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Good to be with you, everybody. 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:31.880 Jeff Jonnyac along with my broadcast parner from news Radio 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.880 seven eighty and one oh five point NFM, WBM, mister 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.120 Tom Fairtom Good evening Jimmler away out of the country. 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.400 I hear so and hopefully enjoined some good vacations, so 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.600 he says, so, he said, we really don't have a 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:45.080 GPS on him, so he could be in Michigan. Just 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:48.000 enjoy a little downtime, now, Jim. He wouldn't He wouldn't 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.040 miss the show for anything. But it is good to 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:52.640 be with everybody, and we're gonna have a couple of 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.880 nice guests tonight. Kret White, junior, the rookie running back 0:00:55.920 --> 0:01:00.320 out of Lacsahatchee, Florida and Flora Atlantic University. He'll joining 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:02.040 us at around six h eight and then the one 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.720 and only Anthony Spice Adams coming up time at six thirty. 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:07.600 A good chuckle to be had, for sure. But I 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.200 want to get somewhat serious about football with double A 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.520 as well, because I think that gets lost in the 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.920 shuffle a little bit in his entertainment side of his career. 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.440 I agree one hundred percent. I was talking to him, 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:19.440 I was talking about it a little bit ago, that 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:24.400 Spice Anthony has become more famous after football, but I 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.440 think it is lost in the shuffle that he was 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:31.040 such a good football player, and regardless of the system 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.920 that he grew up in the NFL or in college, 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:37.279 I do think his game could translate to today's type 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.640 of defensive football because, like we said, you have those 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.679 numbers A thirty four or forty three, But you know, Jeff, 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.320 as long as you've been around the NFL, now that's 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:49.200 really not the case, because you're really playing a defensive 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:53.440 front that as match up a bowl against the personnel 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:57.120 that they have on offense depending upon down and distance. 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.640 So I do think I'd like to hear Anthony talk 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:03.559 about how his game would translate into today and where 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.880 would he play in what position? Would he play most. 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.400 I have a good feeling I know the answer to that. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:11.240 But more more than anything, it is all about matchups 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.639 on both sides of the ball for that matter. So 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.520 big time, we're just really you know, real quick, you know. Now, 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.160 let's let's transfer it to the modern day. And Eddie Goldman, 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:21.839 you know, Eddie Goldman had to expand his game from 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:25.240 what you know he was featured as initially, which was 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.519 a big, you know, heavy duty nose guard because they 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.720 make him play up and down the line of scrimmage 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.760 and you know, um so I think Spice would have 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:36.160 been able to do the same one month away really 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:38.720 from the first practice of training camp July twenty seventh 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.000 and bourbon At for the eighteenth consecutive season. I was 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.320 with Kyle Long today Tom for a bit and had 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:49.480 a good conversation. And his anticipation, the team's anticipation, which 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.360 we've been alluding to weekly on this show, is really 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:54.720 at an all time high. And for him just the 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.440 fact that he's healthy and he feels good and he's 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.320 been through the ringer that part of football, what you 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.280 all have as you played the game, you've overcome stuff, 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:07.560 and he overcame some significant injuries, but he also had 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.560 to endure some losing season, so he got to experience 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.240 and taste what winning felt like in a very unique 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.919 way last year, and so everybody's very jacked about it. Well, 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.640 I'm glad we have positive anticipation for Kyle Long because 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:22.760 you know, he's the type of guy that could be 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:26.080 as dominant as any offensive lineman in the NFL today, 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:30.240 and with a solid positive offseason behind him, where he's 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:34.560 not rehabbing, he's getting stronger, he's you know, he's able 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.920 to sharpen his craft. He's able to go out there 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.000 at practice every day with Harry and the rest of 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:42.160 the offensive lineman out there. So it's really exciting for 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.080 the Bears fans because you know, last year you kind 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:46.360 of had to think, oh, what are you going to 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.160 get out of Kyle? How healthy is he going to be? 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:51.600 And so if he can have a season and put 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.240 together a sixteen game stretch, and then you think about 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.640 Cody Whitehair going to left guard, you know, you talk 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:59.920 about the interior of an offensive line that could be 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.280 as good as any in the NFL. And when you 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.680 talked about last year, before they got to play the Rams, 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.920 there was more talked about the interior the Rams defensive 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:11.760 line than there was about the interior of the Bears 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.920 offensive line and the Bear's interior. The offensive line had 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.720 a better against those guys than a lot of teams 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:21.480 did throughout the whole year. And those two combatants are 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.080 gonna remember it when we go to La to take 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.760 on the Rams this coming season. That's gonna be a 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.840 big showdown game. We're gonna hear from Harry heastand we're 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.400 gonna hear from James Daniels in today's program to Shake 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.120 townsend Mark de Leone, the inside linebackers coach, got a 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.560 bunch of topics to address all coming up here on 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.360 the show. Thanks to our producers Hurt Lawrence and Sean 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.719 Anderson tonight and Shane Reardon is always forgetting us all connected. 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.640 This is Bears All Access brought to you by IGS 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.600 Energy tonight and again a good lineup of guests here 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:52.239 as we battle through the I'm never gonna say it again. 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:55.599 I'm not gonna say any word like vacation time off, 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.159 none of that, because they're still guys up here working. 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.279 The parking lot was full of players, and you know 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.240 there's a lot, a lot of good stuff going on 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.000 for everybody, but some guys are from taking a break 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:08.840 and getting some time away as well. But a lot 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.080 of people football camps going on too. You know, you're 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.760 Teriq Cohen and you have Mitch Mitchell Trubisky having his 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:16.880 camps and you know, bringing a little bit of that 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.760 positive energy from the pros down to the kids that 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.160 are look up to them and are gonna venture off 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.719 in the sports, whether it's football, baseball, basketball, hockey, whatever 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:27.359 it is. I think it's nice for these guys to 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.720 get out there. That's top there. I'm Jeff Jonik, and 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:33.800 that's our traveling music to a break call. Welcome back 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.919 to Bears on Oxis everybody, brought to you by IGS Energy, 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:40.320 of proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.200 gash and home warranty products to over one million customers 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.599 across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:48.839 dot com. Jeff joni Ik and Tom there, Jim Miller 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.240 away for this week's show, but good to have you 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:53.280 with us. Later on, we'll take some phone calls three 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.320 one two, sty four sixty seven, sixty seven as we 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:57.800 have a couple of guests for you here in the 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.320 next few minutes and we'll break things down with the 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.080 rookie running back Kareth White and Spice. Adams will join 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.280 us at around six thirty tonight. Time you mentioned offensive 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:10.440 line play and James Daniels in particular. Uh, this is 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.560 in something that you know is a shock that he's 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.680 moving to center at all. He played that way at 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.520 a high level at Iowa, but during the OTAs, during 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.279 the mini camp, we had an opportunity to visit with 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:23.159 him and a lot of conversation about making that move 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.000 from guard the center, and he trusts his coaches. But 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.520 if the coaches think it's the best best way to 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.880 help the Bears win, I know that that's they wouldn't 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.120 do that just because. So I just know that the 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.599 that the coaches believe at me playing center and Code 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.440 playing guard. So I'm just ready to just do it. 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:41.719 Nothing's really changed nothing, I'd say everything's about the same. 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.240 Only differences on the field is like I can make 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.920 the calls and like even even like if I do, 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:50.760 like may have a bad call, Cody, Cody always like, 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.320 oh James, it's this, or he'll just say, like I say, 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.160 the call would be wrong to Koy'll correct me. So, 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.040 I mean it's it's it's about the same. Good to 0:06:58.120 --> 0:06:59.919 have that backup though with a guy who played the 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.320 last few years at a high level. Yeah, you know 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.839 what too is life is important to James. He goes 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:08.159 back to college this offseason, graduates, where's his bear's jersey 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.920 actually underneath his robe as he's walking out with the 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.040 rest of the graduates out there. And then football. We 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.920 saw last year how important it was to him because 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:20.920 he had to get prepared quickly. And so you're, yeah, 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.080 you're playing left guard because they don't want to put 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.800 too much on your plate initially. But then he's also 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.840 working with Cody, who's not going through struggles, but he's 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:31.560 going through a change in the way he snaps the 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.360 football to Mitch. And so now you put James in there, 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:37.560 back at center, and he goes to a more conventional 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.640 style of the shotgun snap to Mitchell Chrubisky, and I 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:43.240 think that's going to help Mitchell Trubisky. So rather than 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.080 focusing on the flight of the football and where it 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.040 came back in a knuckleball style, James is going to 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.760 bring it back to the quarterback more in the spiral style. 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.280 So that's going to allow Mitch to keep his eyes 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:57.040 in the area of the field that is going to 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.960 help him most, but it's also going to allow Cody 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.760 to play stronger. And James, if you go back and 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:04.520 you look at what he was able to do during 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.840 his college years at center, he's really good. He's a 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:11.480 multi talented football player and he's got the body style 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:14.400 for both. And so I do think this is the 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.040 best move for the Bears, for the best move for James. 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:19.120 But I think the Bears and Harry He's stand the 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.240 offensive line coach, was really smart in the way he 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:26.000 went about making this transition for James to come in 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.360 as a second year starter and to have not too 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.360 much on his plate to absorbit the responsibilities that you 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:34.760 have at center. What did you see of him during 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.840 last offseason at the pivot along with some training camp snaps. 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.839 You know, he understands of the position really well. He 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.520 understands how to earn leverage immediately upon the snap of 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.040 the ball, whether the Mitch is underneath center or in 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:52.240 a shotgun position, and he's got the length in his 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.760 arms to be able to keep that separation between defensive lineman. 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.880 But he also has the ability to scan the defensive 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.640 line and how when they're gonna move in stunts or 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:04.600 he's got to go up to the second level. He's 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.520 got that athleticism. But you taught he said, Oh yeah, 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.280 if I ever make the wrong call, Cody and Kyle 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:12.680 or the rest of the offensive guards will be there 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:16.000 to make the correction. He's not gonna make mistakes because 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:20.240 when we've watched this offensive line develop, everybody has an 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:24.320 opportunity to understand the system equally as well. Charles Leno 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.880 is really intelligent at the offensive tackle position like Bobby Massey, 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:31.160 and that information can transfer into the middle. So it's 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.360 not like I said. When they had to get to 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.800 the actual game action, James was ready to play guard. 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.160 I think he could have played center also. However, again, 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.160 don't force feed him too much information and allow him 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.680 to play with speed and confidence. And I think he'll 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:48.160 have the same this year at center. Over the years, 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:51.240 when we analyze matchups and we see a rookie center 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:53.839 on the schedule, whether it be Week one or Week 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:58.320 sixteen against a very good defense, you always had some 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.160 trepidation about that when you alize the other teams, and 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.600 maybe it was players specific based on their abilities or whatnot. 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:09.240 But even young players can have some difficulty against really 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:12.800 good defenses. What are the trappings of that position against 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.679 a really good defense if you're a rookie, you know 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:16.559 in that position, he's not a rookie anymore, but he's 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.800 going to be a first year starter at center. You know, Jeff, 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.280 let's go back in our memory bank of brought games. 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.080 We broadcasted with the Indianapolis Colts and Peyton mannag I 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:25.560 was going to bring that right, that was the one 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:28.160 and they had young offensive lineman there and they kind 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.319 of brought up that mug style defense to create confusion 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.560 from the time they broke the huddle into the snap 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:36.800 of the ball. Fortunately, they had great linebackers up there 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.280 and Brian or Lacker and Lance Briggs that had a 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:43.160 great understanding of each other and what their responsibilities were 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.640 after the ball. After the snap of the ball. But 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:49.520 now you questions, you put question marks into the heads 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:53.960 of the young offensive lineman. Now if they're just really seriously, 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.960 like a quarter steps a quarter second slower than you 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:02.000 have these experienced offensive lineman quarter second slower is getting 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:03.800 you out of position at the snap of the ball. 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:07.360 Whether the linebackers came or they didn't. It just put him, 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:11.880 you know behind, you know that slower retreat of Peyton Manning, 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:13.840 and it allowed the Bears to take advantage of the 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:17.439 offensive line. And you know, all throughout the course of history, 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:21.480 I think all defenses look at how much experience anybody 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:25.200 has at the position. And unfortunately, when you get that 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.120 rookie center, and then if you play him at home 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:31.880 inside the Bears stadium, when the crowd has been incredibly 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.240 loud as of late, that it's really distracting to this 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.000 young guys because they're trying to think of their responsibilities 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.320 when they're breaking the huddle. They're trying to make sure 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.160 they remember the snapcoud and then they have to make 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.680 the directional calls sometimes whether it's runner passed, and there's 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.560 a lot of responsibilities on the shoulders of young guys 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.720 who are still thinking the offense rather than playing the offense. 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.720 Continuity is king, and Harry Heston will tell you that 0:11:55.800 --> 0:12:00.240 the offensive line coach, it's critical. I mean, it's deal 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.240 with the ham at you're dealt so whichever way it goes, 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:07.120 you make the best of it. Having guys that have 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.600 played together is critical to the success of the group, 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.800 and the best lines are always the ones that have 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:17.360 the most continuity and have the most consistency, and day 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.640 in and Dad are working together, and it's just you 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:24.000 can't argue that. And sometimes you don't have the luxury 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.520 of having that happen, so you make the best of it. 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:30.160 But it's absolutely the best thing. And the best lines 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.960 in the history of our game are the ones that 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.160 you know, stay healthy and play together and playing and 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.640 play out and they know that this is happening. We 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.840 know how to handle it, and there's no hesitation. You know, 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.559 they can do it right now. And the less they 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.600 have to communicate, like verbally and change, they just kind 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.760 of kind of look, say somebody's name, you know, hey, 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:57.200 go what a little work and booth They're going. It's there. 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:01.080 They they're They're in. They're in the vicinity play after play. 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:05.160 They're not like relearning something or starting over. And this 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:08.320 is they all know exactly where their hands should be. 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.280 They all know exactly where their eyes should be. And 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.520 then that's what they work on daily because they're not 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:16.040 always where they're supposed to be. But they know, ope, 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.360 I gotta get back inside, I gotta get hands here, 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.160 I gotta do that. Oh, you know which you guys 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.600 is starting unit back in your day. Excel that you 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.960 had the fortunate ability to be able to stay health 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.280 easy group for the most part, and play together for 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.040 several years. You know what, Jeff though, when you listen 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.160 to Harry talk about what it takes to be an 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:37.520 offensive line, I guarantee Am Boards, j Becker, Van Horn, 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:41.000 jimbo Covert, we could get together today and even the 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:43.280 other guys that were in the room with us, we 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:47.200 could speak a language amongst ourselves that no one would 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.880 have any idea what we are talking about, but we 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:53.440 knew exactly what we are saying, whether it's someone three 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:57.040 bodies away or someone that's standing right next to us. 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.880 Because even when you break the huddle and you can't 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.679 approach the line of scrimmage and start talking about the 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.720 play because defensive linemen are too smart and they pick 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.679 up on that stuff. We have a whole series of 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.960 words about how to communicate the snapcout that you would 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.160 have no idea what we are saying. And that was 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.559 the beauty of it. The longer you could stick with 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.880 each other, the longer that you could be around with 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.560 each other, the more of these languages that you can 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:26.120 make up and start and that where you can understand 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.160 only each other and no one knows anything what you're 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:31.960 talking about. Well, they're gonna face some really good defensive 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.960 fronts this year. There's some really good defenses on the schedule. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.240 You look at what they're gonna face with the LA 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.360 Rams on the road, the Dallas Cowboys coming into Soldier Field, 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.920 two of the better defensive teams in the NFL, and 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:46.840 it's going to be interesting through the LA Chargers in there. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:48.800 There's gonna be a lot of a lot of really 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.120 impressive defenses. And as as you look at it from 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:55.120 a Bears perspective, there's gonna be a lot of offensive 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:56.760 lines that are going to be sweating it out playing 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.320 the Bears defense. This you know, it was just within 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.040 the own division. I mean, you can't even talk over 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.560 the Minnesota Vikings because they have so much talent, and 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.000 when you when they play on the road in Minnesota 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:11.080 and they have that crowd support. Last year, the Bears 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:13.080 were able to earn the crowd out of the game, 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.560 and I think this is what you know, the Bears 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:17.120 are going to have to do in Green Bay, in 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.760 Detroit and in Minnesota within the division. All right, time 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:22.760 to take a break here on Bears Zoe Access with 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:26.320 Tom there, Jeff Joniac. Thanks for listening, everybody, three one, two, 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.160 sixty four, sixty seven, sixty seven if you want to 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:32.080 hop on on this great summer day and a good 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.720 day in Chicago. Nice ball game on the North side 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:36.560 today where the Cubs getting in a win a White Sox, 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:39.720 have Minnesota coming in for a homestand tomorrow for a 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.200 nine gamer with the Twins starting things off tomorrow. It's 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:44.920 great to be in Chicago in this summer. And this 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:56.720 is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. The Chicago 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.720 Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.320 Rising Anthony Adams and Lawrence Greeden, cover the world of 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:05.040 Bears football on and off the field, every Sunday night 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.720 at ten thirty five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.480 or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot com or on 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.600 the Bears official app. Jeff Joniac and Tom fair Wa 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:15.720 will join us at around six thirty tonight. Hope to 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:17.600 have him for a couple of segments as we break 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.520 down what's remaining of this Bears off season. And getting 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.720 ready for the start of training camp. In one month, 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:24.160 they will be less than a month they will be 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.960 reporting and getting back to practice and out of the 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.320 practice field. So it's a great time to be a Bear. 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.200 I said that today with Kyle Long. It's just a 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:37.560 convergence of unique momentum based on what has been accomplished 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.320 here in the last couple of years in procuring some 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.280 really good, talented players that are budding, so to speak 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:47.480 Tom in terms of their abilities, their star quality, their swag, 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:52.240 their charisma. It feels like a fun bunch of guys. 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.440 As we've learned last year that it was but a 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.320 bunch of guys that are ready to take that hunger 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.240 and turn it into something special. And what this year 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.440 means all of it coming together, it's it's a real 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.640 convergence here. But you know it all starts up top Jeff, 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:10.000 because you know the message that was delivered by Matt 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:11.800 and Aggie at the start of last season when we 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:14.439 didn't know a lot about him. He gave these players 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:18.960 the option to be themselves and guys. They took it 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.040 and ran with it, but they had to also be 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:26.480 professional and they had to understand what their responsibilities were 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.000 when they got on the practice field, and we saw 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.040 Matt interject his personality out of the practice field if 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.399 he was dissatisfied with the effort that he was getting 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.040 out of them. So this isn't something that you can 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:40.280 come out here and just have fun with it. You 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.439 got to be professional first. You got to perform at 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:47.119 it a really high playoff to super Bowl level, and 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.920 then you got to go out there and figure out 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.320 where you fit into that locker room and how you 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:54.920 can make the atmosphere better. So you know it is 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.920 I think he puts a lot of responsibility onto the players, 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.960 but he is the message clearly from day one about 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:06.040 what he expects out of them in their preparation to 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:09.199 be the best well. And he also lets his coaches 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.639 take center stage as well at times. He doesn't want 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:13.520 to have the same voice all the time, so these 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.400 guys can step up and be heard in various ways, 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.440 even if challenged. Players that do the same thing. It's 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.520 a team that does police itself. I think you have 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.760 plenty of leaders spread all over the place. There's not 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.840 just one guy that right now is the face of 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:29.760 the team. Even though Mitch Trubisky is the quarterback, that's 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:32.600 an assumed responsibility and he's certainly taking that baton and 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:36.800 running with it and will continue to develop that with teammates. 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.800 They know who's in charge there at the quarterback position. 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.159 But it does take a village at times when you 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:44.920 don't have that Hall of fame superstar that's just lining 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.440 up every day, as we saw with Brian or Lacker 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:49.600 on the Bears defense, and Olan Creutz on the Bears 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.800 offense or what you guys had a bunch of Hall 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.240 of famers on your teams. So I bring up a 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:56.520 guy like you know, we talk about budding stars, and 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.280 Roquant Smith I think fits that category. I think there's 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.080 a high expect that he will have a big jump 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.199 from last year when he was Pro bowlworthy. Actually there 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:08.480 were there was a lot that he did in a 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:11.280 very short time because he wasn't with the team in 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:15.040 the offseason. Mark da Leone is his new inside landbackers coach, 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:18.040 and Tom feels the same way. He's got high expectations 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.120 for this individual player and he can make the biggest jump, 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.120 maybe out of anybody this year. I think he has 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:27.119 all the tools, all the skill set and the personality 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:29.560 trades to be elite and one of the premier players 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:32.200 at his position in the game. He has the skill set, 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:35.080 the talent level, and the personality traits to be that 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:37.399 player were you had on real Quan. You know, I 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:39.920 think he's really fortunate to have grown up with a 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:41.920 guy like Vic Fangio and then to move on to 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:44.879 a guy like Chuck, Chuck Pagano and Mark de Leone, 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:47.280 you know, all the players that are gonna kind of 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:51.600 mold his career because the experience of improvement doesn't only 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:54.480