WEBVTT - Training Camp begins | All Access 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:04.519 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:08.560 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.560 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:16.239 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:20.959 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:24.959 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:30.920 Physical Therapy and CDW. Thanks for joining us. Everybody, welcome 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.519 into another edition of Bears All Access, brought to you 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.519 by IGS Energy. With Tom Fair, I'm Jeff Joning Actis. 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.680 We're looking at the training camp with producers Jordan trent 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.080 Up and Dan Bareali. We've pleased to join us today, 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.080 everybody with training camp around the corner. There's a ramp 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:47.960 up going on, rookies and COVID testing and the veterans 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:51.680 and the quarterbacks all getting ready for the twenty twenty season. 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.080 Coming out. We're gonna hear from Matt Naggie, Ryan Pace 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.800 from their conference call with reporters earlier this week, and 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:00.360 then the quarterbacks the Derby, the one that everybody talking 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.160 about around the league. Tom I was watching NFL Network 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.000 this week and almost every day was something about Mitch 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.200 Dubisky and Nick Foles and the quarterback derby, and that's 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.040 the going to be the story here. It's the most 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:15.040 high profile position in the NFL. In the Chicago Bears 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:19.360 are one of the most widely concerning franchises in the NFL. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.720 Everybody around the country has interest in this battle. And 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:25.880 I know there's other high profile quarterbacks that are already 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:29.880 inserted with starters, but it's really unusual, Jeff, to have 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:33.959 a quarterback competition that was announced months in advance, have 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:37.960 this COVID incident hit like it's hitting. But then they 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.759 quarterbacks have to refocus their attention and kind of put 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.280 the football blinders on. It may be impossible, but it's 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:47.480 going to be interesting to see how this battle works 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:50.600 itself out. Well, you know, if you're looking what Menneggie 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:54.600 has said along transparent and honist Ryan Pace has said 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.800 the same thing. Really from this entire offseason right through 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:03.200 this week, Mitch and Nick were as transparent and honest 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.040 about the quarterback competition as it relates to themselves, but 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.520 in the framework of team and that is the one 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:13.280 takeaway that I think is arguably the most important thing, 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:17.480 because they both know that if this gets the sideways 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.679 for any reason other than team first, then it's going 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.600 to be something that brings an entire team down. It's 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.560 happened many times before in the NFL world, it happens 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.560 all the time in college football. And so they are 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.359 two professionals. They're not going to let this happen. You're right, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:38.000 you want the competition not to be destructive to the team. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:42.079 So what this team can overall be. You talk about 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.480 it having a championship style defense, and you have the 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.800 competition at the quarterback position. There's other positions with the 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:53.120 competition you can ignore. However, when you're talking about the quarterback, 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.799 it's very fragile because you don't want to start developing 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.839 factions here. You want it to be all for one 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.800 and one for all. And I think Nick said some 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.800 of that in his press conference and the way he 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:08.920 answered his questions. And you've got to admire the resiliency 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.680 that we've learned. We've learned about Mitchell Trubisky throughout his 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:16.040 time here. So I do think he have two great competitors. 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.880 You have a quarterback room of coaches that really understand 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:22.960 the players what they need to do to change and 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.800 be better. And then overall how it fits into the 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.399 rest of the talent on this team. Now, let's look 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:29.680 at some of the news of the week. He's too 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.959 Eddie Goldman. Eddie Goldman opting out that you heard from 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.840 coach Naggie and Ryan Pace about it there in his corner. 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.360 There's a personal decision. Throughout the league, there's a growing 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.760 number of players doing that. What was your takeaway on 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:46.720 on Big Eddie. I think it's unfortunate because I think 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.400 his potential is ahead of them. And when you have 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:51.720 the chance to play on a defense that could be 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.960 as explosive as this could, it cannot only open up 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.960 opportunities for Robert Quinn, Khalil Mack and a team, but 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:02.080 it could also open up other opportunities, more opportunities of 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:05.200 single block Daddie Goldman, and I think he could turn 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.280 that into sacks and tackle for loss. But I do 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.000 believe that these guys that are opting out, they take 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:15.640 everything into consideration, their health, their family's life, and how 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:19.320 it'll affect him if he can't concentrate on football. We 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:22.600 need to have that next guy up mentality. One of 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.200 the next guys up might be John Jenkins. He brought 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.680 him back. He was with the Bears a short time ago, 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.320 a couple of years ago. The big body, you know, 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:35.120 definitely fits the profile of a traditional nose tackle given 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:39.440 his size. He's on the sidelines right now with the 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:45.240 COVID restricted aspect of things, and he'll be back. But 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.280 you know, there's others that we're going to throw in 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.560 there and see how they work. The versatility aspect of 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:54.520 that front. With Jay Rodgers and the tutoring of guys 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.680 like Badal Nichols, the tutoring of Brent Irvan, You've got 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.520 Roy Robertson, Harris, there's some undrafted guys that may also 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.320 you be hearing from right. Let's not forget about a 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.440 guy like Abdullah Anderson. Here's a guy that has perfectly 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.920 built for that position. He's got a low center of gravity, 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.839 he's got a lot of power, he's got athleticism and 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.520 versatility to play up and down the line of scrimmage. 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:20.040 And when you mentioned Roy Robertson, Harrison, blow Nichols, Jeff, 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:23.640 these guys are just scratching the surface of ultimately what 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:27.680 they can accomplish in the NFL. They should really be, 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:32.640 you know, excited about their opportunity. It's unfortunate what Eddie's 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:35.359 going through, But you know, and this next four months 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.040 they have to selfishly look at their own opportunity. So 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.880 it sounds like the rookies have done a very good 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.279 job right out of the gate time because the number 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.200 one thing that Matt Naggi has reinforced that you very 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.839 know your playbook, and so there's been a few walkthroughs 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:53.680 and it sounds like they have done a nice job exactly. 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.400 You know. I think Mitch even reiterated that point today 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:58.839 a little bit at his press conference about what the 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.479 rookies have been able to absorb what they're prepared for, 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:06.120 because this has been preached to them countless amount of 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.479 times and all the Zoom meetings they faced. But you know, 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.719 I think one of the things they've touched about is 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.839 the Bears have put together a confident protocol plan that 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.880 when these guys do get to the facility, they don't 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.840 have to worry about the protocol plan in place. They 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:25.039 can only think and worry about the football aspect that 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.520 they have to learn and prove and start to absorb 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.120 all right, time for our first break on Bears z 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.359 All Access brought to you by IGS Energy. When we 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:36.440 come back. We'll hear from sound from Mitch Tubiski, the 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.479 Bears quarterback will get the first of the snaps when 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:43.120 the off season continues into the training camp portion of 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:46.200 the twenty twenty season. Stick around here on Chicago Sports 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:54.600 Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back to bear z 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.080 All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, of proud 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.279 partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural games at 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.840 home warn he products to over one million customers across 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.400 the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff, 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.320 Jonny Eck and Tom fare As we break down the 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.680 week that was and the lead up to what is 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.160 going to be a ramp up to middle of the 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.280 August when they'll get on the field and in pads 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.800 the start of the twenty twenty training camp for the Bears. 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:21.880 But a lot to get to. Let's start with Mitch 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.800 Drubisky right now. Mitch spent his entire time Tom in 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.760 the Chicagoland area. He was getting help from Jeff Christiansen, 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:33.640 who is a quarterback coach and runs a quarterback academy 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:35.960 called Throw It Deep. He was working on his body. 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.239 He's getting stronger, He's worked on his footwork. He's worked 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.920 on a mental aspect of the game, reading coverages and whatnot. 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:46.720 And overall, Trubisky looks like he did a lot of 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:51.240 self scouting Tom and before we placed some of this 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:55.160 sound just your overall take on how he worked on 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.000 himself in the off season, Well, I like it. He 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.160 talked about the work that he had through his core muscle. 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.880 So you're in better control of your body, you have 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:07.320 a chance to stay healthier. You're able to do some 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.760 constructive work on your core that carries up into the shoulder, 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.960 makes your shoulder stronger on the surgically repaired shoulder, and 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.240 it will get him out of that harness, get him 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.320 more of a comfortable player. And then going to Je listen, 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:24.000 I've known Jeff Christiansen for years, and going to another 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:29.840 outside observer to make these subtle adjustments, changes and observances 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.719 of what he's known his whole life. I think it's 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.000 it's always good to get that extra set of eyes 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.160 on what you're trying to accomplish. Well, now he's got 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.760 Bill Aisier, the offensive coordinator, and Jen d Philippolo, the 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:46.160 quarterback coach, new eyes and voices also to tend to 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.400 him and try and get things right in the right direction. 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.079 While all this is going on, He's competing for a 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.520 starting job. He believes that he will be able to 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.920 secure and then lead while competing, and that's a big 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:04.160 aspect of things for me. It's easy, um just with 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.960 every everything everyone's said about me and not being in 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.200 a quarterback competition every day, I'm just trying to bring 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.440 that edge and hopefully that edge and since the urgency 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:15.160 I'm bringing rubs off on on the young guys and 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.520 everyone else to where they got. They gotta pick it 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.280 up and get to my tempo. And we're just out 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:24.120 there competing at every single spot, offense, first defense, whatever 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:28.160 it is. And I think this acclimation period is going 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:29.560 to go a lot faster than a lot of these 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.200 guys things. So everybody better dive into the playbook being 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.240 taking care of your bodies and being smart when you're 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:38.600 away from the facility and taking those precautions with all 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:40.920 the testing and stuff going on. So I think me 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:44.600 just bringing that edge and having that sense urgency and 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.000 bring it every day is going to help get these 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.760 guys going in and everyone should feel that since urgency. 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.320 Tommy talks, he talks like the leader he believes he 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.959 is and that the players believe he is as well, 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.640 because that's how he has to go about this. He 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:03.920 has to attack it exactly the way he just spoke there. Well, Jeff, 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.559 believe it or not, this is the first time Mitchell 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.719 Trubisky has been in a competition. When he came here 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.720 to back up Mike Glennon, it wasn't a competition. It 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.920 was how long it would take Mitchell Trubisky to get 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:18.080 up the speed to possibly play during that rookie season. 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.480 Chase Daniels was not a competitor. He was a backup. 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:23.600 He was not a guy that was going to light 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:27.000 a fighter under Mitch Trubisky. Because they're going out there 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:30.800 and they're judging every single play against the guy that's 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.680 taking the next step. And I think it's a great 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:38.880 opportunity for every professional athlete through their competitive life that 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.480 has that competition that really can dictate your fate. And 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:47.720 I think I've never seen shy away from competition. He's 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:50.679 a hard working guy in the building, but when you 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.960 look at this stage of his football life, this is 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:57.120 the first real competition that he's gonna face, and I'm 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:00.360 really excited to see how it affects both of these players. 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:03.200 One of the significant aspects of what he needs to do, 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.520 and that's from Matt Naggie's mouth really from the season end, 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.640 it is to be better at id and coverages. I 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:13.079 think definitely recognizing coverages just from watching so many different 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.520 defenses this offseason. And then I think just seeing the 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.160 mistakes I made last year and just knowing that all 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.599 of them are easily correctable. I think that gives me 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.120 confidence going into the future. So I watched a lot 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.720 of ball over the over over this past year and 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.280 over the summer um. You see the mistakes, you see 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.200 really good plays, you see some really bad plays, and 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.240 you see some just dumb things that shouldn't happen. But 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:38.480 I think everyone just being on the same page doing 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:40.920 their job, and then me making smart decisions. I think 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:42.680 that's where you see a lot of the good plays happen. 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:46.599 So I think all the bad mistakes, they're easily correctable, 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:48.679 and I think you just talk through those things to 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:50.760 get on the same page with your guys and get 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.800 and for me getting on the same page with a coach, 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.880 Nagy and our other coaches. So where I'm just going 0:11:56.880 --> 0:12:00.520 out there and playing fast and recognizes and where I 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.960 need to go to football earlier and just making your decisions. 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:07.920 You know, Jap when you talk about recognizing the defense 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.080 is quicker. I think that's one of the things that's 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.320 going to really help his accuracy because the quicker you 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.360 know where you're going with the ball, the quicker that 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:18.960 you can implement that footwork, that core strength that you 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:22.760 put in your throwing motion and your accuracy. So yeah, 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.000 that's what every quarterback that comes in the league is 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.640 going to be the dividing line if whether he's going 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.960 to be a good player or an average player, identifying 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.400 coverages is the thing that's going to help him most. 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.360 So Mitch Rubisky ready to go. As the Bears get 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:41.960 ready for their quarterback competition twenty twenty, we'll hear from 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.439 the other competitor, the newcomer Nick Foles, just a couple 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:49.000 of days in Chicago after spending the entire off season 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.719 in California. Yet this is Bears Are All Access on 0:12:51.840 --> 0:13:03.240 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. To score this segment of 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.000 Bears and All accesses Rush, you buy CDW. People who 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.559 get it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Jonny 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.320 x out. They're good to have you alongside a lot, 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.080 but damn really enjoyed tread up. As we break things 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:17.000 down the quarterback derby underway between mister Trubisky and Nick Foles, 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.080 how it all breaks down, Tom, what are you going 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:23.840 to most be interested in with no games, how these 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.839 guys act day to day. What are you going to 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:29.079 be keying on yourself as the analyst of this situation, 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:33.400 I'm gonna watch how Nick Folds reacts against the pressure 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:36.520 of the Bears defense last year, Jeff, when we sat 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.480 out there in training camp, we watched an aggressive defense 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:43.240 coming at the quarterbacks at a record pace and making 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.520 it very difficult to complete passes. And one thing about 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.360 Matt and Maggie has talked about all offseason, how the 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.920 eleven on eleven, the nine on seven, there's gonna be 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:55.720 a little bit more live action. So Nick Folds doesn't 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:59.360 understand this defense yet as well as Mitchell Trubisky does, 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.679 and I do think it's going to be an eye opener. 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:05.000 I love everything Nick Foles has said. I think he's 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.600 a really experienced quarterback in a lot of different ways, 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.079 from the versatility of the offenses he's played in his 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.920 own skill set. But again, when you take it to 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.440 the practice field in mid August and they go to 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:21.280 those padded practices, nick Foles is gonna be He's gonna 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:26.360 be seeing a championship a playoff style defense in practice 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:28.880 every day, and I think it'll help him as much 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.480 as it will help Niche. So Fols this week really 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:36.760 made it clear that the mental part of this process 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.880 is very critical. He is getting to the mindset to 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:43.320 where it does not make a difference. That would be 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:47.160 like saying, hey, if you're not the starter of this game, 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.680 but you get thrown in in the fourth quarter because 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.640 you're not the starter, you don't need to play good 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.640 because you're not the starter. Well, that's not how this is. 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.160 I've been thrown into the fourth quarter of some big games. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.920 I've been thrown in when I wasn't the starter. Did 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:02.960 I have the luxury of just saying, you know what, 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.200 that's just what it is. No, you gotta play at 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.600 that level that we get so much into all. This 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:12.360 guy's a starter, this guy's a back of whatever. I mean. 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.040 If you're out there playing like execute the play, you 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.240 gotta build those relationships with teammates. That's the biggest thing 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.720 that's not talked about building the camaraderie's building the culture. 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.240 I mean, players make plays, you watch film. You're not 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:28.680 running routes on paper. There's a five step route that 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.200 I've thrown in games that turns into a three step 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:34.120 route because the guy played and he did his thing. 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:35.840 He didn't run it on paper. For you to rant 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.680 it on paper, it would not have worked. Players make plays, 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:42.800 Naggie'll tell you the same thing. So it's not just 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.160 speech like this is me focusing in on one's coming. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:50.040 Because competitions, though they are I mean competitions fourth quarter 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:53.440 over time, like you gotta be at your best, absolutely, 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:57.360 but competitions are really good. I love competition in practice, 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:01.200 I love competition and whatever. But sometimes competitions, if you 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:04.000 approach from the wrong way, become very toxic for a 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.680 team and an organization because then it becomes about me 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.560 and not about the team. So the hardest thing is 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.400 how do I make it about the team and then 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:15.240 enjoy it in a qv room when I'm competeting with 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.160 the guys, And the biggest thing is having great conversations 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:21.280 with Mission tyler us realizing we're in this together though, 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.440 that we are competing from the outside. Who's gonna be 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:25.680 the starter, who's gonna be at back or whatever. That's real. 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.080 We don't have to like you sit over there, I 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.880 sit over here. We're not talking until this is done. No, Like, 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.120 let's talk through how can we make this offense better? 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.120 How can we do that? And whoever's the best person 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.320 at executing this offense that can help the Chicago Bears 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:41.160 win games and lead this team should be the starter, 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:43.400 and then the other guys will be there to support them. 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:45.720 And if for some reason that starter gets hurt, then 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.400 the guy who's behind him will go in and he 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.240 will lead the team and then the other guy. That's 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.040 That's how the best teams play. That's how the best 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.840 teams work. I don't just say that from not if 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.080 I've been on those teams. I've seen how it works, 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.160 and that's how I approach it. And that's what's important 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:03.600 to me. And as you can see, I'm pretty passionate 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.160 about that. I'm pretty passionate about helping people. I'm pretty 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:10.240 passionate about developing relationships. I've seen it done very well 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.200 and i've seen it done very poorly, so I can 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.240 pull from each way. But for me. I choose to 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.800 look forward to helping Mitch. I look forward to helping Tyler. 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:20.720 I look forward to them throwing touchdowns and practice and 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:22.280 meet youring them on. And then I want to go 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:24.560 out there and execute as well. And at the end 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.120 of this whole thing, we'll see what the coaches say, 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.119 and whatever the coaches say that's best for the team, 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.159 and then we roll as the Chicago Bears when we 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.000 get this thing going. Fortunately, we'll be able to do 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.960 that because as we've seen in twenty twenty, you don't 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:40.679 know what's going to happen. Tom, how important is that 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.520 three minute statement by Nick Foles right there to the 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:48.440 entire team, Jeff. It's filled with wisdom, It's filled with 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:52.080 so much experience as positive and negative, but always turning 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:55.720 them into the positive. In his press conference today, he says, look, 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.399 if they call a play and I know a little 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.200 bit a little bit how to run this play officially, 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:03.679 I'm going to share it with Mitch and with Tyler. 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:06.679 I'm not going to hold that information back. I'm telling you, 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.199 I became more of a Bears fan after listening to 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:15.560 Nick and his presentation, and Nick or Mitchell Trubisky has 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.840 to turn Nick folds into his greatest asset, and I 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:23.000 think they can do it together. The competitiveness, the camaraderie, 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.119 the fun off the field, and a lot of the 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.720 seriousness will take place on the field, but the conversations 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:32.160 you can have off the field, Jeff, it can help 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:36.159 develop a young mind like Mitchell Trubisky at a really 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.159 sped up pace. Well that's nine years and five teams 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.240 have experienced, Shannon right there. A little more here from 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:46.840 Nick on how not to overhype the details, the minute 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:50.080 by minute, the daily process of trying to impress coaches 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.160 to win the job. Yeah, I mean, I think that's 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:57.560 the biggest challenge for any person and athletes is when 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.439 you have a timeline and you have to do something 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:05.080 and someone's analyzing you, like in this situation, like what 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:07.080 do I do? It's easy to stress out about it, 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:11.320 every single little thing and worry and and try to Okay, 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.600 how do I how do I do this? How do 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:15.760 I do that? And the advice I would say is, 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:18.800 and this is how I'm approaching, is alleviate all that 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:22.440 stress because at the end of the day, what they decide, 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.240 the way you control it is being the best you. 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:28.480 You can be today. Like I said, in this next meeting, 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:31.639 that's all I have to worry about. I had to 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:34.159 go in there. I'm gonna listen. Hopefully you have some 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:38.600 great conversation. We'll talk through football, we'll talk through jobs, 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:40.480 we'll talk to reads, we'll talk to why we're doing it. 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:42.400 I'm a big why guy. You gotta tell me why. 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:44.560 If you don't tell me why, I'm gonna talk and 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:48.280 we're gonna have a conversation until we figure out why. 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:51.240 And so those little things add up to where all 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:53.080 of a sudden, you're honed in the football, you're honed 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:54.720 in the plane, and you just forget about all the 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:58.000 other bloney. I mean, that was the mindset going in. 0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:00.600 You know, do the playoffs in seventeen. Everyone want to 0:20:00.640 --> 0:20:03.440 know how the heck do you handle the situations. It's 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:06.760 like anything else in life. I'm human, like everyone else where. 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:10.359 All those distractions do affect me at a moment. You 0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:12.240 can ask my wife. There's times where I'm like, oh 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:14.680 my gosh, I'm freaking out, and then she's like all right, 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:16.520 and then I'll take a breath and we'll have a conversation. 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:18.159 But all right, I know how to home back in. 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.520 I know how to eliminate the clutter. So I spend 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:23.560 time eliminating stuff that shouldn't be in my mind that 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:25.720 I shouldn't focus on. Then I home back into the 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.000 moment and I say that to say, there's people that 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:31.080 I'll see this interview, say, like kids that are going 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:33.360 through that, and it's like, hey, we as professional athletes 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:35.000 deal with that, but we might not talk about it 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:36.879 all the time. While I'm talking about it, And this 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:38.520 is how you handle it. You got to eliminate the 0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:41.680 clutter and just focus on the simple things and try 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:43.840 your best to enjoy it. Because we enjoy something, you 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:46.520 usually do it better time. Is that easier said than done. 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:48.840 And if you have been in that situation where you 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:51.800 worried so much about everything every single day that it 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:55.280 stunted your ability to perform day to day, you know 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:58.200 I still do. But that was something that the head 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:00.919 coach instilled on me. But I do think it's probably 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:04.520 the most valuable advice that a player can give to 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:08.520 another player at the same position. Through the experiences that 0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:12.159