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Speaker 1: performing earthquestern offensive Lineman now the voice of the New
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints, and they've had some trouble down there, Big Tim.
Speaker 1: Welcome into the program. With a hurricane today, as if
Speaker 1: twenty twenty hasn't tell everybody enough, right, you know, New
Speaker 1: Orleans is probably that has a lot of protocol plans
Speaker 1: in place, whether it's a hurricane or a pandemic. They've
Speaker 1: had a couple of storm issues so far early this season.
Speaker 1: And you know, I think Sean Payton and that whole
Speaker 1: organization has done a nice job of holding it together
Speaker 1: during all these difficult times they've had throughout their organization's career.
Speaker 1: But now they've got Drew Brees and they keep on perculating.
Speaker 1: You know, that's just it. That's an amazing thing about
Speaker 1: it is what is the glue that keeps this organization together.
Speaker 1: I know that Sean Payton is really highly thought of,
Speaker 1: but when you look at the early parts of Drew
Speaker 1: Brees's career, in what he did to make this commitment
Speaker 1: to New Orleans over the course of Hurricane Katrina everything else,
Speaker 1: from a Super Bowl to a downward spiral back getting
Speaker 1: it to the top of the pile. I think Drew
Speaker 1: Brees is one of the best constants that New Orleans
Speaker 1: has had in their franchise's history. Yeah, he felt he
Speaker 1: was not a year ago when Teddy Bridgewater came to
Speaker 1: Soldier Field Tommy and had a very very good day
Speaker 1: against the Bears. They also didn't have Alvin Kamara in
Speaker 1: that game, and if I'm not mistaken, they didn't have
Speaker 1: Jared Cook either. So they're gonna have all three it
Speaker 1: Soldier Field and so you can understand why Chuck Pagano
Speaker 1: It's interesting how he rates these players because I think
Speaker 1: almost every week this season he's referred to somebody as
Speaker 1: a game breaker. And he had plenty to say today
Speaker 1: about Alvin Tamara. Obviously a dynamic, multidimensional talent both on
Speaker 1: the ground through the year. He is danger. He is danger,
Speaker 1: especially with a guy like Drew Brees who can dictate
Speaker 1: what happens from that pocket. And he's okay with giving
Speaker 1: you the short game without a star players. And I
Speaker 1: know Michael Thomas did practice so limited today, but the
Speaker 1: expectation is that high ankle and hamstring not quite ready
Speaker 1: to go. But he makes good use out of Kamara
Speaker 1: to the point that he can beat you just with
Speaker 1: that two men game. You know. I think play in
Speaker 1: Carolina a couple of weeks ago, Jeff is a really
Speaker 1: good warm up from what New Orleans is going to
Speaker 1: try to present to you. When you look at Teddy
Speaker 1: Bridgewater and Mike Davis and you look at Drew Brees
Speaker 1: and Alvin Kamara, that's what they can do. Because the
Speaker 1: running backs for both teams can be a double edged sword.
Speaker 1: They can be very useful in a power running game,
Speaker 1: but they can be just as productive as a pass
Speaker 1: receiver out of the backfield or beyond the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: So you know, it was a good warm up. However,
Speaker 1: it's like going from regular gas in Carolina to high
Speaker 1: octane gas in New Orleans and then you got the defense.
Speaker 1: I'm a big Cam Jordan fan. I know he doesn't
Speaker 1: have much in the way of sacks this year, but
Speaker 1: he's somebody you've got a block because who could wreck
Speaker 1: you as well. He's got a big verse to his game,
Speaker 1: and as I discussed with you last night, I was
Speaker 1: amazed to find outs forty seven pass breakups. So he
Speaker 1: puts his hands up and blocks some passing lanes. Dad,
Speaker 1: that's a big number. That's the early partion of the
Speaker 1: career of JJ Watt when he used to call him
Speaker 1: j j swat. Cam Jordan cannot the ball down if
Speaker 1: you're not having the right to jective, which you know
Speaker 1: you got a six six quarterback throwing, so that helps. Well.
Speaker 1: You know what's interesting, JJ Watt. When Houston was winning
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago and they were playing on
Speaker 1: the lead, he had a lot more opportunities to rush
Speaker 1: the passer than he's getting today, whereas it's the same
Speaker 1: thing New Orleans. A majority of the time they play
Speaker 1: on the lead. So these guys rushing the passer on
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, they know what's going on, they
Speaker 1: know the passing lanes, they know if they're stalemated at
Speaker 1: or near the line of scrimmage, and then they just
Speaker 1: try to focus on taking up a passing lane. However,
Speaker 1: when you can read the quarterback's eyes while you're rushing
Speaker 1: the passer against an offensive lineman and understand the timing
Speaker 1: of it all, it's a lot like a quarterback getting
Speaker 1: rid of the ball before he gets sacked. It's the
Speaker 1: same thing as a defensive lineman reading the quarterback and
Speaker 1: being able to deflect the pass opportunity. And what else
Speaker 1: impresses you about what they're doing defensively, because Damario Davis
Speaker 1: is also an outstanding player once to the named All
Speaker 1: Pro a year ago. But you know they're secondary. They're
Speaker 1: stopping the run again. They're stopping the run they did
Speaker 1: last year, they're doing it again this year, which is
Speaker 1: probably not music to the years of the Bears offense
Speaker 1: at the moment. Until they get that running game figured out,
Speaker 1: they're holding you a less than ninety yards a game.
Speaker 1: But you know other things they're doing defensively, They're playing
Speaker 1: really physical on the inside of the defense, and I
Speaker 1: think that's one of the challenging aspects of it. Why
Speaker 1: they play so well against the run, because they have
Speaker 1: physical size and power on the inside that takes up
Speaker 1: the point of attack. And then they say, okay, you guys,
Speaker 1: see if you can throw it down field, second nine,
Speaker 1: third nine against this defensive rush, we're gonna put on you.
Speaker 1: All right, We're gonna step away. Take it our first
Speaker 1: of the night, Zach Strieff, the voice of the New
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints and a great player in his own right
Speaker 1: for New Orleans and at Northwestern, would join us. This
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Speaker 1: Jeff jon Town there joined by Zach Street now from
Speaker 1: New Orleans, the voice of the Saints and former Northwestern
Speaker 1: Star and one of the outstanding offensive lineman for the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, enjoying great success in two different careers
Speaker 1: and really spinning on a dime from doing it shortly
Speaker 1: after becoming an announcer after wrapping up his NFL career, Zach,
Speaker 1: how are you doing down there? First of all, is
Speaker 1: everybody okay? After the hurricane went through? Hey, gentlemen, thanks
Speaker 1: for having me on. Yeah, you know, we're doing pretty good.
Speaker 1: We got lucky. Was soaked fast. It was moving about
Speaker 1: twenty five miles an hour when it hit landfall, so
Speaker 1: it was substantially stronger than we thought it was going
Speaker 1: to be twenty four hours earlier. But it was also
Speaker 1: out of here about twice as fast. So certainly a
Speaker 1: lot of power outages, but I think by and large
Speaker 1: we got away. Okay, It's not like anything has had
Speaker 1: upen weird this year, hasn't it. I mean, I mean,
Speaker 1: you guys have dealt with a lot over the retor Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean wouwenty without a late October, you know, rare
Speaker 1: hurricane for New Orleans for sure. Hey, Zach, I got
Speaker 1: a question for you know what we all we talked
Speaker 1: in your introduction they talk about how you're from Northwestern
Speaker 1: I have to ask anybody that because the times have
Speaker 1: changed a lot around Northwestern since you've been there. Have
Speaker 1: you ever been back to see Northwestern's new facility and
Speaker 1: how beautiful of a presentation they make to college football
Speaker 1: over there. Yeah. I have actually gotten to get back
Speaker 1: since they've finished the facility. I was inducted in the
Speaker 1: Northwestern Hall of Fame a couple of years ago, the
Speaker 1: year that they opened that place up, and so I
Speaker 1: got to get in and see it all, and it's
Speaker 1: it's pretty mind blowing. Having been through Northwestern and knowing,
Speaker 1: you know that what it was and the facilities in
Speaker 1: comparison to other Big ten schools, when I was there
Speaker 1: to see what an incredible job they've been able to
Speaker 1: do it Northwestern, and certainly led by Pat Fitzgerald, understanding
Speaker 1: how important that was not just for the football program
Speaker 1: but to the athletic program in general. And it's a
Speaker 1: stunning facility. I swear every time I see it, I
Speaker 1: kind of have to remind myself that's at Northwestern on
Speaker 1: Northwestern's campus, so pretty special places. And I'm super super
Speaker 1: excited that the university can attract a different type of
Speaker 1: athlete now that they can compete with the facilities. Is
Speaker 1: because certainly on an academic standpoint there they have a
Speaker 1: lot to offer. Hey, Zacho, let's talk a little New
Speaker 1: Orleans football. So the Bear so far this season they
Speaker 1: played against Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, Tom Brady, and now
Speaker 1: Drew Brees. So when you look at Drew Brees at forty,
Speaker 1: what part of him looks forty Well, you know, it's
Speaker 1: hard to say because if his hairline's interceding. Since he
Speaker 1: was about thirty two, that's always been kind of as
Speaker 1: a soft spot for him. He's not a big fan
Speaker 1: of me bringing that up, but I'm happy to do something.
Speaker 1: You know, really what we've seen and I think, you know,
Speaker 1: it's indicative of what a lot of quarterbacks do, or
Speaker 1: not even quarterbacks, just players in general. He's adapted, you know,
Speaker 1: to you know, where his strengths are and found ways
Speaker 1: to kind of avoid the weaknesses. You know, there's been
Speaker 1: so much talk over the last couple of years about
Speaker 1: his arm strength and whether it's at the level that
Speaker 1: can be successful in the National Football League, and those
Speaker 1: of us who know him and know the style of
Speaker 1: game that he plays, we kind of bury our heads
Speaker 1: in the sand for a while, so we don't have
Speaker 1: to hear it, because we know it's a matter of
Speaker 1: time before he strings off a bunch of highly impressive performances,
Speaker 1: and he's kind of in the middle of that right now,
Speaker 1: so you know, he listen. He's extremely efficient. He runs
Speaker 1: his offense the way it's meant to be run, and
Speaker 1: that is to be efficient, to complete passes, to get
Speaker 1: the ball into the hands of his playmakers, and he
Speaker 1: does that as well as anybody in football. You know,
Speaker 1: he's knocking on Corcus seventy yard pass on you guys
Speaker 1: in the air. But he couldn't do that when he
Speaker 1: was twenty six either, So I think he's really, you know, honed.
Speaker 1: Danny's as accurate as he's ever been. He's as locked
Speaker 1: in mentally as he's ever been, and quite honestly, probably
Speaker 1: has more weapons when we're at full strength right now
Speaker 1: than he's ever had in his time in New Orleans.
Speaker 1: As good as Drew is, Zach I am. As good
Speaker 1: as this offense is. Is this a defensive driven team
Speaker 1: or is it still the way the offense goes that's
Speaker 1: the way we'll go as a team. You know, I
Speaker 1: would say over the last couple of years, this team's
Speaker 1: played pretty complimentary, and I think we've seen periods of
Speaker 1: each season where you know, the offense would go on
Speaker 1: a run for six or seven games and be dominant
Speaker 1: and then run through a stretch where they really struggled
Speaker 1: in the defense was able to pick up all that
Speaker 1: slack and more and win football games for this group.
Speaker 1: But you know, so far this season, I would say
Speaker 1: that this has been an offensive football team. Again, offense
Speaker 1: has been highly efficient. Like I said, they're scoring about
Speaker 1: thirty points a game, which is seventh in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. You know, they've been fantastic on third down
Speaker 1: fifty five percent right now, which is really astoundings of
Speaker 1: the I think the stats are watching this game against
Speaker 1: the Bears defense and quite honestly, the defense they're not
Speaker 1: standing against the run. But but the issues with the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints this year, I've been on the back
Speaker 1: end and not even the ability. It's a talented secondary,
Speaker 1: probably it's talented the secondaries we've had in my fifteen
Speaker 1: years into Orleans. But man, the mental errors, the blown
Speaker 1: assignments on the back end have really killed this team.
Speaker 1: And also lead the National Football League with eleven defensive
Speaker 1: passenger aferances. So you know, in spite of not giving
Speaker 1: up a ton of yards. Um, they're giving up some
Speaker 1: big and easy plays and on top of that you
Speaker 1: kind of cap that off and again it's it's an
Speaker 1: interesting comparison to the Bears. UM. Nineteen of twenty two
Speaker 1: trips to the red zones for this football team have
Speaker 1: ended with a touchdown. That's last in the NFL. And
Speaker 1: so you know, they're not they're not bending and not breaking.
Speaker 1: They're they're bending and then breaking in the red zone.
Speaker 1: And that's really been, you know, where the issues have
Speaker 1: lied with this group, and it's been mostly on the
Speaker 1: back end. So until they get that straightened out, until
Speaker 1: they can stop turning people loose and giving up big
Speaker 1: plays and having the big penalties, UM, this is going
Speaker 1: to have to be an offensive led football team. Sax
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Speaker 1: learned more at EW dot com. What is the status
Speaker 1: of Michael Thomas. Well, Michael was able to go a
Speaker 1: little bit today. He was limited for today's practice he
Speaker 1: missed yesterday's You know, he's coming off of a hamstring
Speaker 1: that he had during practice, initially a high ankle sprain,
Speaker 1: which he recovered from, and then as he kind of
Speaker 1: came back last week, you know, you know, sprain is hamstring,
Speaker 1: and so he was able to get back today. I
Speaker 1: think that was surprising for some of us. I think
Speaker 1: most people assumed it was going to be another week.
Speaker 1: I certainly don't think that's necessarily an indication that Mike's
Speaker 1: going to go, Especially knowing Mike Thomas, I think Mike
Speaker 1: could do anything just to get out on the field,
Speaker 1: even if that means telling them he feels better than
Speaker 1: he really does. But I do think it's a good sign.
Speaker 1: I didn't think we've seen him until next week, so
Speaker 1: it's a possibility, you know. I think there's a little
Speaker 1: bit of stress there. Immanuel Sanders still in the COVID
Speaker 1: nineteen reserve list for another week. And then Marcos Callaway,
Speaker 1: who kind of been a surprise performance led this team
Speaker 1: with eight catches last week. Undrafted free agent out of Tennessee.
Speaker 1: Really just really like the second or third game that
Speaker 1: we've seen him get in at all, and he was
Speaker 1: targeted a lot early on in that football game last
Speaker 1: week against the Panthers. He had an ankle injury in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter as well, so you could theoretically be
Speaker 1: looking at three of the top four receivers down for
Speaker 1: the Saints, and I think Mike might be feeling some
Speaker 1: of that pressure to get back and help contribute. I'll
Speaker 1: tell you there was like a league wide eye roll
Speaker 1: whenever a great quarterback can absolutely make a difference in
Speaker 1: his receivers by just being on the field and helping them,
Speaker 1: you know, reach their potential. So the eye roll was, Okay,
Speaker 1: how in the world did the say it's get another guy?
Speaker 1: And who is Mark Wes Cattaway. I mean, obviously he's
Speaker 1: an SEC guy, so people knew all of him. But
Speaker 1: to get this undrafted guy to be the leading pass
Speaker 1: catcher for a game and help the team get a win,
Speaker 1: you could probably appreciate that frustration for offensive struggling teams
Speaker 1: that are still trying to figure things out and get
Speaker 1: guys developed at that position. Yeah, I think every guy
Speaker 1: that's ever really come through this organization. You know, again,
Speaker 1: in the last fifteen years since Drew's been here, have
Speaker 1: kind of sung the praises of how much his tutelage
Speaker 1: has meant, and what a greater understanding they have, not
Speaker 1: only have this offense put up the game, you know,
Speaker 1: getting to experience practice. Drew's a teacher. You know, He's
Speaker 1: not a yell or he's not a guy that's going
Speaker 1: to go after a young guy for messing up. He's
Speaker 1: gonna chase him down and explain to him, you know,
Speaker 1: what he did wrong. And I think guys really respect
Speaker 1: that and really learn a little bit faster because of
Speaker 1: And so there's been a lot of years in this
Speaker 1: offense where you'd say, hey, there's really not a premier
Speaker 1: offensive talent outside of Drew Brees and the offense, and
Speaker 1: yet the offense has always went And that's you know,
Speaker 1: a testament to Drew Brees and what he's able to do,
Speaker 1: also to Sean Payton, and I think one of the
Speaker 1: more creative play callers and offensive schemers in the National
Speaker 1: Football League since you know, really, I guess since the
Speaker 1: two thousands. You know, he's really good at getting guys
Speaker 1: in good positions. And I think that at this point
Speaker 1: this offense is his and drews and they speak the
Speaker 1: same language and are able to manipulate defenses in ways
Speaker 1: that a lot of teams aren't. So, you know, as
Speaker 1: long as you can find your way to the right
Speaker 1: spot in this offense, I think Drew Drew Brees can
Speaker 1: get you the ball. Hey, Zach, So you look at
Speaker 1: what Alvin Kamara can do for this offense, and you
Speaker 1: talk about the relationship between Sean Payton and Drew Brees.
Speaker 1: If the Bears defense is good enough to make the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints one dimensional, whether they take away or
Speaker 1: they pass for us so well they take a little
Speaker 1: bit of that away, or they stop to run so
Speaker 1: significantly they have to go exclusively to the past. Do
Speaker 1: they have Do these guys feed off of each other
Speaker 1: the running pass game, or if the Bears did make
Speaker 1: them one dimensional, are they good enough to survive on
Speaker 1: one portion of it? Yeah? I think it's a great question.
Speaker 1: You know. I think that knowing Sean Payne, I think
Speaker 1: this offense is good enough to be one dimensional. I
Speaker 1: think that it's proven that many times now. I can
Speaker 1: also tell you, as an offensive lineman that spent twelve
Speaker 1: years in the system, I dreaded those football games. And
Speaker 1: it wasn't always because you shut the rundown. Sometimes just
Speaker 1: because Sean decided he wasn't going to call any other
Speaker 1: run place because he felt so good about passing the football.
Speaker 1: But this is a game I can pretty much guarantee
Speaker 1: you going to Chicago on the road. A cooler game,
Speaker 1: you know for the Saints, maybe not for the Bears,
Speaker 1: but a cooler game with some wind and with as
Speaker 1: good of a pass rush as the Bears have. They
Speaker 1: won't come in trying to run the football, and he will.
Speaker 1: He's always much better running the football game. It's you know,
Speaker 1: elite defenses. I think he understands and Drew will certainly
Speaker 1: understand the importance against the Bears of having some balance,
Speaker 1: not just you know, for protection standpoints, but you know,
Speaker 1: to keep this secondary that's so good and when they're
Speaker 1: being aggressive and they feel comfortable that they know it's coming.
Speaker 1: They've been so good this year. Um, I think you're
Speaker 1: going to see the Saints really um dig in you know,
Speaker 1: hard on on keeping this game balanced. But if if
Speaker 1: it turned into a into a passing uh contest. Uh,
Speaker 1: they are not shy, and Drew Brees and Joan Payton
Speaker 1: are very comfortable saying, you know what, let's spread them out,
Speaker 1: Let's go five wide. This ball's coming out of my
Speaker 1: hands in one point eight seconds. And this pass rush,
Speaker 1: you know, we can we can, we can take this
Speaker 1: pass rush away from them just by spreading them out
Speaker 1: and getting the ball out quick. So I think certainly
Speaker 1: capable of both. But I can assure you they will
Speaker 1: come in um more committed to the run than people
Speaker 1: are used to see them. Zach. You know, Jeff was
Speaker 1: telling me his stat earlier or in the week about
Speaker 1: how many deflective passes Cam Jordan has. And you've been
Speaker 1: around there a long time when you're a former offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: Is it instincts, awareness, or penetration that allows him to
Speaker 1: be so effective in that role? I'd probably say yes.
Speaker 1: I think all of those things. You know. I think
Speaker 1: Jam's a really smart football player, and I think he's
Speaker 1: excellent at understanding when he has a chance of getting
Speaker 1: to a quarterback and when he doesn't, and so many
Speaker 1: of those badd passes. And you've seen other guys around
Speaker 1: the league be really fantastic at this. Hey, you know
Speaker 1: what I can tell by the way this offensive lineman
Speaker 1: set This ball's coming out. This is a three step drop.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stop and I'm gonna you know, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: identify where this ball isn't trying to get my hands
Speaker 1: in a throwing length. He's been really good at it
Speaker 1: for a long time. He plays under control. He's able,
Speaker 1: I think, to read an offensive tackle or an offensive
Speaker 1: guard really well, and he's done a fantastic job of
Speaker 1: doing just that now to that point. And he doesn't
Speaker 1: have one yet this year. And I think part of
Speaker 1: that is we have not seen camp Jordan around the
Speaker 1: quarterback nearly as much of this season. Just one sack
Speaker 1: right now, been very active in the running game, twenty
Speaker 1: nine tackles, which is a big number for a defensive
Speaker 1: end in a four three defense, But um, we have
Speaker 1: not seen him around the quarterback a ton and I
Speaker 1: think that, you know, that's that's part of not seeing
Speaker 1: him get his hands on any balls yet this year.
Speaker 1: All right, Zach, gonna let you go before I do,
Speaker 1: you know, making that transmission from not so far removed
Speaker 1: from I'm playing for the Saints and then becoming their
Speaker 1: play by play guy. Several guys have done it in
Speaker 1: the league over the course of their careers. Dave Logan
Speaker 1: and Denver has won and Steve Rabel in Seattle another
Speaker 1: did you always want to do it, or did it
Speaker 1: just something that just kind of came before you and
Speaker 1: you went for it, you know it, I would say
Speaker 1: the latter. I had met with a couple of different
Speaker 1: media organizations around New Orleans, and one of the those
Speaker 1: was de WWL, which is the flagship station of the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, and I'd had a good relationship with
Speaker 1: them in the past and had met about a couple
Speaker 1: of different things. And one of the things they told
Speaker 1: me as I was walking out of the office is,
Speaker 1: you know, so much of this industry is you know,
Speaker 1: what is available at in the moment, we really don't have,
Speaker 1: you know, any shows that have an opening or you know,
Speaker 1: we're really not necessarily looking. The only job we're trying
Speaker 1: to replace right now is Jim Henderson's. And you know
Speaker 1: that's not really a former player, you know, right out
Speaker 1: of playing kind of a job. And I said, I
Speaker 1: understood that, and I walked to my car and all
Speaker 1: I could think of the entire time Jim Henderson, who
Speaker 1: was the play by play voice of the Saints for
Speaker 1: thirty years before me, I can just remember I'm walking
Speaker 1: to the car, and I kept thinking over and over
Speaker 1: of all these big moments in my career, and when
Speaker 1: I think of them, I have his call in the
Speaker 1: back of my head, these iconic moments, you know, in
Speaker 1: my career that I don't remember as much from the
Speaker 1: field as I do the replay that I've seen a
Speaker 1: hundred times and the voice of Jim Henderson and I
Speaker 1: turned around, I walked back up to the office and said,
Speaker 1: I'm really not interested in anything else but that. Are
Speaker 1: you willing to give me a chance to audition, to
Speaker 1: try and throw you some tape? And they were. And
Speaker 1: I think ultimately my relationship with the New Orleans Saints
Speaker 1: certainly helped out, and a lot of people took an
Speaker 1: awfully big chance to give me the opportunity to have,
Speaker 1: you know, one of the most special jobs in the world.
Speaker 1: And I think that I've gotten a lot of a
Speaker 1: lot of people not so thrilled that I was given
Speaker 1: an opportunity, which I totally understand having had the job
Speaker 1: now for going on three years. It is a special,
Speaker 1: special rule and something that means a lot to me,
Speaker 1: having been with the Saints, you know, as long as
Speaker 1: I did, and still having a relationship with so many
Speaker 1: of those guys, but very very special opportunity, something that
Speaker 1: I know Deuce and I both we take very seriously.
Speaker 1: I guess the responsibility that comes with narrating. You know
Speaker 1: all of these special moments exactly how Tim and I
Speaker 1: feel about it now, twenty years in this together. So
Speaker 1: great story. Great job you induced some callis to do
Speaker 1: a great job. And good luck on Sunday. You guys
Speaker 1: traveling up? Are you guys staying at home? We're gonna come. Guys.
Speaker 1: We've been on the road this year and trying to
Speaker 1: make it happen, so we will. We will be in Chicago,
Speaker 1: all right, Well, good luck and it should be an
Speaker 1: interesting bog and thanks for taking out the time. Zach.
Speaker 1: Thank Zacht, Yeah, thank you, gentlemen. Zach Street, voice of
Speaker 1: been Oran Saints. When we return, we'll get more on
Speaker 1: the Bears and Saints. To break it down here from
Speaker 1: Jalen Johns to the Bear's rookie cornerback. It's all head
Speaker 1: on six seventy the Score. We welcome back to Bears
Speaker 1: All Access down Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score, Jeff,
Speaker 1: Joni Eck and Tom Thair as we get you set
Speaker 1: for Bears Saints. Interesting story for Zach Streef on Tommy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's an incredible story, you know, because I kind of
Speaker 1: put it him. Me and his shoes have all the
Speaker 1: tape you watch over the years and just kind of
Speaker 1: pay attention to offensive line play and how it figures
Speaker 1: in against the defense. Now you got to have a
Speaker 1: whole different view of how you prepare and how you
Speaker 1: watch the game after all those years as an AHOLD alignment.
Speaker 1: Sean Anderson is our producer tonight. Sean, can you just
Speaker 1: let me know if we got Jalen. We're having some
Speaker 1: technical issues tonight, so working at this from a different angle.
Speaker 1: Jalen's ready, okay, Jalen's ready all right, Jalen, thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us here in Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The
Speaker 1: score A great matchup ahead here in the NFC. It
Speaker 1: seems this way every week that you're facing some quarterbacks
Speaker 1: of great vintage. I'll say, because this has not been
Speaker 1: an ordinary year with that, because they're having one season,
Speaker 1: guys like Tom Brady and Philip Rivers coming to town
Speaker 1: and now Drew Brees, and I mean the list is
Speaker 1: going on. It will continue that way. For a first
Speaker 1: year player, it's got to be a treat a little
Speaker 1: bit because these are guys you grew up watching. No,
Speaker 1: it's definitely fun for sure, especially being able to go
Speaker 1: against guys that you admired on TV and I always
Speaker 1: kept track of the accolades and kind of what they're
Speaker 1: being able to accomplish. So now being able to experience
Speaker 1: that firsthand and being able to compete at a high
Speaker 1: level of definitely a blessing that honor. At the same time, Hey, Jalen,
Speaker 1: would you look at your performance this year? You already
Speaker 1: have a highlight reel at the mid season point. Is
Speaker 1: there any one frustrating play that stands out in your
Speaker 1: mind that either you go over or you've had to
Speaker 1: wipe clean off the slate so you don't think about it.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say one particular play that was frustrating, but
Speaker 1: I mean, if I had to give you an applies
Speaker 1: that the touchdown I gave up just because I allowed
Speaker 1: points to be put up on the board, So I mean,
Speaker 1: I never want that to happen. But I couldn't give
Speaker 1: you any one particular play that I really dwelled on
Speaker 1: or really was trying to figure out what went wrong.
Speaker 1: I kind of just learned from all my plays you know,
Speaker 1: you talk about the learning process of the rookie year,
Speaker 1: is there anything that you've seen for the first time?
Speaker 1: Speaking offensive football in the NFL level, I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: to see outside of you just playing against great quarterbacks
Speaker 1: and great facilitators. I mean, I've never really competed against
Speaker 1: quarterback to that that level. I mean, justin Herbert bald
Speaker 1: wouldn't consider him a great just yet, but I mean,
Speaker 1: just being able to play against high quality quarterbacks and
Speaker 1: offenses is the biggest thing that I've got to face.
Speaker 1: Who talks more trash wide receivers or dbs as a whole,
Speaker 1: I would probably say dvs. You know, it just it's
Speaker 1: interesting just to see how the process goes because when
Speaker 1: you look at some of the dvs around the league,
Speaker 1: and you look at some of the high profile or receivers,
Speaker 1: it's always interesting when you see the conversation after the
Speaker 1: play and you never know who's starting it. You guys
Speaker 1: at the defensive back position or the wide receiver, But
Speaker 1: so you go on to claim that it's the DBS. Oh,
Speaker 1: I mean, it really depends on who's playing. But I mean,
Speaker 1: I know there are a lot of receivers I like
Speaker 1: talking as well, but I mean for like DBS chat
Speaker 1: a lot as well. Kaylan Johnson, our guest here in
Speaker 1: Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score and when a
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Speaker 1: on game Gay Enter at Chicago Bears dot Com breaking
Speaker 1: down to Bears and Saints. Hey, real quick, what do
Speaker 1: you love about playing in this particular defensive scheme as
Speaker 1: it pertains to your position and just in general cool
Speaker 1: particular defel Honestly, I would just say you gotta be
Speaker 1: a dog, because I mean you just got to hold
Speaker 1: up your end of the bargains. I mean, they put
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on us in the second day
Speaker 1: to be able to cover, and even a front seven
Speaker 1: put a lot of pressure on there and be able
Speaker 1: to stop the running get to the quarterback. So I
Speaker 1: mean just being a dog and what your role is
Speaker 1: and just accepting it and really just excel me in
Speaker 1: your role to make everything come together. I had a
Speaker 1: conversation with the Cheam Hicks today on a piece that
Speaker 1: we're gonna air in our Bears Game Day Live show
Speaker 1: on Fox on Sunday morning at ten thirty, and you
Speaker 1: know he brings it. Obviously, he's a very physical player.
Speaker 1: And I said, right now, it's everybody's playing that way
Speaker 1: on defense. There's some big hits going on from every
Speaker 1: level of the defense. So that's becoming kind of a
Speaker 1: label for the for the team. That aggressive pounding hitting,
Speaker 1: and that's really critical. Kind of fits into the tradition
Speaker 1: of Bears football and everybody would love to see that
Speaker 1: the old monsters in the midway. From your perspective, when
Speaker 1: did you realize that that was the case, that this
Speaker 1: is a team front to back that will whack you
Speaker 1: and they got guys who don't mind hitting you. I
Speaker 1: would definitely say that kind of was something that was
Speaker 1: established during camp and then we had a real opportunity
Speaker 1: to display it nationally into everybody without the defense of yours. Mean,
Speaker 1: really it's just about Kennedy and my attitude and definite
Speaker 1: theicality weekend and week out. Hey, Jalen, When an offensive
Speaker 1: as an ex offensive lineman, when we watch tape, you
Speaker 1: learn a lot both about yourselves and about the other team.
Speaker 1: As a defensive back, do you learn more about you
Speaker 1: when you watch tape or the opponent. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: been what I'm watching, you can you can learn both
Speaker 1: when I watched the game film moves last week I
Speaker 1: watched more so myself and what I can correct. We're
Speaker 1: just moving forward to going against the team. Um like
Speaker 1: this week you learn about teams. I mean, it just
Speaker 1: depends on the setting of when you're watching film. I
Speaker 1: guess is your preparation changed at all sense of the
Speaker 1: Detroit game to now, because uh, you know, it seems
Speaker 1: like it's been a world away. It has been what
Speaker 1: seven or eight seven eight weeks or something, But you
Speaker 1: just think of the experiences you've gained, the receivers you
Speaker 1: played against, the corner quarterback competitions you face so far.
Speaker 1: Do you feel that you've improved drastically since that first
Speaker 1: Detroit game? I mean, and that's the end goal was
Speaker 1: just to keep getting better. I mean, at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, I know, um, I don't have a
Speaker 1: long way to go, m but I mean, as long
Speaker 1: as I'm improving, and I've seen improvement just in takeing me,
Speaker 1: knowing the defense better, in trust in my teammates as well.
Speaker 1: So I mean I feel like that's that's just what
Speaker 1: it's all about. Right now, just improving and getting better
Speaker 1: week in a week out. Bears rookie cornerback Jaylen Johnson
Speaker 1: our guest on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score
Speaker 1: on Bears All Access, brought to you by I Giff
Speaker 1: Energy with the tim there Jeff Joniac. So I can't
Speaker 1: help but notice that. So this is the first seven
Speaker 1: weeks of the season. Going into number eight, we got
Speaker 1: you from the Utah Secondary. We saw a blackman from
Speaker 1: the Utah Secondary intercepted pass against the Bears. For the Colts,
Speaker 1: she got Burgess, who was unfortunately injured in your game
Speaker 1: on Monday night from the Rams. Am I missing everybody.
Speaker 1: It's crazy that all three of you guys rookie year
Speaker 1: are making big contributions right out of the gate in
Speaker 1: your NFL careers. And they said it was a great defense,
Speaker 1: and boy, it's shown with these individual performances. I mean, honestly,
Speaker 1: I feel like that's just a testimony to us individually
Speaker 1: and our hard work and then just the program that
Speaker 1: we came from. Just everything that they taught and it's
Speaker 1: instilled into us mentally and physically. But I mean, we've
Speaker 1: all put in a lot of work and that was
Speaker 1: something that we took pride in UM during college. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was everything we do is for the long run,
Speaker 1: especially both guys. They were great teammates, great guys to
Speaker 1: be around. So I mean it's definitely not not surprising
Speaker 1: for for Medial for us to see our success because
Speaker 1: I mean it's something that we've always envisioned and always
Speaker 1: just took pride in and just being able to be
Speaker 1: successful and do things the right way. I don't know
Speaker 1: if you realize this, but according to my research, you
Speaker 1: are officially the most targeted defensive back in National Football
Speaker 1: League through the first seven weeks of the season. Uh,
Speaker 1: the dividends haven't been great because you your completion percentage
Speaker 1: defending against his outstanding I don't know if you knew that,
Speaker 1: But what what's it say? I mean if you as
Speaker 1: you look at numbers, you know, stats sometimes tell different stories.
Speaker 1: I mean, the day, it's all about taking chances, and
Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of offenses and a lot
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks feel like they have a better chance um
Speaker 1: and throwing my waist. I mean, that's why I fel like,
Speaker 1: that's why I get the majority of the targets have
Speaker 1: gotten the most targets I mean that's not surprising if
Speaker 1: it's being a rookie UM and taking a lot of
Speaker 1: snaps as well. So I mean that that makes sense.
Speaker 1: But I mean for me, I don't. I don't mind
Speaker 1: it at all. It just gives me more opportunity there
Speaker 1: to make plays UM and there's definitely plays I left
Speaker 1: out there that I can keep making or make better
Speaker 1: plays on UM. But I mean, I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: think nothing is thinking. I don't think anything into it
Speaker 1: too much. Hey, Jalen, how do you study for this game?
Speaker 1: Because there's uncertainty about Michael Thomas. You don't know what
Speaker 1: Marquest Callaway is going to be able to play, and
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of video evidence of him since
Speaker 1: he is a rookie out of Tennessee. How do you
Speaker 1: What element do you study? Do you study the quarterbacks habits,
Speaker 1: the analytics of how they run the offense or different
Speaker 1: formations and what they're gonna throw at you? Specifically, I
Speaker 1: study the offense. That I mean, no matter who's playing
Speaker 1: the seius, you got to run the routes. I mean,
Speaker 1: if now like they can just come in and pick
Speaker 1: and choose based on who's playing or a route they
Speaker 1: run to run. So I mean, if you study the
Speaker 1: offense and you have a good field for concepts and formation,
Speaker 1: is that in tendency that its offense is like to
Speaker 1: do so? I mean, and then it doesn't matter to
Speaker 1: me person neil wise who's playing. I mean, of course
Speaker 1: I would want to study Michael Thomas considering who he
Speaker 1: is as a player. But I mean, at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, that's just about going in and trusting
Speaker 1: your technique and making plays on the ball. What you
Speaker 1: do for a job on the field, and you you know,
Speaker 1: defend passes obviously, but when they have a running back
Speaker 1: is talented, is a camar? Does that make your job
Speaker 1: any more difficult because of how often they're willing to
Speaker 1: throw to it? Does it make your coverage responsibilities any
Speaker 1: more difficult just because of you know, things you have
Speaker 1: to see coming out of the backfield as well as
Speaker 1: receivers going downfield. Oh no, most definitely. You gotta put
Speaker 1: your big boy pants home because he's able to get
Speaker 1: to the to the back end and get to us.
Speaker 1: And in the second and third level, I mean, we
Speaker 1: just gotta um you just be able to cover and
Speaker 1: then also make sure that we have our head on
Speaker 1: the squive and make sure that we can come back
Speaker 1: and also help um on Alvin Camara and everything that
Speaker 1: he's done out of the backfield and receiving. So I
Speaker 1: mean you definitely have to be able to limit his damage.
Speaker 1: All right, Jayleen, We're gonna let you go. Appreciate your time.
Speaker 1: Ten past breakups already on a five and two football
Speaker 1: teams that these Saints and Drew Brees coming to Soldier
Speaker 1: Field on Sunday. That's lucky preparation. And thanks for taking
Speaker 1: the time. I man, Yeah, sorry, thank you. Guys. Have
Speaker 1: a good one. There's rookie corner and a good guy
Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson playing some really good football for the Bears.
Speaker 1: Back with Tom after this on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy.
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Speaker 1: six seventy. The Score brought to you by igs energy,
Speaker 1: Tom Jalen Johnson. Seriously, now you think about it. Literally,
Speaker 1: they played at the quarterback position. Think think about that
Speaker 1: for a second, and they're challenging him and he's making plays.
Speaker 1: He's got ten pass breakups. I think the bigger plays
Speaker 1: are yet to come. He's getting tested. Indeed, every day
Speaker 1: you're just you're hitting mile posting your young career, and
Speaker 1: you got a half season to go. You know, there
Speaker 1: was an expectation that by mid season he was going
Speaker 1: to be really, really good. I think he's already beat
Speaker 1: that post. I mean, there's there's time. He's given up
Speaker 1: some catches obviously, but you know he's already gotten there
Speaker 1: a little bit. You know, Jeff, when I've seen you
Speaker 1: interview Cole come at, Darnell Mooney and now talking to
Speaker 1: Jayleen Johnson tonight, you can hear the character in their voice,
Speaker 1: in their answers, in their response into their work ethic
Speaker 1: of what we ask them in their preparation and how
Speaker 1: well they're able to answer it. So you know, when
Speaker 1: you when you have a chance to talk with these
Speaker 1: guys in the last recent weeks, to me, it is
Speaker 1: an indicator of, you know, how how well they how
Speaker 1: well they can tell you how they prepare, and then
Speaker 1: you can kind of figure out why they're being they're
Speaker 1: able to play at this level at this stage of
Speaker 1: their young career. I think you're right. I mean, this
Speaker 1: draft class, it's a serious bunch. These guys are no nonsense.
Speaker 1: They're they're out there to go play football, and they're
Speaker 1: not really interested in all the other stuff about being
Speaker 1: a pro athlete. They're just dialed in right now. I
Speaker 1: think that's the way they they start to play in
Speaker 1: this game. I mean, I was kind of blown away
Speaker 1: last week when Darnell Mooney, you know who ran a
Speaker 1: four to three eighty. He says, I never looked at
Speaker 1: myself as a speed guy. I wanted to learn how
Speaker 1: to run every single route perfectly. So until that time
Speaker 1: came that people start calling me a speed guy because
Speaker 1: I ran a four three eight forty. He really never
Speaker 1: occurred to me, and I found that flabbergasting. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: Jeff Willie Galt was known as a speed receiver. He
Speaker 1: was not known as a many rep receiver during the
Speaker 1: course of a game where he's gonna get targeted ten
Speaker 1: times and make eight catches for whatever yards are attached.
Speaker 1: To that one touchdown during the Super Bowl season, but
Speaker 1: he had great speed, world class. However, I think when
Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney talks about it's more important for him to
Speaker 1: be a quality receiver and everything that's asked out of
Speaker 1: you then to develop a narrow minded reputation as just
Speaker 1: a speed guy. So I do think for Darnell Mooney,
Speaker 1: the best is yet to come. I still say he's
Speaker 1: one of the most creative pass catchers the Bears I've
Speaker 1: had here in years with the ball in his hands,
Speaker 1: and so that's what I'm excited to see about Darnell.
Speaker 1: But going back to jail, and you know, when you
Speaker 1: think about the quarterback competition, he's faced, the receivers, he's
Speaker 1: faced the condensed preseason without a lot of time to learn,
Speaker 1: you know a lot about the NFL. It's it's impressive
Speaker 1: when you talk to him because you know why they're
Speaker 1: so well prepared. His answered today, I don't know if
Speaker 1: you heard it on the deep ball that he on
Speaker 1: the stutter go that he beat Jalen Ramsey on he said, Hey,
Speaker 1: I just gotta run faster, and that was the answer
Speaker 1: to his question. He's not throwing anybody under the bus.
Speaker 1: And miss just missing that targeted throw by Folds down
Speaker 1: the field. It's it's all about what I need to do.
Speaker 1: And I loved hearing that answer the Injury News today.
Speaker 1: Little Iffy obviously, Alan Robinson working through concussion protocol. That's
Speaker 1: that's a league thing at the moment. Cody white Air
Speaker 1: with a SWORDCLF and Tom we know him, we know
Speaker 1: he hates missing snaps a little loan games. So are
Speaker 1: you optimistic? And what's your about calf injuries? You know,
Speaker 1: I think calf injuries on a guy that's three hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty five pounds is very ginger. The last thing
Speaker 1: you want to do is say, hey, I'm just going
Speaker 1: to go out and test it, because if you go
Speaker 1: out and test it, then you start playing one legged.
Speaker 1: If you start playing one legged, you increase the chances
Speaker 1: of you getting hurt. If you go out there and
Speaker 1: really stress it, then you're probably gone for the season.
Speaker 1: So I think Cody Whitehair has to understand how well
Speaker 1: respected he is around the league for his durability and
Speaker 1: he has to do what's best for Cody to make
Speaker 1: sure that he is one hundred percent. Really difficult injury
Speaker 1: to go out there and say I'm just going to
Speaker 1: test it and see how it goes, because you can't
Speaker 1: take up the value of a game day roster spot
Speaker 1: if you really don't feel that you can make it
Speaker 1: a significant portion of the game. And Lou, that's sam
Speaker 1: must have for the second year player out of Notre
Speaker 1: Dame who got about twenty something STAPs last Sunday. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: Monday night is the man if in fact Cody is
Speaker 1: unable to go well. Segment to go here on Bears
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Speaker 1: Catch us on News Radio seven eighty and one oh
Speaker 1: five point nine FM WVVM stetting with the noon pregame
Speaker 1: show round LEAs and Jim Schwantzon, j Higgenberg and the
Speaker 1: kickoff at three twenty five to four and two Saints
Speaker 1: come into town with Drew Brees. It's supposed to be
Speaker 1: very windy, Tom, so that was the topic today for
Speaker 1: Chris Tabor, Bears Special teams coordinators. So they're saying twenty
Speaker 1: thirty miles an hour the wind gusts, So that should
Speaker 1: be an interesting day if the weather holds up. That way, Well,
Speaker 1: maybe they can go back and get the Nathan Vasher
Speaker 1: when he returned. The was a mixed missed field goal
Speaker 1: in the San Francisco game during a windy day for
Speaker 1: one hundred and something yards. But you know that's the
Speaker 1: thing about outdoor stadiums in these types of conditions. It
Speaker 1: will be a change of environment for the New Orleans
Speaker 1: Saints just because they don't play in these types of conditions.
Speaker 1: But you know, I do think sometimes it can be
Speaker 1: a factor in the game for the quarterback in terms
Speaker 1: of direction of their throws in or out of the wind.
Speaker 1: You know, we start breaking this down immediately first thing
Speaker 1: Monday night after the Bears lose to the Rams, and
Speaker 1: start looking at the Saints. So as you start looking
Speaker 1: at what you can attack, what the Bears must do
Speaker 1: against the Saints. Is anything evolved over the course of
Speaker 1: the week to leave us here Thursday night, just a
Speaker 1: day and a half away or two days away from
Speaker 1: playing these guys, anything change from your perspective, No, I
Speaker 1: just think they still have to try to achieve balance,
Speaker 1: and that's from you know, the run pass option to
Speaker 1: keep their defense off balance. You don't want to give
Speaker 1: these guys an opportunity to be a one dimensional defense
Speaker 1: where they're just consistently rushing the passer, because I think
Speaker 1: that'll put a huge amount of pressure on the offensive
Speaker 1: line with the substitutions they had that a couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: I just think it's, you know, a physical style of
Speaker 1: approach and be determined to get this running game on track,
Speaker 1: because as soon as the running game gets on track,
Speaker 1: it's going to help the overall performance of this offense
Speaker 1: so much. And listen, you cannot just leave the running
Speaker 1: game in your rearview mirror because that's dangerous for the
Speaker 1: remainder of the season. It's about significant improvement from one
Speaker 1: week to the next. You know, listening to Charles Leno Junior,
Speaker 1: we had about forty five seconds before we go, you know,
Speaker 1: the quick start, and where's the energy, Like there's missing energy.
Speaker 1: That was a big topic today among offensive players. You
Speaker 1: develop your own energy. You can't expect and wait for
Speaker 1: someone to provide that type of spark. You see Drew
Speaker 1: Brees gatherers team around before the start of the game
Speaker 1: and give this inspirational speech that only lasts so long.
Speaker 1: It's about performance on the field that gets the sidelines jacked. Up.
Speaker 1: Go look back at the tape of the sidelines when
Speaker 1: Kyle Fuller had that hit a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1: It ignited the sidelines as if there was sixty one,
Speaker 1: five hundred in the stadium. All right, Tom, we're out
Speaker 1: of time. Coming up next is Thursday Night Football for
Speaker 1: Tom Fair. I'm Jeff Jonny Ac. Thanks to Sean Anderson,
Speaker 1: Jordan Trenup, and Dan Burrellian. Thanks for listening. This is
Speaker 1: Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score.
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