WEBVTT - Lucas Patrick previews Giants, talks O-Line | All Access 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.640 Welcome into another edition of Bears All Access. It's brought 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:05.840 to you by IGS Energy. Wishing you a great Friday night. 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:08.000 Hope everything's going well and you enjoy your weekend with 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:10.800 a broadcast partner from news radio seven eighty one oh 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:14.400 five nine FM WBBM, Chicago Bears Super Bowl Winter Tom. There, 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.280 I'm Jeff Jonahak. We're previewing the Bears Week four matchup 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.960 against the Giants in Jersey. Sunday. Our broadcast on WBBM 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:24.000 gets underway at nine, kickoff at noon. Coming up with 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:27.360 the show, veteran offensive lineman Lucas Patrick joins the program, 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:29.600 and we also hear from the voice of the New 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.240 York Giants, Bob Papa. Thanks to our producers Dan Brilli 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:34.440 and Jordan tread Up and the folks at the score. Tom, 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.519 how you feeling. I'm feeling good, Jeff. You know, it's 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:40.800 kind of crazy how your expectations change in week four 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:43.600 from the beginning of the season, and even though the 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:47.120 Bears are suffering through some growing pains in their passing game, 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:50.880 now the expectations of what you can do going to 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:54.160 New York. Can you go toe to toe with these guys? 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:56.560 And then can you come out with a win? And 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.480 I think all of those things are doable, but I 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:02.600 guess that the anticipation of the week leading up to 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:04.600 the game, Well, we know where the Bears are and 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:06.800 they are not going to change in that regard. From 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.000 an offensive perspective, we're going to focus on that. In 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.920 this segment Tommy offensive coordinator Luke Gatzy described it to 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:16.000 the TEA. They are a physical based rushing offense. From 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.720 the very beginning we walked in and training camp, we 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.479 made it the focus of what of who we wanted 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:23.240 to be and the way we wanted to play the game, 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.080 and they have taken that by the reins for sure, 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:29.080 and our play style reflects that. The way they're they're 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:32.759 firing off the football, the way they're finishing all that stuff, 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:34.840 that's that is That was the number one thing we 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.520 said we were going to do. We wanted our tape 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:40.360 to look a certain way, and those guys have definitely 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:42.920 accepted that challenge and done a really nice job. Joe, 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:45.119 he wants the tape to look a certain way, wanted 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.200 to set the tone with that from day one. You 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:49.920 watch the tape as much as anybody has. That been 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:52.520 a mission accomplished in terms of the running game. Yeah, 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:54.960 But the thing that's impressed me about it is this 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:58.880 is not just an exclusive outside zone running team. They 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:02.480 have interior vision by the running backs and they have 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.040 nice solid physical performances by the guards in the center 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:10.120 to keep that interior running game open, being effective and 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:13.480 being profitable. And a big part of it is the fullback. 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.799 It is Karrie blasting game. He hasn't played much fifteen 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.799 snaps last week thirteen, the week before eleven before that, 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.400 but Tommy, the production has been outstanding. This is from 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.280 the Bears Coaches Show with Matt Iberflus on Monday night. 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:29.639 And that's such an important thing on early downs to 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.320 have that fullback in there, and it changes, you know, 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.880 if you're in twenty two personnel or twenty one personnel 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.440 and you have that guy in there, it's it's a 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.720 big adjustment for the defense and you have to really 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.440 work on those run fits because not every team carries 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.040 a fullback, you know, so you know, only a few 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.120 teams do you know, and more and more are starting 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:48.520 to go back to it. But man, when you have 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.720 that weapon as a fullback, it creates a lot of 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:53.600 situations for the defense to handle. Tom. I know you 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.280 love it. I know you'd probably like to see more Bake. 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:59.639 The defense matchup against you the fullback is not a revelation. 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:04.040 It makes it more challenging nowadays because you know, Jeff, 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.840 back in the day when you had your Matt Sueis 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.040 and you had your Calvin Thomas's, and you had your 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.400 Brad Muster's part of the fullback family of the Chicago Bears, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.519 you're talking about linebackers that were two hundred and fifty 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.680 pounds at the point of attack. Now you're talking about 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:22.200 interior linebackers there are two hundred and twenty pounds. You 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.919 get a fullback this two hundred and thirty five pound 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.720 plus with a running start. That's a winnable battle. And 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:32.040 you get that winnable battle and it means positive interior 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:36.080 rushing yards. So I understand the creativity of all the 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:40.520 boy geniuses around the league, But what's the basic football 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:45.920 fundamental physical interior presence. And that's because of a fullback. 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.040 And I'll tell you they've gotten some really good yards 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:50.240 before first context. So you got to give the guys 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.640 up front, the receivers, the tight ends, the backs all 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.640 doing their part in this rushing attack that produced two 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:59.000 eighty one against Houston and Luke Yetzi. Tommy thrilled with 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.720 the performance of Khalil Herbert, just what he brings to 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:05.040 the table. Not certain what David Montgomery status will be 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:06.920 for Sunday, but he had to leave the game after 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:09.920 eleven plays with that lower leg injury. It's got a 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.320 really cool patience about him that he's able to kind 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.280 of let things happen and make it feel like he's 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.400 not necessarily going full speed but he is, which then 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.840 allows him to make cuts, you know, and read off 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.159 the blocks of guys pretty really well. But was to 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.400 me stood out this game compared to the other ones 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.520 was his ability to make the first defender miss, whether 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:28.160 it was a stiff arm, whether it was running through 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:29.920 a tackle, or whether it was a making miss move. 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:33.080 I think that was the biggest improvement this week. Well, 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.440 he's a racked up dude as well. It's great leverage, Tommy, 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:38.200 and he just he gets north and south in a 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.240 big hurry. Yeah. But you know, Jeff, when a new 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.880 offensive coordinator comes aboard, you really don't know what your 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.960 personnel can deliver for you until you get into the 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:51.120 regular season. Running backs are rarely tackled in practice. You 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:55.400 really don't get the solid understanding of their vision and 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:58.400 how they see things unfold in front of them and 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:02.080 how they react accordingly. I think Luke Getsy is finally 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:05.479 getting an understanding of the traits and the talents and 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:08.080 the vision and the physicality of a guy like Khalil 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.880 Herbert that you can play him in multiple in multiple 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.640 ways within this offense. They gotta worry about. I'm talking 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.680 about the opposition of this case. The Giants gotta worry 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:18.800 about justin fields when he gets out of the pocket 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:20.880 and picking up rushing yards. You gotta worry about those 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.800 fly sweeps. You gotta worry about Herbert. You gotta worry 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.360 about blasting game. Heck, but you're getting six point seven 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.360 six yards on first down run of the football, second 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.880 best in the National Football League behind Nick Chubb and 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.680 the Cleveland Browns. How significant is that? How can you 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.880 build on that? And how can the passing game develop 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.560 because of that? First of all, don't shy away from it. 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.640 If that's where you have coming into New York, then 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:49.040 continue that process. Make the defensive coordinator, defensive personnel adjust 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.159 to you. And then as soon as they start saying, Okay, 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.200 we're committing to stop the run. We're gonna have eight 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.920 guys up in the box, no doubt about it. And 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.919 then you use Justin's athleticism outside the box identify that 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.120 receiver immediately. Like he said last week, you got to 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.359 be willing to take checkdowns and turn those three yard 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:12.919 completions into ten yard plays. So yeah, there are going 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.280 to identify what your best asset is offensively, and that's 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:18.640 running the ball, and they're going to try to figure 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.360 away how to confuse you at the line of scrimmage 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:25.080 and make more guys have individual assignments for the second 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:26.560 week in a row. At hat U saw during his 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.320 Thursday news conference, Luke Getsy asked right out of the 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.880 gate what his confidence level is. Trust in Justin fields 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.240 and we do whatever we have to do to win games. 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.400 So we've opened up the passing game. It's not like 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.599 we haven't called pass plays that we were or that 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.080 we've been intimidated to call a play by any means. 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:43.880 We're calling the game the way we feel his best 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.920 to attack with our matchups, So it doesn't just it's 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:50.120 not you know, the perspective is that everything is just 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:52.279 because it's through Justin, but we have ten other guys 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:54.480 that we have to account for too, So you know, 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.640 sometimes we aren't able to go five wide and spread 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.600 people out because of matchups that we have to deal with. 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.080 So that goes into a lot of things. So as 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:04.680 we go through the games, we just got to find 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.320 about our way to take advantage of the matchups that 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.680 we feel really good about and kind of stay away 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.240 from those matchups that maybe we don't feel so good about. 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.520 My concern is to me, is when you get into 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.680 a passing down, what are they going to do with 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:21.520 that safety? So the safety last week for Houston, he 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.880 kind of was a spy against Justin, and if Justin 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:28.560 wanted to run, the safety would chase him. If the 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.080 Justin did not want to run any he was going 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.920 to throw the ball, then he was dropping back into 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:37.880 trying to get into a confusing coverage joint. So to me, Jeff, 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.560 it's all about how does the safety factor in an 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:45.440 individual battle an eye battle against Justin And it would 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.559 be Xavier McKinney and Julian Love Adam Nazareth High School 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.680 here in the Chicago area. When we come back, we'll 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.080 be joined by a veteran offensive lineman Lucas Patrick. This 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:56.280 is Bears All Access. It's brought to you by IGS 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.920 Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.320 Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS. How dierg 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.520 you choose clean energy for your home at IGS dot 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.120 com because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.720 With Tom the Jeff johny AAC joined by Bears offensive 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:13.560 lineman Lucas Patrick. Good to see you, Welcome to the show. 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.239 And how about this Giants, how about this? Two teams 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.720 with new regimes, new coaches. One of these two teams 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:20.920 got to come out of this firing overtime of course 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:22.640 at three and one. That that puts a smile on 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:24.640 your face, right, because no one really had these kind 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:27.800 of expectations outside looking in anyway. Yeah, I mean, I 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:31.200 know inside the building we see our team differently, and 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:35.920 we have certain standards that we hold ourselves too. But um, 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.320 you know, I've been in the league long enough and 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.160 you start to look at the league as kind of 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:44.080 its own game. The regular season kind of has four quarters. Now, 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.280 I know, we have seventeen games, so that math doesn't 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.120 really add up, But if you can win each quarter, 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:52.240 it sets you up for a nice shout at the playoffs. 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.800 So three and one would be huge. And you come 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:58.120 from a program that's been super successful. When you when 0:08:58.120 --> 0:08:59.800 you came from college and then you went to the 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.760 Bay Packers, was that kind of feeling that you're talking 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.040 about right there talked to you by the other players, 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:09.480 was a talk to you by management. It was the 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:13.920 expectations high because of the success you were having. Um, 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.680 a little bit of everything. Um, I think, uh, whenever 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.080 you can get a player led team, and coach Fleus 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:26.000 is really big on us kind of setting the tone 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.800 and taking care of things. But um, when the older 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.800 guys can kind of instill in the younger guys or 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.959 vice versa. But like, hey, this is our standard, and 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.640 it's to win this quarter, you know, the first four games, 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.199 and then set ourselves up so that you know, because 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.760 you never know what uh, what game you went earlier 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.560 in the year can help with seating and UM, yeah, 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:46.880 it's just it's something that I kind of got indoctrinated 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.880 to early on in my career and I firmly believe 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.480 in it that um, you can't you can't look at 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.800 the NFL season as a you know, a big mountain, 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.360 you know, huge task because when in the Super Bowl 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.440 is the hardest thing you have or do. You have 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.800 to go weekend, week out, and each week the price 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:07.920 becomes a little greater. So you got to segment them, 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.199 break them up, and really attack it one week at 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:13.520 a time and kind of compartmentalize the season. What I 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:15.960 like to do is into four quarters and try and 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.439 win each quarter because that's you know, that's kind of 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:20.640 how we try to win the games. It's going drive 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:23.000 at a time and you know, win a quarter at 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.360 a time. Lucas Patrick Gard guest here on Bears All 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.040 Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy of the score, 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.199 Healthy and ready to go. Ed had to tear your 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.640 heart out a little bit because you were brought here 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.040 for a very specific reason to help, you know, not 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.520 only take the next step in your career, but but 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:42.520 get this offense acquainted with the scheme and so forth. 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.440 And then the injury to the hand pops up. I'm 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.440 sure given your route here to the National Football League. 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:52.120 Never easy to deal with something like that because again 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.560 you had a new platform and you had to be 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.319 sidelined a bit. But now you're back and it's it's 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.200 all over. But mentally, how did you handle all that? 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:00.800 You know, you think it's going to be easier each 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.000 time you you get an obstacle and something comes your 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:07.600 way and UM, but it's not because each each obstacle 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.960 has different parameters to it. Um, and this one was 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.679 unique in the sense that, UM, I felt as if 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.440 I had a bigger role here. Um was brought in 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:21.440 for a purpose and I feel like UM sometimes you know, 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.120 when you're just watching your guys practice and grind through camp, 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.520 you're not fulfilling your purpose. Um. And so it's tough. 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.319 You gotta you gotta do a few gut checks and 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:35.040 rely on you know, teammates like Cody's been exceptional through 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.840 this and been a great teammate, and uh, somebody like 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.560 Sam who's uh, you know, taking the challenge and run 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.960 full steam with it and super proud of what he's done. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.440 And UM, so I have some good guys around me. 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:48.400 But it's tough. But you just gotta keep putting one 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.240 foot in front of the other and take everything with 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.360 a little bit of grace and gratitude and just know 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.600 that you're in a certain situation. You know, one similarity 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.520 we do have. When I came out of college, I 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.840 was kind of a center guard guard center combination and 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.520 I was going to play wherever they needed me most 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.760 and I but I always had a preference of playing guard. 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:12.199 That's where I felt my most football confidence. Do you 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.360 have a preference of where you play? Do you have 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:19.000 the football confidence that I had? And what do you like? 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.800 What position do you favor? I think, without like giving 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:25.280 away any scheme stuff, I definitely prefer one position, and 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.800 I think you could probably guess which position it is. 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.480 It's a position I was signed to a team to play. 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:32.880 I just enjoy the battle of that, the mental and 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.440 the physical. At the end of the day, the opportunity 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:37.839 to play in the NFL so short, and I saw 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.840 that early in my career, which I look at as 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.000 a great learning lesson that I don't want to be 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:44.880 back out of the league. So if they need me 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:49.560 to play anything and give them everything I got. Well. 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.120 Jeff mentioned it before about the practice we are at 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:55.240 the practice when you got hurt, did you know immediately 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:59.240 because I remember you uran Uran your play. You turn around, 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.280 walk back to the group of guys, and it seemed 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.040 like you recognize something. Did you know immediately that you 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:09.959 had tweaked something? Yeah, Unfortunately, I've had previous hand injuries 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:14.960 that required medical attention similar to that, just hoping it 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:18.040 wasn't severe enough to remove me for a long time, 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.280 But yeah, I knew right away. Lucas Patrick our guest 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.520 here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to the score 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.720 with Tom There Jeff Jonia getting you ready for Bears 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.360 and Giants. One thing, no matter what position or what 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:33.839 your situation might be, you bring unbelievable enthusiasm. You always 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.280 catch you doing something. You're the life of the party 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.200 on the football field, and I'm sure you're pretty pretty 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.880 significant in the weight room too in terms of motivating 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.240 and however you go about doing it. Is this who 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.920 this native Tennesseeing always has been? Or have you grown 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.840 into this personality? Definitely? Early on in my career I 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.000 was be seen and not heard, and I think it's 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:55.920 just as you get older, you get more comfortable and 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.080 you know what to expect to the season. But one 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.960 thing that I love about our coaches they let us 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.600 be ourselves. And I learned that from a previous staff 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:09.720 and this staff is amazing at that, especially seemos probably 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.400 Chris Morgan, our offensive line coach. We all call him Semo. 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:18.200 He is so he's so good at balancing personalities but 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:22.320 also like getting us to work, and it just makes 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.560 it fun, Like we're playing a kids game, way too 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.680 much money to play kids game, Like let's go out 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.360 and have fun, like let's win games, let's play hard, 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:32.320 let's do what we need to do, but let's have fun. 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:35.760 And you know, I only get to do this for certain, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.240 you know, limited years, you know, because the NFL tends 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.400 to tell you buy before we want to say bye. 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.040 So I'm gonna have as much fun every day as 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.080 I can. You know that was a veteran move right there. 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.240 Tom now is he's worked at the MIC more than 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:51.640 he has in the trenches in his great career. But 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.720 did you notice the veteran move right there? Because not 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.520 everybody listening knows who Semo is, but he did a 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.360 reset there. That's a veteran move by Lucas pa Patrick. 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:04.200 I like it tell the audience who Semo is. Chris 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:08.280 Morgan and getting to know him is just something. Really 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.560 impressed by his attitude. Number one, I know time He's 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:15.280 got plenty of comments also to make about seemos. I'll 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.760 let him do that as well. But what have you 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.920 taken from him that really sets him apart maybe from 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.080 others that you've worked with over the course of your career, 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.440 and just he's working with a really interesting group of guys. 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:28.920 He's got the two vets, he's got a bunch of 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.600 young guys trying to get on this, get this thing going. 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:36.040 I think one of the best attributes that Semo has is, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.320 like I said, letting us be us, but like working, 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.600 but sometimes you can look like you're working but not 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:47.800 be working efficient. And that kind of was an epiphany 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:51.400 early on in the spring because I've always like it's 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:53.000 kind of been my career, like I've had to work 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.600 as hard as I can at everything and exhaust myself. 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.680 But his biggest thing is like, you don't have to 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.640 exhaust yourself if you're smarter, you know what they're gonna do. 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.280 Like let's study, Like you should know exactly what they're 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.640 gonna do before they do it, so that you can 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.400 beat him to it and then you can play even 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.760 harder and make it through the seventy five snaps And 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:18.480 just that mentality of like being a maniac about the 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:22.400 details and not, not that I haven't been detailed before, 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.920 but that's that's what coaching is. It's making your you know, 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:30.720 you're better, your best and keep keep climbing and keep improving. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.960 And he's really good at improving, you know, a guy 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.040 like me, a seven year vet and improving a first 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:39.520 year player in Braxton and uh, you know, even second 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.760 year players like I think Devin Jenkins has made one 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.840 of the greatest jumps from a tackle to a guard 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.320 and he's playing a really good ball right now, and 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.480 um yeah, Simo is able to handle all all of 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.960 that in one room. I like the little details that 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.360 he pays attention to an offensive line play, just a 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.560 small thing. For example, you're gonna have a double team block. 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.600 You guys both have to hit the defensive player, don't 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:07.359 have any contact with each other. And that was one 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.520 of the things that frustrates me around the league when 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:13.040 you see an offensive lineman bumping another offensive lineman off 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:17.320 the block. So you know, I really you know, lucas As, 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.560 I was watching the speed and wish you guys were 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.840 practicing at throughout OTAs and I was going, I know, 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.679 I think in my career and my time with the Bears, player, 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:27.880 and now as a broadcaster, I don't think I've ever 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:31.359 seen the tempo in OTAs like I saw you, and 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:32.600 I was going to wonder if this is going to 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:36.320 carry over to full pads, and it did. So my 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.399 question is did it surprise you at the tempo and 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.760 wish you guys were practicing at number one in number 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:46.800 two when Matt Eberflus was introduced as the head coach 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:48.800 and he came up and he said, these guys better 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.880 have their running shoes on. Did the running shoes part 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.040 sit well with you? And did the tempo of OTAs 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:59.600 set well with you? Yeah? I mean I've always thought 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:01.879 I was in good shape, but this is a different shape. 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:05.439 And it's not that I ever played in a bad shape. 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:11.760 It's just this is a different style of working, and um, 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.480 it's good. I mean, we firmly believe if we get 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:17.320 a team in a close bat on the fourth quarter, 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:19.720 they didn't work like us. And like I can say 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.360 it because I have. I have never ran like I've 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.560 run here before. I've never drilled like I've drilled here before. 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.760 And when we get in the fourth quarter, I feel 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:30.960 fresher than I've ever felt before with you know, six 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.399 years prior to me in the NFL, so it's definitely 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:36.840 worth it. But like it's it's eye opening, like you 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:40.879 got to you gotta bring your lunch pail literally every 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:44.600 day because nothing is given from coach Fleus or Semo. 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:47.680 And I love it because it it we have an edge, 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:51.239 like we believe the fourth quarter is ours and right 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.359 now defense believes that too. They haven't a lot of 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:55.840 touchdown to the fourth quarter. That's all. It continues in 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.879 East Rutherford against the Giants. That is Lucas Patrick, I' 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.399 Jeff jonnyaku Town there. 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Tommy. 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.280 You know, when you see the development of an offensive line, 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:26.760 it's kind of unique in that the fact that it's 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:30.080 kind of a team within a team, and like I said, 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.439 I really enjoy what I've seen out of Chris Morgan 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:36.000 and how he's coached everybody and coach guys of multiple positions. 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.600 As an offensive lineman, when did you start seeing this 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:43.520 thing come together? Going Okay, I'm getting an understanding that 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:46.720 we're gonna be a solid group and we're gonna be 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:54.280 a really powerful offensive line. You know, it's not to 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.800 give you the coach or the player answer, the football answer, 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.680