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I'm Jeff Jonniak along my broadcast partner 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.519 from news Radio seven eighty one to five point nine 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:45.559 f WBBM. Mister Tom Thair, the edgy Tom fare right now. 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:47.680 It's that part of camp at these dog days for 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.360 a time there. But I will say that yesterday my 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.159 mom was looking at the new year book of the 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:56.000 Chicago Bears and she goes, Cody, I like that name. 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:59.480 Is he a nice boy? My mom's eighty six years old. 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.160 Is he a nice boy? As we editor say, fellow 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:06.120 offensive lineman, one of Time Thayer's favorite guys, the now 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.600 veteran center Cody white hair stepping in and stepping up 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:12.000 today for our Bears All Access show. How are you 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.080 doing good? How are you guys? Does it feel dog 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.480 daish already? No? Were the rest of the league just 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:18.640 started right? You know, we're coming off an off day. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.400 We had a good practice today and I'm really excited 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.919 for Thursday. You know, moving around within this new terminology 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:27.400 of this new offense. You know, it seems like you 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.400 play a little bit faster every day with a little 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.120 bit more knowledge, with a little bit better understanding. Is 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.520 that the tempo it seemed to you in full pads 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.800 since you've been here. Yeah, I think you know, as 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.200 you learn the offense, it's just it helps you play 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.360 a little bit faster. And you know, as we continue 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.800 to run these plays, you kind of see the same 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:46.840 thing and kind of know what to expect. So, I mean, 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:48.640 you're just gonna play a little bit faster with nature, 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.440 that's for sure. You're a multiple position player. When you're 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:55.720 understanding and digesting the center position, is there enough carry 0:01:55.760 --> 0:02:00.240 over to guards? So Cody left guard? This play? Is that? Yeah? 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:02.720 I think you know a lot of the stuff carries 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:04.680 over as long as you you know, kind of know 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:06.840 the basics of everything. You can sure slide over there 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.400 and get the job done, for sure. I know it's 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:11.960 it's something, it's part of your makeup. You're you know, 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.720 whatever you need, coach, I'm in. I'll do whatever, And 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.120 same with you. I don't know early in your career, 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:18.880 if you had to, you know, do all that too. 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.360 You know you want to do it because that's what 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:24.040 your job is. But at the same time, man, I'm 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.440 just starting to really get the rhythm right here and 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.160 I'd love to stay here. Yeah, did that enter your mind? Yeah, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.800 I mean, of course it does at times. You know, 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.280 you just get more comfortable if you stay in one spot, obviously, 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.560 But I've always been a team guy and I'm always 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:38.840 going to do what they ask me to do, and 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.160 that's how that goes well. Any thing about your talent 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.040 is they go and they draft a guy like James Daniels. Okay, 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.200 Cody can play anywhere? Where does James play as best? 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.800 And it's kind of neat to figure out that puzzle 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:53.320 each year because uniquely enough, you have the talents to 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.240 play anywhere. Sometimes that's a curse as much as it 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:58.919 is a good thing, because if you are a twelve 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.880 year center. That's what your life is focused on here. 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:06.080 It's it's multiple position player, but you could possibly have 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:09.360 a stake in how James Daniels develops. Yeah, you know, 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:11.400 And I'm just here to help James whatever he needs, 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.760 you know, whether it be guard or center. Um, you 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.240 know I've played both positions, and you know I can 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.200 try and help him as much as I can. He's 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:21.600 played tackle, two folks, so you know, you never know 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:23.920 when the day might now. Have you taken a rep 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:27.000 at tackle in your professional career, either in one on 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:30.079 ones or team or anything. I haven't not at this 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.800 because he's grinning me because this is not something that 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.880 you need right Well, No, you know, it's interesting because 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.200 I watched traits and linemen that I've played multiple positions. 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.360 I do the same thing with Jordan Morgan, a young 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.040 kid they drafted last year, played tackle in college. Now 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.760 he's sunk down into guard, and when I watch him 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:51.760 do different things technically, I say, Okay, can this carry 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.920 out one more space? And I look at the same 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.800 value with you that I would Jordan or James Daniels 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:00.240 in terms of center or guard. Yeah, And I mean 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:01.960 it just helps you. On Game day two, with only 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.400 having seven guys being able to play even though multiple positions, 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.280 and you know, hopefully not missing a beat with that 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.600 next guy coming in. Heck, you know you've seen it all. 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:11.600 I mean you've seen a lot happen in your short time. 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.160 What happens on Sundays, I mean, it's it's pretty crazy. 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:16.920 What can go south on you in a hurry? Yeah, 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.760 it does. You know I experienced that last year firsthand, 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.680 you know, playing three different positions in one game. You know, 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:24.039 But like I said, I'm a team guy and I'll 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:25.840 help the team whatever we need. You know, what's crazy 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.479 is what people don't talk a lot about. You've had 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:32.960 three different offensive line coaches, three different personalities, three different styles, 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.680 three different stress points. I really like what I'm seeing 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.680 on different tempers, right, And that's the thing about it 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.200 is everybody wants to talk about going through different offenses. 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:42.960 But how about you know, you got a guy like 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:46.039 Cody who's learning multiple positions, got a different offensive line 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.200 coach each year, and now you know you're on your 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.400 third system and third coach. Yeah, I can for sure 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.960 make it a little bit tough. Obviously as an offensive lineman, 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.720 there's you know things that carry over as well. Um, 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:01.000 there's certain little details and little technique you know, a 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.000 different offensive line coach will bring in. But for the 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.640 most part, um, you know, the transition has been easy 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.440 and smooth. But uh, you know, I gotta give it 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.440 to my teammates and other coaches for really, you know, 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:11.440 helping me through. Did you have the same offensive line 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.839 coach in college for four years? I did? You did? See? 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.400 At least you get consistency about the technique they want 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.480 you to perform at that level. In things, subtleties can 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.680 change because you know, us watching this offense developed, we're 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:26.640 so used to seeing three five step drops. No more. 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.279 Now it's our po you know, and it's different the 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:33.440 way that defensive players have to look at the challenges 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.480 they face and trying to decide that is shotgun. I 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.760 think last year fifty percent of the time that's it shotgun, right, 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.159 That's that's not a lot that's comparatively to the league. 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:45.679 Definitely a change, um, you know, but we're really excited 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.320 with the offense they coach Naggies brought in and coach 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:50.600 Helfrich and you know, all the hard work they've done. 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.480 It's gonna it's gonna carry over and be really good 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.120 for us this year. Tom and I were talking this 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.480 morning or last night, one of the two. It doesn't 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.479 relate to the Bears, but it relates to the mindset 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.720 of an offense lines. So Tony Sperrano passes away suddenly 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.719 last week and the Vikings now are in scramble mode 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:07.839 as camp gets under way and they promote from within 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:11.560 and they shuffle things around. Uh. To me, and I 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.840 said this to Tom this morning, that's one position coach 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.640 that you just can't just plug in and go. I mean, 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:20.719 this is all that's a whole dear. You can move 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:25.240 guys around, and defensive coaches become offensive coaches. You know. Uh, 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:30.119 we had Jerry Fontino coaching tight ends, running backs. Yeah, 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.719 you know former guys up. Andy Reid was a former 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.240 left tackle for BYU and now he's the head coach. 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:37.960 And he's talking about an offensive minded coach that's one 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:39.920 of the best in the league, but offensive line coach 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.920 that's a different breed. How hard would that be for 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:47.120 any team going through that? Yeah, that would be really hard. Um, 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.560 you know, especially you know as guys come in, you know, 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.360 newer guys or guys in free agency and you know, 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.080 they come in and they really study throughout that five 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.640 weeks of OTAs and stuff of learning that technique, and 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:04.240 then you know, right before training camp that happens, and 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.279 what a sad deal it was. Um, you know Tom Compton, 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.880 he was here last year, is with the Minnesota Vikings 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.240 this year. You know, so we kind of talked to 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.120 him about it and he said it was, you know, 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.560 a really sad moment. And you know that they're really 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.000 going to miss him up there, right he's excellent coach 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.520 number one. And then you know, you don't wish any 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.840 ill will and any team it's competitive obviously, so it'll 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:27.080 be it'll be interesting to see how that all transpires 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.120 over the course of the season because you know this 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.559 guy right here to my right, Tom there, he talks 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.440 about his offensive line coach, Dicksta but almost every single 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.200 day to this day. I mean, he's had that much 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:39.880 of an imprint on him. And I see him with 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:41.880 you if you guys said you can't get out of 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.080 your head of what do I think the bond that 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.440 offensive lineman have and it takes all five of us 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.960 to make you know, one play go up front. I 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:51.760 mean that's where it all starts. You know, it all 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:54.680 starts up there, and you know you got to have 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.640 all five and you know, turning over to all eleven 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.520 guys to make a play work. So you know, it's 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.120 just it's great to have, you know, that continuity on 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.520 the line and in the closeness for sure. You know, 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:09.240 the coming the personalities they brought Allen Robinson and Taylor 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:12.840 Gabriel and Trey Burton, what are those guys like? Well, 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.200 you know when you get you know, Trey Burton's coming 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.400 from success, Taylor Gabriel's coming from success and he wants more. 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:23.160 Alan Robinson recover from an injury. That is a successful player, Like, 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.120 how do you you're not they're not an offensive lineman. 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.280 But how do you get to know those guys? How 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:30.800 do you get to see their personality? You definitely shit 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:32.920 in the locker room, m you know, getting ready for 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:37.319 practice and you know, games and stuff. But they've been 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:40.720 really great, you know, and they've really brought very positive 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.000 energy from those teams that they've been on that they've 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.640 had so much success with and just the attitude they 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:47.760 bring every day is great to see. Has Matt change 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.400 the locker room at all? Are you guys still in 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.520 the same position you were at the conclusion the last season. Um, 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:55.160 he switched it up a little bit. Um as far 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.200 as guys get, you know, in different spots in the 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.480 locker room and stuff like that, which you know is 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.720 good to get and no different position groups. Who's going 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:03.559 to be your new locker mate? I don't know. In 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.800 the off season it was a keym so you know, 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:07.679 I got to got to spend some time with the 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.320 keying for sure. Yeah. Well, you guys spent a lot 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:12.880 of time staring at each other across the line of 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.440 scrimmage and Eddy Goldman for that matter. We'll pick up 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.600 that conversation after a break. You're listening to Bears All Access. 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.520 Cody Whitehair our special guest for tonight's show with Tom There. 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:25.040 I'm Jeff Joniac on Chicago's Ports Radio six seventy The Score. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.400 Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought to you by 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:30.840 IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.439 natural gas, and home warranty products to over one million 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.800 customers across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.000 igs dot com. Cody Whitehair, our guest, Jeff Joniac and 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.080 Tom There here on Bears All Access before the break 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.520 we started talking. You're a locker mate at least you 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:47.839 were in the off season with a Keem Hicks. You're 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.440 facing him and a snarling defensive lineman along with Eddie Goldman, 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.640 who's a hard guy to root out of there. Have 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:58.440 you noticed any change at all in demeanor of the 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:03.840 defense given its continu vic back three years, two years 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:07.160 in some cases four years together with Vic, certain guys 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.720 on that defense, Is there a swagger brewing? Do you 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.920 sense because I do? Just eyes on it. You're in it, 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.040 you tell us I do sense it. Um. They're playing 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.240 really well together right now. Very awesome to see. You know, 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:21.160 they were top ten defense last year, and I think 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.640 you know with that momentum coming into this season and 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:27.400 you know, pretty much a majority of the guys stayed 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.000 the same. Like you were talking, the continuity level, it's 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.360 just it increases there and helps him play better on 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.360 the field, for sure. A lot more chatter from the 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.040 defense now, a lot more chatter. But you guys, you 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.439 guys have some guys on offense now they're speaking up too, 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.480 not the least of which is a guy that entertains me, 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.079 regardless of what he's doing. We haven't gotten to know 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.120 him that well yet. You think I'm gonna say tere Com, 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.600 but I'm gonna tell Anthony Miller, Yeah, he's great about 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.920 this guy, He's great, um, really good player, you know, 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:54.880 really excited to have him and we're really excited to 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:56.760 see what he can do this year. Well, it's gonna 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.520 be interesting because I think all Bears fans are interested 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.680 to see what your total offense can do. Because you 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.560 have the privilege of access to the entire playbook, we 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.320 kind of get fed snippets of what it's gonna be like. 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.200 Is it more exciting and practice than you perceive will 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.959 take place in the games, because it seems like teams 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:18.320 do things in practice specifically, but you really don't see 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.880 them unveiled until there are opponents in their regular season. 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.280 Is there a lot in storage than what we're going 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:27.800 to see in the games. I'm not. I assume, yeah, 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.599 you know, And I think it'll be different week to 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:33.679 week for sure too. Is there anything that's caught you differently, like, 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.400 I mean, do you have any different assignments according to 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.760 the offensive line? Do you have to hold protections longer? 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.520 Do you have to hold them wide or do you 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:42.920 have a quickness in what you have the way you 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.240 have to respond to a play or is it the 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.760 same tempo that we're used to. I'm sure it'll be 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.199 a little bit more up tempo, you know, but a 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.640 lot of it's the same. Yeah, Cody White here, I 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.360 guess here on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.480 six seventy to score, pausing or engineering. Greg Miller is 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.400 helping us out pinch hit and uh, you know he's 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.280 the big man in the department, but you know he's 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.760 filling in the blanks. Playoff Beard. He's got the playoff 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:07.719 Beard going and we're ready to go here, so does 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.520 Cody By you know. Yeah, you're gonna keep that all year. 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.000 I'll keep it, yeah, doing right. I don't remember. Do 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.440 you have it? Last year? I had it? It wasn't 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:17.640 as full. I kind of kept it down. Take it 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:20.599 makes your chin strap feel more comfortable, it does. Yeah, 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:22.240 So I'm gonna keep it going as long as I can. 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:24.360 Here for sure. We got a Hall of Fame game 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.200 coming up on Thursday, and can't Ohio, First, let's talk 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.640 about that as a rookie. All rookies they go and 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.360 to check it out right, So you've already been there 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:36.280 or were you? No? No, so all rookies don't go there. 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.599 I thought they take him there. So for the symposium 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.520 deal you're talking. Yeah, Yeah, we didn't end up going 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.560 this year. We did it interesting at House Hall. We 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.439 did a kind of our rookie transition program there. Um, 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:50.040 I think we were one of the first groups of 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.520 rookies they didn't go to the Hall of Fame. But yeah, 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.360 we just did it at home. So I'm really looking 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.240 forward to seeing that for sure. So yeah, so you've 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.079 never been there, what do you want to see? You 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.480 like that? I mean, what's gonna as a football fan now, 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:05.440 because you got to take that part of it now 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:10.280 you're you're paid professional. But now the kidding you walks 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.160 into a Hall of Fame, right, I mean, you know, 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.640 growing up watching football, you know, you see all the 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.720 great players and she you know how awesome it is, 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.800 and that ultimate goal you're working for, um, you know, 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:22.199 is to win a Super Bowl and be in the 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.880 Hall of Fame as an individual of course, you know, 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.600 so anytime you can go through there and see, you know, 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:29.840 the names of everybody that's been in there is pretty cool. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.480 It's My experience is there is like you walk through 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.800 and you get to see the busts of all the 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.480 greats that have been in trine into the Hall of Fame, 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.160 and you see him in the course of the time, 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.360 and you know, always up on stage with him. Then 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.720 you get to see him in person and comparison of 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.040 looks that they really looked like the person not. But 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.640 I I was telling Jeff that as you go through 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:52.040 the Hall of Fame and the concludes where that has um, 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.000 every one of the Super Bowl rings that I've ever 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.920 been handed out are all displayed together. And that's the 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.439 one that where body stop and they send they look 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.400 at him over the years, they look at the size 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.080 and comparison of some of them. But that's the one 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.320 exhibit that stops everybody in their tracks. Yeah I didn't 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.040 know about that. Yeah, that'll be you'll laugh because everyone 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.000 if you stand there and listen to the conversation from 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.080 visitors and what, oh my god, look how small they 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:19.880 used to be. You know, it looks like your wedding ring. 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.760 And then you know, then the newest ones get bigger 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:27.800 and bigger and gaudier and gaudier, and Tom, I believe 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.720 I've seen it once, but he he doesn't bring it out. 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:31.960 I don't even know. Do you know where it is? 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:35.360 And don't you better value I see that thing? Man, 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.280 Come on, I know where it can't be very you know, 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.600 that's a long time ago. I don't have big I 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.800 haven't taken it out since the Super Bowl the Bears 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.560 went to against Indianapolis. That's the last time that I've 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.200 seen it. Did you take it to Indie huh? Or 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.960 you take it to my Okay? So we must. I 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.640 wanted to wear it the day of the game. Um, 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:56.280 and I don't know if I did, because it's different. 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.360 You know, now, Cody your three hundred and forty pounds 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:03.320 your fingers, but what you can whack him one. You 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.520 know what I'm saying is Cody's a big guy right now. 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.600 So they win a Super Bowl. They measure your finger 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.000 when you shrink and you get smaller, your finger shrink. 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.000 Now it spins on my finger like it doesn't even 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:16.040 belong to me. But I would have to have yarn 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.600 and stuff in the bottom just to wear It's the 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.880 whole thing is about the ring. It's symbolism. Obviously, what 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.600 goes into it is what really matters. Hardly. You know, 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:26.560 what goes into the ring is the memories that you 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.080 got to get the ring, because I can go through 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.560 a thousand stories right now that led up to earning 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.120 a super Bowl ring and their stories of relevance to 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:39.320 Cody with ex offensive lineman or the teammates that you 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.960 became friends with for life. You know, won't that be 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:45.640 something when it happens. Yeah, it's it's our ultimate goal 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.320 and you know, just I think we have the talent 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.040 to do it this year and it's it's it's real 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:52.840 exciting year. Force. Have you ever won a championship at 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:57.600 any level of your athletic life and any sport? Think 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:01.960 it through now. So I won a Big twelve championship 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:03.960 when I was at Case State and that was pretty cool, 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:07.840 you know, but we didn't make it to the national championship. 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.440 But other than that, I mean, I can't remember another 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:14.440 championship other than that one. You know, some of these 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.960 kids on this team, you know, they went fourth straight, 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:21.120 They unbeaten high school career, like this guy right about 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.640 after being a hasban and an ex bear. I would 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.400 want to be here to be a part of the 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.840 parade because I think when we went on a parade 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.440 and eighty five. We are all in experienced at what 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.280 the parade was going to be an eighty five and 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.840 the temperature and everything. It would be unbelievable experience to 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:39.360 be an observer of a Super Bowl season and then 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.920 be in a parade and then be more of an observer, 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:45.120 for sure, absolutely, especially in this town, no question about it. 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.080 So the reason the Bears are playing the Ravens obviously, 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.320 two of the best middle linebackers in NFL history are 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.040 going in ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens and Brian 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.600 Earlick or two different players, two very different personalities, two 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:03.280 different emotional type players, two different sizes, both extremely successful 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.040 in both piling up the statistics that get you there. 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:10.440 But for me and you've I'm assuming you've met Brian. 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:12.159 He hasn't been around that much around the building, but 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:15.720 if you did, you'd see a genuine guy, and you know, 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:17.960 the intangibles of him being a great leader and a 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.640 great teammate. Didn't have to be outspoken. It's just how 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.800 he carried himself and how he cared about his teammates. 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:25.240 You have a lot of that in you. You're that 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.120 type of person. Everybody talks about you in that way. 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.399 Don't mean to embarrass you, but that's that's the truth 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:32.960 of the matter. And those kind of guys in a 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:37.600 locker room are extremely valuable. They're more than just glue guys. 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:40.000 But there is an element of that. Do you feel 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.720 you're that type of guy as well? Yeah, I definitely 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.800 want to, you know, put myself in that category for sure. Um. 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:47.840 You know, like I've always said, I've always been a 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.520 team first guy. What's best for the team, and you know, 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.879 always here to help my teammates win. That's that's my 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:54.719 main goal is you know, what can I do to 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.560 help this team win? Um? Like you said, no matter 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:00.960 what position I play at. Um, But if I can 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:03.359 bring some of that off the field too, you know, 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.280 guys can count on me to come talk to about 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:08.560 stuff that they need or you know, picking guys up 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.320 when they're down and stuff like that. You know, I 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.840 think all that correlates into them having a lot of 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:16.960 trust on trust in you both on and off the 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:20.120 field as well. Sounds good to me. That's what spells leader. 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:22.880 Cody Whitehair, our guest here on Bears All Access. 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