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.000 the first time. I mean, you gotta wipe your mind 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.120 clean from college and you know the other things that 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.240 you've learned, and you know, just focusing in on what's 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.360 at hand. Well, you're a different animal, Rightley. Jim Miller 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.480 here talking to you again, and just just because of 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.480 your name and you've you know, you've been associated with 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.320 with pro football and even the program down there is 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.720 a Georgia Bulldog. I mean, you're not the typical rookie, 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.560 so to speaker, is how I view you? And is 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.000 that a fair statement? And just how you approach everything 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:04.840 and how you go about your workman like approach? Uh? Well, 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.360 I want to be the best I could be, you know, 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.280 and the only way I could do that is to 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:13.400 approach and prepare, uh for any any situation that I'm 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.120 put in. So, uh that's my main goal. I just 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.720 try to prepare and uh, you know, just be ready 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.480 for whatever comes my way and just try my best 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.680 at it. Bears fourth round pick Riley really joined the 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.440 program here on Bears I'll access in Chicago Sports Radio 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.280 six seventy the score. Uh, the impact that your brother 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.840 can't be understated. You know, Calvin, you looked at him 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:35.200 as a mentor and and I'm sure he did the 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.000 same as well. You guys are not that far as 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:40.800 part in age. What's the lasting impression that he made 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:42.800 on you as as a football player and how he's 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:46.760 helped you? Oh, you know, just a just a change 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.320 of being a pro uh, you know in college, he 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:52.400 did really well, and you know he was a pro 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.720 then and uh, but now it's just a big one eighty. 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.240 You can tell he's about his business. He takes things 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.640 really seriously and now he won't think ain't done right. 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.240 So when I've seen that and knowing that I want 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.439 that type of lifestyle, there's a no random for me. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.000 I really look up to him for those For those reasons, 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.639 I know that he's a smart guy, and you know, 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.720 I just want to follow in those little foot stuff. Hey, Riley, 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:17.880 when you come to a new team and you're trying 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:21.000 to develop a relationship with the quarterbacks, m that you 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:24.160 get to play with here with the Bears, is what 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.000 is gonna decide your faith? Quicker? Is it? Is it 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:32.000 the route running or understanding coverages at this level? Uh, 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.719 with no doubt, I think it's both. But for the 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:38.040 main part, I don't say it's just being consistent, being 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.520 able to do it on an ind and out day basis, 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:43.560 no matter the weather, no matter what's going on the 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:47.280 circumstances that it's just being consistent. Uh, Well, let alone 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:50.000 come with the route running and you know, catching the ball. 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:52.679 But I feel that being consistent is more important to 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.520 the quarterback knowing that you know your assignment, you're being 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.600 the right place you'll catch the ball. It's more eye 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:02.320 open into a quarterback to be consistent. Well, as you 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.800 got five weeks before training camp, Well what do you 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:09.000 think you direct your most attention to? Is that the 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:12.639 playbook is a conditioning? Is it strength training? What do 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:15.119 you think is your biggest focus as training camps just 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:18.240 around the corner. Well, you know, training camp isn't easy, 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:20.640 so you want to go in with a full of mind. 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:22.800 You want to be able to tack everything, but not 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.360 at once. You wouldn't be able to take a thing 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.240 out of time, one thing, one thing out of time. 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:31.480 You stay so for the first probably a couple of days. Uh, 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:34.480 you know, I'll just work on my playbook and you know, 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:36.280 as I get my feet wet and get things going, 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:38.679 and I'll start working on my route running, you know, 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:40.840 and throughout all this, I'm just I just want to 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:43.879 be consistent, and you know, just have my number called 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.879 and give performed. Riley Ridley our guest. You're on Bears 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.879 All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.760 How have you taken to the Bears Playbook is it 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:58.800 fit your skill set. Excuse me, how have you taken 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.400 to Matt Naggie's playboo? Does it fit your skill set? 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:05.520 I believe so. Uh. Coach dagg is a google when 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:08.520 it comes down to play calling and different types of 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.520 you know, routes and that goes with plays and you 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:13.680 know it's what routes can get open with different coverage. 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:16.680 So you know when you have a coach like that, 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.160 that can give you a man zone telling and just 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:22.320 the formation and it's more, you know, it opens a 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.240