WEBVTT - Nate Davis on team chemistry: 'We're all going in the right direction' | Bears Weekly 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:05.680 Welcome in to Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production. 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:09.120 Download the Chicago Bears official app brought to you by 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:12.320 Verizon to follow the team on the go. Bears Weekly 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:17.400 is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare, Beth Rivers, Cdwing, Connie's. 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:20.120 Pizza, and Miller Liked. Here are your hosts. 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:24.440 Jeff Chiliac aka the Merrow Bearsville and his psidekick Tom 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:25.400 the Surfmaster. 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:30.360 Theyer NFL facilities have cleared out for a month or so, 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:34.159 including HALLI saw the calm before the storm, so to speak, 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:37.120 and we can't wait for the storm. Welcome into another 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:41.120 edition Bears Weekly here on ESPN Chicago and the Chicago 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.960 Bears Radio Network. I'm Jeff Jonnyak with Super Bowl Bear 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.760 Tom Thayer and former Bears quarterback Jim Miller from Serious 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:50.760 XM NFL Radio, moving the chains a full hour of 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.360 conversation thanks to our producers Jordan tread Up and Dan 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.279 Burrilly from the Bears and the folks here at the 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:59.440 ESPN one thousand studios. The executive producer of the Bears 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.360 Radio Network is Eric Ostrowski, and coming up in our 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:05.560 next segment tonight, we sit down with new starting rank 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:10.120 guard Nate Davis fellas, how we feeling, Jim, what's going on? Man? 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:10.800 Doing well? 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.080 This last couple of days, I was up at Michigan 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.840 State baseball camp with the boys. So baseball season for 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:19.440 the summer and we get right into football. So hard 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.399 to believe, you know, here we're a little over a 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:23.800 month away and everything's going to get rolling again. 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:25.760 Tom, he's on a summer break like the rest of 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:27.680 the league. I know you love here with that. I 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:29.760 know you got to watch up when. 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:33.360 You talk about the or the facilities being closed and stuff. 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:34.559 I am for that. 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.240 In terms of the coaches and the training staffs and 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:42.120 the equipment guys, because once they start training camp, that's 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:44.880 seven days a week, twenty four hours a day. So 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.400 somebody does need a little bit of a rest time 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.000 because we have a chance to talk to some coaches 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:51.680 and stuff. When what are you going to do during 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.480 this period of time? And is there only vacation of 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.840 the year again, like my rat last week, and I 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.600 heard a lot about it. I hope that the players 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.600 don't believe that they deserve a vacation because it's really 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:04.840 not vacation time. 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:06.840 It's continuing to prep time. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.440 So yeah, if the coaches get to clear their mind 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.760 a little bit, so being enjoy some time with your families, 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.680 because the families are the ones that suffer the most 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:20.600 to head coaches, assistant coaches, the staffs of each organization. 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.200 So I am for the break for those guys. 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:27.359 Reporting day is Tuesday, July twenty fifth. Course rookies and 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.240 quarterbacks start a little earlier than that training camp schedule 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:34.040 now in place July twenty sixth through August fourteenth, tom 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.919 only nine public practices this year. Of course, a week 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.000 in Indianapolis to get ready for the colts and that 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.880 co practice scheduled there will take some of that away. 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.960 But if you want to go, you gotta get a 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:48.760 tick and get over there. There's only nine of them, 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:49.480 you know. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.280 What, Jeff, I'm almost thinking as the audience that training 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:55.040 camp practice is a thing of the past unless you're invited. 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.520 Because a lot of these teams staying at their own facilities, 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:02.000 they really don't have what is needed to provide for 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.360 huge crowds that we used to be a part of, 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.040 either in Platteville or down in Bourboneta and stuff. So 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.600 you know, nine practices opportunity for them to come and 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:16.960 see the Bears in a preseason work atmosphere, but not 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.160 so sure how long that will even last. 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:21.880 And Jim, only a few of those will be in pads, frankly, 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:23.600 and this is not to say the Bears will be 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:27.560 practicing longer than that. Obviously, training camp does have a 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:31.120 finite number on it, but they continue to work. You 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.160 think about it, The camp ends August fourteenth, but the 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.480 season doesn't open until the second week of September. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.720 Yeah, you guys know how I feel about it, and 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.840 I don't want to go on a rant like Tom 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:46.320 just said, but you know, it's a shame because to me, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:50.040 training camp that was the only major supporting event that 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.360 was open to the public, you know where you know, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.560 you'd be down in Bourbone and you get twenty eight 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.440 thousand fans that would show up to watch the Bears 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.440 and they could get it's a very intimate atmosphere where 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.440 you can get up close and personal and witness, you know, 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.920 for professional football. No other sport offered that. And it's 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:10.200 a shame that it's kind of going away, as Tom suggested, 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.920 because there's only a finite amount of days you mentioned 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.560 nine days that that fans maybe it just doesn't work 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.480 out for them. You know, how many people can get 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.800 in there at Hallis Hall to begin with? Can they 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.760 Can they really service twenty eight thousand fans that showed 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.960 up in Bourboney I would say no, and that's unfortunate. 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.000 And there's a lot of kids that will be missing 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.880 out on that that maybe you know, it's for them 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.200 to want to play football. You know, some little boy 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.840 who's nine years old and goes to watch a training 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.719 camp practice, because I know that's what inspired me as 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.200 a kid to want to play football. And to me, 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:46.400 it's it's a shame because it's a it was a 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:50.920 very to me, crucial and pivotal area where a team 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:52.680 can connect with its fans. 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.240 Well, you get your free ticket at Chicago Bears dot 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:59.360 com slash camp starting July sixth at ten am. You 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:03.000 can select the four tickets per date, subject availability and 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:06.400 like Jim said, there is limited attendance overall. There is 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.600 the Meyer Bears Family Fest at Soldier Field that'll be 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:12.560 on Sunday, August sixth at ten thirty five am. That'll 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.839 be a big crowd opportunity there at Soldier Field. 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:16.800 All right, So. 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:22.600 All the OTA's mini camps, VET camps, all the signings 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.919 for right now anyway in place, Jim, take stock of 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.760 the team. Where are they at right now? 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.359 I think they're in a good place, you know. I 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.200 think coach Everflus and the staff they've been working hard. 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.919 Sounds like players now, second year players there. You know, 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.200 things just happen a lot quicker for them. You know, 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.320 the install goes a lot easier. 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:43.799 The new young. 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:48.679 Draft picks picks. They're going through their indoctrination, so to speak. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:49.880 And I think they're going to get a lot of 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.280 playing time as well. I think we know Darnell right 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.159 most likely will be starting at the right tackle spot, 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.120 so he's got to be prepared for that. He'll make 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:02.359 you share mistakes, no doubt, but it'll be a growth spurt, 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.320 much like the players last year. As for the veterans, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.919 they should be feeling pretty good. You know, they should 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:11.200 be feeling very good of what's expected of them and 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.320 what they need to do to execute and lo to 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.720 win games right, and so they need to be the 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:21.640 crucial motivators of the continued growth for those young players. 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.880 I still think and we know that they're missing some areas. 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.400 I do believe they do need to add another pass rusher, 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.920 and even Koach ever plus has talked about that, so 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.680 maybe a late addition or two is still going to happen. 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.200 Come training camp, Tom, where do you see it? 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:35.560 Ken? 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.040 I just hope that they give some of the like 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.479 when you talk about a guy like Darnell Wright, or 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.840 the running back position or the defensive line where some 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.640 of these young guys are going to be expected to contribute. 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:49.400 They have to understand the reality of full speed football, 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.479 and I don't know if they can show that in 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:55.479 practice or do they need to have more playing time 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.400 in the preseason games. So the worst thing I want 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:00.720 to happen to the Bears is they have a bunch 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.640 of young guys, first and second year players starting in 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:07.080 that Green Bay game and being caught off guard because 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.440 there is a difference between the speed of the regular 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:13.600 season in what you see throughout training camp in preseason 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.560 when you have a quick whistle at camp and then 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.480 you have, you know, a limited amount of playing time 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.800 and exposure to real football and training camp. So and 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.760 you know, as Matt Abrafleu said last year, he's not 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.040 afraid of playing young guys, but the young guys need 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:33.520 to come in with some experience so they're not caught 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:38.440 off guard by the speed, the physicality and their job requirements. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.520 When you talk about playing four quarters. 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.640 All right, first game of the year, Packers, we've already 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.160 talked about it behind the scenes, Tom and I, Jim, 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.160 you know, it's it's the great unknown Week one. But 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:53.480 I got annoyed. I saw a Twitter clip on NFL Network. 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:56.440 Preston Smith, the outside linebacker the Packers, is on there 0:07:56.440 --> 0:08:00.160 and they had predicted their first eight games, and they said, hey, 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.360 how'd you feel about going six and two to start 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.840 the season, but they had opening loss to the Bears 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.600 in Atlanta the next week. He goes, hold on, I've 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.760 never lost to the Bears. I didn't. I've never lost 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.040 to the Bears. As a Washington commander, I've never lost 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:16.160 to the Bears. So you know that idea that he's 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.840 never they've never lost to the Bears at a certain point, 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.720 many of those guys haven't. It just gets your blood up, 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:23.160 doesn't it. 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:24.200 Yeah? 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:25.480 Well, yeah, and it should. 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.480 And for the Bears, it's time to change the tenor 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.400 you know, it's trying to time to change the tone 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.560 of this matchup. Green Bay has dominated it for over 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.600 the last decade. I would say, you know, Aaron Rodgers 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.120 is gone, it's time to change history here. You know, 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.120 there's an opportunity with the young Jordan Love. And then 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.920 quite frankly, they were a very good football team last year. 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.679 Green Bay knows that they were good. They couldn't stop 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:51.439 the run, and I don't think they'll be able to 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.440 stop the Bears run game week one, and the Bears 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.840 need to give him a reality to those of things 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:57.840 they are about to change. 0:08:57.920 --> 0:08:59.320 Oh, I agree one hundred percent. 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.360 I mean, the Bears got to change the tone and 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.480 the tempo and the outcome and the way that people 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:05.520 are thinking down the road. 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.719 Because you know, Jim, when you think about. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.360 This first game of the year, in the last game 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.199 of the year, they're going to play the Green Bay Packers, 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:16.520 that's two completely different teams by that much time in 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.880 between Game one and Game seventeen. 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:20.960 Jim, we got to take our first break when we 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.120 come back. We'll be joined by Nate Davis, the offensive Guard, 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.360 the newest Bear here on Bears Weekly on the ESPN 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:30.560 one thousand and the Chicago Bears Radio Network. This segment 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:33.240 of Bears Weekly is brought to you by CDW people 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.480 to get it. Jeff Joniyak along with Tom Thayer and 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.280 Jim Miller to help me along, and just a moment 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.360 first our visit with news starting guard the free agent 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:44.439 acquisition from the Tennessee Titans. Big Nate Davis joining us. 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:46.200 Good to talk to you, Good to see how. 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:47.800 You doing, fling good. Thanks for having me too. 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.079 Yeah, good to have you. The big news is that 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:54.240 everybody's here. The attendance has been unbelievable this team, and 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.280 we were talking about how much guys love them playing 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.240 with each other, and as you get to know your 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.520 team even a little bit better, maybe already know that 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.720 they really do love getting out there together. 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:04.920 Yeah, one hundred percent. Just being to be a part 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:07.199 of the energy that's out there every single day is 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:10.000 definitely a blessing. It definitely keeps you going every single 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.360 day too, even in the hard days. But now it's 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.000 a good group, a young group. Everyone was excited to see, 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:16.880 you know, what we can really put together and see 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:17.280 what we can. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:17.760 Do for the season. 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.000 That's the end the underline, right, A young group and 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.520 you're one of the vets on this team. Man, it's 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.960 there's not many guys in that five to ten range 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.680 of experience, and this is your fifth year in the league, 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.600 so you're one of the leaders here. Do you do 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.880 you sense that difference of a young team that really 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:37.800 had to cut their teeth last year and learned some 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:39.200 other hard bumps along the way. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:40.439 Yeah, no, I definitely feel it. 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:42.240 You know, come from an old line who you know, 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:43.959 I was a young guy playing with the guys who 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.280 were thirties and stuff like that, and then you know, 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:46.520 switching over to the other side. 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:47.440 I definitely feel it. 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:49.280 But it's also cool experience too at the same time, 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.559 just seeing the group, the growth that people, the growth 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.040 that the players have already had, seeing what they can 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.160 accomplish to in this league, is definitely excited to be 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:56.520 part of. 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.960 Jim Miller, who also works at Serious XM NFL Radio, 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:01.760 it was a quarterback here in two thousand and one, 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.920 and he always would tell me, hey, you know, we 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.240 knew we were gonna be a good team, just in 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.840 the weightlifting portion. And things were different back then, of course, 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.280 in terms of the schedule, but these guys lobbed the 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.080 weight room and they were competing in the weight room, 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:15.880 and so he wrote down on a piece of paper 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.679 what he thought the record would be for the season. 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.559 They shoved it in a drawer in the video director's 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.240 office and he wrote thirteen and three Garnet. The Bears 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.200 went thirteen and three in two thousand and one, went 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.440 to the playoffs, and then the six team was coming 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.360 off an O five season. They went to the playoffs, 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.000 got beat by Carolina in the first round of the playoffs, 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.600 but they came back a different bunch. No one really 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.080 believed they were gonna go to the They went to 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.640 the Super Bowl. I mean, I'm not saying all that 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.080 could happen. I mean it could, but do you get 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.920 the sense from your experience from the time you got 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.640 in the league coming out of the University of Charlotte 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.839 to where you are today that a lot of that 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.840 bonding that happens throughout the course of the offseason pays 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:53.360 off later. 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:53.800 Yeah. 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:55.280 Just the things we do off the field too, not 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.560 just on the field, just feeling, like I said, back 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:59.720 to the energy thing, we're all just you know, pointing 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.920 the right direction. Wanted to get better and want to 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:04.240 compete with each other and push each other to be 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.800 the best player we possibly could be. We are definitely 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:08.839 in the right direction. We are definitely working towards the 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:09.400 goals that we have. 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.600 And you know, when everybody's not pulling on the same rope, 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:15.480 right right, I mean it's pretty palpable. 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:15.960 You feel it. 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.199 As a player, what do you think you can bring? 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:21.199 Forget about your on field talent, let's talk about Nate 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.559 Davis the man. What do you bring to that locker 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:27.320 room that will help the Bears get to that next level? 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.840 Yeah, I would say, you know, not just off the 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.439 field things with you know, how I treat my body 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.760 to you know, male prep and stuff like that, the 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.160 little things, but just my mentality, the way I show 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.160 up the work every single day, the way I do 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:44.080 every single drill, the way just my mentality of trying 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.520 to get better every single day. Hopefully I'm not I'm 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.319 not a huge loud guy, but I try to lead 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.760 by example and that's something that definitely take pride in. 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.520 Hey, thet little thing is no longer nutrition, it's a 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.960 big thing, right, So if you're eating right, you're putting 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:57.760 in your body, maybe guys will ask you, hey, what 0:12:57.760 --> 0:12:59.520 are you doing, Nate? I mean, does that happen in 0:12:59.520 --> 0:12:59.840 the locker? 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.439 Yeah, it's already happened a couple of guys have already asked, 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:03.720 you know, why why do you do this to that 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:05.560 or why that? And then you know, explain those things. 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.800 Like me, I have joined that too, So being able 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.680 to pass that knowledge down to them and then see 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:11.200 them actually take part in that too. 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:12.960 Is that's a good feeling. 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:15.800 Sore you a big I mean clearly you're you're muscled up. 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.400 The viiceps are popping right now at me. Right now, 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.440 I feel like I need to go do some pushups. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:23.920 Do you fuel your body in a very particular way 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.600 or do you take advice from the nutrition staff here, 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.120 or what's what give me a typical meal day? 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.600 For Nate Davis, it was it was a culination of 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.160 many years of talent error of feeling, you know what's 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.000 right for my body, but just you know, listening from 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.280 you know, nutrition staff here, to just the people in 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:42.880 my path to this point. Now, you know, just waking 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.720 up in the morning and everything's particularly from breakfast, lunch, 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.120 and dinner. You know, it's hard to get a lot 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.160 of protein. Yeah, it's hard to give you exact Yeah, 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:52.400 sure you know what I do, but I just know 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:53.280 that's very particular. 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.800 Well, think about this Lake Forest College is not far 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:58.839 down the road from here, and that's where the Bears 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.800 used to train. There was no cafeteria. So Otis Wilson, 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.040 a star linebacker on the eighty five Bears, was here. 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:06.480 I was talking to him on the sidelines and he's 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.160 just shaking his head. He goes, Man, this place is immaculate. 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.080 This is like beautiful. He goes, if if we had 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:15.760 something like this then now granted exaggeration, kicks and he 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.320 felt he could play for twenty years because they had 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.480 to go out and get fast food. That's what they ate. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.960 They had. Nobody's packing a brown bag lunch and there 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.200 was no no services like that back in the day. 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.760 Do you feel that's well you you entered into the 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:30.840 league during that era, you know, it hasn't been that 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.320 way for very long. How much of a benefit is 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.080 that though, for you that you don't have to leave 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.800 the facility or worry about why you're gonna plan your 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:39.280 meals when you you don't have it here. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.960 Yeah, even with the train stuff, you know, everyone is 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.720 in the right direction together whatever they have to do 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:47.920 to help you get to the best, you know player 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.000 you could possibly be. I think it's huge everywhere you 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:52.280 go if you just walk around the bill and you 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:56.480 just see different types of you know, recovery tools or 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.240 like you said, mill plans or mill prep for players 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.040 like you know, it's it's it's emmaculately. It's definitely a blessing. 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.280 All right, Let's talk about Nate Davis, the player, great 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:08.280 career there in Tennessee, got in on the rookie I 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.000 think you started in week five your rookie year, and 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.280 that's the year one of the years Derek Henry led 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.880 the NFL in a rushing So that's something you're never 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.720 gonna forget. And you have a new address now. But boy, 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:20.600 what a memory to play with a Hall of Fame 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:24.680 player your rookie season. Take me through that process of 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.120 coming in week five, starting and then never giving it 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.400 back up, you know, and just blocking for a player 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:30.600 like that on a team like that. 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:34.040 Yeah, No, it was definitely something I'll not forget. Something special. 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.200 Definitely a lot of ups and downs, but everything that 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:38.840 has put me in a direction or the path them 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.000 in now is because of those moments right there. So 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.280 extremely grateful to be with those guys, to be you know, 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.960 drafted by that organization from giving the tools to carry 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:49.360 that now and you know, help out the team. 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:53.200 He was, without question the lead back here. It's going 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.040 to be back by a committee. It appears any difference 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:58.720 for an offensive lineman when that happens, when you know, 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:01.000 you get to know one guy, it's going to get 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:03.280 the bulk of the carries versus an array of backs. 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:05.760 I mean not to not too much of a difference. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:07.920 The mentality is still the same. You know, do your job. 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.360 Blockley got behind you, and whoever's back that we want 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:11.840 to see him succeed. We want to help him out 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:12.960 the best way possible. 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.520 What have you learned about Chris Morgan the offensive line coach? 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.640 Everybody who they call him seem all of course, But 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:19.560 what have you learned about his coaching style? 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.000 Very personal, which I love. He gets to know the 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:24.680 player first before or he gets to know the man 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.960 first before the player, and just the way he's able 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.480 to speak to individuals knowing how okay he needs to 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.320 be coach this way, this guy needs to coach that way. 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.080 He has a lot of He's been in lead for 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:36.960 a while too, so he's seen a lot of things. 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:39.720 So his perspective is very key for anything we do. 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.280 Said I said a little bit earlier, but it's definitely 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:44.840 the right thing for me to be with this coach. 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:50.040 He is, he's awesome, he presses the right buttons for me. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.760 I love to get to know the man first, and 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.280 I believe the whole coaching staff that's kind of their thing. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.000 I've heard this from multiple position groups. Know the man first, 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.360 because you do have to know what you're dealing with. 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:03.720 I know, maybe in the old days everybody got yelled 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.000 at the same way, but there are different ways to 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:10.600 do it with that aspect of it. What what what 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.400 is that connection like for you for somebody to take 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:16.240 the time to get to know the man, because hey, listen, 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:18.560 you're you're a veteran man. It's not like a guy 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:22.280 is coming into the league raw. You know what you're doing, 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:23.919 but they got to get to know you a. 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:25.840 Little bit here, right. It makes you take a step 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.480 back a little bit. You know, well, they actually, you know, 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:30.080 care about it. Yeah, he cares. 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:31.640 About me more than just the guy in the field 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:35.760 with number sixty four. It makes you just want to 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:37.119 do better. It makes you want to do more. It 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.840 makes you want to, you know, the be the best 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:42.840