WEBVTT - 2021 Offseason begins | All Access 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:04.160 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:08.200 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:11.200 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:15.880 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:20.599 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:24.600 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:30.159 Physical Therapy and CDW twenty twenty season now memory, and 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:33.640 it is time to learn from the lessons and find 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:35.760 some answers to the questions. And so it begins the 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.400 process of those answers. Welcome into the Bears All Access Show, 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.760 brought to you by IGS Energy, with my broadcast partner 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:45.080 from WBBM News Radio seven eighty and one oh five 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:47.760 point nine FM. Tom There, I'm Jeff Johnny AAC. Happy 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.120 you've joined us tonight special thanks to our producers Jordan 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.240 trut Up, Dan Burrelli and Jordan Mally. Coming up at 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.800 six ten, former Bears quarterback in Sirius XMNFL radio host 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.160 Jim Millon will join us for a few segments. And 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:01.720 here we go. We're off and running on a new season. Already. 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:05.559 Time doesn't take long, you know, it seems like you know, Jeff, 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:09.880 is everything focused right now the twentieth pick in the draft, 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:14.360 and then everything revolves around that, what type of um 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.440 you know, player trades can you put together? How much 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.240 value does that retain? Is there other players that you 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:22.000 have in your sites that you may have to move 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:26.319 around and possibly try to attach yourself too. So from 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.560 this point on, from the conclusion of the season, when 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.440 you understand what your draft capital is, how many picks 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:36.720 you have, the investigative work, the scouting that all starts 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.440 to take place throughout kind of how we don't know 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.280 how what the routine of it is going to be 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:45.440 with the pandemic type of off season, and then it's 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.480 all about you know what, what do you identify as 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:52.880 your your biggest need either that can get down of 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.440 the field at the quickest process. Yeah, so we'll look 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:57.280 at that throughout the course of this evening today, we're 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.760 gonna looking at both sides of the football on some 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.080 issues and position by position group to see what the 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:06.080 experts think here Tom there and when Jim joined us 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.520 as well. But you know, since that loss to the Saints, 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.600 the focus in the building is on a plan to 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:12.400 get back to the playoffs. And win a Super Bowl, 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:17.040 and everyone Tommy fans, media analysts, the hierarchy in the building. 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.880 They all have differing opinions on how to get that done, 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:23.240 of course, but you know, you can't make decisions based 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:27.960 on outside opinion or pressure or heat or whatever. Most 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.320 of the time, that doesn't work in any business. So 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.760 you got to take care of your own and you 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.280 have been there every day as a leadership group, You've 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:37.959 worked with each other. You got to figure that out. 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:42.240 So I've always felt that way, and I've always been 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:46.720 a guy that does like to not be so quick 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.720 to make decisions like that, because over time, you got 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.880 to have some guys that you believe in. You got 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:56.200 to work through the process and work through the mistakes, 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.320 and if you really believe in them, you gotta you 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.800 gotta ride with them. Because it's it's proven over the 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:04.160 course of time that some of these situations and other franchises, 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.840 they've stuck with it and they've gone through some tough 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.960 times and sometimes it doesn't work, sometimes it does, but 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.160 when it does, it's really good, right, you know, in 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.560 the whole process of the last couple of days, Because 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.520 I'm a Bears fan, I'm an alumni and I'm a 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.480 season ticket holder. There was some things in there that 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:24.200 maybe I didn't agree with, But then after it's like 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.480 everything shut down and you just kind of had a 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:31.840 materialize everything that was said, Okay, the changes aren't going 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:34.600 to be made that some people wanted. So now it's 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:39.720 about finding solutions. Everything that whole conversation is in the rearview, 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.760 mere folks, and so now it's about what do you 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.240 need to make the Bears the team that you guys 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:47.720 are talking about. How do you make this team a 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.720 playoff contender? How do you create that culture that these 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.240 guys feel as positive coming out of the locker room 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.640 on game day is any other day of the week. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:01.280 So it is about solutions now. The process of the 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:06.000 beginning of the priests or postseason has begun, and today 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.240 Chairman of the Board George McCaskey joined a couple of 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.840 afternoon shows here in town, including Right Here on the 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.320 Score with Danny Parkins and Mark Rody, and consistent with 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:19.480 yesterday's message Tom and process with his annual review the job, function, 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:23.800 the titles and all that is involved win it. He 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.040 was also asked if it's a must win season by 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:29.360 the guys. And the evaluation though, will always be broad 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:34.039 when it comes to how George handles this. And it's 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.080 not necessarily, as he indicated, a go to the playoffs 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.520 or else mandate, because every season's a must win, go 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.880 to the playoffs, win a super Bowl mandate in the 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.200 minds of everybody that once you start that process. Yeah, 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.760 but I mean, I'll disagree. I think it is a 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:52.720 must win season. I don't care about all the back 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:57.000 the finance or the contract. Situation to me is I 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.640 don't know if you can go up there and readdress 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:04.159 the media like you did after a losing season and 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.640 try to say everything is okay. I do think it's 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.640 about you've got you've got this the management in place 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.640 for a period of time that you have to go 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:15.760 out there and you have to strike, and you got 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:18.159 to strike now, and it's got you got to sit 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:22.200 there and be in control of your division opportunities and 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.560 put yourself into playoff race. And I don't know is 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.400 that the season ticket holder and me or is that 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:31.279 the Bears fan talking? Because I'm serious when I say that, Jeff, 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:35.279 because every time I hear the subject matter about the Bears, 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:37.400 I do have to I do think about it in 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.560 three different ways, and it's just not a clear cut yes, no, 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.279 get rid of sign, you know, fantasy amount of money 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:48.360 type of decision, because it's just not the case. Yeah, 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.080 it's it's it's not ever as black and white as 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.080 as people sometimes want it to be, and it's just 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.520 there's a lot of extenuating circumstances and there's a lot 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:01.320 that we're not privy to either as even our positions 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.120 as the play by a play crew and as much 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.839 time as we spend talking about it and working with 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.719 those folks. And this year, obviously in a different format, 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.320 not able to be in the building much at all 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.880 or even to see, you know, much of training camp practices. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.800 Hopefully that's all going to change now a new defensive 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.279 coordinator will be coming with no Chuck Pagano after he 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:24.880 was elected to retire long career in coaching for Chuck, 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.080 and he's seen a lot, been through, a lot, done 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.599 a lot, been successful along the way. But now the 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:35.680 search for a defensive coordinator, what would you either internal 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.839 or otherwise, what type of defense do you want to 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:42.000 see for the Bears? And do you want just the 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.159 continuation of a three four defense and the style of player. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.320 Do you look at all angles to this based on 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.720 the talent you currently have and what you want as 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.080 a franchise. You know, Jeff, you and I have been 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.680 around long enough for the transition of the NFL. Defense. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.080 Is the numbers that you put before your name as 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.560 defensive coordinat and are really irrelevant. Yeah, you can be 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.240 have a style, you can have your roots, but it's 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.159 about the type of personnel that you're facing then the 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.840 offensive side of the ball. So you're never gonna play 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:16.040 one style of defense continuously. And so what Chuck Pogano 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.560 was more through in the NFL, he had a good understanding. 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:22.880 But the first trade, the first requirement, the first idea 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:24.600 that I'm going to put in my player's head as 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:28.840 a defensive coordinator is a physical style of tackling, a 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.280 physical approach to the game. Because, as disappointed as I 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.960 am to say this, I think the last two weeks 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.440 the defenses as a whole played more physical than the 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.320 Bears defense, and I think they played more physical than 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.840 the Bears offense they were playing against. And to me, 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.440 as a Bear's alumni, that was the really frustrating part 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.120 of it, because when I saw Green Bay coming to 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.160 Soldier Field, and some of the hits that they were 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.120 delivering early in that game, they were setting the tone, 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:58.120 and that tone rung throughout the night. Yeah, And that 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.679 was the intended impressions wanted to make, is to really 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.040 be a physical team for that game and for the season. 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.360 In fact, George McCaskey years ago said he'd like to 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.160 have a Monsters in the Midway type, aggressive, nasty defense 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.080 where teams had a fear about coming into town knowing 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.840 that they'd have to deal with a lot of physicality 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.280 and they're gonna be hurting after the cam win, loser draw. 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:20.960 And that's the kind of defense I think we all 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:22.920 would like to see, all Right, Coming up next, Jim 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:24.920 Miller would join the program. We'll take our first break. 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.880 This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:38.280 seventy to score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.760 to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.480 home at IGS dot com because every good choice adds 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:45.960 up to a better world. With Tom Thayer, Jeff Jonia, 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.400 Glad you're joining us tonight as we break down the 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:51.440 twenty twenty season to look ahead. Now, joined by our 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:57.080 special guest Jim Miller, former Bear Chicago quarterback and also 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.559 host on Sirius XM NFL Radio Channel eight. Moving to 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.240 Change with Pat Crow and Big Jim. How you doing, 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.480 Jeff Tom good to talk to you guys. Good to 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.199 be with you again. Which show could have been a 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:08.800 little bit further into the postseason that the Bears could 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.040 have marched though? Right about that, and we got away 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.120 with not seeing you one time the entire year? How 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.840 did that happen to, Jim, It's unbelievable. I would always, 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.960 you know, I'd always watch your show after lou and 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.480 I do the morning pregame show. I'd always tuned in 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.120 for your guys' pregame show. So I did see you guys, 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.240 it just wasn't in person, and it wasn't the same. 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.040 That's hopefully that'll change. That was a one off. Let's 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:30.800 please pray that's a one off and we get back 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.880 all together and the way it normally is, Jim, let's 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:35.920 dig right in and we're gonna be with here for 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.400 a couple of segments, so we'll take our time few things. 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:41.280 But I'm not certain if you had a chance to 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:46.440 listen into the entire news conference yesterday. But overall, what 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.280 was your takeaway from the snippets you may or may 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:53.240 not have heard from from the Bears brain trust yesterday. Yeah, 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.000 I think, you know, it's nothing that surprised. Man. A 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:59.200 lot of people want they just want rash decisions. Maybe, oh, 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.360 somebody's got to go, And I just didn't think that 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:04.280 that was going to be the case for whether it's 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.000 Ryan Pace or Mattneggie. You can't, you know, you go 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:10.000 to the playoffs two out of the three years here 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.120 with Mattneggie as the head coach. I just didn't think 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.679 there would be any moves going in that direction. And 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:18.160 I think whether it's George mccasky or Ted Phillips or 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.720 even Ryan Pace, I think they all acknowledge need more 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.560 production out of the offensive side of the ball, specifically 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:28.040 the quarterback position. I think more needs to be done there, 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:29.840 and I think they're going to do their due diligence 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.560 to try and solidify that and get that done here 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:36.280 this offseason. Jim, when you think about this team and 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:39.360 you think about the different qualities of the cornerbacks that 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.920 are here right now, and let's throw Tyler Bray in there, 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.520 do you think that you need to teach one system, 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.120 the one style of athlete in order to get the 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.760 most coaching volume out of the hours that you're spending 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:54.079 with each of these players. Or are you okay with 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:58.040 you know, a multidimensional attack that some of the you know, 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:02.040 you saw what it did in I'm Philadelphia and you know, 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.839 just other other teams along the way. Yeah, well, I'm 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.520 I'm always a big believer in being multiple. I think 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.880 the more you can do it, it creates more problems 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:14.000 for a defense of what they have to prepared for. 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.240 But the bottom line is this, you can only do 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:18.800 in your Playbook's got to be geared to what your 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.640 players can do. You know. I think we understand Nick 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.200 Foles is a different You're gonna call different plays for 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:27.600 Nick Foles than what you're gonna call for Mitch Robiski. 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:29.840 And I think the Bears did get to that when 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.520 Bill Laser started to incorporate more bootlegs and play actions 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.920 and half rolls and and things like that. But the 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.400 problem is why did it take so long to get there? 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.679 I think that has to be, you know, better for 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:43.760 for the Bears moving forward in order to be more 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.520 productive at the position. Let's face the guys, you got you. 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:50.440 Guys both know you're not gonna win many games scoring 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.160 sixteen points a game. You just you're you're not. And 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.079 the Bears defense can average, you know, hold teams down 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.160 to that. So the Bears average has to get up 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:02.680 their point per game minimum of twenty five, twenty six, 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.240 twenty seven points a game where you really have a 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:07.439 great chance to win in this league. And I think 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.080 they're capable of doing that. Absolutely, they're capable of doing that. 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.160 They just got to make a couple of adjustments and 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.920 we'll see who comes in as the defensive coordinator if 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:18.040 they can keep that rocking from that standpoint, because I 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.000 definitely feel the Bears defense is good enough. The offense 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:22.520 has got to get up to the standard to where 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:26.000 the defense is well. Well, what lasting impression in the 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.480 last couple of games as closely as you had a 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:30.560 chance to watch him for the Bears, did the Bears 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:34.360 defense leave on you? Because right before the last segment ended, 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.079 I was kind of tell you I was a little 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:41.080 frustrated about how the opponent Green Bay two weeks ago, 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.280 New Orleans last week, they kind of brought a more 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:47.240 physical approach in their style of defense and so I 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.680 think that needs to be recovered in a part of 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:54.040 the Bears and that when the teams play this defense, 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.720 they know who they just played. I thought towards the 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.080 end of the regular season, I thought the Bears defense 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.720 was getting worn out because they're they're just they're on 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.240 the field too long, too long. I mean, something's got 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:07.319 to give when you're logging that many snaps per game, 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.120 and so I think that was reflected. And then you 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.839 don't have Jalen Johnson out there in a couple of 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.920 the injuries that that happened to the Bears that I 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.040 thought we were crucial to that team. They started to 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.640 lose their numbers, but I thought they responded nicely against 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.720 New Orleans. I mean, that's an offense that averages sixteen 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.120 or thirty over thirty points a game, and I thought 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.360 the Bears completely neutered them. You know, you can't ask 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.440 more of an effort when you go into the halftime 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.679 seven to three against the New Orleans States and you 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:38.920 get a turnover and you cause New Orleans to punt. 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:42.240 I mean, that was a winnable performance in my opinion. 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.360 For I interrupt the anything about that, that's all well 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:48.320 and good. But you know, Drew Brees, he was in 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:50.760 total control. They may not have scored a lot of points, 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:53.600 but for to have the football for almost thirty nine minutes, 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.800 you're not beating Drew Brees. So eleven to seventeen nine 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.880 third down that that can't happen. You were your own self, 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:01.520 and I know they got away with it early in 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:06.000 the season, but yeah, he just was doing what he 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:07.719 wanted to do, and that is he doesn't want to 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.160 go down field right now anyway because he either can't 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:13.640 or won't, and he relies on his guys to make 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:17.200 yards after the catch. So that aspect of things, how 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:21.520 do you stop an offense that's sole intention of bleeding 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.360 you to death? I mean that that's really the question. Defensively, 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.760 I thought they did what they need to do. Again, 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.920 you cause a turnover, you cause, like here, I was 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.920 disappointed the Bears deferred the football. I'm like, man, why 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.640 don't you want the ball for that? Those very reasons, Jeff, 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:40.160 time of possession, keep keep your offense out on the field. 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.400 That's one less possession for Drew Brees, is what you're thinking. 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.400 If you can just you know, time of possession and 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.880 take care of the football Bears elected to not do that. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.320 The first opening kickoff, the Bears forced them to punt. Yeah, 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.920 and granted they were eleven seventeen, but the bottom line 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.440 is what you score. They missed a field goal, but 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.760 the Bears did what they needed to do on defense 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:03.000 keep that score down in order to give an ineffective 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.920 offense a chance for a win. The problem is it 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.000 didn't work out that way. Bears couldn't get the time 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:11.160 of possession, all the things that reared their ugly head 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.680 again from earlier in the season. Bears didn't run enough 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:16.960 plays offensively, they couldn't stay on the field, they were 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.960 all for eleven whatever it was on third down, all 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.360 the things you can't do against the New Orleans Saints 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.360 to keep to allow them to keep their offense out 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.600 on the field. And then ultimately I do think the 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.440 Bears defense wore down in that second half, and that's 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:33.280 kind of been the story the entire year for the 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.920 Chicago Bears. Well, what do you you know, Jim, what 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.760 do you think it is priority number one for the defense. 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:40.920 I know we'll spend a lot enough time this offense 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.280 or this offseason talking about the offense, but when you 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.320 look at that game and you think a young guys 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.280 like Jalen Johnson, you think of the experience at Vildor 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:53.640 and uh Duke Shelley Gott and you think of the 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:57.080 Kyle Fuller being a young guy, and you know the 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.920 talent young Roquan Smith being a young guy. You know, 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:03.560 when you look at the offenses around the NFL outside 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:07.120 the defensive coordinator, what's need number one for the defense? UM, 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.600 I would think probably you're either getting older at linebacker, 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:12.760 I would think, Danny Trevathan, how much more to see 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:14.520 I've left in the tank. I think they'll continue to 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.600 draft that position because once Roquan got hurt and Josh 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.240 Woods and they rotated some guys in there, I think 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:24.240 you could see the difference from that standpoint. I like 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.720 the young Bears secondary players. I thought Jalen Johnson really 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:29.960 stood up well prior to a shoulder Ridge Rouman. He 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:33.200 was the most targeted corner in the league prior to 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.760 him going out, and I thought he did a fine job. 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.000 They're still really good up front, you know. I think 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:41.600 with Khalil Mack, it's disappointed. I think we expected more 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.760 from Robert Quinn. He had flashes, but I don't think 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.960 the type of impact everybody expected a little bit more. 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.320 But I would think once they get any Goldman back, 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:53.440 and you've got a Keem Hicks like what we've seen 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.160 from Balal Nichols, and I think all the other guys, 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.040 Brent Urban, they were a nice little rotation in there. 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.640 So I still think they can have a formidable front seven. 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.560 And they were playing a really good caliber of football 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.080 until they started to get beat up and on the 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.320 field too much and guys started to drop. But I 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:11.280 think they've got a nucleus, you know, but it's just 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.399 one or two positions, and I think it's more depth 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:17.080 related for the Chicago Bears defensively, there's not much to do. 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.840 This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.920 seventy to Score with serious x MNFL radio host Jim 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.560 Miller on moving the Chains with Pat Kerwin and former 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:30.280 Bears quarterback and Bears analyst as well. Good to talk 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.160 to you once again. We're gonna take a break as 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.440 we move on. Jim's gonna stick around for a couple 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:38.399 of segments. You got time for that, right, absolutely, guys, 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:40.560 All right, big Jim, I know he's been working all 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:42.640 daytime while you've been just lounging. You had your feet 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:44.719 up out day. I know you did, I know you did. 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.399 Now there's no game to get ready for. What are 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.720 you doing all your time? Tom? I still have a 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.040 lot of pent up anger. I'm trying to work myself, 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.040 and you and I both depressive anger. I guess This 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.800 is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventies 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:12.800 or the Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.560 to you by Verizon. Our friends Anthony Adams and Lauren 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:17.720 Screeden cover the world of Bears football on off the 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.480 Field every Sunday night at ten thirty five on Fox 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:24.040 thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot Com. 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.600 Around the Bears official app. Jeff, jony Ac and Tom. There. 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:31.000 Jim Miller joining us see former Chicago Bears quarterback. Hey, Jim, 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:32.800 we're gonna bring here's what I want to do. It's 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:35.560 okay with you guys. Let's let's focus on the offense 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:38.240 in this segment, and Jim, you hang with us. After 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:40.399 the next one, we'll talk defense. Let's kind of go 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:43.280 a position by a position. We gotta start with quarterback. 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:45.440 We've already touched on it. It's number one. It's always 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.480 gonna be number one. It's been assumed by the conversation 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:52.600 yesterday from Matt Ryan there. They're gonna be looking at 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:57.240 all options, everything on the table, including Mitch. But Jim, 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:58.639 how do you look at it? Do you do you 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.439 do you see fits here still for Mitch and Nick Foles? 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.520 Or do you want to start over at that position? Well? 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:08.280 Would you think best? Yeah? I think they're probably going 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:09.960 to start over. I would think Mitch is going to 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:13.200 test his you know what he can get in free agency, Well, 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.240 he'll go test the market waters out there and see 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:19.679 what's available. I mean, he may potentially could return to 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.400 the Bears if the numbers right, But I just don't 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.520 see it happening. I think the landscape of quarterbacks around 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:27.600 the NFL is going to be much like it was 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:31.000 last year, meaning there's gonna be a lot available that 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:32.800 it's going to be out there, There's gonna be some moves, 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.400 some guys are gonna be released, There's gonna be plenty 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:37.399 of market for players that are out there, and I 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:40.560 think the Bears will look to potentially draft one as well. 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.399 You know, I saw Mac Jones. He elected to declare today. 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:45.359 I don't think he's a first rounder. But I think 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:47.560 at some point the Bears, if they're not thinking of 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:49.840 drafting a quarterback in the first round with where they're at, 0:19:49.840 --> 0:19:52.479 they'd have to trade up to get one of the 0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:54.960 top guys. I don't see that happening. So maybe later 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:58.320 in the draft the Bears will address the quarterback position 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.000 in draft it. Because you know, I see Mac Jones, 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:03.320 I just don't see I see a guy who can 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:06.399 definitely play, and he's there's a lot to like about him, 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:08.600 but I don't think there's a first round on him. 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:10.600 At least maybe I got to do more homework on him, 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:12.160