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Speaker 1: your brackets. NCAA day one of the best days of
Speaker 1: the year, no doubt about it. Same story for tomorrow.
Speaker 1: But we're talking a little Bears football for an hour
Speaker 1: with you Jeff Jonny Ac along with Tom Thayer, my
Speaker 1: broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty and one oh
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Speaker 1: in Michigan somewhere Sparta gotta win today. Your bracket? Okay?
Speaker 1: With that? Yeah, we all. I think they they're in
Speaker 1: a tough bracket with Duke. I thought they kind of
Speaker 1: got the shaft and you know your Michigan got placed in.
Speaker 1: I thought the trout dealt with with it glows where
Speaker 1: they got places. But hey, you know, you beat them
Speaker 1: three times, they get the better seat. It's hard to believe,
Speaker 1: isn't it. Jeff. You know, when you're talking about these
Speaker 1: NCAA brackets, I hope you're talking about the NCAA Men's
Speaker 1: National Championship Wrestling Tournament that's taken place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Speaker 1: right now. If you want to see football, if you
Speaker 1: want to see some athletes that are committed to life
Speaker 1: year round in the to expose and to be the
Speaker 1: best of the best, just pay attention to a little
Speaker 1: bit of the wrestling this weekend because you're going to
Speaker 1: see some athletes that are incredible. You're going to see
Speaker 1: one of the most dominant freshmen in the history of
Speaker 1: freshmen wrestling at the University of Minnesota come in here
Speaker 1: and dominate all these guys that are upper classmen in
Speaker 1: the incredible. If you want to watch athletes compete one
Speaker 1: on one, Jim Is as long as I have been
Speaker 1: his broadcast partner on the games, and even before that,
Speaker 1: he wanted to know who is a wrestler in high school.
Speaker 1: Who is a wrestler in high school that plays, especially
Speaker 1: in the offense of line, defensive line, all about leverage,
Speaker 1: all about you know, all that good stuff. And he
Speaker 1: was a star wrestler himself. How many No, no, no,
Speaker 1: no, no no, I'm not a star wrestler, but believe he no,
Speaker 1: no I am. I am the least of a star.
Speaker 1: It's only I've had the experience of wrestling. When I
Speaker 1: see these guys that are the best of the best
Speaker 1: in the world that you know what they put into
Speaker 1: it to be the best game you ever get out
Speaker 1: of Matt uh No, my sons, my twister wrestler. But well,
Speaker 1: Tom's right, there are certain you know, certain sports that
Speaker 1: really translate well. You know, think of good rugby players
Speaker 1: like Klodi Nada here he just calls it a career,
Speaker 1: but he was a standout rugby player. Um, so yeah,
Speaker 1: there's I mean, for a lot of the offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: You do see a lot of those guys that are
Speaker 1: like all state champs in terms of wrestling, and they
Speaker 1: do they know well, leverage a little bit better. Obviously.
Speaker 1: The track players, they are players that run track. You've
Speaker 1: seen some some speedsters that have really entered the National
Speaker 1: Football League and really take note. And if you watch
Speaker 1: some of these guys that are getting drafted that will
Speaker 1: come out, you know they're they're good at more than
Speaker 1: one sport. So a lot of these guys double dip
Speaker 1: and why it translates so little. You know, you got
Speaker 1: to be really careful too. When you become a football
Speaker 1: player and you have a little wrestling in your background,
Speaker 1: and also you go there and you fight one of
Speaker 1: those wrestlers on the football field, bad things can happen.
Speaker 1: Jimbo Covert picking up McMichael one time at practice during
Speaker 1: a fight. It was a wrestling move that Ming didn't anticipate, anticipate,
Speaker 1: and that's the thing about it, Jimbo. He's a great wrestler,
Speaker 1: you know, from Yeah Oland, Jay Hilgenberg, Ray Lewis. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of great, great wrestlers that have converted
Speaker 1: that into football. Well, the best athletic performance I saw
Speaker 1: today in a while at the college level in terms
Speaker 1: of basketball was John Morant of Murray State today. It
Speaker 1: was just unbelievable triple double. He had seventeen points, eleven rebound,
Speaker 1: sixteen assists in that game. They upset Marquette, and maybe
Speaker 1: it wasn't an upset after all. We're gonna talk to
Speaker 1: Cordell Patterson here in a few minutes. The Tennessee Volunteer
Speaker 1: by College Avenue to the NFL and that, of course
Speaker 1: the ball is one of the top seeds in the tournament.
Speaker 1: We'll talk a little college basketball with him, because the
Speaker 1: guys on the team they love talking NBA ball. We're
Speaker 1: talking about guys like Allen Robinson and Charles Leno Jr.
Speaker 1: They love talking basketball. So I'm sure they had their
Speaker 1: eyes on the brackets today. And you know, the guys
Speaker 1: that come from good basketball schools, they want to talk
Speaker 1: about it. Those of us who are basketball programs outside
Speaker 1: the Ladies program is one of the tops in the country.
Speaker 1: We don't have a lot to talk about in terms
Speaker 1: of Notre Dames met basketball. So the Michigan Staters and
Speaker 1: the Iowa State North Carolina, like Trabisky, you know, go
Speaker 1: ahead and talk about it and enjoy it. We got it.
Speaker 1: We got a lot of We got a lot of
Speaker 1: football to talk about as well. Some of the topish
Speaker 1: we're going to delve into tonight. The owners meetings. Are
Speaker 1: You're going to the owners meetings, right, Jim, on Sunday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So they're gonna start talking. We'll go through some of
Speaker 1: the Competition Committee's suggestions and some of the proposals that
Speaker 1: are going to be voted on this week Sunday through
Speaker 1: Wednesday in Arizona, so we're gonna talk about that as well,
Speaker 1: and of course we're gonna talk Bears footfallsom some editions
Speaker 1: this week, resignings Taylor by Tyler Bray at quarterback and
Speaker 1: Pat o'donald the putter. We'll talk about that as well.
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Speaker 1: six seventy The Score. Jeff Joniac, Tom Thayer, Jim Miller
Speaker 1: with you, and please to be joined by Cordarrell Patterson,
Speaker 1: the newest addition to your Chicago Bears for twenty nineteen,
Speaker 1: a Swiss Army knife, A guy who can do just
Speaker 1: about everything. Cordarrell, Welcome to Chicago. Good to talk to you.
Speaker 1: How you doing tonight? Go pretty good. How about you too?
Speaker 1: Doing great? Hey, let's start with the important stuff. Tennessee
Speaker 1: gonna move one. I got him on bracket up to
Speaker 1: the final. Great program. Great program. Do you have any
Speaker 1: basketball and you in your background? Man, I played basketball
Speaker 1: as a senior. Man. I used to get it in
Speaker 1: on the court. Man. I'm sure you enjoyed the day
Speaker 1: to day. Hey, you know you're just a brand new bear.
Speaker 1: Free agency was kind to you here as you join
Speaker 1: a team that won the division, went to the playoffs,
Speaker 1: and have high expectations. Now that you're settling in a
Speaker 1: week later, just talking to some of the fellas and
Speaker 1: just talking with the organization, does it boost the excitement
Speaker 1: level a little bit more to get back to work.
Speaker 1: I mean less than a month away from your first
Speaker 1: team meeting. Oh Man, of course. Man. And you know,
Speaker 1: every chance you know, a new guy get in. You know,
Speaker 1: I have the opportunity, you know to talk to the
Speaker 1: former player and the players know the coaches, and you
Speaker 1: know the even the gams and you know, and just
Speaker 1: guy like me. Man, just just ready to get in
Speaker 1: to get the work, man, And I'm just ready to
Speaker 1: have fun while you do it. You know, it's it's
Speaker 1: a business what at the end of the day. No,
Speaker 1: we got to have fun while we're doing it. You know,
Speaker 1: you said it's the business way card. How do you
Speaker 1: negotiate yourself now, because now you've turned it that jack
Speaker 1: of all trades, the Swiss army knife. When you start
Speaker 1: your negotiations, are your receiver running back or what are you?
Speaker 1: I tell him, don't label me now, Okay, good. It's
Speaker 1: nothing I can't do on football field. And that's that's
Speaker 1: just the mindset I had because I was a little kid,
Speaker 1: and I feel like I can do any and everything
Speaker 1: on the field. I probably can't, but you know the
Speaker 1: things I do, you know, I try to make it,
Speaker 1: try to make the most of it. Well. From you know,
Speaker 1: the standpoint of if you're lining up at as a
Speaker 1: running back. I know, I remember even back in your
Speaker 1: Minnesota days, they would line you up at the running
Speaker 1: back position. The Raiders would dabble it. Here in New England,
Speaker 1: you were kind of thrust into that duty out of
Speaker 1: necessity to other injuries on the Patriots roster. Maybe just
Speaker 1: talk about that. We're at one point you were kind
Speaker 1: of the bell cow running back for the at one
Speaker 1: point we have from injuries you know that. You know,
Speaker 1: it's football. You know, people get injuries. Know we don't
Speaker 1: want to get injured. But you know, Josh M. Daniels,
Speaker 1: he asked me, you know, the week of He's like, hey,
Speaker 1: can you play running back? I was like, man, listen,
Speaker 1: I can do whatever you need me to do. No,
Speaker 1: that's just kind of player I am. You know, and
Speaker 1: that we could is you know, he he trusting believing me.
Speaker 1: And you know at practice he gave me some cares
Speaker 1: in you know, all my numeros up in the game.
Speaker 1: I just have to make the most of them, so
Speaker 1: them I could do. I can do whatever. Cordell Patterson,
Speaker 1: our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy score
Speaker 1: and Bears All Access. Did any of that help you
Speaker 1: or vice versa in terms of the return game? Obviously
Speaker 1: you have a head start, a bit of space to
Speaker 1: to pick your lane and whatever it's called that a
Speaker 1: kick return right, left or middle based on the scheme
Speaker 1: you're running against whatever team. But did did that help
Speaker 1: you at all vision wise to to to play running
Speaker 1: back in as it transferred it all into the return
Speaker 1: game or when the balls in your hands as a receiver.
Speaker 1: Of course, you know a player running back is it's
Speaker 1: just like a kick return basically. You know, you got
Speaker 1: those big guys in front of you, you know, leading away,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's up to you to make that
Speaker 1: the right decision. And you got to have a vision,
Speaker 1: like you say, man, And in this game right now
Speaker 1: we play, you know, it's it's a lot of guys
Speaker 1: that got visions, so them don't soone just make one
Speaker 1: move and you know, make the ron move. So as
Speaker 1: a guy like me, and I feel like I got
Speaker 1: great vision, you know, and return help from me? Is
Speaker 1: the way you're carrying yourself at fit for all positions?
Speaker 1: Is there a difference between your running back weight and
Speaker 1: your wide receiver weight or whatever you carry yourself at?
Speaker 1: Are are you capable of doing everything? Man? Whatever weight,
Speaker 1: weaver weight. I come in and I can. I can play, man.
Speaker 1: And I'm a guy now. I was never a skinny guy.
Speaker 1: Was always kind of kind of a little big you know.
Speaker 1: And well it says two twenty six, are you that big?
Speaker 1: Oh I'm big now they might be seeing me love
Speaker 1: on that way. Good for you, nah, But man, it's
Speaker 1: it's just man playing, especially playing running back. Man, it
Speaker 1: is those guys on that defensive line and those guys big,
Speaker 1: So you don't want to try to be too little,
Speaker 1: you know, coming in and trying to be like two
Speaker 1: old fives trying to play running back. It's not gonna
Speaker 1: be prettyful. You well, Bears fans, remember you're taking one
Speaker 1: back with the Patriots against them in Chicago. And let
Speaker 1: me ask you this, when when you when you have
Speaker 1: got the outside perception of an organization, I'm sure you
Speaker 1: probably had other opportunities to sign other places. And why
Speaker 1: ultimately did you decide on the Bears? Man, just back
Speaker 1: in NFT north Man, it was it's a great competition there,
Speaker 1: you know. That's why I started. I started my my roots,
Speaker 1: you know. And no, when my agent told me, you know,
Speaker 1: the Bears are interesting, you know, I thought about it.
Speaker 1: I was like, I can see him myself playing there,
Speaker 1: especially the things they did this year, you know, first
Speaker 1: year here, coach came in and sent the program around
Speaker 1: and you know it, it was just like, okay, I
Speaker 1: could pitch myself there. With that new culture they got
Speaker 1: going around us, I can pressed myself being a Bear.
Speaker 1: As Cordell Patterson, our guest here on Bears All Access,
Speaker 1: thank you for taking the time to join us here
Speaker 1: and this offseason it's just winding down quickly. You know,
Speaker 1: as you as you look at your career, you had
Speaker 1: instant impact with the Vikings. You had nine touchdowns as
Speaker 1: a rookie, you know, doing all variety of things. But
Speaker 1: the one thing I looked at is obviously receivers, and
Speaker 1: it's changing. It's changing every day. Receivers can make instant
Speaker 1: impacts now in the league based on the offenses that
Speaker 1: are running. There's a lot of transference, but not everybod,
Speaker 1: but he runs the route tree, the full route tree
Speaker 1: and so forth. As you've progressed in your career, your
Speaker 1: catch rate is as dramatically increased. So now you're the
Speaker 1: last three years, it's improved significantly now around seventy five
Speaker 1: percent catch rate. What do you attribute that to? Oh man,
Speaker 1: I just got to give it ass off to you know,
Speaker 1: the receiver coaches who've been helping me along the way here,
Speaker 1: just helping me grow each and every year every year.
Speaker 1: So like I get with a better receiver coach teaching
Speaker 1: every time, and now they take all the time out,
Speaker 1: especially a guy like me. I didn't, I didn't been
Speaker 1: home with different office coordinator receive coaches have been allied.
Speaker 1: Everyone has just been doing a heck of a job.
Speaker 1: Helped me throughout my way in And I couldn't be
Speaker 1: here without those guys. Hey, all of us Bears fans,
Speaker 1: you know, we think of you. You have a reputation
Speaker 1: as a receiver, the kicker, returner, and you talked about
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels giving you some rep storing practice, and we
Speaker 1: all know the reputation of Belichick. So how many reps
Speaker 1: did you actually have in practice as a running back
Speaker 1: before you received your first carry in a game? Honestly,
Speaker 1: it wasn't a lot. Honestly is I mean? It's I
Speaker 1: mean they've seen they've seen it. They've seen it. You know,
Speaker 1: they're like, Okay, he can do It's like I mean,
Speaker 1: if not en else, we need to see it like
Speaker 1: I to. Like I told you, I take I take
Speaker 1: big pride in what I do as a player, own
Speaker 1: an all the field. You know, I try to hold
Speaker 1: myself to a high spin it like every time I
Speaker 1: touch the ball. I just try to make the most
Speaker 1: of it for my team. Well, you've been around young quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: You think of Teddy Bridgewater in Minnesota, how about Derek Carr,
Speaker 1: out there for the Oakland Rivers. And now you've been
Speaker 1: around one of the old time greats and in Tom
Speaker 1: Brady with you know, just knowing quarterbacks and understanding the
Speaker 1: guys you've worked with, you know, how do you approach
Speaker 1: you know, getting to know you know, Mitchell Trubisky and
Speaker 1: how you feel you can help him get better as
Speaker 1: a young quarterback. Man, he's a great guy, man, you know,
Speaker 1: I've been texting them here and there, and now I'm
Speaker 1: trying to get out to where he at right now
Speaker 1: work out with him. And it's not what me helping him, man,
Speaker 1: it's I know I can learn a lot from him.
Speaker 1: He probably know everything that I already think I know
Speaker 1: and I don't know, he probably know it. So it's
Speaker 1: gonna be just great just going in picking his brain.
Speaker 1: You know, even though he's a young guy, I know
Speaker 1: he know a lot, just like the old guys. And
Speaker 1: you know, from what he did in North Carolina that
Speaker 1: year or so, it's just like watching him, you know,
Speaker 1: this past year and what he and everybody did over
Speaker 1: there on the team, and I know I can learn
Speaker 1: a lot. Cardell Patterson our guests remaining moments with a
Speaker 1: New Chicago Bear kick returner and wide receiver, running back,
Speaker 1: you name it, We're gonna see the ball in his hands.
Speaker 1: I'd imagine quite a bit. In twenty nineteen, you mentioned
Speaker 1: trying to get with Mitch because he and the fellas
Speaker 1: are already working. Huh, they're out in California. I see
Speaker 1: Taylor Gabriel posting videos on Twitter and whatnot. That now
Speaker 1: is a common theme for quarterbacks out there, especially young quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: trying to get to know their receivers. And Mitch got
Speaker 1: to know his guys as the season went on, Alan
Speaker 1: Robinson and Taylor, Trey Burton at the tight end position.
Speaker 1: How valuable is that right now? Just to be out
Speaker 1: there working timing, running routes. Obviously you're not running with
Speaker 1: pads or anything, but you are developing timing if you
Speaker 1: do get together, aren't you. Oh of course. Man. It's
Speaker 1: all about the chemistry, man, and you know, and this
Speaker 1: league now, man is you gotta get that chemistry with
Speaker 1: the quarterback and you gotta you gotta, he gotta trust you.
Speaker 1: You gotta trusting him. He gotta know you're gonna be
Speaker 1: at make sure you're going on the right route, and no,
Speaker 1: the courage and all that. So right now. It's a
Speaker 1: huge you know, and three weeks four weeks out before OTAs, Man,
Speaker 1: you know you're going with him this week or whatever,
Speaker 1: work with him and go to OTAs. You know, y'all
Speaker 1: have had chemistry already together. Do you respect the creativity
Speaker 1: of Matt Naggie? Oh? Man, unbelievable off the chart, man,
Speaker 1: off the chart. Well, it's gonna be fun to see
Speaker 1: you in the offense because everybody gets a chance. Obviously,
Speaker 1: even defensive guys are gonna put their hand up. So
Speaker 1: you're gonna be fighting for reps with the defense. Oh yeah, man,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna need them defense, the guys to stay on
Speaker 1: they start this year though. All right, well, we appreciate
Speaker 1: you taking the time, Corderyl, Welcome to Chicago. You're gonna
Speaker 1: have good time here. It's a fun team to be
Speaker 1: on and fun a fun city to be a football player.
Speaker 1: And nothing like Chicago and nothing like a Bear all man.
Speaker 1: I appreciate that. All right, Cordell Patterson, our guest here
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Speaker 1: it's an intrigue. You know you're getting somebody, you know
Speaker 1: you're getting some players, and then picks a third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
Speaker 1: seventh round you're gonna get some guys are gonna be
Speaker 1: on that roster. Come yeah, but hey, but look at
Speaker 1: look at I mean again, Jordan Howard, Adrian Amos, look
Speaker 1: at the rounds that they they came in and looked
Speaker 1: where their value has extended throughout their commitment to their career.
Speaker 1: So I mean, I don't care what round you are
Speaker 1: in drafted these days one through seven, you're gonna have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to make the make the team. Then you're
Speaker 1: gonna have an opportunity to compete for a position and
Speaker 1: playing time. Jim Miller, Uh, what's your takeaway on Cordell
Speaker 1: Patterson seems very very intrigued about what's ahead here for him.
Speaker 1: He's kind of settled into that role, like you said,
Speaker 1: kind of a jack of all trade. You know, it
Speaker 1: really didn't work out in Minnesota. They you know what,
Speaker 1: they had switched offenses, but they were dabbling with them
Speaker 1: at a running at the running back position. Raiders continue
Speaker 1: to do it, and then he kind of has a
Speaker 1: breakout year for the New England Patriots in that mode
Speaker 1: when he was really like I said, just due to
Speaker 1: the other injuries to Sony Michelle and James White, he
Speaker 1: was forced into the Bell cal rule. That guy had
Speaker 1: forty two carries as a running back last year from
Speaker 1: the New England Patrons. I mean for a two game stretch,
Speaker 1: he was the main running back. He's a dangerous returner.
Speaker 1: He's always been a Pro Bowl caliber returner from from
Speaker 1: that side of it. So the Bears will get good
Speaker 1: feel position, good starting points you would think in the
Speaker 1: kick return a game. And then has just continued to
Speaker 1: improve as a wide receiver as his career has gone along.
Speaker 1: Like you said that that catch radius and what he's
Speaker 1: been able to do. He just constantly has said the
Speaker 1: arrow has been kind of going up for him in
Speaker 1: his NFL career. You know, I like the fact that
Speaker 1: he's our new Dennis Rodman because he's a guy from
Speaker 1: an opponent that we booed and we hissed for so
Speaker 1: many years. He came to Minnesota as a first rounder.
Speaker 1: They wanted to overtake the Bears and win the division. No,
Speaker 1: but but I'm just saying, yeah, well, I'm just saying
Speaker 1: we boot against him, we booed Jared Allen for all
Speaker 1: the time, then he came to be a Bear. So
Speaker 1: it's those right exactly. I'm glad you brought that up
Speaker 1: because it is those guys that have been in the
Speaker 1: division and that we've grown to dislike because the Bears
Speaker 1: haven't had a great deal of success in recent history,
Speaker 1: and some of these teams. You know, Hahaklin Dix has
Speaker 1: had success, Patterson has had success, and Jared Allen had
Speaker 1: success when he was with the Vikings three two, sixty four,
Speaker 1: sixty seven, sixty seven. You want to hop on talk
Speaker 1: some Bears football here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy
Speaker 1: of the score. Thanks tonight, Tony Gill and Herb Lawrence
Speaker 1: helping us out as our producers tonight. So the resigning
Speaker 1: of Pat o'donald, the resigning of Tyler Bray. Bray took
Speaker 1: a lot of snaps in the preseason. The expectation is
Speaker 1: he will again here in twenty nineteen if Matt Naggie
Speaker 1: decides again to not play starters as much or at
Speaker 1: all for that matter, in the twenty nineteen preseason. We
Speaker 1: don't know if that's going to happen, but it certainly
Speaker 1: did eighteen. I have a question for both of you
Speaker 1: guys then, because Pat o'donald's going to be the punter
Speaker 1: of the Chicago Bears. He's a good putter and he's
Speaker 1: got experiences, more time work with Chris Taber, the special
Speaker 1: team's coordinator, Tyler Bray, is he a competitor for this
Speaker 1: backup quarterback position to Mitchell Trubisky or is he here
Speaker 1: to take reps in the preseason games and it's already
Speaker 1: etched in stone that chases the backup to UH to
Speaker 1: Mitchell Trubisky. You know, I don't, I don't know where
Speaker 1: they're going with that, and it isn't Is it a
Speaker 1: competitive hot button? Is it a competitive scenario going in
Speaker 1: a training camp? I think it would be. I definitely
Speaker 1: think Tyler has been in a league long enough now.
Speaker 1: Um you know, you look at this time on the
Speaker 1: practice squad in Kansas City now for the Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: as well, and I would think, you know, he has
Speaker 1: an opportunity to probably unseat Chase Daniel, who when he
Speaker 1: came in obviously played well, did his job as the
Speaker 1: backup quarterback. But you would think Tyler Bray could challenge
Speaker 1: him for for that spot and it'd be a lot
Speaker 1: cheaper in terms of salary cap money where the Bears
Speaker 1: could save a little bit from that standpoint and potentially
Speaker 1: allocate in other areas. I think, you know, it's UH,
Speaker 1: as Jeff alluded to in the draft. You know, just
Speaker 1: how the Bears are sitting probably the one area of
Speaker 1: the team that I get concerned about would be the kicker.
Speaker 1: You know, the kicking positions still. You got Steve Gotskowski
Speaker 1: sitting out there for the New England Patriots in terms
Speaker 1: of free agency, because you just you fight it hard
Speaker 1: to believe that if they were to draft that position
Speaker 1: that you would think a playoff team would really put
Speaker 1: all that pressure out of young rookie kicker. If that
Speaker 1: ultimate will ultimately was the direction the Bears were getting.
Speaker 1: It has happened though in the league obviously rookie kicker.
Speaker 1: I mean, you had a rookie kicker to help you
Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl, and Kevin Butler but a long
Speaker 1: time ago. But and Gaskowski. You know, I was just
Speaker 1: reading today it looks like they are deeper in the
Speaker 1: negotiations to be retained in New England. I don't know
Speaker 1: what you've heard on that gym, but there are some
Speaker 1: still some veteran kickers out there. They've got a couple
Speaker 1: of kickers on. But I mean, this is a position
Speaker 1: that clearly they are investing assets and resources on and
Speaker 1: investigating thoroughly, because it was one of the point of emphasis.
Speaker 1: You gotta when general manager Ryan Pace does these interviews
Speaker 1: after the season and at the combine he'll do it
Speaker 1: again next week. You know, you got to really listen
Speaker 1: to what he's saying, because he tells you some of
Speaker 1: the plan. He doesn't tell you the exact plan, but
Speaker 1: he definitely doesn't shy away from telling you what he's
Speaker 1: looking for and what needs to improve, and kicking is
Speaker 1: number one. Yeah, you know what, how much how much
Speaker 1: money do the Bears have left out there to invest?
Speaker 1: You know? Do you know a round about dollar figure?
Speaker 1: And when you'll talk about a kicker's experience and coming
Speaker 1: from the New England money tree, he's gonna want a
Speaker 1: lot of money, right Yeah. I mean they have enough
Speaker 1: to to do a few things right now, Jim, and
Speaker 1: also take care of their draft choices and so forth,
Speaker 1: and who knows what else they have up their sleeve
Speaker 1: in terms of their current roster. But I mean, do
Speaker 1: they have a ton of room? No? They you know
Speaker 1: they are they out of money? No, they continue to
Speaker 1: do things to supplement what they've got in place right now.
Speaker 1: I don't have the exact number. Well, they have a
Speaker 1: little over seventeen million dollars, probably need about ten million
Speaker 1: to sign all your d picks. That's what I think
Speaker 1: so they got a little room, but you can always
Speaker 1: approach players free up some money if that wasn't indeed
Speaker 1: the case. But you know, again, when you go back
Speaker 1: to this, you know the kicking position and just what's
Speaker 1: on the line. I mean a game can be decided
Speaker 1: a week in, week out or playoff contest. I mean again,
Speaker 1: to have that experience and have I mean, I'm not
Speaker 1: saying rookie kickers can't do it, but a lot of
Speaker 1: them have flamed out as of late. A lot of
Speaker 1: kickers had moved on. How about Blair Walsh up there
Speaker 1: in Minnesota, they were high on him. He misses a
Speaker 1: playoff kick, lo and bile that see, and that's that's
Speaker 1: all it takes. But you know what, I say it
Speaker 1: all the time, what position probably has a bigger impact
Speaker 1: than wins and losses. And they're probably the kicking position
Speaker 1: is only out on the field maybe six seven snaps
Speaker 1: a game ultimately, but they had they decide a lot
Speaker 1: of the outcomes. When it's all said and up, Bears
Speaker 1: were fifteen or sixteen points shy of a perfect run
Speaker 1: last year. You know, those kicks matter and kicking a
Speaker 1: topic for our first stop on the phones tonight, Tom
Speaker 1: from Lincoln Square, Welcome to six seventy the score and Bears.
Speaker 1: That's how you doing man? So U. You know everyone's
Speaker 1: wondering what you know you have the sextra money from,
Speaker 1: you know, changing those contracts. And I've been thinking that
Speaker 1: he has been the kicker, and I also kind of
Speaker 1: wonder if Guskowski is kind of bear has been a cherry.
Speaker 1: You know, I was thinking that too, Tom. I mean,
Speaker 1: it'd be great, it'd be great. Well do you think
Speaker 1: about the what the length of time the vinitary was
Speaker 1: able to be a good kicker after he was the
Speaker 1: kicker that we got to know him in New England
Speaker 1: because he's gone on to have the second career as
Speaker 1: long as most kickers have in their first and only career.
Speaker 1: That's a good point brought out by Tom. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, you look at Guskowsky and plus he's kicked
Speaker 1: out doors, he's been in big games, ton of playoff
Speaker 1: experience playing for the New England Patriots and a getting
Speaker 1: just a weather factor. I mean, other kickers out there
Speaker 1: or Matt Bryant, Phil Dawson, those guys are up there
Speaker 1: in h Sebastian Janikowski. It almost looked like he was
Speaker 1: done towards the end of the year as a Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 1: I think the one game he throughout his back roperately.
Speaker 1: They're there, Putterer had to do the kicking form. But
Speaker 1: Mike Nugent, okay for bath Nick Ross, There's there's really
Speaker 1: other than Gaskowski. He's probably the most credible kicker you
Speaker 1: can see out there on the market right now. Well,
Speaker 1: it'll be taken care of somehow, some way, but in
Speaker 1: the weather aspect of it, to me is the biggest
Speaker 1: one of all. So if you if you can't kick
Speaker 1: it Soldier Field, you can't kick in. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a little sad is after the expectations were completely exceeded
Speaker 1: by the Bears last year, that right now, at this
Speaker 1: stage we're talking about a kicker, and you think of
Speaker 1: everything that Ryan and Matt were able to overcome, to improve,
Speaker 1: to enhance, to get better, to make alterations to different
Speaker 1: positions and stuff, that we're here talking about a kicker
Speaker 1: clanking right. Well, they they they thought they had the
Speaker 1: guy and not not to be the guy. So they'll
Speaker 1: Is it a good thing that this is the subject
Speaker 1: matter or should we be talking about a topic. You
Speaker 1: don't have a quarterback or a pass rusher or a
Speaker 1: corner that can lock somebody down, you know, that would
Speaker 1: be your worried him though those are the positions. Well yeah,
Speaker 1: but I mean again, with the new rules and how
Speaker 1: things have changed and how the extra points, I mean
Speaker 1: that that position has taken on greater importance. And it's
Speaker 1: not only just the Bears that had some failures at
Speaker 1: that position. There were other teams as well that I
Speaker 1: just mentioned Seattle. You know here they are a playoff
Speaker 1: team and that's when Janikowski kind of let them down
Speaker 1: down the stretch. So that's a big position. That is,
Speaker 1: if you've got a winning team and a team that
Speaker 1: you feel can go to the postseason, that position has
Speaker 1: to be solidified. Jeff Jonny Act, Tom there, Jimmy Miller
Speaker 1: with you here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. Obviously,
Speaker 1: the Bears did not have a ton of big needs
Speaker 1: this offseason for the first time under Ryan Pace, so
Speaker 1: he could pick and choose what he needs to do
Speaker 1: based on his assets available and whatnot with the salary
Speaker 1: cap and guaranteed money. So John, excuse me, John Breach
Speaker 1: of CBS Sports, he ranked off thirty two teams in
Speaker 1: terms of free agency, and everybody's doing this. Eybody's got
Speaker 1: different opinions, but he has the Bears eighth best in
Speaker 1: terms of what they're able to do with the running
Speaker 1: back position in Mike Davis Patterson in the return game
Speaker 1: and offense buster screen, the resigning of Bobby Massey, which
Speaker 1: everyone seems to forget, that is a part of your
Speaker 1: free agency that was locking down the right tackle position
Speaker 1: there and haha, Clinton Dix, he said someone should call
Speaker 1: the police on the Bears because getting in for three
Speaker 1: and a half million was an absolute steal. And I
Speaker 1: think others agree. It's a one year deal though, so
Speaker 1: I think you have to also look at the draft
Speaker 1: in terms of reloading the secondary two for the future.
Speaker 1: But I as we know, this is a growth situation.
Speaker 1: Whatever happened in twenty eighteen was growth under Matt Eneggie
Speaker 1: and the offense of being new. Now more growth with
Speaker 1: what you have and that's free agency for the twenty
Speaker 1: nineteen Did you ever see the movie War Games Grown Up?
Speaker 1: Remember when they turned that dial to Deacon five. The
Speaker 1: Bears of banning a Deacon five situation up into this offseason.
Speaker 1: This is the first time they can turn that dial
Speaker 1: down and just start filling in some really important pieces.
Speaker 1: And when you talk about the deal they are able
Speaker 1: to do with haha, Clinton Dix, the ability to replace
Speaker 1: Bryce Callahan, the ability to get better and more explosive
Speaker 1: on offense. I do think that the Bears were not
Speaker 1: facing a desperate scenario going to this offseason. This is
Speaker 1: an off season where they were able finally to get
Speaker 1: some quality players to put into quality positions. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you know there's still other positions they need to address.
Speaker 1: You know, still haven't resigned Mike Burton. Do they go
Speaker 1: out and draft a fullback. There's a pretty good one
Speaker 1: up there at Wisconsin as a Wisconsin Badger that maybe
Speaker 1: could be targeted in the laser later rounds. Like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: if Aaron Lynch dion Aaron Lynch signed today, I think
Speaker 1: he did. I thought I saw that news today that
Speaker 1: Lynch signed somewhere. If they don't resign Aaron Lynch or
Speaker 1: if he signs with another team, you know, pass rusher
Speaker 1: would probably be another another position that the Bears would
Speaker 1: probably like to add too. So there's subtle positions that
Speaker 1: probably need more depth and positions that need to be
Speaker 1: addressed here we mentioned kicker the fullback position. If Lynch
Speaker 1: signs another place, maybe another pass rusher is at it,
Speaker 1: but not just you know, not glaring needs like what
Speaker 1: some other teams need to address. So I think the
Speaker 1: Bears are in pretty good shape. Aaron Lynch was visiting
Speaker 1: the Colts, but today the Colts got some Houston. Yeahside Houston.
Speaker 1: That took it off the table two year I think
Speaker 1: twenty four million dollar deal. Forth pass rusher. As we
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Speaker 1: with you until the top of the hour tonight. Please
Speaker 1: jump on and say hello and tell us what's on
Speaker 1: your mind about the NFL and Bears football in general.
Speaker 1: There's been a good week of pro workouts, Tom and
Speaker 1: Jim this week. Jim, you you guys probably we're at
Speaker 1: some of those or some of your reporters or whatnot.
Speaker 1: Some takeaways from some of the big workouts this week.
Speaker 1: Alabama is a recent one of Ohio State this week.
Speaker 1: But Dwayne Haskins the quarterback who's a very intriguing big quarterback. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I like Dwayne Haskins a lot. I personally think he's
Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the draft. You know, I know
Speaker 1: everybody assumes that Kyler Murray is going to go number
Speaker 1: number one overall to the Arizona Cardinals. That may be,
Speaker 1: you know, that may be true, but I would think,
Speaker 1: you know, they're not going to ignore what they what
Speaker 1: they saw on tape. Uh. You know, if Dwayne Haskins,
Speaker 1: it's hard to believe. You know, you look at remember
Speaker 1: when everybody just went bonkers when here the Bears trade
Speaker 1: up to get Mitchell Trubisky, who ultimately was a one
Speaker 1: year starter. At North Carolina, and now'll you know, you
Speaker 1: look at these two quarterbacks. Both Kyler Murray and Dwayne
Speaker 1: Haskins are both one year starters. And Dwayne had a
Speaker 1: great year. I mean he's a Big Ten player of
Speaker 1: the year. He's got the fifty touchdowns only eight interceptions.
Speaker 1: I watched his pro day workout. I mean, he can
Speaker 1: make every single throw. He's deadly accurate. He's really been
Speaker 1: tutored his whole life by Sean Springs. I think he's
Speaker 1: the real deal. And if Arizona, you know, again, everybody's
Speaker 1: speculated it'll be Kyler Murray, but I don't know how
Speaker 1: they could ignore what Dayne Haskins has done as well.
Speaker 1: And he's more of the prototypical size that the NFL
Speaker 1: is looking for. Jim, if you're going into the pros
Speaker 1: with limited experience at the quarterback position, will r PO
Speaker 1: quarterback be able to survive on his athleticism and movement
Speaker 1: a little bit better than if there's inefficiency and the
Speaker 1: reading ability of a drop back quarterback. And you know,
Speaker 1: when you look at the combine of today, we used
Speaker 1: to only look at the six three and above quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Now there's a complete separation and quarterbacks abilities and what's
Speaker 1: more difficult to survive the dropback or the RPO. Well,
Speaker 1: I think, you know, for Kyler Murray, you know, thrown
Speaker 1: in the pocket, it's going to be you know, an
Speaker 1: area that he's going to have to develop over time.
Speaker 1: I mean, probably the best example of it what Lincoln
Speaker 1: Riley has done. I mean, Lincoln Riley has done a
Speaker 1: terrific job because Baker Mayfield wasn't the biggest quarterback either now,
Speaker 1: and look how well he assimilated to what Cleveland was
Speaker 1: asking him to do last year. He played fantastic down
Speaker 1: the stretch. And that's what I think a team will
Speaker 1: do if they draft Kyler Murray, you know, whether it's
Speaker 1: Arizona or any other team that ultimately selects him, I
Speaker 1: think they're going to use the style of offense that
Speaker 1: Oklahoma brings, modify it a little bit, incorporate the RPOs. Obviously,
Speaker 1: his mobility is a big part of his game because
Speaker 1: he's such a He's got that that cat quick quickness,
Speaker 1: and you're probably gonna need a good offensive line. Remember
Speaker 1: even when Drew Brees was in New Orleans, the priority
Speaker 1: was they always had big guards, right Jerry Evans, even
Speaker 1: looking at Andrew's pete. Now, the player they drafted from Stanford,
Speaker 1: they thought he was going to play tackle. Ultimately he's
Speaker 1: kicked into the guard because Drew's hovering right there at
Speaker 1: six foot. So I think that'll be kind of the
Speaker 1: same mode for Kyler Murray. That's how the offenses that
Speaker 1: he's going to be in. I think they'll continue what
Speaker 1: he's had success with at Oklahoma and even their offensive
Speaker 1: linetop They're probably gonna have four offensive linement drafted. I
Speaker 1: mean those guys, I mean, Cody Forde, those are some
Speaker 1: good players down there at Oklahoma. How are you evaluating?
Speaker 1: And this has been an a age long problem with
Speaker 1: SEC teams in particular because certainly at Alabama or Georgia
Speaker 1: because the two deep. I mean, you could get a
Speaker 1: guy that never plays and becomes a ten year player
Speaker 1: in the National Football quinnin Williams, he's a one year player. Well,
Speaker 1: some think he's the best player in the draft defensive
Speaker 1: But here's my question, your evaluation. Like I look at Clemson,
Speaker 1: all those defensive stars up front, that front seven and
Speaker 1: their corners. They got two good ones coming out. They
Speaker 1: got all those great defensive linemen, But who's making who better?
Speaker 1: How do you how is it harder to evaluate as
Speaker 1: opposed to just knowing you got, Hey, I got Aaron
Speaker 1: Donald coming out, and this is the guy I'm going
Speaker 1: to draft out of Pittsburgh because he's a due everything,
Speaker 1: three technique defensive tackle and he's going to be a star. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I think these guys is pretty evident. I mean, Quinnon
Speaker 1: Williams is that dominant of a player, and then he
Speaker 1: goes to the combine post the incredible numbers, so you
Speaker 1: kind of believe it with how he plays on tape
Speaker 1: and then he backed it up at you know, at
Speaker 1: the at the combine and just how he moves and
Speaker 1: how big he is. But you think about him, I mean,
Speaker 1: he couldn't get past the other guys that were there.
Speaker 1: Jonathan Allen, I mean, think of the players, the defensive
Speaker 1: lineman that have been drafted out of Alabama as of late,
Speaker 1: and this guy's probably rated the highest out of all
Speaker 1: of them. Is a one year player and he couldn't
Speaker 1: even get on the field at Alabama, but he's been
Speaker 1: so dominant with everything that he's done, just how he's
Speaker 1: utilized and everything like that. So he's by far probably
Speaker 1: the best defensive tackle in the draft. But hey, Clemson,
Speaker 1: they got a couple of good ones too. You know,
Speaker 1: Wilkins is a is a very good player. He's a leader. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, the other big defensive tackle is a legit
Speaker 1: three hundred and fifty pounds. I know he pulled his
Speaker 1: quad at the Hams or at the at the combine,
Speaker 1: but he's a legitimate run stuff or that just there's
Speaker 1: probably nobody in this draft that is like him, that
Speaker 1: has the ability to just stuff the run for how
Speaker 1: big he is. When you go back and you look
Speaker 1: at the college performance of a guy like Aaron Donald,
Speaker 1: he had so much explosiveness you could see that it
Speaker 1: was going to translate because he was great every down.
Speaker 1: When you look at some of these Clempson guys, it's
Speaker 1: interesting how you have to evaluate these guys. You got
Speaker 1: to watch tape when they're tired. That's they're going to
Speaker 1: tell you what type of player they actually are. I
Speaker 1: remember when they first started talking about William Perry and
Speaker 1: they started talking about his extreme power and explosiveness on
Speaker 1: first down, and then okay, it was equal to a
Speaker 1: little less than second down fatigue on third And that's
Speaker 1: kind of the process of when you get to the
Speaker 1: NFL and you're drafted and you've been playing along some
Speaker 1: great teammates that it's a little bit easier to survive
Speaker 1: now that you're that high draft choice and you're coming
Speaker 1: in and you're gonna have to be thus provide the spark.
Speaker 1: What do you do when you're fatigue? And I think
Speaker 1: that's something you have to look at. And these team
Speaker 1: that you talk about that it have so many great
Speaker 1: players on one side of the ball or on the team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know what's harder to evaluate that or the
Speaker 1: guy who's playing lesser competition and he's got inflated numbers
Speaker 1: potentially because of a system. You can look at that
Speaker 1: with receivers obviously running backs, what type of routes are
Speaker 1: they running? I mean, it's to me it's harder. Effort
Speaker 1: on effort on tenth play is easier to evaluate than
Speaker 1: the effort on first play because when you're fresh and
Speaker 1: whether no matter what position you are. You know, Dick
Speaker 1: always used to say, fatigue makes cowards out of all
Speaker 1: of us. So it is about how do you evaluate
Speaker 1: these guys. Okay, you're gonna go draft this guy from
Speaker 1: Clemsons three hundred and fifty pounds. You draft him as
Speaker 1: a defensive tackle in Miami. You know what it's like
Speaker 1: going to Miami every single day and go through hot practices,
Speaker 1: and I know he's been a part of that. And
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just picking Clemson out as one school
Speaker 1: no matter where you come from, well, it's probably the
Speaker 1: one anomaly. And I'll throw this in because you're right.
Speaker 1: I mean the Alabama I mean they could have six
Speaker 1: guys drafted in the first round. I mean that's unbelievable
Speaker 1: when you think about it. And Clemson's gonna be well presented.
Speaker 1: Go check out the d tackle from Houston at Oliver
Speaker 1: because here, you know, last year at this time he
Speaker 1: was he was tearing it up. And then you go
Speaker 1: into the twenty eighteen season, a lot more attention is
Speaker 1: really paid attention to him. So everybody's like, oh, is
Speaker 1: his numbers aren't as good, he's not as good a player.
Speaker 1: He's going first round and that dude is legitimate. He's
Speaker 1: like John Randall, who played for the Minnesota Vikings. I
Speaker 1: played against John Randall. He was a hell of a
Speaker 1: football player. And I think this at Oliver. He's one
Speaker 1: guy that just he sticks out and he's kind of
Speaker 1: the lonesome dove all by himself down there at Houston,
Speaker 1: and a lot of people better not forget about him.
Speaker 1: This is Bears All Access, Jeff Jonny Actop there, Jim Miller,
Speaker 1: some of the news of the day justin Houston at
Speaker 1: the Colts two year deal twenty four million. Quick thoughts
Speaker 1: on that good addition to the Colts team. That's a
Speaker 1: playoff team again, man, you know, do you see him?
Speaker 1: Because the Eberflus runs that Tampa two And I'm not
Speaker 1: saying that that he can't do it, but he's going
Speaker 1: to be a defensive end in that scheme. I assume
Speaker 1: he'll be in there primarily for pass rushing specialist is
Speaker 1: what it's got to be. But I think for him,
Speaker 1: he's kind of out of sorts unless they switch and
Speaker 1: they do a lot of under defense, under defense affront
Speaker 1: with the Sam on the line. And now I can
Speaker 1: see it with him as in a two point stance,
Speaker 1: maybe over a tight end or something like that, but
Speaker 1: I think I don't know if that's really a good
Speaker 1: fit for him there in Indianapolis. He's a great player.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he can't do it, but he just
Speaker 1: seems out of out of a fit in that defense.
Speaker 1: You know, one thing that really helps him is the
Speaker 1: support of home crowd noise. They're gonna go from one
Speaker 1: of the loudest outdoor stadiums in the league in Kansas
Speaker 1: City to Indianapolis where they have good crowd support down there.
Speaker 1: So that's one of the benefactors of you know, for
Speaker 1: a guy like like this that gets to going play
Speaker 1: and guaranteed warm weather, indoor dome with crowd noise, you
Speaker 1: go there and you provide that spark at home, you're
Speaker 1: gonna get your sacks on the road. But at home
Speaker 1: is when they need these guys to shine. And well,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, let me add one more thing because here,
Speaker 1: think about Chris Ballad. He comes from Kansas City, right,
Speaker 1: he knows Justin Houston as good as anybody. But now
Speaker 1: Kansas City they're going to a four man front with
Speaker 1: Steve Spagnolo. They didn't view Justin Houston as a defensive end.
Speaker 1: They didn't even view d Ford as a defensive end.
Speaker 1: So I'm just I'm coming to grips how they're going
Speaker 1: to utilize the more. You know, it's probably gonna be
Speaker 1: an under defense where he's the sam backer on the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage over a tight end otherwise, because I
Speaker 1: just don't you know, Kanda City didn't even see him
Speaker 1: as a defensive end. And a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: when the Eagles won the Super Bowl and the Bears
Speaker 1: played them, I was commedy there was no way they
Speaker 1: were going to be able to resign all of their
Speaker 1: defensive linemen, and they love having depth up front. Today
Speaker 1: they resigned Vinny Curry back with the Eagles. So you
Speaker 1: got Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham alike, Jackson, Derek Barnett all there,
Speaker 1: Robert Griffin the third back with Baltimore. And there's gonna
Speaker 1: be a preseason football game in Honolulu between the Rams
Speaker 1: and Cowboys. Tom Thair, it's the first there. You know,
Speaker 1: Loha Stadiums is nineteen. I never realized that the commissioner
Speaker 1: listened to Bears all access does. He finally listened to me,
Speaker 1: And they're getting games back in Hawaii where they deserve
Speaker 1: to be. If the crowd support is gonna be insane,
Speaker 1: and I do think it's gonna be a better spectacle
Speaker 1: than any of the other because Tom doesn't really appreciate
Speaker 1: going to London he'd rather than the game be in
Speaker 1: the United States in Hawaii. We'll address that when we
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Speaker 1: we turn it over to the Score. And that schedule
Speaker 1: prediction challenge is something because you go to every game,
Speaker 1: not just home games, but everybody wants to know the schedule.
Speaker 1: I am getting ear hustled left and right, especially about
Speaker 1: that London game, much to your dis manager, But the
Speaker 1: London game, win the London game. Are the Bears for sure?
Speaker 1: We're going to meet the Packers in the opener and
Speaker 1: Thursday night here in Chicago. That seems to be the
Speaker 1: popular opinion. Anyway. We're gonna know soon here in the
Speaker 1: next few weeks, and it'll be a very It's it's
Speaker 1: one of the more impressive home schedules. I recall there
Speaker 1: are a lot of good teams come into town. Traditionally
Speaker 1: strong NFL franchises that are gonna be dropping into soldier feel.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun So you know, one thing
Speaker 1: about the Bears and the and the NFL in the
Speaker 1: prediction of your schedule, you think of the end of
Speaker 1: the preseason Alsodden, the Bears get Khalil Mack. That changes
Speaker 1: the schedule completely. In the outcome of really, what's gonna happen?
Speaker 1: You don't know. The injuries that affect the team in
Speaker 1: a major way are so unpredictable ie Washington Redskins from
Speaker 1: last year and their quarterback debacle. So you know it's
Speaker 1: fruitless to triumph right direct, right, you know you kind
Speaker 1: of look at you kind of look at the schedule,
Speaker 1: but you only think about your team because you those
Speaker 1: other teams are too unpredictable. Yeah, it's well, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting, you know, just you know, even in division,
Speaker 1: you know, Packers fans they feel like they've been born again.
Speaker 1: You know, here they're diving into free agency and spending
Speaker 1: all this money to upgrade their team. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of excitement in Minnesota because they've got a lot of
Speaker 1: players that return. But you know, the Bears, there's no
Speaker 1: reason why they can't repeat and win the division again.
Speaker 1: But you're right, it's gonna be much tougher. They're they're
Speaker 1: not going to be as surprise to anybody how good
Speaker 1: they are and how they finished the year last year.
Speaker 1: So like anything else, you got to strap it up
Speaker 1: in every game counts and we'll see if the Bears
Speaker 1: can defend their turf. So you get Aaron Rodgers understandably
Speaker 1: probably week one, and you've got a couple of new
Speaker 1: defensive backs time, how long does secondary reach out? Well
Speaker 1: that that's what was my question is how long will
Speaker 1: it take for new defensive coordinator to develop a relationship
Speaker 1: with new defensive backs where they have to get an
Speaker 1: understanding and oh yeah, we got to get ready to
Speaker 1: play Aaron Rodgers week one. So you talk about the
Speaker 1: starters not playing at length during the preseason games. You
Speaker 1: have to pay more attention to practices that you have
Speaker 1: a chance to see him training camp and he's in
Speaker 1: a new offense too. When you're talking about four or
Speaker 1: five and six defensive backs and a majority of the
Speaker 1: time it's five and six defensive backs, how long does
Speaker 1: that continuity take to grow? And you know, are you
Speaker 1: in a disadvantage when you play Aaron Rodgers week one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and well I think that's a key and I say
Speaker 1: it all the time. I mean, you know, Chuck Pcgonald,
Speaker 1: He's just going to call a game different. He calls
Speaker 1: a game different than how Vic Fangio calls a game.
Speaker 1: So how quickly do the players get on the same
Speaker 1: page as him and expectations or maybe anticipating what he's
Speaker 1: looking for in key situations. So it all starts a
Speaker 1: new and you got a brand new play caller defensively
Speaker 1: that has his own idio, secrecies and things that he
Speaker 1: believes in that not necessarily messed with what Vic Fanjioe
Speaker 1: did as a defensive coordinator. Jim Miller with Tom there,
Speaker 1: Jeff Joniac here on Barzil Access. A few more minutes
Speaker 1: to go the owners meetings beginning Sunday through Wednesday in Arizona.
Speaker 1: Jim will be headed down there, and this is the
Speaker 1: time when the competition committee meets, they vote, they make
Speaker 1: some changes, maybe they take able some things go to
Speaker 1: a later meeting as the ownership group, but much of
Speaker 1: it is based around replay. Jim, what have you been
Speaker 1: discussing on your show on serious XM moving the change
Speaker 1: with pat because there are some suggestions by the Commission
Speaker 1: Committee now to make amendments to rules or create new
Speaker 1: rules regarding Yeah. Probably the ones that pass historically are
Speaker 1: really the ones proposed by the Competition Committee, especially the
Speaker 1: new ones always concerning safety. Those seems to pass right away.
Speaker 1: Like the permanent the rule six is to make permanent
Speaker 1: the new kickoff rule changes that were implemented in twenty
Speaker 1: eighteen concussions were down. I think that goes through with
Speaker 1: flying colors. The Competition Committee they also want to amend
Speaker 1: Rule twelve to expand protection of a defenseless player right
Speaker 1: deals with safety. I think that's going to pass with
Speaker 1: flying colors. The one that's interesting is the proposal by
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. Why, because of their playoff laws
Speaker 1: to the Patriots, they want to allow teams the opportunity
Speaker 1: to possess the ball at least one time in overtime,
Speaker 1: even if the first team to possess the ball in
Speaker 1: overtime scores a touchdown. Right, who doesn't want to see
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes to have an opportunity to go against Tom
Speaker 1: Brady after the Patriots marched down and they get a
Speaker 1: touchdown and Patrick Mahomes doesn't get an opportunity at the ball,
Speaker 1: so overtime continues. We hear that one a lot, like
Speaker 1: they don't think it's fair. What do you feel about
Speaker 1: a town? I don't know. I mean, I think that's
Speaker 1: one of the most argumented points of the NFL as
Speaker 1: how do you conclude a football game? So, I mean,
Speaker 1: is one side ever going to be satisfied? No, even
Speaker 1: if you gave the Kansas City Chiefs an opportunity, now
Speaker 1: you would have Robert Craft in New England Patriots saying, hey,
Speaker 1: if you win in your first possession, you scored us,
Speaker 1: like the rules say, keep in place. I don't know.
Speaker 1: It just seems like an argument for the two owners
Speaker 1: to try to figure out how to best captivate the
Speaker 1: attention to your audience at the end of a game
Speaker 1: and how they want to see it. I want no
Speaker 1: part of Denver's jim to a mineral six providing an
Speaker 1: alternative to the on side kick allowing a team who
Speaker 1: is trailing in the game an opportunity to do main
Speaker 1: pain maintained possession of the ball after scoring. I hate
Speaker 1: I hate change. I don't like change, but some of
Speaker 1: these are kind of off the wall. Well that's what well,
Speaker 1: some have assumed that you could go for it like
Speaker 1: out a fake punt. Maybe something like that would be
Speaker 1: the alternative that I don't think it'll pass. I think
Speaker 1: it still has to be talked to quite quite a bit,
Speaker 1: So that's something that will probably be tabled or shot
Speaker 1: down altogether. That's one of the most anticipated moments in
Speaker 1: the game, is the anticipation before the actual onside attapt
Speaker 1: because we've seen it go both ways this season. The
Speaker 1: you know, the kicking team has retrieved a couple of
Speaker 1: the outside kicks. And then two versions of the one
Speaker 1: year expansion of reviewable plays. First would be for files
Speaker 1: for pass interference. The second would add files for roughing
Speaker 1: the pastor unnecessary hits against the defensive player. Tom, I
Speaker 1: know your feelings on it. I gotta get them all
Speaker 1: route up, Big Jim. Hey, we're out of time. Thank
Speaker 1: you once again, appreciate it to be with you, Have
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