WEBVTT - All Access: Robinson talks Nagy, Trubisky 0:00:01.320 --> 0:00:05.200 And welcome into Bears All Access Here from PNC Studios 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:07.640 at Hallisau. Jeff joni Ac along with Tom Thare from 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:09.639 news Radio seven eighty a one or five point f 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:13.160 w BBM and pleased to be joined by Bears Wide 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:16.000 receiver Alan Robinson. Alan, how you doing? My man doing well? 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:17.599 I'm doing well. Thanks for having me. Good to have 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:19.960 you along. That's right. Give him a round of a plus. 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:23.200 You know, the guy's been working hard, working hard, trying 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:26.119 to work through a groin injury. And by the way, pauls. 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:29.120 Ranks are engineering. Dan really our producer here at Bears 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:31.880 All Access. We're brought to you by IGS Energy. So 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:34.239 it'll be an interesting week for you getting back in 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:36.000 the in the swing of things and trying to get 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.479 on the field for Sunday against Detroit. Yeah, yeah, you know, 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:40.400 but I'm I'm really glad to be back out there, 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:42.000 you know, feeling great, you know, So, I mean it's 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:43.239 not a better time, you know that I could have 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:45.000 came back. You know. I like to take a little 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.319 chance on Bears All Access to get to know your 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:50.280 background a little bit, because all you know, we don't 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.159 get very much of a chance to talk to you, 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:56.000 and when I was reading about you, you're from Michigan, 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.680 Michigan or Michigan State, they don't recruit you. You end 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:01.600 up going to Penn State. And then the other choices 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:05.160 were Buffalo and Toledo. Your six three receiver. Look where 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:08.399 you're at? What happened there? Or why did Why was that? Um? 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.880 Why did that happen? I mean it's pretty funny because, Um, 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:13.880 actually at Michigan State, they wanted me to play defense. 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.759 They wanted to play cornerback, as did a few other schools, 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.360 you know, but I wasn't really too comfortable at that time, 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.000 you know, playing playing a defensive back position, you know, 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:23.520 and I wanted to play receiver, you know. And I 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.520 kind of had made that pretty known as as a 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.240 lot of college coaches and stuff, We're coming to my 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:29.920 high school. So I feel like that may have been 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.240 a little bit of the reason why when you went 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.000 to the combine and you had your pro day, why 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.200 didn't you bench press? Um? Actually I had I had 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:40.839 a shoulder issue. Okay, yeah, so um, coming out of college. 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.880 I believe it was against Minnesota, I had got Um, 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:45.880 I got tackled and I let it on my shoulder. 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.160 Wrong and it wasn't any structural damage. It was more 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.920 so um, I was more so like a nerve damage 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.720 type thing, you know. So um, throughout the process of 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.440 training for the combine and everything like that, it just 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:59.320 was really about just just kind of rehabbing the arm, 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.040 you know. So I wasn't even everything else. Yeah, everything 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:03.680 else that they asked of you, you did. And I 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.120 would just find a kind of you know, but but 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.519 that happens a lot of times guys, you know, or 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.680 an agent. It will say to somebody, Hey, listen, maybe 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.560 you shouldn't bench rest, wait ti your pro day, or 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:14.560 don't do it at all. You know that that's some 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.239 something of what of a common thing. But I'm curious 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.840 with Tom brought up about, uh, that recruitment process. What 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.640 was with the cornerback idea? Yeah, I mean, weren't you 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.560 a prolific offensive player in high school? I was? I was, 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.480 but I played both sides of the ball. And actually 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:33.200 my my high school receiver and cornerback coach, I mean, 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.400 he's a big he's a big corner as well, and 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:37.240 he went to Duke and play a corner, you know. 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:38.960 So he always talked to a lot of schools and 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:40.760 and I think for him, he thought that I could 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.120 play corner as well, you know, but but just my preference, 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.000 I wanted to play receiver. But you know, everybody in 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:46.840 the NFL was great on both sides of the ball. 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:48.680 When we were talking to Prince of Mukamara last night, 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.320 when he went to his college recruiting trip to Nebraska, 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.760 he thought he was going as a running back, and 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:55.840 they kind of sold him the story that he was 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.000 and then when he showed up to Nebraska, they put 0:02:58.040 --> 0:02:59.919 him in the room. They literally found him in the defense. 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.680 Funny thing is I remember receiving a phone call from 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.960 coach Royan Vanderlin at the time at Penn State. This 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.760 is probably a week before I had officially enrolled in 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.640 Penn State, and he asked me how did I feel 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:13.320 about playing defense? And for me, it was I told 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:15.320 him how I felt. You know, that wasn't the reason 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:16.760 why I was going to Penn State is because I 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.480 wanted to play receiver, you know. So it's kind of 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.680 funny how the whole recruiting process goes sometimes, right, So 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.120 you go through the recruiting process and then you go 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.600 into Penn State, you had the what you went through 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.160 your freshman year and then all of sudden you go 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:32.320 into a sophomore year and then there's some guys dismissed, 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.400 there's some guys that leave the program, and all of 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:38.080 a sudden you're kind of catapulted in the position of 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.360 you can't just be good, you gotta be you know, 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.400 a big time player for Penn State at that point. 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.240 Then you were able to capitalize on it. Definitely, that 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.640 had to be a heck of an opportunity for you. Yeah, 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.800 it was. Um, I think the biggest thing for me 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.480 was once coach Bill O'Brien got there. You know, I'm 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.840 starting that spring, going into my going into my sophomore year. 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:58.640 I started out really at the bottom of the depth chart, 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:00.720 you know. I didn't have much fun you know, some 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:02.360 of the older guys and stuff like that. But as 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:04.600 we approached the spring game and after the spring game, 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:07.920 I was named as as as one of the starters, 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.480 you know. And it's funny because coach O'Brien, he's a 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.040 guy um for me. He named me as a starter 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.440 with like an asterisk, you know, just to just to 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.400 make sure I didn't get too comfortable at the time, 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:19.839 you know. So um with him being a coach that 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:21.480 he is. You know, he took us through a really 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:25.920 tremendous winner conditioning and really spring football, you know. And 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:27.279 and for me, you know, I was just able to 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:29.600 thrive through that, you know. Again, it was one of 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:31.560 the tougher things that I've done, you know, throughout the 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:33.760 course of football, you know. So again, I mean just 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.280 just me really be able to build the trust of 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.400 the coaches and stuff like that, offer really not having 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:40.800 too much game film, you know, by by being very 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:43.760 limited as a freshman. This is Bears All Access, which 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:46.160 run by Alan Robinson the second along with Time There. 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.240 I'm Jeff Joniak. Thanks for joining us. We'll be with 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.800 you to the top of the hour. Alan, that was 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.760 a blessing to play for For Bill O'Brien, I would imagine, 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.479 because obviously he's an NFL head coach. You played in 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:00.599 an NFL system in your college career. That made easier 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:03.880 transition for you with Jacksonville and ultimately where you are today. Definitely, 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.400 you know, for me, I was fortunate enough to be 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.400 able to be thrown into a lot of different positions, 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:12.000 you know, playing playing outside, playing inside, you know, playing 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:14.960 playing a lot of different positions and being able to 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:16.720 run a lot of different routes. You know, I'm going 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.280 into my junior year. That was something that he had 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.120 challenged me, you know, right after my sophomore season. Was 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.120 you know how really the type of player that I 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:25.719 said I wanted to be. You know, he challenged me 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.680 to be that player. You know, he would send me film, 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:30.640 We would do a lot of different things as far 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.479 as just for me to try to elevate my game. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:33.960 You know, he knew that my end goal was that 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:35.960 I wanted to play in the NFL. You know, So 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:37.479 for him, each and every day, he made sure that 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.480 he challenged me, you know, and really and truthfully held 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:43.640 me accountable to that. So with that, the understanding of 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:48.200 concepts for receivers and Mitch Drubisky talked about this yesterday 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:52.280 about Alan and what their relationship is like and how 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.160 it's been developing since the offseason and training camp as 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.680 he worked back from his ACL But do you understand 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.640 better the nuances of the position from route running and 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.080 understanding and the other positions and what they're trying to 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.040 do coverage wise to you and your relationship with the 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.880 quarterback maybe better than most because now you know a 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.600 lot of these guys coming out of college, they're in 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:18.000 spread systems. They run one route, they're just reading off 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.679 one thing. You had to do it all, Yeah, definitely. 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.040 And again, even even when I first got into the NFL, 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.039 you know, I had a receiver coach who challenged me 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.120 a lot as a player. You know, so even like 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.120 now seeing seeing some of the front side of a concept, 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:31.839 you know, depending on what that concept is, you know, 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.640 typically I have a good idea of what will be 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.599 the backside route, you know, especially in certain offense where 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.680 you have certain things coming to the quarterbacks vision. You know, 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.039 it's it's for me, I've been able to really digest 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.040 a lot of the offense is now to whereas it's 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.120 more so just learning the terminology of everything rather than 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.400 learning the schematics. Like you capitalize on the opportunity your 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.719 sophomore year in college, it seemed like you capitalize on 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:57.599 that same opportunity your rookie year in the NFL. Depends. 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:01.359 They prepare you to be ready as a rookie to 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.680 go out there and contribute. You know, some guys like 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:06.080 Tony Madeline always says, you have one year in the 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.640 NFL to be young. After that you have to be experienced. 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.760 It seemed like you came in experience and took control 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.960 of your opportunity. Definitely. Um, I was really thrown into 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.600 a blessing of a situation, you know, being able to 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.400 being able to be thrown into a team that really 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.680 drafted a lot of the young players to come in 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.559 and really play right then. You know. So our core 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.320 of our offensive group at the time was all rookies, 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:32.360 you know, so we all were able to grow together. 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.080 I was able to get on the field early, you know, 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:37.520 being able to get those opportunities, you know. Um, I 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:39.760 think a big part of being a rookie is is 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:41.840 this a lot of trial and error, you know, seeing 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.320 seeing certain things that you do well, seeing certain things 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:47.080 that you don't do so well, continuing to just polish 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.400 what you do really well, and trying to figure out 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.960 how to how to improve the things that you don't 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:53.720 do well. You know. So so for me, I was 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.480 able to get a lot of reps at doing that, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:57.040 and I think that's what really helped me out. So 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.080 that was Alan Hearnes and Marquis Lee also, Yeah, there 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.960 are still players in this league. Um did that? Does 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.560 that help you today? Dealing with that as rookies and 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.440 all you guys learning at the same time to help 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.080 somebody like Anthony Miller right now. Definitely, definitely. You know, um, 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.640 I've I've been in I've been in a situation you 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.040 know like him. You know, I think it's best to 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.520 be thrown into the fire, you know, so to speak. 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.400 You know, being able to have to go out there 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.200 and really learn how to swim, you know. And I 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.560 think because you really learn a lot faster like that. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.640 You know, it's not like you don't have You're not 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.680 being baby you know, uh, you know baby sat with 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.080 certain things. You know, you're you're you're really called them 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.520 to go out there when you're routes, make plays, you know, 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:36.360 and that's what you're axed up, you know. And and 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.240 at this level, you know, the type of guys that 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.720 really make it to this level, you know, you really 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.080 thrive off the competitive nature and the challenge. You know, 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.720 whether that's from coaches, whether that's from an opponent. You know, 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.720 that's where you thrive at and that's where you typically 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.920 see your best. That's Anthony to a t. Yeah, you 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.040 don't have to worry about I'm like, heck, guy wanting 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.640 to compete, right, what if you learn about him? Definitely, 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.760 you know that's the biggest thing, you know, seeing seeing 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.960 his competitive nature you know, um um, the confidence that 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:03.320 he has in himself. You know, even sometime in training camp, 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.200 you know, if he if he may run a wrong 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.120 route or something like that, it was always at a 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.040 very good tempo, you know, always always playing full of speed, 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.400 you know, never taking plays off and things like that. 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:14.120 You know, and when you have young guys like that 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.600 that you bring around you, even as even as a 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.000 five year guy, you know, that's something that really inspires 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:20.560 you each and every day, you know, because you see 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.160 the motor of other guys, you know, you want to 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:23.880 be a part of that energy. You know. What helped 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:25.600 you guys too, is you guys are out there at 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:29.439 practice every day at training camp playing against an experienced defense. 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:31.840 And I think when you're trying to learn an offense, 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:35.160 it's more challenging to you. But ultimately all you guys 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.360 are going to get better because of the guys you're 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.760 facing every day in practice. Definitely, you know, and I 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:41.880 think I think that's something that stands true you know 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:45.560 to all good teams. You know, um, it's it's really fine. 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.640 You know, really comes down to sharper than iron with iron, 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.520 you know, So going up against those guys each and 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.640 every day, you know, Prince and Kyle, you know, seeing 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.280 the different looks and going against press coverage. You know, 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:57.120 you got two great safeties in the back end. You know, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.640 so each and every day we were challenged. Alan Rabbits 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:01.720 in the second Bears wide Receiver our guest here on 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.640 Bears All Access with Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniac. The 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:08.240 Bears heading into a stretch of three games against division opponents, 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.200 will tackle that subject with Alan and much more here 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.080 on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:19.760 The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought to 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.520 you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.439 providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty products to over 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.760 one million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.199 Energy at igs dot com. We're here at P ANDC 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.200 Studio at Allisall with a group of season ticket holders 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:38.280 thrilled it they're here. I mean, how many of you guys? Honestly, 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.360 I know we got some folks that never miss a 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.719 game home or away, But how many of you guys 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:48.200 have traveled this year to any of the Bears road games, 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.760 so we got a fair amount, nice percentage. Yet Tom 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.880 has Alan has I'm a season ticket. I'll tell you 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:59.400 right now, the travel, it always blows my mind. I 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.199 don't know how. I don't know how. In Buffalo they 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.000 got the lower bull like they did the lower bull 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.200 of the stadium right near the Bears bench. You could 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.839 see the uniform difference, you know, the jersey difference, the 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.959 Navy blue and orange. And what a what a loud 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.080 crowd that was. Arizona was like that, Miami was like that. 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.440 I mean, as a player that doesn't get old, you 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.240 know that that is an impactful thing definitely, you know, 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:26.000 like you said, you know, especially like the Miami and 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.000 the and the Arizona game. You know, I mean when 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:30.720 you feel a crowd like that, you know, in the 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.360 in those type of environments. Man, it's so fun to 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.600 play in front of. But the white the white out 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:37.200 that they have at Penn State. But when I was 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:38.920 when I went to college, I played at Notre Dame. 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:40.400 I had the chance to play at Penn State a 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.800 couple of times. It's an impressive stadium, an incredible place 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.440 to go. There had to be a lot of even 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.200 on when I saw it this year on TV the 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.479 white Out at Penn State. That's got to be inspirational 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:53.719 and college level. But then you think the same thing 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:56.880 that these guys commit to you as a pro. Definitely, definitely, 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.240 you know, like you said, you know, um the White 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:02.320 House and happy that they are really something special. You know. Um, 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:05.440 I mean this is I've I've had some pretty crazy games, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.600 so like that in front of that, you know, but again, um, 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.480 being in the NFL, you know, this is this is 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.040 the best crowd that I've played in front of, you know, Umm, 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.160 being at home, you know, so I mean coming out 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.120 there to Soldier Field each and every week, you know, 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:17.559 it's fun to play in front of. You know, when 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.960 you were in Jacksonville and you were going through your 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.600 contract situation, there was transition tag was mentioned with your name, 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.000 So given to what happened you you're here with the 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.160 Bears and then you see what the transition tag and 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.160 Levion Ball is going through. Did it all work out 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.840 for you according to the plan that you would hope 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:38.360 for whenever? Because it's there's there's so many business aspects 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.520 of the decisions. You have to make that a lot 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.760 of time. We're not privileged too. But it all worked 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.719 out the way you wanted it, definitely, you know, for me, Um, 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.600 throughout the course of the season, you know, just kind 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.480 of talking to my agent and things like that. You know, 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:52.920 as a player, you start to kind of sculpe out 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:56.400 you know, some some some of the possible scenarios, you know, 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.080 and especially once I saw a coach coach nag he 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.840 get the job here, you know, Um, Chicago flew to 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.240 number one on my radar. You know, that was that 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:06.800 was a big thing for me. You know, I had 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.520 I had got a chance to really watch a pretty 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.120 good amount of film on on the Kansas City offense 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.240 and what they had done, you know, and and really 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.520 how their players are moved around and stuff like that. 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:19.839 You know, so as a receiver, I mean for I mean, 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.280 for me, it was truly a no brainer. You know, 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:26.600 I have not heard many players actually do the homework beforehand. 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.440 They have their agent try and set the price, and 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:31.520 maybe the guy wants to pick two or three places 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.080 he wants to go. But it sounds to me like 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:38.120 you did the homework on coach first before committing and 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.120 they obviously had to have interest as well. I would 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.120 find that quite rare. Why did you do that? For me? 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.680 I knew that this would be a big, a big 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:50.520 point in my career, you know, the next um these 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:53.400 next few years, you know, as far as as far 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.840 as what I want to establish, you know, again, as 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.160 as myself as a player, you know. So I think 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.360 that was the most important thing, you know, is is 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.240 to really get with a coach who was a was 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.280 something like an offensive guru, you know, who knew, who 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:09.280 knew how to make things easy for the players, put 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:11.679 the players in right positions and everything like that, you know. 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:14.120 So I think for any guy, you know, for I 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:15.520 mean for me, you know, my goal is to play 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.720 at least twelve seasons, you know, that's my goal. So 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.440 for me, I knew that this part right here would 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.040 be a big, big part of my career, you know. 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.160 So for me, I really wanted to take the time, 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:26.960 especially having a little bit of extra time, you know, 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.200 being an injured I wanted to do all all the 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:31.400 due diligence that I could do. Why is that the 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:35.440 magic number? Um? I felt like for me, just kind 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.040 of setting that as a as a goal for myself. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.560 You know, Um, I feel like in twelve seasons, Um, 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.760 I'll be able to to really accomplish everything that I 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.400 would want to accomplish out of the game, you know, 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.280 and as far as you know, just just me playing 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.800 a minimum of twelve you know, so I thought, you know, 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:51.760 twelve years would be a good number, just as far 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:53.800 as to me, you know, to to really hold me 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.760 accountable us as to a goal. You know, I'm a 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.160 I'm a very goal setting person, you know. So I 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.080 feel like twelve seas really allowed me a chance, you know, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.760 to compete for Super Bowls, you know, to be able 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.160 to do things with my family, you know, to play 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.200 in to play in an organization like this. You know, 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.680 I knew that twelve seasons would be able to really 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.480 to really exhaust everything on the NFL that I would eat. 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:16.680 You know what's cool about playing for Matt Naggie, It's 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.280 never a one man show. Everybody's gonna get their opportunities. 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:21.960 And I think the Bears have plenty of playmakers. But 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:25.080 I'm reading an article today on my phone that said 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:29.080 the Bears lack game breakers, and I don't agree with 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.120 that because I think there's a lot of you guys 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:34.240 that have the ability to be game game breakers. But 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:36.840 I like Matt's use of all the playmakers, and that 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.120 had to be interesting that when you came to Chicago, 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:42.040 then you saw all the other pieces that they were 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:44.320 putting in here, and how all you guys were going 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.080 to be able to run this scheme together and how 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.200 effective it would be. Definitely, you know, and that's something 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.640 that you really see and field through training camp, you know. 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.080 I mean, we have a lot of guys who can 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.360 go out there and make plays, you know. So I mean, 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:56.800 for us, we don't really focus too much too much 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:58.400 on the outside of noise. You know. We understand that 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.600 the media has to be the meeting and has to 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.040 write about something, you know. So for us, you know, 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:04.880 we understand the players that we have. You know, we've 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.640 had players a lot of players you know, score touchdowns 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:12.600 and and and really thrive in their opportunities and stuff 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.640 like that, you know. So you know, each each and 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.000 every week we just try to go out there and 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.000 just compete and be our best. Last week, on the 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.120 official stats at the end of the game, I think 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:21.760 it might have been one of the first time I've 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:25.760 seen it that every single player active was used. You 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:27.640 know how every time you look at them, there's always 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.000 a couple of backup quarterback or a backup tight end 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.280 or whatever that doesn't get a chance to play. Every 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.360 guy used in the game last week, and it's kind 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:37.000 of neat because every everybody has their hand in the 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.920 victory and there's more support in the locker room. Definitely, definitely, 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.480 And that's something that coach Nik you know, preaches, especially 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.720 in offensive rooms. You know, everybody has to learn everything 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.720 you know each and every week, you know, because you 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.400 don't know how you know, really how to cookie makrmball. 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:53.320 You know, going back to what time said about alleged 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:58.280 lack of game breakers, this offense is designed to stretch 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:02.160 the field vertically and horizontally. And now you got a 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.040 three dimensional component when you add in a guy like 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:08.159 Adam Shaheen getting back healthy because he's six foot seven, 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.080 two hundred and seventy pounds and he can run and 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.520 he can catch, he can you know, threaten the seam, 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.200 and he can be a red zone target. But with 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:19.080 Cohen and Burton and Gabriel a lot of yard after 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.000 the catch. Those are three guys were already a lot 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:23.919 of yards after the catch in this offense. You know, 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:28.080 every position you're a deep threat. You got the tight 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.560 end position. I said with Shaheen, you got Jordan Howard, 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:34.360 you got many different types of weapons. Isn't that more 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:38.480 beneficial to create matchups and also to force a defense 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.320 that you know, we gotta pick your poison a little 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:43.800 most definitely, you know, even even through him, they're Anthony Miller, 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:45.280 you know, Yeah, I forgot it. I mean, we got 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:49.240 we have we have. Sorry, Anthony, I didn't mean to 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.600 forget Anthony. We have a great group of guys, you know. 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:54.119 And that's the thing, you know, for us each and 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.919 every week, you know, we go against teams in and 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.679 just just pick your poison, you know, I mean, whatever 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.520 you do. You know, we have a counter four, you know, 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:04.800 and we have and we have more where that came from, 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:06.280 you know. And I think that's what makes this thing 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:08.879 so fun is again you see so many different guys 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.680 making plays and it's and it's so hard to account 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:15.720 for as many players as we have. That's Alan Robbinson 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:17.840 the second. He's our guest here on Bears All Access 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:20.040 brought to you by IGS Energy, Jeff and Tim with 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:21.720 you as well. We'll be with you to the top 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:23.639 of the hour at P and C Studios at Hallisa 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:25.800 in front of a live studio audience of Bears season 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.280 ticket holders, no doubt jacked up by the fact the 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.000 Bears have hit the bye week at five at the 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.480 halfway point, at five and three, the second half of 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:35.160 the season gets under way, and we hope to see 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:38.439 Alan on the field on Sunday, Khalil Mack on the 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.280 field on Sunday, Adam Shaheen. But Nichols, Ben Bronnicker all 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:46.160 this week cleared to practice and ready to go at 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:48.399 the right time because three games in twelve days and 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:50.520 I know we're gonna focus on just one. But the 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:52.560 fact of the matter is is Prince and Mukamara brought 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:55.920 up yesterday, it's hard not to think about playing the 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:58.600 Lions twice in three weeks because that's a rare occurrence. 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:02.160 But do you guys feel like it's almost a new 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:04.840 season starting a little bit? You got the first half 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:07.360 out of the way, some of the kinks out, everybody's 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.080 getting healthy, and now you go into the good stuff 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:12.040 the divisionally, definitely, you know, and I think that's what's 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.440 so fun about this league. You know, you work so 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:18.840 hard and in the months of May, April and August, 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.040 you know, to put yourself out of position to be 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:24.199 really contending for you know what I'm saying, for the 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:26.199 division in November. You know, that's what you play for. 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:28.800 You play to be in the mix in November and December, 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:30.679 you know, so you start the new year hopefully as 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:32.520 a playoff team. You know, that's what you play for. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:34.320 You know, like coach Nagie always says, it's a lot 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:36.600 of teams right now who are really getting ready for 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:38.280 next year, and there's a lot of teams who are 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:39.800 doing a lot of things. You know. Fortunately, we're the 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:41.800 team you know that's at the top of the division, 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:44.560 you know, and really getting into the meat of our schedule, 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:45.840 you know, and it's exciting. You know. Again, like I 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:47.560 said before, that's what you play for, and you've earned 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:51.080 it because you missed the good stuff last year in Jacksonville. Definitely. 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:53.960 I mean, I don't even know how you handled that. Honestly. 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.560 It was tough. It was tough, you know again, Um, 0:19:57.320 --> 0:19:59.960 I mean seeing for me being in Jacksonville, you know, 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:01.800 seeing the send of the years that we had my 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:04.800 first three years, you know, to to really creating a 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:07.719 culture and really working so hard to get to that standpoint, 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:10.800 you know, to be in sidelined in in the biggest 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:12.480 game that I've ever been a part of, you know, 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:14.520 as far as the AFC Championship, you know, said that 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:16.520 was tough, you know, but but again, I'm glad to 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:18.680 be able to have this opportunity right now to really 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:20.199 be in the mix, you know, at the top of 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:24.359 the division, you know, and really usum, really us having 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.840 the whole whole plan to you know, to what we want, 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:28.600 you know, as far as as far as winning the division. 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:30.280 You know, we hold our own destiny in our hands, 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:31.880 you know, and that's what you want. In November. Being 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.240 from Michigan, did you have an attachment to the Detroit 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:36.800 Lions when you're growing up? I mean, are you familiar 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:39.000 with the thing? And I'm not looking ahead because I've 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:41.280 had the experience of playing in the Thanksgiving Day game 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:43.920 and it's kind of unique because there's not a lot 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:46.560 of teams playing. It's a Thursday game. Um, we're you 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:48.840 a Detroit Lion fan growing up? I mean, are you 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:52.640 a Calvin Johnson guy? Almost? Actually, it's funny. Growing up, 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.240 I was a Randy Moss fan. Really, I was a 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:57.720 big Randy Moss fan, So I really wasn't. I really 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.680 wasn't too much of a Detroit Randy Moss the Kings, 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:05.359 So yeah, I was. I was a huge Brandy Moss. 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.399 You know. Typically my um typically one of my birthday 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:10.000 gifts each and every year was to be able to 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:12.160 go see the Vikings when they played at Detroit because 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:14.359 of his skills? Is that why? I mean? It was 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:18.200 that's that obvious that his skills were so superior. Definitely definitely. 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:20.680 You know, growing up playing football, you know, watching this guy, 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:22.960 you know, um and some of the plays he made. 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:24.560 I believe it was one game, I think he had 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:27.280 like three catches for like one hundred and sixty seven 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:30.680 yards and three touchdowns or something crazy, you know. So um, 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:33.639 he always had always put on a great show. Well, 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:36.520 you know he has this little little bit on TV. 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:39.760 Now you got moshed. What would it be for Allen Robinson, 0:21:40.119 --> 0:21:42.760 you know when you burned somebody? Yeah, definitely, I definitely 0:21:42.760 --> 0:21:46.919 want you got robbed. That's how I like that. I 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:49.159 like that. That's Allen Rods in the second here I 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:51.959 bears all Access. We're gonna step away back with Moron, 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:58.000 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The score. This segment of 0:21:58.080 --> 0:22:01.720 Bears All Access is orchestrated by cd CDW people to 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:04.200 get it Jeff Jonny Act, Tom Fair, and Adam Robinson. 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:06.439 The second the Bear's receiver back and ready to go, 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:10.159 hopefully this week after that grunt injury. Those soft tissue 0:22:10.200 --> 0:22:12.919 injuries are paining, aren't they They are? They are you know, um, 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:14.600 just so much you got to get through, you know. 0:22:14.760 --> 0:22:16.760 Fortunately now I'm I'm back one hundred percent, you know, 0:22:16.760 --> 0:22:19.520 so feeling good. Yeah, you probably could have played, probably, 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:22.720 But Matt Naggi is emphasized over and over again that 0:22:22.880 --> 0:22:25.800 take the cautious approach. Do you appreciate that as a player, 0:22:26.080 --> 0:22:28.960 even though everybody wants to play. I can't even imagine 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:32.600 what Khalil Mack wanted to do about not being able 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:35.199 to play because of his ankle. But sometimes it's a 0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:37.959 smart move. Definitely, Definitely it's smart, you know, I'm um, 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:40.280 definitely frustrating for me, you know, I wanted to be 0:22:40.320 --> 0:22:42.359 out there, you know, and and for me, um, the 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:43.840 number one goal that I had said this year was 0:22:43.840 --> 0:22:45.320 I wanted to playing all sixteen games. You know, that 0:22:45.359 --> 0:22:46.720 was a goal that I as set for myself, you know. 0:22:46.760 --> 0:22:49.119 So it was frustrating, you know, not being able to 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:52.080 not accomplish that, but you know the best is yet 0:22:52.119 --> 0:22:54.639 to come for you. Do you like your animated character 0:22:54.760 --> 0:22:56.600 that they have for all? I do? I do. Actually, 0:22:56.600 --> 0:22:59.200 I like it. Think that you're you're physical enough your arms? 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:01.240 I do. I do. I actually like it a lot. 0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:02.920 I do remember the first time seeing it, you know, 0:23:02.920 --> 0:23:04.400 and I thought that I really like it a lot. Yeah, 0:23:04.400 --> 0:23:06.159 it's a great you know what. Um. One thing I 0:23:06.160 --> 0:23:08.040 wanted to ask you about is Jeff and I have 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:10.560 had the opportunity since he's been here to get to 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:13.879 know Adrian Amos a little bit. Um. I know, you 0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:16.320 guys are good friends from college. He's told us that before. 0:23:16.720 --> 0:23:19.080 Are you surprised how good he is as a pro? 0:23:19.320 --> 0:23:23.000 Are you surprised what he's developed into? And are you 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:26.000 impressed with the way that he's come along in these 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:28.760 last couple of years. Definitely, I'm not surprised at all. 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:31.520 You know. One thing is funny, um, Actually, once I 0:23:31.600 --> 0:23:33.680 left Penn State, I kept telling him to play cornerback, 0:23:33.720 --> 0:23:35.680 to play cornerback. He was a he was a very 0:23:35.680 --> 0:23:37.960 good cornerback in college. You know, and it's funny because 0:23:37.960 --> 0:23:39.440 we always go back and forth. I know he wanted 0:23:39.440 --> 0:23:40.919 to play safety, and I will always tell him just 0:23:40.920 --> 0:23:43.400 continue to play corner. Continue to play corner. So as 0:23:43.440 --> 0:23:46.080 far as I'm not, I'm not at all surprised that 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:48.439 at the player that he has developed into, you know, 0:23:48.480 --> 0:23:51.520 I mean, he has tremendous cover skills for a safety, 0:23:51.640 --> 0:23:55.480 you know, um him and him and Eddie Jackson, you know, 0:23:55.520 --> 0:23:57.320 they both do you know, So, I mean I think 0:23:57.359 --> 0:23:59.600 that's something that really is is rare in this league, 0:23:59.600 --> 0:24:01.280 you know, being able to have two safeties who can 0:24:01.280 --> 0:24:04.280 cover you know, light corners, you know. So m for him, 0:24:04.320 --> 0:24:06.640 you know, it's not it's not surprising at all. Well, 0:24:06.720 --> 0:24:09.040 you'd better be able to in this league now the 0:24:09.080 --> 0:24:12.679 highest scoring total in NFL history at this point anyway, 0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:14.919 and the most touchdown passes in the league, So you 0:24:14.920 --> 0:24:17.080 gotta have. I mean, look at Bryce Callahan, He's basically 0:24:17.080 --> 0:24:20.960 playing the entire game in Vic Fangio's nickel package. Defensively, 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:22.800 she's got to be able to tackle here. Yeah. Yeah, 0:24:22.800 --> 0:24:25.720 that's requirement for a corner to safe. Yeah, yeah, definitely. 0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:27.680 You know, I think I think that's what the league 0:24:27.720 --> 0:24:28.800 has come to you know, they put a lot of 0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:31.040 stress on the back end. But you know, Adrian when 0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:32.760 he got here and they didn't have the support of 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:34.439 the pass rush they do now, and they you know, 0:24:34.480 --> 0:24:36.920 it kind of took a little bit of pressure that 0:24:37.240 --> 0:24:40.280 was kind of unfair to him. So for us, I'm 0:24:40.440 --> 0:24:42.760 not speaking for Jeff, but I know I'm really impressed 0:24:42.840 --> 0:24:45.680 with the way he's come along because he's a true pro. 0:24:46.080 --> 0:24:48.640 And I don't think if you dedicate yourself at this level, 0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:51.000 whether you're good or not, you may not you know, 0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:53.040 it may not work out for you. But the effort 0:24:53.040 --> 0:24:55.000 that he's put into it's kind of cool. Definitely. Like 0:24:55.040 --> 0:24:57.600 you said, you know that's something especially on defense, you 0:24:57.640 --> 0:24:59.560 know what I mean really on both sides of the ball. 0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:02.320 You know, every thing from from upfront, you know, has 0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:04.680 to has to coincide with, you know, what you want 0:25:04.720 --> 0:25:07.239 to do as far as an offense or defense. You know, 0:25:07.280 --> 0:25:08.920 you need to line the block, you know, you gotta 0:25:08.960 --> 0:25:11.040 have a receiver running route, you need to pass rush, 0:25:11.040 --> 0:25:13.080 you need to cover, you know, so in this league 0:25:13.080 --> 0:25:14.720 that's kind of how it works sometimes. And you guys 0:25:14.760 --> 0:25:19.439 were roomies, right, Yeah, Yeah, has he at all changed? 0:25:19.560 --> 0:25:23.000 He has literally not changed a bit, not changed a bit. 0:25:23.119 --> 0:25:25.280 You know. Um it's funny. Um I haven't, I haven't. 0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:28.480 I haven't lived with him in five years, but I could, 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:30.719 I could, I could only imagine he literally has not 0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:34.320 changed one bit. Oh he's a humble guy. He's soft spoken, 0:25:34.440 --> 0:25:36.800 but uh, you know he when he has something to say, 0:25:36.840 --> 0:25:40.560 it's pretty, it's a it's a deep thought he right, 0:25:40.680 --> 0:25:42.960 I mean he tells it like it is a little bit. 0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:45.040 He does. He does, He definitely does. And he's the 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:47.520 incredible Hulk, right, that's what they call him. Yeah, yeah, 0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:49.840 I mean he's been he's been living with that, you know, 0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:52.280 since since probably our freshman year in college that I 0:25:52.320 --> 0:25:55.040 can think of, So, I guess said quite the recruiting class. 0:25:55.040 --> 0:25:58.000 That's yeah. Over there at Penn State. Alan Robinson the 0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:00.400 second our guest here on Bears All Access were brought 0:26:00.440 --> 0:26:03.280 to you by IGS Energy. So now that you've had 0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:06.639 time to marinate a little bit with this new team 0:26:06.680 --> 0:26:09.280 that you're on, and you know what a playoff team 0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:11.919 looks like, obviously from being in Jacksonville, you know what 0:26:11.960 --> 0:26:13.800 it takes for a team to get over the hump 0:26:13.840 --> 0:26:16.679 and get to someplace that everybody wants to go. Do 0:26:16.760 --> 0:26:19.800 you see the makings of that right now swirling in 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:22.480 this locker room? Definitely? You know, I would say the 0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:25.200 first time that I saw it and knew the kind 0:26:25.240 --> 0:26:28.680 of team that we would have was after we beat Arizona. 0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:31.080 You know, it's hard enough in this league trying to 0:26:31.080 --> 0:26:33.240 come back from down fourteen on the road. You know, 0:26:33.280 --> 0:26:35.840 so having a young team like this, you know, a 0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:38.439 team who really had only played a couple of games. 0:26:38.480 --> 0:26:40.240 You know, that game could have won a lot of 0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:43.560 different ways, you know, but seeing how the sideline responded, 0:26:43.640 --> 0:26:45.840 seeing an energy that we maintained throughout the course of 0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:47.280 the game, you know, I knew the kind of team 0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:48.439 that we would have had. You know. It's a lot 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:50.600 of teams, you know, when they get down ten points 0:26:50.640 --> 0:26:52.480 or thirteen points, it could be in the first quarter 0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:54.640 or whatever. You know, they lay down. You know. So 0:26:54.680 --> 0:26:59.239 we were down fourteen points, I believe came out our 0:26:59.280 --> 0:27:03.080 first drive of the second half. We punt it. You know, 0:27:03.160 --> 0:27:04.800 so even then, you know, a lot of teams would 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:06.960 have just packed it up, you know, and start pointing fingers, 0:27:06.960 --> 0:27:09.280 start blaming different people. You know, as a team, we 0:27:09.840 --> 0:27:12.920 really hung together, you know, hung strong and battle back 0:27:12.920 --> 0:27:15.119 and won that game, you know now, and that's really 0:27:15.440 --> 0:27:16.960 you know, every time I would go home, you know, 0:27:16.960 --> 0:27:19.600 I would talk to my to my family, everybody would saying, 0:27:19.600 --> 0:27:21.359 you know that that right there was a special and 0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:23.520 big win for us throughout the course of the season. 0:27:23.520 --> 0:27:25.200 You know, when you win a game like that early, 0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:27.879 you know you're able to play week to weekend and 0:27:27.920 --> 0:27:30.240 really keep that in the memory bank as far as 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:32.840 not getting down, you know, knowing how the game can play. 0:27:32.920 --> 0:27:34.719 Same thing with like the Dolphins game. We didn't come 0:27:34.720 --> 0:27:37.399 out on top, but as a as an offense, you know, 0:27:37.440 --> 0:27:39.280 we really picked it up in the second half, you know, 0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:42.160 and we know that we can do that comeback in Arizona. 0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:46.480 Huh didn't that happen any two thousand and six, right 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:50.600 Bears fans? I can't remember yesterday? Super Bowl year. You 0:27:50.600 --> 0:27:53.040 know what's interesting for Buffalo game was, and it's got 0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:55.439 to be exciting for you is the first player to 0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:58.040 start the second half, they come out here and he 0:27:58.240 --> 0:28:00.720 Unleasha's middle of the field the bomb and then it 0:28:00.800 --> 0:28:03.280 ends up interference and stuff. But it's nice to see 0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:05.800 that Mad It's always on the edge of attack, definitely. 0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:07.159 You know that's something that he preached. You know, he 0:28:07.200 --> 0:28:09.320 wants to stay aggressive, you know, and I think for us, 0:28:09.359 --> 0:28:11.320 you know, as as players in the offense, you know, 0:28:11.359 --> 0:28:12.919 that's what you want. You know, you never want to 0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:15.120 play against the clock. You know, I've said I said 0:28:15.160 --> 0:28:17.720 a few times, you know, to really accomplish what we 0:28:17.760 --> 0:28:20.040 want to accomplish in this league, you got to beat 0:28:20.080 --> 0:28:21.760 the team. You know, you can never beat the clock. 0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:24.359 You know, beating the clock is so tough. You know, again, 0:28:24.440 --> 0:28:27.600 especially playing against against good quarterbacks and good teams. You know, 0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:29.159 you the only way to beat that team is that 0:28:29.280 --> 0:28:32.000 go through that team. You know, Bears fans are really 0:28:32.080 --> 0:28:34.480 smart fans, and they study their opponent. They really get 0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:37.240 to know the guys within the division really well. Are 0:28:37.240 --> 0:28:39.600 you a type of guy that studies the defensive backfields 0:28:39.600 --> 0:28:42.840 of the teams in the Bears Division or is it 0:28:42.920 --> 0:28:45.120 just week the week you only you only study what 0:28:45.240 --> 0:28:47.160 you have in front of you. Or are you familiar 0:28:47.200 --> 0:28:49.160 with the talent within this division because now you're playing 0:28:49.200 --> 0:28:51.240 on Yeah, definitely, I would say I would say for me, 0:28:51.280 --> 0:28:53.560 typically how it goes is um I kind of focus 0:28:53.640 --> 0:28:55.640 on the big picture of that a little bit more 0:28:55.760 --> 0:28:58.240 in the in the in the off season, months, you know, 0:28:58.280 --> 0:29:00.080 when you have more time and stuff like that, you know, 0:29:00.200 --> 0:29:02.360 but during the season, you know, I really keep it, 0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:05.520 uh keep it focused on week to week, you know. Um, 0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:08.080 oh no, I'm sorry, it's took a deep breath, now 0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:10.800 go ahead. Yeah, yeah, so, uh so I keep it 0:29:10.840 --> 0:29:12.240 week to week. You know, we play against a lot 0:29:12.280 --> 0:29:14.160 of good defense and a lot of good cornerbacks in 0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:16.000 this league. You know, every game matter, you know, So 0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:18.200 I know, I know now especially you know, getting into 0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:20.800 the division, we do have having the lumps of a 0:29:20.960 --> 0:29:23.080 division games coming up, you know, but each and every week, 0:29:23.120 --> 0:29:25.600 you know, like like coach Matt has said before, you know, 0:29:25.640 --> 0:29:27.920 we've we've really put ourselves in this position, you know, 0:29:27.960 --> 0:29:30.040 to be to be five and three into and to 0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:32.880 give ourselves these these next two quarters of the season, 0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:34.719 you know, to really accomplish what we want to complish. 0:29:34.800 --> 0:29:36.320 If you play against the team they have a number 0:29:36.360 --> 0:29:38.880 one corner, would you rather go against the number one 0:29:38.960 --> 0:29:41.160 corner all all game? Or would you like to be 0:29:41.200 --> 0:29:44.360 alternated between the different corners depending upon what side of 0:29:44.400 --> 0:29:46.120 the field or where you line up on the field. 0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:48.400 I mean, I mean, are you do you become more 0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:52.920 familiar with the defense you're doing if you do one guy, definitely, definitely, definitely, definitely. Um. 0:29:52.920 --> 0:29:54.560 I just it's funny because I didn't I didn't want 0:29:54.600 --> 0:29:56.960 to tip my hand too much as far as as 0:29:56.960 --> 0:30:00.240 far as my preference, you know. But but it's like 0:30:00.240 --> 0:30:02.920 being an offense. It's like it's like a boxing match, 0:30:03.000 --> 0:30:05.120 you know. Um in boxing, you know, boxers go up 0:30:05.160 --> 0:30:07.760 against the one opponent you know, for the whole match. 0:30:07.800 --> 0:30:09.840 You know, so you're able to to kind of crack 0:30:09.880 --> 0:30:12.080 a code if you will, or or you know, just 0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:14.520 kind of develop your strategy based on you know, how 0:30:14.560 --> 0:30:16.040 the game is going and stuff like that. So I 0:30:16.080 --> 0:30:18.360 think set them up a little bit. Yeah. Well, with 0:30:18.480 --> 0:30:22.520 that being said, do sometimes because you know you're you're 0:30:22.560 --> 0:30:26.560 a very level headed guy. Uh well, I can tell anyway. 0:30:27.240 --> 0:30:30.520 But you got receivers and corners in this league not 0:30:30.640 --> 0:30:33.080 naming names, they really get into it a little bit 0:30:33.280 --> 0:30:36.440 in the weeks in advance of the matchups. So either 0:30:36.480 --> 0:30:38.240 they're trying to get in each other's head or one 0:30:38.320 --> 0:30:40.960 up them in the in the public relations game or 0:30:41.000 --> 0:30:44.360 whatever it is. Um, I don't picture you ever doing that, 0:30:44.400 --> 0:30:46.720 But are there corners out there or guys that have 0:30:46.880 --> 0:30:48.800 kind of baited you over the course of a couple 0:30:48.800 --> 0:30:50.680 of weeks before the matchup, or during the week of 0:30:50.680 --> 0:30:55.040 the matchup, on game day maybe or maybe during the game, 0:30:55.120 --> 0:30:57.480 maybe during the game. Um, you know. But but me personally, 0:30:57.480 --> 0:30:59.640 I've never done that, you know him. I think again, 0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:02.880 in this league, you know, I'm typically so focused in lockdown, 0:31:03.000 --> 0:31:05.120 you know, to the to the week to week playing, 0:31:05.120 --> 0:31:06.880 you know, as far as as far as a certain things, 0:31:06.920 --> 0:31:08.680 you know. And again, I'm not a person who really, 0:31:09.240 --> 0:31:13.120 um really circles too many teams or or or a 0:31:13.200 --> 0:31:15.360 defensive backs or opponents on the schedule. You know, I 0:31:15.480 --> 0:31:17.680 take I take every each and every week for what 0:31:17.720 --> 0:31:19.520 it is you're sending that too many. So there is 0:31:19.560 --> 0:31:21.600 a couple, you know, it's a couple. It's always a couple. 0:31:21.840 --> 0:31:24.240 You know, it's always a couple. So anybody you want 0:31:24.240 --> 0:31:27.280 to get back get back at again, you don't have to, 0:31:28.280 --> 0:31:29.760 I'd ask you for names. So there's got to be 0:31:29.800 --> 0:31:32.320 a guy or two you like to get back at them. Definitely, definitely. 0:31:32.400 --> 0:31:34.840 All right, that's Alan Roberts. In the second We'll continue 0:31:34.840 --> 0:31:37.840 on here from Hallis Hall at PNC Studios. Here brought 0:31:37.840 --> 0:31:40.240 to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio. Six 0:31:40.280 --> 0:31:45.160 seventy to score. The Chicago Bears Network presents Inside of 0:31:45.160 --> 0:31:47.680 the Bears, brought to you by Verizon. Anthony Adams and 0:31:47.800 --> 0:31:50.240 Laurence Screeten cover the world of Bears football on and 0:31:50.240 --> 0:31:52.280 off the field every Sunday night at eleven o five 0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:55.320 pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at 0:31:55.360 --> 0:31:58.560 Chicago Bears dot com or on the Bears official app. 0:31:58.600 --> 0:32:02.200 Alan Robbins in the second Bears Receiver here, Oh, hold on, 0:32:02.280 --> 0:32:04.479 I gotta finish. Jeff Jonik in Tap there with you 0:32:04.480 --> 0:32:07.200 here on Chicago Sports Radio six years and they were 0:32:07.200 --> 0:32:09.320 brought to you by IGS Energy. You gotta pay the 0:32:09.320 --> 0:32:13.720 bills times. I'm so very expensive. Um yeah, right, double a. 0:32:13.720 --> 0:32:16.480 Anthony Adams? Did you know him from Penn State? And 0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:20.280 have you seen anything of him on just the different 0:32:20.320 --> 0:32:23.480 funny things? I did not know him from Penn State, 0:32:23.520 --> 0:32:27.160 But how could you miss the antics that he has? Right, 0:32:27.160 --> 0:32:29.640 That's what I'm saying. You know, Anthony Adams was a 0:32:29.760 --> 0:32:32.480 really good football player and he comes from Penn State. 0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:36.200 But now he's a developed a persona on the comedic 0:32:36.280 --> 0:32:39.880 then that's more. Many more people know him for that 0:32:39.960 --> 0:32:43.680 nowadays than you know for his football accomplishments. Definitely, definitely, 0:32:43.680 --> 0:32:45.080 you know what I know, for him, I don't know 0:32:45.080 --> 0:32:47.720 if that's good or bad, you know, but but I'm 0:32:47.760 --> 0:32:50.200 it's definitely. Um, I would say, you know, that's a 0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:51.840 great thing, you know, being able to transition, you know, 0:32:51.880 --> 0:32:53.280 out of the game and do different things, you know, 0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.160 and really such a mark on certain things like that 0:32:55.280 --> 0:32:58.520 is is a great accomplishment. He's developed a brand, he's 0:32:58.560 --> 0:33:01.520 developed Spice Adams, and it comes with it. And like 0:33:01.560 --> 0:33:04.840 you said, I think you're intrigued by that yourself. You 0:33:04.840 --> 0:33:08.560 you almost and he had done stuff folks in Jacksonville 0:33:09.200 --> 0:33:11.920 about his recovery from the ACL and it was almost 0:33:11.920 --> 0:33:15.280 like your own media company. Yeah, honestly, it's funny because 0:33:15.320 --> 0:33:19.040 actually me actually met and one of my buddies did 0:33:19.160 --> 0:33:22.920 like the whole thing. Really okay, yeah, so in this 0:33:23.000 --> 0:33:25.560 person had some background in it or yeah, yeah, it's 0:33:25.560 --> 0:33:28.040 just wait and yeah no, um, we both went to 0:33:28.080 --> 0:33:30.680 Penn State. Um, we both were in a communication. So 0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:33.320 I mean, he knows a lot about a lot about 0:33:33.320 --> 0:33:35.920 the behind the camera stuff. Well, it's a great pairing 0:33:35.920 --> 0:33:38.800 because it's a great story. These mini documentaries, they're very 0:33:38.800 --> 0:33:41.760 popular right now. We all have short attention spans apparently 0:33:41.840 --> 0:33:45.160 in our society. So these five to ten minute vignettes 0:33:45.200 --> 0:33:49.720 about somebody's journey that and not unlike Tom Brady's deal 0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:52.240 that he did. It was fascinating and it was fascinating 0:33:52.320 --> 0:33:55.280 to hear you and first person explain your journey and 0:33:55.360 --> 0:33:58.200 what you all went through, because I don't think the 0:33:58.280 --> 0:34:00.280 average person. I mean, there's a lot of high school 0:34:00.280 --> 0:34:02.800 football players out there, college football players. You've never admitted 0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:05.400 to the NFL that obviously, and whatever sport you played, 0:34:05.640 --> 0:34:10.560 you've suffered an injury of significance. Torn acls are very common, unfortunately, 0:34:11.040 --> 0:34:14.000 but for a professional football player in the top one 0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:16.480 percent of all human beings who can actually get a 0:34:16.600 --> 0:34:18.920 job and play it at a high level, like yourself, 0:34:19.480 --> 0:34:22.719 that is a significant hurdle to overcome, and that is 0:34:22.760 --> 0:34:26.200 a very lonely journey. What was it for you or 0:34:26.200 --> 0:34:29.040 did you try and make it? Because it happened on 0:34:29.080 --> 0:34:32.239 a third play of your season you lost the whole 0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:36.160 dog on thing. What was that journey? How did you 0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:39.880 choose to frame it for yourself? For me, once I 0:34:39.920 --> 0:34:42.760 had gotten back into the locker room after I got injured, 0:34:43.880 --> 0:34:46.120 I told myself, you know, it's It's a couple of 0:34:46.120 --> 0:34:48.600 different ways that this thing can go. You know, I 0:34:48.640 --> 0:34:52.240 can either feel sorry for myself or I can bounce back, 0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:54.920 you know, and really set myself up to be the 0:34:54.960 --> 0:34:57.120 player that I've always been. You know, I knew that 0:34:57.239 --> 0:34:59.160 I knew that nobody would feel sorry for me, and 0:34:59.200 --> 0:35:01.960 I knew that me feeling sorry for me wouldn't do anything, 0:35:02.040 --> 0:35:04.759 you know, So at that at that standpoint in time, 0:35:04.840 --> 0:35:08.600 you know, it was always always glass glass half full, 0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:10.440 you know, And for me, I think that was a 0:35:10.480 --> 0:35:13.000 big thing that that changed a lot, just as far 0:35:13.040 --> 0:35:14.840 as my mental and how I approached a lot of 0:35:14.840 --> 0:35:16.480 different things. You know, each and every day, if you 0:35:16.520 --> 0:35:19.360 ask anybody in Jacksonville or even here, you know, who's 0:35:19.520 --> 0:35:21.920 who has really had any type of any type of 0:35:22.040 --> 0:35:24.480 part in in my progress in my recovery, you know, 0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:26.160 they'll tell you each and every day. For me, you know, 0:35:26.200 --> 0:35:28.600 I came in here and you know, each and every 0:35:28.680 --> 0:35:30.880 day was like it was like nothing ever happened. You know. 0:35:30.880 --> 0:35:33.640 And it's funny because even even the trainer, Andre Tucker, 0:35:33.680 --> 0:35:35.319 he will always tell me, you know, like like something, 0:35:35.360 --> 0:35:37.120 I know, you may have those days, you know where 0:35:37.120 --> 0:35:39.880 you're not feeling the best or something like that, you know, 0:35:39.880 --> 0:35:42.319 so just let me know, you know, But even he'll 0:35:42.320 --> 0:35:44.000 tell you know, it's not I don't think a day 0:35:44.000 --> 0:35:45.759 at all that I ever came in here and said that, 0:35:45.800 --> 0:35:48.160 you know. And and again I knew, I knew the 0:35:48.200 --> 0:35:50.440 type of player that I wanted to get back, you know, 0:35:50.440 --> 0:35:52.200 and not just to get back to the player that 0:35:52.200 --> 0:35:55.160 I that I was then, but continue to improve from that, 0:35:55.239 --> 0:35:57.960 you know. And I knew again that at the moment 0:35:57.960 --> 0:35:59.600 if I dropped my head, you know, I knew the 0:35:59.600 --> 0:36:01.919 different ways that that could go. You know, it's there's 0:36:01.920 --> 0:36:03.719 never a good time to get hurt. We've all I've 0:36:03.719 --> 0:36:06.359 had surgeries too, but you've given the fact that when 0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:09.880 it happened, it's probably better for you in your career 0:36:09.960 --> 0:36:13.240 instead of happening with seventeen seconds left in the season 0:36:13.400 --> 0:36:16.560 or you know, because you worked to that hard and 0:36:16.560 --> 0:36:18.400 then you had that whole process of being able to 0:36:18.440 --> 0:36:21.880 get yourself healthy again. And now if if anybody didn't 0:36:21.880 --> 0:36:23.560 know it, no one would ever know that about it. 0:36:23.560 --> 0:36:25.760 And now you're you know, they often say, oh, kids, 0:36:25.760 --> 0:36:27.920 it's you can get back. Obviously did, but it's now 0:36:27.920 --> 0:36:29.680 a year and a half. Yeah, that's kind of a 0:36:30.120 --> 0:36:33.400 slot number for getting back for Yeah, definitely, definitely you 0:36:33.440 --> 0:36:35.920 know him and each and every week, you know, throughout 0:36:35.960 --> 0:36:37.680 my lifting stuff and stuff like that, you know, I 0:36:37.760 --> 0:36:40.920 continue to do different different playos and stuff like that, 0:36:41.000 --> 0:36:43.799 you know, to to really continue to help my explosiveness 0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:45.719 and everything like that that I've that I've always brought 0:36:45.760 --> 0:36:48.719 to the table. I think Adrian Peterson was able to, 0:36:49.080 --> 0:36:52.440 um kind of allow people to believe in theirselves if 0:36:52.440 --> 0:36:53.839 they did go out and they work hard and they 0:36:53.840 --> 0:36:55.560 did the right where youhab, that they could get back 0:36:55.560 --> 0:36:58.239 to one hundred percent less than you're just like he did. 0:36:58.280 --> 0:37:00.600 And definitely, you know, um I was say, I would say, 0:37:00.600 --> 0:37:02.200 it's a it's a pretty big group of guys, you 0:37:02.200 --> 0:37:03.279 know that I can think of off the top of 0:37:03.320 --> 0:37:05.279 my head, just that I will always you know, kind 0:37:05.280 --> 0:37:08.200 of just think back about, you know, going through my recovery. 0:37:08.200 --> 0:37:12.719 You know, you're Adrian Peterson's, You're Jordy Nelson's, you're Keenan Allen's. 0:37:12.760 --> 0:37:14.839 You know, seeing how these guys came back from their 0:37:14.880 --> 0:37:17.080 injuries and stuff like that, you know, I knew again, 0:37:17.120 --> 0:37:18.600 I knew if I just put my head down and 0:37:18.680 --> 0:37:20.160 work to get back on that field, you know, that 0:37:20.200 --> 0:37:22.719 everything will play out how how essentially how I wanted 0:37:22.719 --> 0:37:26.560 it to. So, Matt Nagy, you investigated him obviously, now 0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:28.240 you've gotten to know him, and the and the players 0:37:28.280 --> 0:37:30.720 like to call him Swaggy Naggie. I think Josh Belleny 0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:33.560 came up with that because he does carry himself in 0:37:33.600 --> 0:37:35.800 that manner. We can see it. We saw it in 0:37:35.840 --> 0:37:38.839 the micd up segment that the Bears put together from 0:37:38.840 --> 0:37:42.120 the game against the Jets, I believe, and just his fire, 0:37:42.200 --> 0:37:44.880 his intensity, what he does in the post game, his 0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:50.240 idea of celebrating wins. I think it's starting to resonate 0:37:50.280 --> 0:37:56.640 with this young slash pseudo veteran team. What's he like 0:37:56.760 --> 0:37:59.080 behind closed doors when he's just talking to Allen Robbins, 0:37:59.239 --> 0:38:01.120 same he knows that, like you said, you know, very 0:38:01.400 --> 0:38:04.960 very very energetic, very optimistic. You know, I've never it's 0:38:05.000 --> 0:38:06.960 not too many times that you see him upset, you know. 0:38:07.000 --> 0:38:08.359 I mean, the only thing that can really get him 0:38:08.440 --> 0:38:13.200 upset is mental errors. So besides that, it's not too 0:38:13.200 --> 0:38:15.080 many things that can really get him upset. You know, 0:38:15.120 --> 0:38:18.400 he's always he's always positive, always encouraging, you know, and 0:38:18.440 --> 0:38:21.320 I think for any player, you know, not just young players, 0:38:21.360 --> 0:38:23.640 but vets and you know you need that from a coach, 0:38:23.719 --> 0:38:26.200 you know, because again I mean from a guy who 0:38:26.280 --> 0:38:28.560 who really played the game and a guy who understands 0:38:28.600 --> 0:38:30.880 players and understands how players tick and stuff like that. 0:38:30.960 --> 0:38:33.200 You know, he's a great coach. You got the disco 0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:35.799 ball that hangs in the winning locker room after games. 0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:38.000 I've never seen it before, but now we see snippets 0:38:38.000 --> 0:38:40.839 and highlights of everybody dancing in the background. You have 0:38:40.920 --> 0:38:44.080 your breakout dance ready, so when you you know, are 0:38:44.160 --> 0:38:46.400 are you? Are you ready for that moment? I'm not. 0:38:46.480 --> 0:38:48.200 I'm not a big dancer, you know, And I think 0:38:48.239 --> 0:38:50.080 I'll keep it to the same terms of coach nag, 0:38:50.280 --> 0:38:53.080 you know, m I'll bring out some dance moves. You know, 0:38:53.120 --> 0:38:54.839 once you go to the playoffs, you know that's the plan. 0:38:54.920 --> 0:38:57.360 You can always go to the robot good well, you know, 0:38:57.520 --> 0:38:59.320 like he says, just be right, yeah, you don't that. 0:38:59.520 --> 0:39:01.359 You don't dance. You can jump up and down though, 0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:03.719 you can celebrate with your teammates, and the Bears have 0:39:03.760 --> 0:39:06.400 done it five times so far in twenty eighteen, looking 0:39:06.440 --> 0:39:09.400 for more. Starting Sunday against the Lions at Soldier Field, 0:39:09.560 --> 0:39:12.319 will continue with our guest, Alan Robinson the Second here 0:39:12.360 --> 0:39:15.200 from Pallis Hall and panc Studio. After this break on 0:39:15.280 --> 0:39:19.960 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score and thank you 0:39:20.000 --> 0:39:22.960 to Alan Robinson Second for joining us today on Bears 0:39:23.080 --> 0:39:26.279 All Access. Ruths Chris would like to send this one 0:39:26.320 --> 0:39:28.759 hundred dollar gift card to enjoy at one of their 0:39:28.840 --> 0:39:32.480 Chicagoland area steakhouses. Tom Thare's opening up your gifts. I mean, 0:39:32.520 --> 0:39:35.520 he's like sports. He's the kid on Christmas morning, no question, 0:39:35.719 --> 0:39:39.120 will be opening up everybody. He is. He is a 0:39:39.200 --> 0:39:42.879 meddler and a needler, and he's very very how should 0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:45.440 I say fidgety? You know on the team plane. I 0:39:45.440 --> 0:39:47.480 can't even sit still. I can't even fall asleep. He'll 0:39:47.480 --> 0:39:49.600 be poking at me. He doesn't want me to sleep. 0:39:49.760 --> 0:39:51.200 One time, as a kid, I got a box of 0:39:51.239 --> 0:39:53.720 slim Gems for Christmas. I woke up and ate every 0:39:53.719 --> 0:40:00.120 one of them. That's down there. I'm Jeff Jonik. Our 0:40:00.120 --> 0:40:03.400 final moments where Ellen Robinson the Second here on Bears 0:40:03.440 --> 0:40:06.120 All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. We really 0:40:06.160 --> 0:40:08.719 appreciate the season ticket holders coming by, so thank you 0:40:08.760 --> 0:40:11.040 folks very much for coming here. I hope you're enjoying 0:40:11.040 --> 0:40:13.040 the show, all right. I can't help it because the 0:40:13.320 --> 0:40:15.560 locker room and I go in the locker room two 0:40:15.640 --> 0:40:17.560 or three times a week for a few minutes and say, 0:40:17.640 --> 0:40:19.960 how do the fellows do some interviews or whatever? And 0:40:20.040 --> 0:40:24.040 there's constant conversation about the NBA in there. I mean, 0:40:24.080 --> 0:40:27.440 you got Charles Lenno Junior knows his basketball. You got 0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:29.560 Josh bell Andy weighing in on who's the greatest of 0:40:29.560 --> 0:40:32.560 all time? And Allen Robinson shows up to our show 0:40:32.600 --> 0:40:36.439 tonight in a Big Baller brand sweatshirt. I could see 0:40:36.440 --> 0:40:39.520 where he's thinking. He's he loved them Lakers. You know, 0:40:39.560 --> 0:40:43.520 It's funny. I just realized, probably what five or sixty 0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:45.880 years ago, that I wasn't actually a Lakers fan. I 0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:48.480 was a Kobe Bryant fan, you know. And it's funny 0:40:48.520 --> 0:40:51.360 because you kind of throughout the whole wave of Kobe Bryant, 0:40:51.360 --> 0:40:52.960 you know, I just assumed that I was a Lakers 0:40:52.960 --> 0:40:56.400 fan as well until he left, and there was like, gosh, 0:40:56.440 --> 0:40:59.000 I really don't like the Lakers like that. And it's 0:40:59.040 --> 0:41:01.520 funny because one of my host buddies is a big 0:41:01.600 --> 0:41:05.520 Lakers fan, and we always bonded over being quote unquote 0:41:05.600 --> 0:41:07.799 Lakers fans, you know, and took Kobe Bryant left, and 0:41:07.880 --> 0:41:10.800 it's like, oh, like, I'm not a Lakers fan anymore. 0:41:11.400 --> 0:41:14.600 So I think that's pretty funny. Now what Um, Now, 0:41:14.640 --> 0:41:16.759 I really just follow a lot of good basketball, you know, 0:41:17.239 --> 0:41:19.840 I'm not really too I do like watching the Celtics, 0:41:19.880 --> 0:41:22.040 you know, I really enjoy watching the young team that 0:41:22.080 --> 0:41:27.040 they have, um them, Golden State. I like watching Golden State. Um, 0:41:27.640 --> 0:41:29.279 it's a lot of good ball going on right now. 0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:31.280 Did you like the bad boys back in the day? 0:41:31.520 --> 0:41:34.839 Too young? I am too young? I am too young. Yeah, 0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:38.480 I was more What was that two thousand and four Pistons, 0:41:38.480 --> 0:41:41.960 two thousand and four Pistons, Ben Willace, Richard Hamilton, Chauncey Billups, 0:41:42.040 --> 0:41:44.520 Tayshaun Prince group right there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was 0:41:45.400 --> 0:41:47.080 that was the group. That was a group that I grew. 0:41:47.560 --> 0:41:49.480 When you look at a guy like Lebron James, and 0:41:49.880 --> 0:41:51.600 you know, the thing that I always I talked about 0:41:51.640 --> 0:41:53.680 it all the time because I'm so impressed with the 0:41:53.800 --> 0:41:56.480 obvious effort he has to invest in the off season 0:41:56.640 --> 0:41:59.000 to be so great for this many years. And when 0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:02.880 you talk about playing for twelve years. Um, you have 0:42:03.000 --> 0:42:05.000 to have that investment in the off season, and if 0:42:05.040 --> 0:42:07.160 you don't, you're not gonna play, no matter how badly 0:42:07.280 --> 0:42:09.080 you want to. And so when I see a guy 0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:11.640 like Lebron, that's what inspires me, is the effort that 0:42:11.719 --> 0:42:13.759 he must invest in the off season. Is it the 0:42:13.840 --> 0:42:16.759 same for you most definitely. Yeah, I'm definitely learning more, 0:42:16.800 --> 0:42:18.319 you know, each and every year. You know, as far 0:42:18.400 --> 0:42:21.120 as you know, investing in like game readys, norma techs, 0:42:21.200 --> 0:42:23.239 you know this this up and coming off season, I'm 0:42:23.239 --> 0:42:25.560 gonna I'm gonna try to invest in the hyperbaric chamber, 0:42:25.640 --> 0:42:27.080 you know, So just doing a lot of different things, 0:42:27.120 --> 0:42:28.680 you know, like you said, you know, for me, um, 0:42:29.239 --> 0:42:31.439 for me wanting to play you know at least twelve years. 0:42:31.480 --> 0:42:33.759 You know, that's that's a job in itself, you know, 0:42:33.880 --> 0:42:35.680 each and every day, each and every off season, you know, 0:42:35.800 --> 0:42:37.920 taking care of your body, putting the right things into 0:42:38.040 --> 0:42:39.520 your body. You know. So it's a lot of work. Well, 0:42:39.560 --> 0:42:41.400 you're in the right place because in this building, I 0:42:41.440 --> 0:42:43.839 mean obviously the Peyton Center, and Tim played with Walter 0:42:44.000 --> 0:42:46.759 so knows every detail about how he got ready in 0:42:46.880 --> 0:42:49.200 off seasons and the and the infamous hill that he 0:42:49.320 --> 0:42:52.279 ran every every summer getting ready for the season. But 0:42:52.920 --> 0:42:56.359 Charles Tillman, we were privileged enough to see Charles here 0:42:56.440 --> 0:42:59.000 for a long time, and how he showed up on 0:42:59.120 --> 0:43:01.759 the first bus every every game, and how he went 0:43:01.840 --> 0:43:06.319 through these really detailed situations before a game to get 0:43:06.400 --> 0:43:10.040 himself right. Or Matt Forte who did use the hyperbaric chamber, 0:43:10.120 --> 0:43:12.839 I believe too, And what the massages he got after 0:43:12.920 --> 0:43:15.040 every game and and the and the It was painful. 0:43:15.280 --> 0:43:17.360 Its painful to get rid of the pain, definitely. So 0:43:17.480 --> 0:43:18.879 you got to be willing to go through the pain 0:43:18.960 --> 0:43:20.880 to get rid of the pain most definitely, you know, 0:43:20.960 --> 0:43:26.960 like you said, massages, cold up, um, cupping, hyperbaric, you know, 0:43:27.080 --> 0:43:29.680 even like cryotherapy. You know, it's a lot of different 0:43:29.719 --> 0:43:31.000 things that you can use. And do you do the 0:43:31.040 --> 0:43:33.040 cupping thing and explain that thing? I do? I do 0:43:33.239 --> 0:43:35.320 so yeah, So so I guess the cup and is 0:43:35.320 --> 0:43:36.759 you know, they put these cups on you and they 0:43:36.840 --> 0:43:39.160 and they and they compress them, you know to where 0:43:39.160 --> 0:43:41.520 ass they're they're compressing your muscles, you know, because the 0:43:41.560 --> 0:43:43.440 best way to get like the acid and stuff out 0:43:43.520 --> 0:43:45.279 of your muscles is to compress it, you know, rather 0:43:45.360 --> 0:43:47.279 that's through a cup, through massage and stuff like that. 0:43:47.440 --> 0:43:50.120 You know, so at times it is it is pretty painful. Yeah, 0:43:50.200 --> 0:43:52.399 so you'll see, guys, it's not your typical massage where 0:43:52.400 --> 0:43:56.520 it Yeah, you got these big bruising circle bruises on 0:43:56.640 --> 0:43:59.000 your body. It is amazing what you guys go through. 0:43:59.560 --> 0:44:02.840 Players and all that's done. What's your game ready attitude like, 0:44:03.040 --> 0:44:05.560 because you're it's not massage and it's not covering all 0:44:05.640 --> 0:44:07.560 that stuff has been done during the week and now 0:44:07.640 --> 0:44:10.600 you show up on Sunday morning, Monday night, Sunday night, 0:44:10.680 --> 0:44:13.440 whenever you're gonna play. You know, me, my typical game 0:44:13.520 --> 0:44:16.960 day is funny because just probably over the last three 0:44:17.000 --> 0:44:19.320 to four years, and I'm not a big, big music 0:44:19.400 --> 0:44:22.240 guy on game day, you know, I'm typically just focused, 0:44:22.360 --> 0:44:24.200 locked in. You know, when I'm riding to the stadium, 0:44:24.239 --> 0:44:28.080 I typically may um um driving wise, I may I 0:44:28.200 --> 0:44:31.160 may turn on the radio, you know, and whatever's on there, 0:44:31.200 --> 0:44:33.200 you know, but I'm not too much like loud music 0:44:33.280 --> 0:44:35.239 and stuff like that. You know. I found it best 0:44:35.320 --> 0:44:37.200 for me, you know, to just to just be you know, 0:44:37.320 --> 0:44:40.839 everything calming, you know, just just visualizing and thinking about 0:44:40.880 --> 0:44:43.280 you know, everything that's about to take place early early 0:44:43.400 --> 0:44:45.480 bus or late bus early bus, first bus because it 0:44:45.520 --> 0:44:47.560 when you go to a team they have six buses 0:44:47.600 --> 0:44:49.600 for the team. They have them staggered, so you can 0:44:49.640 --> 0:44:52.160 go at different times. First bus time goes on a 0:44:52.280 --> 0:44:54.440 cab at five thirty in the morning. But I never 0:44:54.560 --> 0:44:57.120 took a team bus to a game. I took a 0:44:57.200 --> 0:44:58.759 cab every time because I kind of got there a 0:44:58.800 --> 0:45:01.280 little bit earlier because that was so anxious and everything. 0:45:01.360 --> 0:45:03.000 But and then that you look at the guys that 0:45:03.080 --> 0:45:04.759 come on the third bus because they have a whole 0:45:04.840 --> 0:45:07.560 different way that they function and get Yeah, yeah, for me, 0:45:07.640 --> 0:45:09.239 I'm the first bus guy, you know. Being able to 0:45:09.640 --> 0:45:11.400 be able to get to the stadium, you know, just 0:45:11.480 --> 0:45:13.239 kind of just kind of sit down, you know, being 0:45:13.280 --> 0:45:15.520 able to do everything that I want to do, you know, 0:45:15.600 --> 0:45:17.640 as far as as far as maybe getting cups before 0:45:17.680 --> 0:45:20.880 the game or or or different things like that. You know. 0:45:20.880 --> 0:45:22.480 So I'd just like to give myself all the time 0:45:22.520 --> 0:45:24.400 in the world, you know, to really prepare myself and 0:45:24.800 --> 0:45:26.600 and to really just you know, just just kind of 0:45:26.640 --> 0:45:29.319 relax a little bit before the game and just you know, um, 0:45:30.040 --> 0:45:33.160 I mate, like uh, look at some more players or 0:45:33.200 --> 0:45:36.200 just kind of visualize everything. Well, one thing we can say, 0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:38.719 I'm behalf of all Bears fans, glad to have you back. 0:45:38.760 --> 0:45:40.880 I'm glad to have you in Chicago. I'm glad, trust me, 0:45:40.960 --> 0:45:42.719 I'm glad to be here in Chicago. Now, this is 0:45:42.800 --> 0:45:45.000 a good city for it. You're a Midwestern guy and 0:45:45.160 --> 0:45:46.680 now I hope to see you on Sunday against the 0:45:46.719 --> 0:45:50.200 Detroit Lions. Good luck in it should be a heck 0:45:50.200 --> 0:45:52.040 of a second half of the season. Will be five 0:45:52.080 --> 0:45:53.839 and three, Bears in first place. We'll have the game 0:45:53.920 --> 0:45:57.320 nine am pre game noon kickoff over on WBBM on Sunday. 0:45:57.360 --> 0:45:59.120 That's gonna wrap us up here. From how to saw 0:45:59.239 --> 0:46:02.279 PNC Studio Bears FANJA turned out again. Way to go 0:46:02.680 --> 0:46:05.600 for Allen Robinson the second time there. I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:46:05.800 --> 0:46:09.240 Thanks for listening, everybody. This is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. 0:46:09.320 --> 0:46:12.520 The score, Yeah,