WEBVTT - Gearing up for OTAs | Bears Weekly Podcast 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:05.000 Welcome in Tumble Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:08.640 download the Chicago Bears Official as brought to you by. 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:10.600 Verizon to follow the team on the go. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.640 Bears Weekly is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare, Athletico 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:20.240 Physical Therapy, Beth Rivers, CD Dow, Connie's Pizza by Gas Energy, 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:24.439 and Miller Like Pierra. Your hosts Jeff Chilneyack aka the 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:27.880 Mayor of Bearsville, and his sidekick Tom the Surfaster. 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:30.240 There well. 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:34.160 Off season training activities underway around the National Football League 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.239 twenty nine of the thirty two teams, including the Bears, 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.320 as they kick off a three week period at hallisa 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.239 on the mix of veterans and rookies and some new 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.200 faces blend in What's going to go to training camp 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.800 here in mid July. So it's a get acquainted session 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.760 for everyone. Good to be back with you. A short 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.200 turnaround from last Thursday night with Super Bowl winning Bears 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.280 guard Tom Fayre. Jim Middle will be along in just 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:57.120 a moment. I'm Jeff Joniac coming up shortly. Our teammate 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:00.360 and former Bears fullback Jason McKee. Our sideline report around 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.480 the radio broadcast here on ESPN chicagohen the Bear's Radio 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.039 Network will join us as well, thanks to our producers 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.600 Dan Barrelli, Jordan Treadup, and in studio today Sean Graeney. 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:11.960 The executive pretty Sure to the Bear's Radio Network is 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:15.520 Eric Ostrotski. So we went over the schedule released last 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.119 week Big Time and University loved and how it lays out. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.760 Now it's time to roll up the sleeves, get down 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.559 to business. And this period really, I would I would 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:28.840 imagine for everybody involved is sharpen your skills and develop. 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:29.759 Get ready. 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.639 It is sharpen your skills and develop. But the Bears 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:37.560 have a lot more on their plate during this off 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:41.280 season because of the amount of new bodies there in place, 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:45.040 a new system in place, a new defensive coordinator in place. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:45.679 There. 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:49.560 You have to become familiar with everybody's coaching style, you 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.760 have to become familiar with responsibilities. You have to have 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:58.520 continuous conversation amongst your positions to try to become familiar 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.720 about with all the infra that you have to be 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:06.840 able to digest during this ota period because really, when 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:11.160 you come to training camp, the addition of football pads 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:17.880 really increases just the importance of a daily practice. 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.160 And Tommy, from what I've heard, attendance throughout this offseason 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.760 has been outstanding. It's exactly what we want to hear. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.400 I'm sure not everyone makes it for whatever reasons throughout 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.800 all the OTAs. It is voluntary, but given where this 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.720 team is at, the excitement in the building, I would 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.200 imagine almost everybody's going to be on hand. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.920 Well, if you're not on hand, then what's your excuse? 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.200 And I know there's veterans that are secure in what 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:48.000 they've been able to earn over the course of over 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:51.560 the course of a career. But you know this there, 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.600 you know nobody has that opportunity this year. 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.800 This is about all for one and one for all, and. 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:02.280 So if there is someone that's missing with regularity, I 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.320 would as a position coach, as a coordinator, as a 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:08.160 head coach, as a general manager, I would like to 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:12.960 know the reasons behind it, because every single facet of 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:18.000 this football team it needs continuity and development to ultimately 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.919 get where you want to get, and that's winning your 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:24.000 division to earn a spot into the playoffs. 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.040 All right, And so we got a rookie quarterback here 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.960 and I thought something in SI dot Com Albert Breer 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:35.320 wrote over the past sixteen draft cycles, starting with two thousand, 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.480 well through the twenty three class, forty eight quarterbacks drafted 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.600 in the first round, and only two Jake Locker in 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.720 twenty eleven and Jordan eleven twenty, failed to start a 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.680 game as a rookie. Pat Mahomes started one in his 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:53.119 rookie year. But the days of having a guy sit 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.680 long gone. All these guys are gonna find time and 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:56.840 they're gonna start. 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:57.400 Well. 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.680 You know, I think Peyton Manning has really led the 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.360 way that argument. He says you're not gonna develop by 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.840 sitting on the bench, And when you look at the 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.720 performance that he had his rookie year and how many 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:11.600 interceptions he threw, maybe there is value to getting on 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.680 the field as soon as possible. But you know, you 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:18.400 don't have unrealistic expectations because of Peyton Manning. But then 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.200 you have unrealistic expectations because of CJ. 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.200 Stroud and somewhere in between. 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:29.120 There is the performance of the rookie quarterback and that's 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.599 what you want to get. But that's the indicators that 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.479 you're gonna get throughout OTA OTA meetings and an on 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:35.560 the training camp, all. 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:35.919 Right to tell you. 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.040 Well, we're gonna take our first break early because when 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.400 we come back, we'll be joined by Jason McKee, our 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.920 sideline reporter and former Chicago Bear and the head coach 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.880 at Armel High School on Mondoline. Jim Miller will join 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.560 us as well with tant there. I'm Jeff Joniak and 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.000 this is Bears Weekly on ESPN one thousand and the 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:51.080 Bears Radio Network. 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.280 This is Bears Weekly with a voice of the Bears 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:58.800 for twenty three years Jeff on the Bears Radio Network. 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.080 Ye brought you by IPS uttered you Jeff and Tom 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.640 and Jim Millar to join us. Suns from Serious x 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:14.920 VNFL Radio and our partner in crime, Jason McKee. I've 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.080 been ringing this guy, Tom and Jim for a couple 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.680 of weeks now. He's he's been away, he's been busy, 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.440 he's got other things going on. But Jay Mack, how 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:24.000 you feeling, man, what's going on? 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.360 Feeling good? Glad to join the show. Talks and Bears Football. 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.479 As you know, you guys always do a great job. 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.000 And excited to be back and excited about the season. 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.120 You know, here again with you guys, you know, covering 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:37.600 the Bears. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:41.360 Well, what makes you most excited about twenty four out 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:41.960 of the gate here? 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.800 Yeah, just you know, as it has been the past 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.719 few years, the offseason has been you know, exciting, you know, 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.960 just because of the moves that that Ryan Poles has 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.839 made and the positions he's put this team in terms 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.120 of competing and be able to be able to make 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.039 moves in the off season. And we see that with 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.400 the draft. I mean obviously Kayla Williams bringing Romo Doonze 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.560 and you know, Keenan Allens and there's a lot of 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.120 promise on the team that really you know, showed some 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.839 upside to end the season last year. So I'm just 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.040 excited to see what these new pieces, how they can 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.599 put together, new coordinators, new stuff, and I'm excited to see, 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:17.880 you know, what this offense is going to look like 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.320 under the tute religious Shane Waldron. You know, you've got 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.320 a lot of weapons, but you know, you can have 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.159 all the ingredients in the world, but you still got 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:25.719 to cook it and it has to taste good. So 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.560 if you're not putting things together the right way, it's 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.520 not going to be you know, the presentation is going 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.000 to be what it needs to be So I'm excited 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:36.359 to see how, you know, they go about developing you know, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.760 Caleb Williams, how this offense is going to be rand 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.240 you know who who's going to be featured in what ways, 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.880 and you know how he's going to attack defenses and 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.160 stuff like that. And then on the defense side of 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.200 the ball, I'm looking forward to seeing, you know, Kender's 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:52.000 defense continue to pick up, to pick up where they 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.320 left off. You know, we're missed some pieces still, but 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:56.440 I think we've got a lot of young talent and 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.960 we added some talent last year. So there's definitely an 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.040 exciting time to be a Airs fan, but it's also 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:02.600 exciting time to cover them as well. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.359 Hey, Jason, let me ask you something personally. So the 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.680 schedule comes out last week and you have a chance 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:09.320 to take a look at it, But you're also a 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.960 head coach that is getting a team prepared into the 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.000 ind of your training camp and then into the regular season. 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:18.520 When you see a trip in there, like the London 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.560 trip or the other games, does that affect how you 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.960 have to put your work, high school itinerary together. 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.160 According to the release of the NFL schedule. 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.520 Yeah, one hundred percent. You know, everybody's looking at the 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.400 schedule in terms of Bear stands and trying to book tickets, 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.000 and you know, I know we're looking at it and 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:36.600 trying to see where we're going to be at and 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:38.480 get ready to cover the game. But you know, I've 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.360 got my high school itinerary and I've got the Bears itinerary, 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.880 you know, brought up side by side to figure out, Okay, 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:45.560 how am I going to make this work? How am 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.720 I going to make sure my coaching staff is ready 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.520 to be prepared, you know, if I'm absent a few 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.560 practices and it happened like that last year. But you know, 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.040 having a great coaching staff and you know, having a 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.120 great system and a good level of expectation and our 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.800 kids understand, you know, what's required of them, and then 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.160 able tous have a good seating. So it's a challenge 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:05.960 in that regard. But at the same time, you have 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.760 good people around you, and you have a good system 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.560 to place, and you understand what it takes to win, 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.200 and you can manage two things at one time, and 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.520 there's less to be in a situation I'm in right now. 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.400 You know, Jay, you talk about having a system in 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:21.920 place and the Bears really don't have a system in place. 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.520 Plus they have a new quarterback and they have a 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:28.360 lot of you know, new guys on the team. So 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:31.560 when you think about the classroom sessions of OTA and 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.120 the on the field sessions of an Ota, do you 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.400 think that you put more emphasis in the classroom sessions 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:40.800 or do you want to get them up on their 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:45.440 feet and moving as a team as much as classroom sessions. 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:47.760 Well, I think you got to have some balance there 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.640 because it's one thing to go on the grease board 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.520 and to diagnose plays and route concept is based against 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:55.160 you know, based upon what coverages you're seeing, but it's 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.840 another thing to go out there and actually to go 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:00.840 through that the quarterback to go through that progression, you know, 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.880 against different coverages in terms of the rock concerts they're running. 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.439 So I think you gotta have balance there because some guys, 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.120 as we know tom Are, they're good in the classroom, 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:10.439 but then they get out there on the field and 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.520 they can't they can't process or they can't run full 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.679 speed what they've digested in the classroom. So I think 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.680 you gotta have balance. And I think when you have 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.040 a new offense, and especially when you have a new 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.560 quarterback at rookie quarterback, I think as an offensive coordinator, 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.440 you may have all these ideas. You may be excited 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:30.319 because you've added so many weapons and there's so much promise, 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.040 but at the same time, you do have to remain 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.840 humble enough to only go as far as the quarterback 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.560 can go. So as he grows within the offense, he 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.880 has an understanding of what you're putting in and he's 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:45.000 able to go out there and execute it a practice. Well, 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:47.280 then you grow as he grows. You can't go out 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.720 there and just give him the whole playbook and expect 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:51.600 him to go out there and light the world on fire. 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:53.400 You have to be pacer with him because you have 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.240 the rookie and it is a different. 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.760 Jason McKee our guest here on ESPN one thousand or 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.400 the Bad Radio Network, Jeff and Tom Jim Miller would 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.760 join us here in just a minute, and we've got 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:09.880 Jason McKee talking Bears football. Jmac, is there a big, 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:15.360 big training camp practice scenario brewing here because of the 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:18.640 talent on offense, the weaponry that we're all thinking, Okay, 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:19.840 how are you gonna stop this bunch? 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:20.920 No matter who's quarterback? 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.359 And you got so much talent there for a defense 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:26.600 that fell in its oats there the last half of 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.400 the season, put up some unbelievable numbers and really for 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:34.080 that secondary to really it's like, it's gonna really challenge 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.320 each other here, right, don't you think so? Young guys 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:41.160 like Tyreiek, Stevenson, Kyder, Gordon, Jakwan Brisker, they're gonna get 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.600 tested there, and just like they're gonna test the other 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:44.720 guys on the other side of the wall. 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:49.800 Yeah, definitely, they're gonna get tested. But at the same time, 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.120 I think, you know, there's gonna be growth with those 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.360 guys as well. You know, they had opportunity as rookies 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.600 to see a lot of things. They were tested as 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.719 rookies as well, and I think, you know, second year 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:02.319 in the league, I think the game is gonna really 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.600 slow down for them. You saw it started to slow 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.440 down towards the end of the season for those guys, 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:07.840 and they were able to make a lot of plays 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.600 the timely moments for this Bears defense. So I think 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.520 they're going to be more confident. You know, obviously they're 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.880 working hard to on their fundamentals to make sure that 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.000 they're ready to take another step. But you know, I'm 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.920 excited to see, you know, how they've grown in their 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.800 second season within this defense. And I'm also curious to 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:26.520 see if coach Matta elus are going to give these guys, 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:27.920 you know, more of an expanded role. 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.920 Jim Miller and now ready to join us from serious 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:34.920 section m NFL Radio's moving to change big Jim. You know, 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.760 you and Jmack were two ships passing in the night. 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.160 Unfortunately you were not teammates, because I think you guys 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:44.880 would have hit it off very well what you were 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.880 in Dallas when Jim was with the Bears, and then 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:52.000 you arrived after Jim left. But so, Jim, you would 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.160 have loved the tank back there at fullback in the 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:55.559 form of Jamack, don't you think. 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.120 Yeah, well, I'm well aware of Jason McKee's work and 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:02.720 how well he was as a player, and Jason obviously 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.240 how the Bears ran the ball last year, and from 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:09.439 my perspective, they've done a nice job what I call 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:12.760 insulating a young Caleb Williams, you know, with these blue 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:16.800 chip players, Roma Doonzay, you know, Keenan Allen. DJ Moore 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.319 thinks Swift will be great in the backfield, and I 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.120 think the old Lion's better than what people think. But 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.679 at the end of the day, Caleb Williams has to 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.959 be able to do a coming out period, has to 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:30.880 be able to execute a two minute drives, third down conversions. 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:34.240 You know, there are certain situational things that maybe they 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.880 can take the load off of him, but he still 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.679 has to be able to execute those key moments in 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:41.400 terms of situational play. 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:44.520 Yeah, Jim, you hit it on the head. I mean, 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.880 it's football is about situations. There's gonna be a lot 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:51.240 of situations that, yes, Caleb Williams have been has been 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:54.720 any situations in college, but you know, the stakes are higher. 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.280 This is the NFL. NFL defense is going to be 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:00.760 faster and more sound than the defenses he's he's played against. 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.400 And yes, he has a skill set that everybody's been 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.920 salivating over. That's why he's the number one pick in 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.160 the draft. But at the same time, you know, we're 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.959 talking about Shane Waldron, Like I think they have to 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.880 do a really good job of really practicing situations. The 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.280 only way you're going to get better at executing in 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.560 timely moments is you practice those situations over and over again. 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.400 Like you said, coming out two minute even for minute offense, 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.559 you know, shorty ard theer's all of those things that 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.640 going that you're going to encounter into a game. And 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:29.559 if you want to be good in those situations, you 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.240 have to practice them. And Tom talked about being in 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.640 the classroom. Yes, you're gonna go over you know, keep 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.079 things in terms of situations on the grease for two 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.600 minute jow Hey, receivers, make sure you're handing the ball 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.559 to the rep. Don't throw it to the rest. We 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:44.079 know the rest can't catch that clock's running. You know, 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.360 little nuances like that, it's going to help you excel 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.480 in those situations. And then you have to be to 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.439 be able to go out there and practice in full speed. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.000 You know, I got a question for both you guys, 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:57.959 Jim and Jason, because I think you need to take 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.559 this in consideration like we all do, because it's you know, 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:05.719 it's a really important part of quarterback development. Jim as 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:08.600 a quarterback, Jason as a coach. We don't know who 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.959 the center is gonna be. We don't have a center 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.400 that has an extensive amount of experience that's been through 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.640 every scenario that they can face on a field. So 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:21.520 how many snaps before the start of the regular season 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.680 do you want to get with whomever they choose to 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.960 be center. When you talk about the role, the importance 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.360 the velocity of a shotgun snap, the quickness of a 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.280 directly under center snap, and every team that goes in 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.680 because we talk a lot about the seven on seven game, 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.080 but I think the role of the center can play 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:43.760 an equally important role. Jason, and as a coach, how 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.520 many snaps would you like to see those two get 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.000 before the regular season? 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:53.920 Yeah, I mean in terms of preseason, you know, I 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.480 think you got to be smart. But at the same time, 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:58.320 you know, you have a new quarterback, you have a 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:00.080 new center. They got to get a feel free to 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.960 other and you know, as many as many snaps as 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.440 you can with them with being smart to make sure 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.960 that they're available for the regular season. But you know, 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.960 the snap is like in terms of you know, them 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.000 getting comfortable within the offense. Like you said, they've got 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:16.680 to be able to be on the same page because 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.040 communications are going to be different. You know, I don't 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.880 know if they're going to enable the center to make 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.359 all the calls, especially when you have a rookie quarterback, 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.160 So that chemistry is huge. You know, I've got the 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:29.720 quarterback haves to know what the offensive line is doing. 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:31.920 In the center is the quarterback of the offensive line, 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:33.880 so they've got to be on one accord. You know, 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:37.840 we saw protection breakdowns last year with justin fields and 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.320 the offensive line in it, and that led to disaster. 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.320 But the more that you can get on the same 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:44.560 page with the guy that you're going to be you know, 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.280 taking snaps from and that offensive line that you're going 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.560 to be playing with, the better this offense will be. 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:52.680 And the accelerated growth that you could see in this offense. 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.760 Yeah, well to me, they're both again, those guys are 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.920 both veterans. Ryan Bates, who was with the Bears now 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.440 went up there with the Bills, and you know, obviously 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.320 the Bears liked his play and wanted him back, and 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.920 I think Coleman Shelton I would say the same thing about. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.920 You know, last year. Obviously Brian Allen gets hurt, he 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:13.760 fills in at center nicely and really look at the Rams, 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:15.960 they wanted to sign him back. So he did a 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:19.040 really nice job. And their north and south running scheme, 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.440 what they have with kyn Williams. So I think that'll 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:25.280 be sorted out pretty quickly, quite frankly. But to me, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:29.600 they're both veterans, they both have played. Bates has been 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:33.920 more guard center, you know, in terms of his combinations, 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.960 and Coleman has been pretty much a center. So I 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:40.040 think it'll sort itself out pretty quickly. But again, they're 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.640 both veterans, and once those pads come on, they'll know quickly, 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:45.800 and I think it'll sort itself out with a cremo 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:46.880 rise to the top. 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.560 Jason McKee our guest here on Bears Weekly on FDN 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.000 one thousand of the Bears Radio Network. So you spent 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.080 a lot of time with Devin Hester, both in your 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.680 career and his friends recently on the golf course with him. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:02.680 Where is his head that as he approaches August, first 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.320 the Bears get there with the preseason game and then 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:08.359 a couple of days later induction into the Pro Football. 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:08.440 Hall of Fame. 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:09.880 Yeah. 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.800 I actually spend time with him this weekend. He was 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:14.600 up in Chicago for an appearance as well. But he's 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.959 he's excited. But it's funny because you know, being around him, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.520 you see how much work is going into this behind 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:24.000 the scenes. He's he's been back and forth forth to Canton. 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:27.200 You know, they've been designing his his bus for the 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.120 Hall of Fame. He's also putting together his his Hall 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.600 of Fame party, and they're working out the details in 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.119 terms of his itinerary for the time he's going to 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:37.440 be up there. So I think he's just excited. He's 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.760 taking it all in. But you know, he's traveling back 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:43.080 and forth from South Florida to Canton quite often, and 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:44.800 he's been on the golf course as much as he 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.480 as he can be. So it's it's pretty neat to 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:51.960 see that, you know, you have another teammate getting this opportunity. Obviously, 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.119 you know, I had this opportunity to see another teammate 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.880 going like Brian Urlacker. But it's pretty cool to see 0:17:56.920 --> 0:18:00.199 a guy who, you know, who came here as a rookie, uh, 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.359 you know, a young rookie, and then to see the 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.080 career that he put together and then him actually just 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.040 receiving the accolades you know that he's receiving from his 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.800 stellar career. So it's definitely exciting, you know, the teammates standpoint, 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.320 but it's even more exciting as it being one of 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:15.160 your closest friends. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:17.359 You gotta make sure Thayre's on that guest list for 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:21.000 that party. Now, Hey, yeah, Tom, you know he'll be 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.760 at Themichael party for sure, but you got to get 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:25.880 him on the Hester party. I think you have some pull, 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:26.200 don't you. 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:29.959 Definitely gonna We're gonna just get fair to Mike at 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:33.119 the party and let him just tell his stories, right, John. 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:35.680 Jay Mac, I want to hear a story from you 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.840 because your instrumental on the sideline reporting of the game. 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:41.639 And now they brought back the kickoff return and. 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.200 Before you could almost say, okay, they're going to kick 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.120 it out of the end zone, let me get myself 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.600 set up at the whatever yard line they're going to start. 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.760 You have any thought process of how you're going to 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:57.320 position yourself to, you know, get a good line of 0:18:57.440 --> 0:19:01.320 sight on the return game, the blocking game, the development 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:05.600 of the type of blocking strategies and the kicking strategies 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:06.600 that are going to develop. 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:09.680 Yeah, the funny thing is, I haven't thought about where 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.160