WEBVTT - All Access: Jackson's Contract Extension 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.640 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.040 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.040 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:30.160 Physical Therapy and Art Van Furniture and Mattress. And Happy 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:33.199 New Year, everybody, and welcome into a another edition of 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:36.000 Bears All Access. I'm Jeff Jonny Acola. I'm a broadcast 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.000 partner from news Radio seven eighty and one or five 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:41.880 point nine FWBBM. Mister Tom Fair, got your appetite. A 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.320 little wedding right there with the boys before you start 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:48.160 this part of the show. And good conversation. I'm sure 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:49.639 I heard a little bit on the way in as 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:51.600 I was parking the car. And then of course we 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:56.360 got the renewal of our relationship with Big Jim Miller Mills. 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:58.280 How you doing, my friends, I'm doing great, Happy to 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:00.720 do your guys. Looking forward to it soft season, I'm 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.480 going to be exciting. Obviously, a disappointing finish for the 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.920 year for the Barrison. Hey, now it comes the off season. 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:09.319 Every bit as important is in season and how you 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.240 play on the field, making the right decisions the acquisitions 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.720 to get this team built to press forward in twenty twenty. 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:17.400 So good to be with you guy. Yeah, we passed 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:19.399 you in the hallway a little bit on the TV 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:21.600 shows in Fox, so we got to see a little bit. 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:23.640 But I was listening to you on the way in 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.680 I who was hearing the tale in some conversations about 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.919 All Pro talk on your serious XM channel wise parking 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.880 in the garage, and I hear conversation here with Tom Thare, 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.840 with Dan McNeil and Danny Parkins. So you got a question, Well, no, 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.200 there's a bunch of He'll call me today and say, hey, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:40.520 I know you're gonna get a chance to talk to 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.760 Jim Miller tonight. Can you ask him why he didn't 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:45.520 vote Lamar Jackson on the All Pro Team. No, I did. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.840 I've voted him MVP overall better quarterback. I think Russell 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.760 Wilson is the overall better quarterback up right now as 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.680 they sit today and how they perform. I think Lamar 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:56.920 is awesome, but I think he's got a lot of 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:58.880 things that that he can get better at. But he 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.040 is off to a fantastic start. And you know, it's 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:02.800 funny because a lot of people want to take their 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.440 shots and do all these things. You know. They made 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.800 it sound like we had a weekly with Russell Wilson 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:10.920 and that's why I voted for Russell. That is just 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.079 simply not true. I interviewed Lamar Jackson wants during training camp, 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:18.360 much like I interviewed Lamar Jackson once during training camp. 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.920 So there, you know, there's no sinister plot here. But 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.120 I think Russell Wilson is the overall better quarterback. I 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.080 thought Lamar had a great year obviously, you know, and 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.480 I think Pat voted him Offensive Player of the Year 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.760 and MVP. So it's not a shot at Lamar Jackson. 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:34.600 He got his share of votes for for what we 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.440 selected and why we selected him. Where we did well though, 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.720 So how long you been doing the AP thing? I'd 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.080 say it's about six seven years. See, it's not the 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.680 first time I've been criticized. Remember when Peyton Manning got 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.280 I was the one voter that descended against Peyton Manning 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:53.720 being the MVP. Remember that one. Remember I correct, I 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.520 correctly voted him offensive Player of the Year because that's 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.640 what he was. Tom Brady should have been the MVP. 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.760 And if you remember Bowl forty eight and how Peyton 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.560 Manning performed a kind of solidified wife old to Tom 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.280 Brady MVP and not Peyton man does sample size of 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.120 the quarterbacks considering Russell Wilson's been doing it at this 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.880 level for quite a while, and Lamar Jackson is more 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.160 burst down to the scenes guy with the help of 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.360 well look what happened with RG three. Yeah, that's what 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.400 That's what I was going to make that reference point. Also. Yeah, 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:24.680 so you know, I feel very comfortable with my vote. 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.080 So I think people out there that don't get the vote, 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.519 obviously they're a little bit jealous knowing where the source. Hey, 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:33.520 I tell you, I'd tell you we're a little jealous. 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.640 Eddie Jackson today hit the lottery and boy, you know, 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.400 as a fourth round pick, and you know, according to 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:43.040 his agency, he gets a big money deal that makes 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.360 him the highest paid safety in the National Football League. 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.160 And I had you know, you knew Landon Collins had 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.200 that honor. I think Kevin Byard was close to that, 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:51.839 but he just got over the fourteen and a half 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.240 million dollars in annual salary, and that was the key 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.040 to put it over the top. But how about that 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.320 for a fourth round pick that suffered a serious injury 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.760 and his college career the end of his career, that 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.000 probably shoved him down the draft board a little bit, 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.280 and the Bears picked one of their best picks in 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.080 years right there injection as a former fourth round pick. 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.400 I'm happy for him because it is when you are 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.520 one of those middle round picks at all, it is 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.160 about your production and how your future is going to 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.839 be judged going forward. They pick you in the fourth 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.280 or fifth round because they believe you have ability to 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.320 cultivate your talent and make it in the NFL. Rarely 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:27.680 are we pegged as future starter, future pro bowler. It's 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:31.560 about serviceable starter, and I think Eddie is achieved beyond 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.719 where he was drafted, So I'm happy for him. I 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:39.000 don't even consider the finances anymore in football, because if 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.000 you do, as an ex player, you're just gonna make 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:45.760 yourself crazy with envy. So I admire him for his commitment. 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:47.800 All as I want to see him do now is 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:51.120 stay healthy throughout the length of this contract and be productive. Yeah, 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.560 and I think it just reflects the safety market. Probably 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:56.120 no position has been hotter than the safety market. Look 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.920 at how many got scooped up in PREHC last year. 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:01.760 You know, even guys like Adrian Amos how he moved 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.839 on to the Green Bay Packers. But landing Collins, he 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:08.359 lands in Washington, gets a big deal. And you're right, Jeff. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.680 Think about Eddie Jackson at Alabama. I think it was 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:12.800 the broken lake right, he had the broken Laga that 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.120 kind of pushed him down. He probably would have gotten 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.400 drafted higher because he had, you know, put returnability and 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.479 all those things. But definitely as ball skills, knows where 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.800 the football is in his turnovers his few years in 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:26.880 the league already and already a couple of Pro Bowls 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:30.320 under his belt, I mean, very properly compensated when you 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.039 look at that safety market. As I point I'm looking at, Jeff, 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.840 do you know what haha Clinton Dick's other options were 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.520 before he came to the Bears. Because here's a guy 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.640 his contract is also up and last year, did he 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:44.880 have multiple choices out there? I think, I mean there 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:47.719 was definitely interest in him. Obviously I can't recall which 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:49.480 teams it was, but He did say there were other 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.599 options out there, but the pool of Eddie Jackson was 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.320 significant for him as Alabama games. But he as he's 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.919 the first safety to sign in this offseason, he's going 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:01.960 to increase everybody else's number across the board. So the 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:05.640 starter grades, it will affect. But even even these guys 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:09.240 that are starters, and there are there's a little uncertainly 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:11.320 about how like haha, just because he's on a one 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.039 year deal, I think it still increases what he's going 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:17.320 to be able to ask for because of Yah. Edie 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.400 just already had a three million dollars one year deal 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.080 with the Bears this year, and Jim, I know he'd 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.599 like to come back. He's he's said it more than once, 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:26.520 he'd liked to play the rest of his career on 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.760 the Bears back end. With Eddie Jackson and the whole 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.960 safety position in general, and now with dime defenses. The 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:36.080 Bears saw plenty of those this year, as many defensive 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:39.680 backs at starter grade that you could possibly afford. I say, 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.360 get on your on your defense right now, because you 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:46.680 can be versatile with him. They they are great weapons 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:50.279 in terms of matchup type defenses and these zone defenses 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:53.080 that you know, some quarterbacks do struggle with at times, 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.000 and the safety position in particular, and I've said it 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.359 a hundred times, I'll say it one hundred more. You 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.599 got to have a bad and back there a baller. 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.680 And if Eddie fits that category, he's a different type 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.000 of player. Obviously, he's not the guy that's going to 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:08.719 come in and knock your head off every time, that 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.640 type of safety. But his range, his instincts, his ability 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:13.640 to get off the hash, his ability to line up 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.400 the defense on the back end. He's willingness this year 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:18.160 to play closer to the line of scrimmage and that 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.800 was how he was deployed with Chuck Pagano and his 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.000 ability to make plays of the line of scrimmage and 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.720 tackling and so forth. I still think everybody can improve tackling. 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:30.200 You can't have You got to have one of those guys. 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:31.880 If you want to be a contender gym, you have to. 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.560 I mean, well, I think it goes back I'd say 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:38.240 probably the Tyrone Matthew draft. Every year it's gotten more 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:41.960 and more for that versatility that you're mentioning, Jeff. You know, 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.920 even look at you know, from Jamal Adams to Derwin James. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.280 Just look at the safeties and the impact that they've had. 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:49.680 And that's why I bring up Tyron Matthew because he's 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.920 played slot, nickel horner. He's you know, as a safety 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.720 is what you've been. He's been a safety at both spots, 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.760 as a free as a strong at times has to 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.520 come in to the box Yep Blitzer. I mean, they're 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.400 just asked to do more. And so again I think 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:07.360 for Haha, Clinton Dix, who's a great player. I thought 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.400 he played very well for the Chicago Bears. Seventy eight tackles. 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.880 He has been a ballhawk. He got two interceptions. Again, 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.840 I think when the Bears signed him, since he's been drafted, 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.600 he has had the most takeaways. I think up until 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.840 you know, this year when he joined the Bears, from 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:22.920 when he's been in the NFL, whether in Green Bay 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.960 or in Washington. But I think again, it's got to 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:27.920 be at the right price because just talking to Jim 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.920 Nagee Downe at the Executive who's the executive director of 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.600 the Senior Bowl, he says, we got another good pool 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:35.640 of safeties that are coming out this year. So I 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.760 think again, as you know, will it be at the 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:41.080 right price to return to Chicago, and the price is 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.959 the key because of the salary cap. Now, the move 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.360 that was reported in the papers this week, Kyle Fuller, uh, 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.360 you know, agreeing to restructure and that cleared up six 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.520 million dollars in cap space. So the entering today anyway, 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.120 they had sixteen million dollars of cap space reportedly, So 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.720 that was something that was important to continue that theme 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.600 in the secondary of keeping that group together as best 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:05.079 as possible. You know, what I think is going to 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.320 complicate the Clinton Dick situation is that Ryan has been 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.360 able to draft first year starting safeties in the last 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.600 couple of drafts and bringing in a guy like Eddie Jackson, 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:19.200 and everybody know that m Adrian Amos played immediately here, 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:21.880 So I think you got a little bit of confidence 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:23.640 that maybe you can go out and pluck one of 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:27.360 these safety heavy drafts with a rookie in there to 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.840 complement a guy like Anck. Some gms they'll tell you 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:33.320 right to your face you can get safeties in any 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.920 round and they don't worry about drafting him high. But 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:37.920 I just think they tell you that about guards too. 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:42.400 It's very unfair. It is unfair, right, big Jim, good 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.360 to hear you. Good to hear you. These guards are 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.240 in high esteem. That's right, Tom, So get him in there. 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.400 They need to be. But thought, hey, look at Lyndstrom. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.040 I think he was the highest rated guard. He went 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.160 pretty quick last year out of Boston College to the 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.480 Atlanta Focus. And look at the Hall of Fame finalists. 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.800 A couple of guards in there. Steve Hutchinson is one 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.840 of them. Three safeties too for safety, believe or not. 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:02.560 We'll talk more about that as we break it down. 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:05.720 Bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy Here 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:10.800 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Hey, everybody, 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.000 welcome back to the show. This is Bears All Access 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.760 brought to you by IGS Energy, your proud partner of 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:17.880 the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:20.800 products to over one million customers across the country. Learn 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.240 more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Here on 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.800 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to the Score. Jeff and 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:29.040 Tom and Jim Miller from Serious XM moving the change 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:32.120 with our good guy Pat Kurwin. You guys breaking everything 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.240 down to the playoffs this weekend. Later on the show, 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.400 we'll take your opinions on that one. I about it, 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.520 Jim yea and what's going to be going on. But 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.679 you know, one of the best blessed signings. And I'm 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:43.800 not a big free agent guy, so I'm okay if 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:45.840 you know you're not investing a ton of money in 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.520 free agency, that's just my opinion. I know you need 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.360 to get some to fill some some roles and so forth, 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.880 and maybe bridge the gap into another draft. But signing 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.880 a Cordell Patterson I was geeked about to begin with 0:10:57.960 --> 0:10:59.839 because of his return ability and clearly one of the 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.360 best of the decade on the All Decade team. But 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:06.520 the benefits of what he brings in terms of being 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:08.280 a gunner. I think he's now one of the premier 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:12.000 gunners in the league. He's a field flipper and if 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.200 you keep and I don't know what you're gonna do 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:17.080 with Sheriff McManus, but you get two guys like that 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.840 on the edges making plays first, fighting each other to 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.640 get there first, and then the ability to play offensive 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:25.840 football as well. And today he was named to the 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:27.559 All Pro Team as a return guy for the fifth 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.680 time in his career out of seven years. That's awesome. 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:31.480 You know, it's weird is how we are all introduced 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.600 to Cordial Patterson through the Minnesota Vikings and you only 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.320 got a snippet of exposure to him because they didn't 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.520 use him very much, but you kind of saw what 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:41.959 type of athlete he could be. And then his career 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:46.000 kind of expanded with his opportunities more with the Patriots 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:50.520 than the Vikings or the Raiders, and so then you 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.839 get a chance to meet the guy and how gracious 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.800 he is and how much football means to him when 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.840 he's willing to do anything that's asked of him. He's 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.120 a great He is a really good guy in the 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.040 locker room to show young guys the work ethic of 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.520 older experienced guys that are still making the Pro ball 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.400 and being challenged as their job changes. And the special teams. Yeah, 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:14.319 I thought it was kind of cool, Jeff, because as 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.400 you mentioned, he gets he gets recognized as a returner 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.800 on the first team, and he was recognized that just 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.959 for special teams overall, you know, like Matt Slater on 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.079 the second team. So voters were paying attention. What was 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.199 it the Green Bay game where he got screwed, right, 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.199 they guy for the illegal touching quickly and that was 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.000 illegal play. He was right there. I most got myself 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.360 in big trouble on that one. Jim. I'm not gonna 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:38.960 say what I said, but I said something I shouldn't. Well, 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:41.160 I mean it was it was a legit play. I mean, 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.959 you know, again, just because it looks bad with the hit, 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.679 you don't flag the result. You gotta know what's going on. 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:51.480 And certainly, uh, Cordarrell knew exactly that he timed it 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.680 perfect and you know that was that was a big 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.720 momentum changing play. But his gunner work has been outstanding, 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:58.600 and I was glad to see he got recognized today 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.120 on the second team from that stay point. And you know, 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.080 we've had him on the show as well, and he 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.440 talked about, you know, what his position is and he'd 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.760 like to think he's a running back. And he's always 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.520 been used in that fashion throughout all the way to Tennessee, 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:13.120 but just not often enough, certainly not like he did 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.960 with the Patriots. But I know Matt Naggie wants to 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:19.199 come up with a better plan for Cordall Patterson offensively 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.920 well to me, then let's interchange two bodies. Put put 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.800 treikon on the line of scrimmage exclusively and then put 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:30.200 Cordairyl Patterson in the backfield more because you see what 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:31.800 type of effort he gets when he gets to the 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:33.800 line of scrimmage and how difficult he is the tackle. 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.599 He's a big body, but so is Derrick Henry. And 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.120 you think about Derrick Henry for the Tennessee Titans going 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.439 into New England this year leading the league and rushing 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:45.679 those big body types can still be as effective as 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.079 any running back that's out there. Yeah, you got to 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.120 front him up. I mean it's hard to tackle him 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.920 from the side. He runs extremely hard, and I'm not 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.000 arguing that maybe maybe running back is the spot where 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.880 he meetings to be featured even more. And I'm sure, 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:00.920 like you said, Matt Naggie, go through all that and 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.280 they'll sort that out and maybe that's in the mix 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:06.280 for twenty twenty. Jim Miller, Jeff Jonnyak, and Tom There 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.520 here on Bears All Access brought to you by IGS 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.959 Energy with Mike are excuse me, Adams Zinsky and Mike 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.440 Chen our engineers here today, our producers helping us out 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.920 at the facility. First time I've been in here since 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.760 the season ended. So it's a little different studio set 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:23.520 up and down the hall WBBM, so getting acclimated here. 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.480 But it feels weird. It feels like the season ended 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.720 for the Bears a month ago and it was just 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.520 a weekend ago that they were playing the Minnesota Vikings guys, 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.120 and it just feels so much has changed already, and 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.880 the instant flip to twenty twenty, which is necessary, and 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.680 the changes in the coaching staff and the signings already 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.200 getting set to set up the salary cap for the 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.840 free agency period coming up in March, and then certainly 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.080 the NFL Draft. But doesn't feel a little weird. Oh yeah, 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.000 it's been It feels like a month. You know. It 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:53.640 feels weird because you know, the Minnesota Vikings, even though 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.240 the Bears beat him, it didn't need to leave you. 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.480 It didn't leave you with any great feelings because you 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.200 really knew it was eight and eight and there was 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:03.480 no player. And then you think going forward, there's a 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.280 really negative opinion out there of some of the elements 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.880 of the Bears as an organization team players, But you know, 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:13.040 that's an obstacle that they're challenged with every single year. 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:14.560 If you don't go to the playoffs and you don't 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:16.520 move on to the super Bowl. So it's going to 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.560 be interesting to see how they correct some of the 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:21.520 issues that they faced. When you think about, you know, 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:23.520 going to the drawing board at the start of the 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.720 off season last year, Matt's designing these plays according to 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:29.480 the abilities of some players in how they were going 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.960 to be able to contribute on different areas in the field. 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.520 And then when you pull those guys off the board 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:38.040 and they don't give you any meaningful staff, any meaningful snaps, 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.160 you lose such a high percentage of what you're trying 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:45.760 to accomplish on the field that it's difficult to be successful. 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.560 So I think this year it's going to be interesting 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.360 because just for the tight end position, along with JP 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.720 Holt and Jasper Horsted, I think you have a receiver 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:57.160 and a blocker in that position. So maybe that element 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.800 of the tight end position will be reintroduced to this office. Yeah, 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:04.680 I think they're going to exhaustively go through everything on offense, 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:08.000 certainly have already made changes with Juan Castillo, who coach 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.240 Naggie knows well from their times in Philly together, I 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.760 would assume is going to be a part of it. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.520 To get the run game up and going a little 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.760 bit better. And you know, I just think coach Naggie 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:18.280 was right about a lot. I do think the team 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:20.280 played hard at the end. You know, I think they 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.280 always give great effort, and I think that's a good 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:25.120 sign about the coach. For example, look at another team 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.880 like Carolina. To me, Ron Rivera was the glue holding 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:29.760 that team together, and as soon as they let him go, 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.960 that team just went by the wayside. And good to 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.240 see Ron joining the Washington Redskins. But I think the 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:37.960 Bears played hard all year long. But you know, I 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.480 don't think they're going to ignore areas that they failed. 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.440 I think Tom just pointed out a couple of them. 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.280 The tight end position has to be corrected, the offensive 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.560 line to run the ball more has to be corrected. 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.520 Mitch Turbisky understanding how to read defenses has to be corrected, 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:54.240 and he's got to work harder. From that standpoint, you 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.680 don't question the effort, but the preparation and things that 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.320 they can do to make themselves better everything, I think 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.560 we'll be gone through with a five tooth cold. Yeah. Yeah. 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.479 A lot of discussion obviously about the coaches and you know, 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.360 I think the thing that might be lost in this 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.520 is that where first year head coach, for a first 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.720 time head coach like Matt Naggie was collecting his staff 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:16.040 isn't simple. You know, you got some guys, but in 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.000 his position, he was not going to be pulling guys 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.679 from Kansas City. That was that's that's the agreement that 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:22.879 you make with a guy like Andy Reid or a 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.120 team you're coming from to get the permission to talk 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:29.359 and so forth. So he was introduced to some new guys, 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:33.520 obviously whether he heard them from other guys got the blessing, 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.280 and so he brings in Harry, he brings in Harry 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.159 he Standard the offensive line coach, and Mark Helfrich, and 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:43.280 you know, he had to teach them his offense. That's 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.520 the one thing about this that I've I've dwelled on 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:48.800 the past few days is that the coaching staff had 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:52.480 to learn the offense. And while that's simpler for a coach, 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.159 I would assume than a player right away, you know, 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.720 there's there's elements of it that they probably were still 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:01.080 learning as as the season went into year two and 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:04.159 through year two. So that's something that has to be 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.600 talked about. When you're talking about change making changes on 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:08.840 a coaching staff. That's a good point because you just 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.000 think a scheme, right When you think a scheme, whether 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:13.320 it's run scheme and what he's bringing from Kansas, cy 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:17.040 Wan Castill knows that he knows that scheme, you know, 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:20.560 and Harry. You know, Harry's standing nothing against Harry, and 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:24.080 he's a fine coach, and wish him well. I mean, 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.880 he'll have an opportunity somewhere else. But I think one 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:29.960 is probably more familiar with the scheme than say guys 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:31.919 that he just met for the first time and what 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.560 you were explaining, because Harry from all I understand, I 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:36.480 know Owen Cruz, former guys that have been with them, 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:38.800 they love his drill work and all that stuff. But 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.720 you know, typically I would think the offensive line coach 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:45.200