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Speaker 1: six ten, former Bears quarterback in Sirius XMNFL radio host
Speaker 1: Jim Millon will join us for a few segments. And
Speaker 1: here we go. We're off and running on a new season. Already.
Speaker 1: Time doesn't take long, you know, it seems like you know, Jeff,
Speaker 1: is everything focused right now the twentieth pick in the draft,
Speaker 1: and then everything revolves around that, what type of um
Speaker 1: you know, player trades can you put together? How much
Speaker 1: value does that retain? Is there other players that you
Speaker 1: have in your sites that you may have to move
Speaker 1: around and possibly try to attach yourself too. So from
Speaker 1: this point on, from the conclusion of the season, when
Speaker 1: you understand what your draft capital is, how many picks
Speaker 1: you have, the investigative work, the scouting that all starts
Speaker 1: to take place throughout kind of how we don't know
Speaker 1: how what the routine of it is going to be
Speaker 1: with the pandemic type of off season, and then it's
Speaker 1: all about you know what, what do you identify as
Speaker 1: your your biggest need either that can get down of
Speaker 1: the field at the quickest process. Yeah, so we'll look
Speaker 1: at that throughout the course of this evening today, we're
Speaker 1: gonna looking at both sides of the football on some
Speaker 1: issues and position by position group to see what the
Speaker 1: experts think here Tom there and when Jim joined us
Speaker 1: as well. But you know, since that loss to the Saints,
Speaker 1: the focus in the building is on a plan to
Speaker 1: get back to the playoffs. And win a Super Bowl,
Speaker 1: and everyone Tommy fans, media analysts, the hierarchy in the building.
Speaker 1: They all have differing opinions on how to get that done,
Speaker 1: of course, but you know, you can't make decisions based
Speaker 1: on outside opinion or pressure or heat or whatever. Most
Speaker 1: of the time, that doesn't work in any business. So
Speaker 1: you got to take care of your own and you
Speaker 1: have been there every day as a leadership group, You've
Speaker 1: worked with each other. You got to figure that out.
Speaker 1: So I've always felt that way, and I've always been
Speaker 1: a guy that does like to not be so quick
Speaker 1: to make decisions like that, because over time, you got
Speaker 1: to have some guys that you believe in. You got
Speaker 1: to work through the process and work through the mistakes,
Speaker 1: and if you really believe in them, you gotta you
Speaker 1: gotta ride with them. Because it's it's proven over the
Speaker 1: course of time that some of these situations and other franchises,
Speaker 1: they've stuck with it and they've gone through some tough
Speaker 1: times and sometimes it doesn't work, sometimes it does, but
Speaker 1: when it does, it's really good, right, you know, in
Speaker 1: the whole process of the last couple of days, Because
Speaker 1: I'm a Bears fan, I'm an alumni and I'm a
Speaker 1: season ticket holder. There was some things in there that
Speaker 1: maybe I didn't agree with, But then after it's like
Speaker 1: everything shut down and you just kind of had a
Speaker 1: materialize everything that was said, Okay, the changes aren't going
Speaker 1: to be made that some people wanted. So now it's
Speaker 1: about finding solutions. Everything that whole conversation is in the rearview,
Speaker 1: mere folks, and so now it's about what do you
Speaker 1: need to make the Bears the team that you guys
Speaker 1: are talking about. How do you make this team a
Speaker 1: playoff contender? How do you create that culture that these
Speaker 1: guys feel as positive coming out of the locker room
Speaker 1: on game day is any other day of the week.
Speaker 1: So it is about solutions now. The process of the
Speaker 1: beginning of the priests or postseason has begun, and today
Speaker 1: Chairman of the Board George McCaskey joined a couple of
Speaker 1: afternoon shows here in town, including Right Here on the
Speaker 1: Score with Danny Parkins and Mark Rody, and consistent with
Speaker 1: yesterday's message Tom and process with his annual review the job, function,
Speaker 1: the titles and all that is involved win it. He
Speaker 1: was also asked if it's a must win season by
Speaker 1: the guys. And the evaluation though, will always be broad
Speaker 1: when it comes to how George handles this. And it's
Speaker 1: not necessarily, as he indicated, a go to the playoffs
Speaker 1: or else mandate, because every season's a must win, go
Speaker 1: to the playoffs, win a super Bowl mandate in the
Speaker 1: minds of everybody that once you start that process. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but I mean, I'll disagree. I think it is a
Speaker 1: must win season. I don't care about all the back
Speaker 1: the finance or the contract. Situation to me is I
Speaker 1: don't know if you can go up there and readdress
Speaker 1: the media like you did after a losing season and
Speaker 1: try to say everything is okay. I do think it's
Speaker 1: about you've got you've got this the management in place
Speaker 1: for a period of time that you have to go
Speaker 1: out there and you have to strike, and you got
Speaker 1: to strike now, and it's got you got to sit
Speaker 1: there and be in control of your division opportunities and
Speaker 1: put yourself into playoff race. And I don't know is
Speaker 1: that the season ticket holder and me or is that
Speaker 1: the Bears fan talking? Because I'm serious when I say that, Jeff,
Speaker 1: because every time I hear the subject matter about the Bears,
Speaker 1: I do have to I do think about it in
Speaker 1: three different ways, and it's just not a clear cut yes, no,
Speaker 1: get rid of sign, you know, fantasy amount of money
Speaker 1: type of decision, because it's just not the case. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's not ever as black and white as
Speaker 1: as people sometimes want it to be, and it's just
Speaker 1: there's a lot of extenuating circumstances and there's a lot
Speaker 1: that we're not privy to either as even our positions
Speaker 1: as the play by a play crew and as much
Speaker 1: time as we spend talking about it and working with
Speaker 1: those folks. And this year, obviously in a different format,
Speaker 1: not able to be in the building much at all
Speaker 1: or even to see, you know, much of training camp practices.
Speaker 1: Hopefully that's all going to change now a new defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator will be coming with no Chuck Pagano after he
Speaker 1: was elected to retire long career in coaching for Chuck,
Speaker 1: and he's seen a lot, been through, a lot, done
Speaker 1: a lot, been successful along the way. But now the
Speaker 1: search for a defensive coordinator, what would you either internal
Speaker 1: or otherwise, what type of defense do you want to
Speaker 1: see for the Bears? And do you want just the
Speaker 1: continuation of a three four defense and the style of player.
Speaker 1: Do you look at all angles to this based on
Speaker 1: the talent you currently have and what you want as
Speaker 1: a franchise. You know, Jeff, you and I have been
Speaker 1: around long enough for the transition of the NFL. Defense.
Speaker 1: Is the numbers that you put before your name as
Speaker 1: defensive coordinat and are really irrelevant. Yeah, you can be
Speaker 1: have a style, you can have your roots, but it's
Speaker 1: about the type of personnel that you're facing then the
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. So you're never gonna play
Speaker 1: one style of defense continuously. And so what Chuck Pogano
Speaker 1: was more through in the NFL, he had a good understanding.
Speaker 1: But the first trade, the first requirement, the first idea
Speaker 1: that I'm going to put in my player's head as
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator is a physical style of tackling, a
Speaker 1: physical approach to the game. Because, as disappointed as I
Speaker 1: am to say this, I think the last two weeks
Speaker 1: the defenses as a whole played more physical than the
Speaker 1: Bears defense, and I think they played more physical than
Speaker 1: the Bears offense they were playing against. And to me,
Speaker 1: as a Bear's alumni, that was the really frustrating part
Speaker 1: of it, because when I saw Green Bay coming to
Speaker 1: Soldier Field, and some of the hits that they were
Speaker 1: delivering early in that game, they were setting the tone,
Speaker 1: and that tone rung throughout the night. Yeah, And that
Speaker 1: was the intended impressions wanted to make, is to really
Speaker 1: be a physical team for that game and for the season.
Speaker 1: In fact, George McCaskey years ago said he'd like to
Speaker 1: have a Monsters in the Midway type, aggressive, nasty defense
Speaker 1: where teams had a fear about coming into town knowing
Speaker 1: that they'd have to deal with a lot of physicality
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be hurting after the cam win, loser draw.
Speaker 1: And that's the kind of defense I think we all
Speaker 1: would like to see, all Right, Coming up next, Jim
Speaker 1: Miller would join the program. We'll take our first break.
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Speaker 1: Glad you're joining us tonight as we break down the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty season to look ahead. Now, joined by our
Speaker 1: special guest Jim Miller, former Bear Chicago quarterback and also
Speaker 1: host on Sirius XM NFL Radio Channel eight. Moving to
Speaker 1: Change with Pat Crow and Big Jim. How you doing,
Speaker 1: Jeff Tom good to talk to you guys. Good to
Speaker 1: be with you again. Which show could have been a
Speaker 1: little bit further into the postseason that the Bears could
Speaker 1: have marched though? Right about that, and we got away
Speaker 1: with not seeing you one time the entire year? How
Speaker 1: did that happen to, Jim, It's unbelievable. I would always,
Speaker 1: you know, I'd always watch your show after lou and
Speaker 1: I do the morning pregame show. I'd always tuned in
Speaker 1: for your guys' pregame show. So I did see you guys,
Speaker 1: it just wasn't in person, and it wasn't the same.
Speaker 1: That's hopefully that'll change. That was a one off. Let's
Speaker 1: please pray that's a one off and we get back
Speaker 1: all together and the way it normally is, Jim, let's
Speaker 1: dig right in and we're gonna be with here for
Speaker 1: a couple of segments, so we'll take our time few things.
Speaker 1: But I'm not certain if you had a chance to
Speaker 1: listen into the entire news conference yesterday. But overall, what
Speaker 1: was your takeaway from the snippets you may or may
Speaker 1: not have heard from from the Bears brain trust yesterday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think, you know, it's nothing that surprised. Man. A
Speaker 1: lot of people want they just want rash decisions. Maybe, oh,
Speaker 1: somebody's got to go, And I just didn't think that
Speaker 1: that was going to be the case for whether it's
Speaker 1: Ryan Pace or Mattneggie. You can't, you know, you go
Speaker 1: to the playoffs two out of the three years here
Speaker 1: with Mattneggie as the head coach. I just didn't think
Speaker 1: there would be any moves going in that direction. And
Speaker 1: I think whether it's George mccasky or Ted Phillips or
Speaker 1: even Ryan Pace, I think they all acknowledge need more
Speaker 1: production out of the offensive side of the ball, specifically
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. I think more needs to be done there,
Speaker 1: and I think they're going to do their due diligence
Speaker 1: to try and solidify that and get that done here
Speaker 1: this offseason. Jim, when you think about this team and
Speaker 1: you think about the different qualities of the cornerbacks that
Speaker 1: are here right now, and let's throw Tyler Bray in there,
Speaker 1: do you think that you need to teach one system,
Speaker 1: the one style of athlete in order to get the
Speaker 1: most coaching volume out of the hours that you're spending
Speaker 1: with each of these players. Or are you okay with
Speaker 1: you know, a multidimensional attack that some of the you know,
Speaker 1: you saw what it did in I'm Philadelphia and you know,
Speaker 1: just other other teams along the way. Yeah, well, I'm
Speaker 1: I'm always a big believer in being multiple. I think
Speaker 1: the more you can do it, it creates more problems
Speaker 1: for a defense of what they have to prepared for.
Speaker 1: But the bottom line is this, you can only do
Speaker 1: in your Playbook's got to be geared to what your
Speaker 1: players can do. You know. I think we understand Nick
Speaker 1: Foles is a different You're gonna call different plays for
Speaker 1: Nick Foles than what you're gonna call for Mitch Robiski.
Speaker 1: And I think the Bears did get to that when
Speaker 1: Bill Laser started to incorporate more bootlegs and play actions
Speaker 1: and half rolls and and things like that. But the
Speaker 1: problem is why did it take so long to get there?
Speaker 1: I think that has to be, you know, better for
Speaker 1: for the Bears moving forward in order to be more
Speaker 1: productive at the position. Let's face the guys, you got you.
Speaker 1: Guys both know you're not gonna win many games scoring
Speaker 1: sixteen points a game. You just you're you're not. And
Speaker 1: the Bears defense can average, you know, hold teams down
Speaker 1: to that. So the Bears average has to get up
Speaker 1: their point per game minimum of twenty five, twenty six,
Speaker 1: twenty seven points a game where you really have a
Speaker 1: great chance to win in this league. And I think
Speaker 1: they're capable of doing that. Absolutely, they're capable of doing that.
Speaker 1: They just got to make a couple of adjustments and
Speaker 1: we'll see who comes in as the defensive coordinator if
Speaker 1: they can keep that rocking from that standpoint, because I
Speaker 1: definitely feel the Bears defense is good enough. The offense
Speaker 1: has got to get up to the standard to where
Speaker 1: the defense is well. Well, what lasting impression in the
Speaker 1: last couple of games as closely as you had a
Speaker 1: chance to watch him for the Bears, did the Bears
Speaker 1: defense leave on you? Because right before the last segment ended,
Speaker 1: I was kind of tell you I was a little
Speaker 1: frustrated about how the opponent Green Bay two weeks ago,
Speaker 1: New Orleans last week, they kind of brought a more
Speaker 1: physical approach in their style of defense and so I
Speaker 1: think that needs to be recovered in a part of
Speaker 1: the Bears and that when the teams play this defense,
Speaker 1: they know who they just played. I thought towards the
Speaker 1: end of the regular season, I thought the Bears defense
Speaker 1: was getting worn out because they're they're just they're on
Speaker 1: the field too long, too long. I mean, something's got
Speaker 1: to give when you're logging that many snaps per game,
Speaker 1: and so I think that was reflected. And then you
Speaker 1: don't have Jalen Johnson out there in a couple of
Speaker 1: the injuries that that happened to the Bears that I
Speaker 1: thought we were crucial to that team. They started to
Speaker 1: lose their numbers, but I thought they responded nicely against
Speaker 1: New Orleans. I mean, that's an offense that averages sixteen
Speaker 1: or thirty over thirty points a game, and I thought
Speaker 1: the Bears completely neutered them. You know, you can't ask
Speaker 1: more of an effort when you go into the halftime
Speaker 1: seven to three against the New Orleans States and you
Speaker 1: get a turnover and you cause New Orleans to punt.
Speaker 1: I mean, that was a winnable performance in my opinion.
Speaker 1: For I interrupt the anything about that, that's all well
Speaker 1: and good. But you know, Drew Brees, he was in
Speaker 1: total control. They may not have scored a lot of points,
Speaker 1: but for to have the football for almost thirty nine minutes,
Speaker 1: you're not beating Drew Brees. So eleven to seventeen nine
Speaker 1: third down that that can't happen. You were your own self,
Speaker 1: and I know they got away with it early in
Speaker 1: the season, but yeah, he just was doing what he
Speaker 1: wanted to do, and that is he doesn't want to
Speaker 1: go down field right now anyway because he either can't
Speaker 1: or won't, and he relies on his guys to make
Speaker 1: yards after the catch. So that aspect of things, how
Speaker 1: do you stop an offense that's sole intention of bleeding
Speaker 1: you to death? I mean that that's really the question. Defensively,
Speaker 1: I thought they did what they need to do. Again,
Speaker 1: you cause a turnover, you cause, like here, I was
Speaker 1: disappointed the Bears deferred the football. I'm like, man, why
Speaker 1: don't you want the ball for that? Those very reasons, Jeff,
Speaker 1: time of possession, keep keep your offense out on the field.
Speaker 1: That's one less possession for Drew Brees, is what you're thinking.
Speaker 1: If you can just you know, time of possession and
Speaker 1: take care of the football Bears elected to not do that.
Speaker 1: The first opening kickoff, the Bears forced them to punt. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and granted they were eleven seventeen, but the bottom line
Speaker 1: is what you score. They missed a field goal, but
Speaker 1: the Bears did what they needed to do on defense
Speaker 1: keep that score down in order to give an ineffective
Speaker 1: offense a chance for a win. The problem is it
Speaker 1: didn't work out that way. Bears couldn't get the time
Speaker 1: of possession, all the things that reared their ugly head
Speaker 1: again from earlier in the season. Bears didn't run enough
Speaker 1: plays offensively, they couldn't stay on the field, they were
Speaker 1: all for eleven whatever it was on third down, all
Speaker 1: the things you can't do against the New Orleans Saints
Speaker 1: to keep to allow them to keep their offense out
Speaker 1: on the field. And then ultimately I do think the
Speaker 1: Bears defense wore down in that second half, and that's
Speaker 1: kind of been the story the entire year for the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. Well, what do you you know, Jim, what
Speaker 1: do you think it is priority number one for the defense.
Speaker 1: I know we'll spend a lot enough time this offense
Speaker 1: or this offseason talking about the offense, but when you
Speaker 1: look at that game and you think a young guys
Speaker 1: like Jalen Johnson, you think of the experience at Vildor
Speaker 1: and uh Duke Shelley Gott and you think of the
Speaker 1: Kyle Fuller being a young guy, and you know the
Speaker 1: talent young Roquan Smith being a young guy. You know,
Speaker 1: when you look at the offenses around the NFL outside
Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator, what's need number one for the defense? UM,
Speaker 1: I would think probably you're either getting older at linebacker,
Speaker 1: I would think, Danny Trevathan, how much more to see
Speaker 1: I've left in the tank. I think they'll continue to
Speaker 1: draft that position because once Roquan got hurt and Josh
Speaker 1: Woods and they rotated some guys in there, I think
Speaker 1: you could see the difference from that standpoint. I like
Speaker 1: the young Bears secondary players. I thought Jalen Johnson really
Speaker 1: stood up well prior to a shoulder Ridge Rouman. He
Speaker 1: was the most targeted corner in the league prior to
Speaker 1: him going out, and I thought he did a fine job.
Speaker 1: They're still really good up front, you know. I think
Speaker 1: with Khalil Mack, it's disappointed. I think we expected more
Speaker 1: from Robert Quinn. He had flashes, but I don't think
Speaker 1: the type of impact everybody expected a little bit more.
Speaker 1: But I would think once they get any Goldman back,
Speaker 1: and you've got a Keem Hicks like what we've seen
Speaker 1: from Balal Nichols, and I think all the other guys,
Speaker 1: Brent Urban, they were a nice little rotation in there.
Speaker 1: So I still think they can have a formidable front seven.
Speaker 1: And they were playing a really good caliber of football
Speaker 1: until they started to get beat up and on the
Speaker 1: field too much and guys started to drop. But I
Speaker 1: think they've got a nucleus, you know, but it's just
Speaker 1: one or two positions, and I think it's more depth
Speaker 1: related for the Chicago Bears defensively, there's not much to do.
Speaker 1: This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy to Score with serious x MNFL radio host Jim
Speaker 1: Miller on moving the Chains with Pat Kerwin and former
Speaker 1: Bears quarterback and Bears analyst as well. Good to talk
Speaker 1: to you once again. We're gonna take a break as
Speaker 1: we move on. Jim's gonna stick around for a couple
Speaker 1: of segments. You got time for that, right, absolutely, guys,
Speaker 1: All right, big Jim, I know he's been working all
Speaker 1: daytime while you've been just lounging. You had your feet
Speaker 1: up out day. I know you did, I know you did.
Speaker 1: Now there's no game to get ready for. What are
Speaker 1: you doing all your time? Tom? I still have a
Speaker 1: lot of pent up anger. I'm trying to work myself,
Speaker 1: and you and I both depressive anger. I guess This
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Speaker 1: Jim Miller joining us see former Chicago Bears quarterback. Hey, Jim,
Speaker 1: we're gonna bring here's what I want to do. It's
Speaker 1: okay with you guys. Let's let's focus on the offense
Speaker 1: in this segment, and Jim, you hang with us. After
Speaker 1: the next one, we'll talk defense. Let's kind of go
Speaker 1: a position by a position. We gotta start with quarterback.
Speaker 1: We've already touched on it. It's number one. It's always
Speaker 1: gonna be number one. It's been assumed by the conversation
Speaker 1: yesterday from Matt Ryan there. They're gonna be looking at
Speaker 1: all options, everything on the table, including Mitch. But Jim,
Speaker 1: how do you look at it? Do you do you
Speaker 1: do you see fits here still for Mitch and Nick Foles?
Speaker 1: Or do you want to start over at that position? Well?
Speaker 1: Would you think best? Yeah? I think they're probably going
Speaker 1: to start over. I would think Mitch is going to
Speaker 1: test his you know what he can get in free agency, Well,
Speaker 1: he'll go test the market waters out there and see
Speaker 1: what's available. I mean, he may potentially could return to
Speaker 1: the Bears if the numbers right, But I just don't
Speaker 1: see it happening. I think the landscape of quarterbacks around
Speaker 1: the NFL is going to be much like it was
Speaker 1: last year, meaning there's gonna be a lot available that
Speaker 1: it's going to be out there, There's gonna be some moves,
Speaker 1: some guys are gonna be released, There's gonna be plenty
Speaker 1: of market for players that are out there, and I
Speaker 1: think the Bears will look to potentially draft one as well.
Speaker 1: You know, I saw Mac Jones. He elected to declare today.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's a first rounder. But I think
Speaker 1: at some point the Bears, if they're not thinking of
Speaker 1: drafting a quarterback in the first round with where they're at,
Speaker 1: they'd have to trade up to get one of the
Speaker 1: top guys. I don't see that happening. So maybe later
Speaker 1: in the draft the Bears will address the quarterback position
Speaker 1: in draft it. Because you know, I see Mac Jones,
Speaker 1: I just don't see I see a guy who can
Speaker 1: definitely play, and he's there's a lot to like about him,
Speaker 1: but I don't think there's a first round on him.
Speaker 1: At least maybe I got to do more homework on him,
Speaker 1: but I just don't see him that way. There's other
Speaker 1: guys like Kirk Cousins who have been drafted in the
Speaker 1: fifth round and he's starting for Minnesota. You can still
Speaker 1: draft guys that ultimately can become starters. But I see
Speaker 1: a veteran leading this Chicago Bears as the season kicks
Speaker 1: off next year. That's how I see it. Yeah, are
Speaker 1: you asking me the same question? Yeah? I mean yea, yeah,
Speaker 1: Because I'm gonna kind of go eat position by position here. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, to me, Okay, I would want to stick
Speaker 1: with Mitch. And the reason I would want to stick
Speaker 1: with Mitch is because, to me, not what I said yesterday,
Speaker 1: this is an ultimatum year. And so now if you
Speaker 1: bring in a new quarterback that you have to learn
Speaker 1: a new system that he's it seems like you're always
Speaker 1: giving that one year grace period when you have a
Speaker 1: new quarterback, because he's got to learn this system. He's
Speaker 1: got to be able to understand it well enough to
Speaker 1: run this offense as efficiently as you need it. Their
Speaker 1: best way to run this offense as officially as it
Speaker 1: needed it's with Trubisky. And I just think if you
Speaker 1: come in here and you bring another free agent in,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a matter of time before you can say, Okay,
Speaker 1: this guy knows our system will enough to go out
Speaker 1: there and compete at a playoff level. Look I'm not
Speaker 1: I'm not talking about anything other than playoffs. So if
Speaker 1: you want to get the best way to what you
Speaker 1: already spent three years installing to the point where you
Speaker 1: want to go out there and compete, your defense has
Speaker 1: to play better and your offense has to play as
Speaker 1: efficient as it did in those those later the games
Speaker 1: later in the season. Jim isn't an interesting You play
Speaker 1: the position your whole life, And these are the kind
Speaker 1: of conversations that are going on in every single NFL franchise.
Speaker 1: It doesn't have a franchise quarterback in place, and they
Speaker 1: know they're they're gonna ride with that guy. And they
Speaker 1: were talking about you the same way. Yeah, well, I mean,
Speaker 1: poking holes in you and figure it out. Hey, you know,
Speaker 1: is this a fit? Is he the guy they're gonna
Speaker 1: lead us to the super Bowl? Yeah? I mean I
Speaker 1: love a lot of things about Mitch. I think he's
Speaker 1: a tough guy. I think he's he's won games. But
Speaker 1: here's what I don't like. I don't like the first
Speaker 1: play of last week's game against New Orleans. That should
Speaker 1: have been an interception by Jenors Jenkins. I don't like
Speaker 1: the week before second play, second play, it should have
Speaker 1: been an interception. I don't like the red zone interceptions
Speaker 1: on first down. You can't win with that. You can't
Speaker 1: win in the NFL when you're thirty first in the
Speaker 1: NFL in third down conversions. That's why you time of
Speaker 1: possession is basically dominated by the opponent every single week.
Speaker 1: There are certain situations where he's got to be better now.
Speaker 1: Can he be better moving forward? The Bears may ultimately
Speaker 1: make that decision. I don't know, but as of right now,
Speaker 1: it's not good enough to win. It's not good enough
Speaker 1: to win. He's very talented, and he's got a lot
Speaker 1: of work to do to get better. And whether that's
Speaker 1: in Chicago or somewhere else, either way, those those things
Speaker 1: have to improve from his game. All right, let's talk
Speaker 1: Allan Robinson. Free agency is something that he has earned
Speaker 1: in terms of what he's done on the field. He
Speaker 1: had a chance after his injury. He chose the Bears.
Speaker 1: He said that this was where he wanted to be,
Speaker 1: he felt most comfortable, could have had you did have
Speaker 1: other chances to go elsewhere. Is it a guarantee that
Speaker 1: you have to invest in Allen right now or do
Speaker 1: you still weigh the market a little bit? Jim? I
Speaker 1: think you're still always looking at the market. I mean,
Speaker 1: because if they were to lose him, who would be
Speaker 1: their surefire number one? Right now? They've drafted some players
Speaker 1: that really haven't emerged yet. I think darnel'mooney has, but
Speaker 1: still need to see more from Anthony Miller. How about Ridley.
Speaker 1: Is he able to step up and really take over
Speaker 1: that role. So I would say that that is yet
Speaker 1: to be determined from that standpoint. See, you know, for
Speaker 1: Robinson one, there's going to be negotiations between his agent
Speaker 1: and obviously if they don't like where the number is,
Speaker 1: the Bears just franchise him. So he did, you pay
Speaker 1: him a one year eighteen million bucks and you move
Speaker 1: on and live with that. From that standpoint, so the
Speaker 1: Bears still can retain his rights if they don't agree
Speaker 1: on a contract, and that's simple. You just play some
Speaker 1: tag on him. You know. For me, I'm not going
Speaker 1: to pay him high end of the market. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: pay a Allen Robinson is not a game breaker, but
Speaker 1: he's a great contributor to your offense. He's not a
Speaker 1: guy that's gonna catch it and go eighty five yards,
Speaker 1: you know for a touchdown run. However, I love Alan
Speaker 1: Robinson's commitment to the game. I love the difficult catches.
Speaker 1: He's willing to make, the difficult positions he's willing to
Speaker 1: put his body in. But I also need a negotiation
Speaker 1: out of Alan Robinson that he could possibly finish his
Speaker 1: career here. But if you're going out there to ask
Speaker 1: for the number one, number two receiver in the NFL.
Speaker 1: I just don't see that value in him. But I
Speaker 1: like Alan. I would bring him back just on his
Speaker 1: work ethic. But again I need a as sensibly negotiated
Speaker 1: financial agreement to him. Totally agree. And one thing I
Speaker 1: do love about Alan Robinson what he stands for, what
Speaker 1: he represents, and what he's all about. You want guys
Speaker 1: like that on your team. Oh, he's tremendous in the life,
Speaker 1: you know, he's tremendous for the locker room, tremendous for
Speaker 1: that receiver group, and uh, just a no nonsense guy
Speaker 1: who always wants to be great. He wants to improve,
Speaker 1: and he just does a lot of great things. Some
Speaker 1: of his catches are outstanding. And third down as it
Speaker 1: wasn't great all year for the Bears. That was my
Speaker 1: only negative really that the third down production wasn't there
Speaker 1: at that position either, and it got better as the
Speaker 1: season war on. But uh, you know, I got to
Speaker 1: move the chains and that's what he's very good at
Speaker 1: as well. All right, we'll have time for let's hit
Speaker 1: the offensive line. We'll go Tommy's way right now. Learned
Speaker 1: a lot about the interior, learned a lot about those
Speaker 1: those five guys. At the end of the year. Were
Speaker 1: you looking at with the offensive line? Um? I you know,
Speaker 1: I again, I always like a more physical approach to
Speaker 1: the style of offensive line play. Today, I think they
Speaker 1: came in and did a really nice job. I think
Speaker 1: Sam Muster for was the real settler for this offensive line.
Speaker 1: But I think now you have to look at all,
Speaker 1: you know, all the components. You have to look at Arlington, Hambright,
Speaker 1: Lachevia Simmons, you have to look at James Daniels, you
Speaker 1: have to look at what you want to do with
Speaker 1: Jermaine and Fetty. Where is Bobby Massey's future gonna lie where?
Speaker 1: What do you want to do with Charles Leno? So
Speaker 1: I think you know you gotta make It's all about
Speaker 1: the pieces that you have to put in place, and
Speaker 1: then how competitive then can you make them, and how
Speaker 1: competitive can they keep you? Because if you're gonna whatever
Speaker 1: you want to do at the quarterback position, if you
Speaker 1: can't compliment a quarterback that's already here or an incoming
Speaker 1: quarterback with a real high caliber, offensive, threatening running game,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to develop the entire system time
Speaker 1: of possession and the quarterback. So I again, I need
Speaker 1: a I like a more physical style, more physical approach. Jim.
Speaker 1: The good news is, despite the changes and the injury
Speaker 1: to Daniels, you did learn a lot more maybe about
Speaker 1: your depth than you would have otherwise. Yeah. I thought,
Speaker 1: you know, when they finally moved White here to left guard,
Speaker 1: that was kind of the straw that stirred the drink
Speaker 1: and they got it going offensively in their commitment to
Speaker 1: running the football. Thought Mustford did a nice job coming in.
Speaker 1: But they'll get Daniels back, they could reshuffle that interior.
Speaker 1: I would think probably you might be moving on from
Speaker 1: from Bobby Massey at the right tackle spot. So I
Speaker 1: mean overall, I do think they've got some depth with
Speaker 1: some versatile guys, but I think they'll be adding probably
Speaker 1: potentially another right tackle here this offseason. All right, let's
Speaker 1: go tight end running back as a as a duo
Speaker 1: in a sense of time here, jimbo development from Cole
Speaker 1: Commet led all rookies in yardage and I think catches
Speaker 1: as well, and really shows a ruggedness to him that
Speaker 1: will really if there was a home crowd, they would
Speaker 1: have loved the way he played with a feistiness, and
Speaker 1: he got more confident in the season going on to
Speaker 1: show that kind of aggressive nature. He had Chicago written
Speaker 1: all over him, and then so did David Montgomery. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought David was tremendous obviously the second half of
Speaker 1: the year. He finished only for the second half of
Speaker 1: the season, second to only Derrick Henry. I think in
Speaker 1: his rushes, in the amount of rushing yards that he had.
Speaker 1: So that's how well of a clip he was playing
Speaker 1: at Cole Commet that you mentioned. I think the ceiling's
Speaker 1: high for him. I think he needs to protect the
Speaker 1: football a little bit more after the catch and things
Speaker 1: like that. But those are little things that he's gonna
Speaker 1: work on and he's going to continue to grow and
Speaker 1: he's gonna be better. And I love his blocking and
Speaker 1: everything he brings to the table there. So you know,
Speaker 1: I like what I saw two young draft picks that
Speaker 1: are emerging and trending in the right direction when you
Speaker 1: look at those players. Yeah, I like Cole Comets blocking
Speaker 1: because I thought that was going to be the immediate
Speaker 1: evaluation of him. If he can be a sufficient blocker,
Speaker 1: he can get on the field for more reps. Earlier, However,
Speaker 1: his receiving career going forward, is gonna be a second
Speaker 1: third level receiver, like the passes that he can catch
Speaker 1: add or near the line of scrimmage and convert into yards.
Speaker 1: But I think he's a better athlete and he's more
Speaker 1: talented to get down field against linebackers or safeties or
Speaker 1: insufficient cornerback coverage and make use of his talent for
Speaker 1: lengthier pass plays. And I'll just end this segment with this,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham, he really showed me a lot in that
Speaker 1: second half of the season, really was committed to block
Speaker 1: in and you know, we're an offense that is still
Speaker 1: trying to really evolve into scoring touchdowns or regularity. He
Speaker 1: had nine touchdowns and he's a red Jonas machine. I
Speaker 1: don't care what age is. The guy just knows how
Speaker 1: to catch the ball in the red zone and that
Speaker 1: was significantly important and cool Kamet grew up loving that guy.
Speaker 1: I think it's a great duo right there. All right,
Speaker 1: let's take another break. When we come back, we'll talk
Speaker 1: defense and get Jim's opinion on the hiring of urban
Speaker 1: Meyer moments ago in Jacksonville. We'll get all that taking
Speaker 1: care of as well. This is Bears All Access on
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Speaker 1: not looking behind anymore because that's that book is closed.
Speaker 1: Time to start a looking at twenty twenty one and
Speaker 1: what they're going to do. Let's talk defense. We've already
Speaker 1: touched on it early in the show, so it all
Speaker 1: begins right now with a new coordinator. And I before
Speaker 1: you joined us, Jim, I asked Tom if you'd like
Speaker 1: to maintain the same system or do you or do
Speaker 1: you think outside the box? Or do you go in
Speaker 1: the building and you promote somebody so that everybody doesn't
Speaker 1: have to learn a new new system, new language language
Speaker 1: And what now? What's your opinion? UM, I would think
Speaker 1: you've got a lot of investment in already what it
Speaker 1: is with the three four, so I don't think that
Speaker 1: they would change from that standpoint, right because Mackie just
Speaker 1: signed obviously Robert Quinn that we mentioned to be another
Speaker 1: outside backer. So I just don't see a change it
Speaker 1: from that standpoint, I think. Plus, I think it offers
Speaker 1: more versatility. We look at three four. It's split throughout
Speaker 1: the league. You know, obviously there are teams in postseason
Speaker 1: that run both that you know, four to three and
Speaker 1: three four can both win. But I just think with
Speaker 1: what they've drafted, you think they continue with a three fourth.
Speaker 1: There's guys that are out there. You know, Jimmy Schwartz,
Speaker 1: he's running three four before. It's not you know, he
Speaker 1: runs a four to three in Philly, but he's no
Speaker 1: longer there and he's not under contract. But I mean
Speaker 1: that's easy for him to do, and he's done it
Speaker 1: before when you look at jim Schwartz, So there are
Speaker 1: plenty of guys out there that they could tab or
Speaker 1: hire or elevate from within, whether it's the d line
Speaker 1: coach of the Bears or whoever they're they're thinking about. Plus,
Speaker 1: there's other guys that have a lot of three four background.
Speaker 1: I think Gerard Mayo, the Patriots just interviewed for Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, they run a three four
Speaker 1: in New England, So I think there'll be plenty of
Speaker 1: guys that they could identify and go after if they
Speaker 1: want to outside the building and Tim the biggest key.
Speaker 1: I think we just want more physicality and more takeaways. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You know, the thing about it is if you're gonna
Speaker 1: identify a different style of defense, and you got to
Speaker 1: start identifying different players, you need to fit in different positions.
Speaker 1: Because Roquan Smith is he a mike linebacker. He's not
Speaker 1: an outside linebacker in a four or three defense. So
Speaker 1: I think to Jim's point, that's why you got to
Speaker 1: try to keep in house, because that's the personnel that
Speaker 1: you've built this system around in the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: And again, yeah, I want it to be more physical.
Speaker 1: And you know, is really the impression that Green Bay's
Speaker 1: defense left on me after that game was their physicality
Speaker 1: was from the defensive backs to the front end and
Speaker 1: it it just amazed me that they were able to
Speaker 1: do that and they were willing to do it. And
Speaker 1: then when I went to when I watched the New
Speaker 1: Orleans defense, I saw the New Orleans defense more physical
Speaker 1: upfront in the back end. So I just I need
Speaker 1: some like you need that defensive approach that leaves an
Speaker 1: adelible mark of every team that you play, and the
Speaker 1: teams that you play twice a year, they don't want
Speaker 1: to see you anymore. So we heard yesterday that Kelel
Speaker 1: macwhnew he was in the injury report a lot this season,
Speaker 1: but he played through a shoulder injury, still had nine sacks,
Speaker 1: three taken away by a penalty, created a lot of
Speaker 1: sacks for other other players on the team throughout the
Speaker 1: course of the season, at least eight and a half
Speaker 1: by my count, and then just the overall presence what
Speaker 1: he requires as long as he is healthy and Roe
Speaker 1: Quant Smith and Eddie Jackson come back to form being
Speaker 1: that takeaway threat back there on the post, Jim, As
Speaker 1: you get every level the defense, and of course the
Speaker 1: team hicks up front stay healthy as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's some big names to build around. You feel good
Speaker 1: about filling in some other areas, getting Eddie Goldman back
Speaker 1: Jalen's second year. I mean there's a there's a lot
Speaker 1: invested obviously there and whether the salary cap makes that
Speaker 1: a problem, I don't know. But what's your take? Yeah, No,
Speaker 1: I think you're you're right. You got plenty of good
Speaker 1: pieces that you can build around. I think it's that
Speaker 1: they have a solid foundation on that defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball. The turnover issue, I'm with you that that's
Speaker 1: got to get better. I personally don't think Eddie Jackson.
Speaker 1: Jackson played to his standard this year. I think he
Speaker 1: knows he's he's capable of more, and he's and he's
Speaker 1: capable of playing better. I think he was at some
Speaker 1: point frustrated this year. But I do think the foundational
Speaker 1: players are there. I think getting Eddie Goldman back is
Speaker 1: a huge get back in terms of what he offers
Speaker 1: that defensive line. And like you said with a Keem Hicks,
Speaker 1: you've got good leaders there. They're foundational players, and now
Speaker 1: you just pick up more pieces for depth. You know,
Speaker 1: if Buster Screen moves on you like Duke Shelley, you
Speaker 1: got other guys that can fill in at the nickelback.
Speaker 1: Maybe you draft another young UH defensive back this year
Speaker 1: that can can show up and continue that depth. But
Speaker 1: all those guys filled in on special teams and there
Speaker 1: they played pretty well I think on the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. But the foundational pieces are there, I
Speaker 1: believe to Shaun Gibson I thought he played really really
Speaker 1: well in that game and over the course of the year.
Speaker 1: You know, it's been a rotational position obviously since Adrian
Speaker 1: Amos left. Would you like to reinvest in him? He
Speaker 1: signed a one year deal last year. Yeah, I would,
Speaker 1: because he's really accepted a leadership role immediately as soon
Speaker 1: as training camp started, and that defense needed a spokesman
Speaker 1: that has successful experience. It was Toshan Gibson. And he's
Speaker 1: stood up there at the podium and in answer to
Speaker 1: every question during the most difficult of games, during that
Speaker 1: six game losing stretch and in the early beginning success.
Speaker 1: So I like to Sean Gibson. I like the weight
Speaker 1: he carries inside the locker room where he can say
Speaker 1: something to a younger player that either needs to put
Speaker 1: in more effort in whether it's their study habits or
Speaker 1: practice habits. He's got a good understanding of this defense
Speaker 1: under he's got a better understanding of the division now.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I liked on Gibson, and I would. I
Speaker 1: would like to see him, you know, return to Chicago.
Speaker 1: I was also you know, Kendallville Door obviously is a
Speaker 1: guy who earned some invaluable reps and was one on
Speaker 1: one with Michael Thomas. I thought that was great experience
Speaker 1: and a toughness to him throughout the course of his
Speaker 1: weeks in that role. That's a guy to keep an
Speaker 1: eye on as well, at least in some way in
Speaker 1: that defense. So I was impressed with what he did overall.
Speaker 1: All Right, Jim, before I let you go, and thanks
Speaker 1: again for all the time, and look forward to it
Speaker 1: each week here throughout this offseason. You'll be a guest
Speaker 1: of ours. Urban Meyer, Urban Meyer. So now he's joining
Speaker 1: the likes of a Pete Carroll and a Matt Rule
Speaker 1: and a Cliff Kingsbury going from from college to the NFL.
Speaker 1: I don't know what the numbers are, but if Matt
Speaker 1: Rule broke the bank last year, what's a guy who's
Speaker 1: coached the national champion and start at Florida and Ohio
Speaker 1: State gonna earn with Jacksonville? Yeah, and I think Sean
Speaker 1: conn was gonna pay it. I mean, you know it
Speaker 1: was reported about twelve million. It's above what Matt Rule
Speaker 1: is getting paid, which is above. So that just raises
Speaker 1: everybody's right. Yeah, and a lot of owners were not
Speaker 1: happy with them, right, I mean, it doesn't he gonna
Speaker 1: be happy with shotgn now either, but shod Con was
Speaker 1: gonna pay it. Why because the Urban's gonna put butts
Speaker 1: in the seats. You know, people are going to be
Speaker 1: excited to go watch that football team. And it's an
Speaker 1: attractive job. You know, it's attractive job. They've got a
Speaker 1: boatload of salary cap money. They've got multiple draft picks
Speaker 1: in the first round into other rounds as well. And
Speaker 1: that's an owner that's committed to really turning this around,
Speaker 1: and he wanted a big fish to land there. And
Speaker 1: Urban Myer, who's won a couple of national championships obviously
Speaker 1: some big ten titles as well, has had the health issues.
Speaker 1: I think he brings that cashe I know for a
Speaker 1: fact that shot Con called a former NFL head coach
Speaker 1: and basically said, what do you think if I go
Speaker 1: through the route of Urban Myer. He was going to
Speaker 1: do it regardless, no matter what the coach said, do
Speaker 1: him that. He was committed to doing it. Plus, you're
Speaker 1: gonna draft Trevor Lawrence. He wants them to bring that
Speaker 1: style of college offense to the Jacksonville Jaguars. It'll create
Speaker 1: a lot of hoop hoop lah and hope and excitement
Speaker 1: for their fans that they've been sorely lacking for a
Speaker 1: long time. The biggest fish might have been landed a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, and we don't even talk about
Speaker 1: it anymore when they talk about one hundred million dollars
Speaker 1: ten year deal, ten million dollars a year given to
Speaker 1: Gruden for the Las Vegas team. So it's we are
Speaker 1: we've already forgotten about that when that was the last
Speaker 1: That was the most shocking deal in NFL coaching salary history,
Speaker 1: length of time and amount of money. And now here
Speaker 1: we are after Matt rule and the owners being disappointed.
Speaker 1: Now you know they're going to break the bake for
Speaker 1: you know, Urban Meyer, So I you know, listen, don't
Speaker 1: be surprised. What's what's gonna happen next? Because you know,
Speaker 1: if we are, we're all naive considering how badly some
Speaker 1: of these guys want to put the finances forward to
Speaker 1: try it. Jim, you sure you didn't want to get
Speaker 1: back into you know, you coaching might be a whole
Speaker 1: lot better. Yeah, you're not kidding. Look how I mean
Speaker 1: just the movement of these coaches, how quickly I think.
Speaker 1: But that's the funny part though, is there. These guys
Speaker 1: are getting longer deals now. I mean, you look at
Speaker 1: that Rules deal, a seven year deal, that that's very rare.
Speaker 1: And as Tom mentioned, the ten year deal for John Gruden.
Speaker 1: I get that because John had an obviously a relationship
Speaker 1: with Mark Davis. But for Mett Rule to get seven years,
Speaker 1: I mean, these are kind of unheard of. I mean,
Speaker 1: normally those deals have been If a coach normally gets
Speaker 1: five years, they basically have three years to win, right.
Speaker 1: And I'm personally okay with the longer deals because to me,
Speaker 1: it takes time. It does, and no one wants to
Speaker 1: hear that. No one likes it, that's for sure, but
Speaker 1: it things take time. All right, Jim, we're gonna let
Speaker 1: you go. One more segment to go. Appreciate your time, buddy,
Speaker 1: all right, every week, guys, that's Jim Miller and well,
Speaker 1: one more segment to go with Tom There, I'm Jeff
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Speaker 1: we look forward to twenty twenty one with Jim Miller.
Speaker 1: Over the course of the hour, here we're now, we're
Speaker 1: gonna look at some things going on in the league.
Speaker 1: Tom and our old friend George Peyton lands the general
Speaker 1: manager's job in Denver. Former Bears director here many years ago,
Speaker 1: left for the Miami Dolphins and then the Vikings. So
Speaker 1: he's got a ton of experience. He's interviewed many jobs
Speaker 1: looking for the right one, and he found what he
Speaker 1: thinks is the right one in Denver. What'd you think? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, he's a UCLA guy from college. He's a
Speaker 1: West Coast guy. He's got the kind of the John
Speaker 1: Elway type of mentality. Had a chance to talk to
Speaker 1: him yesterday and congratulated him because he's put in a
Speaker 1: lot of effort to be given this opportunity. Turned down
Speaker 1: some efforts. But I think that when you look at
Speaker 1: him being hired on a six year deal, so next
Speaker 1: year they're either gonna fire Vic Fangio or he's gonna
Speaker 1: have to get some type of extension because his first
Speaker 1: deal is going to be winding down, so he may
Speaker 1: be in the perfect place that if VIC does fail,
Speaker 1: that it's gonna be him that's going to hire a
Speaker 1: new coach in Denver moving forward. So George has put
Speaker 1: himself in a really interesting spot that if VIC does succeed,
Speaker 1: and he's showing signs that he could if he gets
Speaker 1: some of the healthy talent around him, but he also
Speaker 1: may have to go out there and take all of
Speaker 1: his experiences and hire a new coach for some ownership
Speaker 1: ownership issues too, that could be changed the landscape a
Speaker 1: little bit as well. We touched on Urban Meyer taking
Speaker 1: over in Jacksonville. The Detroit Lions has been going to
Speaker 1: the division that picked general manager. He's also carries the
Speaker 1: title of the executive vice president. Brand Holmes leaving the
Speaker 1: Rams front office. Uh son of a player in the
Speaker 1: NFL once upon a time back in the seventies and
Speaker 1: also a player himself at the college level and has
Speaker 1: worked a long time with the Rams, and he started
Speaker 1: out as a PR intern. So climb the ladder, well,
Speaker 1: he's gonna walk into that new facility, and the first
Speaker 1: guy he's gonna meet as Chris Spielman and Chris Spielman
Speaker 1: is going to be his right hand assistant, associate, his
Speaker 1: work you know, his work partner. So you know it's
Speaker 1: it's a new hire, but they surrounded him by some
Speaker 1: prex hiring experience in terms of the football mind to maybe,
Speaker 1: you know, not necessarily steer him in any direction, but
Speaker 1: at least be a sounding board for him. And then
Speaker 1: you've got the Bikings. They'll have a new offensive play
Speaker 1: caller next year with a retirement of Gary Kubiak, and
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see what they're going to do,
Speaker 1: because they do again, they got pieces. They've got pieces
Speaker 1: on offense and the defense just didn't play well this
Speaker 1: year because of all the different changes. But they're gonna
Speaker 1: get DiDio Hunter back. He'll be healthy. There's some other
Speaker 1: pieces to that puzzle, but I would suspect they're gonna
Speaker 1: load up. They played a lot of young players on
Speaker 1: defense this year. Well they had to because they got
Speaker 1: rid of a lot of veterans and then they did
Speaker 1: reload through the draftbring and a yacht a lot of
Speaker 1: young players and bust. With this pandemic stricken type of season,
Speaker 1: there was a lot of uncertainty weekend and week out.
Speaker 1: But Mike Zimmer, the head coach, is a you know,
Speaker 1: he's gonna he'll be in control of the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. And then you know, when you look
Speaker 1: at Dalvin Cook and you look at Jefferson and Kirk Cousins,
Speaker 1: I guess, and you look at it, you know, a
Speaker 1: tight end group they have. They do have talent. Feeling, yeah, yeah, yeah, feeling, buddy.
Speaker 1: I mean when you look at Jefferson, he's a superstar already.
Speaker 1: You look at Dalvin Cook, He's a superstar already. So
Speaker 1: you know, they got a couple of important pieces and
Speaker 1: play in terms of their playmaking ability that they can
Speaker 1: go the distance when whenever they touch it. All right, quickly,
Speaker 1: we got about a minute a half. Let's whip through
Speaker 1: the games this weekend. Saturday Rams with Jared Goff. Today
Speaker 1: be announced the starter with the bad thumb at Green Bay.
Speaker 1: Don't care Green Bay. I don't want to talk about
Speaker 1: the playoffs. They're not gonna come in here, Pete, do
Speaker 1: you want to talk about the playoffs? There's just make
Speaker 1: you mad, all right. Baltimore, No, Baltimore and Buffalo Saturday Night.
Speaker 1: To me, that's gonna be a physical affair. Boy, Where
Speaker 1: where is it? Buffalo? Okay? Then I'm gonna take Baltimore. Why.
Speaker 1: I just think that they have experienced they're the way
Speaker 1: their defense is playing. And when you get Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: and you challenge him with a little bit of space
Speaker 1: in front of him, yeah, you're gonna get that. Josh
Speaker 1: Allen's gonna be able to run five to seven yards
Speaker 1: and get get tackled. At the end, Lamar Jackson's gonna
Speaker 1: go fifty and you're never gonna touch him. All right, quickly,
Speaker 1: cle in Kansas City City and Tampa Bay and New
Speaker 1: Orleans and the Battle of Brady and Breeze. I will
Speaker 1: take Tampa Bay Saints to me, the most balanced team
Speaker 1: of the National Football egge in my opinion. So I'm
Speaker 1: going to Saints at home. Drew Brees defense is gonna
Speaker 1: be tough to deal with, but we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1: All right, Tommy, We're done. Joe Astrotski coming up next.
Speaker 1: Thanks to Jim Miller. Thank you, Tommy, and thanks to
Speaker 1: our producer Jordan made Also Jordan tread Up and Dan Bareilly.
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