WEBVTT - Dan Pompei on Devin Hester's future HOF bid | All Access Podcast 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.720 Pleasant Friday night to y'all here in Chicago, Hope ball 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:05.200 as well. This is Bears All Access. We're brought to 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:08.039 you by IGS Energy When my broadcast partner from news 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:11.479 radio seven eighty one oh five nine FM WBBM Chicago 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:14.280 Bears super Bowl Winter tim There, I'm Jeff Joniac and 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:18.320 joined by from Phoenix former Bears quarterback Jim Miller five 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:22.000 to seven in Phoenix, Eagles and Chiefs on Sunday, getting 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:25.279 up early earlier today with us. How you doing, my man? 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.840 I must really love you guys. I turned fifty two 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.159 last night. I went to the Mike Dicka party and 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:32.360 now I've joined you guys at seven thirty in the 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:36.000 morning out here. So I really love YouTube Tom. Jeff, 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.680 good to be with you. Well, Happy birthday, big Jim. 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:41.960 I'm feeling good. It was a great night. It was 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.640 a really fun time. Brian Irlacker was there, so I 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:46.720 talked to her Lacker last night. It was a lot 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.040 of fun. That's great. It's great to you know, it's 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.200 great to still have this continuous support of Mike Dicka. 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:55.960 You're continuous support of the Chicago Bears, and hey, you're 0:00:56.000 --> 0:01:00.280 a major media marketed you know, baby, so every where 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:04.240 you go, it's the party of the night. Well, last 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.560 night was a better than usual party. Brian knows how 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.760 to throwing me, let's put it that way. Dick always 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.959 good and Brian really followed up pretty well. So Brian 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.880 had his own party. Yes, okay, well that is home 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.280 turf right now in Arizona, so uh first and foremost 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:24.880 and Dika that that famous party, you know, for the 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.679 for the injured veterans is always an important one. It 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.520 draws a lot of big names, a lot of support 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:35.600 from Mike. How's Mike doing. He's doing great. Rod Droworski 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.560 was there. They've done it for years and Brian, you know, 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.040 because Mike's you know, coach Dick is going through some 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.959 health issues and Brian has kind of taking that Moniker 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.200 and taking it forward. So it's a great thing. All right, 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.880 We're gonna thanks our producers as always, Dan Brilliant, Jordan 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.240 Trentup and the folks here at the Score were brought 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:55.400 to you by IGS Energy. So let's start with the 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:59.080 awards night last night. And obviously the big drop was 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:01.320 is going to be in that Hall of Fame class 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.920 Chicago Bear fans obviously wanted to know what the situation 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:08.320 was with Devin Hester did not make did not make it? 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.200 Tom and Jim, I'll start with you guys on your 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.960 reaction to that first and foremost. Later in the program, 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:16.760 we'll be talking to Dan Pompey, who's on that forty 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.400 nine man committee to select the Hall of Fame class. 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.840 You know, I'm disappointing, You know, Jeff, We'd have the 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:26.480 opportunity and the privilege to broadcast every single one of 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:30.080 Devin Hester Hester's game, So this is not somebody that 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:33.839 we're hearing about or listening to stories that people had, 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.960 eyewitness accounts of what he was able to accomplish his 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.040 day to day detailing of how he worked at his 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.320 craft in order to be the best in its disappointing. Well, 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.239 I think for me, anytime any of these voters, and 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:47.919 I talked to a lot of them out here, from 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:51.200 Jeff Hobson to you know, you look at Alex Marvez, 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:53.200 all these voters who vote for the Hall of Fame, 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.519 it's always about who changed the game, who has made 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.720 an impact on the game and changed it, And I 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.440 think Devin Hester has done I mean clearly as a 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:05.480 statistics proven but as Tom says. The further you get 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.320 away from it, now you start to get into the 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.920 senior class and all those type of things, and it 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.680 gets pretty political. Those guys get in a room and 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:14.720 they kind of get to the point where if you 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.600 vote for my guy, I'll vote for your guy, and 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.760 they're kind of trading how do you say it, They're 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:24.200 they're they're kind of basically using votes in order to 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.320 get their guy in and it becomes very political at 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.600 that point. But at the end of the day, it's 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.440 got to be who's who's the guy that changed the game, 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.000 Who's the guy who went back to the game more 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.040 than anyone that has ever done it. And I think 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.800 Devin Hester has done that personally. Yes, Devin Hester did 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.480 revolution ice how teams prepare for the kickoff return and 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.920 the punt return. And it still puzzles me to this 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.600 day why why they even bothered kicking to him because 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.880 he made something happen and that group was so invested 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:55.920 in getting him to the end zone. It became a fury. 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.320 It just a furious fury to get him to the 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.640 end zone. And it happened to him any times. Again. 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.640 We'll talk more about Devin in particular coming up in 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.800 a segment later on tonight. Also the class itself. Let's 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:11.120 break that down. So it's defensive heavy. In fact, the 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.840 last two years, eight of the ten modern day finalist 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:18.880 Fellas are defensive players and offensive players dwarf the number 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.960 of defensive players in the Hall of Fame. But Joe Thomas, 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.080 the left tackle of the Cleveland Browns over ten thousand 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.720 consecutive snaps on a team to not win a lot. 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.039 Durrell reevs. Revis Island, one of the best corners in 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:33.720 NFL history. DeMarcus ware As a pass rusher, no question, 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:37.120 Ran Day Barber underrated, Nicole loved as Nicol Blitz has 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.599 had plenty of those and interceptions in his career for 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:43.479 a great defense. And Zach Thomas. Many people might look 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:45.120 at that one and say, well, wait a minute, how 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.240 Zach Thomas the middle linebacker the Miami Dolphins Dallas Cowboys. 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.480 But fellas he gets into the Hall of Fame probably 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.360 a name that a lot of folks may not even 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:57.599 wrap their head around a little bit. Even though we 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.160 enjoyed the way he played, I think he was kind 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.560 of an underrated player. Tim and Jim, I'll start on 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.719 Zach Thomas, because one he did it in a three 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.160 four defense, and he did it in a four three, 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.200 and his numbers are up there with Brian Erlackers. And 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.400 the amount of tackles. I actually think Zach Thomas has 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:17.600 more tackles than Brian Urlacker. But it was interesting coming 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.920 out of college, Zach and I signed with the same agent, 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:25.280 Joe Lenta Sports, and Zach, as we know, was an 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:29.280 undersized guy, a high energy guy, just kind of an overachiever. 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.839 But there's no doubt in his productivity. Like I said, 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.840 if you were to go look at his numbers, they're 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.200 up there with Brian Urlacher. And he did it in both, 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:42.240 like I said, two different defensive schemes and was very productive. 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.720 And everybody questioned because he was an undersized guy. And 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.400 I actually talked to Zach. I said, Zach, did you 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:52.000 prefer playing in a four three or three four? He 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:56.120 preferred a three four because when you have a three four, 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.360 you basically have five guys who lead you unblocked, which 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.479 led him to make even more tackles because of his 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.480 quick twitch and you know, just sux ability to hit 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.760 and you know his love of the game. So I 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:12.039 thought Zach Thomas was deserving. I don't think it would. 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.240 It shouldn't be a note, shouldn't be questioned because if 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:16.920 you go look at his numbers, they're right up there 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.600 with Brian Urlacker. Well, you know, Zach Thomas, he did 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.200 what his ability and then what he was gifted with. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:24.640 He was a great studier of the game. He had 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:28.599 great initial reaction, you know, kind of similar in size 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:32.480 to a Mike Singletary rather than a guy like Brian Urlacker. 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:36.000 So Zach Thomas, what is he? A five time All Pro? 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.560 And uh, you know, like Jim said, he's successful on 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.919 every system he's played in. And think Zach Thomas deserves it. 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:47.880 Forty eight pass breakups in his career, sixteen forced fumbles. 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:51.159 He had twenty and a half sacks, seventy four tackles 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:55.680 for loss in his career and interceptions seventeen. So Zach 0:06:55.760 --> 0:07:00.360 Thomas gets in eleven hundred plus solo tackles, all right. 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.280 And then the veterans Ken Riley, Uh yeah, they called 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:07.159 the Snake Cincinnati. This one shot me fifty something years 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.600 of Cincinnati Bengals football. Anthony Munio's and Ken Riley the 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:12.920 only two Hall of famers from the Cincinnati Bengals to 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.680 this point anyway, Joe Burrow on TRACKAB, that's for sure. 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.240 Kenny Riley, you look at his interceptions. You know, this 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.400 is why I think Peter Tillman is going to have 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.480 a good case to make the Hall of Fame as well, 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.080 the ability to cause turnovers because Kenny Riley, I mean 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:30.880 it's a log jam. You know. We know with the 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.600 you know, there's so few guys that are able to 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:37.320 get in, you know, basically five guys a year. That 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.520 becomes a log jam. And Kenny Riley has been deserved. 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.760 He's been on the block for for a long time, 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.440 and I'm glad to hear that he finally got in. 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.640 I think Ken Anderson the quarterback, deserves to get in. 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.160 Joe Cleco, Chuck Holey, Don Correale, Tim the guy who 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.240 kind of invented modern day passing football, and I'm glad 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:57.240 he's in there. Yeah. Don Correal, he deserves the recognition 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:59.480 of what he's done for the NFL, because I think 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.400 when you come into the NFL and you bring your 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:06.160 system that you think can be successful, and then forty 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.240 years later, fifty years later, they're still using it and 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:13.640 even creating more from it. From the offense that Coryell design. 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:17.920 And you know Joe Klecko. He's an interesting guy because 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.240 when he played with the sack exchange with the New 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.960 York Jets, they were as dominant as you could possibly 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.440 be from a pass rushing defensive line. But he was 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.800 physical up and down the line of scrimmage and had 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:33.160 the luxury of playing against them, and we beat them 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.840 when we played against Cleckown Gastino. But it's nice to 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.959 seize an older guy like that at the recognition he deserved. 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.040 This is Bears All Access. We'll take our first break. 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.360 We'll take a look at Awards night and find out 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.240 the thoughts of my partners here, the former Bears here 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.360 on Bears All Access were brought to you by IGS 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:53.000 Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.839 back to Bears Old Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:58.240 Choose clean energy for your home at IGS dot com 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.520 because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.960 With Jim Miller and Tom thare former Chicago Bears here 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.800 on the show, taking a look at super Bowl Week. 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:07.600 We'll get into the game in a moment. We'll also 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.480 hear from Damn Pompeii from the Athletic one of the 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.560 Hall of Fame voters on Devin Hester's absence in his 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.840 second track, at his second crack, I should say at 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:21.000 getting into Canton, Ohio. All right, the awards ceremony last night, 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:25.640 it is a national television extravaganza for two hours. I 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.360 thought it was an excellent program and a couple of things, 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.800 but first and foremost the one that just had me 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.240 choked up was Damar Hamlin the Buffalo Bill safety walks 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:38.240 out on stage dramatically after all the medical first responders, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.720 University of Cincinnati Medical Center personnel, everyone there that helps 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.920 saved his life, probably fifty people on stage, and then 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.960 he talks to America about, you know, getting back and 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.760 ready to go. It was moving, fellas. I don't know 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.360 if either of you were able to see it at all, 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.760 but quite a moment and quite a statement standing ovation. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.079 There wasn't a dry eye in that place, and players 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:05.120 are very serious when the camera hand. The audience looking 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:07.760 at him and just giving him a round applause, intently 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.840 listening to what he had to say. You know, for me, Jeff, 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:13.520 I'm glad the first responders and the people behind him 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.000 had the chance to get recognized for what they were 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.040 able to accomplish, because I think when you look at 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.680 the seriousness of the issue, the immediacy of the response, 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.760 when you have that end result of him standing up 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:29.720 in front of that stage talking to the audience, it 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:33.120 just sends a positive message out to the world. You know. 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:37.920 It's it's to the accomplishments of the medical field, their dedication, 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.719 to the immediacy of they have to make decisions. So 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.920 I'm glad that is as much as de Mars up 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:47.679 there recognizing the people, that the people get the recognition 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:50.679 that they deserve. And what's what's going to be great 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:52.680 and it's going to happen again because like you said, 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.040 there's that going to be a dry eye in the house. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:59.000 He's gonna play football again. You know, even Tom Mayor, 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:04.440 the doctor from the NFLPA doctor David Sills of the NFL, 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:09.040 and even our guy, doctor David Child, they believe he's 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:10.640 going to step on the field and he'll be able 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:13.560 to play football again. I mean, that's that's gonna be 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:17.559 another instance where you know, everybody's just gonna be It's 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.679 incredible what he has gone through and what he has 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:23.160 overcome and all the people that have been involved for 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.720 him for the love of game and to play football, 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.280 and he will step on the field again and he 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.880 will play football. It's just a matter of time when 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.520 that happens, and it's gonna be another field good story 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:38.640 that he'll be able to accomplish. All Right. The awards, well, 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:41.960 we just run him down because obviously we faced these guys. 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.960 The Bears did. Offensive Rookie of the Year Garrett Wilson, 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:49.000 the teammate of Justin Fields had a great year of 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:52.520 the Jets, and Defensive Rookie of the Year Sauce Gardner. 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.000 So quite one two punch put together by the Jets 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:58.199 there on an offense and defensive side of the ball. 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.480 Offensive Player of the Year Justin Jefferson with one hundred 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.480 and twenty eight catches and eighteen hundred plush yards, a 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.880 legit receiver right now in this league. And somebody the 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.360 Bear's gonna have to deal with we you know, twice 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.960 a year. Nick Bosa the Defensive Player of the Year, 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.840 No surprise at eighteen and a half sacks. Just run 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.240 through those real quick, Jim. Any surprises there, and what 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.600 do you think about it? No? I voted for Justin 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.040 Jefferson for Offensive Player of the Year. What I mean, 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:26.200 he truly is the best receiver in the NFL. Probably 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.040 him and Jamar Chase would be my top two guys. 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:34.160 But Justin Jefferson just had an incredible, incredible season all 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.960 the way around. I thought a good debate for defensive 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.440 Rookie of the Year. Sauce Gardner did have a great 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.320 year for the New York just but Aidan Hudginson. Look 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.760 what the Lions have done. I mean, look what the 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.680 Detroit Lions have done. They finished with their winning record. 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.440 They knew what their fate was before they even stepped 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.040 on the field with Green Bay. And I thought Aiden 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.360 Hudson had a great year. Nine and a half sacks, 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.079 you know, just continue to get better and better, and 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.160 that defense got better as a season win long. So 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.960 I personally voted for Aden Hutchinson. You know, I would 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.840 have picked Frexon Jones and Stena Wilson the rookie for 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:14.560 Braxton Jones, yeah, of the Chicago Bears, the left tackle. 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.559 I like it. He wasn't a nominee, but I think 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.800 it's ridiculous. I think you get a guy that comes 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.480 in here and plays every single snap of the entirety 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.679 of a season, has the amount of pressure that he 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.720 was willing to take onto his shoulders, the accomplishments of 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.800 the running game and the history of the Chicago Bears, 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.040 and you play every single snap of every single game, 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.920 no matter what the conditions are, and you think from 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:42.560 the monsoon he played in Week one against you know, 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:44.839 Bosa and his team, I didn't even know if Bosa 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.560 was there, but the San Francisco forty nine ers, and 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:49.920 then the cold the element of the cold game that 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:53.000 he played in later in the season, and I think 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:57.079 Hassan Reddick he could have got recognition for Defensive Player 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.000 of the Year from what he's been able to do 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:03.680 to really be able to take that defense into division 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:07.600 competitive to a super Bowl. Chap Peyton Man of the 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:11.480 Year is Dak Prescott of Dallas, moving speech from him 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:14.960 as well. Humble beginnings, no easy path to the National 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:18.600 Football League. But I gotta say this again, because Jared 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.080 Peyton and Brittany Peyton get up there on stage every 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:26.920 year they are they look fantastic and powerful up there 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:31.400 representing their father who retired thirty five years ago. Last month, 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.360 one hundred and seventy straight games is certainly something that 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.560 Roger Goodell pointed out, didn't miss a game, a benchmark 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.640 to this day for the running back position, Big Tom, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.840 and you help block for him. But hats off to 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.760 the Peyton family obviously. Connie Peyton as well, observing from 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:50.040 the stands, couldn't be prouder of those two children now 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.520 adults and representing that family in a very professional and 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:58.000 high character way. Yeah, you know one thing about Brittany 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:01.800 and Jared, really when you see these kids running around 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:05.640 in diapers around Platteville, maybe when they're up there for 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.360 practice or it's the inner squad game or whatever the 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.320 case may be, and then you talk about what these 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:15.760 two people have matured into and developed into and the 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:19.880 legacy that they're leaving behind after the legacy their dad 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.760 left behind. Connie Walter's wife is a great woman, and 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:28.120 Jared and Brittany have turned into two great people that 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:31.360 really support all of their communities equally as well as 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.320 they're at their dad. Well, here's what I'll say, because 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:37.480 I interviewed Jalen Johnson who was out here. He was 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.720 the representative for the Chicago Bears, and you know, all 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.840 all thirty two. Players that were nominated, like Jayalen Johnson 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.640 do a great job and what they do in their 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:51.479 communities is tremendous. But I will say this about Dak Prescott, 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:55.480 the guys following legends. When you follow a guy like 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:59.840 Roger Stallbeck, a guy like Troy Atman and Dad comes 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.760 under a lot of criticism, you know, because he's under 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:06.040 a microscope. And even Tony Romo obviously who we took 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.880 over the job from, I thought he represents not only 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.840 himself but the Dallas Cowboys in a great way. And 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.720 then the tentacles of the Chicago Bears continue to reach 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:20.280 through every single day and path in the league, including 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.360 this ceremony last night time your teammate Ron Rivera, the 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:25.960 head coach of the Washington Commanders, at the mic introducing 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:30.440 the Ukrainian football players that some that made it to 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.640 that arena last night. They all got a standing ovation. 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.640 Another moving moment as they showed video of the war 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:40.040 in Ukraine and that football team. Uh many have lost 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.600 their lives that played in that Ukrainian Pro football league, 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.440 which is a big deal there. Uh that league, you know, 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.160 complete with cheerleaders and everything you'd see in a in 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:52.880 an NFL field and it hits you in a certain 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.600 way what they're going through there, and that that battle 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.400 with Russia and Chico at the at the mic was 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:02.440 very good good. You know, Ron Rivera is a good 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:06.320 representation of what can happen to somebody when they dedicate 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:11.480 their life to football and the difficulties that these guys 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:15.760 are facing in their real and their home country. I'm 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.560 glad they bring recognition to it because if there's people 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:22.200 out there or ways that they can help the citizens 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.239 all there, I hope everybody takes action and does us 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:29.200 so accordingly. And Jim the newly named Jim Brown Award, 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:33.920 Jim in the audience health doesn't appear to be very 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:35.560 good at the moment, but he was there and they 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:39.040 renamed award. I love that Josh Jacobs of the Vegas 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.040 Raiders earned that hot or what do you think about 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:45.560 renaming that award? What a great year for Josh Jacobs 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:47.960 yet won the renaming the award. I mean, Jim, Jim 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.760 Brown's the greatest that's ever played. You know, everybody argues 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:53.560 say is that Jerry Rice. A lot of people would 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.679 says Jim Brown. I mean for his numbers and his 0:17:56.800 --> 0:18:00.760 impact on football. But Josh Jacobs for the last FA Raiders, 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.399 what a year that he had. They didn't put the 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.280 fifth year option on him and the guy bowled out. 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.040 I mean he had over sixty hundred yards and his 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:10.520 ability to run the football, and he's gonna be a 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:14.080 coveted running back here this offseason in free agency and 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.639 the MVP second time in six years. One of your 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.720 Super Bowl quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes gets that on or Coach 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.560 of the Year Brian Dabo the Giants and Comeback Player 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.480 of the Year Seattle quarterback Geno Smith. We gotta take 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:27.560 a break. When we come back, we'll start breaking down 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.000 the Super Bowl. Jim is right there in Phoenix with 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.359 us with Tom Thare, I'm Jeff joni Acc. This is 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.680 Bears All Access. We're brought to you by IGS Energy 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.960 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. This segment 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.200 of Bears All Access is brought to you by Athletical 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.160 Physical Therapy. Visit Athletic dot com to request an employment 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.360 in clinic or virtually and start feeling better tomorrow. With 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:48.920 Tom Thare, Jeff joning Acc here in Chicago Sports Radio 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:52.040 six seventy the Score Jim Miller with us from Arizona, 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.119 and Jim, you know you've interviewed a ton of people 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:57.400 here in the last several weeks, starting with the conference 0:18:57.480 --> 0:18:59.879 championship game, going over to the Senior Bowl and mobile 0:18:59.880 --> 0:19:02.520 and right to Phoenix. Did you get a chance to 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.720 talk to Justin Field? He was making the rounds yesterday 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:09.240 on Radio Row just wondered if he had a chance. No, 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:11.040 I did not have a chance. Like I said, I 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:14.040 talked to Jalen Johnson and talked to a couple other guys. 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:18.040 But I'm generally excited. I think everybody feels this offseason, 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:21.359 the optimism that's there here. The Bears have the number 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:23.760 one pick, They've got a lot of salary cap space, 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:29.440 and you know, just even among his NFL peers, they 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:32.760 believe his future is very bright, you know, and uh, 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:35.240 you know, and I'm in that category as well. I'm 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:38.080 excited for the young man. I think he works hard, 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.679 I think he's a good leader. I think he represents 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.440 the Chicago Bears the way you want your star quarterback 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:49.119 to represent an organization. And so hopefully it's just a 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:52.200 bright future and nothing but good things to come. But 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:55.760 this offseason is going to be a very critical offseason 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:58.360 for the Chicago Bears, and I think for that young 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:02.119 man's future and we'll see if he can take it 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:05.080 and run with it. So he's got that opportunity. What 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:09.440 happens here, Tom, is the marketing reps of all these players. 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:11.400 They take him to Phoenix and they take him around 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:14.480 Radio Row. So Justin did a ton of interviews yesterday, 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:18.280 but you know, he looks the part of your starting quarterback, 0:20:18.320 --> 0:20:21.560 your franchise quarterback. He handled the questions very well. He 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:25.679 was upbeat, very excited about his own potential. And one 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:27.320 of the things he brought up with Rich Eyes and 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:31.199 Tom on his podcast was that he really wanted to 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:33.320 work on a short passing game, and it's something we've 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:36.480 talked about and that's a significant thing. He says he 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:39.480 wants to improve it and those little victories in the 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:43.639 short passing game will pay huge dividends. Tommy, Yeah, you 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:46.240 know they You know, those are the requirements of a 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:49.119 quarterback that's trying to get better at Maybe his numbers 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.560 aren't that impressive, work on what your weaknesses are. And 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:55.080 Jalen Hurst talked a lot about what he was going 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:57.920 to work on last offseason. As soon as the season ended, 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:00.439 and that's the same direction that Justin has to be 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:04.399 pointed in. But the psychological effects of being around a 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:07.360