WEBVTT - Josh Woods talks upcoming 2020 season | All Access 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:04.200 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:08.240 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:11.240 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:15.920 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:20.639 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.640 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:29.360 Physical Therapy and CDW. Now the good show, ready for 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:31.640 you to run. You're all out here and this Bears 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:34.400 Thursday Night, Tom There, Jeff, Jonny Ak and Jimmiller with 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:36.800 you on Bears All Access, brought to you by Jess Energy. 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.120 Here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. Good 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.720 to have you along, Jordan Malley, our producer. Tonight coming 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:45.519 up at six ten, Bears linebacker Josh Woods joins the program, 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:47.880 and at six thirty we get a Detroit Lions perspective 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:50.080 on the season ahead from one of the great left 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:54.120 tackles certainly in Lions history and an eighteen year NFL 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:57.200 player at the position, Lomas Brown, kind enough to join 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.720 the program tonight as well. Good to have you alongside 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:02.680 every buddy. The rookies are reporting. You get the sense 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:04.880 that things are going to start rolling in the right direction, 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.640 but still much to discuss Tom and Jim about what's 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.560 ahead in terms of negotiating between the NFL and the NFLPA. 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.760 We seem to be in every show with that, right 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.080 you know, that's just the way that this landscape is 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.840 going to be throughout the season. But right now sports 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.280 are starting to carry a little bit of momentum, which 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.240 is nice to see. It's a nice distraction. But I 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.680 think every day throughout football there will be a new 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.000 occurrence that needs to be addressed, and then they'll address 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.600 it and try to formulate a plan. And so it's 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.280 kind of a let's get things started, but it's still 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:39.800 wait and see economics, big Jim Miller economics. That's on 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.560 the line right now, right Yeah, that's really what it is. Obviously, 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.800 It's about will the you know, the owners want to 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:48.160 take the hit right now, everybody's estimated about seventy million dollars. 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:50.200 There's going to be a shortfall in terms of the 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:54.000 revenue that are lost this year potentially in the NFL. 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.600 In the NFL would prefer to take those earlier. The 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:01.120 player's side, obviously, they want those spread out over time 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.080 a little bit more that way, high priced you know, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:08.920 veterans wouldn't be you know, salary cap figures wouldn't be 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.959 slashed next year because some high priced players would ultimately 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.840 get cut in orders for the teams to settle in 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:18.160 the cap. So now, so basically owners want to do 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.320 it over two years. Players want to do it over 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:24.160 ten years. Maybe the agreeable area is five or six years. 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.000 Jeff and I do think they'll come to an agreement 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.920 minimum by Sunday because a lot of these teams now 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.760 are starting to push back their reporting dates until that 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.320 comes to a conclusion. That will be the final things 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.720 they need to agree upon, and then it's final and 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.320 everybody will be able to move forward with training camp. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.959 Kansas City and Houston schedule to begin their strength and 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.120 conditioning work coming up on Sunday. They'd like to get 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.600 that done before then. I've always felt fellas that the 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.280 veterans anyway, in the last oh I don't know how 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.800 many years, at last eight years, have really had a 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:56.040 tougher time. And I only pay attention to it because 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.720 when you're putting their rosters together throughout the league for 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.400 every training camp, have your old years and you're looking 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.200 through and seeing well, a lot of these guys have 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.560 never resigned and their careers are just quietly over. I 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.560 think veterans do have a tough time when it comes 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:10.560 to salary gap because you want your draft picks. You're 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.720 on drafted, it's cost effective to make the roster, and 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.320 certainly some of those guys will being at the top 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:16.639 end of the roster, but motion will be on the 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.320 bottom and then the roster or practice squad. So the 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.640 veteran in today's world and the national footballing has a 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:27.080 tough road. They do. But it's what value do you 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.800 bring to your team? You know, are you a multiple 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:33.040 position player or are you a Day one starter that's 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:37.280 not gonna be you know, supplemented very much. So I 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:40.320 think it all depends on the type of value you 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:43.720 bring to your position, to your segment, and how good 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.040 you are at it. Yeah, it'll be interesting. You know, 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:48.520 you look at guys that are still out there on 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.280 the free agent market, and there are some good ones. 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.280 J Davian Clowney. He really doesn't you know, he really 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.520 doesn't practice a lot. He's had a lot of injuries 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:57.920 and that's going to factor it into it it as well, 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.520 and that's probably It's why nobody is offered a multi 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:03.600 year deal. A suppose he he originally wanted twenty million 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.680 dollars to play. Now that number is probably coming down. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:10.600 The more realistic value is probably thirteen maybe fourteen million 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:11.880 that he'll be playing for it and it will just 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.600 be one year. Because of the uncertainty of the seller cap. 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:16.960 Not a lot of teams are locking up guys to 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.719 long term contracts. We only saw two franchise tag players 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:24.200 get a long term contract, right so Chris Jones was 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.000 one of them for the Kansas City Chiefs. No other 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:29.040 player Bud Dupree, look at Hunter Henry the tight end. 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.760 None of those players got a long term deal because 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.640 of the uncertainty of one where at things are at 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.800 the wind or the shortfall of revenues that's going to happen, 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.400 and why the uncertainty teams don't want to pay that 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.520 moving forward, and why only two deals got done. Bears 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:46.760 made a roster move today with the release of Ben 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:50.120 Bronicker one hundred forty three offensive snaps last season among 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.000 a large group of tight ends. To that group now 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.120 down to eight and still a large number, and it'll 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.440 be interesting to see how many they actually bring to 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.359 the table. But he was a very good special teams player. 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.800 We've had him on this show many times. He's a 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.800 good man, a smart guy. But there's a big log 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.919 jam at tight end right now. Yeah, but you know, 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:13.120 he's got the type of a minimal amount of experience 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:15.960 in the fourth phase of the game in undeveloped talent 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.440 at the tight end position. So I think he will 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.239 end up on a roster somewhere down the road because 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.839 he's such an intelligent guy that they know that he 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:25.839 can absorb a lot of information and put it to 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.080 use very quickly. Still a lot of tight ends in 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.560 the mix. He just gets cold Comet signed. Maybe that's 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:34.920 what Spern that move today for Ben Bronicker. You signed 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.760 Demetrius Harris, who has familiarity in the system, and you've 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:41.000 signed Jimmy Graham. Now what does that mean for JP Holtz? 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.280 What does it mean for Adam Sheheen or jessper Horstead 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.440 or the other guys that are there. JP doubles as 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.200 a as a fullback, you know, So do they keep 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.480 four or do they keep five? Those are the training 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:55.160 camp numbers you're gonna have to to keep in remember, 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.000 because I think that's what's going to come down to. 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.400 So I don't think they're done at that position yet. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.160 Up Horsted, Eric Soberd and undrafted rookie Darian Clark, former 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.400 college basketball player, all in the mix. As we break 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:08.640 things down, we'll take a look at the defensive side 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.640 of the ball and a very lively character as I 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.600 like to call him. We'll join the program tonight, and 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:16.599 coming up here in moments out of the break, Josh 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.840 Woods out of Maryland, entering his third year with the Bears. 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.200 We'll talk to him coming up next on Bears All 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.160 Access brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:33.839 Radio six seventy to score. Hey, welcome back to Bears 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.280 All Access brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.279 partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas at 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.080 home warrnty products to over one million customers across the country. 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.760 Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.640 Toom and Jim joining us now. Josh Woods, veteran linebacker 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.960 and special team stud of the Bears, kind enough to 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.120 take some time out. Good to have you along, Josh, 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.400 and I know you are like every other football fan 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.160 out there, can't wait to get back and ready to 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.080 roll again. How are things going for you? First and foremost, 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:08.000 thanks for having me. I'm excited to be getting back 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:13.720 finally having hit somebody since December twenty nine, So I'm excited. 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.320 I can't I missed my boys. The group chat just 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:20.800 isn't enough anymore, you know, So I'm definitely excited to 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.160 get back with everybody. I hear you. Who happens to 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.960 be on that group chat? Is it? Is it linebacker specific? 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.160 Because I'll tell you what you know if politics are 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:32.040 ever in your future. You got that button down because 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.120 we've talked about you before in many ways, and yes, 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.240 have you had a lot of defensive snaps? No? But 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.920 are you a major impact in that locker room? Yes, 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.160 you're friends with everybody on that team. You get everybody 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.720 fired up, You're always talking, You're always chatting, I mean chatting. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.239 So you got a lot of friends in that locker room. Josh, 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.400 who's on that group chat? Sir? So yeah, the group 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.280 chat that I'm a friends who specifically is the inside 0:07:56.280 --> 0:08:02.040 back of chat with coach Daily Own and assistant coach 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:07.200 Ronnell Williams. We also added the two rookies in there. Now. So, UM, 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:11.000 it's been good. It's been It's always jokes in there. Um, 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.440 whenever somebody's down, it's something we make sure to pick 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.440 each other up, check in with each other. Um, just 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:20.240 you know, further further in that brotherhood, Um, in that 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.440 locker room, I mean, in that meeting room that we 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:26.080 always had. Hey, Josh, this Tom Parents. Good to talk 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:27.880 to you. Hey. You know, Josh, from the first time 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:29.800 I saw you, the first time I saw you run 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:33.160 on a football field, you run as well as anybody. Okay, 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.040 now let's speed up to the today. What's different about 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.280 your football mind in your body at this point to 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:41.959 put you to allow you to take up a bigger 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:46.679 role in the competition at linebacker. Um, I think the 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.160 mental aspect. I think that my physical attributes were there. 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:54.439 I mean I lacked, uh what I would call linebacker strength. 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.960 So that was a big part of my my my 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:01.440 offseason regiment this year. But um, my mindset, my mental 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:05.440 you know, just learning from guys like Danny and Roquan 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.280 how to lead such a great defense already. You know, 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.199 those guys do a tremendous job and I think first 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.640 and foremost they lead by example. So just kind of 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:21.560 watching those guys, picking those guys brains and coming like 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:25.960 growing into my own, you know, version of being able 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:29.040 to quarterback the defense because essentially that's what linebacker is, 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.880 you know. Oh yeah, hey, all right, here's another question. 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:34.560 I might put a little bit more pressure on you 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:38.520 with the competition a linebacker. So your speed really gives 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:43.080 you great special teams versatility. Versatility. So when I look 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.000 at Tariq and I look at Cordarrel and now ten 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.880 Gids junior, you know, there's kind of a Devin Hester 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:53.480 excitement in the special team's return game kickoff return once. 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.200 That's what I'm saying. How exciting is that to get 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.680 in the huddle and you see those guys behind you going, look, 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.600 we have the chance of create a Devin Hester return 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.679 excitement on the team this year. Every every time we 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.160 talk touchdown, this is the touchdown club right here. We 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.040 try to make a big play every time because you know, 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.200 statistics say if you score on special teams, your change 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.640 to win the game go through the roof. So we 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:19.920 know the impact that special teams has on the game. 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:22.439 And it's just an honor to be able to play 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.360 with guys of that caliber, you know, and just doing 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.400 my eleven on the field and making sure that my 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:33.160 guy doesn't touch the ball, essentially eras him from the play. 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.640 That's that's really my mindset, knowing that those guys, if 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.880 I take care of my job, they'll take care of theirs. Well, Josh, 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:40.640 Jim Miller here, good to talk to you. I'm as 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.560 excited as you. Just you know, we got baseball starting tonight, 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.120 training camp just around the corner as the owners and 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.960 the players have agreed to the protocols. And from your standpoint, 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.200 is there anything you're still concerned about or do you 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.960 think everybody, meaning your teammates, your brothers, everybody will abide 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:58.960 by what is needed to get this accomplished as you 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:03.800 approach training camp. UM, I will say that me being 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:09.920 a single, single man in Chicago, no family, you know 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.040 that I would be interacting with in and out of 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.280 the locker room kind of just going home to myself. 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:19.280 I have a much different perspective um on. You know, 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.280 what's what's what's to ensue if we start camp now 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.240 and with all the guidelines and stuff that weren't in 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.839 places or are in place, um, Because I mean, guys 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.520 have pregnant wives and kids, and you know, it's it's 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.680 a lot, you know, grandparents like you know, I can 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.880 honestly say that I see where everybody has a point, 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:43.400 you know, and everybody's opinion matters. So um, I can't 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:47.560 necessarily say that anybody is wrong in the situation for 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.520 how they feel, because you know, at the end of 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.360 the day, this is just a game, you know, and 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.880 and and family and family comes first, safety comes first. 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.720 But I know that, my guy, if if, if everybody 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.440 gets the thumbs up that we're rolling, I know my 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.040 guys are rolling. We're ready, We're ready, we're hunting this year, 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.480 and I can I can stamp that. Yeah, I believe that. 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.000 I think players will make that commitment to each other 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.120 because you're only as strong as your weakest link. You 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.720 know that, my friend, let me ask you, I mean 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.880 virtual world. You're having fun in the meetings, but yet 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.400 still learning things concepts. Um, you know, how do you 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.559 feel you've gotten better? You know, when you really can't 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.360 physically go out in the field and practice. I know 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:30.040 you're working on your own and doing the things you 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.160 need to work on, but we're what areas do you 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.600 feel like you've gotten better? I think the coaches did 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:39.839 a really good job of installs and the way that 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:43.600 we learned this like with it being all virtual this year, 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.760 I know that coach Pagano did a really good job 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.440 of like the way they kind of lumped played like 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:54.000 like similar plays and schemes together and they installed all 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:57.160 of those things, and it really was It made it 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.760 easier for guys to pick up on and you know, 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:05.880 tendencies and similarities like I said, between schemes and play calls, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.000 and because I mean, at the end of the day, 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.520 football's football, like the player you only you're only running 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.560 a couple but a couple of things, you know, but 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.760 there are certain adjustments there. But everything comes from a 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:18.840 certain family, like whether it's a cover for a family 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.160 cover too, family like, And they did a really good 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:25.080 job of lumping those things together. Whereas you knew that 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.520 everything that you would, you could really focus on the 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:32.520 finer details throughout the OTA period. So that's why that's 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.800 why I felt like I even complimented coach Forgana on 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.280 Coach de Leon for how they did that. They definitely 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.920 changed the way that they approached installs. This this this 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:44.360 little Camp Bears linebacker Josh Woods our guest You're on 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.400 Bears All Access on Chicago's Ports Radio six seventy to score. 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.079 Jeff thom and Jim with you. Is this your best 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:55.160 opportunity to make an impact beyond special teams, because okay, 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.559 some veterans are gone kPr and Nick Wikowski, but you 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.880 enjoy Ea Booney Way and maybe some undrafted gays are 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.600 gonna be in the mix. But is this do you 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.720 feel it's your best chance? And then with that said, 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:08.920 what are you tipping the scales at these days? And 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.240 what have you done physically to get ready for what 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:16.600 you're about to embark on. I changed my body composition, 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:21.360 I got stronger. I feel like I've matured a little bit, 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.160 not a lot of bit, but a little bit. And 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.960 you know, I'm just I'm growing every day, and yeah, 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.360 I'm definitely I'm I'm coming for that next man. Then 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:33.560 I'm I'm definitely trying to help the team in other 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:36.280 ways other than special teams. But at the end of 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:39.160 the day, I'm just gonna do my part and let 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.280 the chips fall where they may because the game rewards 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.920 you when you work hard, and I know that, so 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:45.800 I know that I've done my part in the offseason 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.680 once camp starts rolling, I know I'm gonna do my 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.840 part and the coaches are gonna put the best players 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:56.640 on the field. So at that point, I'm I'm claiming 0:14:56.640 --> 0:15:00.120 that I'm gonna be in the mix. Absolutely, I got 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:01.880 to have that attitude. But can I sneak one in? 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:05.280 Because you laughed when you said you've matured a little bit? 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.160 You know, because the fact is that you're a fun 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.080 loving guy, right, you have very seriously to you too, 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:14.600 But I mean, why did you chuckle with that? Do 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:19.000 you think that? Because I don't. I feel like people 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.440 think that the whole Like, you know, I'm always dancing. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.880 I'm making sure guys are having fun on the sideline. 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:25.880 Like I'm kind of like the spark plug, So I 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.040 can't get too serious. So that's that's the only reason 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.520 I chuckled at that. But because I know, I know 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.320 for a fact that I do need to, you know, 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.280 buckle down a little bit more. You know that my 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:41.320 role could potentially grow. But at the same time, I 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.360 know that I know my role on the team and 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:48.160 from an energy standpoint, So um, I definitely don't want 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.080 to lose that about myself as a player. I feel 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.160 like I played best when I'm happy, when I get 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:55.560 others excited, when people just feed off my energy is contagious. 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.280 It is Josh and almost watching you on the sideline, 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:03.080 your energy comes contagious because throughout my career, I've never 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.600 practiced with music, and then when the music starts, I 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.320 watch you, and you kind of become this bubble of 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:13.440 energy that may affect fifteen other guys standing on the sideline. 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:17.239 And so do you think no music in this generation 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:20.240 would affect your energy level as it kind of it 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:24.040 kind of helps you throughout the course of practice. It does, 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:28.200 It definitely helps, It definitely helps. Um. I don't know, 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.680 I don't know. There was no means. I probably would 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:33.240 still find a way to get guys excited, to make 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:35.880 guys laugh, to make guys you know, excited to come 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.960 to work and just all know, have fun, because at 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:40.840 the end of the day, that's what it's about. It's 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:42.720 like I said, we're blessed to be in the position 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:46.160 that we're in, the opportunities that were granted, and I 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.360 just remind guys of that so much because there's so 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.960 much pressure surrounded surrounding what we do that guys kind 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:56.040 of lose, you know, the little kid and the little 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.840 kid in them. That's the reason why you play this game. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:00.720 And I think that's what's happen me around so long 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.000 because I never lost. I still have the same amount 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:04.960 of fun as when I was five or six years 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.280 old playing the game. Josh last one for me and 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.920 just I know, you probably saw the protocols that will 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:12.760 be in place, and you know things are going to 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:14.880 be different. You might not be able to feed off 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.960 the energy of the crowd until the crowds are able 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:22.040 to return to games. But every player has a routine 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.359 that you know of that you know, how do you 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.600 with all these new things that you're probably gonna have 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:31.760 to be thinking about or follow these protocols, how quickly 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:33.960 do you think you can get into that routine because 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.320 you're gonna have to go about your preparation just a 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.760 little bit different than what you've done in the past. 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.560 There's no doubt about that. Or the point of the 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.560 matter is there's still a job that has to get done, 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:48.159 and that job is affecting winning, being on the personal 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:50.879 level or on a team level, we have to win games. 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:55.400 So it's no time, no, no, there is no time 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.960 for an adjustment period. Honestly, like there will be one obviously, 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.120 you know, in a perfect world I can say, oh, 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.600 we'll be just fine, and obviously there's going to be 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.199 a learning curve and adjustment period. But at the end 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:09.760 of the day, hopefully by the no fans that camp 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.639 will be over it, you know, like hopefully we're we're right, 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.960 we're right on it, because I do feed off the crowd, 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:20.199 but at the same time I know that potentially there 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:23.080 there will be no people there. Cool, whatever, the game 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:24.880 still has to be played. We still have to win 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:27.560 last one. We'll let you go and thank you so 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:29.280 much for taking the time out to join us. We'll 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.000 be looking forward to seeing you. Don't know if we'll 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:32.399 be able to talk to your face to face with 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.159 the protocols and whatnop, but we'll be watching. We'll be 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:39.560 watching you. So you made mention earlier about you insinuated 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:42.159 the defense is ready to rock, ready to roll. Uh, 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:47.080 it could be special, couldn't it. Oh? Absolutely absolutely? This 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:51.240 is I tell people there's just an aura around this team, 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:56.639 like it's especially our defense, like just the way that 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:59.919 we come together, the way that we have fun together. 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:02.119 But at the same time, as soon as we need 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:05.040 to flip the switch and get to business. Businesses handled 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:09.320 and it's done, it's executed perfectly, and it's just it's 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:12.560 a it's it's an honor to be around such a 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:17.000 great organization, such great teammates and really such great leaders 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:20.440 on our defensive side of the ball, to really learn 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:24.320 from and really keep the culture going that we have 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:26.440 right now. Would Josh, we look forward to seeing you 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:30.800 roll it out there, buddy, Be safe and thank you, 0:19:30.920 --> 0:19:34.600 thank you, thank you. Bears linebacker Josh Wood's coming up 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:38.600 next Jeff and Tim and Jim Milder with Lomas Brown 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:41.200 at the bottom of the hour, the Detroit Lions star 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.280 left tackle and now they're radio analysts as we begin 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:46.800 our second look at the division last week in Minnesota 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:50.280 with Pete Bursis. This week the Lions all coming up 0:19:50.320 --> 0:20:01.400 next down Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Thank 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:03.200 with you on the score. The segment of Bears Out 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.600 Access is brought to you by CDW. People who get 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:09.320 it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Joniac along 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:14.560 with Tom Thayer and Jim Miller love talking to Josh Woods. Yeah, Okay, 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:19.160 he's got so much enthusiasm that I'm telling you. Players 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:22.200 look to that and they really do feed off of him, 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:25.480 especially during practice time. He's gonna try to earn his 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:27.919 way into more of a prominent role and backup or whatnot, 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:30.240 but feels he's gonna be in the mix for that, 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:32.399 and I think he very much will be because again 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:34.920 he's got that speed and athleticism at the lineback. He's 0:20:34.920 --> 0:20:37.719 a former safety. We forget about that Blake College safety 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:40.879 Star Cross career in Maryland. But like I said, he 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:43.520 runs as well as any position on the team. He's 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:46.760