WEBVTT - All Access: Mike Davis on running style 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.640 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:20.759 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:25.320 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.520 Miller Lite and Hulu. We have a portion of the 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:33.280 Bears schedule for twenty nineteen. Makes it more real right today? 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:36.559 The preseason schedule release will tell you about that and 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:38.880 much more as the Bears gear up for the NFL Draft. 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:42.360 On a shortened edition of Bears All Access, Jeff Joni 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:45.040 acabon with my broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.400 and one h five point nine FMWBBM, Tom Fair and 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:52.520 Jim Miller from sirius XM NFL Radio, the Bears quarterback 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.880 of the Past. Joining the program. Coming up at about 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.960 six h eight will be new running back Mike Davis. 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:00.720 Lots to discuss before we turn it over to Bulls asketball. Fellows. 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:02.720 Good evening, How are we doing, big, Jeff? You're like 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:05.640 you mentioned, The preseason schedule is out and it gives 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:07.920 you a lot of direction. Now it starts giving a 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:11.759 thinking about scheming throughout the preseason. You think about how 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:15.000 it fits according to your plan of attack as a player, 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:18.240 how do you fit in the roster, playing time, designation 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:21.360 of areas of where you're gonna play these teams, the 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.600 travel arrangements and are you going to practice against somebody 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:28.240 during the preseason is still the unknown and it's you know, 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.080 it's worked for the Bears in the past. Yeah, think 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.279 about last year. We're talking about six games, right because 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.880 the induction of Brian or Elactt probably you know, I 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.760 think coach Nagie talk about it being a good thing 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:43.360 to play that extra game and for the Bears to 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.120 have that opportunity. And I think now being cut down 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.960 to just four games this year, they'll be much more prepared. 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.240 They know how the schedules kind of laid out and 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.760 what the coaches it's expecting. So have to make the 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.440 most of it. Just with with less opportunities on the 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.480 field for this football team. Well, if you're a young 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.320 player on the football team, you know you're gonna play 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.240 a lot of snaps in the preseason. I don't know 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.280 what the plan will be for starters this year, But 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.440 you know you're gonna get snaps. You know you're gonna 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.080 get a lot of reps in those games. It starts 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.400 with a home game against Carolina, then a trip to 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.720 New York to meet the Giants, and then a trip 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.200 to Indy to meet the Colts, home to Tennessee to 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:20.080 wrap it up at first blush. You know, it's considered 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.320 by fans and whatnot just preseason, but it's much more 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:27.000 than that, because even though the Bears won twelve games, 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.480 went to the playoffs, and had such a great run 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:32.760 in a first year under Matt Nagge, there is still 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:36.000 much growth and much to accomplish for this football team. 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.040 So no practice, no snap will be taken lightly right, 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:42.600 you know, But Jeff, I think we learned to or 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.519 not understand, but respect the way Matt and Aggie Ryan 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:49.120 Pace went along with the game plan in the preseason. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.320 Because the guys that were backing up and trying to 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:54.320 learn the system and understand they had a chance to 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:59.200 play with an experienced quarterback and Chase Daniel Tyler Bray 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.760 had experienced in the system. They had a good understanding 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.639 how to develop their talents and traits, and I think 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:06.840 it gave Matt Naggey an opportunity to be a little 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:11.040 bit more aggressive at each practice with the first unit guys, 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.760 and yeah, so he practices them aggressively for four days 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:18.760 in a row and then allows the developing understudies or 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:22.320 the competition go out there and have a camera and 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:26.040 reality in front of them to go and showcase their talent. Yeah, 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.639 you know, I think typical. You know, preseason, they're not 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.280 going to show a lot. I think it's a fact 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.520 finding mission, like you said, whether it's a young guys 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.480 that will be added to the team through free agency 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:37.760 or the draft, where you're getting to know them. Chuck 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:41.280 Pagana is probably gonna get to know that the defensive 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.480 players what they can and cannot do, what he's going 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.960 to ask them to do, put them in uncomfortable spots, 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:47.560 And that's what I think it is. For a lot 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.280 of teams. It's more of a fact finding mission. I 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.000 think how it is. I think they know the nucleus 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.320 of the team is pretty good and they know what 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:56.280 those players can do. We'll see what the young players 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.840 can do in terms of growth, and I think a 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:01.200 lot of that will be displayed in the practices not 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.440 necessarily in play in a preseason year. We also got 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.800 to know what the definition of being calloused is for 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.560 a preseason it didn't necessarily mean you know, getting bull 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.280 in the ring and you start cracking each other left 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.720 and right throughout practice. There was a physicality to it. 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.520 There was a lot of time on the field, but 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.800 that was also a mental component in preseason right and 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.640 you know some of that is um you know, left 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:25.320 up to the players that are here for the very 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.159 first time. I think when you're in the players that 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.360 have been around this system, you're going to see a faster, 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:33.880 more aggressive, more physical camp earlier because they're not thinking 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:37.280 out of their stance. They're coming out with you know, 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.080 destruction depending upon what side of the ball they play 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.120 on where and what position. With a better understanding, you're 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.360 probably going to get better battles again on the offensive 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.360 and defensive line because of Ted and and a Keem Hicks. 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.479 And it's you know, I'm not overstating it, it's going 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.600 to happen, but you're going to see a faster starting 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.960 offense this year to training camp than you saw last 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.200 year throughout training camp, and I think you see coach 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.679 is more vocal they want more time with the players, 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.160 and maybe that's you know, we'll start today with negotiations 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.080 on a new CBA with the NFL and NFLPA. Because 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.000 even out at the owners meetings, Jeff and Tom Bill 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.280 Belichick talked about it. John Harbaugh has harped on it repeatedly. 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.880 John Gruden Chucky's he wants more time with the players, 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.360 and that typically for young players, we're gonna get your 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.880 most growth because again with the CBA, you just see 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.440 don't have enough time and there's less reps for these 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:30.960 young players. Player or coaches a lot more time with 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.360 these players to get them ready. Our producers are Eli 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.760 Herskovitch and Herb Lawrence. This is Bears All Access. Coming 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.240 up next, Mike Davis, the newest Bear running back. We 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.520 joined the program. This is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.960 to score. Welcome back to Bears All Access brought to 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.599 you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.120 providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty products to over 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.599 one million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:00.000 Energy at igs dot com. Welcome back to Bears All Access. Jeff, 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.320 Jonny account there, Jim Mutter now joined by the newest 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:07.279 Bear running back Mike Davis, to South Carolina products Stone Mountain, 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:11.720 Georgia to uh the University of South Carolina, the Niners, 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.440 the Seahawks, and now the Bears. So from the NFC 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.560 West to the NFC North, we welcome you, big fellow. 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.960 How you doing, Hey, how are you doing? I'm doing 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:23.599 go excited because this is another coach in your string 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:27.719 of Steve Spurrier and Pete Carroll, high energy coach, young 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.320 coach with a lot of offensive vision. Are you excited 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.440 to join this kind of type of coaching staff in 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.159 this offense? Yeah, man, I can't wait to come in 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:37.640 and make him plays. Hey, Mike, when you were playing 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.720 as a young man and you got introduced to Steve Spurrier, 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.560 did he change you at all from the what type 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.880 of running back you thought you were going to be 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:53.160 when you entered college? Oh? I wouldn't say he changed most. 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:55.480 I mean, Conda, I would say it was most definitely 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.279 opener coming in from high school to college. Um, a 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.640 lot of live bags apple playing there. Come in and 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.120 just play it right away. Well, in that case, I 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:05.880 had mont Blattimore in front of me, and it was 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:07.800 just more of a yeah, you had to wait the uh, 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.679 you had to wait their turn. And Mike Jim Miller 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:15.240 here one, welcome to Chicago and congratulations was signing with 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.200 the Bears, and just kind of want to talk about 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.000 your journey, you know, bouncing between San Francis and Seattle 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.480 and last year when you got your opportunities. I mean, 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:27.640 your your yards per carry extremely impressive, but really all 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:29.400 the build up to that time where you got your 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.640 opportunity and I think showed flashes of why the Bears 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.440 and teams like Seattle were interested in why Seattle brought 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.080 you back into the mix from their standpoint prior to 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:42.200 the Bears, Yeah, it was I wanted to make sure 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:46.080 that I made the most of my opportunity. Seattle had 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:48.320 the running back in the first round and under they 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.200 wanting him to play a lot more, and I just 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.480 knew they wanted to try to, like easily basically out 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.720 of the door. But I wanted to make sure that 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.119 they know that you won't be easy to just pushing 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.080 me out of the door. Mike Davis sounded the line 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.560 with US Bears running back and free agent acquisition as 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.880 the Bears get ready to unveil the twenty nineteen season. 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.760 The schedule will come out sometime here in the next 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.080 week or so. And Mike, you know, a season high 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.400 and carries last year career high and carries last year, 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.080 a couple two hundred yard carry seasons in college at 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.320 a time and place in the NFL when the committee 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.480 approach is prevalent. There was only Ezekiel Elliott last year 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.800 that they carried the ball more than twenty times, actually 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.160 twenty point three attempts per game. Everybody else in that 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.680 eighteen to fifteen range there was a lead back. But 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.000 it is just something that you become used to, I guess, 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.880 to share the load a little bit. Um, Yes, you 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:42.520 get used to obviously. And um, it's more for when 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.280 the opportunity comes, you must be ready for it. Um. 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.679 I'm quite sure anybody can take well, I want to 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.480 say anybody, but the guys who are up there as 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.760 for as like le Beyond and saw Gurley and all 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.240 those guys, they are willing to take, you know, twenty 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:58.360 care of the game. It doesn't say, Um, this is 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.679 more about when that time. Um, you just basically make 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:03.400 the most of it, you know, Mike, you got to 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.560 look outside the running back position when you're looking for 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:07.679 a new team as a free agent, when you look 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:10.640 at the two quarterbacks you're gonna play with, Russell Wilson 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.880 now Mitchell Trubisky. Do you see any similarities in the 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.800 growth possibility of Mitchell Trubisky's game or even the traits 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.640 in the style they play with? Um? Yeah, I was 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.199 you know Miss can run as the think Miss is 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.080 probably Contum. I always called Russ slow when I was 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.760 just yeah, Um, so that's kind of funny. But um, 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.800 I can most definitely say he's most definitely accurate. Um. 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.199 I trained with him out in a Huntington beach a 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.160 couple of weeks ago. So UM, and I'm excited to 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:42.160 be in Um from your standpoint, whether the couple of 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:45.040 years in San Francisco or the last couple in Seattle, Like, 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:46.959 since you came out of college, what do you think 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.920 you've improved at the most, Mike and where your game 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:54.079 is at? Um? I think I improved on everything. Uh man. 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:58.080 One thing was was big was really a conditioner. UM 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:02.160 My diet, Um I actually changed a lot once once 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.480 I got cut, and um, this is I was just 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.720 out to basically approved to go wrong and I just 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:08.840 always had the revenge that I check on my shoulder 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.920 in my head. This is something I never forgot, Mike 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.719 da I was just wanted to remind people. Sorry body, 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.160 damn Mike. Mike Davis, our guest our Bears running Back 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.040 here and Bears All Access in Chicago Sports Radio six 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:22.120 seventy to score. One of the things I enjoy about 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.080 you when you hit the edge is that stiff arm. 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.840 How important is that because not every back uses it, 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.120 and not every back is maybe strong enough to have 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.480 it actually make an impact when you're trying to escape 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:39.160 a tackle. Um, I'm willing to actually do anything when 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.240 it comes breaking a tackle. Um, stiff arm, running you over, 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:47.240 run around, I'm legit trying to do it all. But 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:50.280 stiff arms is something that I mean, you've got to 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.679 have the running back, you know, Mike. You come from 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.440 a pretty explosive offense out there in Seattle, and coach 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:59.120 Naggi is really receptive for players to bring plays to 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.960 him that they think they can flourish with. So in 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.080 the back of your mind, either grown up or grown 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.440 through the offense you just came from, is there a 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.120 play after you become familiar with the bears your new 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.480 offense that Hey, coach, this is what I feel confident 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:14.680 and this is the type of routes or passes that 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.680 I feel that I can flourish with. Is there anything 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.040 that you would like to bring up in those types 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:25.880 of meetings? Oh no, I'm not really that type of guy. Um. 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:32.280 I've watched them and watched the big plays and watch 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.360 games to him and everything after that, and I'm whatever 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:38.760 they throw in, I'd be able to do. So I'm 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.160 all for whatever coach and Naggie puts in. Other than 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.960 bringing something to him, I'm not that kind of player. Well, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.240 you may come up with some nicknames. They got Willie 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:50.480 walk Us and a slay the fridge play to Kim Hicks. 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.079 So you may want to rethink that, Mike, because you 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.080 better raise your hand in the meeting if you if 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:56.880 you want the football a little bit more. It seems 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.480 like Naggi's had some fun with some of the play calls. 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.319 Oh yeah, I mean, I'm most definitely see the fun 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.280 and everything, but like coming up with a play, I 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:09.040 don't know if I'll actually the one for that. Can 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.160 you spend it? Mike? Have you ever thrown it like 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.520 a toss? Four thirty eight pass. Well, we'll come up 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.560 with a nickname for that. You can spend the football, 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.040 can't you? Oh, I just thought a little bit um, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.160 you know at that time. Come, you know, I almost 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:24.080 definitely slinker. Now, Mike Davis, the South Carolina product, our 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.640 guest here on Bears All Access in Chicago Sports Radio 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:28.960 six seventy the Score. Jeff, Tim and Jim with you 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:32.400 as well a few more moments here with Mike Davis. 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.640 Obviously you're out there in Huntington Beach with Mitch and 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.320 some of the receivers, and I don't know who also 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:39.360 came out there. But the value of that you probably 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:43.239 can't even put into words because you're new to the equation. 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.319 This offense is only one year old though, so you're 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:49.000 you're on the ground floor this opportunity with this offense 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.640 as a pass receiving back, it's not just the swings 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:56.160 and the screens, but Matt Naggie likes to have guys 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.360 that can actually be very sound route runners and very 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.680 discipline runners. How would you describe your route running ability 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.000 as a receiver? Um, I would say I'm pretty side. 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.040 I know was something I was able to to do 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.880 in Seattle and UM coaching, I getting knows that and um, 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.080 when i'm I'll be able to line up outside inside, 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:15.560 it doesn't matter where you putting me out, be able 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.880 to run every route, Um, anything he throws at me. 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.280 So questions. That's something that I love about me coming in. 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:24.800 You know, my durability is one of the keys to 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.800 success in the NFL. So six games in two thousand 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.600 and seventeen, but fifteen and two eighteen, that's a big jump. 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:33.560 How did you feel at the end of that season 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:37.400 when you had the fifteen opportunities and did you feel, 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.319 you know, fresh along the way even though you had 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:45.080 a bigger load a competition to go against that season. UM, yeah, 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.160 I feel good coming out as long as the end 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.680 of the season healthy. Um, that was one of the things. Um, 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:54.000 I didn't have any issues coming into the season or anything. 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.280 So I think I did it pretty good job as 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.360 far as say health and take care of my body. 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:02.720 All right, Mike, that's going to wrap us up here tonight. 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:04.960 We appreciate you taking a few minutes and joining us 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:07.440 Laford to meeting you up at Hallis Hall and the 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.080 offseason program starting next week so you'll get to meet 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.240 all your teammates at a brand new, beautiful facility. Enjoy 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.559 your time in Chicago. Good luck, all right, thanks you 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:18.040 so much. Thank you Mike. That's Bears running back Mike 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.720 Davis joining us. When we return, Jim, Tom and I 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:25.680 will take a look at some of the key movement 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:30.160 opportunities in this NFL this week in the latest on 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.880 the meeting between the NFLPA and the NFL's Management Council today, 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.600 What's it all mean, Jim Miller's opinion on it from 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.960 a national perspective, as well as the NFL Draft All 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.760 coming up next on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:46.560 Radio six seventy The Score. The twenty nineteen Miller Light 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:50.200 Chicago Bears Draft Party will be held on Saturday, April 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.720 twenty seventh that Soldier Field noon to six. 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Well attended draft party in 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.560 advance of the one hundred celebration that's coming up in June, 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.280 so a lot of good times for Bears football fans. 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:18.200 Had the occasion fellows today to meet some more Bears 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:21.560 fans at the Black Courage Award given to Zach Miller today. 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:25.720 Once again he delivered a powerful message accepting the award 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.480 that's voted on by teammates and appears in the locker room, 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.760 and you're not going to find a guy that has 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.240 more respect in that room than Zach Miller. Yeah. I 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.120 really admire Zach Miller the way that he's been so 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:41.640 resilient about his training and getting back to a normal 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.600 as normal as he can possibly get back to walking 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.960 to running, to be in physical His attitude around the 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.760 locker room shows that even in an injury scenario, the 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.560 game and the work effort is still important to him. 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.560 And I think that's an important message to send out there. 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.720 And I think we all have a tremendous amount of 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:04.440 respect for Zach Miller, and he is really deserving of 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.480 an award for a guy that knew that they weren't 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.000 going to step on the field. He was a really important, 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.680 an important part of the process last year. Yeah, we 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:14.880 say it all the time, when you overcome those you know, 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.840 at least the adversity that he's been through, multiple surgeries 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:20.720 with the injury and what he's gone through, and again 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:24.760 it's it's hard a lot, I know, ultimately, you know, 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.200 for teams, it says a lot about players when they 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.000 overcome things like this. You know, whether it's say even 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:34.160 Thomas Davis, the former linebacker for the Carolina Panthers now 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.880 out there for the charges I mean three acls and 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:40.680 obviously the significance of the injury to what Zach has 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.000 been dealing with, in the adversity that he's fought through 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:44.840 to get to this point, it just it says a 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.560 lot about him as an individual, and he exemplifies everything 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.960 that that award represents. Yes, because it's not just that injury. 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.720 You know, he had two separated shoulders in high school. 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.840 You know, he walks on at Nebraska flourishes in Nebraska Alma, 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:04.800 gets drafted, gets injured almost four consecutive years, and then 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:06.879 manages to put together two really good years for the 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:09.800 Bears before that injury October of seventeen. So the question 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.600 fell us today was and in the media of the 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.639 local media had a chance to visit with him in displays, 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.680 can you play again, I don't know yet, and there'll 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.720 be a time probably soon that will make that decision. 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:27.240 I haven't made that decision yet. It's something that we're 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.320 exhausting every option we can, and I know it's getting close. 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:32.760 But I can't hold it hostages forever, you know. And 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:34.800 I don't plan too, but there's some things that I 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.520 need to try and do physically and see if it's possible. 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.399 And the thing he wanted to emphasize, he's not going 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.359 to drag this out. He doesn't want to hold anybody 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:46.720 in the organization or take up a roster spot if 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:50.120 it's not something that he can do. He does still 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.640 feel pain in that leg and so forth when he's jogging, 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.880 and jogging certainly is not playing and so there's still 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:59.000 some hurdles to climb. But the guy's working. He never 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.720 wants to say no, right. I mean, that's the attitude 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:03.800 you have to have, you know too, Like I said, 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.000 even to how normal can you get back to? And 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:09.199 that's going to help your way of life as you 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.840 go on. He's a young man. He's got so much 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:15.080 in his future ahead of him and so much of 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.439 the message that he wants to to deliver and the 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:19.639 way he goes about the rest of his life, his 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:22.840 ability to recover from such a horrific injury because people 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.439 are so familiar with it. It was shown all around 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.520 the world. So you know, Zach Miller is kind of tsunamous. 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:33.399 He you know, he runs the same parallel as perseverance 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:35.800 and hard work. Yeah. No, Only he's going to know 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:37.680 when it comes to that point. You know. I think 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:39.639 players know, like you know, when I blew up my 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:41.439 hip for the Giants, they just say, hey, that's it. 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.080 That was finality, you know. And he hasn't crossed that 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.119 that bridge yet. He hasn't he doesn't have all the 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:49.320 facts that he needs to make that decision. But when 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:52.640 that time comes, he'll know that. I think as as 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:54.880 a player, you know, and I think you know who 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.040 was it this week, Ryan Shazier or the Steelers. You 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.880 see he's doing box jumps right, incredible with the entry. 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.119 He's come back, and he studs he would like to 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.119 come back and play. I don't know if that's realistic 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.200 or that, but only he is going to know that 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:08.960 at that point in time. I really believe that, you know. 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:12.359 You know, just last night I was at this event 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:16.080 in the Springfield Sports Hall of Fame down in Springfield, Illinois, 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.320 and I can't remember his name. I was trying to 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.040 look it up. Rufus was his first name. He was 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:23.040 a great basketball player from the area and throughout his 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:25.840 career he got hurt early and then he had to 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:28.959 go into coaching, and it was listening to a story. 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.800 If he was a successful player, he would have been 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.720 concerned about himself. But after he had this injury and 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.119 he took a different direction. He started coaching. He touched 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:41.440 thousands of men and women in coaching in his volunteer work. 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:45.840 The story in his case was inspirational because he did 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:49.119 more after the injury than he did maybe if he 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:51.760 would have stayed healthy throughout his career. On the same 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:55.399 thing for Zach Miller, because he has admitted many times 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:58.200