WEBVTT - Kmet on being drafted by Bears | All Access 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:03.760 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. Your all 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:20.239 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:24.279 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:28.920 Physical Therapy and CDW gread to be with you everybody. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:32.200 A week ago tonights, the NFL Draft first round came 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.080 and went. We broke it down right here on the 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:36.640 score and now a chance to look back and see 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:40.040 what happened. I'mjeff Jonnyac along with my broadcast partner from WBBM, 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.360 Tom Fair and Jim Miller from sirius XM NFL Radio 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.199 moving the chains, with Pat Kerwin kind enough to join 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.680 us as well. It was a memorable three day draft 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.280 process indeed for all of us involved in for the 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.640 National Football League. Coming up tonight, we're gonna be joined 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:57.360 by the new Bears tight end Cole Commet pick forty 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.400 three and the draft from Notre Dame and ain't buyer 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:02.400 to high school product that'll be around six ten than 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:04.560 at six thirty to lane. Head coach Willie Fritz will 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.400 be talking speedy fifth round wide receiver Darnell Mooney, and 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.280 we'll hear from some Ryan Pace tonight as well as 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:16.000 we got him for our Bears Draft twenty twenty show. 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:20.360 Though Aaron Fox coming up this weekend. We'll talk about 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.160 that as well. But say a little my Thulla's right here, 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.800 Tom and Jim. Good to talk to you, guys. You're 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.320 still thinking about the draft, you're still processing, You're still 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.920 thinking about the seven man class and how it's all 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.920 played out so far with the Chicago Bears. Well, you know, Marty, Jeff, 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.360 I'm more interested in what it can be because I 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.200 don't think this is necessarily a draft of guys other 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:45.160 than Cole Comet that could come in and you know, 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.840 contribute immediately. Although Jayalen Johnson will be in it'll be 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.240 interesting to watch how he goes along with the shoulder 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.720 situations from this offseason. But Jeff, within the first five 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.600 guys at the Bears drafted, they have hundred eighty three 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:04.160 games of total games throughout their college career, and we 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.400 talked about bringing in a group of guys that you 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.480 could cultivate and develop what they've already been doing. And 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.400 you look at these top five, like I said, one 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:13.800 hundred and eighty three games of college game. And then 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.960 you'll look at the seventh rounders the offensive linemen. You know, 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.280 there's a couple of things you're looking at offensive line 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:23.000 in that late draft. You're looking at their frame, their feet, 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.639 and their finish. And when you look at both of 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.239 these offensive linemen and you think of new offensive line 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.639 coach Juanca, Still, this isn't something you know, maybe these 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.560 guys will burst out into the scene eventually, but right 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:38.120 now their projects from the left hand side of the 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:42.400 offensive line that they can develop competition and hopefully turn 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:46.040 them in to competitive starters throughout the time in their career. 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:49.079 Big Jim Miller. How you look at Miller? How and 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.639 doing well? Get good to talk to you, Jeff, And yeah, 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.960 I do think those first two picks can definitely be contributors. 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.760 When you look at Cole Commet, I believe his coach, 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.799 mister Kelly was on there talking today about what Coal 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.280 brings to the table. He sees him as a you know, 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.240 Travis Kelsey type of player. He does, He's got a 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:09.840 lot of refinement, He's been utilized. Moore as a receiver 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:12.320 down there for Notre Dame, but he's got the size 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.480 and the frame to be an inline blocker, but definitely 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.720 as the athleticism to play from the flex set. We 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:19.919 look at cool comet and I really do like Jalen 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:23.600 Johnson and just what Tom mentioned about the shoulder injury. 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.600 I mean, this guy is a highly productive player. He 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:30.280 definitely a press man corner. He can bully wide receivers. 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.640 He's good with off man ability as well. Over six 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.840 foot or close to two hundred pounds, has good numbers, 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.720 but I think he can be a solid contributor for 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:45.360 the Bears. Absolutely, Tom Bear, Jim Miller, Jeff Joni yak Is. 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.720 We bring you Bears all access brought to you tonight 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.640 by IGS Energy. And I know I promise six ten, 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:54.800 but our man got in a little early tonight. And 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.720 that's exactly what Antre Damer, a Saint Vierter product, a 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.480 Chicago area product, Cole Commet. You called in five minutes early, 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.720 so you're on time. If it were me, I'd be 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.640 going right up at six ten because that's how I roll. 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.600 But my guy Tom there, we're skiping as we're doing 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:12.080 the show, looking at each other He had a huge 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.360 smile on his face because he always rips me Cole 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:18.159 for being late when I'm early, but you're early and 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:21.040 you're not late. So hey, congratulations number one out of 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:25.279 the gate. Congratulations. It's a wonderful story for a local 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.680 product to put on the Navy blue and orange. And 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:31.840 I'm a Hersey grad, so you know, we got a 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.880 little rivalry there with Viader over the years, but no more, man, 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:37.719 we put that out of bed and looking forward to 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.880 see you on the field here in the short order. 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:43.400 I know you've talked about it, You've talked about it 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.520 on the score. But just as you've had time now 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:50.440 to digest what has happened to you with the whole 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.760 parade of cars by your house, your parents and all 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:58.080 your friends enjoying this moment, how are you processing that 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.279 you now are a Chicago Bear. Yeah, it's it's still 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.279 amazing to me. You know. It's been, however, almost a 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.880 week now since the draft, and I'm still just in 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:10.279 shock every day that you know, I get to stay 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:12.080 home and that I get to be around here and 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.120 get to play for the Chicago Bears. It's it's just 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:17.960 really special for me, and I know for my family 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.080 in the community. So we're just all really excited and 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.520 can't wait for the season to get started. Started. Cole, 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.200 when I saw your family receive you and your family 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.880 received the call, I was just listening to the background 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:32.760 excitement and I'm so happy for your your whole family 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.520 for what they're gonna be giving a chance to experience. 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:37.520 But I kind of like to go back to Notre 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.159 Dame real quick. So at the end of your season, 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.080 how did Brian Kelly advise you? What did he tell you? 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.720 What did he what were his thoughts about you in 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.520 your future? Yeah, I mean, Coach Kelly we sat down 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.880 quite a bit actually after the last game of the season, 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.479 prior to the bowl game, and we just kind of 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.839 talked about, you know, things that I could improve on 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.479 if I come if I came back. But um, you know, 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.279 he was supportive of whatever decision I was going to make, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.840 and obviously, you know, he wanted me back in the program, 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.039 and you know thought that you know, there were things 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:13.600 I could work on to improve and that you know 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:15.360 that I could come back and you know, we could 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.240 you know, make a run at the national title and 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.120 stuff like that. So you know, but he knew that 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.039 um I had a tough decision to make, and he 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:25.440 was nothing but supportive once I decided to declare, So 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.080 he was he was great, and you know, it was 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:29.919 awesome to be able to play for him for the 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.880 past three years. Cole Jim Miller here, congratulations and welcome 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.160 to the Chicago Beers. From from that standpoint, could you 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:40.080 share a couple of things that Brian Kelly did share 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.360 with you of what you what he feels you need 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.760 to work on, or what you personally feel you need 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.159 to work on because probably your best footballs ahead of you. 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.320 Oh yeah, I mean we talked about just kind of 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.040 you know, we're finding some things. You know, I think 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.320 I have a good a pretty good grasp and over 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.240 in a good overall game, but you know, there was 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.920 little details and things that I definitely could have improved 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.760 on in terms of, you know, blocking technique was something 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.919 that we really really focused on, especially during Bowl prep, 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.440 and I think I really improved actually those those couple 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.280 of weeks that we had when I really was focusing 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.960 on it. And then just some nuances in the route running. 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.480 So you know, those two things were things that he 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.520 really stressed and you know, I knew that kind of 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:18.600 kind of thinking about that, and I knew that was 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:20.240 something that I that I still need to work on 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.360 and stuff like that. So those were those were conversations 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.720 that we had. But you know, like I said, he 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:27.960 was he knew that, you know, the opportunity was there 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.360 for me to declare and you know'd be a high, 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:33.560 high round draft pick. So he was nothing but supportive 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.080 once it made the decision. New Chicago Bear Cole commet 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:38.920 Bears tight end joined the program. This is Bears All Access, 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.320 brought to you by IGS Energy with Jim Miller and 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:43.880 Tom There. I'm Jeff Joni ac Cole. When you when 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:47.480 you digest also the type of offense that Mad Naggie 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:51.160 and his coaching staff is formulating with his new staff offensively, 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.400 how do you envision yourself fitting in this offense the 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:59.160 basics of what you know and the framework right now? Yeah, 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:01.520 I mean, I think the offense is predicated on a 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.120 lot of h on a lot of play action and 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:05.800 you know, a lot of use of the tight end 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.480 moving around and you know, being able to go inline 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.560 and you know in the slot be split out wide 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.760 as a receiver. So there's a lot of things, you know, 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.520 when you when you watched you know a coach now 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:16.680 you where he was at with Kansas City, and you 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.920 know how we use those tight ends there. Um, you know, 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.320 there's a lot, there's a lot to be had for 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.400 tight ends and this offense. So that's just it's really 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.880 exciting for me. Exciting for me. So, Cole, when you 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.080 were talking to other teams throughout the combine and maybe 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:33.120 conversations you've had since the draft, was there any like 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.320 recommended body size for you, whether it's a weight gain 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:39.760 or weight loss, strength gain or whatever. Was was there 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.320 mentioned between the different groups of people you were um 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.640 meeting with of ultimately what they would, you know, want 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.760 your structure to look like. Yeah, I mean I know 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:51.920 most teams, you know, I waited in at right around 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:55.080 two sixty at the combine, and I know most teams 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:57.440 are pretty happy to see that that's kind of a 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.559 little bit heavier from where I was during the season. 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.800 I was probably way around two fifty six to fifty 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.160 seven during the season, so, you know, just getting a 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:07.000 couple of pounds during the off season. So I know 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:08.960 a lot of teams like that, you know, I you know, 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:10.880 you know my body frame, you know, I have ability 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:12.960 to put on another five pounds and if I need to, 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:16.079 and I could also lose um five pounds pretty easily. 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.360 So I kind of have that range right there. But 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.480 most teams are kind of happy. We're happy to see 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.040 me right at that two sixty mark. And you know, 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.160 I moved really well at the Combine, tested well, and 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.200 you know, ran well and the routes and all that stuff. 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.320 So I now teams are pretty pleased with where my 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:35.360 weight was at. Well, the Combine seems like centuries ago. 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:38.080 And at some point, you know, you train differently for 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:41.920 the Combine that's not so much football shape, and you know, 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:43.960 and at some point we're gonna be asked to go 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.200 back and play a little football here. We just don't know. 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.080 When what have you been doing to try and keep 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.959 up your your your you know, whether it's your weight 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.640 or your workout routine and things you need to work on, 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.319 because it's it's got to be difficult for everybody out 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.200 there right now with how they're training. Yeah, So I 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:01.880 mean I've just kind of been you know, I got 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:03.800 weight set up at my gramma's house and I've been 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:07.040 working with with a trainer nearby that I've been around 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:10.160 with and uh, you know, obviously practicing the social distancing 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.240 all that stuff. But his name is Brian Leser and 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.840 he's been great. Um, so I've been working with him 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:17.560 and you know, been been hitting the weights at my 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.880 gramma's house and uh, you know, just doing what you 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:21.680 gotta do to kind of stay in shape in that way. 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.160 So I got I'm working out with my brother as well, 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:26.840 who's who's a freshman at unter Dame playing baseball, so 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:29.760 he's an athlete as well, and we've just been, uh 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:31.840 you know, we've been working out together and staying in 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.400 shape that way. Cole, come at our guest here on 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.400 Bears All Access with John and Jim Jeff Joniac breaking 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:41.400 things down as you looked at your options and you 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.520 had him You're you're you're the rare athlete that has 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:47.360 the ability to play two pro sports, and the White 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.880 Sox certainly were very interested in you. We we've read that, 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.800 we've seen that, we've talked about that, and uh, I 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.600 know you love the game of baseball. Uh as you 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.600 look at your football life and your passion for the 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:00.920 game and passion to get better and it to hopefully 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.520 have a ten to twelve year career in it. Uh 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:07.120 where did that passion for football begin for you and 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.240 your earliest memory? Yeah, I mean for me, it was 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.600 always just you know, I remember going out to flag 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:15.679 football my first years, and um, you know with my 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.600 dad playing and and my uncle playing. You know, I 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.320 was when I was young. I was still still fortunate 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:22.839 enough to watch my uncle play. He had been in 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:28.040 the league for a while, so kind of just seventeen years, yeah, 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.320 seventeen years. Yeah, so being able to watch him and 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:35.000 my dad, um was just really really special for me, 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.480 and uh, you know, really really kind of sparked that 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.600 interest for football and that passion for it. So you know, 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.880 I come from a football family, and it's it's just 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:44.920 what I'd love to do. And you know, I love 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.000 to go out and hit people, and uh, it's just 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.200 I've always found the sport a lot of fun. So, 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:51.520 you know, dating back, you know, I mean really just 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.800 the flag football for me and being able to watch 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:55.920 my uncle and my dad play is uh, is just 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.040 really special and that's kind of what sparked that interest, 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:02.360 that interest. When did the commitment to the football weight 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.560 room start, because obviously there's two different you know, you 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:08.480 kind of struggle with do I want to be a 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.800 baseball body or do I want to be a football body? 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.320 And there's a difference between the two. And so when 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.880 did you make that commitment to the football body? And, 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.000 like you said, the bloodlines between your dad and Jeff Skanina, 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:21.520 you know those guys, you kind of knew what it 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:23.280 took to be a football player in the weight room 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:26.440 through those guys. So when did that change for you? Yeah? 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:28.920 I mean, I mean really for me, I mean in 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.720 high school, I really didn't lift much. And you know, 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.520 when I got to college, that's kind of when it 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.480 I really started to you know, get obviously heavier into 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.040 the weights with the program and all that. And you know, 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.000 for me, once I started doing the weights, I kind 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.319 of just got bigger at it naturally. It was funny though, 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.080 but like in the spring, I kind of, you know, 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.560 back off on the weights a little bit for baseball 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.640 and I kind of leaned out. But for me, you know, 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:52.400 right when I kind of jump in those weights for 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.080 about a month or two, I really see a big difference, 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.240 you know, in my weight and my strength and you know, 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:00.640 just kind of my body type. So you know, I 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.559 think really in college, you know, coach Bayless matt Alis 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.600 was our strength conditioning coach and utter dame, and he 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:08.960 did a really good job with me in terms of, 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.839 you know, making me a big body but also staying 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:14.319 lean as well. So you know, I think really that 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:17.000 from going from high school to college and being introduced 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:18.880 to that type of weightlifting was really what kind of 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.280 transitioned into that well, Cole from the you know, how 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.240 is everything in this virtual world that we're in right 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.120 now because you know Tom has never been taught this 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.360 way or me? And how you're going to be learning 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.120 things for the Chicago Bears, whether it's a virtual meeting, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.400 whether it's just with the playbook and how they how 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:38.360 they send it to you. So how much have the 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:40.880 been a Bears been able to introduce you to this? 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.719 And I guess everybody learns differently. Some guys can learn 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.680 just by looking at a playbook. How is that settling 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.439 in for you? So to speak? Yeah, So, I mean 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.839 I've had, you know, obviously with the interviews during the 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.040 during the draft process, so you kind of get a 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.640 little taste of that in terms of how it may 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.560 work with the teams and stuff. And you know, they've 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:01.880 sent me everything that I need in terms of playbook 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:05.040 wise on an iPad and all that. So you know, 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.360 I've been able to call coach the coaches and stuff 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:09.200 and you know, get in touch with them. And you know, 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.160 in the next couple of weeks here when our virtual 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.760 mini camp starts, will really be able to you know, 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.200 kind of sit down and look over look over the 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.080 playbook and kind of get in depth with it. Um. 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.040 You know, I'm not really too concerned in terms of 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.640 wearing it, and I have a good knack for picking 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.240 up stuff, and you know, I have a pretty good 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:27.160 sense of you know, look at the playbook and being 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.800 able to digest it and all. And I know, um, 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.080 I know it maybe a little weird virtually, but you know, 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.880 I'm pretty confident I'm gonna figure it out. Cole, come 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.640 at our guest here on Bears All Access brought you 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:41.360 by GS Energy a couple of more moments with you. 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.560 You know, you're a Chicago kid. So were you obsessed 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.720 with the Bears? And did you have the posters on 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:50.560 the wall? I mean, what did you did you watch? 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.360 Did you listen to Tom and I did you watch 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.560 a Jim Miller throw the ball around? I mean, what 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.960 was your level of that? And then if I could piggyback, 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:02.120 have you been watching The Last Dance? Yeah, um, yeah, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.120 so your your first part. Yeah, I know. I mean 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.360 we had a huge in my old house read a 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.640 huge Brian Earlocker fathead in our basement. Um, that was 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.520 something that you know, my brother and I loved and 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:13.720 we got. So yeah, we were a huge Earlocker fans 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.200 growing up. And you know, obviously when you know they 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.640 went to the Super Bowl after being the Saints, my 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:21.080 parents actually they went down to the Super Bowl in Miami, 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:23.360 so they had a lot of fun with that. But yeah, 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.520 I know, always been a huge Bears fan. You know, 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.360 I'm a big Chicago sports fan. You know, I'm a 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:30.000 Cub's guy and uh and a bit and a huge 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.040 Bears fan. So those two, those are my two teams 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:34.560 growing up. And yeah, I know I've been watching The 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.320 Last Dance. It's uh, it's been great to watch, especially 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.960 during right now with everything going on. So uh, it's 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:43.320 been it's been quite entertaining. Well, it sounds like you're 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.040 ready to roll. Good to talk to you, Good to 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:46.680 meet you. We're looking forward to meet you face to 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:49.320 face one of these days and congratulations again, I'm being 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:51.800 a Bear yep, thanks guys, thanks for having me on 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:56.680 Notre Dame's Cole Comet impressive as he gets set for 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.360 his maiden voyage in the National Football League. More with 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.840 Tom and Jim coming up after this. Brought to you 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:04.440 by IGS Energy. This is Bears All Access on Chicago 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:11.840 Sports Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back to Bears 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.200 All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:17.080 partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.920 home warranty products to over one million customers across the country. 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:23.280 Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.960 Joni Ac, Tom there, Jim Betta with you just heard 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:30.240 from Cole Comet. Impressive. Impressive boy, can you imagine having 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.160 the ability to plate two sports at a highlight level. 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:36.760 I've been reading stories about the White Sox in their area, 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:40.760 Scott J. J. Lally, who they looked at him as 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:45.880 the natural, he could do anything potentially. They The name 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.320 Aaron Judge came to mind because he's a powerful hitter 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:53.160 and here he's a lefty reliever closure for Notre Dame. 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:57.800 I mean blessed, blessed athlete, right there. You know, it 0:16:57.880 --> 0:16:59.280 kind of shows you a little bit of a sign 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.080 of the times because there's a lot of support system 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:05.119 around these kids that they focus them in one sport 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.080 from an early age. And it's it's hard for me 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.359 to sit here and say, because I'm not a parent, 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:14.120 I'm not struggled with that decision. But you see these 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:18.119 parents that allow their kids that play multiple sports. I 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.480 think it benefits them in their sport of choice ultimately. 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.159 So I don't think that you should shy away from that. 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.680 I think it should be something that's that's encouraged as 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:31.439 much as anything. Yeah, a lot of these guys drafted 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.120 excel at a lot of sports, you know. I think 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.280 of even Tristan Worfs, who was drafted out of Iowa 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.680 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They actually traded up to 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.760 get him. That guy was a state discus record holder, 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.399 he was a state shot put holder, he was a 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:48.760 state wrestling champion. And so I mean, and for Coal, obviously, 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.439 like you said, he's a great pitcher, played more than 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.040 one sports, and that's that's a good thing. You do 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.640 become a better athlete the most sports that you play, 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:59.320 and to have choices like that and that's why now 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:01.600 with him just to having the ability to focus on 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.720 one sport, which is football, there'll be a lot of growth. 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:09.040 This should be a good spurt for Cole Commet. It 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:11.560 really his one focus to one sport now, which will 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.800 be his job. And there's still development here Tom, you 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:18.280 know obviously, and a junior eligible player to come into 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:22.399 the NFL. Got great bloodlines. Frank Commet obviously was a 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.720 great football player, Perdue was with the Bears, Bills, you 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.520 name it. And Jeff Skinnina obviously with that kind of 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.000 influence in his life. A seventeen year player in the 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:38.640 National Football League, many Super Bowl appearances. But overall, these 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:43.160 young guys coming in, you know, receiver, tight end, offensive line, 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.720 sometimes a bit of a ramp up there. So but 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:47.919 he's a guy that's going to contribute right away. So 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:50.200 will Jalen Johnson, and so will those three fifth round 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:53.119 picks in some fashion some fashion. Well, there's a lot 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:56.960 of fun, amount of details to the everything that's expected 0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:00.720 of you in that job. However, there's things he does 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.679 as well so well right now that Matt Naggi can 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:06.400 put him in an advantage position, a lot of it's 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:08.240 going to be a lot on the line of scrimmage, 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:11.639 spread out from the line of scrimmage, and then the 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.960 tight ends coach, the offensive line coach when they start 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:18.960 putting together these blocking packages, and that's where I'll start 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:22.919 to refine his skills that Brian Kelly has mentioned in 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:26.760 a complimentary way, and I think Cole understands that is 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.240 going to be his quickest path to being on the 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.919 field a majority of the time. So the coaches have 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.320 their work cut out for him, but they have a 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:38.400 big I say this respectfully, a big blob, a nice 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:41.120 blob of clay to work with in his case. Yeah, 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:43.320 and it's it's gonna be And we talked to coach 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:45.119 and Aggie about that. I mean, how good of a 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:48.000 teacher are you, you know, and how you're you're getting 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:52.280 these concepts across to the players because as you mentioned, Jeff, 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:54.720 I don't know how soon of contributors they will be, 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:56.719 but they will be contributors. Like he said, I think 0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:59.280 a lot is expected of Cole Commet and he will 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:02.439 be a contributor, much like Jalen Johnson. But it's going 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.199 to be challenging, you know, until they can get out 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:08.120 in the field and really start, you know, applying these 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:11.720 concepts that they're going to be taught here shortly. These coaches, 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:14.560 as Tom just mentioned, I think is imperative how good 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:17.040 of a teacher you are to get these guys up 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.520 and running as quickly as you can. I got a 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:21.760 bunch of veteran coaches on the offensive side of the ball, 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:24.520 so I would expect some good teaching going on. That's 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:27.920 the whole premise behind Matt Naggie's coaching staff to begin with, 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:30.600 what was really good teachers. A couple of news items 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:34.200 that will probably be becoming official here in the days 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:36.840 to come, but reportedly is the best way we could 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:41.080 describe it. Ryan Pace still busy yesterday. Trevor Davis, a 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:43.680 wide receiver and return specialists who played with Green Bay, 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:46.240 Miami and the Raiders. As some juice to them. A 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:50.520 veteran player Ted Ginn who at thirty five can still 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:53.040 get down the field vertically, last three years with the 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:56.560 Saints at thirty catches this past season, including a big 0:20:56.600 --> 0:20:58.800 Week one against the Texans over one hundred yards receiving. 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:02.679 And then safety Tayshaun Gibson, who's got twenty three interceptions 0:21:02.680 --> 0:21:05.800 in his career, let go this week by Houston. One 0:21:05.840 --> 0:21:09.520 of many safeties on the beach right now street free agents, 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:11.760 but a guy who put his nose in there, a 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.800 bunch of tackles, a bunch of interceptions and pass breakups. 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:19.680 Those are not official deals yet, but reported again, filling roles, 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:22.879 filling blanks that he still sees on this now ninety 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:26.440 man roster, Hindy man roster. I like the Speedy brought in, 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:34.440 Speedy brought Okay, got a technical issue right now working through. 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:37.320 I don't know if these guys can hear me. Tom 0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:39.920 can you can you? I've got you, Jeff Okay, Jim, 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:41.880 go ahead, big Jim out. Something's going on with Tom 0:21:41.920 --> 0:21:45.440 stuff right now. They'll work out. Sean Anderson, Yeah, well, 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:47.720 Ted ginn he does provide speed at thirty five, he 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:50.640 can still get. I mean, that guy's twenty fifth all 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:53.680 time in terms of NFL history, in terms of all 0:21:53.680 --> 0:21:56.240 purpose yard. He's more of a glider. I think we 0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:58.760 know that, but he does have that returnability and still 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:01.800 bring speed to the table and experience at the wide receiver. 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:05.000 We know they lost the speed with Gabriel, and now 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:08.840 you add a guy like Ted gin Jr. Who's been 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:11.040 very productive and then you draft a guy who we're 0:22:11.080 --> 0:22:13.200 going to talk about here in a little bit, Darnell Mooney, 0:22:13.200 --> 0:22:16.679 who's known for his speed, to kind of help him along, 0:22:16.760 --> 0:22:18.920 really teach him how to be a pro. I would think. 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:21.320 I think it's gonna be tough for him to really 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:23.760 crack the starting roster, going to take some time for 0:22:23.840 --> 0:22:26.760 him to develop. So I think a guy like a 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:29.280 Ted Gin could really, you know, really come in and 0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:31.480 do a good job for the Chicago Bears. He really 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:34.280 has been a good player for Carolina, Arizona and the 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:37.399 most recently the New Orleans Saints and was highly counted 0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:40.520 on to Sean Gibson. Had a little back injury towards 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:42.480 the end of the year, but did sign a contract. 0:22:43.160 --> 0:22:44.600 I thought it was going to be a three year 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:47.480 deal there from the Houston Texans, but comes in with 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:50.080 a ton of experience and a lot of production that 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:52.719 you mentioned. So they're not done. Those are areas of 0:22:52.800 --> 0:22:55.160 need and the Bears are still working hard to fill 0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:57.520 all those needs. Coming up here at the bottom of 0:22:57.560 --> 0:23:00.040 the hour, Willie Fritz, the head coach at tonight, to 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:03.199 talk about fifth round wide receiver Darnell Mooney. This is 0:23:03.240 --> 0:23:05.760 Bears all Access brought to you by IGS Energy and 0:23:05.880 --> 0:23:12.399 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy To score this segment of 0:23:12.440 --> 0:23:14.960 Bears All Access is brought to you by CDW. People 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:17.960 will get it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Jony, Act, 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:20.480 Tom Thayer, the Bears played by a play crew and 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:23.159 Jim Miller from Sirius sex M NFL Radio. Please to 0:23:23.200 --> 0:23:25.120 be joining on the line now by Tulane head coach 0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:28.680 Willie Fritz. Good evening, coach, aw you doing, and you're 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:32.040 here to talk about Darnell Mooney at the fifth round 0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:34.200 pick one of three by the Bears. And I love 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.479 his quote when he met the Chicago media coach. And 0:23:37.720 --> 0:23:39.720 I'm sure you'll you'll get a chuckle out of it too, 0:23:39.760 --> 0:23:42.800 because you know him better than us. His quote, just 0:23:43.160 --> 0:23:45.840 know as soon as I get in, I'm gonna make 0:23:45.840 --> 0:23:47.840 a lot of noise. There's gonna be some things to 0:23:47.920 --> 0:23:50.760 talk about. That's a confident young man coming in because 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:53.680 in it, well, you've got a lot of confidence. He 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:58.920 usually doesn't stated like that. He says, pretty reserved young man, 0:23:59.000 --> 0:24:02.919 but just in awesome, awesome person. He's with us for 0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:07.679 four years. I we recruited him the last weekend before 0:24:07.760 --> 0:24:11.160 signing day, and there's back when there's only one signing day. 0:24:11.160 --> 0:24:16.040 In February. We got onto him. He's from Gatcheon, Alabama, 0:24:16.080 --> 0:24:18.600 and we brought him over to visit. We offered him 0:24:18.600 --> 0:24:21.679 a scholarship. He's the only Division one scholarship offer that 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:25.120 he had. He's four year starter for US. I don't 0:24:25.119 --> 0:24:28.480 know if he missed any games, but he and his roommate, 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:31.879 he's in his best buddies at another kid in Alabama. 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:35.119 They went four years and they didn't miss anything. They 0:24:35.119 --> 0:24:38.160 didn't miss a class, they didn't miss a tutoring appointment, 0:24:38.240 --> 0:24:43.200 study hall, workout, strength and conditioning, you know, breakfast check, 0:24:43.320 --> 0:24:46.520 lunch check. I mean, this guy's dependable as you can 0:24:46.600 --> 0:24:50.720 possibly get, and he really developed over the years. I 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:52.639 think he's one hundred and fifty five pounds when he 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:55.440 first came to US, and now he's up to a 0:24:56.040 --> 0:24:58.560 robust one eighty or whatever he is. He's pretty close 0:24:58.600 --> 0:25:00.879 to that, I think, not off a couple of tens 0:25:00.920 --> 0:25:04.600 and his forty yard dash. So he did a fantastic 0:25:04.680 --> 0:25:09.240 job for he was a pleasure to coach him. They coach. 0:25:09.400 --> 0:25:12.800 First of all, congratulation on all your success, reading your resume, 0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:16.800 is really impressive. But my first question is when you 0:25:16.920 --> 0:25:19.919 have a guy like Darnell, how important is he to 0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:23.359 come through your program and show the rest of the 0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:26.800 kids that size doesn't matter. It's your desire that could 0:25:26.840 --> 0:25:31.920 possibly open an opportunity for you beyond two lane. That's 0:25:31.960 --> 0:25:35.159 big time for us. We talk all about you know, 0:25:35.240 --> 0:25:40.080 recruiting you know, bona fide Division one student athletes with character, 0:25:40.160 --> 0:25:43.680 and we talk about retaining them by having a great 0:25:43.720 --> 0:25:47.800 culturecause nowadays, you know, sometimes things don't go well and 0:25:47.840 --> 0:25:49.800 guys are ready to take off, you know, and we've 0:25:49.800 --> 0:25:53.240 got a great culture two lane by recruiting guys like 0:25:53.400 --> 0:25:55.920 Darnell and then and then you want to develop them 0:25:55.920 --> 0:25:57.720 when you get them there. You know, like I talked 0:25:57.720 --> 0:26:00.480 about him putting on the weight, getting in the way room, 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:03.840 and you know, he's he's definitely a student of the game. 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:06.520 He's on the chuck machine, you know, for a half 0:26:06.600 --> 0:26:10.720 hour after every practice. You know, he got faster and 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:14.000 stronger and smarter. He's always up there, uh, you know, 0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:17.080 trying to learn more. He's a big time Jim Ratt. 0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:19.800 It's a great example for us. We had another kid 0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:23.320 that got drafted by the Chiefs and he's very similar. 0:26:23.520 --> 0:26:25.400 We were the only off and we actually signed him 0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:28.240 two weeks after signing day. You know, when I took 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:30.680 the job four years ago, I didn't get the job 0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:34.160 till January fourteenth, and signing day was two weeks later. 0:26:34.240 --> 0:26:39.240 So those are two good stories for our younger guys 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:41.960 to you know, look at and you know, aspired to 0:26:42.000 --> 0:26:45.240 be like Darnell and the other young man to carry 0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:49.119 his keys. Well, Coach Jim Miller here, thanks, thanks for 0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:51.880 joining us today, and just for Darnell to come in 0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:55.240 as a freshman and start eight games. You know, we 0:26:55.320 --> 0:26:58.080 know it's a big jump from high school to college 0:26:58.119 --> 0:27:01.040 and now from college to pro, but it wasn't too 0:27:01.080 --> 0:27:03.680 big for him. When you look at mister Mooney, how 0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:06.600 how was he reacting in those games early when he 0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:10.919 played and was counted on so much. Well, you know, 0:27:11.000 --> 0:27:13.680 we were we didn't have all the talent in the world. 0:27:13.680 --> 0:27:15.359 When he first got him, he knew there's gonna be 0:27:15.400 --> 0:27:18.479 some freshman we're gonna have the opportunity to play normally, 0:27:18.520 --> 0:27:22.400 the freshman that are able to get out there and 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:24.520 you know, especially start for you the ones that can, 0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:27.760 you know, learn to sift them quickly and don't make 0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:31.440 mistakes and you know, can get lined up. And we 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:33.400 knew he was a talent. He's a very good route 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:38.000 runner and very sure handed kid as well. And for 0:27:38.080 --> 0:27:40.400 a smaller guy, he's gonna battle you. He's he didn't 0:27:40.400 --> 0:27:42.639 get in the middle of you and block, you know, 0:27:42.680 --> 0:27:45.280 which is you know, so important if you just get 0:27:45.320 --> 0:27:47.800 attached to the guy, you know, that allows the running back, 0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:50.920 you know, like a like a former two lane grade 0:27:50.920 --> 0:27:53.520 to play for you up there, Matt fourte and shake 0:27:53.640 --> 0:27:56.520 loose and get up the seal and score. So he's 0:27:56.560 --> 0:28:00.199 also a really tenacious blocker as well. But uh yeah, right. 0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:02.359 The reason he plays a freshman is he he picked 0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:05.719 things up very quickly. Willie Fritz, the head coach out 0:28:05.760 --> 0:28:07.880 of Tillay and our guest here on Bears All Access 0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:10.640 with Tom there, Jeff joni Ac and Jim Miller coach. 0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:14.360 How'd you use him in your offense? Oh? We tried 0:28:14.359 --> 0:28:16.080 to move them around a little bit. A lot of 0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:18.680 times we just put him to the boundary and a 0:28:18.720 --> 0:28:20.600 lot of times you can get one on one coverage 0:28:21.000 --> 0:28:22.439 out there. A lot of people like to put their 0:28:22.480 --> 0:28:25.600 best corner out there, and he had some you know, 0:28:25.800 --> 0:28:28.879 some matchups with the kids from Tulsa who got trafted 0:28:29.160 --> 0:28:32.119 fairly high three or fourth round, I believe it. You know, 0:28:32.200 --> 0:28:33.879 so a lot of times into the boundary. But you 0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:35.399 could do a lot of things with him. You know, 0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:37.760 the first couple of years, we run a little bit 0:28:37.800 --> 0:28:40.440 more option, and you know, he was our pitch player. 0:28:40.960 --> 0:28:43.360 On occasion, we played him a little bit in the slot, 0:28:43.840 --> 0:28:45.440 you know, and we also played him in the field. 0:28:45.480 --> 0:28:49.600 So but um, you know, we really changed offense, and 0:28:49.720 --> 0:28:52.920 he played for two different coordinators while he was here, 0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:57.160 and we went from a spread option attack his first 0:28:57.200 --> 0:28:59.640 three years and then last season we got into a 0:28:59.680 --> 0:29:03.320 little bit more pro style type offense. So he's gonna 0:29:03.320 --> 0:29:06.800 be used to, you know, as the routes and the 0:29:06.840 --> 0:29:10.600 progressions that the quarterbacks are looking at, changing routes based 0:29:10.640 --> 0:29:13.400 on coverage and things like that. And you've got in 0:29:13.440 --> 0:29:18.400 that kind of a system. Hey, coach Fritz, when you 0:29:18.480 --> 0:29:20.560 look at one hundred and fifty four catches throughout his 0:29:20.640 --> 0:29:24.520 college career, can you game plan him to keep him 0:29:24.560 --> 0:29:28.320 out of destructive catching areas because of his speed and 0:29:28.520 --> 0:29:31.240 you think one hundred and seventy four pounds, maybe you 0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:33.960 can open those windows of safety a little bit more 0:29:34.280 --> 0:29:37.520 form because of it. Well, I think it's gonna be 0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:40.800 interesting where they're gonna play. Man. Are they talking about 0:29:40.800 --> 0:29:43.560 playing him at slotter on the outside. I'm not sure, 0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:45.520 But you know, I've got a couple of guys that 0:29:45.600 --> 0:29:47.440 are playing in the NFL and they're playing that nickel 0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:51.000 position on the slot aren't much bigger than Darnell. So 0:29:51.120 --> 0:29:53.520 a lot of people are playing, you know, some smaller 0:29:53.560 --> 0:29:58.080 guys in there that spot slots position. But you've got 0:29:58.080 --> 0:30:00.760 a great vertical jump. You really high points the ball 0:30:00.800 --> 0:30:03.120 well to be able to play out in the perimeter. 0:30:03.160 --> 0:30:07.160 He made an awful lot of circus catches for us 0:30:07.160 --> 0:30:08.960 over the years. He made a couple of really big 0:30:09.000 --> 0:30:13.640 ones to help us beat Houston this past season. So, 0:30:14.280 --> 0:30:17.200 you know, I think he's he's a good enough route runner. 0:30:17.240 --> 0:30:19.920 He certainly he's got the speed and the movement to 0:30:20.040 --> 0:30:22.000 be able to get loose and you know, get a 0:30:22.000 --> 0:30:24.480 little space between him and the dB so the quarterback 0:30:24.520 --> 0:30:29.600 and hit it. Well, we'll coach. Everybody's chopping at the bid. 0:30:29.640 --> 0:30:31.720 I know you want to get back to coaching, and 0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:34.400 you know, we'll see where this goes here this fall 0:30:34.480 --> 0:30:38.440 with everything everybody is dealing with, but just the challenges 0:30:38.520 --> 0:30:42.520 for you as a coach to potentially teach players virtually, 0:30:43.040 --> 0:30:46.160 and how you're gonna install plays, how you're gonna explain them, 0:30:46.200 --> 0:30:49.959 how you're communicating to get it done. Maybe just thoughts 0:30:50.000 --> 0:30:54.360 from your perspective of how players, like Darnel Mooney, everybody 0:30:54.440 --> 0:30:57.160 learns different. Some guys learn through walkthroughs, some guys learn 0:30:57.240 --> 0:30:59.720 through watching tape, some guys do learn from from the 0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:01.800 play book. But maybe just a little bit from your 0:31:01.840 --> 0:31:06.920 side of it and coaching guys virtually like this, you know, 0:31:06.960 --> 0:31:10.440 we're our staff's reading the book right now, thinking fast 0:31:10.480 --> 0:31:14.160 and slow. He talks about how men are visual learners 0:31:14.200 --> 0:31:16.520 and how they learned better with color and all that 0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:19.520 kind of stuff. So we're always trying to become better teachers, 0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:22.760 you know, on a daily basis. But you know, I 0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:24.920 wish I would have had some stock and zoom, I'd 0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:27.320 be I'll be doing pretty good right now because I'm 0:31:27.360 --> 0:31:30.600 on meetings. I do. I do virtual home visits, you know, 0:31:31.200 --> 0:31:34.200 two three, four times a day. We have a couple 0:31:34.200 --> 0:31:35.920 of times a week. We have team meetings. As a 0:31:35.960 --> 0:31:39.200 matter of fact, I'm I mentioned Matt earlier fourteen and 0:31:40.040 --> 0:31:43.480 and you know, Matt's dad graduated from Tulane and played 0:31:43.520 --> 0:31:46.760 at Tulane as well. And Matt spoke to our team 0:31:46.800 --> 0:31:48.920 a couple of weeks ago. He's got you know, he's 0:31:48.920 --> 0:31:53.440 from New Orleans and h just an unbelievable job. He 0:31:53.520 --> 0:31:55.640 went about twenty minutes with the guys and he's been 0:31:55.680 --> 0:31:57.920 around our team quite a bit. To our guys, you 0:31:58.000 --> 0:32:00.200 know him. But I've had some little guest speakers that 0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:02.680 have come in and talked to the guys and our 0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:05.200 our team this year is going from good to great. 0:32:05.280 --> 0:32:08.520 And you know, Anus Williams is a New Orleans guy. 0:32:08.760 --> 0:32:10.920 We've gotten to know him. He spoke to the to 0:32:11.040 --> 0:32:13.800 the fellas and did the super job. Eli Manning, Archie 0:32:14.720 --> 0:32:17.520 Manning lives right right by this, you know, the stadium 0:32:17.560 --> 0:32:20.840 in our offices, and he's been great help, you know, 0:32:20.880 --> 0:32:23.400 since I arrived here in New Orleans. And Eli eva 0:32:23.920 --> 0:32:28.520 really nice message about how the two thousand and eleven season, 0:32:29.480 --> 0:32:32.360 you know, they had the lockout, and you know, he 0:32:32.400 --> 0:32:34.240 got together with all the guys and said, let's be 0:32:34.400 --> 0:32:37.800 a team that goes ahead and takes advantage of this 0:32:38.000 --> 0:32:40.320 time off. And sure enough that was a years they 0:32:40.320 --> 0:32:42.600 went and won the Super Bowl and then I thought 0:32:42.640 --> 0:32:45.760 it was, you know, uh, something our guys can grab 0:32:45.760 --> 0:32:48.400 a hold of. So there's a lot of different ways 0:32:48.400 --> 0:32:52.280 to teach these guys. My coaches are having meetings, you know, 0:32:52.320 --> 0:32:54.520 three or four times a week, and a lot of 0:32:54.520 --> 0:32:56.560 them are voluntary. The kids are wanting to be because 0:32:57.080 --> 0:32:59.680 you know they're they're bored as well. And you know, 0:32:59.720 --> 0:33:02.280 as a play Division one football, certainly in the NFL, 0:33:02.360 --> 0:33:05.440 you better love football and you better be consumed with it. 0:33:05.520 --> 0:33:08.800 And so it's great to watch. I sit in on 0:33:08.840 --> 0:33:11.400 a lot of these meetings during the day with you know, 0:33:11.400 --> 0:33:15.360 my quarterback coaching, linebacker coach. You know, we had a 0:33:15.400 --> 0:33:19.040 presentation by my d line coach day today on block 0:33:19.120 --> 0:33:22.200 destruction and how to get off of blocks, and you know, 0:33:22.640 --> 0:33:25.760 the defensive line linebackers in the secondary. So you know, 0:33:25.800 --> 0:33:28.640 it's just an unlimited amount of information out there about 0:33:29.000 --> 0:33:31.520 about football. I'm sure as soon as it's legal for 0:33:31.560 --> 0:33:35.840 the bearers to start, you know, having contact with these guys, 0:33:36.520 --> 0:33:39.320 Darnell will dive into that playbook and he'll learn it quickly. 0:33:40.440 --> 0:33:42.360 All right, coach, I got one last thing before we 0:33:42.480 --> 0:33:44.240 let you go. We got to get you out of here. 0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:47.120 But I noticed in the list of names of players 0:33:47.160 --> 0:33:53.040 that you've coached across your long career, including Coffeeville Community College, 0:33:53.040 --> 0:33:56.240 where you coached a young Keith Trailer, a former teammate 0:33:56.880 --> 0:33:59.720 of Jim Miller. And I only bring them up because 0:34:00.200 --> 0:34:04.120 this week all over Twitter, Uh, there's Keith Trailer returning 0:34:04.120 --> 0:34:08.080 a interception and uh, the late and great dick Enburg 0:34:08.160 --> 0:34:11.360 saying the earth is moving and earth is shaking, and 0:34:11.360 --> 0:34:13.440 it was Keith Trailer, and I'm there forget that. That 0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:17.040 was my first year calling games on on the Bears. Uh. 0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:20.240 What was a young Keith Trailer like Bean? Certainly remember 0:34:22.680 --> 0:34:26.359 him his way in the dtackle. You know he when 0:34:26.400 --> 0:34:29.680 we recruited him out Oklahoma at of Uh where is 0:34:29.719 --> 0:34:33.080 he from? He's from Arkansas. When we recruited him out 0:34:33.120 --> 0:34:36.640 of Arkansas, he was probably by two thirty five linebacker, 0:34:36.880 --> 0:34:41.320 great basketball player, and we brought him in there. And 0:34:41.800 --> 0:34:45.359 I actually lived in the resident pall with Keith. There's 0:34:45.400 --> 0:34:48.319 four rooms, and I had just taken the job and 0:34:48.640 --> 0:34:50.520 I was getting married that summer, so I was trying 0:34:50.560 --> 0:34:52.680 to save a little bit of money and I lived 0:34:52.719 --> 0:34:56.520 there with Keith. But he kept getting bigger and bigger 0:34:56.560 --> 0:34:58.680 and bigger by the time he's a sophomore and he's 0:34:58.719 --> 0:35:02.319 an All American force in Coffeeville. He was played two 0:35:02.520 --> 0:35:07.160 fifty great strength, still had great movement, and next thing 0:35:07.200 --> 0:35:10.239 you know, he's uh, you know, he's a defensive end, 0:35:10.280 --> 0:35:13.439 and then he's a three technique and then a little 0:35:13.480 --> 0:35:16.040 bit later he's a he's a nose guard. And I 0:35:16.239 --> 0:35:18.759 was when he was playing for the Chiefs. I had 0:35:18.800 --> 0:35:22.000 some sideline passes. Buddy of mine got me on the 0:35:22.000 --> 0:35:24.720 sideline for the game. I saw him and he started 0:35:24.719 --> 0:35:26.919 coming up and talking to me, and I hadn't seen 0:35:27.000 --> 0:35:30.680 him for years, and he was It took me back 0:35:30.680 --> 0:35:33.440 to recognize him, to see him because you know, you 0:35:33.480 --> 0:35:35.600 know when I first met him, you know, two twenty five, 0:35:35.640 --> 0:35:38.799 two thirty five, somewhere that area. But he was he's 0:35:38.840 --> 0:35:42.719 a great player for us, and he was a great athlete. Yes, 0:35:42.800 --> 0:35:45.680 he was very good. Appreciate all your time, coach, good 0:35:45.760 --> 0:35:48.200 luck and twenty twenty for you and year till lane bucklup. 0:35:48.960 --> 0:35:51.680 Thank you, thanks for having me on roll Away. There 0:35:51.719 --> 0:35:54.320 you go. Sean Anderson, our producer Tonight, this is Bears 0:35:54.360 --> 0:35:57.400 All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:35:59.080 --> 0:36:02.280 In response to recent world events, HUNDA is taking steps 0:36:02.320 --> 0:36:05.640 to protect you and your family assurances back. Learn more 0:36:05.640 --> 0:36:08.919 at UNDA usa dot com. Jeff Tom and Jim Good 0:36:08.920 --> 0:36:12.640 conversation or Willie Fritchett Jim, you love the old time coaches, right. 0:36:12.680 --> 0:36:14.839 I think Willie's sixty, but he's been, He's been, had 0:36:14.880 --> 0:36:19.040 a lot of places in his career. Yeah, fine coach. 0:36:19.120 --> 0:36:21.799 And like he said, Keith Trailer, believe or not, he 0:36:21.920 --> 0:36:24.799 started out at linebacker. I mean he had a really 0:36:24.840 --> 0:36:27.120 good measurables at the combine. He had I think over 0:36:27.200 --> 0:36:30.400 a thirty five inch vertical. Keith Trailer didn't this, like 0:36:30.480 --> 0:36:32.960 coach said, kept on getting bigger and bigger and bigger. 0:36:32.960 --> 0:36:36.399 And I remember that interception. Wasn't that against Jacksonville, Yep, 0:36:36.520 --> 0:36:40.400 jackson Hill. It was bumbling down the sideline, great athlete, 0:36:40.480 --> 0:36:44.800 great teammate, great player and employ him and uh Ted Washington. 0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:47.399 That was as like the Great Wall of China on 0:36:47.400 --> 0:36:52.040 that defensive line, No doubt changed football a little bit. 0:36:52.560 --> 0:36:56.600 All the big guys, the big defensive tackle, the immovable objects, 0:36:56.960 --> 0:37:00.360 they had a lot to do with changing the philosophy 0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:03.399 of offensive line blocking. A lot of times I don't 0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:07.760 agree with it, but those huge, massive, three three hundred 0:37:07.800 --> 0:37:11.239 and sixty pounders. They changed the way coaches thought. I 0:37:11.239 --> 0:37:14.399 wonder what that vertical was. A two thousand and one gym. 0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:17.600 Keith Trailer had the biggest cavs you'd ever seen in 0:37:17.680 --> 0:37:19.759 your life. I'm telling me, he had some hops and 0:37:19.800 --> 0:37:23.319 as like coach said, terrific athlete and what he could do. 0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:26.600 Denver did. They drafted him as a linebacker and when 0:37:26.600 --> 0:37:30.160 he originally started out in the pros and just kept 0:37:30.200 --> 0:37:32.960 on kept on growing man, and he became a pretty 0:37:33.040 --> 0:37:36.360 darn good defensive tackle and run stuffer. You remember, Bob 0:37:36.440 --> 0:37:39.560 Golick was a second round draft choice linebacker out of 0:37:39.719 --> 0:37:42.359 University of Notre Dame for New England. Then he got 0:37:42.360 --> 0:37:45.759 cut by New England and kind of ate his way 0:37:45.800 --> 0:37:48.160 into being a pretty good nose tackle. But he was 0:37:48.200 --> 0:37:52.600 also a two time All American heavyweight wrestler. Yeah he was. 0:37:52.840 --> 0:37:55.239 He was at the Cleveland Browns as a nose tack 0:37:55.320 --> 0:37:58.480 on some of those good Bernie Cosar teams. Yeah, he 0:37:58.520 --> 0:38:02.200 was a big boy up front. Yep Um coming up 0:38:02.239 --> 0:38:05.280 on Saturday nine thirty pm on Fox thirty two Chicago 0:38:05.320 --> 0:38:07.920 and against Sunday at ten pm on Fox thirty two Chicago. 0:38:08.000 --> 0:38:12.160 Bears Draft twenty twenty in it sit down with general 0:38:12.200 --> 0:38:14.879 manager Ryan Pace. We'll run a portion of that here, 0:38:14.960 --> 0:38:17.600 breaking down some of the top selections. I feel like 0:38:17.600 --> 0:38:19.960 there's still a ton of upside ahead of him, I think, 0:38:20.080 --> 0:38:22.560 especially as a blocker. I feel like we feel like 0:38:22.600 --> 0:38:24.839 he's gonna make great strides as a blocker going forward 0:38:24.840 --> 0:38:27.279 because he has the right temperament. He definitely has the 0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:31.240 body type. In the past game, Cole's just a big target, 0:38:31.360 --> 0:38:35.480 big target, big catching radius, really soft natural hands. As 0:38:35.520 --> 0:38:37.680 a tight end, you know you're over the middle obviously 0:38:37.719 --> 0:38:39.840 a lot you've got to make toes contested, you know, 0:38:39.880 --> 0:38:42.960 tight coverage catches, which he's shown over and over again, 0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:45.400 and then you've seen you've seen the highlights, and you 0:38:45.440 --> 0:38:48.040 know it's in every game. His run after catchability, just 0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:50.840 his physicality with the ball in his hands, and these 0:38:50.920 --> 0:38:55.560 these traditional, well rounded y tight ends, they're becoming harder 0:38:55.560 --> 0:38:57.879 and harder to find. And I think you can bind 0:38:57.960 --> 0:39:00.400 that with the Bears box makeup that he has that 0:39:00.520 --> 0:39:02.680 we all know about. It just made it a really 0:39:02.719 --> 0:39:05.640 easy pick for us. And you know, our Midwest scout 0:39:05.719 --> 0:39:08.799 Scott Hamill, Jeff Scheiver, Chris Prescott over the top. You know, 0:39:08.800 --> 0:39:11.040 they've been pounding the table for this guy for it 0:39:11.080 --> 0:39:13.239 seems like a year, and so when he was there 0:39:13.239 --> 0:39:15.200 in the second round, we were really excited to get him. 0:39:16.000 --> 0:39:18.440 Another guy who checks your bear's box, I'm certain as 0:39:18.520 --> 0:39:22.120 Jalen Johnson out of Utah, I loved this quote after 0:39:22.160 --> 0:39:24.560 the draft process, he says, I'm gonna make every team 0:39:24.560 --> 0:39:27.840 that didn't draft me regret why they didn't. I like 0:39:28.000 --> 0:39:30.520 that attitude. He feels a little bit of that. You know, 0:39:30.560 --> 0:39:33.479 the traditional chip on the shoulder you're gonna hear about 0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:36.719 really almost everybody in your class, with rare exception in 0:39:36.719 --> 0:39:39.399 this twenty twenty class. But it seems to me he's 0:39:39.400 --> 0:39:44.720 got a rugged, physical, aggressive mentality towards playing cornerback. There's 0:39:44.719 --> 0:39:46.880 no question. And Jeff, he's still a young player. I 0:39:46.880 --> 0:39:49.600 think he just turned twenty one years old, so right 0:39:49.640 --> 0:39:54.600 away his size, he's athletic. His instincts and awareness really 0:39:54.640 --> 0:39:57.439 jump out. So just his feeling coverage to anticipate things 0:39:57.440 --> 0:40:00.000 and feel things around him, read the quarterback jump route. 0:40:00.560 --> 0:40:02.680 We really like him in press because he's physical and 0:40:02.719 --> 0:40:05.200 he use his hands. Then you go to man coverage, 0:40:05.239 --> 0:40:07.640 he's got the foot quickness to mirror routes. Are really 0:40:07.640 --> 0:40:09.840 good ball skills. You know a lot of corners sometimes 0:40:09.840 --> 0:40:11.960 they panic when the balls in the air. That's when 0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:15.600 you cepis or they drop the coverage. He's really poised 0:40:15.640 --> 0:40:17.759 and calm and confident when the balls in the air. 0:40:18.320 --> 0:40:22.520 Another guy, as you mentioned, outstanding football makeup, outstanding personal character. 0:40:23.080 --> 0:40:25.920 David Williams, Francis Saint Paul been all over this guy. 0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:28.080 I mean, there's stories with this guy just just his 0:40:28.160 --> 0:40:31.400 work ethic, his professional approach. You know, he's he's you know, 0:40:31.480 --> 0:40:34.399 graduations about to happen. He's gonna walk in an hour 0:40:34.480 --> 0:40:38.960 for graduation and he's in the fieldhouse doing d dB drills. Yeah. 0:40:38.960 --> 0:40:42.680 So that's Ryan Pace and that graduation came in two 0:40:42.680 --> 0:40:45.080 and a half years. Tom and Jim, so a couple 0:40:45.120 --> 0:40:47.440 of breakdowns are the first two picks of the Bears 0:40:47.480 --> 0:40:49.600 around two. When we come back, we'll talk about it 0:40:49.680 --> 0:40:51.960 with Tom and Jim. This is Bears All Access on 0:40:52.040 --> 0:40:56.759 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to scull. Final segment here 0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:59.600 on Bears All Access on this Thursday evening. Coming up, 0:40:59.640 --> 0:41:03.080 the see title game from twenty nineteen Chiefs and Patriots 0:41:03.120 --> 0:41:04.680 gonna air on the score here coming up at the 0:41:04.680 --> 0:41:07.160 toime of the hour with Tom Thayer, Jim Miller, Jeff 0:41:07.200 --> 0:41:10.000 Jonahac with E. Sean Anderson as our producer tonight doing 0:41:10.040 --> 0:41:13.080 a great job as always and listening to Ryan Pace 0:41:13.160 --> 0:41:15.920 there again the Bears Draft twenty twenty television show on 0:41:16.080 --> 0:41:19.080 Fox thirty two Chicago, or in nine thirty pm Saturday 0:41:19.080 --> 0:41:22.280 and ten pm Sunday night on Fox thirty two Chicago, 0:41:22.600 --> 0:41:24.799 go through all the picks. Don't have time to do 0:41:24.840 --> 0:41:26.120 that here, but just want to give you a little 0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:30.040 taste of it again. You gotta be passionate and you 0:41:30.080 --> 0:41:33.319 gotta be convicted about who you're picking. So you hear 0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:35.880 the genuine excitement in those two picks of Cole committing 0:41:35.960 --> 0:41:39.040 Jalen Johnson, Tom and Jim. Yeah, you know you have 0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:41.120 to go. You have to have the realization that neither 0:41:41.120 --> 0:41:43.960 of these are finished products. Nobody in this draft is 0:41:43.960 --> 0:41:46.520 a finished product, Jeff and So I think that's the 0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:51.960 key element here is Ryan Pace respected the advice and 0:41:52.600 --> 0:41:55.520 what he was getting from the scouts and was able 0:41:55.560 --> 0:41:58.120 to kind of project these guys to get him on 0:41:58.200 --> 0:42:02.440 his radar, watch them through out their senior year. Understands 0:42:02.480 --> 0:42:06.440 like a calmness by a cornerback is rarely talked about 0:42:06.480 --> 0:42:09.400 at this young age. And then how difficult it is 0:42:09.440 --> 0:42:12.200 to find a why tight end and nowaday in these 0:42:12.280 --> 0:42:15.640 college football players, so they have the template of the 0:42:15.680 --> 0:42:18.319 type of players they want to it's about what the 0:42:18.400 --> 0:42:22.719 coaches do within their development over the next two three seasons, 0:42:22.719 --> 0:42:25.279 both in the off season and during the season. Yeah, 0:42:25.320 --> 0:42:27.840 and I just always think it's it's about fit. You know, 0:42:27.960 --> 0:42:30.839 granted you're drafting needs, but it's it's about fit. And 0:42:30.920 --> 0:42:34.640 I think Cole fits a tight end centric offense that 0:42:34.760 --> 0:42:36.839 the Bears are trying to run. We've we've talked about 0:42:36.840 --> 0:42:40.680 it numerous times. They need more production from that position. 0:42:40.719 --> 0:42:43.200 It's why they went out and drafted Jimmy Grant, they 0:42:43.280 --> 0:42:46.480 signed Harris, and we'll see what Cole Commet can develop into. 0:42:46.480 --> 0:42:49.080 We'll have to get better at his run blocking, but 0:42:49.200 --> 0:42:51.719 he can fill out even more and probably when it's 0:42:51.760 --> 0:42:53.640 all said and done, we'll be a good in line, 0:42:53.719 --> 0:42:57.760 all around tight end for the Chicago Bearris and Jalen Johnson, 0:42:57.840 --> 0:42:59.680 I just think fits the style of defense a lot 0:42:59.719 --> 0:43:02.800 of man sets. Like I said, he bullies wide receivers, 0:43:02.800 --> 0:43:04.759 so I think he as well is just a good 0:43:04.800 --> 0:43:07.279 fit for what the Bears are going to ask him 0:43:07.320 --> 0:43:11.440 to do defensively with Chuck Peggatto as their DC. I 0:43:11.440 --> 0:43:13.680 don't know my math's right, but I think it's ten 0:43:13.800 --> 0:43:16.239 targets to the tight ends last year in the red zone. 0:43:16.280 --> 0:43:20.400 That's it. Four catches and two touchdowns. You point to 0:43:20.440 --> 0:43:22.960 a lack of point production. That's a big area that 0:43:23.160 --> 0:43:27.560 you know, Jimmy Graham, however you may view him, the 0:43:27.600 --> 0:43:30.200 guy's a red zone monster. Cole has a chance to 0:43:30.200 --> 0:43:33.520 be a red zone monster. You gotta get more weapons involved, 0:43:33.600 --> 0:43:35.319 and you got to get to the red zone even 0:43:35.360 --> 0:43:38.359 inside the thirty Those are big production areas. Don't you 0:43:38.440 --> 0:43:42.600 think that aspect of the bears potential on offense has 0:43:42.719 --> 0:43:47.240 escalated with these additions? I do. I know. I also 0:43:47.320 --> 0:43:49.520 think that you can become more threatening within the red 0:43:49.600 --> 0:43:52.880 zone with Mitch's willingness to run the ball, because that 0:43:52.960 --> 0:43:55.600 takes an extra guy out of the defense. It opens 0:43:55.680 --> 0:43:58.600 up windows to throw too, or to capitalize on the 0:43:58.640 --> 0:44:01.239 size you have at the line of image. Yeah. I 0:44:01.320 --> 0:44:04.040 just the lack of production at that tight end position 0:44:04.160 --> 0:44:06.800 last year weather is due to injury. Guy's not getting 0:44:06.800 --> 0:44:10.800 on the field. Just it needs to be better. Jimmy 0:44:10.840 --> 0:44:13.920 Graham had a good year two years ago out there 0:44:13.920 --> 0:44:18.600 in Seattle, certainly with Russell Wilson. Last year wasn't targeted 0:44:18.640 --> 0:44:21.920 as much in Green Bay's offensive system. But I do 0:44:22.000 --> 0:44:24.960 think it offer some you know, point production down there 0:44:25.000 --> 0:44:27.400 in the red zone, especially just the size of Comet. 0:44:27.840 --> 0:44:29.880 You know, he is a good route runner, and he 0:44:29.960 --> 0:44:33.399 is really good after the catch, like Ryan Pace talked about. 0:44:33.480 --> 0:44:36.440 I mean it is a problem to bring him down 0:44:36.840 --> 0:44:40.040 after bounce off on his hands. Absolutely. I mean a 0:44:40.080 --> 0:44:42.000 couple of games you watch, it takes the whole defense 0:44:42.040 --> 0:44:44.640 to try and tackle him. Tide is offering free laundry 0:44:44.640 --> 0:44:48.040 services to the families of Chicagoland frontline responders. Visit Hope 0:44:48.120 --> 0:44:51.480 dot Tide Cleaners dot com to find a location near you. Jim, 0:44:51.520 --> 0:44:52.880 we only have about a minute and a half, but 0:44:52.920 --> 0:44:55.520 I gotta dig into this green Bay selection at Jordan 0:44:55.640 --> 0:44:58.840 Love causing shock waves through the National Football League and 0:44:58.960 --> 0:45:02.399 Jalen Hurts select in Philadelphia doing the same. A lot 0:45:02.400 --> 0:45:06.239 of Colin Minch has written about these two situations. Is 0:45:06.239 --> 0:45:09.759 this overreaction or how would you look at this? Especially 0:45:09.800 --> 0:45:11.840 I get the green bait thing a little bit, but 0:45:11.920 --> 0:45:15.000 the Jalen Hurts in Philadelphia. It sounds like it's gonna, 0:45:15.239 --> 0:45:19.520 you know, potentially up end the whole belief in the 0:45:19.560 --> 0:45:22.480 locker room. If you know, Carson Wentz doesn't play well 0:45:22.480 --> 0:45:24.840 at the beginning or bah blah blah. I mean, you know, 0:45:24.840 --> 0:45:27.440 if you've got an opportunity to draft to quarterback, teams 0:45:27.520 --> 0:45:31.080 usually do it if you're smart. Then Philly's done it repeatedly. Right, 0:45:31.080 --> 0:45:35.640 They've made them tradeable commodities numerous times. From a J feely, 0:45:35.760 --> 0:45:37.680 I could go on and on the quarterbacks. They've traded 0:45:37.800 --> 0:45:40.640 Kevin Cobb, but anyway, I mean they're gonna get both qbs. 0:45:40.760 --> 0:45:42.920 Even Doug Peterson talked about this. It'll be a different 0:45:43.000 --> 0:45:44.920 role for Jalen Hurts. And guy ran for over a 0:45:45.000 --> 0:45:49.560 thousand yards. He had twenty rushing touchdowns at OU last year. 0:45:49.840 --> 0:45:52.399 So this guy is an extremely good athletes. So they're 0:45:52.400 --> 0:45:54.600 gonna use him in some kind of you know, like 0:45:54.640 --> 0:45:57.439 Taysom Hill type of role and it'll be a little 0:45:57.440 --> 0:46:00.920 bit different. Hey, they already paid their quarterback, right, Carson Wentz, 0:46:00.920 --> 0:46:04.080 he's not going anywhere, but they will develop Jalen Hurts 0:46:04.080 --> 0:46:07.400 and use his skill sets in a running ability. I 0:46:07.440 --> 0:46:10.440 think for Philadelphia. Jordan Love to me is raw. I mean, 0:46:10.440 --> 0:46:12.719 that's why Green Bay Packer fans are upset that they 0:46:12.760 --> 0:46:14.960 feel that they are a win now team. They were 0:46:14.960 --> 0:46:17.560 one game away from the super Bowl. But Jordan Love 0:46:17.800 --> 0:46:20.439 is raw. He is not gonna play, He's not gonna 0:46:20.440 --> 0:46:23.000 be ready to play. He is gonna sit and it's 0:46:23.000 --> 0:46:25.360 gonna take some time. And so I think it's a 0:46:25.400 --> 0:46:29.160 little bit overblown. Everybody thinks it's as Aaron Rodgers last 0:46:29.160 --> 0:46:32.600 harah there in Green Bay. Hey, Brett Farr pushed the 0:46:32.640 --> 0:46:37.000 snowball downhill today. He's gonna create more controversy in this 0:46:37.360 --> 0:46:41.719 virtual offseason than any statement made so far. Hey, we 0:46:41.800 --> 0:46:43.880 gotta break, Yeah, we gotta go. Jim, thank you. We'll 0:46:43.920 --> 0:46:46.360 talk to you next week. Jim Miller from Serious XM's 0:46:46.440 --> 0:46:50.080 NFL Radio moving to chains Tom Bear, who's actually hitting 0:46:50.080 --> 0:46:54.120 the water in Wisconsin surfing. Believe it or not. We'll 0:46:54.120 --> 0:46:56.920 tell you that story next week. Thanks to Sean Anderson, 0:46:57.200 --> 0:46:59.719 Thanks of course, the Coole commet the newest Chicago Bear, 0:46:59.760 --> 0:47:02.439 Will Fritz dead coach down at Tlana. And for Ryan Pace, 0:47:02.880 --> 0:47:05.279 I'm Jeff Johnny Ac. Have a great night, everybody. This 0:47:05.440 --> 0:47:08.080 is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:47:08.080 --> 0:47:14.320 to score. Thanks for listening to this Chicago Bears Network 0:47:14.360 --> 0:47:19.160 presentation of Bears All Access. Podcasts are available on Chicago 0:47:19.200 --> 0:47:22.440 Bears dot com and on iTunes, or download the official 0:47:22.480 --> 0:47:26.000 Bears mobile app. Bears All Access has been brought to 0:47:26.000 --> 0:47:30.080 you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Miller Lite