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Speaker 1: Super Bowl Bear, Tom Fair, you're very familiar with the Superdome, Buddy, Yeah,
Speaker 1: had some big games there. You know, lost a big
Speaker 1: Sugar Bowl there in college to lose the National Championship,
Speaker 1: won the most important game of all winning the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl there. But you know one time we went there
Speaker 1: and I think the Saints were like seven to zero
Speaker 1: and we went down there. They had allowed supportive crowd,
Speaker 1: and we beat them. And so you always have to
Speaker 1: keep those thoughts on the back of your mind and
Speaker 1: your back your memory, because anything is accomplishable if you
Speaker 1: put your mind to it and you go in there
Speaker 1: and you know that you believe, you've got to believe,
Speaker 1: and you know you belong. Evidently more attenable because they're
Speaker 1: a great home team. They're gonna play different than they
Speaker 1: do ungrass. They got they know that building backwards and forwards,
Speaker 1: fifteen years together, Peyton and Breeze, weapons galore, defense, top
Speaker 1: five scoring defense, top five scoring offense, special teams, outstanding
Speaker 1: in every way. But there's no crowd, three thousand fans.
Speaker 1: They're gonna be a murmur compared to what that place
Speaker 1: would be under a normal circumstance pre COVID. So that's
Speaker 1: an edge the Bears have to take advantage of. And
Speaker 1: I'm hoping Tom that the game plan is quite similar
Speaker 1: to what it was against the Packers, with the only
Speaker 1: wrinkle is that five trips to the red zone have
Speaker 1: to produce four to five touchdowns and four trips at
Speaker 1: goal to goal. You're not going to set up at
Speaker 1: thirteen points and that could be a big difference. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Jeff, everything that you mentioned, you got to
Speaker 1: be able to do everything that's required of you. And
Speaker 1: that's kind of on both sides of the ball. Every
Speaker 1: time you have the ball on offense, you got to
Speaker 1: take advantage of it. If you're gifted great field position,
Speaker 1: it's got to be converted into a touchdown and not
Speaker 1: a field goal. Just like on the defensive side of it,
Speaker 1: if you have a chance to get your fingertips on
Speaker 1: three of the opponents passes, you better come away with
Speaker 1: at least one of them. You better be able to
Speaker 1: change field position. So it's everybody is involved in this opportunity.
Speaker 1: Special teams are equally as important as defense and offense.
Speaker 1: But like you said, from what the offense has been
Speaker 1: doing the last couple of weeks, I'm really impressed by it.
Speaker 1: I was super impressed by the four team play opening
Speaker 1: drive last week against Green Bay, and that's the same
Speaker 1: attentions that they have to have when they face New
Speaker 1: Orleans on Sunday. No, you gotta get off the field
Speaker 1: on third down and long. That's not something that you
Speaker 1: can get away with too frequently against great quarterbacks and
Speaker 1: great offenses. Today, defensive coordinator Chuck Pagatto, Tommy was asked
Speaker 1: to why he thinks his defenders can get those picks,
Speaker 1: can make those big plays and get sacks and create pressure.
Speaker 1: Here's why. If we didn't trust them to make those plays,
Speaker 1: we wouldn't have them in those spots, you know. So
Speaker 1: they got to wear a hard hat at you know,
Speaker 1: at times, but we fully expect that, you know, they're
Speaker 1: there for a reason that you know, we trust them
Speaker 1: to wear that at and to get the job done.
Speaker 1: So in order to go down there and play well
Speaker 1: and beat this team, you know, our game rerecords or
Speaker 1: five stars, they got to play that way, our four
Speaker 1: stars or three stars. Everybody's got to play to their
Speaker 1: their ability, you know, and I've got to I've got
Speaker 1: to do my job, you know, and I've got to
Speaker 1: do it better. And caldel Mac also saying Tom Babe
Speaker 1: flat out got to play the best game and Bears
Speaker 1: history defensively, point they do, because you know, offenses change,
Speaker 1: offenses changing. In the NFL, things are being done so differently,
Speaker 1: and when you get the opportunity to play against the
Speaker 1: team with this type of reputation, Pagano's right, if we're
Speaker 1: gonna put you in a position to make the play,
Speaker 1: then you got to make the play. Whether it's something
Speaker 1: that's unexpected of as a possible interception by Barkivas Mingo,
Speaker 1: or it's Eddie Jackson or Duke Shelley getting their hands
Speaker 1: on the ball. It's flying through the air, all right,
Speaker 1: So Roe Kuan Smith no practice. Again, we don't have
Speaker 1: any real definitive evidence on if he can possibly come
Speaker 1: back from an elbow injury. But how does that change things?
Speaker 1: Because given what his athleticism is, like his range, his
Speaker 1: ability goes sideline to sideline, get off the hash, make
Speaker 1: plays out of the backfield, go with a running back
Speaker 1: like Kamara. He can take a swing and knock him
Speaker 1: down before he gets his traction going. These are great
Speaker 1: things he can do against an offense like this, Yes,
Speaker 1: but the thing about it is you can't dwell on
Speaker 1: the fact if he's not gonna be there, because the
Speaker 1: Bears coaches have been coaching these guys every single day
Speaker 1: to be ready when their name is called, whether it's
Speaker 1: Josh Woods, Joe l Ea, Booney Way, or a configuration
Speaker 1: of defensive backs involved in the system. Listen, Man, ro
Speaker 1: Quan's an All Pro player and he's just scratching the
Speaker 1: surface ultimately what he's gonna be. But you can't fold
Speaker 1: up the tens if he's not there. I love Roquan,
Speaker 1: I love everything that he's done on the field to
Speaker 1: represent himself. But everything I talk about it all the time.
Speaker 1: The guys that are waiting on the waiting in the wings,
Speaker 1: they got to approach this game like it's their super Bowl,
Speaker 1: it's their lifeline. It's the biggest game they'll ever play
Speaker 1: in their life. So that's the type of excitement I
Speaker 1: want to see on if he is replaced. Who his
Speaker 1: replacements will be. Okay, Josh Woods, Joey Booney Way, certainly
Speaker 1: opportunities there in DHC is somebody that certainly will get
Speaker 1: the playing field if they don't have another plan that
Speaker 1: we don't know about just yet. All Right, we got
Speaker 1: a lot of the show coming up. We've got a
Speaker 1: full show, Big Tommy. We're gonna start with Zach Streef
Speaker 1: coming up here at six ten, the voice of the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, of the former Northwestern player and Saints
Speaker 1: offensive linemen. We're gonna be joined at six thirty by
Speaker 1: Cody white Hair, the Bears left guard playing some great
Speaker 1: football for the Bears on that offensive line. We got
Speaker 1: a surprise coming up at what sixty eight Ottawa at
Speaker 1: Gonlier played against the Saints in that NFC a playoff
Speaker 1: game of significance at Soldier Field. So we'll visit with
Speaker 1: him and we'll hear from Mitch Dubisky a little bit
Speaker 1: as eob our feature this week on our Bears Game
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Speaker 1: there with you. Zach Strief, the voice of the New
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints, will be joining us shortly, real quick on
Speaker 1: the injury report time too. I kind of missed this
Speaker 1: one today at such a long list, but a lot
Speaker 1: of full participation today. But I see Josh Woods with
Speaker 1: a toe glued injury, so he was limited today. I'm
Speaker 1: not certain that's a major concern right now. But Duke
Speaker 1: Shelley also limited with a knee. So a couple of
Speaker 1: key players in this mix. And I met a hopeful
Speaker 1: return for Jalen Johnson. Limited today, and that's good news
Speaker 1: as he tries to recover from a shoulder injury and
Speaker 1: get out the field for a playoff game. You know, Jeff, honestly,
Speaker 1: I would have every player on the re injury report
Speaker 1: because I would say I would say everybody so are
Speaker 1: at this point, and there's other coaches that have done
Speaker 1: that in the past, just to try to keep a
Speaker 1: little bit of a curveball in there. Yeah, Saints limited.
Speaker 1: List a couple of players. One that did not practice today,
Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson. He's got a neck and he was injured
Speaker 1: wednesday'd been limited. But this is a player that's come
Speaker 1: on real strong. He's thirteen and a half sacks on
Speaker 1: a unit that has ten different players that have put
Speaker 1: together forty five sacks, eighth in the league overall. But
Speaker 1: he's the guy right now that has really went crazy
Speaker 1: with the hits. He's hit the quarterback twenty five times,
Speaker 1: thirteen and a half sacks in a bunch of hurries
Speaker 1: for a developing player that has really come on strong
Speaker 1: for the Saints in this system. You know, he's got
Speaker 1: a great arsenal of weapons in terms of his pass
Speaker 1: rush moves, his pass rush ability, but he has a
Speaker 1: high motor and it's kind of the perfect combination of
Speaker 1: defensive linemen. You have a nice repertoire, the moves that
Speaker 1: you can pull against different types of offensive lineman, but
Speaker 1: you're always playing at one hundred percent level. And that's
Speaker 1: the unique thing about him. Yeah, he's not the biggest,
Speaker 1: he's not the strongest, but he plays with the most
Speaker 1: intentions of what he needs to get done. Who else
Speaker 1: impresses you on that defense because I'll tell you right
Speaker 1: now since Week eight when the Bears played them, So
Speaker 1: you got to include that Bears game. It's the secondary
Speaker 1: that has really come to life. They have put together
Speaker 1: obviously a ton of interceptions to tie for the league
Speaker 1: lead in that category with three other teams, but also
Speaker 1: third and takeaways. Overall, the pressures are up, but these
Speaker 1: corners and the nickel corner. CJ. Gardner Johnson, the guy
Speaker 1: that you know, stirred the pot a little bit with
Speaker 1: Jevon Whims and the Boys, and probably will be yapping
Speaker 1: again because that's how he plays the game. But thirty
Speaker 1: three pass breakups just since week eight by that trio
Speaker 1: right there, and it's resulted in some some picks from
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins. He's got three since week nine. So a
Speaker 1: lot of good things happening for these guys in the
Speaker 1: secondary marrying that Russian coverage exactly. You set it right there.
Speaker 1: I don't even need to answer. They're they're marrying the
Speaker 1: Russian coverage because they are getting such a quick rush,
Speaker 1: such an aggressive approach at the quarterback that they're sometimes
Speaker 1: that they just got to throw the ball up sooner
Speaker 1: than they really want to, just to avoid the sack
Speaker 1: or avoid the pressure. And then the defensive backs get
Speaker 1: a good job on it. But they're good defensive back
Speaker 1: So it's complimentary football between good front seven players and
Speaker 1: then the back end four or five defensive backs. However,
Speaker 1: many of your playing and no disrespect for Cameron Jordan,
Speaker 1: because still a terrific player, outstanding player. Hasn't had the
Speaker 1: big sack total that we come used to, but he's
Speaker 1: still hurrying the quarterback. Tommy's still knocking him down and
Speaker 1: he's still forcing the run game. Well, you know, Jeff,
Speaker 1: I think it's a lot like similar to what the
Speaker 1: Bears are looking at with Drew Brees. You may not
Speaker 1: necessarily get sacks, but if you can get the ball
Speaker 1: out of his hands a half a second early, if
Speaker 1: you can deflect a couple passes that are meant for
Speaker 1: the middle of the field, if you can get him
Speaker 1: off of his position and make him convert his talent
Speaker 1: as a quarterback to those forty plus year old legs,
Speaker 1: I think you can change the dynamic of Drew Brees.
Speaker 1: But it's different elements outside than just sacks. I gotta
Speaker 1: talk Anthony Miller. Don't start chuckling, because I'm always rooting
Speaker 1: for this guy. I'm always rooting for him to get
Speaker 1: something going. His best game of the year. Most targets
Speaker 1: eleven against the Saints in Week eight, most catches he
Speaker 1: had eight, He had a few first down he had
Speaker 1: seventy plus yards. That was his high point of this season.
Speaker 1: So he's expecting similar opportunities in this playoff game against
Speaker 1: the Saints playing a lot of man So that created
Speaker 1: a lot of opportunity for me and the guys. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know to you know, running basically any route we
Speaker 1: could to get open. I think it's gonna be the same.
Speaker 1: I believe that that's top fighting league playing man coverage,
Speaker 1: so I expect to have a fun game. All right.
Speaker 1: We don't know what darnelmoney situation is, so obviously he
Speaker 1: has leap frog him in terms of targets and being
Speaker 1: the number two receiver here. But Anthony Miller the coaches
Speaker 1: are today saying Bill Laser said, Hey, it's not it's
Speaker 1: not necessarily what he isn't doing. It's just where the
Speaker 1: ball's been going. How do you feel about that? Because
Speaker 1: with the ball in his hands, he's got yackability. He's quick,
Speaker 1: especially out of that slot and uh at C. J. Gardner.
Speaker 1: Johnson's a feisty player. Man. We can make comments about
Speaker 1: his mouth, but he backs it up because he's a
Speaker 1: very very good slot defender. Yeah. You know. The key
Speaker 1: ingredient though, is you can't get caught up in that
Speaker 1: part of the game. You can't get a caught in
Speaker 1: the drawing in between plays before after you know, it's
Speaker 1: for funny because Bears Game Day Live, we have to
Speaker 1: pick one of our most important Bears, and I wanted
Speaker 1: I had Anthony Miller written down a couple of times.
Speaker 1: It's almost like I didn't want to jinx myself, so
Speaker 1: I change it. But I do think that Anthony Miller
Speaker 1: will have his most explosive game this week. No, he's
Speaker 1: looking for explosives. They're looking for explosives the big place,
Speaker 1: twenty yards or more. Against the Saints. When they get
Speaker 1: close to the red zone, something happens. Don't know what,
Speaker 1: but they haven't been great defending the touchdown deficiency, so
Speaker 1: that is something. If you move the bond get in
Speaker 1: the red zone, you have to take advantage of their
Speaker 1: miscommunications back there. You know, the best catch last week
Speaker 1: in the game was on his fourth down catch earlier,
Speaker 1: So if he made third and fourth down catches alone,
Speaker 1: I'd be okay with that. I expect more explosiveness out
Speaker 1: of him. I think of that that long fifty plus
Speaker 1: yard pass. If they threw Darnell Mooney, Anthony Miller is
Speaker 1: capable of that same type of route. So if Darnell
Speaker 1: Mooney didn't play or he was limited, you don't have
Speaker 1: to leave that play on the cover in the cupboard.
Speaker 1: You gotta use that same play with Athony Miller, all Right,
Speaker 1: we gotta listen to a little Khalil Mack. He was
Speaker 1: talking to the media today. I had some really good stuff. Certainly,
Speaker 1: he was asked about the underdog thing that seems to
Speaker 1: be the vein that everyone's going because the Bears have
Speaker 1: been underdogs for most of the games they played this season.
Speaker 1: In certain cases understandable. Other ones, maybe you scratch your
Speaker 1: head a little bit, specially some home games. But they're
Speaker 1: the biggest underdog tom out of the twelve teams that
Speaker 1: are playing. They are the biggest underdog against the Saints
Speaker 1: on the road, against a powerful team, and you might
Speaker 1: expect that. But when asked if he feels they're like underdogs,
Speaker 1: you're gonna get an interesting response. He personally always it's
Speaker 1: just me and I know these guys do as well. Man,
Speaker 1: it's a lot of disrespect. Oh that we know. I'm saying,
Speaker 1: I've been here, and so obviously you got to use
Speaker 1: all of that to your advantage and not to speak
Speaker 1: on it suits so much, but to go out and
Speaker 1: use actions, and that's what we're looking forward to dinner. Well,
Speaker 1: the interesting thing he's asked where he's hearing it from, Well,
Speaker 1: maybe I'm not. You know what I'm saying, and you
Speaker 1: just hear certain things and you know that take offense
Speaker 1: to it, but in the right ways. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying and use it to your advantage. So how
Speaker 1: do you use that to your advantage or is that
Speaker 1: just cliche? Well, it's usable cliche because I would say,
Speaker 1: we're so disrespected. Before our injury report came out, they
Speaker 1: made us a nine and a half point underdog. So
Speaker 1: if we had a healthy roster, would we still be
Speaker 1: nine and a half point underdog? So I would I
Speaker 1: would use that as as you know, information to turn
Speaker 1: it into a positive because I don't think there's any
Speaker 1: reason for these guys to be underdogs by nine and
Speaker 1: a half points. They lost to him in overtime here
Speaker 1: during the regular season when the Bears offense wasn't playing
Speaker 1: very well. So hey, man, it doesn't matter what you're
Speaker 1: under It's like Khalil said, actions are louder than words.
Speaker 1: Go out there and motivate the group of guys around you,
Speaker 1: like we see the effort that Khalil gives each and
Speaker 1: every week. Now, let's talk more about the offense. Establishing
Speaker 1: that run again against a very good run defense. Again,
Speaker 1: they do everything well I look at them, I kept
Speaker 1: thinking because of Aaron Rodgers and because what they've done
Speaker 1: in the second half of the season. Defensively, they're getting better,
Speaker 1: the secondaries playing well. They got pressure going on big
Speaker 1: time right now for the Pack, and they got a
Speaker 1: running game with a three headed monster. If they wanted
Speaker 1: to that, they are the best team in the league.
Speaker 1: That's my opinion. But the Saints are the most complete
Speaker 1: team potentially because they do a lot of great things
Speaker 1: with a lot of personnel on defense, offense, and special teams.
Speaker 1: Where do you look at them as you've watched them
Speaker 1: on tape, This is a really good football team. They're
Speaker 1: willing to play physically on defense, and that's where the
Speaker 1: Bears have to match him the most. But I'm not
Speaker 1: saying this disrespectful, but I don't fear Drew Brees as
Speaker 1: much as I do Aaron Rodgers because Drew Brees he
Speaker 1: throws out of a ten foot circumference. Aaron Rodgers can
Speaker 1: go with the with he can go anywhere he wants
Speaker 1: to because his legs will still carry him. So if
Speaker 1: you can condense the pocket immediately around Drew Brees, he
Speaker 1: has a hard time seeing over things. And then if
Speaker 1: you're a defensive tackle and you're rushing closer to him
Speaker 1: and he's getting ready to unload, hands up in the air,
Speaker 1: and then you're gonna take up You're gonna fill a
Speaker 1: passing lane, and then that's gonna help your defensive back.
Speaker 1: So I have all the respect in the world to
Speaker 1: the approach that Drew Brees takes in order to be
Speaker 1: prepared as professionally as he has been through his whole career.
Speaker 1: But if we're talking about Aaron versus Drew Brees, I
Speaker 1: still have more fear and respect of Aaron. What about
Speaker 1: the addition, potentially of Michael Thomas. He has not played
Speaker 1: much year, just ten quarters. With Drew Brees coming off
Speaker 1: an ankle, maybe they've been screwing him away, putting him
Speaker 1: away a little bit, getting ready for the playoffs, to
Speaker 1: bring that offensive player of the Year from twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: out of the cobwebs and into the spotlight. What do
Speaker 1: you think. I'm not so sure a player that timing
Speaker 1: is so important that you can plug and play and
Speaker 1: expect them to go from seventy percent practice effort to
Speaker 1: one hundred. I can't say one hundred percent effort in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, it is different. It's more physical. You kind
Speaker 1: of have a different brand, a different style of the game.
Speaker 1: So I'm not certain that you can just play. He's
Speaker 1: still great, he's still a dynamic receiver, one of the
Speaker 1: best in all of the NFL. But I just don't
Speaker 1: know if you can go from zero to one hundred
Speaker 1: within a week's time. Chuck Bogano had a lot of
Speaker 1: great things to say about Avian Kimara obviously today, And
Speaker 1: you know, the whole idea of what you do with
Speaker 1: a guy like that at so much yard from scrimmage
Speaker 1: because he can do it on the ground and in
Speaker 1: the air. Things they did to him in the Week
Speaker 1: eight meeting pretty good. But is your best shot to
Speaker 1: control this guy and not worry about completely shutting him down.
Speaker 1: It's a question posed to Chuck Pagano today earlier with
Speaker 1: the media. You gotta have a bunch of eyes on
Speaker 1: this guy, obviously public enemy number one. They've got a
Speaker 1: ton of talent. Michael Thomas is going to be back
Speaker 1: and Hall of Fame quarterback. You know, great option for
Speaker 1: him in the past game, Manuel Sanders. So the list
Speaker 1: goes on and on and on. But Alan's he's just
Speaker 1: a tremendous all around back, and you know, you split
Speaker 1: him out and like a wide receiver trying to cover him,
Speaker 1: trying to figure out, Okay, who do we got that
Speaker 1: we can put on him? And it's not going to
Speaker 1: be just one guy. It's going to be all hands
Speaker 1: on deck. Yeah, you know, it's kind of like the
Speaker 1: old philosophy that John Tierlink, a great defensive line coach
Speaker 1: who passed away a year or so ago, and George
Speaker 1: Allen when we faced the team, they had a dynamic quarterback.
Speaker 1: It was every single play, Jeff, you rush the quarterback
Speaker 1: and you tackle the running back on the way by.
Speaker 1: So I think that if you have a passive approach
Speaker 1: at the defensive line waiting for Alan Kamara to come
Speaker 1: towards you, Drew Brees is gonna throw it over the
Speaker 1: top of you all the time. But if you have
Speaker 1: a high impact rush zone into the backfield and Alvin
Speaker 1: Kamara gets that handoff he's an outlet receiver, then you
Speaker 1: put Drew Brees in a defensive backpedaling position. So to me,
Speaker 1: I am gonna sick the dogs. Every one of these
Speaker 1: defensive lineman. They're gonna rotate, they're gonna stay fresh, and
Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring it every single play that I possibly can.
Speaker 1: And that's gonna include James Voters, It's gonna include Barkvous Mingo,
Speaker 1: It's gonna include Gibson, It's gonna include every single guy
Speaker 1: that has a defensive upfront Jersey number on. All Right,
Speaker 1: with the with the turnover thing, is the luck about
Speaker 1: to twitch? Because the luck hasn't been there a year?
Speaker 1: So is this a game in the playoffs? Because he
Speaker 1: doesn't turn it over much? They don't turn it over much.
Speaker 1: They're outstanding plus night. But after a while, if you're
Speaker 1: in the right position, is the ball going to bout
Speaker 1: your way? Finally? Yeah, I think. I think the velocity
Speaker 1: of the football that Drew Brees throws is a lot
Speaker 1: different than the velocity of football that Aaron Rodgers throws.
Speaker 1: So I do think the defenders are going to have
Speaker 1: more opportunities to get in front of an Aaron pass
Speaker 1: or a slower velocity pass. Can he still hit his
Speaker 1: mark every time against these guys? He can, but it's
Speaker 1: a different flight to the football between these two quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: All Right, Coming up on our show on Sunday on
Speaker 1: Bears Game Day Live. Our player profile on Fox with
Speaker 1: Luke Anellis and my partner here Tom there with Mitchell Trubisky.
Speaker 1: Here's a portion of what you might hear. I remember
Speaker 1: back in twenty eighteen, we were so excited. We're on
Speaker 1: a roll and we've won a lot of games that year,
Speaker 1: and flast forward into this year, it's been different. There's
Speaker 1: been some ups and downs and megame bench and then
Speaker 1: coming back and be about being able to lead the
Speaker 1: team to the playoffs. It's it's been a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: So I've learned a lot, I've grown a lot over
Speaker 1: the years, but it's back to that surviving advanced mentality
Speaker 1: and really at the end of the day, just grateful
Speaker 1: for another opportunity to go out there and compete, have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to go out and win a playoff game,
Speaker 1: and so we know it's the stage of set. It's
Speaker 1: a big opportunity and we just gotta keep preparing and
Speaker 1: get ready to rock and roll. You've always been great
Speaker 1: about putting team first and you think about everybody else
Speaker 1: other than yourself. That makes you the leader that you are.
Speaker 1: But in this situation as well, is there anything you
Speaker 1: need to prove to yourself? No? Nothing, I need to
Speaker 1: prove to myself, just go out, go out and win
Speaker 1: the game. So I know if I go out compete
Speaker 1: and do my job and just continue to bring the
Speaker 1: same will and passion and love for this game that
Speaker 1: I have and love for my teammates and go out
Speaker 1: and compete, and I know I'll give this team a
Speaker 1: really good chance to win. And if we go out
Speaker 1: and win, it'll be it'll be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: So that's all I'm trying to do. When you look
Speaker 1: at your team and the situation that they've gone through,
Speaker 1: you guys have won in various ways. This season hasn't
Speaker 1: been one particular formula. You think that makes you guys
Speaker 1: a dangerous team because you've learned to deal with a
Speaker 1: lot and you've overcome a lot and you've won in
Speaker 1: different ways. Yeah, I think it does. I think it
Speaker 1: can make us dangerous. Well, we've definitely shown a lot
Speaker 1: of grit over the course of the season. I think
Speaker 1: it's brought us closer together, just dealing with adversity and
Speaker 1: going through tough times with people. I think it brings
Speaker 1: out the best in you, and we've grown a lot
Speaker 1: and improved over the year, and I think it's made
Speaker 1: us a closer group. I mean, just the way we've
Speaker 1: had each other's backs and battled back really out of
Speaker 1: a hole throughout this season. I think it's prepared us
Speaker 1: for a possible playoff run here. And now we have
Speaker 1: a step one of hopefully more to common and we
Speaker 1: got to take care of business. So it's one thing
Speaker 1: at a time, but we have the potential to be
Speaker 1: dangerous and it's all about how we execute on Sunday.
Speaker 1: I found it interesting too, just throwing this at him,
Speaker 1: because you know, when you're a young quarterback, and again,
Speaker 1: not everything has worked out great over the course of
Speaker 1: his time here, but you know, you're a starting quarter
Speaker 1: back in the field of fourteen that's in the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl tournament, and you got guys like Breedy and Brees
Speaker 1: and Rodgers and Roethlisberger and Russell Wilson, and you know,
Speaker 1: ten years from now on, you know, or thirty years
Speaker 1: from now, and he's got his grandkids on his lab.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be telling, hey, I was in the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one playoffs Wildcard pandemic and you'll never believe the
Speaker 1: names that I was playing with. And he goes, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's it's something cool. But you know, I want to
Speaker 1: make my own name too. And the guy's confidence is
Speaker 1: just it really is coming out of the pores right now.
Speaker 1: For Mitchell Dubiski, well, he just has to realize that
Speaker 1: every single rep during the game is important. We can't
Speaker 1: interview him after the game and said, oh, I wish
Speaker 1: I had that one back, because you can't have that
Speaker 1: in this week. It's about every single pass that leave
Speaker 1: your hand. You know exactly where it's going. All right,
Speaker 1: We're gonna step away for a break. Coming up at
Speaker 1: the bottom of the hour here, Cody Whitehair, the Bears
Speaker 1: veteran left guard, will join the program together. We made
Speaker 1: it here the Playoffs. Enter the Bears Playoffs Sweepstakes at
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears dot Com to what a piece of this
Speaker 1: one of a kind season, though I'll take a break.
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Speaker 1: Mike Rank and our producer and joining us on the
Speaker 1: line now Bears left guard Cody white Hair. Cody, how
Speaker 1: you doing, brother? We have missed you. I haven't been
Speaker 1: able to see you. Talk to you. What's going on? Brother? Oh?
Speaker 1: Not much? Guys. How you doing? We're doing fantastic? You
Speaker 1: jacked up or what? Yeah? We are. We're excited for
Speaker 1: this opportunity. You know, given the ups and downs of
Speaker 1: our season and the sixth game losing Street, you know,
Speaker 1: we're just very fortunate to be in this position. And
Speaker 1: it all comes down to, you know, the grit and
Speaker 1: you know the heart that this team showed throughout the season.
Speaker 1: You know, if you can tell me a story, tell
Speaker 1: me what it was like for you and you guys
Speaker 1: during that period of time when you really didn't know
Speaker 1: what direction this thing was going to go, and then
Speaker 1: tell me a story, and then tell me a story
Speaker 1: about how it's come how it turned out. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know it was. It was definitely tough. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: you never predict yourself to lose six in a row,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, predict yourself to be in that situation.
Speaker 1: So it was definitely tough. Um. You know, but I
Speaker 1: think It just speaks so highly of our team and
Speaker 1: the guys we have and the character, you know, the
Speaker 1: high character guys we have on our team to be
Speaker 1: able to stick together, come to work every day, focus
Speaker 1: on the fundamentals and the techniques that you know, all
Speaker 1: those little things that we talked about that was going
Speaker 1: to get us out of this situation. And that's what
Speaker 1: we did, um, you know, and we stuck together and
Speaker 1: wrote it out and um, you know, we're we're in
Speaker 1: the dance now. So you know, we just got to
Speaker 1: continue that one and O mindset and take each week
Speaker 1: as its own and not get too far ahead of
Speaker 1: our ourselves and just focus, um, you know, on the
Speaker 1: task at hand. You know, Cody, you specifically, you kind
Speaker 1: of settled in a left guard and there's no talking
Speaker 1: about changing you one week or than the next. Are
Speaker 1: you are you start? Are you able to have some
Speaker 1: fun in this position because you're you're showing it on
Speaker 1: the field that I don't know if you're smiling, but
Speaker 1: some of the blocks you're making are just so fun
Speaker 1: to watch. Are you? Are you having some fun on
Speaker 1: the field? Yeah, I'm having a lot of fun, you know. Um.
Speaker 1: Due to injuries and the worldwide pandemic that we're in
Speaker 1: right now. You know, there's been some shuffle on the line,
Speaker 1: but you know, we were really playing very well together
Speaker 1: and it's it's been a lot of fun out there,
Speaker 1: you know, Cody, I don't know if I've ever said
Speaker 1: in my life that I've seen a play block perfectly,
Speaker 1: but that that touchdown run that David Montgomery had in
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings game, that was incredibly because every single
Speaker 1: guy from tight end a wide receiver had unbelievable block
Speaker 1: and you had one of the most impressive pancake blocks
Speaker 1: that's highlighted all the time. You know, when you go
Speaker 1: back and you just think about that football play, did
Speaker 1: it resonate with you that how much your offensive line,
Speaker 1: the tight end Juan Castill have been able to accomplish
Speaker 1: over this renaissance. When you when you look at a
Speaker 1: play that was run that well, yeah, I mean you
Speaker 1: just go back. You know, we we were doing some
Speaker 1: a little bit of self scout um, you know, on ourselves,
Speaker 1: and you go back and you look, you know where
Speaker 1: we were when we played the Saints last time, and
Speaker 1: just the amount of improvement and you know, the attention
Speaker 1: to detail and the attention to the fundamentals and the
Speaker 1: techniques and you know everything it's carrying over, um, you know.
Speaker 1: So that's really cool to see. And you know, as
Speaker 1: even though this line had some shuffle and you know,
Speaker 1: guys aren't playing positions that they started out with. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, at the end of the year, guys have
Speaker 1: really embraced their roles, um, you know, in those new
Speaker 1: positions and you know, we're playing at a high level.
Speaker 1: So that play was just very well executed by by
Speaker 1: all eleven guys on offense and it was fun to see. Hey,
Speaker 1: so now you get a chance to watch a team
Speaker 1: that you've already played in the regular season a lot
Speaker 1: like all your other divisional teams. Is it beneficial for
Speaker 1: you to have that game on tape to see an
Speaker 1: example of your line or your offense even though there
Speaker 1: is considerable change, But again, you get to see the
Speaker 1: personnel that you're facing in their specific techniques. Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: And you get to see how they play us against
Speaker 1: certain plays you know, this, this and match. So that's
Speaker 1: always good to see, um, you know, and it it
Speaker 1: just gives us a better look, you know, on how
Speaker 1: they're going to play certain certain personnels and stuff. Like
Speaker 1: that and what we're going to see, so that definitely
Speaker 1: helps us out. Bears left guard Cody Whitehair our guest
Speaker 1: here on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy to score Bears in Saint Sunday three forty kickoff
Speaker 1: from New Orleans, a road trip for the Bears, that
Speaker 1: first one in twenty five years in the playoffs. Cody,
Speaker 1: I didn't know if you know that play Obviously, with
Speaker 1: no fans, it is a little different. There is no
Speaker 1: more home field edge, so that certainly helps you, guys.
Speaker 1: But you know, you and I have had these discussions
Speaker 1: before about team culture and anybody that comes in you
Speaker 1: would always hope, hey, will they fit the culture? And
Speaker 1: then you got these two guys from Notre Dame, these
Speaker 1: undrafted guys, Sam Mustafer and Alex Bars come into the mix,
Speaker 1: and you know, do they fit perfectly for what you,
Speaker 1: as one of the leaders of this team felt was
Speaker 1: chemistry and when they got their chance, they just seemed
Speaker 1: to be a match made in heaven. Yeah. Absolutely, those guys,
Speaker 1: you know, you could tell um when they came at it,
Speaker 1: came in as undrafted free agents and you know, spend
Speaker 1: some time on the practice squad and then you know,
Speaker 1: you just see the way they work both in the
Speaker 1: weight room and the film study. Um, you know, and
Speaker 1: then as they execute out on the field, Um, you
Speaker 1: could just tell that they fit the mold of you know,
Speaker 1: what we're what we're trying to accomplish and and are
Speaker 1: off it's a line room. Um you know. So that's
Speaker 1: really cool to see. But you you could tell from
Speaker 1: day one that those guys were going to fit the mold,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, they've done a great job. Cody,
Speaker 1: I don't know if you care about this stuff, probably not,
Speaker 1: but Pro Football Focus Tom Melly's rolls his eyes when
Speaker 1: you hear this, but this is good news. I don't
Speaker 1: know if you heard this, but you were the number
Speaker 1: one rated left guard in the NFL this year. Wow, congratulations,
Speaker 1: thank you. What do you think you think? What do
Speaker 1: you think of that? Because obviously, you know, when they
Speaker 1: look at things, they don't know assignments, and they don't
Speaker 1: know black you know, whatever was going is going on
Speaker 1: play to play, So in many respects, they're just watching
Speaker 1: how you take on a guy, uh, you know, right
Speaker 1: across from you and whatnot. They're watching tape. But it's
Speaker 1: it's different because they don't know what your assignments are.
Speaker 1: But you know, any any kind of projection like that
Speaker 1: is good when it's it's it's good news. Correct. I mean,
Speaker 1: do you take that? Do you feel you've played that way? Yeah? Absolutely,
Speaker 1: you know it's it's obviously I don't pay much attention
Speaker 1: to it. Um you know, I just focus on my team. Um,
Speaker 1: what we're trying to accomplish, and that's you know obviously
Speaker 1: right now beating the New Orleans Saints. Um you know,
Speaker 1: but I couldn't. I couldn't be in the position I'm
Speaker 1: in without you know, my guys in my room and
Speaker 1: my coaches. Um, you know, everyone believing in me to
Speaker 1: make that change over to left guard and be able
Speaker 1: to play. Um, you know, at the level that we're
Speaker 1: playing as a unit. Um you know, I I think
Speaker 1: with individual accolades like that, Um, you know, it's it
Speaker 1: definitely reflects as a whole offensive line. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: we're just playing at a high level. Um. And I
Speaker 1: don't think you can really you know, PenPoint one guy,
Speaker 1: because it takes all you know, five guys up there
Speaker 1: to communicate to be on the same page. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: whether that's passing off games. Um, you know in pass
Speaker 1: pro or or executing a double team, you know, it
Speaker 1: just takes all all five guys up. They're working together.
Speaker 1: And that's that's what we've done. Um. You know the
Speaker 1: past well five or six weeks, we really you know,
Speaker 1: turned it up and nods or playing at a high
Speaker 1: level because of the change in what your guys are doing,
Speaker 1: putting him on the move, Mitch on the move, the boots,
Speaker 1: the nakeds, the running game cranking up. What have you
Speaker 1: noticed defensively? And I know every team does it a
Speaker 1: little differently, but anything that teams have done differently or
Speaker 1: more of in terms of whether it be past blocking
Speaker 1: or run blocking, uh, that you've noticed, whether it's more games,
Speaker 1: what if it's types of stunts that are being used
Speaker 1: to try and try something different on you guys, Anything
Speaker 1: that's perceptible to you. Yeah, absolutely, you know you're seeing
Speaker 1: more games. The one big thing you see, and it's
Speaker 1: just is trudos to Mitchell because he's got God given
Speaker 1: ability with his legs. You know, there's definitely somebody spying Mitchell. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, so that's one thing that's that's kind of
Speaker 1: taken a person away from maybe the rush part of
Speaker 1: the game and focusing more on him. So it's definitely
Speaker 1: helped us out up front as well. Hey, Cody, you know,
Speaker 1: I think it's important conversation that guys like yourself, Charles Leno,
Speaker 1: Jermain Effetti, maybe Jimmy Graham to Cole, maybe Alan Robinson
Speaker 1: to the youngsters. There's a definite tempo difference between regular
Speaker 1: season and playoffs, and I think there was a little
Speaker 1: bit of that atmosphere in Soldier Field last week. So
Speaker 1: do you you know, can you have or I didn't
Speaker 1: even know if it's possible with the pandemic type of
Speaker 1: meetings that you're having to have that conversation with Sam
Speaker 1: and Alex and Jimmy to have it with Cole and
Speaker 1: these young guys that don't have this playoff experience yet,
Speaker 1: because it's something that these guys got to be notified
Speaker 1: before they just go into that stadium and see what
Speaker 1: that tempo, that temperature is going to be. Like, Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: it's something us that the veterans have to prepare them for. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, in practice and this, this and this, we try,
Speaker 1: you know, to replicate that as best we can, but
Speaker 1: we know, you know, without pads on and guys flying
Speaker 1: around and this, this and that that. We can't get
Speaker 1: that one hundred percent full look. So it's it's it's
Speaker 1: more on us, us veterans to prepare them mentally, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, as far as having that mindset when they
Speaker 1: go in there that hey, this is gonna you know,
Speaker 1: the regular season is physical, it's fast, it's you know,
Speaker 1: everything that you feel. But the playoffs is another level,
Speaker 1: you know, because now you have that winner go home mentality. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, so everybody, you know, I think the biggest
Speaker 1: thing is is veterans of our rooms is we just
Speaker 1: have to prepare them mentally so that when they go
Speaker 1: in there and um, you know, bullets are flying and
Speaker 1: this isn't that that you know mentally, they're ready for it,
Speaker 1: you know, Cody, everybody gives is giving great effort from
Speaker 1: the from the tight ends to the receivers. But being
Speaker 1: on an offensive line and blocking for a guy like
Speaker 1: Walter Payton. Now you're on an offensive line and you're
Speaker 1: blocking for a guy like David Montgomery. And I'm not
Speaker 1: down playing Cordarrel or Our Tavis or the other guys,
Speaker 1: but David Montgomery isn't He's inspiring from up in the
Speaker 1: booth to down on the field from being a an
Speaker 1: expert to watch in a modern day bear, how inspiring
Speaker 1: is he to you guys in the effort and what
Speaker 1: he's willing to do during runs and after and at
Speaker 1: the end of runs. Yeah. Absolutely, you know, Dave. Dave
Speaker 1: is a special player. He really is. Um you know,
Speaker 1: the way he hits holes, the way he the way
Speaker 1: he finishes his bronze. I mean, you can hit the
Speaker 1: guy straight, you know, right in the hole and the
Speaker 1: guy won't go down. I mean the passion and the
Speaker 1: love of the game that this guy has and not
Speaker 1: willing to go down easy at all. You know, it's
Speaker 1: gonna take three to four guys to get him down.
Speaker 1: He's he's gonna make that one guy miss. He's gonna
Speaker 1: you know, lowers page and knock that one guy off. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, just a passion and you know that this
Speaker 1: kid plays with is very special. All right, last question
Speaker 1: and we'll let you go. Cody, thank you so much
Speaker 1: for taking the time to join us tonight. So what
Speaker 1: are you looking at when you look at this New
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints defense? Because highly ranked in virtually everything, a
Speaker 1: lot of pressure up front, they merit very well at
Speaker 1: their coverage. What are you looking at as an offensive
Speaker 1: linement with this bunch? Yeah, this is a good a
Speaker 1: really good defense. Um. You know, my main focus it
Speaker 1: is the front seven obviously with the line and the linebackers,
Speaker 1: and you know, when the safeties come in the box,
Speaker 1: they're just they're very sound, um, you know, in filling
Speaker 1: their gaps and being in the right spot. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: it's in situations where we do have to pass the ball,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to be able to to execute versus
Speaker 1: games and be able to pick up blitches and recognize that.
Speaker 1: So that's that's our main focus is, you know, just
Speaker 1: not hurting ourselves and put putting us in the best
Speaker 1: situation to be successful on Sunday. All right, Cody, best
Speaker 1: of luck, bring one home. Will you be fun to watch? Indeed,
Speaker 1: and thank you so much again for your time. Thanks
Speaker 1: bad Thanks guys. Cody, White Hair Bear starting left guard.
Speaker 1: We'll take a break on the other end of it
Speaker 1: at about six forty eight here tonight, about six minutes
Speaker 1: so we'll be joined by ottawaayagunlier joined the program. Bears
Speaker 1: and Saints walk down Memory Land in the NFC Championship
Speaker 1: game back at OH six with Tom There, Jeff Joniak,
Speaker 1: and our producer Mike Rankin here on Chicago Sports Radio
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Speaker 1: I'm laughing because I'll tell you what, Tom, the excitement
Speaker 1: of playoff football, it never gets old. I tell you,
Speaker 1: I don't care how you get in. Once you're in,
Speaker 1: and the games are so much you're on edge as
Speaker 1: a play by play guy and as a color guy
Speaker 1: as well, because every snap truly does matter, and you're
Speaker 1: eating glass, as coordinators have told us in the past.
Speaker 1: Before you know, you're just eating glass on every single play.
Speaker 1: I can't wait, right, you know what it starts, though,
Speaker 1: Jeff at the beginning of the week, because I know
Speaker 1: it's every coach says it that, Hey, we're only one
Speaker 1: of twelve teams practicing this week. How lucky are we
Speaker 1: to be on this practice field right now. Where else
Speaker 1: would you rather be? All these old sayings that they've
Speaker 1: been saying since the playoffs have began, the message is
Speaker 1: still true today of all the hard work, the effort,
Speaker 1: the conforming to what these players had to conform to
Speaker 1: this year and still have a playoff opportunity. And I'll
Speaker 1: tell you what, I've never been more excited for the
Speaker 1: playoffs in my entire football career because no team has
Speaker 1: an unfair crowd noise advantage, and it's a it's an
Speaker 1: even steven playoff. And if you're as good as the
Speaker 1: team like Seattle is, they're better when they play at
Speaker 1: home because their crowd noise is so damaging, just like
Speaker 1: New Orleans. So it's gonna level the playing field throughout
Speaker 1: this playoff period. All right, we're gonna take another break here,
Speaker 1: But real quick, what's the one thing that cannot happen
Speaker 1: in this game Sunday to the Bears in all three phases?
Speaker 1: We'll start with offense. You know, with offense, you can't
Speaker 1: give away possessions and that's everybody. You can't fumble the ball,
Speaker 1: you can't give away interceptions. And then I think on
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. You can't give up
Speaker 1: at fifty plus yard play. You want New Orleans to
Speaker 1: have to earn every blade of that artificial turf that
Speaker 1: they're earning, just like the Bears will have to. But
Speaker 1: the Bears defense has to be stingy and just none
Speaker 1: of those explosive plays. I'll take special teams. Just no
Speaker 1: penalties that give field position advantage to Drew Brees and
Speaker 1: the Saints try to steal possession. That'd be great as well.
Speaker 1: Otto La Gunlier will join us, our old friend from
Speaker 1: the Bears OH six NFC championship team that went to
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl that'll be coming up next. This is
Speaker 1: Bears Don't Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score.
Speaker 1: Welcome back everybody to Bears All Access with Tom Bear,
Speaker 1: Jeff Jonah Yak. Thanks for joining us tonight. Our final
Speaker 1: moments of the show we're gonna spend with Ottawa. Ottawa,
Speaker 1: good to talk to you once again. Thanks for taking
Speaker 1: the time. Long time, no talk. I think we spoke
Speaker 1: at the one hundred, but uh, it's been a bit
Speaker 1: and good to have you along. You're the perfect guy
Speaker 1: to talk about this playoff weekend, Bears Saints, this one
Speaker 1: over there in New Orleans. But uh, it's not. It
Speaker 1: seems like a very long time ago, and maybe for
Speaker 1: you it was. But two thousand and six, you had
Speaker 1: a heck of a night. Oh man, this game. I
Speaker 1: mean when I saw the matchup, I just obviously every
Speaker 1: year playoffs, I get I get chills because I remember
Speaker 1: that that two thousand says actually, in my mind, probably
Speaker 1: the best game that we've played as a team, and
Speaker 1: probably the most memorable game, you know, throwing us into
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. So it was a it was a
Speaker 1: it was a great experience, and I'll always have fond
Speaker 1: memories of of the Saints and faints in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: big days, sack, forced fumble, couple quarterback hits and Drew
Speaker 1: Brees and a fumble recovery. So you had a line
Speaker 1: that was outstanding. But I often talk about this with guys.
Speaker 1: You look at the roster top to bottom, even even
Speaker 1: the guys that came in in certain roles, and it's
Speaker 1: an underrated a bunch of talent. Obviously, you guys made
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, so that aspect of it isn't But
Speaker 1: there that defense was something else, and there's so many
Speaker 1: guys that contributed to that team. Oh yeah, man, that
Speaker 1: defense was just flying around, making turnovers and just giving
Speaker 1: our offense just the ball as many times as possible,
Speaker 1: just playing you know, good smash mouth football. I mean,
Speaker 1: I just you can go from top to bottom, from
Speaker 1: secondary to the d line to a lineback and corps.
Speaker 1: We all you know, contributed to having a successful season.
Speaker 1: And you know, if you remember that year, you know
Speaker 1: it was up and down quarterback player Rex was heard
Speaker 1: earlier than Kyle Or was an amazing you know, offensive manager,
Speaker 1: a guy that just wouldn't turn the ball over and
Speaker 1: it just you know him and the way he played
Speaker 1: just clicked really well with us in defense. So it
Speaker 1: was such a magical year. And you know, I hate
Speaker 1: that it ended the way it did, but that was
Speaker 1: a great defense and a great year. You know, while
Speaker 1: you say it's a magical year, this year has been
Speaker 1: a year like no other. So now put yourself in
Speaker 1: a stance on the field Sunday. Are you a type
Speaker 1: of guy that you want to hear silence in the
Speaker 1: stadium to pay attention to the quarterbacks voice? Or do
Speaker 1: you like it when you play at home and the
Speaker 1: crowd noise is so abusive that you're just kind of
Speaker 1: caught up in your your own to get off or
Speaker 1: watching the football. What atmosphere do you like better? I think,
Speaker 1: I mean obviously, I mean, I think it's a no brainer.
Speaker 1: Having the fans, whether you're on the road or at home.
Speaker 1: Having the element of you know, breathing, living fans in
Speaker 1: the in the crowd, booing you while sharing you on
Speaker 1: is adam motivation either way. You know, I just love
Speaker 1: having them. You know, playing in shoulder field is amazing,
Speaker 1: But even going on a on on road and playing
Speaker 1: against hostile fans, it's like it's like a defenses dream,
Speaker 1: like I could care less put me anywhere, you know,
Speaker 1: despite the elements, you know, good defenses should show up
Speaker 1: no matter what, whether it's rain, sleet, or snow inside
Speaker 1: outside fans, no fans, but having fans definitely makes it
Speaker 1: gives you that more of an edge. So well, I'd
Speaker 1: like to ask you something about specifically about defensive endplay
Speaker 1: and Robert Quinn. Do we expect too much out of
Speaker 1: a defensive end going from the right side to the
Speaker 1: left side and do they is it equally? Can they
Speaker 1: do it equally as well? Or is it similar to
Speaker 1: a right tackle and left tackle? It takes a little
Speaker 1: bit of transition to use your balance differently. How do
Speaker 1: you feel about that role? Absolutely? I think it all
Speaker 1: depends on, you know, how much practice time you get
Speaker 1: at it. Um. You just can't, you know, think that
Speaker 1: someone's going to go from a left handed to a
Speaker 1: right hand, or a right hand to a left or
Speaker 1: left to right. It's so much different. Friend, in the
Speaker 1: dipping technique, your mechanisms, your footwork, there is a big
Speaker 1: change in doing that. Early in my career I was
Speaker 1: able to go back and forth. And you know the
Speaker 1: reason I was able to do that is because I
Speaker 1: practiced that way. You know, in practice I would have
Speaker 1: to go But once you become like a left and
Speaker 1: right end towards the end of my career, it is
Speaker 1: a little with more left and right. With me and
Speaker 1: Alex Brown, you tend to start now practicing over and
Speaker 1: over and over and over and over again, hundred and
Speaker 1: hundreds of snaps on that side. So it's hard to
Speaker 1: not to retrain your brain to to start doing it
Speaker 1: the other way. So it is a difficult transition. What
Speaker 1: about this wallely, um, You know, sacks are hard to
Speaker 1: come by in the NFL, you know, so when you're
Speaker 1: talking about a defensive lineman. You know, interior as much
Speaker 1: as exterior is. You get you're rushing the passer and
Speaker 1: you and the then you become stalemated. Is it recognition
Speaker 1: of the quarterback's eyes or is it just instincts by
Speaker 1: defensive lineman to raise their hands up and possible clog
Speaker 1: up a passing lane. I think it's a little bit
Speaker 1: of both. You gotta do a little bit of both.
Speaker 1: But you know the problem with stelle mating. You know,
Speaker 1: sometimes you think that your your stalemate and then not
Speaker 1: a quarterback's out of the pocket, or you could have
Speaker 1: pushed a little bit more, try to do a little
Speaker 1: more another move and gone free and gotten the sack. Right,
Speaker 1: So it's gotta be it's gotta be instinctive. Um, you
Speaker 1: gotta know who you're going against. If it's the quarterback,
Speaker 1: they'll likes to get the ball out of his hands,
Speaker 1: um really fast. I mean it comes with watching the
Speaker 1: film and all of that. But at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you know, a stalemate is bad. But if
Speaker 1: you can get your hand up and get that ball
Speaker 1: down and get in the passing lanes, um, that's just
Speaker 1: as good as as sometimes it's getting the sack member
Speaker 1: of the twenty zero six Super Bowl Bears Ottawa a
Speaker 1: Goolay joint against a couple of remaining moments left. It's
Speaker 1: it's crazy to think you're a forty three year old man.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you're in terrific shape. You're starting a second
Speaker 1: career and you got Drew Breeses gonna be forty two
Speaker 1: on the fifteenth here in eight days and still playing
Speaker 1: at a high level. Well, because I looked at his
Speaker 1: line against the Bears in the regular season, it almost
Speaker 1: matched his line against you guys in the NFC playoff game.
Speaker 1: He's really no different. Maybe the arm strength is not
Speaker 1: exactly there, but given how you wake up every morning
Speaker 1: and go to work, is it feels strange to think
Speaker 1: that he's forty three years old and still playing at
Speaker 1: a high level. That is amazing, you know, you know
Speaker 1: when you when you put it that way, one I
Speaker 1: feel I feel I feel really down about myself now,
Speaker 1: like why am I not playing? But honestly, it's it's
Speaker 1: an amazing he is an iron man's feat for him. Obviously,
Speaker 1: the league has changed a bit from the time that
Speaker 1: we played, and it is given the quarterbacks a little
Speaker 1: bit more of longevity of you know, those brutal hits
Speaker 1: that we were allowed to get, you know, hit on
Speaker 1: quarterbacks back then. And these guys are you know roming
Speaker 1: him Tom Brady, um, but to know that you know
Speaker 1: he's still going. I played against him in college and
Speaker 1: then now in the pros. I mean, this is this
Speaker 1: guy is is definitely one for the ages and it's
Speaker 1: gonna make it so much more and better when when
Speaker 1: you get a sack in and we get this w
Speaker 1: on a Sunday. Well, what do you think has changed
Speaker 1: most about the NFL and offense since you've been out
Speaker 1: of there? The offensive line play or the RPO attack
Speaker 1: of this modern day offense. Definitely think it's RPO attack
Speaker 1: for sure. You know, it's so funny. You saw so
Speaker 1: much that in the collegiate level, and you never thought
Speaker 1: it would it would make its rein up was way
Speaker 1: up as much as it has into the into the
Speaker 1: professional level. But it has, and um, you know, professionals.
Speaker 1: You know, maybe it's because there's more college coaches coming
Speaker 1: up a cup the ranks, but you know they've you know,
Speaker 1: taken the playbooks out of the college ranks. And then
Speaker 1: I think that's more of if I'm looking at it,
Speaker 1: that's more of the difference in the opensive play now
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