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<v Speaker 1>Radio with Pat Kerwin. I don't know, Big Jim, you

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<v Speaker 1>know these are vacation times for you. I mean you're working,

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<v Speaker 1>You're doing the big show this week. Yeah, we're definitely,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a couple of select fridays you take off

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<v Speaker 1>here and there just to get some downtime. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we're going through the whole league right now.

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<v Speaker 1>We're eating now, we're breaking down our time five offensive lines,

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<v Speaker 1>and we actually just did the NFC North today. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got the Bears rated as the best offensive line in

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<v Speaker 1>the division of the NFC North. Well, you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>think about the changes on the Bears offensive line. You

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<v Speaker 1>got Cody Whitehair moving to guard, you got James Daniels

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<v Speaker 1>coming in at center. And it's nice to see the

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<v Speaker 1>transition with James Daniels because they're going back to a

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<v Speaker 1>more conventional snap. Last year at the beginning of the

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<v Speaker 1>season with Cody Whitehair, they worked on a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>different styles and then Mitchell Trubisky had to adjust to that.

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<v Speaker 1>So now it's more of a conventional shotgun staff Mitchell

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<v Speaker 1>Trubisky will receive it and more of a spiral type

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<v Speaker 1>of motion. And when you look at Bobby Massey and

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle long In, Charles Leno Jr. The rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>guys in place with offensive line coach Harry heastand I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a wise choice because consistency in the offensive

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<v Speaker 1>line is five guys plus the backups. And then they

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<v Speaker 1>had a big change at the tight end position. So

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<v Speaker 1>when you look at Bradley Swell at the tight end position,

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like you have a fifth offensive tackle out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't forget don't forget Adam Boys, Don't forget big Adam.

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<v Speaker 1>I know the tight ends well, the factor, but we're

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<v Speaker 1>just going by best five offensive line. That's how Pat

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<v Speaker 1>and I broke it down and all the things you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>Pat about the depth, and I brought that up to that.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, yes, Swell could probably still be a swing tackle.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's where I said, we need to get on

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Thare to break down Rashad Coward because I know

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<v Speaker 1>you like him and where you see, you know the

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<v Speaker 1>swing tackle, whether it's Cornelius Lucas who could potentially ulfill

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<v Speaker 1>that role, because I love Ted Larson, Tom because everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>I remember, coach told me this, They tried to cut

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<v Speaker 1>Ted Larson anyway they could. Where this coach was and

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<v Speaker 1>he said everywhere. Every time we signed him, the guy

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<v Speaker 1>ended up playing like six to eight games he started

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<v Speaker 1>for us. Were always coming on Ted Larson, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Jim two. It's the versatility the offensive line, because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>some point during the season you're gonna have some type

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<v Speaker 1>of hiccup, maybe an injury, some guy twists his ankle.

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<v Speaker 1>When you got Cody Whitehair, James Daniels, Ted Larson, they're

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<v Speaker 1>all interchangeable. They can play everyone one of those interior positions.

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<v Speaker 1>And then when you have Kyle Long that's able to

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<v Speaker 1>contribute and take part in an off season, gets stronger.

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<v Speaker 1>He looks huge out there. So when you see this

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<v Speaker 1>offensive line break the huddle in go to the line

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<v Speaker 1>of scrimmage, you're talking about size, strength, and athleticism and versatility.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, that's the offensive line expert, Jim, who's number

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<v Speaker 1>one in the league. We haven't gone through all the

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<v Speaker 1>division yet, but I'll tell you what, man, the NFC

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<v Speaker 1>East is looking strong. Philly has four tackles, and Dallas

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<v Speaker 1>got stronger with Travis Frederick returning to the mix. So

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<v Speaker 1>they may be the leaders in the clubhouse right now.

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<v Speaker 1>producing crew, Herb Lawrence, Adam Szinski, and of course Shane

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<v Speaker 1>of the out of the story here. Jim Miller with

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<v Speaker 1>us and Jim seeing practice here this every Wednesday over

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<v Speaker 1>a three week period they allowed the media to come

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<v Speaker 1>in and so this week was the offense. You can

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<v Speaker 1>talk to offensive players, offensive coaches, and oh Man. The

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<v Speaker 1>conversation significant about the development of Mitch Trubisky and what

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<v Speaker 1>I love was talking to Dave Ragone. Dave Ragone saying

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<v Speaker 1>all he's focused on is what Mitch did in the

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<v Speaker 1>playoff game. Against Philadelphia. Forget about the loss right now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about making the plays and crunch time, getting them

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<v Speaker 1>and putting them in a position to win the game

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<v Speaker 1>of the end. That's the confidence builder, first time in

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<v Speaker 1>that situation as a player that he should be focusing

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<v Speaker 1>on as he moves forward. That's his new floor. Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. I was very encouraged by all the things

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<v Speaker 1>I heard, especially from Mark Helfritz today too, the Beer's

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<v Speaker 1>offensive quarter. But and I mentioned it the last couple

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<v Speaker 1>weeks of the season, Jeff, I mean, I thought, Mitch,

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<v Speaker 1>he played a whale of a game on the road

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<v Speaker 1>in Minnesota the last week of the season, one to

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<v Speaker 1>drive the dagger into the Minnesota Viing Vikings and shut

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<v Speaker 1>them out in their home, in their own field. And

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<v Speaker 1>that dude twice made money throws against the Blitz where

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<v Speaker 1>he beat the Blitz. And then, like he said late

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<v Speaker 1>March versus Philly, that's all you can ask your offensive do,

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<v Speaker 1>get your team in a position to win the game,

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<v Speaker 1>and it comes down to a kick. And that's unfortunate

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<v Speaker 1>how it played out. I know it hurts a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people, and it probably hurts you know, the New

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<v Speaker 1>Orleans Saints losing the way they did, even worse with

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<v Speaker 1>how that game finished against the Rams, But hey, that's

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<v Speaker 1>all you can ask your quarterback to do. But for

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Helfritz today to come out and talk about just

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<v Speaker 1>the command of the offense and where Mitch is at,

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<v Speaker 1>I love hearing that type of stuff. What Helfrid was

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<v Speaker 1>talking about today. What I liked about Mitch in practice

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<v Speaker 1>is I like using all the new pieces that the

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<v Speaker 1>Bears are brought on board. You got Patterson, you have Davis,

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<v Speaker 1>you have Montgomery. All these guys were actively involved in

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<v Speaker 1>the offense. And it was Mitch's accuracy that impressed me

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<v Speaker 1>most throughout practice and all the drills and all the

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<v Speaker 1>balls they threw, and I heard a lot of compliments

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<v Speaker 1>coming out of the coach's mouth that is a great pass.

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<v Speaker 1>There were some great catches, but Mitch's accuracy was the

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<v Speaker 1>most impressive portion of practice. Wellitch goes back, Jim to

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<v Speaker 1>decision making, and I think that's one of the big

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<v Speaker 1>keys here. You can be accurate all day long. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're not making the right decisions though within the framework

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<v Speaker 1>of the scheme and what's being asked of you as

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<v Speaker 1>you go through your progressions, then you're really not getting

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<v Speaker 1>it done. Yeah, I think Tom just nailed you right there.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason why he's so accurate right now is the

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<v Speaker 1>reflection how much further in the command of the offense

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<v Speaker 1>that he has. I mean, when you're playing confident, you

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<v Speaker 1>know exactly what is being asked of you to do,

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<v Speaker 1>hope for is this coverage. I'm doing this for this coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>It maybe at the same place, say I'm calling you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Z drive or whatever, play every play I call, but

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<v Speaker 1>now you're just rolling through the coverage. Well, this coverage,

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing this, this coverage, they're going to do this,

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<v Speaker 1>this coverage, They're gonna do something different. And now he's

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<v Speaker 1>locked and loaded. He's further into this offense where it

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<v Speaker 1>just lights up to him. I always say, I always

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<v Speaker 1>bring it up that it's like the movie A Beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>Mind with Russell Crowe, where that that picture that play

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<v Speaker 1>its lights up in your mind and against every coverage,

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<v Speaker 1>all those things just kind of light up in your

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<v Speaker 1>head and you're like boom, ready to go. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>why he's accurate. Tom. He's confident in the plays where

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<v Speaker 1>the command of the offense where he's at with it,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you're confident that, Hey, everywhere, every time I

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<v Speaker 1>drop back, I've got an answer and I know exactly

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<v Speaker 1>where I'm going with the football. You are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be accurate with your passing. And that's what I think

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<v Speaker 1>is showing on the field right now. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>so beneficial to to the Bears is they're practicing against

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<v Speaker 1>the fast defense. And I know, you know, you hate

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<v Speaker 1>to rehash the eighty five season, but every day when

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<v Speaker 1>the offense broke the huddle and they were practicing against

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<v Speaker 1>the eighty five defense and made that football team better

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<v Speaker 1>and made him have to perform faster and more accurately.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's what the Bears are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to accomplish while they're going against the Bears defense.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, they're trying to put a new portions of

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<v Speaker 1>this offense. But last year, you know, we knew that

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan Howard was here and we all wanted to see

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<v Speaker 1>a high percentage of runs. Now though now they have

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<v Speaker 1>so many great pass catchers, I think that percentage is

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<v Speaker 1>out the window. Now. It's about how often and how

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<v Speaker 1>accurately can they throw the ball? That is tom there

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<v Speaker 1>with Jim Miller and Jeff Chioni here in Chicago Sports

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<v Speaker 1>Radio six seventy the score getting you through the preseason

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<v Speaker 1>here the offseason program, rather you got next week, you

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<v Speaker 1>got some OTAs. Then it's veteran mini camp for three days.

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<v Speaker 1>And then these guys are out of here by the

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<v Speaker 1>fourteenth of June, so not much time left in this

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<v Speaker 1>offseason program. Then they get about six weeks before they

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<v Speaker 1>started training camp, and I think they'll be better prepared. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>just listening to the brand Childress yesterday, he's in here now.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a confidant of Matt Neeggie. He had a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to be in training camp last year leaf for the

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't work out. But now back and see what

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<v Speaker 1>the roots of this offense, how they quickly they grew,

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<v Speaker 1>and just how Matt Naggie did it. Matt didn't do

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<v Speaker 1>it an unconventional way, but he did it his way.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that bu way that he's taught his players, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's been impressive to see from a guy who's been

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<v Speaker 1>around a long time in brad Children's fellas well. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's a He is a great confident because he

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<v Speaker 1>has the experience at every level of football. He was

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<v Speaker 1>a great high school football player. He's been involved in

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<v Speaker 1>every aspect of the NFL, from head coach to an

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<v Speaker 1>assistant coach, and it's just great to have the experience

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<v Speaker 1>and a sounding board off of an assistant coach like Childers.

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<v Speaker 1>He's done it all, man. He's very well respected around

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<v Speaker 1>the National Football League. Certainly, Met Naggie trusts his judgment

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<v Speaker 1>and his decision making and his coaching ability, and he

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<v Speaker 1>relies on Brad greatly, and he should because Brad has

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<v Speaker 1>done it all. People for you. When he was the

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<v Speaker 1>head coach in Minnesota, he had control of the roster.

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<v Speaker 1>Not too many coaches have that ability. Normally it's the

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<v Speaker 1>general manager that has control of the roster. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>I was able to cut raind him all so quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that quote by brand Childress. I mean, pretty amazing

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that he's been through, and what a what

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<v Speaker 1>a great asset for Matt Naggie to have on his staff. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I was very thrilled the fact that he was he

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<v Speaker 1>was coming back here because Hey, he's a great he's

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<v Speaker 1>very funny guy. Number one, he's a Chicago guy. Talking

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday about the fact he's got his parents' time much

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<v Speaker 1>like yours. Their lifelong Chicago wins. They've been here since

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<v Speaker 1>the eighties are excuse me, they're in their eighties. His

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<v Speaker 1>wife's parents are in their nineties, and he has a

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<v Speaker 1>love of the game. He was at Wrigley Field on

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<v Speaker 1>the day that Gayel Sayers left on a canvas stretcher.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he had a bad knee injury. I'll never forget it.

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<v Speaker 1>Something that lives with him for a long time. And

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<v Speaker 1>you was a Chicago win all the way through. Can

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<v Speaker 1>relate to all that well. I think every experience you

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<v Speaker 1>have the ability to draw back from, either when you

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<v Speaker 1>were a young kid or the experiences you grow through,

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<v Speaker 1>because you're gonna face that scenario sometime in your coach life.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think Brad has seen at all. All Right,

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<v Speaker 1>Adams up here at Hallis Hall earlier today. He won't

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<v Speaker 1>return any of my texts, but he's saying that he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have my text So do I have the wrong number?

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<v Speaker 1>Double A. I'm still gonna get this guy back. He's

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<v Speaker 1>getting he's getting under my skin a little bit. One

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<v Speaker 1>thing I noticed about you, Jeff, is phone problems are

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<v Speaker 1>always the other person's fault. And that's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that I've known since grown up with you through

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<v Speaker 1>the business. That's a bunch of malarkey. Miller, Hey, I

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<v Speaker 1>could sell y'all, you know any any borsilly What he

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<v Speaker 1>thinks of how you respond to text messages. Jeff, you

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<v Speaker 1>got me good, Yeah, tell him who Eddie Borselli is.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, Eddie Porcelli is the producer on Moving

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<v Speaker 1>the Chains of serious X of NFL radio and for

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<v Speaker 1>the listeners out there, Jeff and I will beat together

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<v Speaker 1>to kick off Bears camps. That's actually where well we'll

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<v Speaker 1>start the training camp tour is Jeff and I will

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<v Speaker 1>do a show from from Bears camp and Jeff always

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<v Speaker 1>is great gracious enough to join me. But that's where

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<v Speaker 1>he met the notorious Eddie Borselli and didn't return some

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<v Speaker 1>techs that were very much needed some answering. Let's just

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<v Speaker 1>say this Eddie's h He's from jerseys That Stan Islands,

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<v Speaker 1>Statan Islands. So you can imagine his decorum, you can

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<v Speaker 1>imagine how direct he is. Yeah, exactly a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people talk about Chicago Bears football because there's something that

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<v Speaker 1>interested me yesterday about Klilmack at the podium, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Clilmack talked about how last year he only had about

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<v Speaker 1>a week's time of practice before he had to get

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<v Speaker 1>prepared to play in the first regular season game. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>interested now to see how Klilmack. After the OTAs and

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<v Speaker 1>the and then the training camp, he goes through how

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<v Speaker 1>much faster he'll play in relation to the back end

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<v Speaker 1>of the defense, you know, because it's hard for the

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<v Speaker 1>back end of the defense to play when there might

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<v Speaker 1>be some uncertainty upfront. And I think that was one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things. Yeah, he said, I want to be

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<v Speaker 1>the best linebacker all time. I think this defense can

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<v Speaker 1>be a lot better than they were last year. But

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<v Speaker 1>him individually, I want to see how much better he

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<v Speaker 1>can be from the start of the season. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the same quarterback they opened up with, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>the defense is going to have a chance to be

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit faster. Yeah, Jim, it was an ideal obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>he admits that. So he feels much better about the situation.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can talk about with Tom saying and then

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<v Speaker 1>the Chuck Pagano factor. He says he's already learned things

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<v Speaker 1>he never knew from Chuck Pagano. Yeah, that's a great thing. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>first off, I'm gonna say this. I commend every one

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<v Speaker 1>of the Chicago Bears players that are there participating at OTAs.

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<v Speaker 1>One is voluntary, right, Tom, I don't know how you

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<v Speaker 1>feel about it, But I kind of viewed it as

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<v Speaker 1>my duty and responsibility as a teammate and obli gastion

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<v Speaker 1>to my coaches and things like that to be there

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<v Speaker 1>in the offseason, to work out, to get to know

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<v Speaker 1>my teammates, to be around to get better. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you look at some of these teams, and no offense

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<v Speaker 1>to the Jets for for Leveon Bell not to be

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<v Speaker 1>there for the young quarterback character. They just paid him

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of money they paid him. It's a new coach,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a new system, it's and I get it, it's voluntary,

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<v Speaker 1>but I kind of viewed that as a player that

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<v Speaker 1>it's my obligation as a player to be there. And well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I recommend every because there's a high profile

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<v Speaker 1>personality in Baker Mayfield and when you don't have their

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<v Speaker 1>receiver who they spend a lot of money with, when

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<v Speaker 1>O b J, you know he's not there too. And

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<v Speaker 1>so how what precedence is that set with another first

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<v Speaker 1>time head coach in the NFL. Yeah, I'm with you.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's you know, if you're trying to gel

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<v Speaker 1>and get better, you know here basically Freddie Kitchens, the

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<v Speaker 1>head coach of the Cleveland Browns said it today. It's like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what got accomplished today? He goes, he goes nothing. He's

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<v Speaker 1>behind in the offense, you know, because that train's not stopping.

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<v Speaker 1>So when they do have their anatory minicamp, they'll throw

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<v Speaker 1>it all out there and these these supposed veterans who

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<v Speaker 1>are pros better have it all down. I doubt that

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<v Speaker 1>Odell Beckham will because it's a whole new offense. So

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<v Speaker 1>they are falling behind the eight ball as we speak.

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<v Speaker 1>All those expectations on the Cleveland Brows. They're behind the

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<v Speaker 1>eight ball currently. The Bears are not because they've got

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<v Speaker 1>basically one hundred percent participation. Well Matt Neggie is, he's

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<v Speaker 1>got their respect. So they're there because it's fun to

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<v Speaker 1>be here. They enjoy their teammates. They feel what you

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<v Speaker 1>know I've been talking about, and Matt Neggie has been

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<v Speaker 1>talking about just building this continue this momentum that they

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<v Speaker 1>have created since he got here and what they did

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<v Speaker 1>last year. You got to keep that momentum going. Talking

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<v Speaker 1>to Cody White Harry yesterday, big smile to his face

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<v Speaker 1>about that word momentum. They really feel strongly about where

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<v Speaker 1>they're headed here in twenty nineteen and beyond. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>not even just about this season. It's just about the

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<v Speaker 1>whole future and about this culture that's been created, and

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want to mess it up. Nobody wants to

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<v Speaker 1>mess this culture up right now. And what you said

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<v Speaker 1>at the outset of this little discussion point about being

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<v Speaker 1>here for the off season program and it's a responsibility,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm with you. I just feel that in the next

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<v Speaker 1>collective barking agreement, you know, Demorris Smith and his gang,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, instead of talking about saving money for the

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<v Speaker 1>future and a potential lockout or strike, how about just

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<v Speaker 1>getting better and keeping yourself healthy through the entire offseason

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<v Speaker 1>program and being with your teammates. Yeah, I again, I

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<v Speaker 1>commend to every player and like you said, for them

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<v Speaker 1>to hold each other accountable, and again, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>for the players to respect the coach, to want to

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<v Speaker 1>be there because, like you said, it's a fun situation.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to get better. They enjoy being around each

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<v Speaker 1>other as a team, and they get it. And like

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<v Speaker 1>as you said that no one wants to be the

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<v Speaker 1>guy right now. You just said it perfectly, Jeff. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>wants to be the weakest link in that locker room

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<v Speaker 1>of the Chicago Bears because they know they've got something

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<v Speaker 1>special going here. I'm not going to be the guy

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<v Speaker 1>to screw it up. That's what you got. Guys like

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<v Speaker 1>Tree calling that. His enthusiasm is infectious and it spills

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<v Speaker 1>over the both sides of the ball. He's challenging against

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<v Speaker 1>the defenders he goes against, but his spirit is so

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<v Speaker 1>high on the practice field that it makes everybody else

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<v Speaker 1>filled with enthusiasm in their preparation. Yeah. I love that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think you said it best time earlier. How

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<v Speaker 1>the defense challenge you guys as an offense For the

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<v Speaker 1>eighty five Bears, that's kind of what's going on right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, even back you know Greg Blosch and all

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<v Speaker 1>the great things he did with the defenses. Us guys

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<v Speaker 1>When you go against good defenses like that, it challenges

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<v Speaker 1>you and it's going to get you better on offense.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's materializing as well for the Chicago Bears.

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<v Speaker 1>Had you experienced that a bit in O one here

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<v Speaker 1>with the Bears and weaponed what I learned it. In Pittsburgh,

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<v Speaker 1>Radio six seventy The Score with Tom Thayer, Jimmeler, Jeff Jonia,

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<v Speaker 1>good Even, and Gary. How are things You're excited about

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<v Speaker 1>seeing some old friends again? Are in a couple of weeks?

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<v Speaker 1>I am. I'm actually excited about meeting a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>guys that well, not a lot of guys, but certainly

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<v Speaker 1>some of the guys I don't know who are on

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<v Speaker 1>that list and alumni and yeah, it's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 1>fun weekend. Hey, Gary, you know when we both grew

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<v Speaker 1>up in the area and when you came to the Bears,

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<v Speaker 1>did you feel pressure because you're a homegrown guy or

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<v Speaker 1>did you feel pressure because it was your second NFL opportunity.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I felt pressure because of the latter and

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that I was a Yale guy. Thank god

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<v Speaker 1>Jiggets took away some of the heat coming in earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>was a fourth round draft choice. But yeah, you come

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<v Speaker 1>in as an IVY League player, it doesn't exactly help

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<v Speaker 1>your credentials. Well, Gary, obviously such a cerebral player. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we've added a lot of guys from Yale. Dick, Dick

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<v Speaker 1>turn there's another Yale guy. I mean, come on, yeah,

0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:54.520
<v Speaker 1>Dick and Mike. Mike Pyle a recruiting me to Yale.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I mean there have been some some really

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<v Speaker 1>good yaleies. But you know, let's say, said Jim, it's

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<v Speaker 1>I think I remember the first time I started, it

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<v Speaker 1>was against the Detroit Lions, and I missed a tackle

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<v Speaker 1>early in the game, and I just remember coming in

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<v Speaker 1>a huddle and just feeling this real pressure about you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't fit in here. Well, the desire to be

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<v Speaker 1>great because obviously you got to make the first play

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<v Speaker 1>in order to make the second play, Gary, and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>just talk about that, because truly, you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>defenses you're on. You guys were thriving or striving to

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<v Speaker 1>be greatness all the time. Yeah, you know, I was

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<v Speaker 1>really lucky. And I'm going to see Doug Plank at

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<v Speaker 1>the Bear alumni reunion and it's well, I guess it's

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<v Speaker 1>not an alumni reunions the celebration of one hundred years

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<v Speaker 1>of the Chicago Bears in the NFL. But Doug really

0:29:47.920 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 1>taught me how to play, and it was through not

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<v Speaker 1>coaching me. It was just the way he played. I

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<v Speaker 1>emulated him and I gave him a lot of credit

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<v Speaker 1>for getting me as far as I got. Hey, Gary,

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<v Speaker 1>when you your first introduction to Doug Plank. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to talk to him a couple of weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's he is a great spokesperson for football for

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<v Speaker 1>the Bears in his life. Did you guys fit well

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<v Speaker 1>immediately together or did it take time? I think I

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<v Speaker 1>take a little time. You know, I came in is

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<v Speaker 1>I think Jim said. I was drafted by the Miami

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins and made it to the final cut, But I

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<v Speaker 1>got cut and so I didn't come into I missed

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<v Speaker 1>the entire rookie preseason, and so I came in. You

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<v Speaker 1>know how difficult that is to come in where you

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<v Speaker 1>really don't have a chance to bond with anybody. You're

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<v Speaker 1>already into the season and you're just a backup. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're just another player, and so you know it's it's

0:30:41.520 --> 0:30:44.080
<v Speaker 1>but you know, secondary players. I mean, there's only about

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<v Speaker 1>eight of you on the team. And so I got

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<v Speaker 1>to know Alan Ellis and Craig Clemens and Doug and

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<v Speaker 1>they were all great to me. And you know, over time,

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<v Speaker 1>certainly Doug and I got to be better friends. But

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<v Speaker 1>Doug was already married, and I was living in the

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<v Speaker 1>suburbs and I was always single and living in the city.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, socially, we didn't spend as much time

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<v Speaker 1>as maybe some people thought. I'll tell you to this day,

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<v Speaker 1>people still come up to me and call me Doug.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know it happened to Doug that people call

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<v Speaker 1>him Gary. I mean, you know, he's got blond here

0:31:13.080 --> 0:31:16.680
<v Speaker 1>and I've got whatever left dark hair, and you would

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<v Speaker 1>think people would get it, but we both understand it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's a compliment either way that we were kind

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<v Speaker 1>of interchangeable, so should have been the forty five zone

0:31:24.160 --> 0:31:27.239
<v Speaker 1>and not the forty six zone. Well, I'll tell you what,

0:31:27.280 --> 0:31:29.000
<v Speaker 1>if I knew how famous that I would have been

0:31:29.240 --> 0:31:33.280
<v Speaker 1>lobbying to call it forty five. Gary Fenzig guest here

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<v Speaker 1>on Bears Out Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy

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<v Speaker 1>to score Jim Miller, Tom Thare, and Jeff Joniac. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, referees got it wrong too. Quarterbacks got it wrong.

0:31:42.440 --> 0:31:45.840
<v Speaker 1>They thought that you were getting hit by by your buddy.

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<v Speaker 1>But sometimes sometimes a lot more a lot more alignment

0:31:50.960 --> 0:31:53.840
<v Speaker 1>or other people looking for Doug Plank than forty five.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, We've played a game in Buffalo and Joe Dalamalure,

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<v Speaker 1>their Hall of Fame guard Doug Chief shot of him

0:32:03.120 --> 0:32:06.480
<v Speaker 1>so late and glam Lure wasn't sure if it was

0:32:06.560 --> 0:32:09.240
<v Speaker 1>me or Doug, and he was literally chasing us beyond

0:32:09.240 --> 0:32:11.720
<v Speaker 1>the line of scrimmage, like like you were in grade

0:32:11.720 --> 0:32:14.960
<v Speaker 1>score or something like that. And then he beat the

0:32:15.040 --> 0:32:17.800
<v Speaker 1>heck out of Jim Osbourne for the rest of the game,

0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:20.560
<v Speaker 1>and then Ozzy was mad at Doug because he knew

0:32:20.560 --> 0:32:23.920
<v Speaker 1>they'd cheap shot of him. Well, Gary, when you look

0:32:23.920 --> 0:32:26.080
<v Speaker 1>at it. I love some of the current players, like

0:32:26.080 --> 0:32:28.120
<v Speaker 1>a Keem Hicks. The reason why he signed with the

0:32:28.160 --> 0:32:30.160
<v Speaker 1>Bears is he he wanted to be a part of

0:32:30.200 --> 0:32:32.640
<v Speaker 1>building something and we've had a lot of great players.

0:32:32.720 --> 0:32:34.960
<v Speaker 1>Otis Wilson a lot of great Bears on their show

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<v Speaker 1>and thanks for joining us tonight. But for you, Gary,

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<v Speaker 1>when you arrived to the Bears in seventy six, when

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<v Speaker 1>did you realize something great was about to be built

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<v Speaker 1>here and you were going to be a part of

0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:48.400
<v Speaker 1>something special. Well, you know, I feel as though I

0:32:48.440 --> 0:32:53.160
<v Speaker 1>had three really good head coaches, but I came in

0:32:54.040 --> 0:32:58.200
<v Speaker 1>with Jack Party and Jack, you know, was a great

0:32:58.360 --> 0:33:01.600
<v Speaker 1>player in the NFL, but you know he didn't tolerate

0:33:01.640 --> 0:33:04.320
<v Speaker 1>anybody having injuries at all. But he was tough and

0:33:04.600 --> 0:33:07.480
<v Speaker 1>it was you. I wouldn't say it was an easy defense,

0:33:07.520 --> 0:33:09.280
<v Speaker 1>but I was very lucky that when I did start,

0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:13.760
<v Speaker 1>I played behind the trunk's side linebacker Dug the Phone,

0:33:13.760 --> 0:33:15.920
<v Speaker 1>and you know Doug, it was just easy to play

0:33:15.920 --> 0:33:17.680
<v Speaker 1>off of him as almost I didn't need to know

0:33:17.760 --> 0:33:21.959
<v Speaker 1>the defense. But it really wasn't until Buddy Ryan. Actually,

0:33:21.960 --> 0:33:24.520
<v Speaker 1>you know what I tell people this, I think it's true.

0:33:24.600 --> 0:33:26.840
<v Speaker 1>When Dan Hampton it was drafted in the fourth pick

0:33:26.880 --> 0:33:30.480
<v Speaker 1>in the first round. Our team changed both offensively and defensively.

0:33:30.640 --> 0:33:34.120
<v Speaker 1>Dan was a game changer and that was the beginning

0:33:34.240 --> 0:33:36.760
<v Speaker 1>of the fillers of you know, the great defense that

0:33:36.960 --> 0:33:40.040
<v Speaker 1>ended up winning the Super Bowl in eighty five. Gary.

0:33:40.480 --> 0:33:44.080
<v Speaker 1>In the modern day, defenses, who would have played closer

0:33:44.120 --> 0:33:46.520
<v Speaker 1>to the line of scrimmage between you and playing because

0:33:46.560 --> 0:33:50.000
<v Speaker 1>it seems like any other position on defense that's changed

0:33:50.040 --> 0:33:53.400
<v Speaker 1>more in terms of coverage and responsibility, it has been

0:33:53.400 --> 0:33:57.200
<v Speaker 1>the safety position. Yeah, I think you're right time. You know,

0:33:57.240 --> 0:34:00.440
<v Speaker 1>they're just you're playing three and four wideouts almost read down,

0:34:00.560 --> 0:34:04.560
<v Speaker 1>and that really didn't happen as much didn't happen on

0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:08.279
<v Speaker 1>first down in the seventies and early eighties. So I

0:34:08.320 --> 0:34:11.880
<v Speaker 1>think that you have to be a better cover safety.

0:34:12.239 --> 0:34:14.880
<v Speaker 1>And so people ask me all the time, Hey, you

0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:17.239
<v Speaker 1>don't look that big. Are the safety is a lot bigger? Well,

0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:21.080
<v Speaker 1>with some exceptions, I think most safeties aren't a lot

0:34:21.080 --> 0:34:23.759
<v Speaker 1>bigger because you have to have the cover ability and

0:34:23.920 --> 0:34:26.800
<v Speaker 1>also be able to hit. So the strong safety would

0:34:26.920 --> 0:34:30.160
<v Speaker 1>usually line up, you know, wherever the tight end was,

0:34:30.200 --> 0:34:33.320
<v Speaker 1>and I think that's still true today. But you know that,

0:34:33.600 --> 0:34:36.560
<v Speaker 1>I see what's interesting to me, it was I'm season

0:34:36.600 --> 0:34:38.600
<v Speaker 1>ticket holder, and now you go to the games, just

0:34:38.680 --> 0:34:42.520
<v Speaker 1>how deep the safeties line up and they take three

0:34:42.560 --> 0:34:45.400
<v Speaker 1>steps back immediately. I don't even know if they're reading anymore.

0:34:45.719 --> 0:34:50.000
<v Speaker 1>Because if you're already back twelve fifteen feet yards and

0:34:50.040 --> 0:34:52.640
<v Speaker 1>then you take another three steps, you got another three yards.

0:34:52.719 --> 0:34:54.720
<v Speaker 1>If that guy comes through the middle, you just opened

0:34:54.800 --> 0:34:57.600
<v Speaker 1>up a lot more yardage in terms of angles to

0:34:57.680 --> 0:35:00.799
<v Speaker 1>take that guy down. And so, you know, it's a

0:35:01.000 --> 0:35:03.759
<v Speaker 1>it's a much different game. It's more pass oriented game.

0:35:04.560 --> 0:35:07.280
<v Speaker 1>But you know, I still love seeing good hits, although

0:35:07.560 --> 0:35:09.759
<v Speaker 1>you know it's fifty fifty whether or not that's going

0:35:09.800 --> 0:35:12.239
<v Speaker 1>to cost somebody ten thousand dollars. What do you think

0:35:12.280 --> 0:35:19.319
<v Speaker 1>your biggest hit was? Uh? That oneed Jimmy Johnson and

0:35:19.640 --> 0:35:21.840
<v Speaker 1>h in the Giants game that we had went to

0:35:21.880 --> 0:35:24.320
<v Speaker 1>go to the playoffs in seventy seven. That was a

0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:26.480
<v Speaker 1>a killer hit. That was. It was just one of

0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:29.680
<v Speaker 1>those you know what I used to talk, you know

0:35:29.719 --> 0:35:32.600
<v Speaker 1>when Waddle and I would talk at Fox and he

0:35:33.200 --> 0:35:35.960
<v Speaker 1>got Tom Waddle. He just got laid out on some

0:35:36.120 --> 0:35:40.920
<v Speaker 1>unbelievable throws by any quarterback, but he got hit by

0:35:41.360 --> 0:35:44.160
<v Speaker 1>the safety Attampa and I go, oh, what a great hit.

0:35:44.239 --> 0:35:46.319
<v Speaker 1>You know, Tom got knocked out, hurt his knee and

0:35:46.320 --> 0:35:48.480
<v Speaker 1>all that. He goes offense a lot. I go, yeah,

0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:50.480
<v Speaker 1>but you got to admit that that was a great hit.

0:35:50.880 --> 0:35:54.239
<v Speaker 1>And uh, you know, Doug and I would be, you know,

0:35:54.320 --> 0:35:57.680
<v Speaker 1>helplessly out of a game like thirteen to six, there's

0:35:57.719 --> 0:36:00.440
<v Speaker 1>no way we're gonna score a touchdown? Would be the

0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:03.880
<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter would say time to have some fun, and

0:36:04.680 --> 0:36:08.360
<v Speaker 1>they just started nailing people. That was it was a

0:36:08.400 --> 0:36:11.080
<v Speaker 1>lot of fun. Well it's interesting too because the big

0:36:11.160 --> 0:36:13.960
<v Speaker 1>hits in safeties now there's a lot more of them

0:36:14.000 --> 0:36:17.200
<v Speaker 1>that are asked to play linebacker in nickel situations. I mean,

0:36:17.560 --> 0:36:19.719
<v Speaker 1>look at guys like Mark Baron. I mean a lot

0:36:19.800 --> 0:36:21.799
<v Speaker 1>of these safeties are getting paid kind of the more

0:36:21.880 --> 0:36:23.480
<v Speaker 1>you can do it. It's a lot of big nickel

0:36:23.880 --> 0:36:26.640
<v Speaker 1>out there today, and it's all safeties in some places.

0:36:26.960 --> 0:36:29.160
<v Speaker 1>I think you're right. It used to be you know,

0:36:29.200 --> 0:36:32.080
<v Speaker 1>like Wilver Marshall could have played that role, right, I mean,

0:36:32.200 --> 0:36:36.120
<v Speaker 1>he just had so much physical talent and can cover anybody.

0:36:36.400 --> 0:36:38.920
<v Speaker 1>But you're right, they're they're asking the safety to almost

0:36:39.000 --> 0:36:41.080
<v Speaker 1>become like a will or something like that, a will

0:36:41.120 --> 0:36:46.720
<v Speaker 1>linebacker and and you know that there's been a number,

0:36:46.760 --> 0:36:50.680
<v Speaker 1>I mean probably a dozen of great safeties across the league.

0:36:50.680 --> 0:36:53.680
<v Speaker 1>Of being able to play that type of role kept

0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:55.680
<v Speaker 1>you out of playing wide receiver. I know that you

0:36:55.800 --> 0:36:58.440
<v Speaker 1>got injured in Miami and you had you had the

0:36:58.560 --> 0:37:02.759
<v Speaker 1>long punctured long issue. What if that didn't happen, what

0:37:02.880 --> 0:37:05.560
<v Speaker 1>do we be talking to number eighty nine Gary Fenzick

0:37:05.680 --> 0:37:07.920
<v Speaker 1>right now? Or were you meant to be a safety?

0:37:08.880 --> 0:37:11.560
<v Speaker 1>Oh Tom, I was too slow to be a wide

0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:14.160
<v Speaker 1>receiver in the NFL. The thing I loved. I played

0:37:15.040 --> 0:37:18.040
<v Speaker 1>wide receiver Yale, but I wanted to play defensive back

0:37:18.080 --> 0:37:19.960
<v Speaker 1>and I threatened not to come out my senior year

0:37:19.960 --> 0:37:22.640
<v Speaker 1>if they didn't move me over there. And they didn't

0:37:22.640 --> 0:37:25.680
<v Speaker 1>buy into it. But the only team that you really

0:37:25.719 --> 0:37:28.400
<v Speaker 1>looked at my freshman year film, which they don't have

0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:32.000
<v Speaker 1>freshman teams anymore in the Arguablyague or anywhere else. And

0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:35.719
<v Speaker 1>Miami said, we looked at that, and we think you

0:37:35.840 --> 0:37:39.240
<v Speaker 1>have a chance of maybe being a defensive back. I go, great,

0:37:39.480 --> 0:37:42.200
<v Speaker 1>I'd love to do that, and so I thank them

0:37:42.239 --> 0:37:45.680
<v Speaker 1>for the opportunity. Back then, you know the Cowboys, and

0:37:46.000 --> 0:37:48.680
<v Speaker 1>I remember Rex Current, he played at ohiose as a quarterback.

0:37:49.080 --> 0:37:51.520
<v Speaker 1>He played as a safety for the Baltimore Coals, and

0:37:51.560 --> 0:37:55.840
<v Speaker 1>so it wasn't all that unusual, but I knew that

0:37:55.920 --> 0:37:58.440
<v Speaker 1>that was the only chance that I had. It's funny

0:37:58.440 --> 0:38:01.160
<v Speaker 1>because I was a wide receiver. I really did need some,

0:38:01.360 --> 0:38:03.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, some instruction, and you know, you get in

0:38:03.760 --> 0:38:09.560
<v Speaker 1>the NFL and there's not as much fundamental teaching as

0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:12.600
<v Speaker 1>you would think because the coaches kind of make this

0:38:12.680 --> 0:38:16.040
<v Speaker 1>assumption that you already have it right and maybe you

0:38:16.080 --> 0:38:17.839
<v Speaker 1>can improve it. And I don't know what I mean.

0:38:17.880 --> 0:38:20.400
<v Speaker 1>The line play, I'm sure it has to be somewhat similar,

0:38:20.400 --> 0:38:23.120
<v Speaker 1>and Jim, I've talked to some of the offensive coordinators

0:38:23.160 --> 0:38:27.120
<v Speaker 1>in the league and to try to look at a

0:38:27.360 --> 0:38:31.200
<v Speaker 1>college quarterback and the routes that they run and everything

0:38:31.239 --> 0:38:35.760
<v Speaker 1>else is so different than the pros that it's almost

0:38:35.760 --> 0:38:39.600
<v Speaker 1>impossible for them to be able to consistently determine who

0:38:39.680 --> 0:38:41.640
<v Speaker 1>will be able to make that type of transfer. I'm

0:38:41.680 --> 0:38:43.799
<v Speaker 1>glad you brought that up, Gary, because it's funny. I

0:38:43.840 --> 0:38:46.000
<v Speaker 1>interview a lot of the kids that come out of college,

0:38:46.040 --> 0:38:49.040
<v Speaker 1>and Luke Falk obviously was with the Washington State Cougars

0:38:49.120 --> 0:38:51.879
<v Speaker 1>under Mike Leach, you know, and Mike Leach gets known

0:38:51.920 --> 0:38:55.839
<v Speaker 1>as this just guru on offense, right, So I asked Luke,

0:38:55.920 --> 0:38:58.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, well, what drills do you work on in

0:38:58.200 --> 0:39:00.000
<v Speaker 1>terms of your drops? Because you guys do a lot

0:39:00.120 --> 0:39:02.680
<v Speaker 1>a shotgun what about your three step, five step, seven

0:39:02.719 --> 0:39:06.160
<v Speaker 1>step drops. He's like, Jim coach doesn't teach us anything.

0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:09.880
<v Speaker 1>He didn't know anything about drops, and you just assume

0:39:10.000 --> 0:39:12.080
<v Speaker 1>that the young man's gonna know. And it's it's quite

0:39:12.120 --> 0:39:16.200
<v Speaker 1>the opposite. I'm glad you pointed that. It's really funny.

0:39:16.200 --> 0:39:18.760
<v Speaker 1>And you know, people go, well, you know, my coach,

0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:20.840
<v Speaker 1>my coach for the first couple of years ago. I

0:39:20.920 --> 0:39:24.319
<v Speaker 1>really like he said, hey, I'm getting worried about you.

0:39:24.320 --> 0:39:26.600
<v Speaker 1>You know, you you lead with your head. You could

0:39:26.640 --> 0:39:29.880
<v Speaker 1>get hurt. I go Ross, I was a wide receiver.

0:39:30.120 --> 0:39:32.799
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm opened, you know, helped me out. He goes, hey,

0:39:32.880 --> 0:39:35.719
<v Speaker 1>I've got into the technical stuff. He says, you know,

0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:38.319
<v Speaker 1>either kind of learn it or you don't. I mean,

0:39:38.360 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 1>I was like, that was really that was what he said.

0:39:40.239 --> 0:39:42.680
<v Speaker 1>And that's why I think Doug Plank he was like

0:39:42.719 --> 0:39:46.040
<v Speaker 1>a player coach for me. Gary fencik Our guests here

0:39:46.040 --> 0:39:48.799
<v Speaker 1>and I imanimanas with us on Chicago Sports Radio six

0:39:48.840 --> 0:39:51.840
<v Speaker 1>seventy score. Well the hands worked career interception leader with

0:39:51.920 --> 0:39:55.200
<v Speaker 1>thirty eight, and that happened over ten consecutive seasons. Gary

0:39:55.239 --> 0:39:57.640
<v Speaker 1>a couple of more interceptions in the eighty four playoffs.

0:39:57.640 --> 0:40:02.280
<v Speaker 1>Do you remember your only NFL touchdown? Let's jog the memory. Yeah, yeah,

0:40:02.480 --> 0:40:05.400
<v Speaker 1>a short memory, but it was a long run against Denver.

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<v Speaker 1>If you got a mouth guard and you know, you think, oh,

0:40:08.600 --> 0:40:10.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna you know, and I see these guys, you know,

0:40:11.000 --> 0:40:14.759
<v Speaker 1>now look at you know Jackson me what five touchdowns

0:40:14.840 --> 0:40:18.080
<v Speaker 1>or something. I mean, it's it's amazing. But yeah, I

0:40:18.120 --> 0:40:22.759
<v Speaker 1>did it at home against tember Back the ball through it,

0:40:23.160 --> 0:40:27.279
<v Speaker 1>Craig Morton, you got it. You aced the exam, all right,

0:40:27.320 --> 0:40:29.960
<v Speaker 1>So you're number thirty on the top one hundred. It

0:40:30.000 --> 0:40:32.120
<v Speaker 1>was great water cooler talk. It was a great thing

0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:36.239
<v Speaker 1>the Bears put together. Dam Yeah. I mean I think

0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:39.480
<v Speaker 1>about that history of one hundred years. Michael. What did

0:40:39.840 --> 0:40:43.640
<v Speaker 1>McMichael payoff John Pearson Pompey. I wrote them, I go,

0:40:44.000 --> 0:40:46.759
<v Speaker 1>how did you get up there? You go the game

0:40:46.800 --> 0:40:50.520
<v Speaker 1>and offer they couldn't refuse. That's McMichael for you. Gary,

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much. We'll see you here on June seventh

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<v Speaker 1>through the ninth. Will be pleased to be joining you,

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<v Speaker 1>prices increase. I'm in tight quarters here, Jim. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a little lost studio change in Time's literally over my

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<v Speaker 1>right shoulder reading the copy with me. So I choked

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<v Speaker 1>under pressure. Oh I'm not. What I'm laughing at is

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<v Speaker 1>every time I think of Jeff promoting a race of

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<v Speaker 1>some type, I think about the one time he ran

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<v Speaker 1>a marathon and was the only guy to go in

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong direction and had to reroute his course. It

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<v Speaker 1>just doesn't happen. That's not true, Jim. It was multiple people.

0:44:42.520 --> 0:44:45.480
<v Speaker 1>But you're like, that don't happen. You're like the top

0:44:45.600 --> 0:44:48.400
<v Speaker 1>hundred plays of all time running the wrong direct Marshall

0:44:48.600 --> 0:44:51.239
<v Speaker 1>or Jim Marshall. Yeah, Jim Marshall. But listen, you know,

0:44:51.320 --> 0:44:54.719
<v Speaker 1>let's stick to Bears football about that. They don't need

0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:57.719
<v Speaker 1>to hear my exploits, that's for sure. As we get

0:44:57.760 --> 0:44:59.759
<v Speaker 1>you set for it, Bears one hundred and the more

0:44:59.880 --> 0:45:02.359
<v Speaker 1>the that I do research on this event, and Tom

0:45:02.360 --> 0:45:04.680
<v Speaker 1>and I are going to am seeing a lot of

0:45:04.719 --> 0:45:08.680
<v Speaker 1>these paneled discussions, you have to you have to go deep.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to go deep in the history to find

0:45:10.320 --> 0:45:12.120
<v Speaker 1>some of the stories that have not been told yet.

0:45:12.520 --> 0:45:15.160
<v Speaker 1>Hopefully jog some memories, and that's what we're gonna do

0:45:15.200 --> 0:45:16.600
<v Speaker 1>for the fans. That are going to come out, and

0:45:16.640 --> 0:45:18.360
<v Speaker 1>we hope you guys all come out. It's going to

0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:20.239
<v Speaker 1>be a heck of an event. But you'll learn to

0:45:20.239 --> 0:45:23.520
<v Speaker 1>appreciate what's happened here over a hundred years. You appreciate

0:45:23.920 --> 0:45:29.640
<v Speaker 1>the humble beginnings, the successes, the failures, the personalities, the characters,

0:45:30.080 --> 0:45:35.319
<v Speaker 1>the things that made champions, and how consistent that kind

0:45:35.360 --> 0:45:37.680
<v Speaker 1>of theme is when you are a champion. And it's

0:45:37.680 --> 0:45:41.040
<v Speaker 1>really what the Bears are starting to create here under

0:45:41.040 --> 0:45:43.680
<v Speaker 1>Matt Naggie and you guys both have been a part

0:45:43.680 --> 0:45:46.280
<v Speaker 1>of successful franchise. Has both been a part of Super Bowls,

0:45:46.400 --> 0:45:48.439
<v Speaker 1>So you know what it takes and you just start

0:45:48.480 --> 0:45:49.960
<v Speaker 1>to see it come to life when you try to

0:45:50.000 --> 0:45:54.919
<v Speaker 1>put it all in context. Well, I hope you know, Jim,

0:45:55.040 --> 0:45:58.200
<v Speaker 1>I hope the young guys embrace the opportunity to meet

0:45:58.239 --> 0:46:01.520
<v Speaker 1>some of the historical figures of theirs because they have

0:46:02.000 --> 0:46:04.359
<v Speaker 1>they have a great dedication to the Bears. They have

0:46:04.440 --> 0:46:07.920
<v Speaker 1>a great opportunity to be dedicated to the communities they've

0:46:07.960 --> 0:46:11.160
<v Speaker 1>lived in after they left the Chicago Bears. And for

0:46:11.200 --> 0:46:13.560
<v Speaker 1>these young guys not to pick the brains of a

0:46:13.640 --> 0:46:17.359
<v Speaker 1>Dug Plank or a Gary Fensick or whatever position you play,

0:46:17.440 --> 0:46:19.280
<v Speaker 1>there are going to be some Hall of Fame guys

0:46:19.360 --> 0:46:21.400
<v Speaker 1>up there that you're going to have the chance to

0:46:21.440 --> 0:46:24.320
<v Speaker 1>talk about their career, learn something about, and learn something

0:46:24.320 --> 0:46:28.000
<v Speaker 1>about their dedication since their career ended. And it is

0:46:28.040 --> 0:46:30.640
<v Speaker 1>going to be a great opportunity for the fans, for

0:46:30.719 --> 0:46:33.160
<v Speaker 1>the supporters of the Chicago Bears, and for the young

0:46:33.280 --> 0:46:35.319
<v Speaker 1>players of the Bears. Yeah. And I think, you know,

0:46:35.480 --> 0:46:38.840
<v Speaker 1>just piggybacking off what Tom said, and I think you're right, Tom.

0:46:38.920 --> 0:46:41.200
<v Speaker 1>The guys where they'll be more than willing to help

0:46:41.200 --> 0:46:43.680
<v Speaker 1>out their brethren. You know, they want the Chicago Bears

0:46:43.680 --> 0:46:46.920
<v Speaker 1>to do well. They want this team to succeed. And

0:46:46.960 --> 0:46:48.960
<v Speaker 1>I think you're right if you can talk to some

0:46:49.000 --> 0:46:51.480
<v Speaker 1>of the guys how they went about things, and granted

0:46:51.480 --> 0:46:54.360
<v Speaker 1>as different eras of football, but football still football. I

0:46:54.360 --> 0:46:56.080
<v Speaker 1>mean you still got to run, you still got to tackle,

0:46:56.080 --> 0:46:59.080
<v Speaker 1>you still got to execute plays, The field dimensions are

0:46:59.120 --> 0:47:01.200
<v Speaker 1>the same, and all those type of things. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think it is it's something This could be another building block,

0:47:05.800 --> 0:47:09.120
<v Speaker 1>so to speak, that really unites this team to hopefully

0:47:09.320 --> 0:47:12.080
<v Speaker 1>do something special here in twenty nineteen. Yes, and that's

0:47:12.080 --> 0:47:15.359
<v Speaker 1>certainly a big expectation. I you know now that it's

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<v Speaker 1>starting to become a common theme that you're hearing back

0:47:18.280 --> 0:47:21.120
<v Speaker 1>from players, and they voted on this, They voted on

0:47:21.239 --> 0:47:24.160
<v Speaker 1>this year's slogan, and it is chasing great And so

0:47:24.280 --> 0:47:29.040
<v Speaker 1>each player is commissioned to find what they're chasing great is,

0:47:29.320 --> 0:47:31.919
<v Speaker 1>for example tight and Adam Sheen I asked him about

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<v Speaker 1>it yesterday. His gotta stay healthy or I have no

0:47:35.160 --> 0:47:37.480
<v Speaker 1>weight to chase great, Gotta stay healthy hasn't been that

0:47:37.520 --> 0:47:40.160
<v Speaker 1>way first two years. So his chasing great, stay healthy

0:47:40.200 --> 0:47:42.960
<v Speaker 1>built from there a guy like Cody white Hair, you know,

0:47:43.320 --> 0:47:46.040
<v Speaker 1>going back to left guard. Chasing great as an offensive

0:47:46.040 --> 0:47:50.240
<v Speaker 1>line is an offense what would be yours respectively? As players?

0:47:50.239 --> 0:47:53.239
<v Speaker 1>You're chasing greats? And did you feel you ever ever

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<v Speaker 1>got there? You know, I don't think any player during

0:47:56.640 --> 0:47:59.520
<v Speaker 1>the time they're playing ever feels they're great, because there's

0:47:59.560 --> 0:48:02.520
<v Speaker 1>always something else that you can improve on. And you know,

0:48:02.560 --> 0:48:05.279
<v Speaker 1>when you talk about Gary having to learn Gary Fence

0:48:05.560 --> 0:48:08.480
<v Speaker 1>having to learn how to tackle properly in the midst

0:48:08.480 --> 0:48:11.479
<v Speaker 1>of his NFL career, one thing about offensive line play

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<v Speaker 1>is it's repetitiously learned each and every day. And thankfully

0:48:15.080 --> 0:48:17.360
<v Speaker 1>we had a Hall of Fame coach like Dick Stanfeld

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<v Speaker 1>that was able to relate his experience into making you

0:48:21.239 --> 0:48:25.320
<v Speaker 1>a better football player. In offensive lineman, there's five guys

0:48:25.320 --> 0:48:27.719
<v Speaker 1>in the offensive line. There's eleven or twelve in the room,

0:48:27.760 --> 0:48:30.839
<v Speaker 1>and every one of them have something different about their game.

0:48:31.280 --> 0:48:34.080
<v Speaker 1>And you see these great coaches that are able to,

0:48:34.680 --> 0:48:37.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, mold these players into being the best player

0:48:37.640 --> 0:48:40.600
<v Speaker 1>they can be with their style of play. And I

0:48:40.640 --> 0:48:43.960
<v Speaker 1>think that's the challenge to every single person that plays

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL is never, never stop chasing the chance to

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<v Speaker 1>be great. Yeah. I don't think you're ever happy that

0:48:51.080 --> 0:48:54.120
<v Speaker 1>you've reached or have arrived. There's always something you can

0:48:54.160 --> 0:48:57.400
<v Speaker 1>work on to get better. And as Tom Nosen as

0:48:57.440 --> 0:49:00.560
<v Speaker 1>you know, Jeff, football's an imperfect game. It's one thing

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<v Speaker 1>when you look open up your playbook and it says, hey,

0:49:03.000 --> 0:49:05.360
<v Speaker 1>you run your route, you go up twelve yards and

0:49:05.360 --> 0:49:08.720
<v Speaker 1>then cut outside and roll it to fifteen yards or whatever,

0:49:09.080 --> 0:49:11.160
<v Speaker 1>but it never plays out like that in the game.

0:49:11.280 --> 0:49:13.279
<v Speaker 1>Or as Tom would mention, if you know whatever the

0:49:13.320 --> 0:49:17.360
<v Speaker 1>blocking assignment is in terms of hand placement and three step,

0:49:17.400 --> 0:49:20.839
<v Speaker 1>five step, the timing of the route and for everybody

0:49:20.920 --> 0:49:26.160
<v Speaker 1>to execute and literally to have eleven players do exactly

0:49:26.239 --> 0:49:28.799
<v Speaker 1>what is written up in a playbook on a specific play.

0:49:29.000 --> 0:49:31.480
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's never it's ever happened. I've yet

0:49:31.520 --> 0:49:33.960
<v Speaker 1>to see the perfect play executed. If you were to

0:49:34.000 --> 0:49:37.000
<v Speaker 1>go back watch a game and evaluate, say the seventy

0:49:37.040 --> 0:49:40.480
<v Speaker 1>plays you ran on a Sunday, and that every player

0:49:40.920 --> 0:49:44.319
<v Speaker 1>executed it to perfection, it just doesn't happen. It's an

0:49:44.320 --> 0:49:47.839
<v Speaker 1>imperfect gaming, that's what you But you're you're always striving

0:49:48.239 --> 0:49:51.120
<v Speaker 1>to be that, to be to make the perfect play,

0:49:51.200 --> 0:49:53.840
<v Speaker 1>to play the perfect game, to play you know, everything

0:49:53.880 --> 0:49:56.200
<v Speaker 1>that you do to practice perfect, everything like that, And

0:49:56.239 --> 0:49:58.680
<v Speaker 1>so I think you always try to try to strive

0:49:58.680 --> 0:50:00.279
<v Speaker 1>to be that way, and it's tough to do. In

0:50:00.320 --> 0:50:03.080
<v Speaker 1>the NFL, coach Stanfield was around the game for fifty

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<v Speaker 1>or sixty years and he always, you say, I've never

0:50:05.320 --> 0:50:08.320
<v Speaker 1>seen anybody play a perfect game. And all you gotta

0:50:08.360 --> 0:50:12.360
<v Speaker 1>do is put on the film and start evaluating yourself strictly,

0:50:12.640 --> 0:50:15.359
<v Speaker 1>and you can find and there's evidence of the of

0:50:15.400 --> 0:50:19.880
<v Speaker 1>their mentelaire missing an assignment something that really didn't allow

0:50:19.920 --> 0:50:23.360
<v Speaker 1>you to play that perfect game. So yeah, it is

0:50:23.400 --> 0:50:26.440
<v Speaker 1>always chasing to be great, but it's a it's a

0:50:26.480 --> 0:50:29.240
<v Speaker 1>practice in and practice out week in and week out, effort,

0:50:29.600 --> 0:50:32.359
<v Speaker 1>chasing great through and the team focus obvious, the team

0:50:32.400 --> 0:50:34.759
<v Speaker 1>context is winning the Super Bowl and that's really what

0:50:34.800 --> 0:50:36.800
<v Speaker 1>this is all about, and they're triving to do and

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<v Speaker 1>part of that will be mandatory miniicamp coming up Big

0:50:39.280 --> 0:50:41.839
<v Speaker 1>Jim next, not this coming week, but the following week,

0:50:42.000 --> 0:50:46.040
<v Speaker 1>a three day mandatory miniicamp. And what do you hope

0:50:46.040 --> 0:50:48.239
<v Speaker 1>to accomplish when you're a three day minicamp at this

0:50:48.320 --> 0:50:50.160
<v Speaker 1>point in the month of June. Well, I think it's

0:50:50.160 --> 0:50:52.960
<v Speaker 1>really just about the finishing touches. You know. Again, you're

0:50:53.040 --> 0:50:55.840
<v Speaker 1>you're putting in all this this install and the Bears

0:50:55.880 --> 0:50:58.399
<v Speaker 1>are just probably so much more advanced than what they

0:50:58.400 --> 0:51:01.640
<v Speaker 1>were a season to go, specifically on the offensive side

0:51:01.680 --> 0:51:03.759
<v Speaker 1>the ball. You know, I just think they're they're a

0:51:03.840 --> 0:51:06.200
<v Speaker 1>lot further ahead of the game. And again that's what

0:51:06.280 --> 0:51:09.000
<v Speaker 1>Mark Helfer has talked about today. The quarterbacks has command,

0:51:09.440 --> 0:51:12.640
<v Speaker 1>the huddle, of the playbook, all those type of things,

0:51:12.800 --> 0:51:15.320
<v Speaker 1>and certainly Chuck Bagano has his wrinkles, and you pointed

0:51:15.320 --> 0:51:17.799
<v Speaker 1>out that that Cleo Max is very excited about the

0:51:17.840 --> 0:51:21.400
<v Speaker 1>stuff that he learned, But it's really about the finishing touches.

0:51:21.520 --> 0:51:23.800
<v Speaker 1>I always thought like when we did it, at least

0:51:23.880 --> 0:51:27.120
<v Speaker 1>teams that I've been on, we probably had about ninety percent,

0:51:27.320 --> 0:51:30.160
<v Speaker 1>ninety to ninety five percent of everything in in the

0:51:30.239 --> 0:51:33.520
<v Speaker 1>last veteran mini camp and then hey, guys, hit the

0:51:33.560 --> 0:51:36.160
<v Speaker 1>showers and we'll see at training camp and then it

0:51:36.239 --> 0:51:38.680
<v Speaker 1>was kind of just polished. So all this stuff has

0:51:38.680 --> 0:51:42.200
<v Speaker 1>been introduced, then reintroduced, and now this is the final time,

0:51:42.360 --> 0:51:45.160
<v Speaker 1>and then it will be introduced again at training camp.

0:51:45.200 --> 0:51:47.759
<v Speaker 1>Well everything will be one hundred percent. But if they're

0:51:47.840 --> 0:51:52.000
<v Speaker 1>ninety ninety five percent done with their install the Bears

0:51:52.000 --> 0:51:54.359
<v Speaker 1>will be sitting in a beautiful position come when they

0:51:54.440 --> 0:51:57.160
<v Speaker 1>arrive in Bourbon at do you guys? And now I'll

0:51:57.160 --> 0:51:59.279
<v Speaker 1>start with Tom. Do you guys like the way the

0:51:59.360 --> 0:52:04.000
<v Speaker 1>offseason and is scheduled leaguewide Again, it's tied and tethered

0:52:04.000 --> 0:52:06.839
<v Speaker 1>to the collective bargaining agreement. But the fact is that

0:52:06.960 --> 0:52:08.600
<v Speaker 1>you get it all polished up, but then you go

0:52:08.640 --> 0:52:11.239
<v Speaker 1>away for five six weeks. Guys go on vacation. Guys

0:52:11.280 --> 0:52:14.680
<v Speaker 1>stay in the gym, but there's that relaxation period a

0:52:14.719 --> 0:52:17.360
<v Speaker 1>little bit mentally, spend some time with your family before

0:52:17.560 --> 0:52:20.120
<v Speaker 1>training camp, which is very different than what either of

0:52:20.160 --> 0:52:22.680
<v Speaker 1>you experienced during your playing day. I think you can

0:52:22.760 --> 0:52:25.520
<v Speaker 1>go through the seriousness of Mini camp and you have

0:52:25.640 --> 0:52:28.200
<v Speaker 1>all this evidence on tape that the coaches are going

0:52:28.280 --> 0:52:30.719
<v Speaker 1>to go over and make sure that you're assignment sure

0:52:30.760 --> 0:52:32.759
<v Speaker 1>and you're not making mistakes or what you need to

0:52:32.800 --> 0:52:35.719
<v Speaker 1>be coached down. If you think that you can take

0:52:35.840 --> 0:52:38.800
<v Speaker 1>six weeks off before the start of a regular season,

0:52:39.120 --> 0:52:41.520
<v Speaker 1>you're either going to get hurt, you're gonna get cut,

0:52:41.719 --> 0:52:43.840
<v Speaker 1>and it's going to be more difficult to be prepared

0:52:43.880 --> 0:52:46.480
<v Speaker 1>once training camp gets here. I think these guys got

0:52:46.480 --> 0:52:49.920
<v Speaker 1>to take the final six weeks after Mini camp as

0:52:49.920 --> 0:52:53.480
<v Speaker 1>serious or more serious as they did before. What I

0:52:53.560 --> 0:52:57.200
<v Speaker 1>mean is, would you prefer it scheduled less time in

0:52:57.239 --> 0:52:59.319
<v Speaker 1>between the end of Mini camp and the start of

0:52:59.360 --> 0:53:02.400
<v Speaker 1>training camp. I don't know. I think it's up to

0:53:02.440 --> 0:53:05.319
<v Speaker 1>the person because you know, again, you know, we ended

0:53:05.360 --> 0:53:07.919
<v Speaker 1>the season and we never saw anybody until Mini camp

0:53:08.080 --> 0:53:09.640
<v Speaker 1>or until Mini camp. Now, we had a couple of

0:53:09.680 --> 0:53:11.560
<v Speaker 1>days in Mini camp and then we didn't see it

0:53:11.680 --> 0:53:14.360
<v Speaker 1>till the start of training camp. It's the challenge of

0:53:14.440 --> 0:53:17.720
<v Speaker 1>being a professional to make sure you're prepared. So whether

0:53:17.760 --> 0:53:20.239
<v Speaker 1>we're in this the modern day schedule or in your

0:53:20.360 --> 0:53:23.040
<v Speaker 1>the old archaic type of schedule. It's all about you

0:53:23.120 --> 0:53:26.040
<v Speaker 1>being prepared as a professional to make sure you're ready

0:53:26.080 --> 0:53:28.520
<v Speaker 1>for day one a training camp. Yeah, and that's the problem.

0:53:28.520 --> 0:53:31.239
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't happen. I personally, I hate it, Jeff, I

0:53:31.280 --> 0:53:33.600
<v Speaker 1>hate it. I think the coaches have been very vocal

0:53:33.880 --> 0:53:37.000
<v Speaker 1>that they want more hands on opportunities to have the

0:53:37.560 --> 0:53:40.799
<v Speaker 1>young players in the build, especially first year players going

0:53:40.840 --> 0:53:43.799
<v Speaker 1>to second year players. They want more ability in the classroom.

0:53:43.960 --> 0:53:46.719
<v Speaker 1>They want more on the field ability to work with

0:53:46.760 --> 0:53:49.360
<v Speaker 1>these players for them to grow as players and be prepared.

0:53:49.440 --> 0:53:53.080
<v Speaker 1>Because honestly, even John Harball, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens,

0:53:53.280 --> 0:53:55.480
<v Speaker 1>he talked about it this last year and he brought

0:53:55.480 --> 0:53:57.279
<v Speaker 1>it up at the NFL wonners Beans. He goes, when

0:53:57.320 --> 0:53:59.279
<v Speaker 1>you go to training camp, he goes, we almost have

0:53:59.360 --> 0:54:04.279
<v Speaker 1>to have a a two week almost reintroduction to get

0:54:04.280 --> 0:54:06.719
<v Speaker 1>a player in shape so that they're ready to start

0:54:06.800 --> 0:54:10.120
<v Speaker 1>hitting again. Because as Tom just mentioned, the injuries. Think

0:54:10.120 --> 0:54:12.400
<v Speaker 1>about the first month of the season. That's probably the

0:54:12.400 --> 0:54:17.200
<v Speaker 1>most grotesque football I've ever seen in terms of tackling

0:54:17.640 --> 0:54:20.000
<v Speaker 1>all the basics that you need to do. It really

0:54:20.040 --> 0:54:23.280
<v Speaker 1>takes a month, literally, the first month of the NFL

0:54:23.360 --> 0:54:26.480
<v Speaker 1>season pretty much are the preseason games where teams are

0:54:26.520 --> 0:54:29.400
<v Speaker 1>just kind of figuring out. Then towards the end of September,

0:54:29.719 --> 0:54:32.240
<v Speaker 1>you finally teams starting to play a little bit better,

0:54:32.400 --> 0:54:35.280
<v Speaker 1>where they're caught up on everything and finally in shape

0:54:35.360 --> 0:54:37.680
<v Speaker 1>ready to play. And now you start to see some

0:54:37.760 --> 0:54:39.960
<v Speaker 1>good football, which is a shame I think it. I

0:54:39.960 --> 0:54:42.759
<v Speaker 1>don't like it the way it is right now at all. Well,

0:54:42.840 --> 0:54:46.120
<v Speaker 1>we'll see if they could somehow adjust, tweak and continue

0:54:46.160 --> 0:54:49.480
<v Speaker 1>to grow this game and keep everybody's best interest at

0:54:49.520 --> 0:54:53.040
<v Speaker 1>heart here. Certainly the safety aspect of the league is paramount,

0:54:53.080 --> 0:54:55.399
<v Speaker 1>but also you know, help out the coaches a little

0:54:55.400 --> 0:54:57.399
<v Speaker 1>bit here to get teams ready to go and get

0:54:57.440 --> 0:55:00.319
<v Speaker 1>their players put in the best possible position. So we'll

0:55:00.360 --> 0:55:03.200
<v Speaker 1>come to you again next week on Thursday, that'll be

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<v Speaker 1>the night before opening ceremonies of the Bears one hundred

0:55:07.040 --> 0:55:09.719
<v Speaker 1>celebration weekend. Big Jim, Thanks as always. We'll be talking

0:55:09.680 --> 0:55:12.240
<v Speaker 1>to you next week, and we'll see at the convention

0:55:12.280 --> 0:55:14.799
<v Speaker 1>for sure. Style's good by friend, always gonna be with you, guys.

0:55:14.840 --> 0:55:18.520
<v Speaker 1>That's Jim Miller, that's Tom Thair. I'm Jeff Joniac. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>to Super Bowl Bear, Gary Fencik, and to our producers

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