WEBVTT - All Access: Allen Robinson excited for 2019 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.600 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears Official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.600 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.000 day and now well to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:20.720 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:25.800 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, Miller, 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:30.840 Lite and Ford. And a great evening to everybody out there, 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.480 and welcome into another edition to Bears All Access. Jeff 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:36.040 johnny Ac along with Tom Thair and Jim Miller in 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:38.760 Michigan and his home after a day on the air 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.639 on Sirius x M NFL Radio, We're gonna hop right 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:43.479 to it. We got our special guests ready to go, 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:48.000 fired up and enjoying what was a crazy NBA trade deadline. 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:50.600 I saw tweets all day from Alan or Robinson, the 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:52.919 Bears veteran wide receiver, kind enough to join us here 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.480 on Bears All Access. Alan, good evening, how you doing. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.520 You love that NBA, don't you? I do? I do? 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:00.760 I do? And thanks for having me. Know um, the 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:03.240 NBA is funny, though basketball has a has a very 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:05.480 deer place in my heart. You know, it's something that 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:07.840 I played. I'm ever since I can remember, so, um, 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:09.160 you know, I has a special place in my heart, 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:10.680 you know. So it was fun being able to follow 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:12.880 the NBA and you know, also not being in season. 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:15.119 You know when I'm when I'm during season, normany focused 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:17.200 so much on the NBA. But you know, being able 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:18.760 just to wake up and look at the news and 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:20.880 you know, actually be able to watch ESPN, you know, 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:22.880 because I'm don't during season. You know, it's pretty it's 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.360 pretty fun and exciting for me. What struck a chord 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.400 with you today? With the league? Man? You know, I 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.560 was actually a pretty uh pretty surprised and I see 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:34.280 Anthony Davis traded, you know, Um again, I think there's 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:36.400 so many different storylines that you see across the NBA. 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.240 You know, you see guys being traded mid game. You 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:42.120 see veteran guys being traded, you see young guys being traded. 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.800 You see guys being traded three times and then being waves. 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:46.400 You know, so it's a lot of It was a 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.800 lot going on during this NBA trade deadline. Hey man, 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.400 what about through your journey through free agency last year, 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.320 did you have any of these conversations behind the scenes 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.600 that players were recruiting you or it maybe even a 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:00.880 coach was saying how well they've respected your ability. You know, 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:02.280 you hear a lot of different things, you know, from 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.320 from my agent, you know. But at the same time, 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:07.200 you know, um, for me, especially with Chicago, you know, 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.799 and by by me being close friends with Adrian Amish, 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.200 you know, I had just kind of talked to him too, 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.760 and I really got to feel like how Chicago was, 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.280 you know, being able to talk to princes A Mukamara, 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:17.920 you know, playing with him in Jacksonville, you know, being 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:19.840 able to to talk to a couple of guys that 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:21.880 I knew, you know about the city of Chicago, you know, 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:23.200 and that was a big thing for me. Like I 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.680 said before, Um, Chicago was one of the only teams 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.080 that did kind of kind of have that benefit for me, 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:29.720 you know, to be able to actually talk to some 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.040 guys who are who are currently on a roster and 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:33.520 who had been there and who had been in the 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.400 city of Chicago. Well, Alan, Jim Miller, here is a 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.520 pleasure talking to you down in Atlanta when you were 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.200 with your your teammates and Tariko and join your that 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.000 day on set, and just as you're reflecting you see 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:46.520 that Super Bowl fifty three is in the books and 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.560 just how close the Bears were as a football team. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.000 Why not us? Everybody always says, and why not the 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.800 Bears in twenty nineteen. You know, um, I think we 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.480 have all the time in the world to accomplish that, 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:59.440 you know, um I think for us, you know, again 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.000 starting to day one, Um, whenever we start and get 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.480 back in April, you know, the number one goal and 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:07.360 the first starting point for us is, yes, we do 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:08.600 want to win a Super Bowl. Row. We know we 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.040 have to start with, you know, winning the division, you know, 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:13.320 and and again we're gonna have to sit back and watch. 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:14.960 You know, it's gonna be some changes being done in 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.480 the in the division. You know, probably some some small 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.920 changes on our roster, just like just like everybody you know, 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.480 and it's a it's a different team from from a 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.520 year to year. You know, maybe be some small change, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.440 maybe some big changes, but it's a different team, you know. 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.600 So once we still footing the facility, you know, once 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.400 we return back, you know, we had to stay locked 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:32.239 in on our goals and you know we got to 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.360 work twice as hard as we do last season. Hey, Alan, 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.280 what's different for you this offseason and where and how 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.960 will you focus your time? Um, you know, for me, 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.160 it's it's good, you know, being um, being healthy you 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.520 know at this standpoint, and being able to being able 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:49.040 to do some some things. You know. Um again, still 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:51.240 still getting back to one hundred percent. You know, I 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.360 was nursing an injury rifractured my ribs leading the season 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:56.440 last year. You know, so just so just kind of 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:58.000 kind of working through that, you know, and being able 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:59.800 to have time to just kind of really work on 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.400 all aspects of my body, you know, my joints and 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.960 everything like day and really hone in onto certain specifics 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.280 that I want to get accomplished this year as opposed 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.000 to last year. You know, the main, folks, was just 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:10.640 to get back to one hundred percent and get back 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.160 on the field. Alan Robins and our guest here on 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.120 Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.039 score Jeff and Time and Jim Miller with you and 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.680 Alan Robins and the Bears veteran wide receiver. I know 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:22.880 you and I talked right after the end of the 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.520 season in the locker room, and you had a big 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:26.920 smile on your face. You have the loss hurt, but 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.360 you were excited about just what you're alluding to here, 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.520 to kind of reinvent the body a little bit, to 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:36.960 have you know, full capacity, to get yourself exactly physically right, 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:40.640 get you're all balanced up and ready to roll. Is 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.279 that the underrated aspect of coming back from an injury, 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.680 even a year and a half later. Almost definitely, you know, 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:49.320 I think it's very underrated, you know, because once you 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.960 get through that first year, that twelve month process around 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:53.760 you know, thirteen and fourteen months, you know, at the 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.840 same time, you're still playing catchup, you know, but your 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:57.960 body is still it's still a little beat up, you know, 0:04:58.000 --> 0:04:59.800 from just the amount that it had to endure, you know, 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.760 the recovery process. You know. So so now just to 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.680 feel like I'm not playing catch up, you know, to 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:06.560 be able to kind of set certain benchmarks that I 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.680 want to set going into the season, and to be 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:10.440 able to work my way up and you know and 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.080 peak at the right time. You know, um going into 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.400 the season is it's definitely big, you know, And like 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:16.920 I said before, you know, being able to have all 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.000 the time in the world to focus on some of 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:21.200 the specifics that I want to focus on body wise, 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.080 football wise and everything like that. You know, I think 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.360 it's it's definitely going to benefit me a lot. And 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:27.840 every guy is different. I know, some guys they feel 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:31.320 like they get their explosion back two years after ACL surgery. 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.880 And for you, did you feel you got all that 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.200 explosion backers? There are still work to be done in 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:37.920 that area, and here you still lad the Bears and 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.799 receiving in twenty eighteen. You know, it definitely still still 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.240 work to be done. You know. But as of course 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:44.800 of the season I went last year, you know, I did, 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.279 I did start to feel that explosion, you know, coming back, 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.640 you know about the game game five or six in 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.520 the season, you know, I started to progress a lot, 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.560 you know. And again I think, um, I think our 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:55.599 training staff and our strength staff did a great job 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:58.000 of you know, I'm also also just helping me throughout 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.040 the course of the process of you know, um and 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.599 still implementing plios throughout the course of the of the 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.720 game weeks. You know, still sty're doing a lot of 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.480 strengthen and work through the course of the game weeks, 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:07.760 you know. And I thought it did a great job 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.000 of just having a good plan for me. All season long. 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.640 When it came to the week to week. Hey, Allen, 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:16.760 it's about Matt Naggie. Did anything surprise you about him 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:18.880 this year on or off the field? You know, from 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.880 the unique things he does on the field with the 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:26.039 personnel groupings including the defensive players, to the atmosphere after 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:30.159 the games, anything surprised you about Matt? Nothing surprised me 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.400 at all, you know, And definitely congratulations to coach na 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:33.680 you know, if winning Coach of the Year, you know, 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.599 I thought it was very very well deserved, you know, 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.080 but nothing surprised me at all. You know, I think 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.960 the biggest thing for me, um, you know, looking from 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.760 the outside and you know, before actually being a part 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:45.600 of this team, was that you know, I knew that 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.120 that was something that he did very well to what's 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.560 to move guys around, put guys in a certain position, 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.160 you know, and and really cause different different havoc for defense. 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:56.800 You know, I think whenever defenses don't know exactly where 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.039 guys are lining up or have some wrinkles to their plane, 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:00.919 you know, it's tough to kind of to kind of 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:02.760 scheme for a lot of guys and not just scheming 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:05.120 for guys, but you know, for the whole scheme and 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.680 thing is hard for defensive coordinators to know exactly where 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:10.840 guys are going to be at or or what's exactly 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.920 going to be run from this, you know, So I knew. 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:14.920 I knew when I did my little bit of research 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.640 on on coachnag you know, before he got to Chicago. 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:19.000 You know, I knew that that was a big part 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.200 of his offense and now something that I want to 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:23.200 be a part of. Alan Robinson, our guest here on 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.120 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to scorer. It bears all 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.280 access as the off season now moves into a different phase. 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.600 You took in the Super Bowl, I assume I want 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:35.760 to know what your takeaway is on that game and 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:39.240 did you see yourself and your teammates playing in that 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:41.960 game as it was unfolding, because it very much could 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.280 have been that way for the Chicago Bears in twenty eighteen. 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.760 The actual game and stuff, I did not see, um, 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:51.440 but I am I definitely first saw us, you know, 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:53.960 playing in that game. You know, just as far as 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:55.680 as I was watching the rest of the playoffs and 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:57.960 stuff like that, you know, just as far as certain 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:01.200 players that were made you know, defensively and and and offensively. 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:02.760 You know, I saw every guy in the locker room 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.280 make those plays. You know. I saw guys um you know, 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.320 certain throws that were made. I saw Mitch make you 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:09.160 know certain catches that were made. I saw guys in 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:12.080 our receiving room make you know certain certain runs and 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:15.520 in certain um certain receiving yards being being gotten from 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.800 the backfield. And I saw threetmake you know on same 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:19.240 thing on defense. You know, I saw a lot of 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.240 the plays being made, um that we made all year long. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.400 You know. So it's no doubt in my mind that 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.400 that the Bears don't had the possibility and don't have 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.480 the the locker room to be there in two thousan nineteen, 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.079 well you mentioned and you guys played both teams. When 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.240 you look at New England in the Rams, I guess, 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.920 and this was everybody considered this the year of offense 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.800 in the NFL where you're surprised at least at the score. 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.040 It was so low scoring, and you faced both those defenses. 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:44.440 I mean, did you think it was gonna have the 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:47.480 edge that way in White leading the Patriots way? Um? 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:49.320 I did not, you know, And again it's tough for 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.400 me to say, because I can't see. I didn't see 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:52.960 the game, you know, so when I did see the 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:54.800 see the score and just kind of you know, I 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.920 saw some of the saw some of the updates on 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:58.800 my phone, you know, as far as the score and 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:00.680 stuff like that, I wasn't this applies, you know, I 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.640 have to sit back and watch the game. I know. 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:04.160 I probably watched the game at some point in time 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.040 this off season just to kind of see, you know, 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.200 how the game went, you know. But I was definitely surprised, 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.839 you know, um, um, New Englands is normally a pretty 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:12.240 good team in the red zone, you know, so I 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:13.720 don't know how many times they got to the resort 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:15.920 or didn't, but I expected them to get there a 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.800 little bit more. And defensively, I knew that, Um. I 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.280 knew that New England was gonna try to keep the Rams, 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.040 you know, out to end zone, to keep them kicking 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.360 field goals, you know. So um, and again I thought 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:26.959 the Rams had a pretty good offense to be able 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:28.680 to get down there as well, you know. So, um, 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:30.640 I didn't expect it to be that low score, and 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:32.440 I thought they may get into a little bit of 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:34.760 a of a field goal competition. Early on, but I 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.320 thought the things may kind of settle out a little 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.199 bit and you may see some guys get into the 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.600 end zone. But yeah, I was really shocked by the score. Well, Alan, 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.680 it may shock you to find this out, but you know, 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.120 given what Jim just threw out there for you, the 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.400 only snap of the game in the red zone was 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.480 the New England touchdown run by Sony Michelle. That was 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.040 it for the two teams. So one red zone snap 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:56.760 in the game. Wow, Yeah, I would have I would 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:58.280 have never guessed. I would have never guessed, you know 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.720 what I mean, That's that's a pretty uh, that's a 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.880 pretty small field that those guys were playing on, you know, 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:05.199 as far as need the team getting to the getting 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.880 to the rizzo for except for on that on that possession, 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.760 you know, that's a that's a that's an eighty yards field, 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.920 you know. So those defense Credit to those defenses, I mean, 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:14.720 they played they had to play lights out, you know, 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.880 to be able to keep both teams really out of 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.559 not only the rizzone, but I mean from the scoreboard, 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.240 looks that they kept them pretty much out of field 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:23.719 goal range as well, you know. So I mean, yes, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.720 that's us those defenses. Sure did, all right, all we 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:28.520 appreciate you, man. I hope to talk to you throughout 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.520 the offseason from time to time here on Bears All 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.440 Access and enjoy your evening. All right, Thank you, Allen, 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.800 Thank you. Alan Robinson, Bears receiver, our guest here on 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:39.160 Bears All Access. Jeff, Joni actimp there, Jim Miller coming 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.679 back after this on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:47.800 score and welcome back to Bears All Access, brought to 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.280 you by IGS Energy, your prompt partner of the Chicago Bears, 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:53.120 providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty products to over 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:56.319 a million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.120 Energy at igs dot com. Jeff and time in studio 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.480 here in Chicago and in Michigan at his home. Jim 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:06.120 Miller trio back together again another week of Bears All Access. 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.160 We just listened to Alan Robinson. If you have any 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:10.520 conversation you'd like to throw on the table here three one, 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.680 two sixty four, sixty seven sixty seven. Adams da Zinsky 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.560 is our producer tonight, helping us out as well. Any 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.720 takeaways from Anna Robinson, Big time and Jim you know 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:22.960 for me when Jim talked about the process of recovery 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:24.800 and how long it takes. I think he got a 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.120 reflection of his commitment to the game and how well 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.960 he did one year into the process. But I still 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.880 think there's so much left for Alan Robinson to achieve 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:36.680 in this system. The smarter, the better, the more efficient 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:40.280 that Mitchell Trubisky gets, the more opportunities that it's going 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.680 to present for Alan Robinson because I think he's gonna 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:44.800 win a lot of big guy battles against some of 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:49.640 the dbs he's gonna play against. And when Matt last 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.200 year talked about this offense being in a developmental stage 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:57.080 like a freshman class, how quickly can you go from 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.840 a freshman class offense to a graduate class offense within 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:03.760 one year? Or is this gonna be a three year 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.480 Matt keeps talking about, you know you killed it at 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.840 one on one, now you're going to two o one, Right, Well, Jim, 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.640 can you go from does it have to be one one, 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.199 two one, three on one process for Mitch and Allen 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.120 Robinson and the crew, or can you go from a 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:22.120 freshman class level to maybe a junior senior class level. Yeah, 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.800 I think it can be done as at an accelerated level. 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:26.680 They're just gonna be so much further ahead than that 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.120 what they were, And especially for Alan Robinson. I mean 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:31.400 think about in that interview he said he was just 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:35.040 starting like playo metrics during the season to work on 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:37.839 his explosion. He'll be much further ahead of the game 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.320 just having his body prepared to play it. I do 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.320 think they'll dive into the excess and knows what they 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.880 covered is now in the bank, and now they just 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.080 can keep on investing in new things that they're gonna 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.439 introduce the players, and it'll be at a much more 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.040 accelerated level. On top of that too, he can actually 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.520 go and meet up with Mitch Drobiski and the other 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.840 receivers and throw the ball around during the off season, 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:00.200 you know, and get back into that sink. You know, 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.520 their chemistry grew. I mean it kind of was. The 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.640 exclamation point was the playoff game. Alan Robinson was very 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:09.600 difficult to defend. The franchise postseason record ten for one 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:12.360 forty three. He was very good in that game. Yeah, well, 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.240 I think he lived up to everything we thought, just 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.560 the body control and in all those things. He's a 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.800 big target. He gets run after the catch. He can 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.240 make the acrobatic plays down the sideline, and you know, 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.079 when he got a receiver like that, sometimes it may 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:26.800 be covered, but you're gonna let it, let it go. 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.360 And I think Mitch he got that confidence in that 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.040 trust as the season went along, just knowing that Alan 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.319 Robinson is always going to be a positive ent to 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.480 the end of the football Jeff play, Jeff and Tim 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.560 and Jim Miller with you here on Bears All Access, 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:40.679 brought to you by IGS Energy three one, two, six, 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.360 four four sixty seven sixty seven to count him a zoo. 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.280 Mike is on the line. Mike, how you doing tonight? 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.480 Mike you there? Yep? How are y'all doing good? How 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.000 are you doing good? Thank you? Frays can just go 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:54.839 on to see what y'all think the Bears should do 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:56.800 in their first pick in the draft. I know it's 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:59.400 a little early, but still hankering for some football talk. 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:03.920 So I got you, I got you. You can't. You 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:05.920 can't get enough of it, that's for sure. I missed 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.040 it already. I miss I missed it. Well. The thing 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:09.599 about is all, you know. I have a couple of 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.920 interesting questions. I'm glad Mike brought it up. So the 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:15.960 combine is February twenty six, throughout the first couple days 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:19.320 of March, right, Um, and then you have you know 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.840 the four thinking about you know, the Bear. It just 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.920 seems everybody that they're going to stay with the third 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:25.680 round pick. So that's what you have to go to. 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:29.120 There's no thinking of any trade opportunities for the Bear. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:32.560 Nobody hearing nothing. I'm just saying. So you know, as 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.960 we sit here and talk about the draft months in advance, 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.120 you know you still have to watch the combine and 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:40.400 you're you're thinking, you know, how many you know, how 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.240 many picks into the draft? Are you? Are you thinking here? 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.120 Because you can't. There's no analytics that can have you 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.360 prethink the process where the Bears are going to pick 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.840 hit the round. Yeah, no exactly, but they'll have a 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.400 pretty good idea of you know, who might be available 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.280 and arrange Jim, that's how they work those boards. Um. 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:01.280 But yeah, I mean you're gonna keep going for best 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:05.200 player available, aren't you, And and try and fill needs too, 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:08.480 because there are still some and there are depth issues 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.880 that you'd like to address. And you got a factor 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:14.120 in free agency, which starts in the second week in March. Yeah, 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:15.720 and you know, I don't think there'll be big players 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:17.640 in free agency, but if I think there's a player 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.840 who's a right fit, I think we saw last year 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.960 just how aggressive Ryan Pace was. You know, just because 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:24.840 they went out and signed a couple of receivers, it 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.760 didn't preclude the Bears from drafting another wide receiver, as 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:32.240 Anthony Miller was picked up. We know, like right now, 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.600 if you just look at the Bears roster, you know 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:38.560 they resigned Bobby Massey. Could offensive line be a targeted area? 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.720 You'd think safety if they lose Adrian Amos in free agency, 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.400 and I believe a couple of tight ends aren't resigned, 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.480 you know what's gonna happen with Dion Sims and I 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:50.160 believe Albroncker and those guys in Brown, I think we're 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.440 out of contract right now. So tight end, you would 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:54.520 lean there because I'm a I'm a big need guy. 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.400 I think when the draft comes around. Every time when 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:00.760 I look at a draft, after a team is selected, 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.800 nine times out of ten, they're drafting for neat at 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.360 a position that they didn't fill in free agency, and 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:09.320 it becomes an area, another checkbox where they can fill 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.920 out the entire roster. All right, Jim, we call. This 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.920 is from Gurney. James wants to talk a little offense. 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.160 How you doing tonight? Hey, fells really cool to be 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.600 on the phone with you guys. Man so really quickly. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:22.120 I just want to see you guys hit the nail 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.000 right on the head, really simple. This team next year 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:26.560 is going to go as far as his offense goes. 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.280 So we talked a little bit about going from one 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.200 on one to two oh one. I think the two 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:31.320 o one is just going to be coming in the 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.080 training camp already knowing the terminology, so it might be 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:35.880 a little bit easier to get the three oh one. 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.560 So being twenty first, I steel if these guys got 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.280 to be in the top twelve, if not the top ten, 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.760 to make it for the playoffs. And nothing bad about Naggie. 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:44.520 I love him, but I just hope his playoffs. His 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.160 calling that playoff game, his game plan was kind of iffy, 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.880 so hopefully he can grow too. But it's exciting. It's 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:51.760 awesome to be on the phone with Big Tom and Jim. 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:53.520 I love watching you guys play, and I just with 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:56.360 no jet to say, having an awesome awesome week boy. Yeah, 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.520 thanks James, And I think what I'm looking at I 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.320 want to see how you know, it was great what 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.159 coach Nagi did coming in and he obviously was demanding 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.439 of the players, and again they were evaluating him as 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:09.280 much as you know he was evaluating them. And just 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.240 you know how hard is in demanding. He's going to 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:13.840 be of this football team. And I hope he is 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:17.800 demanding and this team we talked about the maturity of it. 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:20.879 I hope they're demanding of themselves to push themselves further 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:24.200 beyond what they've already accomplished. And I think that has 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.200 to be a shared vision by both. But I think 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.440 the coach is the one who's got to put push 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:31.679 the buttons to make it happen. I always say everybody 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.200 says what comes player or first, player or the coach. 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:38.040 I definitely think it's the coach. The coach comes first 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.240 in order to make it happen. That's why Bill Belichick 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.800 this one a six world championship. That coach knows how 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.399 to push all the buttons to be demanding of the 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.119 players and hold them accountable to reach the heights of 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.159 the well. You know what the key here is is 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.320 when you push all the coaches out of the locker 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.040 room and you only have the players. The most important 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.840 guy in that locker room, I believe is Mitchell Trubisky 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.440 and I still think he pushes his buttons as much 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.240 as he does any other player inside that locker room. 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.720 And that's the key ingredient, Jim, because when you talk 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:10.840 about the lengthy success of Belichick, you know, you got 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.359 to see who's riding in a sidecar the whole time, 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:15.760 and you know, I know that he's done good things 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:18.840 with other quarterbacks who have stepped in for Brady in 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:22.000 the moment of need, but Brady's the Super Bowl guy 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.760 that you know is a lot hopefully going to develop 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.200 into the relationship of Matt and Mitchell, and it has 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:30.400 to leave that continuity. I mean, I'm glad to see 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:34.080 offensive coaches are all remaining no one, but he's moving on. 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:38.040 I just that chemistry is critical and you need it 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:39.960 to grow and it doesn't just take a year or 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:43.440 two and there will be hurdles still to climb. And 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:45.320 this is for the whole offense. I mean, you got 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:49.520 young guys, young skill position players, and an offensive line 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.000 that is intact. That is it is going to take 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.960 a big jump, and I believe Matt and I interviewed 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.320 him after the honors night the other night, Jim, and 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:01.360 I'm sure you did as well. He's got his duck 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:04.720 center already. What the messaging will be for twenty nineteen, 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.040 You're still gonna be you, You're still gonna be obsessed, 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.560 but there'll be new things to undress and to reveal 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:12.120 to the players when they meet for the first time 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.120 in April fifteenth or something like that, with the first 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.600 team meeting. He gotta keep it fresh, and he does 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.760 keep he keeps it exciting, and he keeps it fun, 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.240 and he does keep it challenging. We see what kind 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:24.600 of coach he is on the practice field during training camp, 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:27.679 and that guy's fiery. Man. Well, I just think, you know, 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.080 every year there's just the ebb and flows of the 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:32.840 season here. You know, you get Khalil Mack. He unfortunately 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:35.280 has the ankle injury. Then he's got to sit two games. 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.920 And what Alan Robinson he missed, had to sit down 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.399 a couple of games. And that's really what it is. 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:43.280 How do you adjust through all those periods where some 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:46.120 guys are banged up? You know, your team's a little 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:48.280 beat up. Can you practice this hard? Can you push 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.679 through it? And you know all the other things that 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:53.720 could you know, potentially beat distractions for a team. You 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:55.680 gotta deal with all that. And I thought he was 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:57.959 masterful with how he did it and did it with 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:00.520 ease and look good doing it. I mean, that's for sure. 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:03.439 He definitely had the heartbeat and feel of his team 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:06.040 and where they were each and every single week. What 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:08.239 I like about Maddie doesn't have these pre made up 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.920 messages that he's going to deliver. Deliver when he thinks 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:14.000 the time is right. He talks about his messages have 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:16.919 something to do with what that's something relevant in the moment, 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:19.720 and so he's not putting any of these ideas or 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:22.879 having these pre speeches given to these players that are 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:28.119 smarter than just the agenda. Every week, Yeah, there we go. 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:30.679 And that's the theme of the what's happening in the 0:20:30.720 --> 0:20:32.800 moment exactly, and the theme is it's a it's all 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:35.160 I can't wait to hear it every week. I want 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:40.119 I'm curious where it goes and sometimes be app sometimes predictable. 0:20:41.920 --> 0:20:44.840 That's time there. 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Do you see my I 0:21:26.640 --> 0:21:29.280 didn't say my name. I guess you've already admitted to it. 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:33.720 I'm going it's hoping for no more beach mishaps. That's 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:35.320 you know what you said there is I need to 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:38.320 hear the story right away. Hey, listen, I'm basically Charlie Brown, 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:41.480 So anything can happen. That's anything can happen kind of trip, 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:43.399 that's for sure, But looking forward to it. It's some 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:46.600 great Bears fans headed down there to Mexico. Be first 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:49.760 time I've ever been to Mexico. Any advice, fellas, take 0:21:49.800 --> 0:21:57.600 your shirt off. Bottled water, Yeah, bottled water. You know. 0:21:57.680 --> 0:22:00.399 I Jim was Jim's big time. I mean, you know, 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:04.040 it's serious x M NFL radio, and he gets all 0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:06.680 the big guys. He sits down with Bill Belichick, he 0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:09.160 hits down with Tom Brady. So we're in the and Jim, 0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:11.080 you saw me there, I looked a little frazzled in 0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:16.639 the post Super Bowl media craze. They were very particular 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:18.800 and how they were going to shuffle people in and 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:24.680 out of the Patriots and uh, the the admentory interview rooms, 0:22:24.760 --> 0:22:26.960 and you couldn't go into the MVP room because once 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:28.920 you go in to hear the Belichick and Brady press 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:32.959 conferences and uh, Julian Edelman, you aren't allowed to leave. 0:22:33.119 --> 0:22:35.720 So you were stuck. So you whiske buy me and 0:22:35.760 --> 0:22:38.280 Tom Brady's on your hip pocket. I just I was like, 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:40.359 he goes, hey, Jeff, how are things going? And I 0:22:40.440 --> 0:22:43.080 was just like kind of phased by it all. But uh, 0:22:43.440 --> 0:22:45.720 how how was Tom after that? He's great? You know, 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:47.880 and I think he and Bill and it is once 0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:50.399 you're a patriot and a part of that team, in 0:22:50.440 --> 0:22:52.720 that organization, you're you're always a part of it. And 0:22:52.760 --> 0:22:56.120 they're they're always so gracious with their time. And Tom 0:22:56.160 --> 0:22:58.840 took a few minutes to join Serious x M NFL Radio, 0:22:58.880 --> 0:23:01.080 and you know, it is as true today is what 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:03.720 he was as a teammate back in two thousand and four. 0:23:03.840 --> 0:23:06.520 Treats everybody the same, and I think any player on 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:09.560 that roster today would say the same thing. The guy's 0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:12.359 you know, he's just an amazing teammate to play with. 0:23:12.440 --> 0:23:16.000 Works extremely hard. You know, expects a lot out of 0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:18.760 his teammates, but they see how hard he works to 0:23:18.800 --> 0:23:20.720 get where he's at and to win games. And it 0:23:20.800 --> 0:23:23.800 truly is about winning with that organization. How many times 0:23:23.800 --> 0:23:25.800 you know here, I thought it was great Bill Belichick 0:23:25.960 --> 0:23:30.760 wins the six World Championship award. Right away, he's flattered 0:23:30.800 --> 0:23:34.280 to be with Papa Hallison and Curly Lambeaux with what 0:23:34.320 --> 0:23:37.120 they college because they accomplished six world Chain said even 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:40.159 to be in their class, because I believe you know, 0:23:40.200 --> 0:23:43.200 growing up Bill Belichick watch a lot of the Chicago Bears. 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:44.959 But right away that was one of his first comments 0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:47.000 to be like, Hey, to be with those two guys 0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:49.840 is just really flattering. To be in the National Football 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:52.600 League with those greats. Yeah. And you know, if I 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.080 hear one more about how boring the game was, and 0:23:55.080 --> 0:23:57.359 I might pull my hair out, because I heard it 0:23:57.400 --> 0:23:59.280 today from one of the people here I work with, 0:24:00.000 --> 0:24:03.040 And to me, I love the strategy of it all. 0:24:03.080 --> 0:24:05.880 I love defense. I love running the football. I always will. 0:24:05.960 --> 0:24:08.840 It's in my blood. I just love it. And the 0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:11.280 strategy of the whole thing, how they came out and 0:24:11.800 --> 0:24:14.240 how they did. And you know, you sit there watching, 0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:15.760 I don't know if you guys watch it this way. 0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:18.560 I watch and think how the Bears are defending each 0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:20.280 of these teams or how they're attacking each of these 0:24:20.320 --> 0:24:24.280 teams too, because I felt they would have been extremely 0:24:24.320 --> 0:24:27.159 competitively be an interesting situation. I think the reflection of 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:29.040 a lot of people to the Super Bowl is they're 0:24:29.040 --> 0:24:31.520 not really football fans that are watching the game because 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:33.719 it's the Super Bowl. And then when you have that 0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:36.160 type of scoring, a little bit of sloppin us early 0:24:36.200 --> 0:24:38.560 in the game with the interception by Brady and stuff, 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:42.040 that's their reflection of the game. But the true people 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:45.680 that enjoy football for everything it can offer you, from 0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:48.600 the fifty point game in the regular season to this, 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:52.520 you know game they score in the single digits. You know, 0:24:52.560 --> 0:24:55.040 there's a I just think the people that aren't really 0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:58.359 true football fans don't appreciate it as much is the 0:24:58.440 --> 0:25:02.080 high profile scoring games. And it's just the subtle adjustments. 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:04.720 One for Bill Belichick and I brought it up on air, 0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:07.639 Danny Shelton basically didn't even dress the last month of 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:09.560 the year for the preaching. I don't think he played, 0:25:09.960 --> 0:25:12.720 and here he had a big loss. Yeah, he had 0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:16.000 the big play in the game, and just those subtle adjustments. 0:25:16.000 --> 0:25:18.119 A lot of teams would go forty two nickel against 0:25:18.119 --> 0:25:20.760 the Rams. The Patriots ended up running like a fifty one. 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:23.119 All they did. They had their nickel personnel, but they 0:25:23.160 --> 0:25:26.119 just walked one of their linebackers up on the line 0:25:26.119 --> 0:25:28.240 to just say, hey, we're set in the edge. Your 0:25:28.280 --> 0:25:30.760 outside zone run game is not going to be there, 0:25:31.040 --> 0:25:33.200 and we're gonna put it all on golf and I thought, 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:36.440 and they just constantly mixed in their coverages from combo 0:25:36.520 --> 0:25:39.800 coverages to man to zone and that's why I think 0:25:39.880 --> 0:25:42.959 Jared Goff was just a step slow. And this thing 0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:45.200 from the Rams standpoint, when they don't run a lot 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:48.800 of you know, twelve personnel. They were an eleven personnel team. 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:51.760 They were over eighty percent and eleven personnel, and finally 0:25:51.800 --> 0:25:53.760 towards the end of the half and more towards the 0:25:53.800 --> 0:25:56.040 second half, they went to twelve to try and help 0:25:56.080 --> 0:25:57.760 out their run game a little bit. And it's just 0:25:57.840 --> 0:25:59.960 not who they are, and I think why they struggle 0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:02.120 in the game. But you're kind of right, yea, because 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:04.360 I think it's how the game's branded now, or how 0:26:04.400 --> 0:26:08.800 they train fans. I think anybody under thirty, I just 0:26:08.840 --> 0:26:11.960 don't think really appreciate those those subtleties about defense. I 0:26:11.960 --> 0:26:15.440 think they're trained for offensive offense, high scoring, because that's 0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:18.280 how it's kind of been over the past couple especially 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:21.200 from college to now, how the Pro pro game has 0:26:21.240 --> 0:26:23.679 gone a little bit more high scoring as well. So 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:25.440 do you take some of that and use it against 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:27.440 the Rams in twenty nineteen when you got to go 0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:30.760 out to South in California to play the Rams. Next 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:32.879 year when you're the Bears. There's always a lesson to 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:34.840 be learned from every time, you know, I want to 0:26:34.840 --> 0:26:37.199 give you an example, because after the Super Bowl. We 0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:39.600 played the Washington Redskins in the playoff, and for the 0:26:39.800 --> 0:26:43.119 entire season, the Washington Redskins played a defense where they 0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:45.800 had four down defensive linemen, then the linebackers and the 0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:48.200 defensive backs. Then we play them in a playoff game 0:26:48.200 --> 0:26:50.960 and all of sudden, they've played five man defensive line. 0:26:51.560 --> 0:26:54.040 And that's not what we are prepared for. And it's 0:26:54.080 --> 0:26:57.240 hard to make immediate adjustments against something you haven't seen 0:26:57.359 --> 0:27:00.440 all season, and then how you can construct your past 0:27:00.560 --> 0:27:04.040 protection where your vulnerabilities are gonna lie. And a lot 0:27:04.040 --> 0:27:06.920 of that was a factor and why we lost that 0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:11.600 game because we weren't ready for the for the completely 0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:15.919 different defensive style change that immediate. Well, you gotta be 0:27:15.960 --> 0:27:19.520 ready for anything, you know, and I know, but you know, 0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:22.480 it's interesting to talk about Mitch in this way, or 0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:25.960 or even the defense, you know, with Chuck Pogana coordinating it, 0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:28.960 and how subtly different things might be and how they'll 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:31.119 be attacked after a year of tape on these guys 0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:33.879 and Khalil Mack settling in and all these other variables. 0:27:34.400 --> 0:27:37.679 Is that these guys haven't seen everything yet in their careers. 0:27:37.840 --> 0:27:40.960 The younger guys, you know, Mitch certainly has seen a lot, 0:27:41.000 --> 0:27:44.080 but he hasn't seen everything yet. Pat Mahomes hasn't seen 0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:48.040 everything yet. Deshaun Watson hasn't seen everything yet. Tom Brady 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:52.399 has seen everything and beyond, so he's ready for anything. 0:27:52.400 --> 0:27:56.000 It's these younger quarterbacks and against these great defensive minds, 0:27:56.000 --> 0:27:59.080 and again a mindlike Belichick. You know, it wasn't too 0:27:59.240 --> 0:28:02.440 unsurprising to me that it was going to be a struggle. 0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:05.880 It wasn't necessarily not going to eventually kick in at 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:08.600 some point, and at times in that game, goff did 0:28:09.000 --> 0:28:11.879 catch a little rhythm and catch a little fire, and 0:28:11.960 --> 0:28:14.760 things could have been different the past that was knocked 0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:16.679 away by Mccording the end zone gonna been the touchdown, 0:28:16.720 --> 0:28:19.760 but I missed a field goal drop touchdown. So it's 0:28:19.760 --> 0:28:22.159 not like the Rams played poorly that poorly where they 0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:24.439 couldn't have won the game. I'm with you, and Wade 0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:28.040 was Brady is nine and three all time against Wade Phillips. 0:28:28.080 --> 0:28:30.719 But you want to know what Wade does in the games. 0:28:31.119 --> 0:28:34.440 Typically the averages he gets to Tom two times where 0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:37.840 he's able to sack him, and he's always averaged one turnover. 0:28:38.120 --> 0:28:41.680 How about the first drive the Patriots are going right 0:28:41.720 --> 0:28:44.120 down and Wade Phillips got him with what I call 0:28:44.280 --> 0:28:46.960 two trap the corners off and also that the snap 0:28:46.960 --> 0:28:49.320 of the ball, the corner comes up hard, guy goes 0:28:49.320 --> 0:28:52.600 to the safety position and that's what it is. Tom thought, oh, 0:28:52.680 --> 0:28:54.520 it's gonna be off coverage. I'll just throw it out 0:28:54.520 --> 0:28:56.880 there to the side and he got trapped. That's why 0:28:56.880 --> 0:28:59.720 they called two trap and they got the interception. I think. 0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:01.800 I mean, they were right there with what they did 0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:04.880 defensively as well, like you said, one red zone snap. Granted, 0:29:04.920 --> 0:29:07.080 the Patriots missed a field goal as well, but man, 0:29:07.160 --> 0:29:08.880 that was I thought it was just an awesome game 0:29:08.920 --> 0:29:10.800 to watch, just the cat and mouse of it all. 0:29:11.080 --> 0:29:14.680 This is Bears All Access. It's presented by Igs Energy, Jeff, 0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:16.840 Jonny Yank, and Tom There along with Jim Miller. Three one, 0:29:16.920 --> 0:29:19.880 two six four four sixty seven sixty seven. Let's go 0:29:19.920 --> 0:29:23.040 back to Matt Nagge winning Coach of the Year, just 0:29:23.160 --> 0:29:25.640 being at the honors night and watching them up there, 0:29:25.640 --> 0:29:29.280 except that quick to point out, it's not just my award. 0:29:29.600 --> 0:29:31.640 He did give a lot of credit to his coaching staff, 0:29:31.640 --> 0:29:34.600 and that coaching staff really impressed us this year. They're 0:29:34.600 --> 0:29:36.680 they're outstanding teachers. Yes, we get a bunch of new 0:29:36.720 --> 0:29:39.640 defensive guys that we're gonna learn, We're gonna learn what 0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:42.080 they're all about. But they are are veterans for the 0:29:42.120 --> 0:29:46.840 most part, veteran experience and successful wherever they've been. That that, 0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:49.480 to me is also one of the underrated untold stories 0:29:49.600 --> 0:29:51.560 is just how prepared, and you brought it up a 0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:55.400 thousand times time, how prepared this team was for every 0:29:55.400 --> 0:29:58.000 possible scenario and for every potential player that had to 0:29:58.000 --> 0:30:00.720 get down the field and be asked to make a play. Yeah, 0:30:00.760 --> 0:30:02.800 you know, a lot of It's kind of funny because 0:30:02.800 --> 0:30:05.160 we had a lot of questions that came up during 0:30:05.200 --> 0:30:07.640 training camp, like why aren't these guys playing this is 0:30:07.680 --> 0:30:10.240 a new system, why are they Is this the right 0:30:10.280 --> 0:30:13.280 decisions for these guys? And I think that's one of 0:30:13.320 --> 0:30:15.800 the things that benefited the football team is that everybody 0:30:15.920 --> 0:30:18.400 was prepared when their number was called, whether it was 0:30:18.480 --> 0:30:21.880 for a long period of time like James Daniels, or 0:30:21.920 --> 0:30:24.360 it was just for I'm a Sherik grmanis coming in 0:30:24.400 --> 0:30:27.040 there and doing the drive Nickel, right, you know, all 0:30:27.360 --> 0:30:30.160 the guys DeAndre Houston, Carson had to show up at 0:30:30.160 --> 0:30:32.040 a certain time. All right, We're gonna take a break 0:30:32.040 --> 0:30:34.400 here in three one two sixty four, four sixty seven 0:30:34.520 --> 0:30:38.120 sixty seven Adams Dzinski or Lawrence our producers Jim Miller 0:30:38.160 --> 0:30:40.800 in Michigan, Jeff and Tim here in Chicago on Chicago 0:30:40.920 --> 0:30:47.200 Sports Radio six seventy to score. 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Three 0:31:23.640 --> 0:31:27.000 one two six four four sixty seven sixty seven. Going 0:31:27.040 --> 0:31:28.840 to look at the Bear. We had Alam Robinson out 0:31:28.840 --> 0:31:31.160 earlier today. We probably should have got into the rest 0:31:31.200 --> 0:31:33.280 of the receiving corps a little bit. You know, we'll 0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:35.840 be doing this throughout the off season and it'll go fast. 0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:39.640 We'll start, we'll do these position evaluations in these groups. 0:31:39.640 --> 0:31:43.680 But that receiver position is critically important to that next 0:31:43.720 --> 0:31:47.280 step for the offense. These guys are veterans, but everybody 0:31:47.360 --> 0:31:49.320 learned it at once, so they don't know all the 0:31:49.360 --> 0:31:51.280 ins and outs yet, either of even though they've been 0:31:51.280 --> 0:31:53.320 in the league in a while. But he's he's your guy, 0:31:53.520 --> 0:31:56.400 Adam Alan Robinson, your guy. I want to see more 0:31:56.480 --> 0:31:58.680 red zone opportunities for him because he's a red zone 0:31:58.760 --> 0:32:02.240 touchdown machine when he gets going. Bulk of his touchdowns 0:32:02.240 --> 0:32:04.280 have been in the red zone. And then you got 0:32:04.320 --> 0:32:08.320 Taylor Gabriel had one game with touchdowns two against an 0:32:08.360 --> 0:32:11.880 Aponomy the Miami game. But you know that guy, if 0:32:11.920 --> 0:32:14.640 you get that, get that game breaking going on. Jim 0:32:15.160 --> 0:32:17.320 and Jim and Tom and n Wims, the development of 0:32:17.360 --> 0:32:21.400 Anthony Miller to take that next step and really learn 0:32:21.920 --> 0:32:24.440 how to play the game, and Javon Wims getting opportunities, 0:32:24.520 --> 0:32:27.240 you know, all everything that you're talking about. That receiver position. 0:32:27.280 --> 0:32:29.360 A couple of weeks ago, doing cross talk with Mac 0:32:29.400 --> 0:32:32.440 and Perks. They asked me what's my biggest concern of offense, 0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:35.760 And to me, it's tight end because I'm a little 0:32:35.800 --> 0:32:40.720 nervous of the you know, the experience. Well, I'm a 0:32:40.720 --> 0:32:43.120 little nervous because Adam Sheheen has got to be able 0:32:43.160 --> 0:32:46.080 to have a healthy offseason where he develops a little 0:32:46.160 --> 0:32:48.960 you know, a little bit of strength and little power durability, 0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:51.320 is able to stay on the field and become the 0:32:51.320 --> 0:32:54.680 weapon that he's capable of being downfield. And I still 0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:57.320 think there's a lot for Trey Burton, you know, I 0:32:57.600 --> 0:32:59.920 don't think he's really scratched the surface of what he 0:33:00.080 --> 0:33:02.440 should be included in this offense when you see the 0:33:02.480 --> 0:33:05.120 results of other players at the same style position. So 0:33:05.800 --> 0:33:09.520 all the receivers were talking about it's where my biggest 0:33:09.520 --> 0:33:12.640 concern for the whole offense is the tight end position. Yeah, 0:33:12.680 --> 0:33:14.680 I think, you know, and I brought it up, you know, 0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:16.640 because they could probably you know, if they move on 0:33:16.720 --> 0:33:19.680 from Dion Sims, you'd like think Adam Adam Sheheen is 0:33:19.680 --> 0:33:23.240 going to get more opportunities as an inline blocker, you know, 0:33:23.400 --> 0:33:25.840 all the stuff that kind of Grinkowski does, he does inline, 0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:28.400 they can put him outside, flex him outside the numbers. 0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:30.120 All those type of things we have, we kind of 0:33:30.120 --> 0:33:33.040 have yet to see that materialize. For Adam Sheheen. We 0:33:33.080 --> 0:33:35.280 know he's got a ton of talent, there's no doubt 0:33:35.320 --> 0:33:37.840 about that, but he has the foot injury early that 0:33:37.880 --> 0:33:40.200 has the step back from from that standpoint, and I 0:33:40.200 --> 0:33:42.960 think for Anthony Miller as well. For him, you know, 0:33:43.040 --> 0:33:45.800 now he's got the shoulder surgery. Hopefully he can heal 0:33:45.880 --> 0:33:48.280 up and accelerate his curve because I think he is 0:33:48.320 --> 0:33:50.840 capable of so much more. With what he was going 0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:52.640 to bring the offer, I expected him to have a 0:33:52.640 --> 0:33:55.280 bigger impact this year they did. He still played and 0:33:55.360 --> 0:33:58.120 showed his toughness and all those things and made great plays. 0:33:58.160 --> 0:33:59.760 I'm not saying that that he didn't, but I think 0:33:59.760 --> 0:34:02.280 he's capable of much more, and I think that shoulder 0:34:02.320 --> 0:34:05.520 really was a setback for him personally. Yeah, and back 0:34:05.560 --> 0:34:09.000 to Sheheen, though, you know, you see everything that you'd 0:34:09.000 --> 0:34:12.399 want right you see it right there. So third year 0:34:12.520 --> 0:34:14.640 usually a takeoff year if you're going to really start 0:34:14.680 --> 0:34:16.799 to make an impact in the league, you know, with 0:34:16.840 --> 0:34:21.200 another offseason of weight training. Like you said, Tom, what 0:34:21.320 --> 0:34:23.719 difference does that make for you to both of you 0:34:23.760 --> 0:34:26.360 guys can weigh in on this one. And what areas 0:34:26.360 --> 0:34:29.759 are we talking about? Legs, lower body, everything, the whole 0:34:29.760 --> 0:34:32.480 structure of your human body. You know, it's like Clyde 0:34:32.480 --> 0:34:34.880 Emrick always says, you can't shoot a cannon from a canoe, 0:34:35.239 --> 0:34:37.279 So that means your legs have to be equally as 0:34:37.280 --> 0:34:39.320 important as your upper body. And it is an overall 0:34:39.440 --> 0:34:42.080 overall structure for him. And he is an athlete and 0:34:42.120 --> 0:34:45.040 he needs the athleticism. So they do a lot of 0:34:45.080 --> 0:34:47.799 counter training to help a guy like Adam Sheheen. And 0:34:48.120 --> 0:34:50.719 you know, when you see what Gronkowski was able to 0:34:50.719 --> 0:34:53.840 contribute in the blocking area and the laid portion of 0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:56.520 the season, there's a significant amount of strength and technique 0:34:56.520 --> 0:34:59.240 that goes along with that. So, I mean Adam shines 0:34:59.280 --> 0:35:02.239 still has full development ahead of him. It's probably a 0:35:02.280 --> 0:35:04.920 little premature to, you know, say, oh, you know, he 0:35:05.239 --> 0:35:07.279 doesn't have the ability. He's got all the abilities in 0:35:07.320 --> 0:35:08.879 the world. The only thing I don't want to see 0:35:08.960 --> 0:35:10.960 him do as I don't want to see him get 0:35:11.000 --> 0:35:14.279 a shovel pass again because I just think he is 0:35:14.320 --> 0:35:17.399 too big, he's too tall, he's too noticeable. When he's 0:35:17.440 --> 0:35:20.680 in motion, and um, I just think that's something for 0:35:20.719 --> 0:35:24.719 Trey Burton, Allen Robinson, Tariq Colin, Taylor Gabriel, those types 0:35:24.760 --> 0:35:28.040 of players. Yeah. Again, he's from Ashland College, so you 0:35:28.040 --> 0:35:31.200 know this offense is is pretty complicated what he's running 0:35:31.280 --> 0:35:32.799 right now. You know, it's a new system. They just 0:35:32.960 --> 0:35:34.479 have to learn. I think he's gonna be a lot better. 0:35:34.520 --> 0:35:36.759 And I'm with Tom, you know, he's he's got to 0:35:36.800 --> 0:35:39.040 get in the weight room, get stronger, and hey, no 0:35:39.080 --> 0:35:41.120 one's stopping you're from going out and hitting the sled. 0:35:41.320 --> 0:35:43.360 How about that time that'll get his blocking up the 0:35:43.400 --> 0:35:45.399 bar and where it needs to be. So go push 0:35:45.400 --> 0:35:46.920 the sled a little bit. They'll get your legs and 0:35:47.000 --> 0:35:49.759 hip strong. I agree, there's there's always those tools out 0:35:49.760 --> 0:35:52.560 in the practice field that you know. I think someone 0:35:53.080 --> 0:35:55.359 you know, when we are talking maybe to Charles Leno, 0:35:55.480 --> 0:35:58.240 how he was bragging about how James Daniels was willing 0:35:58.280 --> 0:36:00.800 to stay on the practice field after practice in his 0:36:00.960 --> 0:36:03.640 pads and continue to do work out there. I think, 0:36:03.640 --> 0:36:06.040 if you're a young guy and you're as dedicated as 0:36:06.120 --> 0:36:09.360 what the Bears expect you to be, you gotta do that. 0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:11.440 You're willing to do that on your own. Well, you know, 0:36:11.440 --> 0:36:13.480 it's a locker room full of guys that love the game, 0:36:13.560 --> 0:36:15.359 So I'm not gonna have a hard time getting these 0:36:15.360 --> 0:36:19.959 guys to work. This is a situation that obviously Ryan 0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:23.000 Pace has looked to enhance and one guys that love 0:36:23.080 --> 0:36:25.799 the game, and it is all about you know that 0:36:25.880 --> 0:36:30.120 guy next to you and the overall goals of the team, 0:36:30.160 --> 0:36:33.359 the mission statement, so to speak. And I think they're 0:36:33.360 --> 0:36:35.720 in a really good place that way. So when guys 0:36:35.719 --> 0:36:38.200 are coming in, even the young guys are going to 0:36:38.239 --> 0:36:40.280 be able to say, this is how we do it here. Yeah, 0:36:40.400 --> 0:36:42.560 I saw that there was a stat that the NFL 0:36:42.640 --> 0:36:44.839 is getting even younger, and here the Bears went from 0:36:44.840 --> 0:36:47.680 one of the oldest rosters to one of the youngest rosters. 0:36:47.680 --> 0:36:50.719 But yet again, I think it is it's identifying the 0:36:50.800 --> 0:36:53.960 right right players with the right character and the right traits. 0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:56.560 Because as young as this team is, they display a 0:36:56.640 --> 0:36:59.359 level of maturity. You know, because you could argue, I mean, 0:36:59.480 --> 0:37:02.000 those teams even a few years ago they had veteran 0:37:02.000 --> 0:37:04.120 players on it. But yet I consider this team more 0:37:04.400 --> 0:37:07.560 more mature. For the twenty eighteen Bears didn't say a 0:37:07.600 --> 0:37:10.640 team three years ago of the Chicago Bears. They're much 0:37:10.680 --> 0:37:13.680 more mature about going about their business. Yes, and I 0:37:13.960 --> 0:37:16.920 would agree with that. I mean, these guys that have 0:37:17.040 --> 0:37:19.840 been here in their past, they had great talent and whatnot, 0:37:19.880 --> 0:37:23.600 but sometimes the agendas weren't online. And that's that's the 0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:26.239 worst part of a talented team. If you got a 0:37:26.280 --> 0:37:28.879 talented team and the agenda isn't right, you're not gonna 0:37:28.920 --> 0:37:31.800 win right. You know too, They made a good decision 0:37:32.000 --> 0:37:35.239 and when that all started with the weight room at 0:37:35.280 --> 0:37:38.239 the beginning, because you have to create a positive atmosphere 0:37:38.280 --> 0:37:41.000 in a position and create these guys and putting a 0:37:41.040 --> 0:37:43.719 position of confidence through the gains they make them there, 0:37:43.719 --> 0:37:46.919 and I think it's important from that portion to start 0:37:47.000 --> 0:37:49.600 the season. It is if you're lining up to play 0:37:49.640 --> 0:37:52.200 a playoff or Super Bowl game three one, two, sty 0:37:52.200 --> 0:37:54.880 four sixty seven, sixty seven. Time to hop on. In 0:37:54.920 --> 0:37:57.160 our final fifteen minutes of tonight's show, We're off at 0:37:57.160 --> 0:38:00.000 seven o'clock, Jeff Joni Act tomp There and Jim Miller 0:38:00.480 --> 0:38:03.920 on Bears All Access look a little bit to the 0:38:03.920 --> 0:38:06.479 combine here in a couple of weeks, Fellas and Jim, 0:38:06.480 --> 0:38:09.200 you're I know you're already doing an extensive research on that. 0:38:09.360 --> 0:38:11.960 I'm just getting started on that part of it, the process. 0:38:12.040 --> 0:38:14.600 But I was kind of blown away today when it 0:38:14.680 --> 0:38:18.279 was listed how many Combine invites came from only a 0:38:18.280 --> 0:38:21.160 select group of schools for out of twenty four programs. Right, 0:38:21.880 --> 0:38:24.919 one hundred eighty four of the three hundred and thirty 0:38:24.920 --> 0:38:28.080 seven invites are from twenty four schools. Yeah, now, I 0:38:28.120 --> 0:38:30.279 think maybe I shouldn't be surprised at that, but it 0:38:30.360 --> 0:38:32.640 kind of took me by surprise. Is this one shocking? 0:38:32.680 --> 0:38:37.640 Clumpson and Alabama have the most. That's not they're double 0:38:37.719 --> 0:38:40.680 digit for for both of those schools. But yeah, and 0:38:40.800 --> 0:38:42.600 you know, it's it's a part of it, you know. 0:38:42.640 --> 0:38:44.640 I think it's it's tough, and there are some guys 0:38:44.640 --> 0:38:46.520 that aren't even getting invited, you know, due to some 0:38:46.640 --> 0:38:49.880 off the field issues, and we know about that. But yeah, 0:38:49.880 --> 0:38:52.200 you know, it's all about the power five. I think 0:38:52.320 --> 0:38:55.319 everybody understands that. Right now. You'll get some select guy, 0:38:55.960 --> 0:38:59.279 select guys excuse me, from from smaller schools, but to 0:38:59.320 --> 0:39:01.960 get those will be what I think there's a total 0:39:01.960 --> 0:39:04.839 of three hundred and thirty normally that pretty much get 0:39:04.880 --> 0:39:07.400 the invites to go to the combine, and you know 0:39:07.440 --> 0:39:09.640 you're lucky even if you know some of the guys 0:39:09.680 --> 0:39:11.920 that get elected, like say an extra arm for the 0:39:12.000 --> 0:39:14.759 quarterbacks when you're throwing to the receivers. Some select guys 0:39:14.800 --> 0:39:17.320 around the country will get invites for that just hoping 0:39:17.560 --> 0:39:19.480 to get a look, but will not be in the 0:39:19.520 --> 0:39:23.359 actual workouts competing with the quarterbacks. So you know, it's 0:39:23.719 --> 0:39:25.040 you got to make the most of it. You know, 0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:27.680 it's just another piece to the puzzle. Players take it, 0:39:28.000 --> 0:39:29.880 should take it seriously. I know it's a lot of 0:39:29.880 --> 0:39:32.640 it's canned answers and things like that, but I thought 0:39:32.640 --> 0:39:36.200 it was interesting down at the Senior Bowl that every 0:39:36.239 --> 0:39:38.279 GM that I talked to is like, no, it's really 0:39:38.480 --> 0:39:40.680 not about making the player comfortable in the interview. They 0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:43.719 want you uncomfortable and put a player in an uncomfortable 0:39:43.719 --> 0:39:45.440 position because that's a lot of times where you're going 0:39:45.480 --> 0:39:48.439 to be in a game and so, and they feel 0:39:48.480 --> 0:39:50.799 it's pretty easy now even though all these players are 0:39:51.040 --> 0:39:53.719 are pretty much coached heading in there that they get 0:39:53.760 --> 0:39:56.040 all the information that they need because you can always 0:39:56.040 --> 0:39:58.879 throw a curveball that can maybe a solid player. Let 0:39:58.880 --> 0:40:00.880 me give you, guys, both a area because it's going 0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:02.640 to come up for the first time in the history 0:40:02.640 --> 0:40:06.360 of your lives. Okay the history, Yeah, in the history 0:40:06.360 --> 0:40:08.080 of your lives. So I'm going to give you a 0:40:08.120 --> 0:40:11.160 guy that is a flash in the pan at the combine, 0:40:11.640 --> 0:40:15.080 you know, numbers, looks interesting, looks good in shorts and stuff. 0:40:15.280 --> 0:40:16.880 And then I'm gonna give you a guy that's in 0:40:16.920 --> 0:40:20.279 the Alliance Football League that really looks good in pads 0:40:20.320 --> 0:40:25.120 on tape, in full contact of actual football where you're 0:40:25.120 --> 0:40:27.319 gonna go with it because never in the scouting of 0:40:27.360 --> 0:40:32.120 the NFL has ever been that type of process of scouting. Now, 0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:34.200 what are you thinking about a kid that's running this 0:40:34.239 --> 0:40:37.040 in college with no experience? What about NFL Europe when 0:40:37.080 --> 0:40:40.359 we had NFL Europe. I mean, guys made rosters that way, right, 0:40:40.560 --> 0:40:45.560 But I think there's more exposure to direct us soil 0:40:45.680 --> 0:40:49.360 opportunity of NFL coaches that are trying to develop talent 0:40:49.560 --> 0:40:53.400 for opportunities when you when the season ends in April 0:40:53.440 --> 0:40:55.160 and they can go right into it. Let's pick it 0:40:55.239 --> 0:40:56.799 up on the other side of this break, we'll pick 0:40:56.880 --> 0:41:01.040 up that conversation. Tom thare the conversation starter right there 0:41:01.080 --> 0:41:03.919 with Jim Miller. I'm Jeff Joniack on Chicago Sports Radio 0:41:03.960 --> 0:41:18.520 six seventy the score. Can Tom fare with you? Michael 0:41:18.560 --> 0:41:22.000 wasn't on it says bred right here three one, two, 0:41:22.120 --> 0:41:25.040 sixty seven, sixty seven, and we'd bring in Jim Miller 0:41:25.080 --> 0:41:29.239 as well. All picking up after the commercial break, Tom 0:41:29.280 --> 0:41:32.719 brought up the idea of possibly pulling guys off the 0:41:32.719 --> 0:41:35.520 Alliance of American Football, which gets started on the weekend. 0:41:35.600 --> 0:41:38.680 And would you weigh that versus what your concerns are 0:41:38.680 --> 0:41:41.000 in the draft You're always gonna want they're coinciding, they'll 0:41:41.320 --> 0:41:43.719 you know, because being in the USFOLO is a little 0:41:43.760 --> 0:41:46.160 bit different. That's the league that you are committed to. Here, 0:41:46.200 --> 0:41:51.040 it's a possibility of developmenting these guys for NFL opportunities, right, 0:41:51.680 --> 0:41:53.719 go ahead, Well, well there's I mean just even look 0:41:53.760 --> 0:41:55.440 at the two teams in the Super Bowl just how 0:41:55.480 --> 0:41:57.960 they were built. You know, I think twenty three guys 0:41:58.000 --> 0:41:59.880 out of the out of the fifty three for the 0:42:00.000 --> 0:42:03.320 New England Patriots were guys outside of that building that 0:42:03.400 --> 0:42:06.239 they targeted. You know, whether it's street free agents, undrafted 0:42:06.280 --> 0:42:09.759 free agents, those type of guys that Bill Belichick we're 0:42:09.840 --> 0:42:11.239 we'll get and think of all the trades. I mean, 0:42:11.280 --> 0:42:13.200 think of Danny Shelton. I mean, that's a former first 0:42:13.280 --> 0:42:16.240 round flameout for the Cleveland Browns ends up playing big 0:42:16.680 --> 0:42:18.280 for the New England Patriots. And that was a player 0:42:18.280 --> 0:42:20.439 that was brought on via trade. Saying could be said 0:42:21.040 --> 0:42:22.880 for the Rams. I mean, look at all the traded 0:42:22.920 --> 0:42:25.760 players or other guys that they brought in from Brandon 0:42:25.800 --> 0:42:29.000 Cooks who was traded twice from New Orleans to New 0:42:29.000 --> 0:42:31.640 England then traded to the Rams. Or you bring on 0:42:31.719 --> 0:42:35.040 a free agent like him Dominicansu, former first round pick, 0:42:35.080 --> 0:42:38.040 a keep to lead they acquired instances, goes on and 0:42:38.120 --> 0:42:40.160 on and on and how those teams are built. So 0:42:40.200 --> 0:42:44.080 I think you scour everything from street free agents, undrafted 0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:46.520 free agents, because nine times out of ten, those guys 0:42:46.560 --> 0:42:48.359 are going to be huge contributor as well. Think about 0:42:48.360 --> 0:42:51.720 the starting center as a rookie for the Patriots, David Andrews. 0:42:51.760 --> 0:42:54.319 Now he's going on like his fourth year. That guy 0:42:54.320 --> 0:42:57.759 was an undrafted free agent starting center for the New 0:42:57.760 --> 0:43:01.000 England Patriots over the past four seasons. Gonna be creative. 0:43:01.040 --> 0:43:04.080 They already got three Canadian Football League players on their 0:43:04.160 --> 0:43:07.439 roster now to reserve the futures deal, So it would 0:43:07.520 --> 0:43:09.359 as I'm trying to get ready for the draft. Now 0:43:09.480 --> 0:43:12.560 you get so enamored with first and second round, right, 0:43:12.840 --> 0:43:15.360 but now you know that that's not likely to be 0:43:15.440 --> 0:43:18.279 the case unless they do something crazy. But guys are 0:43:18.280 --> 0:43:19.960 gonna fall out of the first, to fall out of 0:43:19.960 --> 0:43:22.799 the second, maybe into your lap a little bit. Just 0:43:22.880 --> 0:43:27.200 from my own analysis, it's it's such a hard thing 0:43:27.280 --> 0:43:30.720 to do to start now picking through guys would be third, fourth, 0:43:31.000 --> 0:43:33.160 fifth round guys that you need to be on your roster. 0:43:34.080 --> 0:43:36.759 And you wonder if how a general manager handles that. Well, 0:43:36.760 --> 0:43:38.560 you know what, a general manager is gonna be able 0:43:38.560 --> 0:43:40.920 to handle it because they're a little bit more secure 0:43:41.000 --> 0:43:43.439 in the in the football team that they have right now. 0:43:43.440 --> 0:43:45.360 It's not like they're at the bottom of the barrel 0:43:45.440 --> 0:43:47.600 trying to pick their way up back to the top. 0:43:47.880 --> 0:43:50.400 All they need to do is pick and choose a 0:43:50.440 --> 0:43:53.160 couple of pieces to come onto this football team that 0:43:53.280 --> 0:43:55.879 was talented at the end of the season. So it's 0:43:55.920 --> 0:44:00.360 not they're very fortunate that are not in a desperate scenario. Yeah, again, 0:44:00.880 --> 0:44:02.799 you kind of tend to trust I know you're you're 0:44:02.800 --> 0:44:05.040 gonna have your Shara Misses but just look at you know, 0:44:05.160 --> 0:44:07.200 Jordan Howard there's a fifth round pick out of out 0:44:07.200 --> 0:44:09.520 of Indiana. You know, you look at too, you know 0:44:09.600 --> 0:44:12.040 other guys, Eddie Jackson, there's a fourth round pick that 0:44:12.080 --> 0:44:14.600 they selected out of Alabama. You know, these guys have 0:44:14.680 --> 0:44:17.160 been impactful player. How about Isaiah Irving, you know that 0:44:17.200 --> 0:44:19.839 guy's a college free agent. Or even Kylie Fitz who 0:44:19.800 --> 0:44:22.719 gonna fall ho about Blow Nichols fifth round pick of 0:44:22.719 --> 0:44:25.080 the Bears. So you know it's in the wheelhouse. You 0:44:25.120 --> 0:44:27.759 know when you're selected in the third, fourth, and in 0:44:27.880 --> 0:44:30.600 fifth rounds and and you know you trust and have 0:44:30.760 --> 0:44:33.319 faith that Ryan Pace has hit out some of those 0:44:33.320 --> 0:44:35.799 picks because they've been huge contributors that he's picked up 0:44:35.800 --> 0:44:38.319 in the draft. Yeah, it's it's a common theme that 0:44:38.680 --> 0:44:41.200 these guys are a life bloody your football team as 0:44:41.200 --> 0:44:42.800 you build over the course of the time. You know, 0:44:42.800 --> 0:44:45.480 you only gonna have so many first round picks, and 0:44:45.520 --> 0:44:48.359 those we know are fifty fifty bet most of the time. Right, 0:44:48.400 --> 0:44:50.680 you know, you got Jimbo and Keith van Horne were 0:44:50.680 --> 0:44:53.040 both first rounders, and then you got Boards and that 0:44:53.120 --> 0:44:56.680 converted defensive lineman Jay and undrafted free agent and me 0:44:57.160 --> 0:45:00.319 a fourth rounder from the USFL. So now the thought 0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:04.080 about that, So the offensive line coming back intact, everybody's 0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:06.919 sign seal ready to go as they begin their second 0:45:07.000 --> 0:45:09.800 year in this system. But guys like Kyle Long and 0:45:10.520 --> 0:45:13.000 Leno and Massey have played together for a while here 0:45:13.080 --> 0:45:16.480 now Cody three years as well. How do you approach 0:45:17.080 --> 0:45:19.719 that next phase as you begin the process as a 0:45:19.840 --> 0:45:23.560 veteran offensive line? Where do you get better every day 0:45:24.000 --> 0:45:27.240 at this point? Like, how does that work now versus 0:45:27.239 --> 0:45:31.120 when they first started offensive defensive lineman. There's so much 0:45:31.160 --> 0:45:34.600 specific fundamentals and techniques in which you need to sharpen 0:45:34.680 --> 0:45:37.439 every single day, no matter how long you play the game. 0:45:37.800 --> 0:45:41.200 So just positive reinforcement from your position coach is the 0:45:41.239 --> 0:45:44.520 most important thing for every one of these guys. I 0:45:44.560 --> 0:45:47.600 think Rogers on the defensive line side of the ball, 0:45:47.640 --> 0:45:50.719 he has these guys go through these drills each and 0:45:50.800 --> 0:45:53.879 every day, no matter if you're not good enough, you're 0:45:53.960 --> 0:45:56.200 you're good enough to do the drills again, and I 0:45:56.320 --> 0:45:59.400 just think you can um you know, just continues to 0:45:59.440 --> 0:46:02.120 sharpen it and add an element to this offensive line 0:46:02.160 --> 0:46:06.440 that they haven't had this consistency for a while. And 0:46:06.480 --> 0:46:08.600 you got to believe for Harry heastand I don't know 0:46:08.640 --> 0:46:11.600 what techniques or drills that he used utilize. I'm sure 0:46:11.880 --> 0:46:14.200 there were some new things even for the older players 0:46:14.239 --> 0:46:16.200 that they could pick up. Certainly a lot of it 0:46:16.239 --> 0:46:18.879 was probably new for James Daniels just being a second 0:46:18.960 --> 0:46:20.880 round pick and how he was able to come in 0:46:21.120 --> 0:46:22.960 and perform. So I think he's going to continue to 0:46:22.960 --> 0:46:24.880 get better. But I think even for those veterans, it 0:46:25.000 --> 0:46:27.880 was you know, some probably new things that have approached 0:46:27.880 --> 0:46:30.480 them that haven't become rope memory in terms of the techniques, 0:46:30.480 --> 0:46:33.399 and I would think they'll be better with James. Two, 0:46:33.560 --> 0:46:36.560 I still think you need to investigate is he best 0:46:36.560 --> 0:46:39.600 fit for guard or could he be a dominant Pro 0:46:39.760 --> 0:46:42.440 Bowl center? And I think it's unique that Cody has 0:46:42.440 --> 0:46:44.680 the ability to move anywhere. But I still think there 0:46:44.719 --> 0:46:46.920 needs to be a decision made what's best fit for 0:46:47.000 --> 0:46:50.319 James and his longevity here in the NFL. All right, 0:46:50.320 --> 0:46:53.719 well real quick before we take off, here is the 0:46:53.880 --> 0:46:57.239 alliance going to work? Jim? Yeah, I think it'll work. 0:46:57.480 --> 0:46:59.120 They're already you know, they got the games. They'll be 0:46:59.160 --> 0:47:01.839 broadcasted that you can hear them on serious X NFL 0:47:02.000 --> 0:47:03.840 radio and you'll see them on TV as well, and 0:47:04.120 --> 0:47:06.160 as Tom said, a lot of it's gonna be a 0:47:06.160 --> 0:47:08.040 pecking ground for a lot of NFL teams that will 0:47:08.080 --> 0:47:11.640 be scouting those that league for the players that are there. 0:47:12.480 --> 0:47:15.439 And coach Stoop's back in business in the XFL, which 0:47:15.480 --> 0:47:17.880 is spring at twenty twenty, so you'll be hearing a 0:47:17.880 --> 0:47:20.560 lot of big name coaches that imagine finding their way 0:47:20.560 --> 0:47:22.600 back on the sidelines in the NFL. That's gonna wrap 0:47:22.680 --> 0:47:25.120 us up for tonight for Jim Miller and Top there 0:47:25.120 --> 0:47:28.160 and our guest Adam Robinson. Thanks for listening everybody. Thanks 0:47:28.160 --> 0:47:31.120 as always to Adam Zinski and Herblawrence, our producers. 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