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Speaker 1: up and coming Bears outside linebacker Travis Gibson, the second
Speaker 1: year Tulsa product, rocking and rolling right now off his
Speaker 1: best game as a Bear against the Lions, and we
Speaker 1: get the latest on the Vegas Raiders from radio analyst
Speaker 1: and former Raider left tackle Lincoln Kennedy. Thanks to our
Speaker 1: producers Jordan tread Up, Dan Billi, and the folks here
Speaker 1: at the score time, Justin Fields named the starting quarterback
Speaker 1: for now into the future, as long as that may
Speaker 1: be against the Readers Sunday, and if all goes well
Speaker 1: to he stays healthy, it's a job he's going to
Speaker 1: keep for a very long time for the Chicago Bears. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, staying healthy is the key here, Jeff, because
Speaker 1: we've been haught to buy some backstories of young quarterbacks
Speaker 1: that are inexperienced and then they succumb to some type
Speaker 1: of injury, most notably Joe Burrow last year after having
Speaker 1: an MVP Rookie of the Year type of season. So
Speaker 1: now that being said, we've seen enough incremental improvement throughout
Speaker 1: time from OTAs, throughout training camp and in the early
Speaker 1: part of the regular season that it's got to be
Speaker 1: explored this team may be more threatening on offense with
Speaker 1: his type of athleticism respected, but now it's got to
Speaker 1: be the perfect combination of Bill Laser's play calling and
Speaker 1: the way that Justin Fields can play behind center. That's
Speaker 1: a much needed ingredient in the future. Six sass of Justin. Yesterday,
Speaker 1: Matt Naggie talked about the process continuing to develop for
Speaker 1: justin fields. It's very important. You want to you want
Speaker 1: to be able to see growth and what is that
Speaker 1: and there's there can be a long definition to what
Speaker 1: the growth and development is as of a quarterback. And
Speaker 1: so that's that's our job as coaches to be able
Speaker 1: to do that not just on game day, but prep
Speaker 1: from Monday to Saturday and have him understand, you know,
Speaker 1: how he can get He can't just get better on Sunday, right,
Speaker 1: He's got to do that, but he can't just get
Speaker 1: better there. He's also got to get better on Monday
Speaker 1: through Saturday. And there's ways to do that, and that's
Speaker 1: where the coaches and teammates come in and that coach
Speaker 1: is offensive coordinated to Bill Laser. John d. Filippo, the
Speaker 1: quarterback coach. Laser talked about it earlier today, just how
Speaker 1: much practice has impacted his thinking about the development of
Speaker 1: justin fields and how he's taken it to Sunday. It's
Speaker 1: not always going to look the same. There are certainly
Speaker 1: variables that are in play, including the other defense, but
Speaker 1: that practice thing seems to be a big hook and
Speaker 1: his ability to bounce back from the adversity in Cleveland
Speaker 1: and take it to the field at home against the Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, but there's two different sizes of the thinking
Speaker 1: process during the practices for Bill Layser, Matt Naggie, John D.
Speaker 1: Flipp and all the officsive coaches. Whenever you're evaluating your player,
Speaker 1: whether it's one looking the offensive line or these guys
Speaker 1: looking at the quarterback, you've got to look at how
Speaker 1: all this improvement and development fits in what's your next opponent.
Speaker 1: So it's not only looking at Justin thrown this type
Speaker 1: of pass better, but how does this play work well
Speaker 1: against what the rate you're going to see from the Raiders?
Speaker 1: How is he seeing this protection according to this third
Speaker 1: and whatever situation he's facing. So it's never a one
Speaker 1: dimensional thought process. It's always how are you developing according
Speaker 1: to the plan of the future. And Justin Fields says
Speaker 1: he really appreciates how Matt Naggie and the coaching staff
Speaker 1: last week set the tone by listening, talking, discussing about
Speaker 1: even the game plan. I think, you know, put it
Speaker 1: in the game plan last week. So you know that's
Speaker 1: just perhaps the coach Naggi stening to us and you know,
Speaker 1: kind of just putting in with the players want and
Speaker 1: with the player's thoughts to h you know, get us
Speaker 1: more confident about the game plan and stuff like that
Speaker 1: in kind of us all on the same page about everything,
Speaker 1: just listening to maybe some of the ideas that they
Speaker 1: came up with, and what those are we will never know.
Speaker 1: But in terms of specifics in plays or what's called, well,
Speaker 1: you know, throughout Justin's career and especially when you come
Speaker 1: from a program of high profile Ohio State University, you
Speaker 1: have a chance to have these same discussions with your
Speaker 1: coaches at that level. And that's why Justin has developed
Speaker 1: into the quarterback he is, because he can be included
Speaker 1: in the conversation to the coaches of what he sees
Speaker 1: or where this game plan can go and how it
Speaker 1: can grow. So all those types of things that Justin says,
Speaker 1: I really admire me, you know, Jeff. But one thing
Speaker 1: about Justin, the more I hear him talk at the podium,
Speaker 1: the more I like him. Because he's a thoughtful guy.
Speaker 1: He has a good understanding of how to not how
Speaker 1: to answer questions of what he he wants to say
Speaker 1: and the way he thinks about him. So you can
Speaker 1: see this guy might be light years ahead of the
Speaker 1: development process. But you know, he's going to have the
Speaker 1: opportunity to continue to show it now throughout the season.
Speaker 1: I'm really happy to hear how the quarterback room is
Speaker 1: dealing with this. It's not easy, there's no way around it.
Speaker 1: And you had a veteran and a very classy guy
Speaker 1: in Andie Dalton called up Justin Fields the night before
Speaker 1: said hey, I got you. And that really is a
Speaker 1: big part of this secession plan at the moment, because
Speaker 1: it could get real ugly if it was any other way,
Speaker 1: you know, And because a lot of the stuff that
Speaker 1: Justin has said about Andy Dalton I had, I couldn't
Speaker 1: have any more admiration for him than I do. Obviously,
Speaker 1: he survived in the scenario that he went through a Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: did what he did last year in Dallas, and now
Speaker 1: he has a different trial throughout his career this year.
Speaker 1: That's the way it's been presented to him. So I
Speaker 1: think the Bears are really fortunate to have a guy
Speaker 1: like Annie Dalton that's willing to commit himself to help
Speaker 1: Justin become the best player he can this year in
Speaker 1: the shortest amount of time. Injury news, of course, David
Speaker 1: Montgomery sideline with a nice brain. No official timetable on
Speaker 1: his return to the field, so that gives a great
Speaker 1: opportunity for Damian Williams and also Khalil Herbert, the Bears
Speaker 1: rookie running back, will delve into all that talk defense
Speaker 1: coming up next though, with outside linebacker Trevis Gibson. It's
Speaker 1: all just ahead here on Bears All Access, brought to
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Speaker 1: This is Bears All Access and please to be joined
Speaker 1: by Bears outside linebacker the second year Terror right now,
Speaker 1: Trevis Gibson. Trevis the Terror. I like it. I don't
Speaker 1: know what kind of nick game you might have added, Tulsa,
Speaker 1: but Trevis the Terror is not too bad right now?
Speaker 1: How you feel about it? I feel pretty good, man.
Speaker 1: You know. The nickname is the come and go, which
Speaker 1: everyone sticks is the one I'm gonna wrong with. But
Speaker 1: right now I'm feeling good and motivated with a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence. What did they call you in college? By
Speaker 1: the way, they actually just called me trail. You know
Speaker 1: I never weird lead thou my football career, I haven't.
Speaker 1: I haven't acquired a nickname, so that would be something
Speaker 1: I look forward to. Yes, if you keep you keep
Speaker 1: sacking quarterbacks and breaking up passes, you'll be getting a
Speaker 1: lot of nicknames. But it must feel good after not
Speaker 1: getting a ton of playing time last year, we saw
Speaker 1: you coming on strong and training camp, and you're delivering
Speaker 1: right now. This is probably the best you've played, right, Yes, sorry,
Speaker 1: it is. I feel like I'm at my pea. I
Speaker 1: hate Trevor's first of all, been reading quotes there. You're
Speaker 1: you're throwing out Roddy Roddy Piper's name. Are you old
Speaker 1: enough to know who he is? I'm actually not, man,
Speaker 1: My coach, My coach told me an old wrestling video
Speaker 1: that actually that I stole that quote from so and
Speaker 1: I actually liked the video. It was pretty interesting, right,
Speaker 1: I just think it's funny and older guy like me,
Speaker 1: sixty years old, I'm super familiar with Piper. So when
Speaker 1: I heard you go swallow, this guy's this guy's old
Speaker 1: school but let me ask you something. So your junior
Speaker 1: year in college, you know, I'm kind of leading up
Speaker 1: to the question to now. So your junior year in
Speaker 1: college you have four sacks, nine tackles for loss. Your
Speaker 1: senior year you have eight sacks, fifteen tackles for loss.
Speaker 1: What was the difference in those two years that you
Speaker 1: you had such improvement from one year to the next. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think I just I just sort of
Speaker 1: led loose. You know, it was my last year in college.
Speaker 1: I knew I wanted to play in the NFL. You know,
Speaker 1: I dedicated more time to my past rush. You know,
Speaker 1: the previous years before that, I really was just focusing
Speaker 1: on my body, making sure I was in the right
Speaker 1: shape and size to be able to compete in the
Speaker 1: position that I was in, considering it was a three
Speaker 1: down a linement front for our defense. So you know,
Speaker 1: I sort of started working on my pass rush. I
Speaker 1: went to the Von Miller pass rush Summit, and I
Speaker 1: think I acquired a lot of techniques from those guys.
Speaker 1: So I took that into my senior year and just
Speaker 1: left it all a lot on the show. Okay, then
Speaker 1: they let's speed up till now because Jeff and I
Speaker 1: were out of training camp every day, and you know
Speaker 1: there's certain guys that kind of catch your eye with regularity,
Speaker 1: and it was, you know, you look faster, you look bigger,
Speaker 1: you look like you had a larger arsenal of pass
Speaker 1: rush moves and you were performing them a lot better.
Speaker 1: So was there a significant improvement this year throughout the
Speaker 1: off season? Because when I look at your staffs from
Speaker 1: junior senior year, then I look at you from a
Speaker 1: rook now to your second year, you look like a
Speaker 1: completely different player. Oh yeah, man, you know this um
Speaker 1: this pass off season, I took my main focus to
Speaker 1: my pass rush, but also my body. You know, a
Speaker 1: strength condition coach Loco. He helped me out a lot
Speaker 1: on my explosiveness, change direction, you know, just getting my
Speaker 1: body ready for the career that I won and a half.
Speaker 1: So you know, I took a lot of time to
Speaker 1: invest into that and I think overall the help. Trevis Gibson,
Speaker 1: our guest here on Bears All Access. It's brought to
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Speaker 1: the Score. Hey, Trevis, when you talked about the Von
Speaker 1: Miller camp, and I know you've touched down at souls
Speaker 1: Cole commet in terms of the tight ends and what
Speaker 1: he did with that tight end class with George Kittle,
Speaker 1: And there's little things you pick up so you analyze guys.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you popped down a bunch of tape of
Speaker 1: guys past and present that rushed the pastor But when
Speaker 1: you're analyzing these things like we analyze you now, if
Speaker 1: you're analyzing them in our shoes, are you surprised at
Speaker 1: the subtle differences that lead to success for each individual
Speaker 1: pass rusher? And you think to your man, can I
Speaker 1: actually do that move with my traits and my skill
Speaker 1: and my athleticism, or you know, maybe maybe you can't.
Speaker 1: Maybe you can't replicate that. Are you as an awe
Speaker 1: of certain guy and how they work their technique and
Speaker 1: their foot feetwork, footwork and their skill as we are
Speaker 1: looking at you guys and analyzing you as a great athlete.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, most definitely. You know, Um, I try to
Speaker 1: look at guys that sort of have the same body
Speaker 1: type similar to me and try to still move from
Speaker 1: those guys. But it's so many things that I have
Speaker 1: still to learn. You know, I feel like I'm still
Speaker 1: a raw player. So when I look at these older
Speaker 1: vets and the grace that we talk about. You know, Um,
Speaker 1: there's so many little things that I overlook or as
Speaker 1: a young player, that I don't typically think of. So
Speaker 1: when I do see those things, it's like wow, like
Speaker 1: I didn't even or it's almost like I asked myself
Speaker 1: why I didn't I think of that, because it's so
Speaker 1: it's so many crazy things that could work. But it's just,
Speaker 1: you know, football is so it's so scattered. There's so
Speaker 1: many things that you can look at, from down in
Speaker 1: distance to tendencies on the offensive tackle to things that
Speaker 1: you and due to you know, make your game uncertain
Speaker 1: to the opponent obviously. But yeah, yes, I'm I'm always
Speaker 1: in awe, especially with the guys in my room, Robert
Speaker 1: Quinn and Khalil Mac. You know those guys, the way
Speaker 1: they watch film and the way that they do certain
Speaker 1: things with their body on their pass rushers. It's it's
Speaker 1: amazing to me. Well, you know, can you get as
Speaker 1: low Robert Quinn does when he starts to turn the
Speaker 1: corner and bend that edge or you know, I'm always
Speaker 1: fascinated and times heard me say this too, just the
Speaker 1: hands of somebody it looks as though you know, you
Speaker 1: have to slow down the tape frame by frames sometimes
Speaker 1: to see a guy's hands unlock their pass rush. It's
Speaker 1: not clear to the naked eye. You gotta slow it down.
Speaker 1: Is that something that you even look at? Oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: most definitely. You know, UM going to Robert's Quinn, ben,
Speaker 1: you know, he used to wrestle most of his yeah,
Speaker 1: basically most of his life high school. But you know
Speaker 1: that gives him that beIN So I know that's something
Speaker 1: that I need to work on to help me turn
Speaker 1: the corners. But as far as hands man, it's um.
Speaker 1: You know, they teach me so much about just the
Speaker 1: basic mechanics of the body, and that's something that I
Speaker 1: feel like I've sort of overlooked up until now. You know,
Speaker 1: just knowing if I pull one guy's arm, how it
Speaker 1: affects his opposite shoulder. Just crazy stuff to help these
Speaker 1: guys get to the quarterback. And like I said, there's
Speaker 1: so many things, man, I could see here for hours
Speaker 1: and talk about it. You know, Trevil, when I watched
Speaker 1: Robert Quinn, I watched Khalil Mack. You remind me more
Speaker 1: of Khalil Mack than you do. Robert Quinn. But there
Speaker 1: are two different types of players. And you talk about
Speaker 1: three time heavyweight state champion, Chip Wrestler and Robert Quinn.
Speaker 1: You know, there's a little bit of that mobility that
Speaker 1: has to a pass rusher. But to me, I'm more
Speaker 1: interested in your second move because there's a lot of
Speaker 1: good offensive tackles. They're gonna stand up, kind of stabby
Speaker 1: in the chest and ride with you and then you
Speaker 1: have to use your second move. Is it something that
Speaker 1: comes to you through during the pass rush or are
Speaker 1: you already saying, Okay, I know what the down and distances,
Speaker 1: I know what this guy does if he gets hands
Speaker 1: on me. This is what I'm gonna come back with
Speaker 1: if you need that second move. You know, honestly, it's
Speaker 1: sort of both. I like to look at the down
Speaker 1: and distance and know, like you know, if it's third
Speaker 1: and forever, they might run a screen. So I'll see
Speaker 1: if he try to jump, says me. And if he
Speaker 1: does and then running back falls out, then I'll just
Speaker 1: play the screen or just little subtle things. But majority
Speaker 1: at the time during pass rush is really off of reaction,
Speaker 1: so you know, I already have a move in mind.
Speaker 1: Or my favorite counters that we like to call them.
Speaker 1: But you know, I go to my go to move
Speaker 1: or if I do if I do a bull rush
Speaker 1: one one play, then the next player I might do
Speaker 1: a speed rush. It's really just like playing chess, you know,
Speaker 1: keeping your opponent on the hills and trying to see
Speaker 1: you know, basically what they'll give me and what I
Speaker 1: can give them, and basically, whoever comes out on top
Speaker 1: or whoever plays the best mind game along with technique
Speaker 1: usually as the one who comes out with the win.
Speaker 1: You know, when you look at last year's training camp,
Speaker 1: condense a couple of weeks you don't get you barely
Speaker 1: get any reps. This year you got a new defensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: You also have the full length of the time for
Speaker 1: training camp, and you get a ton more reps. You
Speaker 1: got a lot of snaps in the preseason. Do you
Speaker 1: think that like took you to another level of player
Speaker 1: just because you have the opportunity not only to work
Speaker 1: on your moves but get more familiar with offenses in
Speaker 1: the NFL. And just how beneficial was that for you? Oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: most definitely. You know, the more reps make an actual
Speaker 1: big difference. It can make a difference in my confidence
Speaker 1: and actually my comfortability. So it's really just about, you know,
Speaker 1: the more reps that I get, the more things I
Speaker 1: start to notice, the more things I pick up on,
Speaker 1: the more comfortable I feel. So you know, it builds
Speaker 1: my confidence, It gives me actual tape to teach myself
Speaker 1: on things that I can do better, to make myself
Speaker 1: more unpredictable, and you know, it's it's a whole mountain
Speaker 1: of things that reps can do. But I feel like
Speaker 1: that's been the biggest thing that has helped me improve
Speaker 1: my game because I get to feel the game more.
Speaker 1: I get to you know, run pass rushes and do
Speaker 1: you know, stop the run and things that I didn't
Speaker 1: really get a chance to last year. So I think
Speaker 1: that's been the biggest thing that has helped me. With
Speaker 1: Trevis Gibson Jeff Jonny Ack in time Fair, one more
Speaker 1: segment to go with the Bears outside linebacker First to
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Speaker 1: and start feeling better tomorrow with Trevis Gibson, Bears outside
Speaker 1: linebacker out of Tulsa, taking advantage of great opportunities right
Speaker 1: now with the Bears here in twenty twenty one, Timmy, Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're talking about the pass rush arsenal that you have.
Speaker 1: But so Trev as an offensive lineman, I liked blocking
Speaker 1: guys in two point stands. I didn't like blocking guys
Speaker 1: in three point stands because I think they held their leverage,
Speaker 1: their lower leverage better. So now you have the opportunity
Speaker 1: to do both. Where's your comfort zone two point three point,
Speaker 1: yes or well? To me, it's um. You know, when
Speaker 1: I'm in the two point stands, I feel like I
Speaker 1: can see the field more. You know, I can see
Speaker 1: the motions from the coming from the office side of
Speaker 1: the field, if the bank was, the flip sides, just
Speaker 1: little things like that. Um, you know, that's that's something
Speaker 1: that helps me with my two point Now with my
Speaker 1: three point stands, I feel like I can get off
Speaker 1: the ball faster. I come out the I come out
Speaker 1: of my stands with more explosions. So you know, it's
Speaker 1: just taking those chances, you know, some pass rushes or
Speaker 1: some pass or snaps I might get into three point.
Speaker 1: If it's deep, you know, I feel like I need
Speaker 1: more speed to get that is, and I might jump
Speaker 1: in at three point, or if it's a shorter down,
Speaker 1: I might stay at the two points, just in case
Speaker 1: it's a it's a tricky play, you know, a draw
Speaker 1: or a screen or something. It's just it really all
Speaker 1: depends on the field of the game. Man. It's one
Speaker 1: thing to just have these guys go do their thing,
Speaker 1: but it's another to deploy them. And I think Sean
Speaker 1: is deploying by, for example, moving Khalil, you know, with
Speaker 1: Robert Quinna on one side, the stunts, the twists that
Speaker 1: matter and dictated by whomever you're playing. Do you feel
Speaker 1: as well as you're being deployed this year? Oh yeah, yes, sir,
Speaker 1: I do. Man. You know, I feel like they're using
Speaker 1: my strengths to help us win games. And you know,
Speaker 1: we have a like you just said, we have a
Speaker 1: ton of stars on our defense and even more on
Speaker 1: our offense. So you know, I feel like things are
Speaker 1: going well. You know, I know Coach Design knows my
Speaker 1: strengths and my weaknesses, and I think he's putting me
Speaker 1: in the best position to be as successful as I
Speaker 1: can be. People are getting to know you, Bears fans,
Speaker 1: so I get asked a lot of questions about you,
Speaker 1: and you know, sadly we haven't had the one on
Speaker 1: one time extensively to get to know players. But I
Speaker 1: have told me come from a very athletic family. And
Speaker 1: you've been on this show before when you in your
Speaker 1: rookie year. I think when when you first were drafted.
Speaker 1: But everybody in your family's an athlete. Go down the
Speaker 1: list a little bit, and what do you think you
Speaker 1: pulled from each of these folks. You know, my grandfather
Speaker 1: on my mom's side, he did football. My grandfather on
Speaker 1: my dad's side, he did football. So I think that's
Speaker 1: where my main football traits come from. You know, my
Speaker 1: dad did basketball, my mom did a little bit of soccer.
Speaker 1: My brother does pro basketball. So I think I you know,
Speaker 1: my agility and quickness, I would say I grabbed from
Speaker 1: the basketball players and my family and the toughness and
Speaker 1: grid and the determination. I think I grabbed from my
Speaker 1: grandparents on both sides, and so my dad and brother.
Speaker 1: So I mean, I know I didn't come from my brother,
Speaker 1: and I think you know, they they all taught me
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of different things. And it's
Speaker 1: really the determination in me, I feel is what helps
Speaker 1: me make a lot of plays. And you know, just
Speaker 1: not being denied. You know, I don't I don't like
Speaker 1: being denied. I'm a I'm not a good loser. I
Speaker 1: don't like to lose. So that's that's just a tip
Speaker 1: on my shoulder. I like to carry around with me. Well,
Speaker 1: you're being humbled because your grandpa time was a defensive tackle.
Speaker 1: I have it here for the seventy one Oakland Raiders.
Speaker 1: And your mom played soccer and ran track at North Texas.
Speaker 1: Your dad played basketball at Texas. And your brother is
Speaker 1: playing pro basketball or has pro play, played play basketball
Speaker 1: in Finland. This is great bloodlines right now. Could you
Speaker 1: have played any of these other sports the soccer, run track,
Speaker 1: or play basketball with the best of these guys, including mom,
Speaker 1: with the best of them. I don't think so, man,
Speaker 1: I don't think so. As much as I would like
Speaker 1: to say I could, I don't think so. I just
Speaker 1: wouldn't let them run out over me, though. I think
Speaker 1: I had to try to put a little bit of
Speaker 1: physical physicalness into the game. From the football side. Trevi,
Speaker 1: you know you got the guys in the past that
Speaker 1: played football when technology was a lot different. Dieting was
Speaker 1: a lot different, scientific hydration was a lot different. You know,
Speaker 1: all this stuff of watching tape of your opponent and
Speaker 1: all the other stuff that's helping construct Trev into the
Speaker 1: player ultimately he's going to be. How beneficial is all
Speaker 1: that ben for you in the last year and a
Speaker 1: half to have access to a variety of healthful opportunities, Man,
Speaker 1: it has been tremendous. You know, I think the biggest
Speaker 1: thing for me has been recovery. You know, I didn't
Speaker 1: I mean, Tolsa was obviously a great school, tremendous school
Speaker 1: and nice school, but I didn't really have access to
Speaker 1: the recovery methods that I did there that I have
Speaker 1: now here in Chicago. So, you know, Andre, Andre, it's
Speaker 1: been helping me out. Our athletic trainer, you know, they
Speaker 1: make sure that everything is good, I'm healthy, but they
Speaker 1: also make sure I'll recover and that's not their job.
Speaker 1: But they've shown me different ways to help me do
Speaker 1: my job, which is recover. So you know, that's I
Speaker 1: think that's been a big thing that has also helped
Speaker 1: my game continue to go upward. And um I plan on,
Speaker 1: you know, just keep soaking things up. You know, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'm still young. This is only my second year in
Speaker 1: the league. You know, I got so many events on
Speaker 1: my team, so many that it's almost it's almost impossible
Speaker 1: not to be a sponge around these guys. So, you know,
Speaker 1: that's that's something I'm grateful for and I keep and
Speaker 1: I'm going to continue to look forward to it. You know,
Speaker 1: you know trap back of the old San Francisco Stadium,
Speaker 1: it was probably the worst locker room I've ever been
Speaker 1: into the history of my sports life. Now I hear
Speaker 1: John Gruden complaining about the visitors locker room at so
Speaker 1: Far Stadium. Can you take us into that locker room
Speaker 1: and tell us was it Did you notice it? Was
Speaker 1: it a pain for you the way it's constructed, or
Speaker 1: is it just you know, kind of a complaint that
Speaker 1: means nothing. You know, honestly, I think it's a complaint
Speaker 1: that you know, I don't even think it needs to
Speaker 1: be said. I don't. I didn't see anything wrong with
Speaker 1: the locker room. I mean, I'm appreciative to be in
Speaker 1: the position that I'm in, but you know, I didn't
Speaker 1: see anything wrong with the locker room regardless, it's not
Speaker 1: it's not affecting the play on the field. So I
Speaker 1: don't think that was I don't think that was a
Speaker 1: factor that needed to really be filtered into anything. Honestly.
Speaker 1: You know, traveling the locker room in the old San
Speaker 1: Francisco Stadium was built for baseball teams. You had about
Speaker 1: three and a half too many big guys in there
Speaker 1: for the space, and I do think it affected the game.
Speaker 1: So I was just interested to hear your point to see.
Speaker 1: You know, probably nothing made of it. Just a head
Speaker 1: coach is complaint, especially after a lot. I'm sure he
Speaker 1: wasn't happy at all. How are you looking at these Raiders?
Speaker 1: What do you see it on tape? It's got your attention,
Speaker 1: trevis Um. You know, I gotta, I gotta to my
Speaker 1: hats on. They're a good team. The ass speed um,
Speaker 1: the offensive line is physical. You know, they like to run.
Speaker 1: It's it's so much, especially taking from today that all
Speaker 1: the information that we were giving. You know, they're they're
Speaker 1: a team that you have to respect. But we're gonna
Speaker 1: go in there and fight to fight, and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a good It's gonna be a fun one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I venture to say, there'd be a lot of Bears
Speaker 1: fans traveling to Vegas as well. All right, now the
Speaker 1: fun portion of our show, Quick five questions. Whatever pops
Speaker 1: in your mind, let it rip, all right, there's just
Speaker 1: some fun stuff. Pregame ritual? Do you have one? Um
Speaker 1: pregame ritual? I usually just chill listen to the music
Speaker 1: in the locker room the night before. I like to
Speaker 1: eat fresh TOAs. I think that's my ritual. I'm a
Speaker 1: big fan of fresh soa, so I'd like to over
Speaker 1: eat some fresh soca or something wherever we are, and
Speaker 1: you know, just enjoy get ready for the next day.
Speaker 1: That's an interesting one. Syrup or no syrup on the
Speaker 1: French toast light syrup just a little bit, not too much.
Speaker 1: If you have one. What is your worst habit in
Speaker 1: your opinion? My worst habit? You know, that's a I
Speaker 1: think if I was to say, I like cheeseburgers. Man,
Speaker 1: you know our facility, I know, yeah, our facility that
Speaker 1: makes some really good cheeseburgers. And I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: think it's been a week that has went by that
Speaker 1: I haven't grabbed at least one, So I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know the health factors on that, but I
Speaker 1: think that's something. I think that's something I need to
Speaker 1: break to Tendessee up. I'm sure you're burning it off
Speaker 1: a little bit. You got a favorite actor out there
Speaker 1: in the movie world or TV favorite actor, favorite actor
Speaker 1: probably Michael B. Jordan or Will Smith. You know, I
Speaker 1: feel like those are great actors that played a lot
Speaker 1: of action movies, actually a wide range of movies. So
Speaker 1: I think about to go with any of those, it
Speaker 1: would probably any of them. It will probably be one
Speaker 1: of those guys. Skill you'd love to learn. Oh, you know,
Speaker 1: I wish I could dance, man, Yeah, I guess I
Speaker 1: wouldn't say stage right, but you know, and as situations
Speaker 1: I have the opportunity to dance, I'm hesitant, you know.
Speaker 1: I'm yeah, I'm goofy. I like to joke around. I'm
Speaker 1: out going. But that's just one hump. I can't really
Speaker 1: I can't get over man. Next three of us, right,
Speaker 1: and lastly, what advice we give to you younger, your
Speaker 1: younger self a younger Trevis Gibson, I believe standing now.
Speaker 1: I think I would say I put it in the
Speaker 1: most work that I could, But I would say even
Speaker 1: put I would say put it in even more honestly,
Speaker 1: you know, just uh, I mean, I see where I
Speaker 1: am now, but I just think about, did put in
Speaker 1: even more work than what I did? Where could I
Speaker 1: be right now? So that's something that I planned on
Speaker 1: doing obviously this next offseason and every day here on out. Well,
Speaker 1: we do appreciate your time, and we know you're a
Speaker 1: committed player. Man. You've said that from the moment you
Speaker 1: got here. I think I think it all started when
Speaker 1: two hundred pund kid high school wasn't really recruited very heavily,
Speaker 1: and you've you've taken that a long way already and
Speaker 1: a big, big, bright future ahead for you. We really appreciate. Trevis.
Speaker 1: Have a great game against the Raiders. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Sorry, thank you, Bo. Trevis Skipson our guest
Speaker 1: here on Bears All Access. Tom and I will sit
Speaker 1: down and talk to Lincoln Kennedy, a former left tackle
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons and the Raiders. Now the radio analysts.
Speaker 1: It's all just ahead here on Bears All Access on
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Speaker 1: look at the Las Vegas Raiders. Lincoln Kennedy, the former
Speaker 1: first round pick of the Atlanta Falcons and a decade
Speaker 1: plus player in the National Football League. You can't miss them.
Speaker 1: You look like you're still ready to play, buddy. Oh,
Speaker 1: believe me. I took a few plays off the field
Speaker 1: with me just so I can keep them in the closet.
Speaker 1: But no, this is a young man's game. I'm fifty
Speaker 1: years old right now. I don't need to go back
Speaker 1: out there that improve anything. I'm good. The funny thing is, though,
Speaker 1: at the end of your career, you did right. You
Speaker 1: played three years after the NFL for the Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: Storm of the Arena Football League. Yeah. I can honestly
Speaker 1: say that I was one of those athletes or former
Speaker 1: athletes that had that itch. After hanging up my cleats,
Speaker 1: I thought I was done, said on my couch, started
Speaker 1: watching football again, and you know, got myself back in shape.
Speaker 1: I was like, wait a minute, healed up from all
Speaker 1: the injuries and the beatings that I took, and said, waynut,
Speaker 1: I think I can give it another try, and so
Speaker 1: my agent at the time suggested, just try arena football
Speaker 1: so you can see, you know, people can see that
Speaker 1: you can play, and maybe you'll get another shot at
Speaker 1: the National Football League. But arena football took whatever football
Speaker 1: dreams the left I had in me took it out
Speaker 1: and I walked off the field from that and I
Speaker 1: was like, I'm done. I'm definitely done. You know, it's
Speaker 1: something about the chances you tank, Lincoln, because I played
Speaker 1: my first three years in the USFL and kind of
Speaker 1: stepped outside the NFL box after I got drafted, and
Speaker 1: it was a great experience for me. But you know,
Speaker 1: reading about you, I can't I cannot wait to ask
Speaker 1: you this question because we played about the same amount
Speaker 1: of time. I played offensive guard, you played offensive tackle.
Speaker 1: In my time, I think I recovered one fumble. I
Speaker 1: read that you recovered nine fumbles in your career. Is
Speaker 1: that true? Yeah, well, I mean I don't know the
Speaker 1: exact step that that sounds about, right, Tom. The thing
Speaker 1: is is that since college, pride myself of always trying
Speaker 1: to be around the ball, help protect the ball carriers
Speaker 1: or the receivers, and so I would hustle down the
Speaker 1: field to either pick my guys up off the floor
Speaker 1: or in the ground or just or you know, just
Speaker 1: be around the ball, as I said, And there were
Speaker 1: times there were opportunities where the balls out and you
Speaker 1: got to go in there and try to pride. But
Speaker 1: being on both the bottom of most of those pots,
Speaker 1: I can tell you anything goes. Everything happened to everybody's
Speaker 1: trying to go for the football. So it was it
Speaker 1: was one of those play This is where I just
Speaker 1: try to take my big body and curl up with
Speaker 1: the fetal position and can take myself until the rest
Speaker 1: of dusted everything off. All right, let's talk about your
Speaker 1: big body and the big bodies of offensive tackles. Can
Speaker 1: you look at you know, six six six seven frame,
Speaker 1: three hundred plus pounds when you look I don't know
Speaker 1: if you had a chance to watch Robert Quinn's rushes
Speaker 1: yet when you see his bendability with that positive forward movement,
Speaker 1: what advice would you give to a young offensive tackle.
Speaker 1: You know, they just played Penna sul Up in Detroit,
Speaker 1: and you know, so you know, you guys got leatherwood
Speaker 1: there and curators. What advice do you give a big
Speaker 1: tackle about how to play a guy with that bendability. Well,
Speaker 1: you know what, here's the thing. Time the game has
Speaker 1: reformed itself where it actually just evolved itself to seven years.
Speaker 1: I mean in seven days a week, twenty four hours
Speaker 1: a day, year around. It's no longer like it was
Speaker 1: for us what we had the majority thought that it
Speaker 1: was six months on, six months off. You've got to
Speaker 1: always keep yourself in shape. And what I try to suggest,
Speaker 1: especially the offensive linement, was that when I play, I
Speaker 1: did things like acupuncture, I did things like pilate, yoga,
Speaker 1: just everything I could to keep myself limber. You've got
Speaker 1: to keep yourself limber because you never know, as an
Speaker 1: offensive linement, when somebody's going to fall in your legs
Speaker 1: and awkward places. So flexibility is absolutely key and essential
Speaker 1: as well as just the overall investment in your body
Speaker 1: you have to figure out. I read a lot of
Speaker 1: books and one of the best ones was eat Right
Speaker 1: for Your Blood Type, which showed you foods that are
Speaker 1: more beneficial to your body style bodies type than others,
Speaker 1: and those are the type of the investments that you
Speaker 1: have to do in your body, in my opinion, in
Speaker 1: order to stay around. You see guys like Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: Lebron James. They invest tons and tons of money into
Speaker 1: their body just so they can keep performing. I think
Speaker 1: offensive linements need to soon take a page out of that,
Speaker 1: because you know it's hard. It's hard, and it's hard
Speaker 1: to stay on that level and stay at that competitive edge.
Speaker 1: You've got to invest in your body if you want
Speaker 1: to do it. Link and Kennedy our guest here on
Speaker 1: Bears All Access. It's brought to you by IGS Energy.
Speaker 1: As Tom and I break down the Raiders, we start
Speaker 1: always with the offensive line of every team, and so
Speaker 1: I'll redo all redo with that group. And some big
Speaker 1: names no longer a part of that or on the
Speaker 1: injured list right now, how is that line adapting? We
Speaker 1: watched them on Monday night obviously against the Chargers. But
Speaker 1: Leatherwood is a great place to start because he comes
Speaker 1: from a big program and a lot on his shoulders
Speaker 1: right now. Well, I like Alice Leatherwood because he loves
Speaker 1: to play football. More important, he likes to be people up.
Speaker 1: So he's right and same mentality that I had as
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman right there, but more for them, he
Speaker 1: still needs to belt. There's still things that especially at
Speaker 1: his pass sets. He needs to work on it, and
Speaker 1: the only time is going to tell what kind of
Speaker 1: player is going to be. And I've always believed offensive
Speaker 1: linemen and quarterbacks are two of the positions that need
Speaker 1: as me reps as possible. So you don't put anybody
Speaker 1: on a sieline and make them hold a clipboard. They've
Speaker 1: got to be out there, They've got to see it,
Speaker 1: They've got experience. Schematic wise, there are things that coaches
Speaker 1: can do to help protect some offensive tackles or offensive
Speaker 1: players that struggle, especially in the offensive line. But we're yet,
Speaker 1: We're still seeing that developer Tom Cable and coach Rod
Speaker 1: and staff with the Raiders. But for the most part,
Speaker 1: I think Alice Leatherwood is going to be good. I
Speaker 1: like the fact that he can be a strong run blocker.
Speaker 1: He's coming along in the past game overall with the
Speaker 1: offensive line, especially with the interior apart, you guys know
Speaker 1: that we've had some changes. Denzel Good, who was listed
Speaker 1: as a right guard, went down in Game one in
Speaker 1: his own iron for the rest of the year with
Speaker 1: a torn up knee. Richie Incognito has yet to play yet,
Speaker 1: and they grud has really been hush hush as to
Speaker 1: why but he's been put on the ir for the
Speaker 1: next couple of weeks, so he's down. So John Simpson,
Speaker 1: with the former third round draft choice that they got
Speaker 1: from Clemson a few years go, has been thrust it
Speaker 1: into the starting position, as well as Germania Leminoire, who
Speaker 1: was a recent addition right after the training camp. He's
Speaker 1: got some experience coming out of a Texas A and
Speaker 1: m I think he's a fifth year player from my
Speaker 1: mistaken have my notes right in front of me. And
Speaker 1: then Andre James, who played mostly tackle it in his
Speaker 1: college days but has been converted to center. He struggled
Speaker 1: a little bit, but Tom, you know, I had the
Speaker 1: utmost confidence in coach Cable, the offensive line coach. He's
Speaker 1: the one who got Colt Miller a few years ago.
Speaker 1: It turned out to be a good franchise tackle for
Speaker 1: the Raiders left tackle. This is a work in progress,
Speaker 1: but overall it's it's a group that I see improving
Speaker 1: as a year goes on. John Gruden's father was our
Speaker 1: running backs coach when I went to college, so it's
Speaker 1: kind of an offensive centric family. When you think about
Speaker 1: the defense though the Raiders, you know they always had
Speaker 1: that tough guy reputation going back to when I was
Speaker 1: a kid. Does Gruden have any hands on approach to
Speaker 1: the defense or is he totally quarterback offensive centric and
Speaker 1: then the defense coaches take care of themselves. Totally offensive minded.
Speaker 1: He always has been, even the days when I played
Speaker 1: for him. He's always been offensive minded, focused on the quarterback,
Speaker 1: focused on the offensive game plan of skiing in scheme.
Speaker 1: He's turned over the defensive tourists to Gus Bradley, who
Speaker 1: has done a fairly good job so far. The Raiders
Speaker 1: are three and one after the first month of football.
Speaker 1: I don't think you can you mean, you can ask
Speaker 1: for better than that before. No, but it's unlikely, especially
Speaker 1: the party that's in today's game. But for the most part,
Speaker 1: Gruden has turned over the defensive Gus Bradley, who's got
Speaker 1: those guys spired up. Now. This is a case where
Speaker 1: you know, there's gonna be a few injuries, especially in
Speaker 1: the secondary, that they have to deal with. But for
Speaker 1: the most part, the strength of this defense right now
Speaker 1: is the pass rush. Of pass rush ability from the
Speaker 1: defensive line, if they can generate some movement and some
Speaker 1: you know, some rush stores of quarterback to make those
Speaker 1: quarterbacks feel uncomfortable. That's that's the big process, that's the
Speaker 1: key to this defense, playing discovers to the cover three
Speaker 1: style defense. You know, Jeff and I came from Cleveland
Speaker 1: two weeks ago. We talked about the black hole in
Speaker 1: the Midwest. What is the atmosphere inside the Vegas Stadium
Speaker 1: on behalf of the Raiders? Absolutely wonderful. I mean, you guys,
Speaker 1: if you guys get a chance to come out with
Speaker 1: the Bears, you'll see it firsthand. But this is the
Speaker 1: first time I've been affiliated with the Raiders well over
Speaker 1: twenty five years, quarter of a century, and this is
Speaker 1: the first time I can honestly say the Raiders have
Speaker 1: their own home. When they were in LA, they had
Speaker 1: to share with sc and was a bigger name, a
Speaker 1: bigger draw at the Coliseum in LA even though they
Speaker 1: won a Super Bowl there. And when they were back
Speaker 1: in Oakland, they had to share the stadium with A's
Speaker 1: and it was really, you know, really it was really
Speaker 1: it wasn't fun to play on that infield turf, and
Speaker 1: it really wasn't you know, a good thing to feel
Speaker 1: that you had the most elapidated stadium in the in
Speaker 1: the National Football League when everyone else was getting new stadiums.
Speaker 1: You were left to play in that disaster. But now
Speaker 1: that they're in Vegas, they've got their own home. A
Speaker 1: legion is beautiful. It's a definite home advantage the crowd
Speaker 1: has played into in the two games that they played
Speaker 1: there so far. And more importantly, it's the Raiders home.
Speaker 1: So when you walk through Allegia Stadium, it's everything Raiders.
Speaker 1: And that's the first time that I've seen this since
Speaker 1: I've been affiliated with the program. Link Kennedy our guest
Speaker 1: a couple of more moments with the former left tackle
Speaker 1: and now radio analyst, and that fast turf, I'm sure
Speaker 1: is exactly what is making Max Crosby deadly at home
Speaker 1: sack in the quarterback. So he's an interesting character that
Speaker 1: we were introduced to when we played you guys in London,
Speaker 1: and he was kind of a surprised guy as a
Speaker 1: later round pick from Eastern Michigan. But he's a different
Speaker 1: player on the home service, isn't he. Well, there's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. And you know what, I took my
Speaker 1: hat to Max Frosby because in this offseason, especially after
Speaker 1: his second year, he really cleaned himself up. He cleaned
Speaker 1: himself up mentally and physically. And what I mean by
Speaker 1: that is he did this no secret. He went to
Speaker 1: a rehabilitation center and got his life straight and discerned
Speaker 1: that he was going to invest a lot into hisself.
Speaker 1: And right now it's paid off. He's playing at a
Speaker 1: really high level, and the Raiders kind of were kind
Speaker 1: of looking forward to that this is a very critical time.
Speaker 1: We know the breakout season that he had as the rookie,
Speaker 1: and then of course it was almost like a sophomore slump,
Speaker 1: but it was just the fact that more offenses were
Speaker 1: paying more attention to him than they did his first
Speaker 1: year and keying on him, so that took him a
Speaker 1: little bit of a step back. But this is so
Speaker 1: far this year, he's been an absolute crowd record And
Speaker 1: as I mentioned a moment ago, you know, the key
Speaker 1: to this defense, playing the style of defense is you're
Speaker 1: gonna have press coverage on the outside receivers, but you've
Speaker 1: got to have a front four that can generate pressure
Speaker 1: or at least make the quarterback feel uncomfortable to get
Speaker 1: rid of the ball. You'll take a lot of the
Speaker 1: short underneath stuff because as you get closer to the
Speaker 1: red zone, you guys, know, the field becomes more compact
Speaker 1: and becomes tighter, and it becomes less and less than
Speaker 1: ability for you able to stretch it like that, So
Speaker 1: you know you've got to have a pass rushing Max
Speaker 1: Crosby and crew have really stepped up this year. Alan
Speaker 1: Robinson and Darnell Mooney. They had eight catches for one
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty eight yards. Biggest game of the season
Speaker 1: now Monday Night. To look like you guys had some
Speaker 1: cornerback issues with guys leaving the game. I don't know
Speaker 1: their status. What you know is that going to Is
Speaker 1: that going to be a matchup that the Bears will
Speaker 1: be able to take advantage of, or is this some
Speaker 1: kind of a recoverable injury scenario for the Raiders? You
Speaker 1: know what, Tom, In all honesty, we don't have any
Speaker 1: clarity as a significant or the extent of the injuries
Speaker 1: on the defensive backs. Trayvon Mullen was one of them.
Speaker 1: David Arnett also went out. Casey Hayward is in the corner.
Speaker 1: I think actually finished the game if I'm not mistaken.
Speaker 1: So we do have some issues at corner, and yes
Speaker 1: it is an issue. It's something that can definitely be
Speaker 1: exploited because unfortunately, you know, as a Raider guy, I
Speaker 1: don't want to say that, but it's true. You can
Speaker 1: see teams going at it, you know, and it's bad
Speaker 1: for in sense, not necessarily bad, but it's concerning for
Speaker 1: the Raiders because for all the types of purpose, it
Speaker 1: seems the Bears with men able to figure out justin
Speaker 1: pills at least one game. So the last thing you
Speaker 1: want to do is come in when your defense is
Speaker 1: struggling and going up against an offensive seems to get
Speaker 1: it hot. And that seems we've gotten hot. So yeah,
Speaker 1: it is a case we're concerned. All right, last question,
Speaker 1: We'll let you go link, appreciate all your time. We
Speaker 1: say the best for last Derek Carr. He's had a
Speaker 1: great start to the season and then couple that with
Speaker 1: the slow start issue going on with you guys. Has
Speaker 1: it been pinpointed as to why because Bears went through
Speaker 1: that last year? You know, in my opinion, it's execution.
Speaker 1: I've always felt that coaches, coach players played, you can
Speaker 1: put the best game plan together in the world to
Speaker 1: defeat every defense or every offense however you want to
Speaker 1: look at it, and you could still come up short.
Speaker 1: If you don't have the execution, the slow starts to
Speaker 1: sort of them as the execution. And it's unfortunate because
Speaker 1: you've seen what Derek can do when he gets protection
Speaker 1: or when he gets tired. Derek has been able to exploit,
Speaker 1: exploit all the weapons that he has in his arsenal.
Speaker 1: You know Henry Ruggs, Brian Edwards, Hunter renfroll as well
Speaker 1: as Darren Waller. They have yet to really get the
Speaker 1: run game consistent, but I think that's a work in progress.
Speaker 1: With the two additions, especially at Guard that there weren't
Speaker 1: a plan to expect it to be there when the
Speaker 1: season started. So u this is an offense that has
Speaker 1: the potential of being a high explosive, powerful offense. Hasn't
Speaker 1: seen its full potential yet. But it's all to me
Speaker 1: and when it's slow started is attributed to its execution.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, I appreciate it and Hunter Renfroze hit
Speaker 1: literally had me jumping up in the air. I was
Speaker 1: hosted by myself. I'm like, oh my gosh, what a
Speaker 1: great play. I love players like that. So looking forward
Speaker 1: to seeing you out there. Thank you so much for
Speaker 1: taking the time. And Bears Raiders will be a big draw,
Speaker 1: not only for the Chicagoans headed down with for the
Speaker 1: Raider fans welcoming them to Allegiance Stadium. Thank you so much,
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thanks for having me, guys. One more segment
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Speaker 1: Talk about Bears jersey. There's gonna be a lot of
Speaker 1: them at Allegiance Stadium, Tom, and no question, I mean,
Speaker 1: I know Raiders fans. They are legit, passionate, crazy and supportive,
Speaker 1: and I'm certain they're gonna fill that joint. But I'll
Speaker 1: tell you I think the Bears fans are invading and
Speaker 1: they'll pay top dollar to be in that building. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, you got to pick and choose the way
Speaker 1: you cheer at a Raiders game if you are wearing
Speaker 1: the opponent's callers, because a lot of these guys don't
Speaker 1: take too kindly to the opponents. Frans trading their stadium,
Speaker 1: and like when we talk to Lincoln Kennedy, he talks
Speaker 1: about the Raiders finally have what they can call a
Speaker 1: home because they were so makeshift for so many years,
Speaker 1: moving around and sharing facilities. This is a facility that
Speaker 1: they want to build into their their their home like
Speaker 1: never before. All right, let's listen to Sean Decay, the
Speaker 1: Bears defensive coordinator. Bears are leading the league in sacks
Speaker 1: with fifteen pieces. It's a start. It's only a four
Speaker 1: weeks end of the season, so let's let's have that
Speaker 1: consistency keep building. But defending the Raiders not an easy test.
Speaker 1: They have a lot of weapons. With a quarterback right
Speaker 1: now that has confidence and is in sync with his
Speaker 1: head coach and John Gruden. The difficulties you're preparing for everything,
Speaker 1: and so you've got to be really good at everything.
Speaker 1: Is built. The Raiders I'm talking about is built to
Speaker 1: attack everything. You know. They can attack your edges in
Speaker 1: the run game, they can hitch you downhill, Jacobs is
Speaker 1: a physical downhill runner, and you guys saw it on
Speaker 1: tape every week this year where they're gonna get their
Speaker 1: past explosives. Then there's gonna be points in the time
Speaker 1: where they're just gonna tell Rugs to run to the
Speaker 1: green grass and Derek's gonna throw it to the green
Speaker 1: grass and he's gonna go catch it, and they take
Speaker 1: a lot of shots with eighty nine on the outside
Speaker 1: two eighty nine Brian Edwards. But the big part of
Speaker 1: this whole thing is dealing with that tight end. Though
Speaker 1: the tight end position obviously has blossomed with Darren Waller.
Speaker 1: I go back twenty two touchdowns in his career. Now
Speaker 1: he's got fourteen more in that period of time and
Speaker 1: over two hundred catches time. He is alload to deal with.
Speaker 1: But I think Sean decides defense that back end because
Speaker 1: they've given up five big shots that have led the touchdowns.
Speaker 1: It's tied for the most in the NFL. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. When you have this quarterback coach relationship,
Speaker 1: and you've seen it throughout history in the league, whether
Speaker 1: it be Drew Brees and Sean Payton or some of
Speaker 1: the other relationships you have. That's what you really have
Speaker 1: to pay attention to, because if they recognize vulnerability in
Speaker 1: your defense, they're the type of guys that will attack
Speaker 1: it repeatedly. But when you have a weapon, like they're
Speaker 1: tight end, this guy can line up all over the field.
Speaker 1: He can be a matchup nightmare from the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage anywhere he lines up. So you don't want to
Speaker 1: show that you're incapable of stopping their tight end, but
Speaker 1: you want to make sure that you're capable of stopping
Speaker 1: their first big play efforts because if you don't, look
Speaker 1: for him to go over the top continuously. As we
Speaker 1: discussed with Lincoln Kennedy in our last segment, the Raiders
Speaker 1: scored us on their opening offensive possession. Now, for the
Speaker 1: tenth consecutive game, dating back to last year, they've been
Speaker 1: in a twenty one point deficit, a couple of fourteen
Speaker 1: point deficits. So jump on him early, and just like
Speaker 1: last week, Germaine effete earlier this week discussing this, you know,
Speaker 1: Matt Nagy put it on the old line and David
Speaker 1: Montgomery delivered. Montgomery not here this week. The offensive line,
Speaker 1: though I would hope have that same kind of mentality
Speaker 1: that they gave last week. We just want the opportunity
Speaker 1: to show who we are. And I think Sunday was
Speaker 1: a cool step in the right direction of all right,
Speaker 1: this is who we are. We can we can run it,
Speaker 1: we could throw it. We have too, we could throw
Speaker 1: it around. We've got some good receivers, and we've got
Speaker 1: some capable pass protectors, and we have a quarterbacks that
Speaker 1: can really sling it. But the fact that they trusted
Speaker 1: us and said, hey, we're gonna put it on y'all,
Speaker 1: let's y'all tight ends JP leading up in there a
Speaker 1: few times. You know, It's it's really cool. It's cool.
Speaker 1: It's cool to be able to lean on guys because
Speaker 1: you start to you start to have an identity, you
Speaker 1: start to you start to make them feel you. When
Speaker 1: the defense start feeling you, you know, you start scoring
Speaker 1: points too. I think it's twenty one zero at one point.
Speaker 1: You know, that feels good. That feels good, and we
Speaker 1: just want to keep having that feeling going forwards. We
Speaker 1: know we're we're capable, and we still let some points
Speaker 1: out there, so you can't believe it more so we'll
Speaker 1: keep going and keep We'll just keep building on it,
Speaker 1: but there's a really good start step in the right
Speaker 1: direction for us. Dam How does the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: matchup in this game with the Raiders? But they come
Speaker 1: off the ball. Rod Marinelli is their d line coach,
Speaker 1: so you know, get off is number one. Okay, you
Speaker 1: know what what Jermaineafetti said right there, that's the same
Speaker 1: every single game and offensive lineman will ever play. They
Speaker 1: are never going to change your number and start putting
Speaker 1: in some pass routes for Jermaine Effetti, Jason Peters, Cody
Speaker 1: James Daniels or Sam Mustin for that matter. It's all
Speaker 1: how the tight ends will accept their responsibilities, jeff because
Speaker 1: we have receivers as tight ends, Jimmy Graham and Cole
Speaker 1: Commett and all and Jesse James and the rest of
Speaker 1: the guys. But what they did last week, the blocking
Speaker 1: display they put on. If they're unselfish and they're willing
Speaker 1: to do that week in a week out, they can
Speaker 1: match up against any front in the NFL, and so
Speaker 1: they want to have those multiple blockers. I think the
Speaker 1: Bears offensive line can control this this defensive front and
Speaker 1: still be capable of doing any everything. Damian Williams, he
Speaker 1: had a twenty five carry game in twenty twenty, so
Speaker 1: he knows what that responsibility is about. Office line the same.
Speaker 1: Give me the tight end position what they did last week.
Speaker 1: It's Tomp there. I'm Jeff Jony Act. Thanks again to
Speaker 1: our producers Dan Billy and Jordan Trudup and the guys
Speaker 1: here at the Score. Thanks to our guests Travis Gibson
Speaker 1: and also Lincoln Kennedy, the former Oakland Raider now Las
Speaker 1: Vegas Raider franchise analyst. That'll do it for us tonight.
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