WEBVTT - Workshop Series: Chicago Bears 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:06.519 And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:07.960 What's up everybody? 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:11.320 This is Moved the Sticks, the Workshop Series presented by 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:14.400 Lows DJ and Buck with you Buck, what is going on? 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:14.800 Man? 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:18.680 And now to us DJ, we are getting one step closer. 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:21.360 We got the final week of preseason and then you 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:24.360 got that week and a half sabbatical and it's on. 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:26.400 And it's so crazy how it gets here because it's 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:28.920 not only the NFL season. We got college football kicking 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.959 off this weekend, and then it's the Sprint. I mean, 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:34.960 it's not even the Sprint, it's to Marathon, and the 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.560 NFL it's to Marathon to February, and then in college 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:38.840 it's just to the beginning of January. 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.080 So it should be a lot of fun. Yeah, you 0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:44.280 heard there at the top. This is a different episode here. 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.440 This is part of the Workshop Series presented by Lows. 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:47.600 So we're going to do three of these, one a 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:50.040 month where we're going to take one specific team and 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.880 really kind of take them into the workshop Buck about 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:54.960 what they've been able to do to try and transform 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.040 a losing organization into a winning organization with a lot 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:02.040 of changes, not just a you know, Caleb Williams move here. 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.440 There was a lot of other roster additions to this 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.320 team really over the last year, and that's where I 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:09.679 want to start, because when we look at changing this team, 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.759 I think that began last year midway through the year 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:16.279 when they made that trade for Montes Sweat. This defense played, 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:18.360 it was a top five defense, as good as any 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.600 defense in the NFL once he got there last year. 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:24.040 Just your take on the timing of that move, the 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:26.319 decision to make that move, and the impact that Montes 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:27.840 Sweat had last year and going. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:32.360 Forward, Yeah, I think Monteswat coming over coincides with Matt 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:36.800 Eberflus really taking over the defense. Defensive coordinator Allen Williams 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.679 steps away, eva Flues has to take over, has to 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.920 become the defensive play call, a rod that he flourished 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:46.400 in during assignment Indianapolis, and then when he kind of 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.080 assumes the position with the Bears as head coach and 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:52.080 defensive play call that this defense really kicked off. But 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.000 part of the reason is because they're playing the style 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:57.640 that he's always wanted to play, and that was helped 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.360 by the fact that Montes Wait came over gave them 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:01.640 a legitimate. 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:02.720 Weapon on the edges. 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.600 And if you studied montes Way from a time in 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:09.000 Mississippi State to how you played with the Commanders, he's always. 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.880 Been a high effort, high motor energy player. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.560 And everything that Matt Eberflus wants to do on defense 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.880 starts with that part of it. Effort, hustle, all of 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.760 the energy and those things, and so it's really a 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:22.760 perfect marriage. 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.959 And what you saw was when. 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.520 He gets when ebra Flutes gets the type of pass 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:32.720 rusher that he needs that this defense demands, many goes 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.280 next level. And so that was I would say the 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:39.120 core building block that they needed a dominant pass rusher 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.520 off the edge that would give them that steady presence 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:45.000 where they didn't have to blitz they heat up the quarterback. 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.240 They could do it with a four man rush. 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.359 Yeah, and you hit it too when you go back 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.160 and watch all those sacks last year. It's a four 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.920 man rush man. They are getting home and he's doing 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.359 it off of some games as well as just winning 0:02:57.840 --> 0:02:58.280 on his own. 0:02:58.320 --> 0:02:59.399 And you see him win man. 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:01.680 He's got that length, bucked the long arm move he 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:03.799 used with his inside arm, he can walk the tackle 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:07.440 straight back. You use the term the energy that he brings, 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.079 Like I wrote that down when I was just going 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.240 through his video, I was like, this guy is kind 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.320 of infectious, you know. And we're going to get to 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.440 Caleb Williams in a little bit. We'll talk about how 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.959 this offense is going to be transformed. I do believe 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.839 that Caleb Williams is kind of like a force multiplier 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.000 because of not only his ability, but it's the ability 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.400 to combine with the energy and enthusiasm that he brings 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.840 to the offense. Monte Sweat did that for the defense 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.120 last year. If you wanted proof of concept, you saw it. 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.160 You saw what he did individually and how I felt 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:37.600 like everybody else around him on that defense with the 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.000 Bears raised their level up. And that's when you know 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:41.440 you got something special in a player. 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:42.800 Yeah. Absolutely. 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.000 And you know the thing is he was forced to 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.000 play a conflimentary role in Washington because they had great 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.320 players there. Even though he was a top pick, he 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:53.760 still was down the line in the pecking water. And 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:55.800 the move of Chicago gave him a chance to be 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:57.920 something different. He got a chance to be the lead 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.320 singer instead of a backup, and he is own that 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.000 he can be the league guy. And when you think 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.360 of some of the other players in additions that we'll 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:10.040 talk about later. He's been able to step in, set 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:13.360 the tone, set the stage, and create opportunities for others. 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:15.800 And you can already tell that this defense has the 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.080 top ten feel based on Montes's way kind of leading 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:20.440 the way. 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.160 Yeah, and you look at some of these other pieces 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.279 in place, and we'll get to the draft and we'll 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.600 cover that just a little bit. But when you look 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.560 at some building blocks, I think Gervon Dexter is a 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:33.240 key building block for them as a very athletic, enormous, 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:35.279 you know, perfect body type for how they want to play. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.640 Their second round pick in twenty three. He's got a 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:40.279 chance to be a really, really good player. They handle 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.040 the linebacker position. When through free agency, when you got 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.600 to get t J. Edwards and Tremaine Edmonds. You guys 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:49.600 are smart, they're tough, they're fast, they can cover, so. 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:50.200 They're good there. 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:51.600 And then I would put you know, I don't know 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.760 where you are. I'd put the secondary up in terms 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:57.359 of talent up against just about anybody. I love Brisker 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.279 at safety as a young player. Second round pick in 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.240 twenty twenty two. Jalen Johnson's the star is the reason 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.279 he got twenty million bucks a year. Kyler Gordon, especially 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.160 just just seeing him move around and how physical he's 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.960 been in the preseason, I think he's got a chance 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:13.720 to take a major leap as someone who's playing a 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:18.440 nickel for them. Tyrek Stevenson is a physical, aggressive corner 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.359 like that secondary is really good. Kevin Byern comes in 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.279 the mix there, so they have a lot of pieces 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.240 that I think make sense and work together there. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.440 Yeah, it's funny because it's a defense where the scheme 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.800 is evolving. So much of what Matt Eberfluch used to 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.800 do was about the Tampa two scheme, two deep safeties, 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:38.400 five underneath, gonna play his own eyes on the quarterback. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.640 And as they've gotten better personnel, they've shown the ability 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.360 to do more man demand, more zone coverage, I mean 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:48.240 more zone blitzes in match pressures where you're using man 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.800 and man principles within the zone. They're showing the ability 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.560 to do that, and it only makes this defense that 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.360 much more difficult to face because when your team that 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:00.440 likes to operate primarily with a four man rush, you blitz, 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.440 it's the element of surprise and so it surprisingly creates 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.480 one on one opportunities for Montes and the other guys 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.320 on the front line. And as this defense continues to 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.520 prove in the back end, they can be able to 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.080 do more creative things on the front end. 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.760 And I want to touch on on one draft pick 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:18.119 on the defensive side of the ball. 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:19.160 We'll kind of wrap up. 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.279 The defense before we get over to the offense. And 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.880 Caleb Williams and all the work that they've done on 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.479 that side of the ball. Austin Booker they got in 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.480 the fifth round this year, has already been a stud 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.359 in the preseason. He's been very active, he's been productive. 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:33.800 I know, you know, my comp on him was like 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:37.160 he was a Kirkland brand Max Crosby because he kind 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.280 of has that same playing style. But when I watched him, 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:43.840 I saw that same just tenacious effort bucket. It's not 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.440 it's not just the link in the in the explosiveness. 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.440 It's it's the fact that like when when when the 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.800 play is dead on the front side and he's dead, 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:54.760 so many young players, that's that's the end of the 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.960 play for them. He is chasing, he is sprinting down 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:01.359 the field, chasing the away and I'm just like, Okay, 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.599 that's that's that's that guy's wired the right way to 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.760 go along with impressive athletic ability. They got themselves a 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:08.520 good one there. 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.800 And I think, you know, it's the perfect marriage between 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.320 front office and coaching staff being on the same page, 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.239 the coaching staff being able to tell the front office, 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:20.320 these are the types of players that we need, these 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:22.080 are the traits that we have to have in these 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.239 certain positions, and then it's going and chasing those traits. 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.600 And you talked about Booker and what he's already been 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:31.280 able to display in the preseason DJ When you look 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:32.760 at him, I mean you look at him and then 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.000 you look at montes Wett, I mean like they're very 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:39.400 very similar in terms of prototypical traits, their tools, the 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:42.000 way they play, the energy and the effort. And if 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.840 you're the Bears, ideally, that's what you're trying to create. 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.480 You're trying to create rooms. They have a lot of 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.920 the same types of players and that we talk about 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.840 basketball teams at wide receiver, but that d line room. Man, 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.480 if you can get the big bodies, the big, tall 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.480 athletic players on the edges to go with the beefy 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.960 guys on the interior. Gives your chance to kind of 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.800 dominate at the point of attack and dominate without having 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.440 to use extra rushes and extra bodies in the pass russ. 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.720 Yeah, it all kind of goes together and all makes sense. 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:12.880 And that's why I mean, well, let me just put 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:17.080 it to you, this defense over a seventeen game season 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.120 and considering who they play in that division. You know, Detroit, 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:23.600 that's a high flying offense. I know Minnesota, Kirk Cousins 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.480 is not there. It goes to Sam Donald, but that's 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.280 still justin Jefferson in company. There's a lot of playmakers 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.400 there as well. And obviously we know Green Bay with 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.360 all their plethora of young weapons, that's not an easy offense. 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:35.320 Can this defense? 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.640 Don't Chicago be a top five NFL defense? 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.320 You know, it's weird because they can, But I don't 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.880 know if they'll be like the dominating defense where they 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:50.280 completely suffocate you. I think their ability to rise into 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.320 the ranks of the top five is dependent upon their 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:57.120 ability to produce turnovers. This is a takeaway defense. They 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:58.959 want to back you up. They want to win with four. 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.520 They want to get in a off tips and overthrows. 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.040 More so, than what I would call the stifling suffocation 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.360 that we've seen from some of the defenses. 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:09.520 That's it. That's good enough. 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.040 And if the offense is like we think it may be, 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:14.920 that is going to be the perfect style of compliment 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:16.959 of what they do on offense, because if offense is 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:20.200 scoring points, now your defense is playing against the offense 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.240 that's chasing points. Eliminates the run game. Now you begin 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:24.880 to get the big hits and the big tips and 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.040 overthrows that lead to interceptions. 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:30.959 Yeah, you know, it'll be interesting to see how how 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.400 they maintain it throughout the year. But I do think 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:35.520 you can look at every position group on that defense, 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:37.960 and they've got, you know, a blue player, a blue 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:41.160 caliber player that they can rely upon there, which is 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:43.720 usually the sign of a pret darn good defense, including 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.360 a closer. I think Montes Sweat he has all the 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.400 tools to be a you know, an elite closer to 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.439 finish ball games. They shouldn't have their offense you run 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.040 up scores to be able to play that way. But 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.640 we're going to get to why that might change. We'll 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.880 get to the offensive side of the ball in this 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.559 this workshop episod As we focus on the Bears right 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:08.640 after this. All right, Buck, let's let's switch it over 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.280 to the offensive side of the ball. When you look 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.560 at this offense, you know, if you want to transform 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.840 the offense, the easiest way to do it is obviously 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:19.719 the quarterback position. They made the correct assessment. I think 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.439 we can agree to punt on Bryce Young the year 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:24.959 before get a hall of picks. 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:25.760 They don't. 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:27.959 They don't select him. They decide to wait on the 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:31.000 quarterback and then man, it just it ends beautifully for 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.600 them with Caroline ended up with the first pick, which 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.959 they own, and they're able to get Kaileb Williams to 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:37.520 go along with the other hal of picks they got 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:41.480 for the Bryce Young trade. But that, to me, let's 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.160 start there with that decision. How important was it for 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:49.040 them to exercise patience knowing that that wasn't the right guy, 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.480 especially for them knowing, you know, where they play and 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:54.199 what's needed of the position in Chicago. 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.079 One of the things that we learned when you when 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:58.520 we're very very young in. 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:02.559 The scouting businesses the importance of conviction as an evaluator, 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.560 as a decision maker. And so for Ryan Poles to 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.160 have enough conviction to know that hey, man. Bryce Young 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:09.640 may be a good player, but he may not be 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:11.280 a good player for us. He may not be the 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:12.959 right player for us. 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:13.719 A lot of. 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:17.839 Times when you're building a team, the conversation never goes 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:21.040 to who you're playing against within your division and the 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.200 conditions in which you have to play. When it gets 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:28.359 to that stretch run in November December, Bryce Young, his bodybuild, 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.600 his arm strength, and talent might not have flown well 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:32.400 in the windy. 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.080 City of Chicago. So they wait. 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.439 They had a first round player in Justin Fields that 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.680 they wanted to exhaust all opportunities before they made a 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.880 decision on quarterback. Didn't go the way that Justin Fields wants, 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.000 They're able to make the move, and then they bring 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.800 back a guy in Caleb Williams who appears to be 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.320 the right fit for the way they want to go. 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:52.120 Yeah, I mean, I guess we should also mention it. 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.320 Look if they'd have taken CJ. Stroud and not made 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:57.520 that trade, no one how CJ. Stroud played last year, Okay, 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.000 maybe we'd say, Okay, they made the right decision. Obviously 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.920 Stroud was awesome. I do think Stroud walked into a 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.200 different team in Houston than he would have walked into 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:10.160 in Chicago last year, because you know, we'll start with 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.560 Caleb and focus there. But he's you know, there's some 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:14.680 other new pieces on this offense as well at Keen Allen, 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:18.679 DeAndre Swift. But with Caleb specifically, what you've seen from 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:22.360 him this preseason, I know it's not I don't think 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.200 it's I don't think it's as perfect as maybe some 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.240 would want it to be. But I also know that 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.720 those that are just sitting there on their keyboards, just 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.920 waiting to nitpick every little thing, we're probably a little 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:35.960 disappointed seeing some of the plays he's made. 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:36.640 Well. 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.880 Absolutely, And you know, we talk about being a young 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:41.480 scout and some of the things that you learned along 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:41.800 the way. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.080 I was taught the grade to flashes. 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.320 When you're looking at college players, if they flash it 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.640 multiple times, then they're capable of doing it. Now, it's 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.200 about bringing about the consistency. When you go back and 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.679 look at Caleb Williams first at Oklahoma then at USC 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.360 there were a lot of flashes of high end talent. 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.360 And you know, the natural comparisons that a lot of 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:03.600 people may the Pat Mahomes and it's crazy to compare 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:05.520 a young player to a guy who's going to be 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.280 a Hall of Famer and maybe go down as the 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.920 greatest of all time and the position, but there are 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:13.000 similarities in terms of their playmaking ability and the way 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:16.079 that they kind of make things happen inside and outside 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.680 of the pocket. The one part that you worried about 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.720 with Kayleb Williams after his final season that SC is 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:23.640 would he be able to reind it in because he 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.920 has so much success with a free, willing, freestyle play 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:29.120 at SC and. 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.480 Maybe did it to his detriment his final season. 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:33.679 Could he get back to the basics and kind of 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:35.440 keep the main thing the main thing, Let me throw 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.400 all time on target from the pocket and use. 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.640 That superpower when needed. 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.640 It appears that he understands when to use it when 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.000 not to, and if he can master that part early 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.560 in his career, he is going to be a problem 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.160 for defensive coordinators around the league. 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.720 And I was watching going through all of his preseason tape, 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:57.240 and you know, we talk so much about the Mahomes thing. 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.240 You know, everybody use that comparison because of some of 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:01.960 the magic. When I was watching the preseason stuff, and 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.600 I know we talked about this briefly in the run 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.960 up to the draft. There's some young Russ there, like 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:12.280 some young Russell Wilson. Some of these are twirling, whirling 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.880 plays where he's buying time and throwing off platform. Remember, 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:17.840 like people see Russell Wilson. 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:19.720 Now, look he's not what he was. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.320 Yeah, go back to young Russ those first couple of years. 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.920 You know, again, great defense that they had. Don't need 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.160 you to, you know, play perfect, but can you generate 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:30.760 a couple of big plays? And I can remember some 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:32.760 of those Arizona games. Can you remember Russell just kind 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:34.960 of running all over the place and making some magic happen, 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:39.160 exhausting plays, and then look he's there was a sweet 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.480 spot where Russell still had his athleticism and then he 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.440 did learn to play on time, you know, and that's 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.120 when some of those big offensive years happened for him 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.480 in Seattle. I think that Caleb has a chance to 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.320 get to that version earlier in his career. 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.360 Yeah, it's funny you bring up the thing with Russell Wilson, 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.920 because I think I've written it down in my report 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.880 about Kaylen Williams that he could like that and that 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.280 he would be a nice comp to be able to 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.440 do that, and you know it's unfortunately right now people 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.800 are looking at the Russell that we're seeing in Pittsburgh, 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:10.800 the one that's a little stock or whatever. But the 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.520 young Russ that was athletic and could make plays. He 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.480 was kind of the best of both worlds because he 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:21.680 had the discipline, patience, and restraint to play winning football 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.400 within the confines of the offense. But he always could 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:28.200 make it right with his athleticism. When Kayleb Williams learns 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.840 how to tow that line in terms of playing on 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:33.840 script as opposed to playing off script and mixing in 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.640 some of the improvisational playmaking ability, this offense is going 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:41.200 to be terrific. And they've surrounded with a perfect supporting 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:42.720 cast to really elevate his game. 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:44.640 Yeah. 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:47.800 I mean when you look at at Russ rushing the football, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.720 when you pull up some of those numbers, I mean 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.360 it was, you know, four hundred and eighty nine yards, 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.240 five hundred and thirty nine yards. He had an eight 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.200 hundred and forty nine yard rushing season with six touchdowns. 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:00.960 You know, in a couple more five hundre yard seasons 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.320 in there, I think Caleb can have those. I think 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:06.360 it can be you know, maybe five to six hundred, 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.320 seven hundred rushing yards to go along with some creative 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:13.640 magical plays. He's able to accomplish in the passing game 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.400 as well. But that was just kind of interesting to 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.600 me just seeing that. And also, as we mentioned earlier, 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.560 I think the I think the energy thing, the vibe thing, 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:22.720 the force multiplier. 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:23.160 I think that exists. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.760 I think it not only brings hope in your offensive 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:28.440 lineman of Hey, if I can just block a little 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.480 bit longer, some something good's going to happen back here. 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:32.160 If I'm a receiver, if I can just stay alive 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:34.720 on a broken play, we got a chance for that 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.240 to happen. And even inside the stadium, Hey, you know 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:39.120 we're down. We don't need to go get some food. 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:39.760 But stay in here. 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:41.440 They're get coming back on the field and we might 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:42.840 see something we never seen before. 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.400 You know, it's one of the things that it is 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.680 not talked about enough in terms of like the energy 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:50.160 that is created from the quarterbacks presence. 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.040 We've talked about the quarterback. 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.440 A franchise quarterback gives everyone into organization hope and that 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.920 hope is something that you can feel on the sideline. 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:02.920 So when you have a playmaker that can make it 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.800 a variety of different ways, that has a proven track 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.040 record of being able to lead you back. It changes 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.119 the way that you play on defense because on defense, 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:12.359 on the sideline, you'll say to one another, a man, 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:13.920 we just need to get Caleb the ball back. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:15.919 We just need to give this guy another chance. He 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:16.879 can bring us back. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.239 And if you see some of the magic happen and 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.640 it turns in positive results where you see these come 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.840 from behind wins, but then it just emboldens you to 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.439 have this level of confidence that no matter what the 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.480 game looks like, we always have an opportunity because the 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.480 guy that we have is the QB one is a 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.359 legitimate dude, and that legitimate dude can always bring us back. 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.840 We gets you most excited about this receiving core because 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.639 you've got DJ Morho's comeback. It just gave him a 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.480 new contract. They make the trade for Keenan Allen comes 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.920 over from the Chargers, or he's just had a ridiculous 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.560 amount of production, you know, consistent production, no matter if 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.400