WEBVTT - All Access: Patterson on joining the Bears 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:04.880 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:08.879 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:11.880 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:16.560 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:21.040 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.600 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:29.760 Miller Liked, and Hulu. Time you thank a break for 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:33.800 your brackets. NCAA day one of the best days of 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:35.840 the year, no doubt about it. Same story for tomorrow. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:37.880 But we're talking a little Bears football for an hour 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.519 with you Jeff Jonny Ac along with Tom Thayer, my 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:42.839 broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty and one oh 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.400 five point nine FM BBM, and Jim Miller tucked away 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:50.480 in Michigan somewhere Sparta gotta win today. Your bracket? Okay? 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:52.839 With that? Yeah, we all. I think they they're in 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:54.920 a tough bracket with Duke. I thought they kind of 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.760 got the shaft and you know your Michigan got placed in. 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.680 I thought the trout dealt with with it glows where 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:02.840 they got places. But hey, you know, you beat them 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:05.680 three times, they get the better seat. It's hard to believe, 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:07.920 isn't it. Jeff. You know, when you're talking about these 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:11.600 NCAA brackets, I hope you're talking about the NCAA Men's 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.839 National Championship Wrestling Tournament that's taken place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.600 right now. If you want to see football, if you 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:22.120 want to see some athletes that are committed to life 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:26.040 year round in the to expose and to be the 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:29.880 best of the best, just pay attention to a little 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.080 bit of the wrestling this weekend because you're going to 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:35.000 see some athletes that are incredible. You're going to see 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:37.480 one of the most dominant freshmen in the history of 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:41.440 freshmen wrestling at the University of Minnesota come in here 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:44.960 and dominate all these guys that are upper classmen in 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:49.080 the incredible. If you want to watch athletes compete one 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.800 on one, Jim Is as long as I have been 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.680 his broadcast partner on the games, and even before that, 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:57.480 he wanted to know who is a wrestler in high school. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.560 Who is a wrestler in high school that plays, especially 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.040 in the offense of line, defensive line, all about leverage, 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:04.240 all about you know, all that good stuff. And he 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.840 was a star wrestler himself. How many No, no, no, 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:11.040 no, no no, I'm not a star wrestler, but believe he no, 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.160 no I am. I am the least of a star. 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.360 It's only I've had the experience of wrestling. When I 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:17.440 see these guys that are the best of the best 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.280 in the world that you know what they put into 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:21.720 it to be the best game you ever get out 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:26.320 of Matt uh No, my sons, my twister wrestler. But well, 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:28.760 Tom's right, there are certain you know, certain sports that 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.600 really translate well. You know, think of good rugby players 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:33.720 like Klodi Nada here he just calls it a career, 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.240 but he was a standout rugby player. Um, so yeah, 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.639 there's I mean, for a lot of the offensive lineman. 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:41.560 You do see a lot of those guys that are 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.520 like all state champs in terms of wrestling, and they 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.880 do they know well, leverage a little bit better. Obviously. 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.119 The track players, they are players that run track. You've 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.040 seen some some speedsters that have really entered the National 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.440 Football League and really take note. And if you watch 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.680 some of these guys that are getting drafted that will 0:02:57.680 --> 0:02:59.520 come out, you know they're they're good at more than 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.640 one sport. So a lot of these guys double dip 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.040 and why it translates so little. You know, you got 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.800 to be really careful too. When you become a football 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:08.760 player and you have a little wrestling in your background, 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:10.520 and also you go there and you fight one of 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.240 those wrestlers on the football field, bad things can happen. 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:18.440 Jimbo Covert picking up McMichael one time at practice during 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:23.680 a fight. It was a wrestling move that Ming didn't anticipate, anticipate, 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.960 and that's the thing about it, Jimbo. He's a great wrestler, 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:31.840 you know, from Yeah Oland, Jay Hilgenberg, Ray Lewis. You know, 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.440 there's a lot of great, great wrestlers that have converted 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:38.040 that into football. Well, the best athletic performance I saw 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.120 today in a while at the college level in terms 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.200 of basketball was John Morant of Murray State today. It 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:49.560 was just unbelievable triple double. He had seventeen points, eleven rebound, 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.839 sixteen assists in that game. They upset Marquette, and maybe 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.960 it wasn't an upset after all. We're gonna talk to 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.560 Cordell Patterson here in a few minutes. The Tennessee Volunteer 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.600 by College Avenue to the NFL and that, of course 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.240 the ball is one of the top seeds in the tournament. 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.880 We'll talk a little college basketball with him, because the 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.520 guys on the team they love talking NBA ball. We're 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.720 talking about guys like Allen Robinson and Charles Leno Jr. 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.360 They love talking basketball. So I'm sure they had their 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.000 eyes on the brackets today. And you know, the guys 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.279 that come from good basketball schools, they want to talk 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.520 about it. Those of us who are basketball programs outside 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.279 the Ladies program is one of the tops in the country. 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:28.440 We don't have a lot to talk about in terms 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.280 of Notre Dames met basketball. So the Michigan Staters and 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:36.160 the Iowa State North Carolina, like Trabisky, you know, go 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.440 ahead and talk about it and enjoy it. We got it. 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:39.520 We got a lot of We got a lot of 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:42.800 football to talk about as well. Some of the topish 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.320 we're going to delve into tonight. The owners meetings. Are 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.520 You're going to the owners meetings, right, Jim, on Sunday. Yeah, 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.719 So they're gonna start talking. We'll go through some of 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:54.320 the Competition Committee's suggestions and some of the proposals that 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.080 are going to be voted on this week Sunday through 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.839 Wednesday in Arizona, so we're gonna talk about that as well, 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.279 and of course we're gonna talk Bears footfallsom some editions 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:07.400 this week, resignings Taylor by Tyler Bray at quarterback and 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.680 Pat o'donald the putter. We'll talk about that as well. 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:11.640 It's all coming up just ahead here on Bears All 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.839 Access brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:19.920 Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.640 Access brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.680 of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and home 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.000 warranty products to over one million customers across the country. 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:33.279 Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Welcome 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.640 back to Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.680 six seventy The Score. Jeff Joniac, Tom Thayer, Jim Miller 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:42.240 with you, and please to be joined by Cordarrell Patterson, 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.120 the newest addition to your Chicago Bears for twenty nineteen, 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.560 a Swiss Army knife, A guy who can do just 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.520 about everything. Cordarrell, Welcome to Chicago. Good to talk to you. 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:53.880 How you doing tonight? Go pretty good. How about you too? 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.760 Doing great? Hey, let's start with the important stuff. Tennessee 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.840 gonna move one. I got him on bracket up to 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.520 the final. Great program. Great program. Do you have any 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.039 basketball and you in your background? Man, I played basketball 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:09.800 as a senior. Man. I used to get it in 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.920 on the court. Man. I'm sure you enjoyed the day 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.840 to day. Hey, you know you're just a brand new bear. 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.520 Free agency was kind to you here as you join 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.279 a team that won the division, went to the playoffs, 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:23.919 and have high expectations. Now that you're settling in a 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.560 week later, just talking to some of the fellas and 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:30.360 just talking with the organization, does it boost the excitement 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.040 level a little bit more to get back to work. 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.159 I mean less than a month away from your first 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:37.160 team meeting. Oh Man, of course. Man. And you know, 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.320 every chance you know, a new guy get in. You know, 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.520 I have the opportunity, you know to talk to the 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.400 former player and the players know the coaches, and you 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:46.240 know the even the gams and you know, and just 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:48.520 guy like me. Man, just just ready to get in 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.560 to get the work, man, And I'm just ready to 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.040 have fun while you do it. You know, it's it's 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:53.720 a business what at the end of the day. No, 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:55.520 we got to have fun while we're doing it. You know, 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:57.440 you said it's the business way card. How do you 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.520 negotiate yourself now, because now you've turned it that jack 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.200 of all trades, the Swiss army knife. When you start 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:07.440 your negotiations, are your receiver running back or what are you? 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.400 I tell him, don't label me now, Okay, good. It's 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.480 nothing I can't do on football field. And that's that's 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.040 just the mindset I had because I was a little kid, 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:16.760 and I feel like I can do any and everything 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.320 on the field. I probably can't, but you know the 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:20.840 things I do, you know, I try to make it, 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.520 try to make the most of it. Well. From you know, 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.320 the standpoint of if you're lining up at as a 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.360 running back. I know, I remember even back in your 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.480 Minnesota days, they would line you up at the running 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.160 back position. The Raiders would dabble it. Here in New England, 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.360 you were kind of thrust into that duty out of 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.880 necessity to other injuries on the Patriots roster. Maybe just 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:39.920 talk about that. We're at one point you were kind 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.400 of the bell cow running back for the at one 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.480 point we have from injuries you know that. You know, 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.760 it's football. You know, people get injuries. Know we don't 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.840 want to get injured. But you know, Josh M. Daniels, 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.200 he asked me, you know, the week of He's like, hey, 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:52.960 can you play running back? I was like, man, listen, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:54.720 I can do whatever you need me to do. No, 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.760 that's just kind of player I am. You know, and 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.680 that we could is you know, he he trusting believing me. 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:01.760 And you know at practice he gave me some cares 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:03.720 in you know, all my numeros up in the game. 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:05.160 I just have to make the most of them, so 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.800 them I could do. I can do whatever. Cordell Patterson, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.360 our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy score 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:14.520 and Bears All Access. Did any of that help you 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.480 or vice versa in terms of the return game? Obviously 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.600 you have a head start, a bit of space to 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.800 to pick your lane and whatever it's called that a 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.800 kick return right, left or middle based on the scheme 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:29.240 you're running against whatever team. But did did that help 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.920 you at all vision wise to to to play running 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.240 back in as it transferred it all into the return 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.160 game or when the balls in your hands as a receiver. 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.240 Of course, you know a player running back is it's 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.440 just like a kick return basically. You know, you got 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:43.840 those big guys in front of you, you know, leading away, 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.000 you know, and it's up to you to make that 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:47.840 the right decision. And you got to have a vision, 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.240 like you say, man, And in this game right now 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:51.880 we play, you know, it's it's a lot of guys 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.360 that got visions, so them don't soone just make one 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.800 move and you know, make the ron move. So as 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:58.280 a guy like me, and I feel like I got 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:02.079 great vision, you know, and return help from me? Is 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:05.119 the way you're carrying yourself at fit for all positions? 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:07.640 Is there a difference between your running back weight and 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:11.160 your wide receiver weight or whatever you carry yourself at? 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.720 Are are you capable of doing everything? Man? Whatever weight, 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.400 weaver weight. I come in and I can. I can play, man. 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:20.000 And I'm a guy now. I was never a skinny guy. 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.080 Was always kind of kind of a little big you know. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.600 And well it says two twenty six, are you that big? 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.200 Oh I'm big now they might be seeing me love 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.400 on that way. Good for you, nah, But man, it's 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.599 it's just man playing, especially playing running back. Man, it 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.760 is those guys on that defensive line and those guys big, 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:41.920 So you don't want to try to be too little, 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:43.320 you know, coming in and trying to be like two 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.520 old fives trying to play running back. It's not gonna 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.520 be prettyful. You well, Bears fans, remember you're taking one 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:52.120 back with the Patriots against them in Chicago. And let 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:53.920 me ask you this, when when you when you have 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.680 got the outside perception of an organization, I'm sure you 0:09:56.720 --> 0:10:00.640 probably had other opportunities to sign other places. And why 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.720 ultimately did you decide on the Bears? Man, just back 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:08.800 in NFT north Man, it was it's a great competition there, 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:12.080 you know. That's why I started. I started my my roots, 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.640 you know. And no, when my agent told me, you know, 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.319 the Bears are interesting, you know, I thought about it. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.160 I was like, I can see him myself playing there, 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.080 especially the things they did this year, you know, first 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.920 year here, coach came in and sent the program around 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:28.320 and you know it, it was just like, okay, I 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.559 could pitch myself there. With that new culture they got 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:32.880 going around us, I can pressed myself being a Bear. 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.640 As Cordell Patterson, our guest here on Bears All Access, 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.520 thank you for taking the time to join us here 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.160 and this offseason it's just winding down quickly. You know, 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:42.920 as you as you look at your career, you had 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.440 instant impact with the Vikings. You had nine touchdowns as 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.680 a rookie, you know, doing all variety of things. But 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.640 the one thing I looked at is obviously receivers, and 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.440 it's changing. It's changing every day. Receivers can make instant 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.520 impacts now in the league based on the offenses that 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.959 are running. There's a lot of transference, but not everybod, 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.400 but he runs the route tree, the full route tree 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.000 and so forth. As you've progressed in your career, your 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.280 catch rate is as dramatically increased. So now you're the 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.360 last three years, it's improved significantly now around seventy five 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.920 percent catch rate. What do you attribute that to? Oh man, 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.800 I just got to give it ass off to you know, 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.600 the receiver coaches who've been helping me along the way here, 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.000 just helping me grow each and every year every year. 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.679 So like I get with a better receiver coach teaching 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.839 every time, and now they take all the time out, 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:32.120 especially a guy like me. I didn't, I didn't been 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:36.120 home with different office coordinator receive coaches have been allied. 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.080 Everyone has just been doing a heck of a job. 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.760 Helped me throughout my way in And I couldn't be 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.720 here without those guys. Hey, all of us Bears fans, 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.640 you know, we think of you. You have a reputation 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:48.800 as a receiver, the kicker, returner, and you talked about 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.640 Josh McDaniels giving you some rep storing practice, and we 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.720 all know the reputation of Belichick. So how many reps 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.400 did you actually have in practice as a running back 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:02.559 before you received your first carry in a game? Honestly, 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:06.680 it wasn't a lot. Honestly is I mean? It's I 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.120 mean they've seen they've seen it. They've seen it. You know, 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.480 they're like, Okay, he can do It's like I mean, 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.120 if not en else, we need to see it like 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.920 I to. Like I told you, I take I take 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.560 big pride in what I do as a player, own 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.240 an all the field. You know, I try to hold 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.520 myself to a high spin it like every time I 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:24.600 touch the ball. I just try to make the most 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.640 of it for my team. Well, you've been around young quarterbacks. 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.800 You think of Teddy Bridgewater in Minnesota, how about Derek Carr, 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:32.760 out there for the Oakland Rivers. And now you've been 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.880 around one of the old time greats and in Tom 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.880 Brady with you know, just knowing quarterbacks and understanding the 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.200 guys you've worked with, you know, how do you approach 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.920 you know, getting to know you know, Mitchell Trubisky and 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:45.200 how you feel you can help him get better as 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:49.120 a young quarterback. Man, he's a great guy, man, you know, 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.520 I've been texting them here and there, and now I'm 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.240 trying to get out to where he at right now 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.160 work out with him. And it's not what me helping him, man, 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.120 it's I know I can learn a lot from him. 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.920 He probably know everything that I already think I know 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.440 and I don't know, he probably know it. So it's 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:05.960 gonna be just great just going in picking his brain. 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.840 You know, even though he's a young guy, I know 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:09.319 he know a lot, just like the old guys. And 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:11.640 you know, from what he did in North Carolina that 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.880 year or so, it's just like watching him, you know, 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:17.439 this past year and what he and everybody did over 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:19.320 there on the team, and I know I can learn 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.840 a lot. Cardell Patterson our guests remaining moments with a 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:26.000 New Chicago Bear kick returner and wide receiver, running back, 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:27.760 you name it, We're gonna see the ball in his hands. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:31.120 I'd imagine quite a bit. In twenty nineteen, you mentioned 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.120 trying to get with Mitch because he and the fellas 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.200 are already working. Huh, they're out in California. I see 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:39.439 Taylor Gabriel posting videos on Twitter and whatnot. That now 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.840 is a common theme for quarterbacks out there, especially young quarterbacks, 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.040 trying to get to know their receivers. And Mitch got 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.160 to know his guys as the season went on, Alan 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.120 Robinson and Taylor, Trey Burton at the tight end position. 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.720 How valuable is that right now? Just to be out 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:57.080 there working timing, running routes. Obviously you're not running with 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.600 pads or anything, but you are developing timing if you 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:03.800 do get together, aren't you. Oh of course. Man. It's 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.800 all about the chemistry, man, and you know, and this 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.960 league now, man is you gotta get that chemistry with 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.200 the quarterback and you gotta you gotta, he gotta trust you. 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.719 You gotta trusting him. He gotta know you're gonna be 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:17.679 at make sure you're going on the right route, and no, 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:20.240 the courage and all that. So right now. It's a 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.480 huge you know, and three weeks four weeks out before OTAs, Man, 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.000 you know you're going with him this week or whatever, 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.240 work with him and go to OTAs. You know, y'all 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:33.520 have had chemistry already together. Do you respect the creativity 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:39.400 of Matt Naggie? Oh? Man, unbelievable off the chart, man, 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.800 off the chart. Well, it's gonna be fun to see 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:45.800 you in the offense because everybody gets a chance. Obviously, 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:47.640 even defensive guys are gonna put their hand up. So 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:51.360 you're gonna be fighting for reps with the defense. Oh yeah, man, 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.040 I'm gonna need them defense, the guys to stay on 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.840 they start this year though. All right, well, we appreciate 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.920 you taking the time, Corderyl, Welcome to Chicago. You're gonna 0:14:59.920 --> 0:15:01.760 have good time here. It's a fun team to be 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.360 on and fun a fun city to be a football player. 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.600 And nothing like Chicago and nothing like a Bear all man. 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.400 I appreciate that. All right, Cordell Patterson, our guest here 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:14.360 on Bears All Access. 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Come yeah, but hey, but look at 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:17.280 look at I mean again, Jordan Howard, Adrian Amos, look 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.520 at the rounds that they they came in and looked 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:23.240 where their value has extended throughout their commitment to their career. 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.600 So I mean, I don't care what round you are 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.640 in drafted these days one through seven, you're gonna have 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.320 an opportunity to make the make the team. Then you're 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.200 gonna have an opportunity to compete for a position and 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:38.040 playing time. Jim Miller, Uh, what's your takeaway on Cordell 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.360 Patterson seems very very intrigued about what's ahead here for him. 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:44.440 He's kind of settled into that role, like you said, 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.040 kind of a jack of all trade. You know, it 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.760 really didn't work out in Minnesota. They you know what, 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.520 they had switched offenses, but they were dabbling with them 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:54.640 at a running at the running back position. Raiders continue 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:55.800 to do it, and then he kind of has a 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:59.280 breakout year for the New England Patriots in that mode 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:01.280 when he was really like I said, just due to 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:04.040 the other injuries to Sony Michelle and James White, he 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.359 was forced into the Bell cal rule. That guy had 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.959 forty two carries as a running back last year from 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.439 the New England Patrons. I mean for a two game stretch, 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.760 he was the main running back. He's a dangerous returner. 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.639 He's always been a Pro Bowl caliber returner from from 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:19.240 that side of it. So the Bears will get good 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:21.879 feel position, good starting points you would think in the 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.440 kick return a game. And then has just continued to 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:27.160 improve as a wide receiver as his career has gone along. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.159 Like you said that that catch radius and what he's 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.440 been able to do. He just constantly has said the 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:33.800 arrow has been kind of going up for him in 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.159 his NFL career. You know, I like the fact that 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.959 he's our new Dennis Rodman because he's a guy from 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.159 an opponent that we booed and we hissed for so 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.760 many years. He came to Minnesota as a first rounder. 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:47.320 They wanted to overtake the Bears and win the division. No, 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.760 but but I'm just saying, yeah, well, I'm just saying 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.320 we boot against him, we booed Jared Allen for all 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.200 the time, then he came to be a Bear. So 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:58.119 it's those right exactly. I'm glad you brought that up 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.520 because it is those guys that have been in the 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:04.240 division and that we've grown to dislike because the Bears 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:07.399 haven't had a great deal of success in recent history, 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.479 and some of these teams. You know, Hahaklin Dix has 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:14.159 had success, Patterson has had success, and Jared Allen had 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.879 success when he was with the Vikings three two, sixty four, 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.080 sixty seven, sixty seven. You want to hop on talk 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:22.280 some Bears football here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.280 of the score. Thanks tonight, Tony Gill and Herb Lawrence 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:29.160 helping us out as our producers tonight. So the resigning 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:34.440 of Pat o'donald, the resigning of Tyler Bray. Bray took 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:36.840 a lot of snaps in the preseason. The expectation is 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:40.760 he will again here in twenty nineteen if Matt Naggie 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.959 decides again to not play starters as much or at 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.879 all for that matter, in the twenty nineteen preseason. We 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:49.760 don't know if that's going to happen, but it certainly 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:52.000 did eighteen. I have a question for both of you 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.120 guys then, because Pat o'donald's going to be the punter 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.040 of the Chicago Bears. He's a good putter and he's 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:59.000 got experiences, more time work with Chris Taber, the special 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:03.000 team's coordinator, Tyler Bray, is he a competitor for this 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:07.800 backup quarterback position to Mitchell Trubisky or is he here 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:11.159 to take reps in the preseason games and it's already 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:15.760 etched in stone that chases the backup to UH to 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.800 Mitchell Trubisky. You know, I don't, I don't know where 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:21.840 they're going with that, and it isn't Is it a 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:25.879 competitive hot button? Is it a competitive scenario going in 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:28.879 a training camp? I think it would be. I definitely 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:31.000 think Tyler has been in a league long enough now. 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:32.879 Um you know, you look at this time on the 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:36.960 practice squad in Kansas City now for the Chicago Bears 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:38.280 as well, and I would think, you know, he has 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.879 an opportunity to probably unseat Chase Daniel, who when he 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:44.879 came in obviously played well, did his job as the 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:48.000 backup quarterback. But you would think Tyler Bray could challenge 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.160 him for for that spot and it'd be a lot 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.400 cheaper in terms of salary cap money where the Bears 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:55.359 could save a little bit from that standpoint and potentially 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:58.239 allocate in other areas. I think, you know, it's UH, 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:00.920 as Jeff alluded to in the draft. You know, just 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:04.040 how the Bears are sitting probably the one area of 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:07.359 the team that I get concerned about would be the kicker. 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:10.720 You know, the kicking positions still. You got Steve Gotskowski 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.040 sitting out there for the New England Patriots in terms 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:15.080 of free agency, because you just you fight it hard 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:17.840 to believe that if they were to draft that position 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:20.560 that you would think a playoff team would really put 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.040 all that pressure out of young rookie kicker. If that 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:26.280 ultimate will ultimately was the direction the Bears were getting. 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.920 It has happened though in the league obviously rookie kicker. 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:31.000 I mean, you had a rookie kicker to help you 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:33.360 win a Super Bowl, and Kevin Butler but a long 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:36.520 time ago. But and Gaskowski. You know, I was just 0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:38.600 reading today it looks like they are deeper in the 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:40.920 negotiations to be retained in New England. I don't know 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:43.119 what you've heard on that gym, but there are some 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:45.640 still some veteran kickers out there. They've got a couple 0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:48.440 of kickers on. But I mean, this is a position 0:20:48.560 --> 0:20:52.720 that clearly they are investing assets and resources on and 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:56.400 investigating thoroughly, because it was one of the point of emphasis. 0:20:56.480 --> 0:21:00.520 You gotta when general manager Ryan Pace does these interviews 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:03.159 after the season and at the combine he'll do it 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.120 again next week. You know, you got to really listen 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:08.200 to what he's saying, because he tells you some of 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:10.639 the plan. He doesn't tell you the exact plan, but 0:21:10.720 --> 0:21:13.560 he definitely doesn't shy away from telling you what he's 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:16.200 looking for and what needs to improve, and kicking is 0:21:16.320 --> 0:21:20.159 number one. Yeah, you know what, how much how much 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.480 money do the Bears have left out there to invest? 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:25.159 You know? Do you know a round about dollar figure? 0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:29.880 And when you'll talk about a kicker's experience and coming 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:32.840 from the New England money tree, he's gonna want a 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:35.080 lot of money, right Yeah. I mean they have enough 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:37.680 to to do a few things right now, Jim, and 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:40.640 also take care of their draft choices and so forth, 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:43.040 and who knows what else they have up their sleeve 0:21:43.080 --> 0:21:45.200 in terms of their current roster. But I mean, do 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:47.879 they have a ton of room? No? They you know 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:50.000 they are they out of money? No, they continue to 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:53.760 do things to supplement what they've got in place right now. 0:21:54.160 --> 0:21:56.159 I don't have the exact number. Well, they have a 0:21:56.160 --> 0:21:58.880 little over seventeen million dollars, probably need about ten million 0:21:59.000 --> 0:22:01.399 to sign all your d picks. That's what I think 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:03.080 so they got a little room, but you can always 0:22:03.080 --> 0:22:05.960 approach players free up some money if that wasn't indeed 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:07.920 the case. But you know, again, when you go back 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:11.560 to this, you know the kicking position and just what's 0:22:11.600 --> 0:22:13.800 on the line. I mean a game can be decided 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:17.080 a week in, week out or playoff contest. I mean again, 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:19.480 to have that experience and have I mean, I'm not 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:21.280 saying rookie kickers can't do it, but a lot of 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:23.359 them have flamed out as of late. A lot of 0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:25.800 kickers had moved on. How about Blair Walsh up there 0:22:25.800 --> 0:22:27.639 in Minnesota, they were high on him. He misses a 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:30.400 playoff kick, lo and bile that see, and that's that's 0:22:30.440 --> 0:22:33.680 all it takes. But you know what, I say it 0:22:33.720 --> 0:22:36.360 all the time, what position probably has a bigger impact 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:39.080 than wins and losses. And they're probably the kicking position 0:22:39.240 --> 0:22:41.639 is only out on the field maybe six seven snaps 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:44.439 a game ultimately, but they had they decide a lot 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:46.720 of the outcomes. When it's all said and up, Bears 0:22:46.760 --> 0:22:50.360 were fifteen or sixteen points shy of a perfect run 0:22:50.560 --> 0:22:53.280 last year. You know, those kicks matter and kicking a 0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:56.040 topic for our first stop on the phones tonight, Tom 0:22:56.080 --> 0:22:59.919 from Lincoln Square, Welcome to six seventy the score and Bears. 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:03.680 That's how you doing man? So U. You know everyone's 0:23:03.680 --> 0:23:05.920 wondering what you know you have the sextra money from, 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:10.000 you know, changing those contracts. And I've been thinking that 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:12.359 he has been the kicker, and I also kind of 0:23:12.359 --> 0:23:15.359 wonder if Guskowski is kind of bear has been a cherry. 0:23:15.960 --> 0:23:19.040 You know, I was thinking that too, Tom. I mean, 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:21.359 it'd be great, it'd be great. Well do you think 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:24.879 about the what the length of time the vinitary was 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:27.560 able to be a good kicker after he was the 0:23:27.680 --> 0:23:29.720 kicker that we got to know him in New England 0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:32.800 because he's gone on to have the second career as 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:36.399 long as most kickers have in their first and only career. 0:23:36.920 --> 0:23:39.000 That's a good point brought out by Tom. Yeah. Well, 0:23:39.240 --> 0:23:41.360 you know, you look at Guskowsky and plus he's kicked 0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:43.760 out doors, he's been in big games, ton of playoff 0:23:43.840 --> 0:23:45.880 experience playing for the New England Patriots and a getting 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:47.959 just a weather factor. I mean, other kickers out there 0:23:48.040 --> 0:23:50.560 or Matt Bryant, Phil Dawson, those guys are up there 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:53.720 in h Sebastian Janikowski. It almost looked like he was 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:56.399 done towards the end of the year as a Seattle Seahawks. 0:23:56.480 --> 0:23:59.200 I think the one game he throughout his back roperately. 0:23:59.240 --> 0:24:01.440 They're there, Putterer had to do the kicking form. But 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:04.640 Mike Nugent, okay for bath Nick Ross, There's there's really 0:24:04.920 --> 0:24:08.000 other than Gaskowski. He's probably the most credible kicker you 0:24:08.040 --> 0:24:10.080 can see out there on the market right now. Well, 0:24:10.440 --> 0:24:13.080 it'll be taken care of somehow, some way, but in 0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:15.200 the weather aspect of it, to me is the biggest 0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:17.159 one of all. So if you if you can't kick 0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:19.000 it Soldier Field, you can't kick in. You know, it's 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:23.680 a little sad is after the expectations were completely exceeded 0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:26.320 by the Bears last year, that right now, at this 0:24:26.560 --> 0:24:30.000 stage we're talking about a kicker, and you think of 0:24:30.160 --> 0:24:34.440 everything that Ryan and Matt were able to overcome, to improve, 0:24:34.920 --> 0:24:39.520 to enhance, to get better, to make alterations to different 0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:43.120 positions and stuff, that we're here talking about a kicker 0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:46.359 clanking right. Well, they they they thought they had the 0:24:46.440 --> 0:24:49.320 guy and not not to be the guy. So they'll 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:51.320 Is it a good thing that this is the subject 0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:54.359 matter or should we be talking about a topic. You 0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:56.639 don't have a quarterback or a pass rusher or a 0:24:56.720 --> 0:24:58.960 corner that can lock somebody down, you know, that would 0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:02.120 be your worried him though those are the positions. Well yeah, 0:25:02.200 --> 0:25:06.320 but I mean again, with the new rules and how 0:25:06.400 --> 0:25:08.560 things have changed and how the extra points, I mean 0:25:08.640 --> 0:25:11.520 that that position has taken on greater importance. And it's 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:13.840 not only just the Bears that had some failures at 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:15.960 that position. There were other teams as well that I 0:25:16.080 --> 0:25:18.600 just mentioned Seattle. You know here they are a playoff 0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:21.000 team and that's when Janikowski kind of let them down 0:25:21.560 --> 0:25:24.040 down the stretch. So that's a big position. That is, 0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:26.879 if you've got a winning team and a team that 0:25:27.000 --> 0:25:29.800 you feel can go to the postseason, that position has 0:25:29.840 --> 0:25:33.000 to be solidified. Jeff Jonny Act, Tom there, Jimmy Miller 0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:36.560 with you here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. Obviously, 0:25:36.640 --> 0:25:40.280 the Bears did not have a ton of big needs 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:43.359 this offseason for the first time under Ryan Pace, so 0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:45.879 he could pick and choose what he needs to do 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:49.360 based on his assets available and whatnot with the salary 0:25:49.440 --> 0:25:54.280 cap and guaranteed money. So John, excuse me, John Breach 0:25:54.359 --> 0:25:57.879 of CBS Sports, he ranked off thirty two teams in 0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:00.439 terms of free agency, and everybody's doing this. Eybody's got 0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:03.840 different opinions, but he has the Bears eighth best in 0:26:04.000 --> 0:26:05.800 terms of what they're able to do with the running 0:26:05.800 --> 0:26:08.800 back position in Mike Davis Patterson in the return game 0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:13.000 and offense buster screen, the resigning of Bobby Massey, which 0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:14.959 everyone seems to forget, that is a part of your 0:26:15.000 --> 0:26:18.439 free agency that was locking down the right tackle position 0:26:18.520 --> 0:26:21.679 there and haha, Clinton Dix, he said someone should call 0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:23.600 the police on the Bears because getting in for three 0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:26.080 and a half million was an absolute steal. And I 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.159 think others agree. It's a one year deal though, so 0:26:28.240 --> 0:26:30.440 I think you have to also look at the draft 0:26:30.560 --> 0:26:33.520 in terms of reloading the secondary two for the future. 0:26:34.000 --> 0:26:37.960 But I as we know, this is a growth situation. 0:26:38.200 --> 0:26:42.240 Whatever happened in twenty eighteen was growth under Matt Eneggie 0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:45.000 and the offense of being new. Now more growth with 0:26:45.160 --> 0:26:47.600 what you have and that's free agency for the twenty 0:26:47.680 --> 0:26:50.000 nineteen Did you ever see the movie War Games Grown Up? 0:26:50.200 --> 0:26:53.280 Remember when they turned that dial to Deacon five. The 0:26:53.400 --> 0:26:57.879 Bears of banning a Deacon five situation up into this offseason. 0:26:58.200 --> 0:27:00.280 This is the first time they can turn that dial 0:27:00.400 --> 0:27:03.760 down and just start filling in some really important pieces. 0:27:04.080 --> 0:27:05.920 And when you talk about the deal they are able 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:08.800 to do with haha, Clinton Dix, the ability to replace 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:12.640 Bryce Callahan, the ability to get better and more explosive 0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:15.760 on offense. I do think that the Bears were not 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:19.359 facing a desperate scenario going to this offseason. This is 0:27:19.359 --> 0:27:21.359 an off season where they were able finally to get 0:27:21.440 --> 0:27:25.320 some quality players to put into quality positions. Yeah, and 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:27.639 you know there's still other positions they need to address. 0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:30.320 You know, still haven't resigned Mike Burton. Do they go 0:27:30.440 --> 0:27:32.479 out and draft a fullback. There's a pretty good one 0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:35.800 up there at Wisconsin as a Wisconsin Badger that maybe 0:27:35.840 --> 0:27:38.720 could be targeted in the laser later rounds. Like you mentioned, 0:27:38.800 --> 0:27:41.680 if Aaron Lynch dion Aaron Lynch signed today, I think 0:27:41.720 --> 0:27:43.960 he did. I thought I saw that news today that 0:27:44.080 --> 0:27:47.000 Lynch signed somewhere. If they don't resign Aaron Lynch or 0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:49.480 if he signs with another team, you know, pass rusher 0:27:49.520 --> 0:27:52.160 would probably be another another position that the Bears would 0:27:52.160 --> 0:27:54.480 probably like to add too. So there's subtle positions that 0:27:54.600 --> 0:27:58.080 probably need more depth and positions that need to be 0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:01.840 addressed here we mentioned kicker the fullback position. If Lynch 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:04.720 signs another place, maybe another pass rusher is at it, 0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:07.440 but not just you know, not glaring needs like what 0:28:07.600 --> 0:28:09.560 some other teams need to address. So I think the 0:28:09.600 --> 0:28:12.040 Bears are in pretty good shape. Aaron Lynch was visiting 0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:16.240 the Colts, but today the Colts got some Houston. Yeahside Houston. 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:18.239 That took it off the table two year I think 0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:21.159 twenty four million dollar deal. Forth pass rusher. As we 0:28:21.280 --> 0:28:24.080 continue on up until the top of the hour, give 0:28:24.119 --> 0:28:26.360 us a call. Three one, two sixty four, sixty seven, 0:28:26.480 --> 0:28:29.480 sixty seven. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports 0:28:29.600 --> 0:28:33.760 Radio six seventy The Score. The Chicago Bears Network presents 0:28:33.800 --> 0:28:36.360 Inside the Bears, brought to you by a Verizon. Anthony 0:28:36.400 --> 0:28:38.840 Adams and Laurence Greeden cover the world of Bears football 0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:40.840 on and off the field, every Sunday night at ten 0:28:40.960 --> 0:28:43.360 thirty five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch 0:28:43.400 --> 0:28:46.320 anytime at Chicago Bears dot Com or on the Bears 0:28:46.440 --> 0:28:49.120 official app. Jeff Jony Act, Tom there, Jim Miller with 0:28:49.240 --> 0:28:52.080 you here on Chicago's Sports Radio six seventy The Score. 0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:55.320 Three one, two sixty four four sixty seven sixty seven 0:28:55.400 --> 0:28:57.480 with you until the top of the hour tonight. Please 0:28:57.600 --> 0:28:59.640 jump on and say hello and tell us what's on 0:28:59.680 --> 0:29:02.160 your mind about the NFL and Bears football in general. 0:29:04.000 --> 0:29:08.000 There's been a good week of pro workouts, Tom and 0:29:08.120 --> 0:29:12.320 Jim this week. Jim, you you guys probably we're at 0:29:12.400 --> 0:29:14.280 some of those or some of your reporters or whatnot. 0:29:14.840 --> 0:29:17.840 Some takeaways from some of the big workouts this week. 0:29:18.040 --> 0:29:20.200 Alabama is a recent one of Ohio State this week. 0:29:20.360 --> 0:29:25.440 But Dwayne Haskins the quarterback who's a very intriguing big quarterback. Yeah. 0:29:25.560 --> 0:29:28.360 I like Dwayne Haskins a lot. I personally think he's 0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:30.120 the best quarterback in the draft. You know, I know 0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:33.120 everybody assumes that Kyler Murray is going to go number 0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:36.520 number one overall to the Arizona Cardinals. That may be, 0:29:36.960 --> 0:29:39.160 you know, that may be true, but I would think, 0:29:39.200 --> 0:29:41.600 you know, they're not going to ignore what they what 0:29:41.760 --> 0:29:44.520 they saw on tape. Uh. You know, if Dwayne Haskins, 0:29:44.720 --> 0:29:46.360 it's hard to believe. You know, you look at remember 0:29:46.400 --> 0:29:49.440 when everybody just went bonkers when here the Bears trade 0:29:49.520 --> 0:29:52.080 up to get Mitchell Trubisky, who ultimately was a one 0:29:52.160 --> 0:29:55.560 year starter. At North Carolina, and now'll you know, you 0:29:55.640 --> 0:29:58.360 look at these two quarterbacks. Both Kyler Murray and Dwayne 0:29:58.400 --> 0:30:01.080 Haskins are both one year starters. And Dwayne had a 0:30:01.080 --> 0:30:02.520 great year. I mean he's a Big Ten player of 0:30:02.520 --> 0:30:05.400 the year. He's got the fifty touchdowns only eight interceptions. 0:30:05.520 --> 0:30:08.320 I watched his pro day workout. I mean, he can 0:30:08.360 --> 0:30:11.760 make every single throw. He's deadly accurate. He's really been 0:30:12.080 --> 0:30:14.760 tutored his whole life by Sean Springs. I think he's 0:30:14.800 --> 0:30:18.800 the real deal. And if Arizona, you know, again, everybody's 0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:20.959 speculated it'll be Kyler Murray, but I don't know how 0:30:21.040 --> 0:30:23.680 they could ignore what Dayne Haskins has done as well. 0:30:23.720 --> 0:30:27.000 And he's more of the prototypical size that the NFL 0:30:27.120 --> 0:30:29.120 is looking for. Jim, if you're going into the pros 0:30:29.160 --> 0:30:34.520 with limited experience at the quarterback position, will r PO 0:30:34.680 --> 0:30:38.200 quarterback be able to survive on his athleticism and movement 0:30:38.280 --> 0:30:40.720 a little bit better than if there's inefficiency and the 0:30:40.840 --> 0:30:43.680 reading ability of a drop back quarterback. And you know, 0:30:43.880 --> 0:30:46.880 when you look at the combine of today, we used 0:30:46.920 --> 0:30:49.520 to only look at the six three and above quarterbacks. 0:30:49.920 --> 0:30:55.040 Now there's a complete separation and quarterbacks abilities and what's 0:30:55.120 --> 0:30:59.000 more difficult to survive the dropback or the RPO. Well, 0:30:59.000 --> 0:31:01.440 I think, you know, for Kyler Murray, you know, thrown 0:31:01.480 --> 0:31:03.080 in the pocket, it's going to be you know, an 0:31:03.120 --> 0:31:05.240 area that he's going to have to develop over time. 0:31:05.280 --> 0:31:08.400 I mean, probably the best example of it what Lincoln 0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:10.320 Riley has done. I mean, Lincoln Riley has done a 0:31:10.400 --> 0:31:13.520 terrific job because Baker Mayfield wasn't the biggest quarterback either now, 0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:16.960 and look how well he assimilated to what Cleveland was 0:31:17.040 --> 0:31:19.960 asking him to do last year. He played fantastic down 0:31:20.040 --> 0:31:21.760 the stretch. And that's what I think a team will 0:31:21.800 --> 0:31:24.480 do if they draft Kyler Murray, you know, whether it's 0:31:24.480 --> 0:31:27.440 Arizona or any other team that ultimately selects him, I 0:31:27.480 --> 0:31:29.400 think they're going to use the style of offense that 0:31:29.560 --> 0:31:34.360 Oklahoma brings, modify it a little bit, incorporate the RPOs. Obviously, 0:31:34.480 --> 0:31:36.880 his mobility is a big part of his game because 0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:40.080 he's such a He's got that that cat quick quickness, 0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:42.800 and you're probably gonna need a good offensive line. Remember 0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:45.640 even when Drew Brees was in New Orleans, the priority 0:31:46.200 --> 0:31:48.800 was they always had big guards, right Jerry Evans, even 0:31:48.840 --> 0:31:52.120 looking at Andrew's pete. Now, the player they drafted from Stanford, 0:31:52.120 --> 0:31:54.640 they thought he was going to play tackle. Ultimately he's 0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:58.280 kicked into the guard because Drew's hovering right there at 0:31:58.360 --> 0:32:00.160 six foot. So I think that'll be kind of the 0:32:00.200 --> 0:32:03.840 same mode for Kyler Murray. That's how the offenses that 0:32:03.920 --> 0:32:05.920 he's going to be in. I think they'll continue what 0:32:06.080 --> 0:32:10.000 he's had success with at Oklahoma and even their offensive 0:32:10.040 --> 0:32:13.120 linetop They're probably gonna have four offensive linement drafted. I 0:32:13.200 --> 0:32:15.880 mean those guys, I mean, Cody Forde, those are some 0:32:16.000 --> 0:32:18.720 good players down there at Oklahoma. How are you evaluating? 0:32:19.360 --> 0:32:21.760 And this has been an a age long problem with 0:32:21.960 --> 0:32:26.040 SEC teams in particular because certainly at Alabama or Georgia 0:32:26.160 --> 0:32:28.840 because the two deep. I mean, you could get a 0:32:28.880 --> 0:32:31.280 guy that never plays and becomes a ten year player 0:32:31.280 --> 0:32:34.360 in the National Football quinnin Williams, he's a one year player. Well, 0:32:34.440 --> 0:32:36.720 some think he's the best player in the draft defensive 0:32:36.840 --> 0:32:39.840 But here's my question, your evaluation. Like I look at Clemson, 0:32:40.000 --> 0:32:43.400 all those defensive stars up front, that front seven and 0:32:43.720 --> 0:32:46.400 their corners. They got two good ones coming out. They 0:32:46.480 --> 0:32:50.360 got all those great defensive linemen, But who's making who better? 0:32:50.480 --> 0:32:53.479 How do you how is it harder to evaluate as 0:32:53.560 --> 0:32:55.560 opposed to just knowing you got, Hey, I got Aaron 0:32:55.600 --> 0:32:57.960 Donald coming out, and this is the guy I'm going 0:32:58.000 --> 0:33:00.400 to draft out of Pittsburgh because he's a due everything, 0:33:00.600 --> 0:33:04.400 three technique defensive tackle and he's going to be a star. Yeah, well, 0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:07.960 I think these guys is pretty evident. I mean, Quinnon 0:33:08.000 --> 0:33:10.240 Williams is that dominant of a player, and then he 0:33:10.280 --> 0:33:13.200 goes to the combine post the incredible numbers, so you 0:33:13.280 --> 0:33:15.200 kind of believe it with how he plays on tape 0:33:15.200 --> 0:33:17.560 and then he backed it up at you know, at 0:33:17.600 --> 0:33:19.920 the at the combine and just how he moves and 0:33:20.000 --> 0:33:22.600 how big he is. But you think about him, I mean, 0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:24.800 he couldn't get past the other guys that were there. 0:33:24.880 --> 0:33:27.760 Jonathan Allen, I mean, think of the players, the defensive 0:33:27.800 --> 0:33:30.520 lineman that have been drafted out of Alabama as of late, 0:33:30.560 --> 0:33:32.560 and this guy's probably rated the highest out of all 0:33:32.600 --> 0:33:34.440 of them. Is a one year player and he couldn't 0:33:34.440 --> 0:33:37.160 even get on the field at Alabama, but he's been 0:33:37.240 --> 0:33:39.880 so dominant with everything that he's done, just how he's 0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:43.000 utilized and everything like that. So he's by far probably 0:33:43.040 --> 0:33:45.680 the best defensive tackle in the draft. But hey, Clemson, 0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:47.320 they got a couple of good ones too. You know, 0:33:47.440 --> 0:33:51.120 Wilkins is a is a very good player. He's a leader. Um. 0:33:51.600 --> 0:33:54.000 You know, the other big defensive tackle is a legit 0:33:54.080 --> 0:33:56.600 three hundred and fifty pounds. I know he pulled his 0:33:56.720 --> 0:33:59.560 quad at the Hams or at the at the combine, 0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:01.840 but he's a legitimate run stuff or that just there's 0:34:01.840 --> 0:34:05.000 probably nobody in this draft that is like him, that 0:34:05.120 --> 0:34:07.000 has the ability to just stuff the run for how 0:34:07.080 --> 0:34:08.879 big he is. When you go back and you look 0:34:08.880 --> 0:34:11.160 at the college performance of a guy like Aaron Donald, 0:34:11.239 --> 0:34:13.759 he had so much explosiveness you could see that it 0:34:13.840 --> 0:34:16.919 was going to translate because he was great every down. 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:19.520 When you look at some of these Clempson guys, it's 0:34:19.760 --> 0:34:22.400 interesting how you have to evaluate these guys. You got 0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:25.080 to watch tape when they're tired. That's they're going to 0:34:25.160 --> 0:34:27.520 tell you what type of player they actually are. I 0:34:27.640 --> 0:34:30.400 remember when they first started talking about William Perry and 0:34:30.520 --> 0:34:34.080 they started talking about his extreme power and explosiveness on 0:34:34.239 --> 0:34:38.120 first down, and then okay, it was equal to a 0:34:38.160 --> 0:34:41.480 little less than second down fatigue on third And that's 0:34:41.600 --> 0:34:43.320 kind of the process of when you get to the 0:34:43.480 --> 0:34:46.719 NFL and you're drafted and you've been playing along some 0:34:46.960 --> 0:34:50.280 great teammates that it's a little bit easier to survive 0:34:50.640 --> 0:34:52.719 now that you're that high draft choice and you're coming 0:34:52.760 --> 0:34:55.400 in and you're gonna have to be thus provide the spark. 0:34:55.880 --> 0:34:57.640 What do you do when you're fatigue? And I think 0:34:57.680 --> 0:34:59.879 that's something you have to look at. And these team 0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:02.160 that you talk about that it have so many great 0:35:02.239 --> 0:35:04.960 players on one side of the ball or on the team. Yeah, 0:35:04.960 --> 0:35:07.120 I don't know what's harder to evaluate that or the 0:35:07.200 --> 0:35:11.000 guy who's playing lesser competition and he's got inflated numbers 0:35:11.080 --> 0:35:13.480 potentially because of a system. You can look at that 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:16.520 with receivers obviously running backs, what type of routes are 0:35:16.560 --> 0:35:19.400 they running? I mean, it's to me it's harder. Effort 0:35:19.440 --> 0:35:22.319 on effort on tenth play is easier to evaluate than 0:35:22.360 --> 0:35:25.000 the effort on first play because when you're fresh and 0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:28.200 whether no matter what position you are. You know, Dick 0:35:28.360 --> 0:35:30.879 always used to say, fatigue makes cowards out of all 0:35:30.960 --> 0:35:33.960 of us. So it is about how do you evaluate 0:35:34.080 --> 0:35:36.000 these guys. Okay, you're gonna go draft this guy from 0:35:36.040 --> 0:35:38.480 Clemsons three hundred and fifty pounds. You draft him as 0:35:38.480 --> 0:35:40.800 a defensive tackle in Miami. You know what it's like 0:35:40.920 --> 0:35:43.880 going to Miami every single day and go through hot practices, 0:35:43.920 --> 0:35:45.800 and I know he's been a part of that. And 0:35:45.920 --> 0:35:48.320 I'm just I'm just picking Clemson out as one school 0:35:48.680 --> 0:35:50.520 no matter where you come from, well, it's probably the 0:35:50.640 --> 0:35:52.640 one anomaly. And I'll throw this in because you're right. 0:35:52.719 --> 0:35:54.839 I mean the Alabama I mean they could have six 0:35:54.960 --> 0:35:57.880 guys drafted in the first round. I mean that's unbelievable 0:35:57.920 --> 0:36:00.440 when you think about it. And Clemson's gonna be well presented. 0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:03.560 Go check out the d tackle from Houston at Oliver 0:36:04.320 --> 0:36:07.600 because here, you know, last year at this time he 0:36:07.800 --> 0:36:09.239 was he was tearing it up. And then you go 0:36:09.320 --> 0:36:11.880 into the twenty eighteen season, a lot more attention is 0:36:12.200 --> 0:36:14.080 really paid attention to him. So everybody's like, oh, is 0:36:14.239 --> 0:36:16.719 his numbers aren't as good, he's not as good a player. 0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:19.879 He's going first round and that dude is legitimate. He's 0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:22.840 like John Randall, who played for the Minnesota Vikings. I 0:36:22.920 --> 0:36:24.680 played against John Randall. He was a hell of a 0:36:24.719 --> 0:36:27.560 football player. And I think this at Oliver. He's one 0:36:27.640 --> 0:36:29.960 guy that just he sticks out and he's kind of 0:36:30.040 --> 0:36:32.560 the lonesome dove all by himself down there at Houston, 0:36:32.840 --> 0:36:35.080 and a lot of people better not forget about him. 0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:38.240 This is Bears All Access, Jeff Jonny Actop there, Jim Miller, 0:36:38.600 --> 0:36:40.520 some of the news of the day justin Houston at 0:36:40.560 --> 0:36:42.839 the Colts two year deal twenty four million. Quick thoughts 0:36:42.920 --> 0:36:45.239 on that good addition to the Colts team. That's a 0:36:45.360 --> 0:36:49.359 playoff team again, man, you know, do you see him? 0:36:49.440 --> 0:36:53.120 Because the Eberflus runs that Tampa two And I'm not 0:36:53.280 --> 0:36:55.120 saying that that he can't do it, but he's going 0:36:55.160 --> 0:36:58.200 to be a defensive end in that scheme. I assume 0:36:58.239 --> 0:37:01.719 he'll be in there primarily for pass rushing specialist is 0:37:01.760 --> 0:37:03.480 what it's got to be. But I think for him, 0:37:03.520 --> 0:37:05.360 he's kind of out of sorts unless they switch and 0:37:05.400 --> 0:37:09.240 they do a lot of under defense, under defense affront 0:37:09.280 --> 0:37:11.319 with the Sam on the line. And now I can 0:37:11.400 --> 0:37:13.960 see it with him as in a two point stance, 0:37:14.200 --> 0:37:16.040 maybe over a tight end or something like that, but 0:37:16.160 --> 0:37:18.399 I think I don't know if that's really a good 0:37:18.480 --> 0:37:22.160 fit for him there in Indianapolis. He's a great player. 0:37:22.200 --> 0:37:23.600 I'm not saying he can't do it, but he just 0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:26.520 seems out of out of a fit in that defense. 0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:28.239 You know, one thing that really helps him is the 0:37:28.320 --> 0:37:31.600 support of home crowd noise. They're gonna go from one 0:37:31.600 --> 0:37:34.280 of the loudest outdoor stadiums in the league in Kansas 0:37:34.320 --> 0:37:37.680 City to Indianapolis where they have good crowd support down there. 0:37:38.000 --> 0:37:41.160 So that's one of the benefactors of you know, for 0:37:41.320 --> 0:37:44.000 a guy like like this that gets to going play 0:37:44.040 --> 0:37:48.320 and guaranteed warm weather, indoor dome with crowd noise, you 0:37:48.440 --> 0:37:50.400 go there and you provide that spark at home, you're 0:37:50.440 --> 0:37:52.839 gonna get your sacks on the road. But at home 0:37:53.000 --> 0:37:56.040 is when they need these guys to shine. And well, 0:37:56.120 --> 0:37:58.319 I'm sorry, let me add one more thing because here, 0:37:58.440 --> 0:38:00.759 think about Chris Ballad. He comes from Kansas City, right, 0:38:00.960 --> 0:38:03.799 he knows Justin Houston as good as anybody. But now 0:38:04.120 --> 0:38:06.279 Kansas City they're going to a four man front with 0:38:06.320 --> 0:38:11.000 Steve Spagnolo. They didn't view Justin Houston as a defensive end. 0:38:11.040 --> 0:38:13.880 They didn't even view d Ford as a defensive end. 0:38:13.920 --> 0:38:17.279 So I'm just I'm coming to grips how they're going 0:38:17.320 --> 0:38:19.160 to utilize the more. You know, it's probably gonna be 0:38:19.200 --> 0:38:21.680 an under defense where he's the sam backer on the 0:38:21.760 --> 0:38:24.040 line of scrimmage over a tight end otherwise, because I 0:38:24.200 --> 0:38:26.400 just don't you know, Kanda City didn't even see him 0:38:26.400 --> 0:38:28.120 as a defensive end. And a couple of years ago, 0:38:28.160 --> 0:38:30.000 when the Eagles won the Super Bowl and the Bears 0:38:30.080 --> 0:38:32.000 played them, I was commedy there was no way they 0:38:32.000 --> 0:38:33.680 were going to be able to resign all of their 0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:36.759 defensive linemen, and they love having depth up front. Today 0:38:36.840 --> 0:38:39.400 they resigned Vinny Curry back with the Eagles. So you 0:38:39.480 --> 0:38:43.399 got Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham alike, Jackson, Derek Barnett all there, 0:38:43.640 --> 0:38:47.319 Robert Griffin the third back with Baltimore. And there's gonna 0:38:47.320 --> 0:38:51.640 be a preseason football game in Honolulu between the Rams 0:38:51.680 --> 0:38:54.640 and Cowboys. Tom Thair, it's the first there. You know, 0:38:54.760 --> 0:38:58.000 Loha Stadiums is nineteen. I never realized that the commissioner 0:38:58.120 --> 0:39:01.480 listened to Bears all access does. He finally listened to me, 0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:04.640 And they're getting games back in Hawaii where they deserve 0:39:04.800 --> 0:39:08.200 to be. If the crowd support is gonna be insane, 0:39:08.680 --> 0:39:11.279 and I do think it's gonna be a better spectacle 0:39:11.360 --> 0:39:14.600 than any of the other because Tom doesn't really appreciate 0:39:14.719 --> 0:39:17.040 going to London he'd rather than the game be in 0:39:17.120 --> 0:39:20.360 the United States in Hawaii. We'll address that when we 0:39:20.440 --> 0:39:23.040 come back. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports 0:39:23.160 --> 0:39:29.160 Radio six seventy to Score. Were tickets to every twenty 0:39:29.239 --> 0:39:32.120 nineteen Chicago Bears home and away game with the schedule 0:39:32.200 --> 0:39:35.719 Prediction Challenge, brought to you by United Airlines. Enter at 0:39:35.840 --> 0:39:38.960 Chicago Bears dot com. Jefftom and Jim with you here 0:39:39.000 --> 0:39:41.399 on Bears All Access another eight minutes or so before 0:39:41.400 --> 0:39:44.160 we turn it over to the Score. And that schedule 0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:47.200 prediction challenge is something because you go to every game, 0:39:47.239 --> 0:39:51.920 not just home games, but everybody wants to know the schedule. 0:39:52.040 --> 0:39:55.040 I am getting ear hustled left and right, especially about 0:39:55.040 --> 0:39:57.920 that London game, much to your dis manager, But the 0:39:58.000 --> 0:40:00.480 London game, win the London game. Are the Bears for sure? 0:40:00.480 --> 0:40:02.080 We're going to meet the Packers in the opener and 0:40:02.160 --> 0:40:04.120 Thursday night here in Chicago. That seems to be the 0:40:04.200 --> 0:40:07.440 popular opinion. Anyway. We're gonna know soon here in the 0:40:07.560 --> 0:40:10.440 next few weeks, and it'll be a very It's it's 0:40:10.480 --> 0:40:14.839 one of the more impressive home schedules. I recall there 0:40:14.880 --> 0:40:17.840 are a lot of good teams come into town. Traditionally 0:40:18.000 --> 0:40:20.879 strong NFL franchises that are gonna be dropping into soldier feel. 0:40:20.880 --> 0:40:22.120 It's gonna be a fun So you know, one thing 0:40:22.160 --> 0:40:25.239 about the Bears and the and the NFL in the 0:40:25.360 --> 0:40:28.320 prediction of your schedule, you think of the end of 0:40:28.440 --> 0:40:31.840 the preseason Alsodden, the Bears get Khalil Mack. That changes 0:40:31.920 --> 0:40:35.080 the schedule completely. In the outcome of really, what's gonna happen? 0:40:35.520 --> 0:40:38.320 You don't know. The injuries that affect the team in 0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:42.279 a major way are so unpredictable ie Washington Redskins from 0:40:42.360 --> 0:40:45.879 last year and their quarterback debacle. So you know it's 0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:48.759 fruitless to triumph right direct, right, you know you kind 0:40:48.800 --> 0:40:50.640 of look at you kind of look at the schedule, 0:40:50.760 --> 0:40:53.799 but you only think about your team because you those 0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:57.399 other teams are too unpredictable. Yeah, it's well, it's gonna 0:40:57.400 --> 0:40:59.920 be interesting, you know, just you know, even in division, 0:41:00.280 --> 0:41:03.279 you know, Packers fans they feel like they've been born again. 0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:06.080 You know, here they're diving into free agency and spending 0:41:06.120 --> 0:41:08.480 all this money to upgrade their team. There's a lot 0:41:08.520 --> 0:41:10.960 of excitement in Minnesota because they've got a lot of 0:41:11.000 --> 0:41:13.640 players that return. But you know, the Bears, there's no 0:41:13.719 --> 0:41:16.320 reason why they can't repeat and win the division again. 0:41:16.400 --> 0:41:18.439 But you're right, it's gonna be much tougher. They're they're 0:41:18.440 --> 0:41:20.719 not going to be as surprise to anybody how good 0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:23.200 they are and how they finished the year last year. 0:41:23.280 --> 0:41:25.520 So like anything else, you got to strap it up 0:41:25.760 --> 0:41:28.200 in every game counts and we'll see if the Bears 0:41:28.239 --> 0:41:32.000 can defend their turf. So you get Aaron Rodgers understandably 0:41:32.160 --> 0:41:34.759 probably week one, and you've got a couple of new 0:41:34.800 --> 0:41:37.640 defensive backs time, how long does secondary reach out? Well 0:41:37.680 --> 0:41:40.160 that that's what was my question is how long will 0:41:40.200 --> 0:41:44.759 it take for new defensive coordinator to develop a relationship 0:41:44.840 --> 0:41:46.640 with new defensive backs where they have to get an 0:41:46.760 --> 0:41:49.160 understanding and oh yeah, we got to get ready to 0:41:49.200 --> 0:41:51.960 play Aaron Rodgers week one. So you talk about the 0:41:52.080 --> 0:41:56.160 starters not playing at length during the preseason games. You 0:41:56.280 --> 0:41:59.160 have to pay more attention to practices that you have 0:41:59.239 --> 0:42:01.920 a chance to see him training camp and he's in 0:42:01.960 --> 0:42:03.960 a new offense too. When you're talking about four or 0:42:04.000 --> 0:42:06.520 five and six defensive backs and a majority of the 0:42:06.600 --> 0:42:09.080 time it's five and six defensive backs, how long does 0:42:09.120 --> 0:42:12.560 that continuity take to grow? And you know, are you 0:42:12.760 --> 0:42:15.960 in a disadvantage when you play Aaron Rodgers week one. Yeah, 0:42:16.120 --> 0:42:18.040 and well I think that's a key and I say 0:42:18.080 --> 0:42:20.280 it all the time. I mean, you know, Chuck Pcgonald, 0:42:20.320 --> 0:42:22.160 He's just going to call a game different. He calls 0:42:22.200 --> 0:42:25.000 a game different than how Vic Fangio calls a game. 0:42:25.080 --> 0:42:27.480 So how quickly do the players get on the same 0:42:27.880 --> 0:42:31.879 page as him and expectations or maybe anticipating what he's 0:42:31.960 --> 0:42:35.239 looking for in key situations. So it all starts a 0:42:35.320 --> 0:42:37.840 new and you got a brand new play caller defensively 0:42:38.080 --> 0:42:41.000 that has his own idio, secrecies and things that he 0:42:41.080 --> 0:42:43.960 believes in that not necessarily messed with what Vic Fanjioe 0:42:44.160 --> 0:42:46.879 did as a defensive coordinator. Jim Miller with Tom there, 0:42:46.920 --> 0:42:49.640 Jeff Joniac here on Barzil Access. A few more minutes 0:42:49.680 --> 0:42:53.040 to go the owners meetings beginning Sunday through Wednesday in Arizona. 0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:55.080 Jim will be headed down there, and this is the 0:42:55.160 --> 0:42:58.480 time when the competition committee meets, they vote, they make 0:42:58.560 --> 0:43:00.880 some changes, maybe they take able some things go to 0:43:01.000 --> 0:43:04.160 a later meeting as the ownership group, but much of 0:43:04.200 --> 0:43:06.400 it is based around replay. Jim, what have you been 0:43:06.480 --> 0:43:09.799 discussing on your show on serious XM moving the change 0:43:09.840 --> 0:43:14.400 with pat because there are some suggestions by the Commission 0:43:14.880 --> 0:43:17.759 Committee now to make amendments to rules or create new 0:43:17.840 --> 0:43:22.480 rules regarding Yeah. Probably the ones that pass historically are 0:43:22.520 --> 0:43:25.320 really the ones proposed by the Competition Committee, especially the 0:43:25.400 --> 0:43:28.600 new ones always concerning safety. Those seems to pass right away. 0:43:28.640 --> 0:43:31.400 Like the permanent the rule six is to make permanent 0:43:31.480 --> 0:43:33.839 the new kickoff rule changes that were implemented in twenty 0:43:33.920 --> 0:43:37.279 eighteen concussions were down. I think that goes through with 0:43:37.360 --> 0:43:40.040 flying colors. The Competition Committee they also want to amend 0:43:40.200 --> 0:43:44.239 Rule twelve to expand protection of a defenseless player right 0:43:44.440 --> 0:43:47.040 deals with safety. I think that's going to pass with 0:43:47.160 --> 0:43:50.440 flying colors. The one that's interesting is the proposal by 0:43:50.480 --> 0:43:53.520 the Kansas City Chiefs. Why, because of their playoff laws 0:43:53.560 --> 0:43:56.320 to the Patriots, they want to allow teams the opportunity 0:43:56.320 --> 0:43:59.320 to possess the ball at least one time in overtime, 0:43:59.440 --> 0:44:02.120 even if the first team to possess the ball in 0:44:02.239 --> 0:44:05.560 overtime scores a touchdown. Right, who doesn't want to see 0:44:05.600 --> 0:44:08.319 Patrick Mahomes to have an opportunity to go against Tom 0:44:08.400 --> 0:44:10.840 Brady after the Patriots marched down and they get a 0:44:10.920 --> 0:44:14.480 touchdown and Patrick Mahomes doesn't get an opportunity at the ball, 0:44:14.520 --> 0:44:17.840 so overtime continues. We hear that one a lot, like 0:44:18.120 --> 0:44:19.640 they don't think it's fair. What do you feel about 0:44:19.680 --> 0:44:22.799 a town? I don't know. I mean, I think that's 0:44:22.880 --> 0:44:25.640 one of the most argumented points of the NFL as 0:44:25.640 --> 0:44:27.600 how do you conclude a football game? So, I mean, 0:44:28.880 --> 0:44:31.160 is one side ever going to be satisfied? No, even 0:44:31.200 --> 0:44:34.120 if you gave the Kansas City Chiefs an opportunity, now 0:44:34.239 --> 0:44:36.879 you would have Robert Craft in New England Patriots saying, hey, 0:44:37.400 --> 0:44:39.680 if you win in your first possession, you scored us, 0:44:39.719 --> 0:44:41.600 like the rules say, keep in place. I don't know. 0:44:41.719 --> 0:44:45.240 It just seems like an argument for the two owners 0:44:45.280 --> 0:44:47.600 to try to figure out how to best captivate the 0:44:47.640 --> 0:44:49.560 attention to your audience at the end of a game 0:44:49.600 --> 0:44:51.000 and how they want to see it. I want no 0:44:51.160 --> 0:44:55.160 part of Denver's jim to a mineral six providing an 0:44:55.200 --> 0:44:57.640 alternative to the on side kick allowing a team who 0:44:57.760 --> 0:44:59.640 is trailing in the game an opportunity to do main 0:44:59.719 --> 0:45:05.680 pain maintained possession of the ball after scoring. I hate 0:45:06.120 --> 0:45:08.200 I hate change. I don't like change, but some of 0:45:08.239 --> 0:45:11.439 these are kind of off the wall. Well that's what well, 0:45:11.520 --> 0:45:13.680 some have assumed that you could go for it like 0:45:13.800 --> 0:45:15.920 out a fake punt. Maybe something like that would be 0:45:16.000 --> 0:45:18.560 the alternative that I don't think it'll pass. I think 0:45:18.560 --> 0:45:20.879 it still has to be talked to quite quite a bit, 0:45:20.920 --> 0:45:22.959 So that's something that will probably be tabled or shot 0:45:23.080 --> 0:45:25.840 down altogether. That's one of the most anticipated moments in 0:45:26.000 --> 0:45:30.320 the game, is the anticipation before the actual onside attapt 0:45:30.560 --> 0:45:33.560 because we've seen it go both ways this season. The 0:45:33.800 --> 0:45:37.040 you know, the kicking team has retrieved a couple of 0:45:37.040 --> 0:45:39.880 the outside kicks. And then two versions of the one 0:45:39.960 --> 0:45:43.280 year expansion of reviewable plays. First would be for files 0:45:43.360 --> 0:45:46.320 for pass interference. The second would add files for roughing 0:45:46.360 --> 0:45:51.000 the pastor unnecessary hits against the defensive player. Tom, I 0:45:51.080 --> 0:45:53.359 know your feelings on it. I gotta get them all 0:45:53.440 --> 0:45:56.080 route up, Big Jim. Hey, we're out of time. 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