WEBVTT - Bears Draft Recap | All Access 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:03.800 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:07.840 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:10.840 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:15.520 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:20.239 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:24.239 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:28.960 Physical Therapy and CDW. Welcome into another edition of Bears 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:31.520 All Access. It's brought to you by IGS Energy, web 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:34.000 broadcast partner from news radio seven eighty a one oh 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:37.639 five point out FMWBBM. Mister Tom there, I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.959 Please you have joined us today. This is a prerecorded 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.200 edition of All Access. We missed you during the draft week, 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.320 but we're going to do a special draft recap here 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.360 and thanks to our producers. Jordan tread Up dam really 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.800 big time. How you feeling it a day. I'm feeling great, Jeff. 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.560 You know, sensors. The draft has ended. It's to spend 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:57.680 the most talk about draft history of Chicago Bears sports 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:02.240 and the outs the outskirt, the outlying topics that have 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:07.000 been going around the league and everything. Super impressed with 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.800 the impressions that the choice of Justin Fields is left 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:16.120 around the league impressed what they consider his development possibilities 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.759 to ultimately turn into. And hey, we can't sit here 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:22.480 and talk about the draft week without talking about the 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:24.720 punch in the face that we all got right before 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:30.000 the draft started in conversations of Aaron Rodgers possibly being 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:34.240 disgruntled enough to move on. You've been eloquent in your 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:37.959 debut here todaytime. I love your feelings the history of 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:41.560 Chicago Bears football, But anytime a quarterback a certainly one 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:45.600 of this stature and this kind of ceiling, Wow, because 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.200 this guy really is the limit and you're right, A 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:53.520 buzz in town is palpable, friends, family acquaintances, people reaching 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.840 out on social media to both of us. While I'm 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.120 not you because you're not on social media, but just 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.840 the way you have interacted with people in the public, 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:05.040 that's the first topic is Justin Fields. Listen, I actually 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:09.280 talk to people, so you know, between common between conversations 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:12.239 this morning with the general manager of another team and 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:16.640 getting their reflection about what they think. You know, Justin 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:20.679 Fields is the new quarterback. He is not the quarterback 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.200 that came out of my generation, the straight drop back passer. 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:29.239 Now we've been introduced to an athlete that plays quarterback, 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:33.200 and from what we've seen in the sense, this whole 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:38.160 athleticism at that position has started justin fields fits right 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.920 into that that new generation of quarterbacks in the NFL. 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.400 And to what are you referring to but the punch 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:48.040 in the face right before the draft, please, well, well 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.240 that's when that Aaron Rodgers information came out. And so 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.960 when you're thinking about what player can the Bears take 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.399 to help this team make the biggest jump the soonest yeah, 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.200 you're thinking about quarterback, but we assume that all of 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.519 them would be gone by twenty and then all of 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.480 a sudden they bring up within the division. If there 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.000 was one player you could take out of the division 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:11.080 to give everybody the best chance to climb up top, 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:13.960 it would be Aaron Rodgers. And then during the course 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.280 of the week, I messaged you who is the second 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.840 best player in the NFC North? And now you have 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:23.240 to think about it because it's not an obvious that 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:27.839 jumps right on your plate. Again, you know, we're all 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.480 you know because the story hasn't left the headlines about 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:35.600 Aaron Rodgers. But I think the second headline that's most 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.840 talked about this week is the selection of Justin Fields. 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:41.760 That's a great question too. We're gonna approach that with 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.720 our friend Jim Miller just a moment. We're also going 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.680 to hear from some college head coaches that impacted this 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.000 draft from a Bears perspective, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.440 Oklahoma state head coach Mike Gunde, and Virginia Tech head 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.800 coach Justin Fuente. And that leads me to the former 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:01.400 Chicago Bears quarterback, a Michigan stater. The series SXM NFL 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:05.520 radio host on Moving the Chains with Pat Kerwin, our 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:09.000 special guest each and every week, Big Jim Miller, Oh 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.280 you've got thoughts. I know you do. You must be 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.520 grinning ear to ear to hear Big Tom's excitement. Jim, Yeah, 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.359 well I am. I'm excited for Justin Fields. You know, 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.120 I didn't think the Bears would have a chance to 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:23.160 get him, but here he falls through ten and Ryan 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.520 Pace works to deal with the giant, said Levin, with 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.840 of all people, Dave Getlman, that never is really traded down. 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.119 So it worked out brilliantly for the Chicago Bears. Already 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.880 have talked to Justin Fields. He's this guy's a tough 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:38.560 competitor and like Tom said, it's a different way that 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:41.200 the game has played. And this is a very athletic, 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:45.520 very determined, I think, very tough minded individual that I 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.440 think landed up in the right spot with the Chicago Bears. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.839 And then the Aaron Rodgers drama continues to unfold, And 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.080 what is your perspective on it. I know it's probably 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.640 been topic number one on your show all week. Yeah, 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.240 it has been obviously, and you know, some people as 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.280 sensitive feelings, you know, just because they draft a quarterback 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.880 and maybe he doesn't feel appreciated when you look at 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.200 Aaron Rodgers, and I tend to agree with with bred Farmer. 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.680 I don't think this is going away any anytime soon. 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.360 I think Aaron Rodgers is a very principled guy. He's 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:17.320 going to stick to his guns and I don't think 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:20.279 he reports for a training camp and so the Packers 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.120 are going to get what they what they want. We'll 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.520 see what Jordan Love can do and then maybe at 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:27.240 that point, if he plays well Jordan Love, I mean 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:31.680 plays well, maybe then the Packers would consider trading Aaron Rodgers. 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.520 If he plays poorly. I think Aaron Rodgers will get 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.600 his fat new deal that he wanted all along in 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:41.320 Green Bay. Did you have a take on Terry Bradshaw's 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:46.279 opinion about things? No, I mean, here's the thing is 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:51.839 I mean organizations. You know, it's it's the typical players, play, coaches, coach, 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:55.359 owner's own you know. So if Aaron thinks said he's 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.320 got to be abreast of every single decision making process 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.840 that the Packers are doing, and I think he's sorely mistaken, 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.680 that really doesn't happen in any organization. They may give 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.520 an inkling and ask you your input about, Hey, what 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:09.520 do you think is so and so player in this 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:13.240 and that? But honestly, how many players is Aaron Rodgers 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.680 really studying prior to the Packers draft? Every single year? 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.719 I don't think any player does that for any team. 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.120 And then you reflect on and afterwards and you just 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:26.000 you welcome him in with open arms. So, whether he 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:30.400 felt he was caught astray or really out of touch 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.840 with that pick of Jordan Love, at some point every 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:35.960 organization is going to have to draft a quarterback. I 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.679 think we all know that. You know, Jim and Jeff, 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.640 I think that narrative of the quarterback being more involved 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:45.280 in personnel decision started earlier this offseason with both Russell 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.279 Wilson and Deshaun Watson. So I just think it's something 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:52.040 that Aaron Rodgers is piggybacked on because, yeah, he may 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.480 be talking about Jordan Law or the lack of receivers. 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.440 You know, this is a topic that began with those 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:03.640 two guys in their turmoil and their decisions they're making. 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.240 I mean, it goes back to Tom Brady. Everybody thinks 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:07.839 they're going to talk their way out of town. But 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.160 Tom Brady did it the right way. He did it 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.800 where he wouldn't be placed with the franchise tag. He 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.320 went to the owner's house and Robert Craft. They said 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.640 their goodbyes and that was it, you know. But Tom 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:21.880 had been building up to that moment to making sure 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.640 they couldn't franchise tag him and all that stuff, and 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.040 then he's able to move on and everybody went there 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:30.480 their separate ways. That's really not the case for Green Bay. 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.440 Aaron Rodgers has three years left under contract, plus they 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.480 can franchise tag him for two more years, so yeah, 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.320 they can give him some more money to make them happy. 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.360 But I think he wanted really to end his career 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:44.360 in Green Bay by getting a long term extension again, 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.000 and it just really didn't happen, and that Green Bay 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:48.920 seems to be digging a line in the sand where 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.760 they're not going to offer him any extension on his contract. 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:56.160 I am of the opinion, though, that this whole idea 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.880 about competition rankling somebody, it just drives me nuts. I 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.760 mean I do. I mean, listen, I'm gonna be fifty 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.640 nine years old. So maybe people think that all man thinking, 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:12.040 but I just don't buy it. Everybody in life has 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.880 to deal with competitive aspects of their position and what's 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.440 down the line, what's coming down the pipeline. It's just 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.960 part of life. And if you're gonna be sensitive about competition, 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.680 I don't care who you are. I mean, it's you're 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.920 not coughing up for me. Yeah. Here's the thing is, 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.600 Jordan Love was no competition from the get go. He's 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:33.000 a greatly raw player. I interviewed Jordan Love how about 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.000 this time? I asked him, hey, man, can you give 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.800 me an example of a hard count? He didn't even 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.160 know what a hard count was, and I go, here, 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.600 you just got drafted by Green Bay with the all 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.040 time best hardcount quarterback in Aaron Rodgers. I said, you're 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.240 gonna find out what a hard count is in how 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:52.560 to do it. So he's really no competition for Aaron Rodgers. 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:56.560 And realistically, if Aaron continues to play, he may never 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.760 even step on the field. So it was kind of 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.920 a wasted pick when you look at when Green Bay 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:04.720 selected Jordan Lowe. Yeah, you know one thing about the 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.679 young quarterbacks, Jim, when you talk about the hard count, 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:10.640 it's a non rhythmic tone to the voice of the 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:15.000 quarterback and trying to make the defensive lineman susceptible to 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:19.040 jumping or even being off balance. And nowadays they really 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.320 don't use that. You know, you've got Aaron Rodgers who's 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.240 the master of it. You have guys in the past 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.880 from Steve de Berg to Boomer Assias and that we're 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.320 masters at it. But now in the modern day offense, 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.800 it's almost because you got two plays called and you 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:33.920 have so much going through your brain. You really don't 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:37.439 have quarterbacks that are at that level where they know 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:41.320 everything so perfectly that they can use that voice flection 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.600 as a weapon. That's equally as destructive because if you 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.280 win on that two to three times a game, you're 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.120 talking about touchdowns or big completions. In the case of 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.240 Aaron Rodgers, that's time there. Jim Miller, Jeff jon Acc 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.280 here on Chicago's sports Radio six seventy the Score. Let's 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.160 take a break here on bearsdall Access. Welcome back to 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.400 Bears on acces. I was brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.960 Choose clean energy for your home at igs dot com 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.840 because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.680 Jeff Jony Aac, Tom Thayer, Jim Miller, with you on 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:13.560 our show this week, a post draft show. Couldn't be 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.920 with you the week before, but glad we're with you now. 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:18.720 As we're breaking down the Bears selections, let's talk about 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:23.520 the departure of left tackle Tommy Charles Leno Jr. Durable 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:26.720 as they come, reliable as they come, ninety five straight 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.600 starts when you add the playoff games. And this was 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.040 something in Brad Biggs article this past week in the 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.800 Chicago Tribune. Played next to twelve starting left guards since 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:39.720 Week four of twenty fifteen, and wow, and he still 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.319 weathered that storm. So any inefficiency that popped up during 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.400 the course of that time, and Bears use five left 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.160 guards last season, you know, may have led to some 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.000 not as stellar play in twenty nineteen. I thought he 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.439 played well last season in twenty twenty, but there's not 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.360 a guy in the roster tom that has a start 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.560 at left tackle now in this league. Yeah, you know, 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.920 you didn't think about the amount of left guards that 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.920 he played it next to, and then think about the 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.240 amount of offensive line coaches he's had through his bearer's journey, 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.600 so you don't grow that consistency of the same technique. 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:15.240 Talk to you for a number of years. Charles Leno 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:19.280 did more in developing himself because he first was tried 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:23.080 at a right tackle and didn't necessarily work out uniquely enough, 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.200 he went over to the left side and had the 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.880 qualities and had the traits to sustain at that position. 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.960 So I admire what Charles has been able to do 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.160 throughout his career. However, when you get into salaries and 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.720 you get into youth and you think of how this 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.240 offensive line can change if you can plug in a 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.360 new body there, and one they obviously went and drafted, 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.520 one they feel has the skills to play that position, 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.720 and from you know, all the guys that I played 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.559 with throughout the course of my career. Watching Jay Hilgenberg 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.680 get traded to Cleveland, I got cut. You know, it's 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.800 gonna happen to everybody throughout the course their career. So 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.240 you just have to have thick skin at that point 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.320 in your career and you figure out that you still 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.480 have the desire to go to another organization and give 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.480 everything that you've built up into that point, or have 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:15.120 you satisfied yourself played enough football and are ready to 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.640 move on. I think Charles is going to have an 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:21.640 opportunity to go and probably walk into somebody's team and 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:27.120 immediately compete as the starting left tackle on their team. Jim, 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:29.280 how do you feel about the move? And I mean, 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:33.199 obviously it was necessary to clear salary cap space because 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:35.880 it's extremely tight for the Bears here in twenty twenty one. Yeah, 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.560 I think it's pretty clear for not only Charles Leno, 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.760 but Bobby Massey on the other side as well. The 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.240 Bears moved on from both of them. They had big 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.800 contracts and they hate they contributed, they played good football, 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:49.400 and we're good Chicago Bears. Along the way, I'm with Tom, 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.480 I think Charles will have an opportunity to play somewhere. 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.000 It sounds like Bobby Massey is already getting some looks 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.880 like by the Denver Broncos where they can step in, 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:01.600 fill in and play right away. But you know, again, 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.840 it's about getting younger. You do have the salary cap 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:06.800 issue that you have to deal with, and we'll see 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:08.960 what Tevin Jenkins is able to do him. Plus, they 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.920 drafted Larry Boreham, who who are good young offensive lineman 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.640 that look to have a clean canvas, that have some 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.840 versatility and have played more than one position on the 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:22.120 offensive line. You would think Tevin Jenkins gonna have that 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:25.480 opportunity at left tackle. Maybe give that opportunity to Larry 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:27.800 Boreham on the right side. If it doesn't work there, 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.880 he could kick in the guard, is what Boreham could do. 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.840 So I'm high on Jenkins. I think he's a solid player, 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.360 is very versatile. But he's got all the things you're 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.200 looking for in terms of the size at six five, 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.400 the weight, his lateral ability, and how he moves. And 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:45.439 it looks to be that he's going to have to 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:48.079 learn quick and be able to step in and play 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.560 and play well for the Chicago Bears. All right, let's 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.280 listen in to Mike Gunny, his head coach at Oklahoma State, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:59.319 earlier this week. Tevin is very interesting. I think he's 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:05.040 just ratching the surface on his ability. He came from Topeka, Kansas, 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:10.120 as you guys know, and when he arrived, I don't 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.240 think he had any idea what college football was like. 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.839 And just in the last year he's finally developed some 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:21.320 toughness and some grit that that will certainly benefit him 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:27.600 playing in the NFL. I would not be surprised in 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:31.600 two years if people are looking back and saying that 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.080 he is potentially the best offensive line take in this draft. 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:39.960 And I say that because he has phenomenal athleticism, strength, 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:45.000 he's highly intelligent, and he's just started to really get 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:48.640 into football over the last eighteen months. All right, Tom there, 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.120 what is your reaction to Mike Gundee and what is 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.840 your thoughts on what the capability is immediately of Tevin. 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.160 First of all, I liked the enthusiasm and which Mike 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.960 Gundee coaches, where I think it's spills out to the 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.520 rest of the football players, and it's a very contagious 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.640 attitude that he has and as he says, he's built 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.760 that kind of a reputation within the last eighteen months. 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:12.680 That's kind of what's expected from an offensive lineman or 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.360 any college player that gets a little bit feel of 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.680 playing early in their career, and then the expectations are 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:24.080 raised each and every spring into the fall season. And again, 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.680 I know a head coach that with a drafted player 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:30.640 is always going to talk positively about their former student. 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:35.040 But now after they went drafted Teven I went and 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.240 watched a lot of film on him, both on the 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.200 right side and left side, because I want to see 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:42.920 if there's a reality that this guy can transfer his 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.440 right side balance to the left side, and I really 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.760 think he can. And so when you're talking about this 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:53.520 offense and when Justin fields plays, they don't necessarily have 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.720 to be a left side dominant team. They can be 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.440 a right side dominant team if they feel that Rats 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.160 were the office of line has strength, and Tevin is 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:05.800 kind of working into his own, so I do believe 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:09.120 he can play there. I think he's demonstrated the intelligence, 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:12.360 the aggressiveness, the attitude and the character that you need 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:16.000 to come in here and try to be that immedia 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.920 day one starter. But you know, he's going to have 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:23.800 to rely on guys like Cody Whitehair and the experiences 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:27.080 that James Daniels has been able to live through. Because 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:32.400 is Cody right now the oldest offensive lineman on this 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:36.240 unit with six years of experience, Because you're talking about 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:40.880 a really young group of offensive linemen, and if Cody 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.800 has consistency at that left guard position, here's a guy 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:48.360 that could help Tevin become that dominating left tackle that 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.680 you need to have for the next ten years. Yeah, 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.600 Cody's twenty eight. If that he's twenty six, So yes, 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:56.800 I also up thirty, which is you know, I'm good 0:16:56.800 --> 0:17:00.080 with Jim. I mean, I know the experience level. I 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.080 mean there's a bunch of starts between those interior guys 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:07.119 now and what they decide to do ultimately. It's a 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:11.040 task that you could be creative with, Jim in terms of, Okay, 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:14.800 close your eyes, what you're starting five offensive line look 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.600 like on day one? Yeah, I would think it would 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.760 be Jenkins at at left tackle. I think white Hair 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.119 will be at the left guards or well, depending on 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.159 what they do with James Daniels, I should say, but 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.800 I would say white Hair at the left guard must 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:31.879 have heer at center depending on what they do. I 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:36.359 think there's a position battle going at right guard, and 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:38.840 I would think Coffetti would be the right tackle. But 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.239 I'm gonna give Larry Boram an opportunity to take that 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.480 right tackle spot. If he's able to take it, then 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.240 I kick Caffetti down to right guard, is what I 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.800 think they'll do. But I would give Larry Boreham every 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.880 opportunity at right tackle, Jim and Jap. I think when 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:56.920 you look at game day rosters and how many offensive lineman, 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:01.680 Alex Bars gives those guys the backup strength. He can 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:05.080 play center, he can play either guard, and he's played tackle. 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.200 So here's a guy that his versatility could be his 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.560 biggest asset. And if he's not a starter, he's gonna 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:15.480 play an enormously huge important role of maybe being the 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.800 sixth offensive lineman and short yardage and goal line packages. 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.879 But he's got to have that mental capacity to be 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.840 able to hold that down any single assignment that's asked 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:27.479 of him, from right tackle, the left tackle, and everyone 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:29.480 in between. And they also have the young guys they 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:34.080 drafted Arlington Hambright, Lechevia Simmons the prior year Dieter Ellison, 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.600 who is the guy they drafted undrafted free agent rather 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.080 than Elijah Wilkinson who came over a five year veteran 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.560 from the Denver Broncos. That's Tom Fair, Jim Milhim, Jeff, 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:45.840 Jony Act. This is Bears All Access. Let's step away. 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.240 You're in Chicago Sports Radio six sevent eight to score. 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.520 The Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:53.920 you by Verizon At Anthony Adams and Laurence Greeden cover 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.000 the world of Bears football on and off the field, 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.280 every Sunday night at ten thirty five pm on Fox 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.440 thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:03.720 Com or on the Bears official app with Tom Thayer 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:05.960 and Jamilla. I'm Jeff Johnniac. All right, let's spend this 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:09.560 whole segment talking about justin field, because the first thing 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.200 that we're gonna hear is, Okay, when's he getting on 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.159 the field. It's almost going to be a weekly Q 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.800 and a from the media, how's he doing? Monitoring his progress. 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.960 It'll start in the in the first veteran mini camp 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:24.280 at the end of jr middle of June, and it's 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:27.760 going to continue over the course of time. Andy Dalton 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:32.760 is the starting quarterback as camp begins, and there's gonna 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.359 be let's just call it what it is. It's gonna 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:39.160 be tough the moment any mistakes are made, because when 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:41.640 fans are in the stands its soldier field. They're gonna 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.639 want justin fields. That's just how it works. Well, they 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:47.960 really are. The bottom line is, you can only play 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:49.800 a player when he's ready to play. A lot of 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:53.800 times I always say it's it's by happenstance, Like Ben Roethlisberger. 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:56.840 You know, if Tommy Maddox didn't get hurt, Ben Roethlisberger 0:19:57.040 --> 0:20:00.560 doesn't go fifteen and one is rookie season, you know 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:04.200 that those are just happenstaffed things where an injury forces 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:06.960 a young quarterback into the lineup. The Bears have a 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.399 good quarterback room with Nick Foles and Andy Dalton. They 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:12.440 both have played a lot. They can bring along the 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:15.399 young quarterback and they'll be unselfish in doing so. But 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:17.520 I think Matt Naggie has already talked about it. You 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:19.399 don't want to throw a young player to the wolves. 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.000 That's where you can destroy a lot of young quarterbacks. 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.840 Justin Fields needs more polish. He needs to learn a 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:28.920 pro style offense more than that's different than the power 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:31.520 spread that he ran into Ohio State. And he's got 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:33.520 all the ability in the world to do it. But 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:36.480 you'll only put a quarterback on the field when he's 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:40.359 ready to play. That's the route. For example, Miami went 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:42.680 last year with two a tongue of viola. How many 0:20:42.720 --> 0:20:45.240 times that Brian Flores says, We're not putting him in 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:47.880 until he's ready to play. He's got to be able 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:50.000 to protect himself and he's got to be able to 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:53.680 execute all the things that he's being asked to execute. 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.399 So I think they'll take them their time with Justin Fields, 0:20:56.600 --> 0:21:00.560 But his timetable is up to him how hard he studies, 0:21:00.720 --> 0:21:04.199 how hard he works, how fast the offense sinks into him, 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:07.280 and when that happens, then he'll be ready to be 0:21:07.359 --> 0:21:10.159 inserted into lineup. And I think at some point this 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:13.240 year it will happen for the Chicago Bears. You know, 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:15.040 if you want to take him as a blank slate, 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:17.280 he's probably one of the top three athletes on the 0:21:17.400 --> 0:21:19.639 Chicago Bears. But I think judgment day is going to 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:23.200 come from his mental responses initially in the meeting room. 0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:25.480